Dr. Lutz W. Höppel
Dr. Lutz W. Höppel (* 24.03.1973 in Nuremberg) is a German physicist,
inventor, and visionary.
He grew up in an
entrepreneur’s family as younger twin.
Education
He studied physics at
the Technical University of Munich where he
graduated in 1998 on “Optical investigations of Silicon-Siloxene
hetero-structures”.
In 2000 he joined the Klaus von Klitzing
Department at the Max-Planck-Institute for
Solid State Research in Stuttgart where he received his PhD in 2004 for the
exploration of “Quantum Phase Transitions in single layer and bilayer Quantum
Hall ferromagnets”.
Profession
After his PhD he
started a career in industry working for an international leading company in
the opto-electronics business, holding various positions in different
countries. He is a renown expert in his field.
Science
Already during his
Master Thesis he could explain, with the help of
lattice dynamics simulations using Cerius2, the reason for the anomalous phonon
energies in Siloxene which set a puzzling challenge
for researches for almost ten years. In particular, he recognized for the first
time the strong relation to the surface vibrations in silicon well known as Ibach
modes. Furthermore, by loose stacking of single atom layers to suppress
interactions he invented a method to enhance the determination of surface
induced vibration modes with a more than three orders of magnitude higher
sensitivity than known from EELS for decades. Derived from that, he proposed to
extend this method to other material classes, with one of them being today’s
well known graphene.
In his PhD thesis he
discovered that the finite vertical extension of a two-dimensional electron
gas, something that he managed to control precisely with a wide quantum well
(originally introduced at Princeton
University) gated from both sides, determines the critical charge carrier
density for the spin phase transition at filling factor v=2/3. He also
investigated the pseudo-spin phase transition at v=1/2 supported by modeling
from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
In very narrow quantum wells he discovered spontaneous jumps in the
longitudinal resistance when the system is tuned close to a spin phase
transition very similar to Barkhausen
Jumps in magnetic media. In parallel, he built a setup that allowed for
unprecedented operation of samples in the GHz frequency range at lowest
temperatures. This technique finally led to the measurement of the dispersion
of the Composite-Fermion cyclotron-resonance mode and thus the proof of the magneto-roton minima.
Technology
During his carrier in
industry he inspired and conducted a lot of pioneering science and technology
related work and drew many conclusions from research results thereof that
proved to be fundamental for superior future concepts.
Based on the know-how
gathered during the introduction of a comprehensive benchmarking process, he
co-invented the ultimate implementation of a thin-film type LED chip. He also
established the reliable basis for the most cost-effective LED chip platform that
could be imagined today, and he shaped the third fundamental chip platform that
is possible at all in case a two-terminal device. Recently, he introduced
fundamentally new technologies to realize III-V semiconductor-based
visualization devices. During all such developments he clearly aims for
effective understanding of scientific phenomena, allowing for a deterministic
exploitation of physical principles, the ultimate guarantee for ultimate
precision and quality. He could widely prove his strong believe, that in
particular material science in its best sense leads to sustainable success.
Innovation
He is always inspired
to rethink the present state of things with the idea to attain completely new
possibilities and functionalities throughout all areas of life. Stimulated by
this impetus he innovated and invented specific aspects across many fields of
science and technologies. His goal is always creating values.
Track record
He holds over 141
granted patents.
He has been invited to
more than 65 talks.
He published 21 papers
in refereed journals.
He is a winner of 4
renown awards.
Vision
In many ways he is
years ahead of certain developments not just related to science and technology.
Besides his ground
breaking research activities he is always interested in inspiring colleagues
predominantly by clear and conceptional explanation of background stories
related to historical and present developments. Based on that, it is his true
passion to survey global developments, draw unmistakable conclusions and make
consistent predictions for the near and far future. He did so with high success
rate for many technology related as well as socio-economic fields:
1985 Gaming strong driver for
high definition video graphics and 3D visualization >> Reality in mid 1990s
1986 Accidental opening of boarders
between East- and West-Germany will soon lead to unification >> Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989/90
1987 On-board video supported
remote controlled model air planes
>> Reality 2012, known as mini
drones
1993 Public debit heavy risk for
nation-wide and even global crises
>> Reality in 2008
1994 Artificial intelligence and
machine learning will outperform human skills
>> the Go master has been beaten for the first time by a machine
in 2017
1995 China will become
economically most powerful country in the world
>> Reality soon
1996 Energiewende - almost 100% of all
energy consumption covered by regenerative power generation in 2050 >> Goal committed in 2011
1997 Smart mobile device that
allows access to all information and personal data anywhere at any time >> Today known as the smart phone
2000 Quantum computation will one
day outperform classical computation for some special tasks >> Demonstrated by Google, published in
Nature in 2019
2001 Greek first country to have
trouble with the Euro >> Reality
in 2009
2002 Social networks – heavily
changing inter-personal exchange
>> Founding member of Kwick, many years ahead of Facebook
2006 Burst of the real estate
bubble in the USA >> Reality in
late 2008
2007 Takeover of solid state based
storage media over magneto-optical storage types >> Reality in 2013
… and many more…
Commitment
Open minded, to be
there for others, reliability, keeping promises, sincerity, and respect are not
just hollow words to him. He is always eager to tackle the highest challenges
and support those that are willing to participate.
Passion
Science at the
forefront of physics
Extreme sports in
particular mogul skiing
High fidelity live
music
Weblinks
Exemplary collection
of links to scientific institutions around the globe to which he fosters
relations (in alphabetical order):
Centre for Quantum Computation & Communication
Technology Australia
Columbia University New York
German Physical
Society DPG Physik Bad Honnef
German Research
Institute for Artificial Intelligence DFKI
Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks
Corporation
IMEC Belgium
Institut für Halbleiter Physik IHP
JILA – University of Colorado Boulder
Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology KIT
Leti Grenoble
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology MIT
Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics
Paul Scherrer
Institute PSI
Princeton University
Purdue University West Lafayette
Taiwan Science and Industrial Park
Toshiba Research
Europe, Cambridge
Labs (UK)
University of
California at Berkeley
University of
California at Santa Barbara UCSB
University of
California at Stanford
University of Wisconsin Madison
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