Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.

MBI-Mitarbeiter - Persönliche Daten

Dr. Bastian Pfau

bastian.pfau(at)mbi-berlin.de
+49 30 6392 1321

B2: Imaging and Coherent X-rays
Haus B, 3.5

Position

  • Department Head B2 "Imaging and Coherent X-rays"
  • Project Coordinator 3.3 ""Transient Structures and Imaging with X-rays"
  • Project Member 3.2 "Solids and Nanostructures: Electrons, Spins, and Phonons"

Research

We use X-ray holography to image functional magnetic materials on the nanoscale.

Curriculum vitae

since 2016 Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Born Institute

2014-2015 Postdoctoral Researcher, Lund University, Division of Synchrotron Radation Research

2013 Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) in Physics, Technical University Berlin, Thesis: Imaging magnetic nanostructures using soft x-ray Fourier transform holography

2010-2013 Assistant researcher, Technical University Berlin

2006-2010 Assistant researcher, BESSY synchrotron source, since 2009 named Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy

2006 Diplom (MSc) in Physics, Technical University Dresden, Thesis: Combining photon correlation spectroscopy and fluctuation analysis for investigating diffusion dynamics

1999-2006 Study of Physics, Technical University Dresden and University of Vienna

MBI Publikationen

  1. Subwavelength localized all-optical Helicity-independent magnetic switching using plasmonic gold nanostructuresT. P. H. Sidiropoulos, P. Singh, T. Noll, M. Schneider, W. D. Engel, D. Sommer, F. Steinbach, I. Will, B. Pfau, C. von Korff Schmising, Stefan Eisebitt Nano Letters 25 (2025) 4645–4651
  2. Controlled formation of skyrmion bagsL-M. Kern, V. M. Kuchkin, V. Deinhart, C. Klose, T. Sidiropoulos, M. Auer, S. Gaebel, K. Gerlinger, R. Battistelli, S. Wittrock, T. Karaman, M. Schneider, C. M. Günther, D. Engel, I. Will, S. Wintz, M. Weigand, F. Büttner, K. Höflich, S. Eisebitt, B. Pfau Advanced Materials 37 (2025) 2501250/1-12
  3. Laser-driven resonant soft-X-ray scattering for probing picosecond dynamics of nanometre-scale order

    L. Lunin, M. Borchert, N. Schneider, K. Korell, M. Schneider, W. D. Engel, S. Eisebitt, B. Pfau, D. Schick

     Light: Science & Applications 14 (2025) 394/1-9
  4. Coherent x-ray magnetic imaging with 5 nm resolution

    R. Battistelli, D. Metternich, M. Schneider, L.-M. Kern, K. Litzius, J. Fuchs, C. Klose, K. Gerlinger, K. Bagschik, C. Günther, W. D. Engel, C. Ropers, S. Eisebitt, B. Pfau, F. Buettner, S. Zayko

     Optica 11 (2024) 234-237
  5. Ultrafast opto-magnetic effects in the extreme ultraviolet spectral rangeM. Hennecke, C. von Korff Schmising, K. Yao, E. Jal, B. Vodungbo, V. Chardonnet, K. Légaré, F. Capotondi, D. Naumenko, E. Pedersoli, I. Lopez-Quintas, I. P. Nikolov, L. Raimondi, G. De Ninno, L. Salemi, S. Ruta, R. Chantrell, T. Ostler, B. Pfau, W. D. Engel, P. M. Oppeneer, S. Eisebitt, I. Radu Communications Physics 7 (2024) 191/1-8
  6. 2024 roadmap on magnetic microscopy techniques and their applications in materials science

    D. V. Christensen, U. Staub, T. R. Devidas, B. Kalisky, K. C. Nowack, J. L. Webb, U. L. Andersen, A. Huck, D. A. Broadway, K. Wagner, P. Maletinsky, T. van der Sar, C. R. Du, A. Yacoby, D. Collomb, S. Bending, A. Oral, H. J. Hug, A.-O. Mandru, V. Neu, H. W. Schumacher, S. Sievers, H. Saito, A. A. Khajetoorians, N. Hauptmann, S. Baumann, A. Eichler, C. L. Degen, J. McCord, M. Vogel, M. Fiebig, P. Fischer, A. Hierro-Rodriguez, S. Finizio, S. S. Dhesi, C. Donnelly, F. Büttner, O. Kfir, W. Hu, S. Zayko, S. Eisebitt, B. Pfau, R. Frömter, M. Kläui, F. S. Yasin, B. J. McMorran, S. Seki, X. Yu, A. Lubk, D. Wolf, N. Pryds, D. Makarov, M. Poggio

     JPhys Materials 7 (2024) 032501/1-83
  7. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy at the Fe L-edges with a picosecond laser-driven plasma sourceM. Borchert, D. Engel, C. von Korff Schmising, B. Pfau, S. Eisebitt, D. Schick Optica 10 (2023) 450-455
  8. Pump-probe x-ray microscopy of photo-induced magnetization dynamics at MHz repetition ratesK. Gerlinger, B. Pfau, M. Hennecke, L.-M. Kern, I. Will, T. Noll, M. Weigand, J. Gräfe, N. Träger, M. Schneider, C. M. Günther, D. Engel, G. Schütz, S. Eisebitt Structural Dynamics 10 (2023) 024301/1-9
  9. X-ray resonant scattering and holography with application to magnetization dynamicsB. Pfau, S. Eisebitt Book chapter: Structural Dynamics with X-ray and Electron Scattering 25 (2023) 254-300
  10. Versatile tabletop setup for picosecond time-resolved resonant soft-x-ray scattering and spectroscopyM. Borchert, J. Brenzel, R. Gnewkow, L. Lunin, T. Sidiropoulos, J. Tümmler, I. Will, T. Noll, O. Reichel, D. Rohloff, A. Erko, T. Krist, C. v. Korff Schmising, B. Pfau, S. Eisebitt, H. Stiel, D. Schick Review of Scientific Instruments 94 (2023) 063102/1-12