CV – Kjeld Pedersen
Personal data
NameKjeld Pedersen
AppointmentProfessor, Head of Department
Place of workDepartment of Physics and Nanotechnology, Aalborg University,Skjernvej 4A, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark
Data of birthJune 27, 1955
Education
1980 M. Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Aalborg University.
1986Ph.D. (Strain Measurements by Ellipsometry). Aalborg University.
Appointments
1981 - 1983 Candidate-stipend (STVF), Aalborg University.
1983 - 1986 Ph.D. student, Institute of Physics, Aalborg University
1986 - 1990 Assistant Professor, Institute of Physics, Aalborg University.
1988 - 1989 Visiting Scientist, Department of Physics, University of Toronto
1990 - 2005Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Aalborg University
2005 -Professor, Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, Aalborg University
Scientific Leadership
1999 - Member of the board of Danish Center of Materials Technology
2002 -2002 Head of board of the Center of Nanotechnology, Aalborg University
1992 - Member of the board of Danish Optical Society
1992 –2002Elected member of the board, Institute of Physics, Aalborg University
2002 - 2006Head of Department of Physics, Aalborg University
2006- Appointed head of department, Department of Physics andNanotechnology, Aalborg University
Teaching and supervision
30 years of experience teaching engineers and physicists at universitylevel including specialized PhD courses. Responsible for development ofcomplete study plans in Materials Physics and in Nanotechnology.Responsible supervisor for 12 Ph.D. students, 50 M. Sc. Students, Censorfor several Masters theses, DTU, Copenhagen Uni., SDU, Aarhus University, Censor for PhD theses in Denmark and abroad.
Current research projects:
ANAP: Active nanoplasmonics (FTP, together with SDU)
THINC: Thin-film solar cellbased on nanocrystalline silicon and structured backside reflectors (DSF together with AU))
CORPE: Center of reliable power electronics (DSF platform, with Energy Technology)
INLINE: Concentrated Solar Power (HTF, Polyteknik A/S and DTU)
PlasTPV: Plasmonic metal nanostructures for thermophotovoltaics (FTP, with SDU and Polyteknik A/S)
SEMPEL: Semiconductor materials for power electronics (DSF, with AU and Topsil A/S)
Reviewing
Ad hoc reviewer for Phys. Rev. B, Phys. Rev. Lett., Surface Science, J.Vac. Sci. Technol., Applied Physic Letters. Reviewer for foreign research councils.
Publications140 articles in international peer-reviewed journals
Seminars40 seminars at international conferences and foreign research laboratories
Competencesand researchinterests
Thin film growth techniques. Electronic and optical properties of thinmetallic and dielectric films grown on semiconductor surfaces. Quantumwell effects in photoemission and optical second-harmonic generation.Photoemission spectroscopy on thin film systems.Applications of nonlinear optical methods, including microscopy, tostudies of surfaces and interfaces in inhomogeneous materials and variousnanostructures.Semiconductor technology, photovoltaics.Micro- and nano fabrication and characterization technology.Plasmonic structures. Semiconductor technology, Nitride semiconductor growth.
Recent WOS publications
1.Jesper Jung, Thomas Garm Pedersen, Thomas Søndergaard, Kjeld Pedersen, Arne Nylandsted Larsen, Brian Bech Nielsen, “Electrostatic plasmon resonances of metal nanospheres in layered geometries”, Phys. Rev. B 81, 125413 (2010).
2.Kjeld Pedersen, ”Second harmonic generation spectroscopy on Si surfaces and interfaces”, Physica Status Solidi B 247, 2002-2010 (2010).
3.Jesper Jung, Thomas Garm Pedersen, Thomas Søndergaard, Kjeld Pedersen, Arne Nylandsted Larsen, and Brian Bech Nielsen, “ On localized surface plasmons of metallic tin nanoparticles in silicon” Phys. Stat. Sol. RRL 4, 292 (2010).
4.Ying-Wei Lu, B. Julsgaard, M. Christian Petersen, R. V. Skougaard Jensen,T. Garm Pedersen, K. Pedersen, and A. Nylandsted Larsen, ”Erbium diffusion in silicon dioxide”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 141903 (2010).
5.T. Søndergaard, J. Gadegaard, P.K. Kristensen, T. Kari Jensen, T. Garm Pedersen, and K. Pedersen, ”Guidelines for 1D-periodic surface microstructures for antireflective lenses”, Opt. Express. 18, 26245 (2010).
6.Jesper Jung, Thomas Garm Pedersen, Thomas Søndergaard, Kjeld Pedersen, Arne Nylandsted Larsen, and Brian Bech Nielsen, “On dyadic Green’s functions of thin films: Applications within plasmonic solar cells” Phys. Rev. B 83, 085419 (2011).
