February 25, 200817 yr I have been out of touch lately, but i DO have an excuse. So this is an update in case anyone whom i know cares (f.e. BountyHunter -You DO CARE, RIGHT????? ). First of all my studies are going like crap. I have no material and i am trying to squeeze what i have dry. I am scraping the bottom of the barrel and i dont have enough to fill one lousy cup (called an article). So my advisor, based on my performance decided, that: 1) I should go to conference in Korea in may this year and present the crap i have. Or don't have. Yet. This in a long term is a good thing. 2) Experiment and theorize on the matters of crap i have in order to make it before may. This in a long term is a good thing. Above would actually be doable, BUT i also have to: 3) Help a fellow researcher in His project. He's barking mad already because i fail to do anything towards this. This in a long term is also a good thing (not the 'mad' part). 4) I was sold to another group (without any profit for me obviously) to learn and grow some structures. This in a long term is also also a good thing. 5) Today i was also sold to yet another group to learn and perform some calculations. Guess what? Right! This in a long term is a good thing. So a lot of good things are happening around me. Problem is: they are all happening at the same time and demand the same deadlines. I am having a bad feeling, that everyone thinks i am exceptional in everything. Should have told the truth from starters... This is a warning to those of You, who wish to be a PhD student. P.S. I still play games though...
February 25, 200817 yr Wow...that sounds like quite a lot going on. One quick question, what are you going for a PhD for? I'm fairly new here (compared to Musashi ).
February 25, 200817 yr Getting "Dr." or "Professor" in front of your name makes it all worth it, Musashi. Stay strong.
February 25, 200817 yr hey jedi I kinda know what your going through except they all just think us engineering students are idiots and that we have no life besides school (which is kind of right in a way)
February 25, 200817 yr Author Wow...that sounds like quite a lot going on. One quick question, what are you going for a PhD for? I'm fairly new here (compared to Musashi ). Well, i am doing all sorts of things. I've been at it now for 1.5 year now and only TODAY i AT LAST saw my project outline!!! Ain't THAT cute? But more seriously, i am going for the PhD in physics. I hoped it would stay 'applied' (that is experimental) physics, but with new things (growing and simulating) coming i can't call it that anymore. If You'd like to inquire further, then i can give You few keywords. Basically, i am working as of now on growing, experimenting and simulating various behavioral patterns in GaSb (that's gallium arsenide for those, who skipped chemistry classes) type-II (don't ask if You REALLY don't have to) quantum dots (self-explanatory i think) and systems (f.e. a dot inside a well)- a new type of material, that will (hopefully) provide an excellent alternative to existing telecoms devices (transmitters, receivers, amplifiers and such) as they can easily reach (with the right technology) the second telecom window (1.55 micron - wavelength at which the dispersion in air is negligible) and even further into infrared. Well, thats a nice sales-talk i came up with, isn't it?
February 26, 200817 yr Well, i am doing all sorts of things. I've been at it now for 1.5 year now and only TODAY i AT LAST saw my project outline!!! Ain't THAT cute? But more seriously, i am going for the PhD in physics. I hoped it would stay 'applied' (that is experimental) physics, but with new things (growing and simulating) coming i can't call it that anymore. If You'd like to inquire further, then i can give You few keywords. Basically, i am working as of now on growing, experimenting and simulating various behavioral patterns in GaSb (that's gallium arsenide for those, who skipped chemistry classes) type-II (don't ask if You REALLY don't have to) quantum dots (self-explanatory i think) and systems (f.e. a dot inside a well)- a new type of material, that will (hopefully) provide an excellent alternative to existing telecoms devices (transmitters, receivers, amplifiers and such) as they can easily reach (with the right technology) the second telecom window (1.55 micron - wavelength at which the dispersion in air is negligible) and even further into infrared. Well, thats a nice sales-talk i came up with, isn't it? Wow, now that's a mouth full lol. Sounds really rewarding though. Best of luck to you with whatever you're working on.
February 26, 200817 yr G/L KY just keep up the hard work and that should help in the long run. Not much of a scientist myself so cant offer any words of advise for ya! but GL none the less!
February 26, 200817 yr Author Well, it seems lots of You skipped the chemistry classes... as nobody noticed my mistake. GaSb is gallium ANTIMONIDE, not arsenide... But, well, considering that arsenide actually is unintentionally displacing the antimonide in the lattice matrix (about 75% of it with current technology), one COULD say that this is more GaAs than GaSb dot. So lets just call it Ga(As)Sb. Sorry for slip-up. I was tired and all....
February 26, 200817 yr Well, it seems lots of You skipped the chemistry classes... as nobody noticed my mistake. GaSb is gallium ANTIMONIDE, not arsenide... But, well, considering that arsenide actually is unintentionally displacing the antimonide in the lattice matrix (about 75% of it with current technology), one COULD say that this is more GaAs than GaSb dot. So lets just call it Ga(As)Sb. Sorry for slip-up. I was tired and all.... simple mistakes like that are easily made. just dont let it happen again -G
February 26, 200817 yr OMG HE"S ALIVE! lol jk nice to see ya around bro. just stay strong, it'll pay off in the end! P.S. i used to set the chem lab on fire back in school was fun tho! Mua ha ha ha!
February 26, 200817 yr Well, it seems lots of You skipped the chemistry classes... as nobody noticed my mistake. GaSb is gallium ANTIMONIDE, not arsenide... But, well, considering that arsenide actually is unintentionally displacing the antimonide in the lattice matrix (about 75% of it with current technology), one COULD say that this is more GaAs than GaSb dot. So lets just call it Ga(As)Sb. Sorry for slip-up. I was tired and all.... Master Musashi, practicing aloud is a very healthy habit, to learn is to teach, good luck manage your time wisely, and all will be well, Carry on.
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