About us

Thomas Braun (Owner)

  • Studies of physics and computer science in Heidelberg, Helsinki and Berlin
  • Student trainee in the R&D department of SPECS GmbH in Berlin
  • Diploma thesis at the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin in the group of Prof. Karsten Horn with the subject "Development and Characterization of an electron lens for imaging photoelectron spectroscopy"
  • 2009 Graduation as Diplom Physiker from the Freie Universität Berlin
  • Doctoral Researcher in the group nanotech@surfaces of Prof. Roman Fasel at EMPA in Zürich (resigned to build company)
  • 2011 Formation of the company "byte physics"
  • ORCiD

Dr. Michael Huth (Software engineer)

  • Studies of physics at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, specialization surface science
  • Diploma thesis in the group of Prof. Widdra with the subject "Photoelectron spectroscopy on transition metal oxide films: Spectrometer development and experiments at synchrotron radiation facilities"
  • 2005 Graduation as Diplom Physiker from the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
  • PhD thesis at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg in the group of Prof. Widdra with the subject "Structure determination of ultrathin films of transition metal oxides"
  • 2010 Graduation as Dr. rer. nat. from the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
  • PostDoc at the Max-Planck-Institute of Microstructure Physics in the group of Prof. Kirschner on the research topic "Laser induced photoemission and double photoemission at surfaces by high-harmonic generation"
  • Since 2017 at "byte physics"

Max Brauer (Software-Entwickler)

  • Computer science student at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
  • Since 2022 at "byte physics"
  • 2023 Graduation as Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

Scientific Publications

  • Jinming Cai et al., (2010), "Atomically precise bottom-up fabrication of graphene nanoribbons", Nature 466, 470-473, [LINK]
  • Cheng-Tien Chiang et al., (2020). "Laser-based double photoemission spectroscopy at surfaces", Progress in Surface Science 2020:95:1, [LINK]

Project Publications

  • Thomas Braun et al., "Live Access to MATRIX Data from IGOR Pro", Seite 14, Pico Vol. 16 No. 1/2012 Omicron NanoTechnology, [LINK]