7.R.V.S. Jensen,T. Garm Pedersen, and K. Pedersen, ”Optical properties and size/shape dependence of -Sn nanocrystals by tight binding”, Phys. Stat. Sol. C8, 1002 (2011).
8.J. E. Mejia, B. S. Mendoza, and K. Pedersen, “Second harmonic response of the Si(111)7x7 surface”, Surface Science 605, 941-946 (2011).
9.J. Beermann, S. M. Novikiv, T. Søndergaard, J. Rafaelsen, K. Pedersen, and S. I. Bozhevolnyi, ”Localized field enhancements in two-dimensional V-groove metal arrays”, J. Opt. Soc. B 28, 372 (2011).
10.T. Garm Pedersen, J. Jung, T. Søndergaard, and K. Pedersen, ”Nanoparticle plasmon resonances in the near-static limit”, Optics Letters, 36, 713-15 (2011).
11. Ana G. Silva, Kjeld Pedersen, Zheshen S. Li and Per Morgen, “Oxidation of the surface of a thin amorphous silicon film”, Thin Solid Films, 520, 697 (2011).
12.B. Julsgaard,Y.-W. Lu,R. V. Skougaard Jensen,T. G. Pedersen,K. Pedersen,J. Chevallier,P. Balling,and A. Nylandsted Larsen, “Er sensitization by a thin Si layer: Interaction-distance dependence”, Phys. Rev. B 84, 085403 (2011)
13.Thøger Kari, Jesper Gadegaard, Dennis Thykjaer Jørgensen, Thomas Søndergaard, Thomas Garm Pedersen, and Kjeld Pedersen, “Compact lens with circular spot-profile for square-die LEDs in multi-LED projectors”, Applied Optics, 50, 4860-4867 (2011).
14.Britta Johansen, Christian Uhrenfeldt, Arne Nylandsted Larsen, Thomas Garm Pedersen, Hans Ulrik Ulriksen, Peter Kjær Kristensen, Jesper Jung, Thomas Søndergaard, and Kjeld Pedersen ” Optical transmission through two-dimensional arrays of β-Sn nanoparticles, Phys. Rev. B 84, 113405 (2011).
15.Thøger Kari, Jesper Gadegaard, Dennis Thykjaer Jørgensen,Thomas Søndergaard, Thomas Garm Pedersen, and Kjeld Pedersen, Compact lens with circular spot profile for square die LEDs in multi-LED projectors, Optics Express, 19, A1190-1195 (2011).
16.Jesper Jung, Mads Lund Trolle, Kjeld Pedersen and Thomas Garm Pedersen, “Indirect near-field absorption mediated by localized surface plasmons”, Phys. Rev. B 84, 165447 (2011).
17.Ilya P. Radko, Tobias Holmgaard, Zhanghua Han, Kjeld Pedersen, and Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi, “Efficient channel-plasmon excitation by nano-mirrors” Appl. Phys. Lett, 99, 213109 (2011).
18.Esben Skovsen, Thomas Søndergaard, Jacek Fiutowski, Horst-Günter Rubahn, and Kjeld Pedersen, “Surface plasmonpolariton generation by light scattering off aligned organic nanofibers”, J. Opt. Soc. B 29, 249 (2012).
19.Jonas Beermann, Sergey M Novikov, Tobias Holmgaard Stær, René L Eriksen, Ole Albrektsen, Kjeld Pedersen, Sergey I Bozhevolnyi, ”Polarization-resolved two-photon luminescence microscopy of V-groove arrays” Optics Express, 20, 654-662 (2012).
20.Esben Skovsen, Thomas Søndergaard, Jacek Fiutowski, Andreas Osadnik, Arne Lützen, Horst-Günter Rubahn, Sergey I Bozhevolnyi, Kjeld Pedersen, “Local excitation of surface plasmonpolaritons by second-harmonic generation in crystalline organic nanofibers” Optics Express, 20, 16715-16725 (2012).
21.Thomas Søndergaard, Sergey M Novikov, Tobias Holmgaard Stær, René L Eriksen, Jonas Beermann, Zhanghua Han, Kjeld Pedersen, Sergey I Bozhevolnyi, “Plasmonic black gold by adiabatic nanofocusing and absorption of light in ultra-sharp convex grooves”, Nature Communications, 3, 1-6 (2012).
22.Søren Vejling Andersen and Kjeld Pedersen, “Second-harmonic generation from electron beam deposited SiO films”, Optics Express, 20, 13857 (2012).
