Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.
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. The PERCIVAL detector: first user experiments

    J. Correa, M. Mehrjoo, R. Battistelli, F. Lehmkühler, A. Marras, C. B. Wunderer, T. Hirono, V. Felk, F. Krivan, S. Lange, I. Shevyakov, V. Vardanyan, M. Zimmer, M. Hoesch, K. Bagschik, N. Guerrini, B. Marsh, I. Sedgwick, G. Cautero, L. Stebel, D. Giuressi, R. H. Menk, A. Greer, T. Nicholls, W. Nichols, U. Pedersen, P. Shikhaliev, N. Tartoni, H. J. Hyun, S. H. Kim, S. Y. Park, K. S. Kim, F. Orsini, F. J. Iguaz, F. Büttner, B. Pfau, E. Plönjes, K. Kharitonov, M. Ruiz-Lopez, R. Pan, S. Gang, B. Keitel, H. Graafsmaa

     Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 30 (2023) 242-250
  2. Coherent correlation imaging: resolving fluctuating states of matter

    C. Klose, F. Büttner, W. Hu, C. Mazzoli, K. Litzius, R. Battitelli, S. Zayko, I. Lemesh, J. M. Bartell, M. Huang, C. M. Günther, M. Schneider, A. Barbour, S. B. Wilkins, G. S. D. Beach, S. Eisebitt, B. Pfau

     Nature 614 (2023) 256-261
  3. Ultrafast X-Ray hyperspectral imaging of the photo-induced phase transition in VO2

    A. S. Johnson, D. Pérez-Salinas, K. M. Siddiqui, S. Kim, S. Choi, K. Volckaert, P. E. Majchrzak, S. Ulstrup, K. Hallman, R. F. Haglund, C. M. Günther, B. Pfau, S. Eisebitt, D. Backes, F. Maccherozzi, A. Fitzpatrick, S. Dhesi, P. Gargiani, M. Valvidares, H. Choi, D. Jang, A. Katoch, S. Kwon, S. H. Park, H. Kim, S. E. Wall

     Ultrafast Phenomena 2022 Optica Publishing Group (2022)
  4. Reference shape effects on Fourier transform holography

    E. Malm, B. Pfau, M. Schneider, C. M. Günther, P. Hessing, F. Büttner, A. Mikkelsen, S. Eisebitt

     Optics Express 30 (2022) 38424-38438
  5. Ultrafast element- and depth-resolved magnetization dynamics probed by transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect spectroscopy in the soft x-ray range

    M. Hennecke, D. Schick, T. Sidiropoulos, F. Willems, A. Heilmann, M. van Moerbeck-Bock, L. Ehrentraut, D. Engel, P. Hessing, B. Pfau, M. Schmidbauer, A. Furchner, M. Schnuerer, C. von Korff Schmising, S. Eisebitt

     Physical Review Research 4 (2022) L022062/1-7
  6. Photon correlation spectroscopy with heterodyne mixing based on soft-x-ray magnetic circular dichroism

    C. Klose, F. Büttner, W. Hu, C. Mazzoli, G. S. D. Beach, S. Eisebitt, B. Pfau

     Physical Review B 105 (2022) 214425/1-9
  7. Deterministic generation and guided motion of magnetic skyrmions by focused He+-ion irradiation

    L.-M. Kern, B. Pfau, V. Deinhart, M. Schneider, C. Klose, K. Gerlinger, S. Wittrock, D. Engel, I. Will, C. M. Günther, R. Liefferink, J. H. Mentink, S. Wintz, M. Weigand, M.-Jie Huang, R. Battistelli, D. Metternich, F. Büttner, K. Höflich, S. Eisebitt

     Nano Letters 22 (2022) 4028-4035
  8. Real-time spatial characterization of micrometer-sized X-ray free-electron laser beams focused by bendable mirrors

    G. Mercurio, J. Chalupský, I.-T. Nistea, M. Schneider, V. Hájková, N. Gerasimova, R. Carley, M. Cascella, L. Le Guyader, L. Mercadier, J. Schlappa, K. Setoodehnia, M. Teichmann, A. Yaroslavtsev, T. Burian, V. Vozda, L. Vyšín, J. Wild, D. Hickin, A. Silenzi, M. Stupar, J. T. Delitz, C. Broers, A. Reich, B. Pfau, S. Eisebitt, D. La Civita, H. Sinn, M. Vannoni, S. G. Alcock, L. Juha, A. Scherz

     Optics Express 30 (2022) 20980-20998
  9. Tailoring optical excitation to control magnetic skyrmion nucleation

    L.-M. Kern, B. Pfau, M. Schneider, K. Gerlinger, V. Deinhart, S. Wittrock, T. Sidiropoulos, D. Engel, I. Will, C. M. Günther, K. Litzius, S. Wintz, M. Weigand, F. Büttner, S. Eisebitt

     Physical Review B 106 (2022) 054435/1-10
  10. Observation of fluctuation-mediated picosecond nucleation of a topological phase

    F. Büttner, B. Pfau, M. Böttcher, M. Schneider, G. Mercurio, C. M. Günther, P. Hessing, C. Klose, A. Wittmann, K. Gerlinger, L.-M. Kern, C. Strüber, C. von Korff Schmising, J. Fuchs, D. Engel, A. Churikova, S. Huang, D. Suzuki, I. Lemesh, M. Huang, L. Caretta, D. Weder, J. H. Gaida, M. Möller, T. R. Harvey, S. Zayko, K. Bagschik, R. Carley, L. Mercadier, J. Schlappa, A. Yaroslavtsev, L. Le Guyarder, N. Gerasimova, A. Scherz, C. Deiter, R. Gort, D. Hickin, J. Zhu, M. Turcato, D. Lomidze, F. Erdinger, A. Castoldi, S. Maffessanti, M. Porro, A. Samartsev, J. Sinova, C. Ropers, J. H. Mentink, B. Dupé, G. S. D. Beach, S. Eisebitt

     Nature Materials 20 (2021) 30–37