MBI-Mitarbeiter - Persönliche Daten

Research

We aim to understand how fundamental interactions in magnetism like spin-orbit coupling, exchange interaction and spin dependent electron transport allow the optical manipulation of magnetic order on an ultrafast time scale. Currently we focus on ferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic metallic thin films and multilayers and explore the influence of magnetic and chemical nanoscale inhomogeneities on ultrafast spin dynamics and ultrafast magnetic switching. Furthermore, we design and manufacture plasmonic structures for subwavelength confinement of the optical excitation to achieve control of magnetism on the nanoscale.

In addition to all-optical spectroscopy we use novel light sources like free electron laser and high harmonic sources in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range to probe the transient magnetic state via element-specific magnetic dichroic spectroscopy, small angle scattering and coherent imaging techniques. These experimental methods give us detailed information on the distinct dynamics in multicomponent magnetic systems with a femtosecond temporal and nanometer spatial resolution.

For more information please also refer to Project 3.2 Topic 4.

Curriculum vitae

11/2015 - present: Scientist
Max-Born-Institute
Prof. Dr. Stefan Eisebitt

08/2011 - 11/2015: Postdoctoral Researcher
Technische Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Stefan Eisebitt

11/2008 - 07/2011: Postdoctoral Scholarship of the Swedish National Research Foundation
Lund University, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Jörgen Larsson & Prof. Dr. Matias Bargheer

02/2005 - 10/2008: Ph.D. Thesis: "Ultrafast X-ray Scattering in Condensed Matter"
Max-Born-Institute Berlin/Humboldt University Berlin, Dr. rer. nat.
Prof. Dr. Thomas Elsässer

04/2004 - 10/2004: Scientific Researcher
Optical Fibre Technology Centre Sydney, University of Sydney, Australia
Prof. Dr. Marianne Large

09/2000 - 12/2003: Diploma Thesis: "Holography in Lithium Niobate Crystals with Nano- and Femtosecond Light Pulses"
University Bonn, Germany
Prof. Dr. Karsten Buse

09/1999 - 06/2000: Physics studies (Erasmus)
St. Andrews University, Scotland

09/1997 - 08/1999: Physics studies (Vordiplom)
University of Bayreuth, Germany

MBI Publikationen

  1. Probing ultrafast spin dynamics with high-harmonic magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy

    F. Willems, C. T. L. Smeenk, N. Zhavoronkov, O. Kornilov, I. Radu, M. Schmidbauer, M. Hanke, C. von Korff Schmising, M. J. J. Vrakking, S. Eisebitt

    Physical Review B 92 (2015) 220405(R)/1-5
  2. Femtosecond X-ray diffraction of nanolayered oxides

    von Korff Schmising, C., A. Harpoeth, N. Zhavoronkov, M. Woerner, T. Elsaesser, M. Bargheer, M. Schmidbauer, I. Vrejoiu, D. Hesse, M. Alexe

    Physics Procedia 3 (2010) 333-341
  3. Ultrafast X-ray experiments on structural changes in single crystals of polar molecules

    M. Braun, C. Root, F. J. Lederer, T. E. Schrader, W. Zinth, von Korff Schmising, C., M. Bargheer, T. Elsaesser, M. Woerner

    Applied Physics A 96 (2009) 107-115
  4. Femtosecond hard X-ray plasma sources with a kilohertz repetition rate

    F. Zamponi, Z. Ansari, von Korff Schmising, C., P. Rothhardt, N. Zhavoronkov, M. Woerner, T. Elsaesser, M. Bargheer, T. Trobitzsch-Ryll, M. Haschke

    Applied Physics A 96 (2009) 51-58
  5. Ultrafast structural dynamics of perovskite superlattices

    M. Woerner, von Korff Schmising, C., M. Bargheer, N. Zhavoronkov, I. Vrejoiu, D. Hesse, M. Alexe, T. Elsaesser

    Applied Physics A 96 (2009) 83-90
  6. Femtosecond X-ray diffraction study of the ultrafast coupling between magnetization and structure in the ferromagnet SrRuO3

    von Korff Schmising, C., M. Bargheer, A. Harpoeth, N. Zhavoronkov, Z. Ansari, M. Woerner, T. Elsaesser, I. Vrejoiu, D. Hesse, M. Alexe

    Ultrafast Phenomena XVI Springer (2009) 107-109
  7. Ultrafast structural dynamics of polar solids studied by femtosecond X-ray diffraction

    T. Elsaesser, von Korff Schmising, C., N. Zhavoronkov, M. Bargheer, M. Woerner, M. Braun, P. Gilch, W. Zinth, I. Vrejoiu, D. Hesse, M. Alexe

    Ultrafast Phenomena XVI Springer (2009) 101-103
  8. Femtosecond X-ray scattering in condensed matter

    von Korff Schmising, C.