23.K. B. Pedersen and K. Pedersen, “Bond wire lift-off in IGBT modules due to thermomechanical induced stress” Proceedings - 2012 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2012 , art. no. 6254052 , pp. 519-526 (2012).
24.Esben Skovsen, Peter Fojan, Kjeld Pedersen,” Surface plasmonpolaritons excitation by second-harmonic generation in KNbO3 nanowires deposited on thin Ag and Au films”. Proceedings of SPIE 2012. Vol. 8424 SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering (2012).
25.Jens Rafaelsen, Kjeld Pedersen, and Zheshen Li, ” Size-effects in photoemission and optical second harmonic generation spectroscopy of Ge nano-dots on Si(111)”, J. Appl. Phys. 114, 044304 (2013).
26.Beermann, Jonas ; Eriksen, René L. ; Stær, Tobias Holmgaard; Pedersen, Kjeld; Bozhevolnyi, Sergey, “Plasmonic black metals by broadband light absorption in ultra-sharp convex grooves” New Journal of Physics, 15, 073007 (2013).
27.Yao-Chung, Eddy Tsao; Søndergaard, Thomas; Skovsen, Esben; Gurevich, Leonid; Pedersen, Kjeld; Pedersen, Thomas Garm, “Pore size dependence of diffuse light scattering from anodized aluminum solar cell backside reflectors”, Optics Express, 21, p. A84-A95 (2013).
28.Jens Rafaelsen, Peter Kjær Kristensen, and Kjeld Pedersen,Interface resonances in optical second-harmonic generation from oxide-covered Ge(111) and Ge(100), J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 30, 2758-2764 (2013).
29.Kristian Bonderup Pedersen, Peter Kjær Kristensen, Vladimir Popok, Kjeld Pedersen, Micro-sectioning approach for quality and reliability assessment of wire bonding interfaces in IGBT modules, Microelectronics Reliability 53, 1422–1426 (2013).
30.E. Skovsen , T. Søndergaard , C. Lemke , T. Holmgaard , T. Leißner , R. L. Eriksen , J. Beermann , M. Bauer , K. Pedersen and S. I. Bozhevolnyi, Plasmonic black gold based broadband polarizers for ultra-short laser pulses, Appl. Phys. Lett.103, 211102 (2013).
31.Søren Vejling Andersen, Mads Lund Trolle, and Kjeld Pedersen, Growth direction of oblique angle electron beam deposited silicon monoxide thin films identified by optical second-harmonic generation, Appl. Phys. Lett.103, 231906 (2013).
32.Søren Raza, Nicolas Stenger, Anders Pors, Tobias HolmgaardStær, Shima Kadkhodazadeh, Jakob B Wagner, Kjeld Pedersen, Martijn Wurbs, Sergey Bozhevolnyi, and Niels Asger Mortensen, Nature Communications, vol. 5, 4125 (1914).
33. Søren V. Andersen, V. Vandelon, R. H. E. C. Bosch, B. W. van de Loo, Kjeld Pedersen, W. M. M. Kessels, Interaction between O2 and ZnO films probed by time-dependent second-harmonic generation, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 051602 (2014).
34.Kristian Bonderup, David Benning, Peter Kjær Kristensen, Vladimir Popok, and Kjeld Pedersen, Interface structure and strength of ultrasonically wedge bonded heavy aluminium wires in Si-based power modules, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Vol. 25, 2863 (2014).
35.Thomas Søndergaard, Yao-Chung Tsao, Peter Kjær Kristensen, Thomas Garm Pedersen and Kjeld Pedersen, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 31, 2036 (2014).
36.Jonas Beermenn, René L. Eriksen, Thobias Holmgaard, Kjeld Pedersen and Sergey Bozhevolnyi, Plasmonic black metals via radiation absorption by two-dimensional arrays of ultra-sharp convex grooves, Scientific Reports, 4, 6904 (2014).
37.Thomas Søndergaard, Tsao Yao-Chung, Thomas Garm Pedersen, and Kjeld Pedersen, Light trapping in thin-film solar cells : the role of guided modes, Proceedings of SPIE: Thin Films for Solar and Energy Technology VI. Ed. Louay A. Eldada; Michael J. Heben. Vol. 9177 USA : SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, 2014. 91770M.
38.Thomas Søndergaard, Esben Skovsen, Christoph Lemke, Tobias Holmgaard Stær, Till Leissner, René L. Eriksen, Jonas Beermann, Michael Bauer, Kjeld Pedersen, Sergey Bozhevolnyi,Plasmonicblack metal polarizers for ultra-short laser pulses,Proceedings of SPIE: Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties XII. Ed. Allan D. Boardman. Vol. 9163 USA : SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, 2014. 916308.
