Erlangen - An Important Center of Crystal Growth and Epitaxy. Major Scientific Results and Technological Solutions of the Last Four Decades

This article describes the historic development of the Erlangen Crystal Growth Laboratory CGL from its beginnings in 1974 at the chair of Materials of Electrical Engineering (Department of Material Science) of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg until its current status as a large department "Materials" of the Erlangen Fraunhofer-Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology. Essential developments and scientific achievements in the various fields of crystal growth and epitaxy are presented from the early period until today.