39.Jonas Beermann, René L. Eriksen, Tobias Holmgaard Stær, Kjeld Pedersen, Sergey Bozhevolnyi, Plasmonic black metals via radiation absorption by two-dimensional arrays of ultra-sharp convex grooves, Scientific Reports ,4, 6904 (2014).
40.Kristian Bonderup Pedersen, Peter Kjær Kristensen, Vladimir Popok, Kjeld Pedersen, Degradation Assessment in IGBT Modules Using Four-Point Probing Approach, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 30, 2405 (2015).
41.Giulio Biagi, Jacek Fiutowski, Ilya P Radko, Horst-Günter Rubahn, Kjeld Pedersen, Sergey I Bozhevolnyi, Compact wavelength add–drop multiplexers using Bragg gratings in coupled dielectric-loaded plasmonic waveguides,Optics Letters, 40, 2429-2432 (2015).
42.Kristian Bonderup Pedersen, LotteHaxen Østergaard, PramodGhimire, Vladimir Popok, Kjeld Pedersen, Degradation mapping in high power IGBT modules using four-point probing, Microelectronics Reliability, 55, 1196-1204 (2015).
43.Sanjay Ram, Rita Rizolli, Derese Desta, BjarkeRolighed Jeppesen, Michele Bellettato, Ivan Samatov, Yao-Chung Tsao, Sabrina R Johannsen, Pekka T Neuvonen, Thomas Garm Pedersen, RuiNunoMarques Pereira, Kjeld Pedersen, Peter Balling, Arne Nylandsted Larsen.Directly patterned TiO2 nanostructures for efficient light harvesting in thin film solar cells, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics,48, 365101 (2015).
44.Alexander Stylvester Roberts, Manohar Chirumamilla, Kasper Thilsing-Hansen, Kjeld Pedersen, Sergey Bozhevolnyi, Near-infrared tailored thermal emission from wafer-scale continuous-film resonators, Optics Express, 23 (2015).
45.Dennis Achton Nielsen, Vladimir Popok, Kjeld Pedersen, Electric field mapping inside metallized film capacitors, 61st Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), 26-29 Jan. 2015, Palm Harbor. IEEE, (2015).
46.Liqiong An, Syed Talat Ali, Thomas Søndergaard, Jeppe Nørgaard, Yao-Chung Tsao, Kjeld Pedersen, Optimization of TiAlN/TiAlON/Si3N4 solar absorber coatings, Solar Energy, 118, 410-418 (2015).
47.Ana G. Silva, Kjeld Pedersen, Zheshen S. Li, Per Morgen, Photoelectron spectroscopy as an in situ contact-less method for studies of MOS properties of ultrathin oxides on Si, Applied Surface Science 353, 1208–1213 (2015).
48.Yao-Chung Tsao, Thomas Søndergaard, Peter Kjær Kristensen, Rita Rizolli, Kjeld Pedersen, Thomas Garm Pedersen, Rapid fabrication and trimming of nanostructured backside reflectors for enhanced optical absorption in a -Si:H solar cells, Applied Physics A 120, 417-425 (2015).
49.Paw Simesen, Thomas Søndergaard, Esben Skovsen, Jacek Fiutowski, Horst-Günter Rubahn, Sergey I Bozhevolnyi, Kjeld Pedersen,Surface plasmonpolariton excitation by second harmonic generation in single organic nanofibers,Optics Express, 23, 16356-16363 (2015).
50.Mads Brincker, Kjeld Pedersen, Esben Skovsen, Tunable local excitation of surface plasmonpolaritons by sum-frequency generation in ZnO nanowires, Optics Communications, 356, 109-112 (2015).
51.Paw Simesen, Kristian Bonderup Pedersen, Kjeld Pedersen; Second-harmonic scanning microscopy of domains in Al wire bonds in IGBT modules, Optics Express, 23, 33466-33471 (2015).
52.Mads Lund Trolle, Yao-Chung Tsao, Kjeld Pedersen, Thomas Garm Pedersen, Observation of excitonic resonances in the second harmonic spectrum of MoS2, Phys. Rev. B 92, 161409 (2015).
53.Dennis Achton Nielsen, Vladimir Popok, Kjeld Pedersen, Modelling and experimental verification of tip-induced polarization in Kelvin probe force microscopy measurements on dielectric surfaces, J. Appl. Phys. 118, 195301 (2015).
54.Kristian Bonderup Pedersen, Kjeld Pedersen, Dynamic Modelling Method of Electro-Thermo-Mechanical Degradation in IGBT Modules, IEEE Transactions of Power Electronics, 31, 975-986 (2015)