    Dissertation Humboldt-Universität (2008)
  9. Real-time studies of reversible lattice dynamics by femtosecond X-ray diffraction

    von Korff Schmising, C., M. Bargheer, M. Woerner, T. Elsaesser

    Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 223 (2008) 283-291
  10. Ultrafast magnetostriction and phonon-mediated stress in a photoexcited ferromagnet

    von Korff Schmising, C., A. Harpoeth, N. Zhavoronkov, Z. Ansari, C. Aku-Leh, M. Woerner, T. Elsaesser, M. Bargheer, M. Schmidbauer, I. Vrejoiu, D. Hesse, M. Alexe

    Physical Review B 78 (2008) 060404(R)/1-4

Andere Publikationen

  • Nonlocal ultrafast demagnetization dynamics of Co/Pt multilayers by optical field enhancement
    C. von Korff Schmising, M. Giovannella, D. Weder, S. Schaffert, J. Webb and S. Eisebitt
    New Journal of Physics, 17, 033047 (2015)
  • Dynamics and inertia of skyrmionic spin structures
    F. Büttner, C. Moutafis, M. Schneider, B. Krüger, C.M. Günther, J. Geilhufe, C. von Korff Schmising, J. Mohanty, B. Pfau, S. Schaffert, A. Biesig, M. Foerster, T. Schulz, C.A.F. Vaz, J.H. Franken, H.J.M. Swagten, M. Kläui, and S. Eisebitt
    Nature Physics, 11, 225 (2015)
  • Imaging ultrafast demagnetization dynamics after a spatially localized optical excitation
    C. von Korff Schmising, B. Pfau, M. Schneider, C.M. Günther, M. Giovannella, J. Perron, B. Vodungbo, L. Müller, F. Capotondi, E. Pedersoli, N. Mahne, J. Lüning, and S. Eisebitt
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 217203 (2014)
  • udkm1Dsim-A simulation toolkit for 1D ultrafast dynamics in condensed matter
    D. Schick, A. Bojahr, M. Herzog, R. Shayduk, C. von Korff Schmising, M. Bargheer
    Comp. Commun. Phys., 185, 651-660 (2013)
  • Ultrafast dynamics of magnetic domain structures probed by coherent free-electron laser light
    L. Müller, S. Schleitzer, C. Gutt, B. Pfau, S. Schaffert, J. Geilhufe, C. von Korff Schmising, M. Schneider, C. M. Günther, F. Büttner, F. Capotondi, E. Pedersoli, S. Düsterer, H. Redlin, A. Al-Shemmary, R. Treusch, J. Bach, R. Frömter, B. Vodungbo, J. Gautier, P. Zeitoun, H. Popescu, V. Lopez-Flores, N. Beaulieu, F. Sirotti, N. Jaouen, G. Malinowski, B. Tudu, K. Li, J. Lüning, H. P. Oepen, M. Kiskinova, S. Eisebitt and G. Grübel
    Sync. Rad. News, 26, 27-32 (2013)
  • Ultrafast reciprocal-space mapping with a convergent beam
    D. Schick, R. Shayduk, A. Bojahr, M. Herzog, C. von Korff Schmising, P. Gaal and M. Bargheer
    J. Appl. Cryst., 46, 1372-1377 (2013)
  • High-resolution magnetic-domain imaging by Fourier transform holography at 21 nm wavelength
    S. Schaffert, B. Pfau, J. Geilhufe, C. M Günther, M. Schneider, C. von Korff Schmising and S. Eisebitt
    New J. Phys. 15, 093042 (2013)
  • Magnetic states in low-pinning high-anisotropy material nanostructures suitable for dynamic imaging
    F. Büttner, C. Moutafis, A. Bisig, P. Wohlhüter, C. M. Günther, J. Mohanty, J. Geilhufe, M. Schneider, C. v. Korff Schmising, S. Schaffert, B. Pfau, M. Hantschmann, M. Riemeier, M. Emmel, S. Finizio, G. Jakob, M. Weigand, J. Rhensius, J. H. Franken, R. Lavrijsen, H. J. M. Swagten, H. Stoll, S. Eisebitt, and M. Kläui
    Phys. Rev. B, 87, 134422 (2013)
  • The c-axis thermal conductivity of graphite film of nanometer thickness measuredby time resolved X-ray diffraction
    M. Harb, C. von Korff Schmising, H. Enquist, A. Jurgilaitis, I. Maximov, P. V. Shvets, A. N. Obraztsov, D. Khakhulin, M. Wulff, and J. Larsson
    Appl. Phys. Lett., 101, 233108 (2012)
  • Holographically aided iterative phase retrieval
    S. Flewett, C. M. Günther, C. von Korff Schmising, B. Pfau, J. Mohanty, F. Büttner, M. Riemeier, M. Hantschmann, M. Kläui, and S. Eisebitt
    Optics Express, 20, 29210 (2012)
  • Comparing the oscillation phase in optical pump-probe spectra to ultrafast x-ray diffraction
    A. Bojahr, D. Schick, L. Maerten, M. Herzog, I. Vrejoiu, C. v. Korff Schmising, C. Milne, S. L. Johnson and M. Bargheer
    Phys. Rev. B, 85, 224302 (2012)
  • Normalization schemes for ultrafast x-ray diffraction using a table-top laser-driven plasma source
    D. Schick, A. Bojahr, M. Herzog, C. von Korff Schmising, R. Shayduk, W. Leitenberger, P. Gaal and M. Bargheer
    Rev. Sci. Instrum., 83, 025104 (2012)
  • Analysis of ultrafast x-ray diffraction data in a linear-chain model of the lattice dynamics
    M. Herzog, D. Schick, P. Gaal, R. Shayduk, C. von Korff Schmising and M. Bargheer
    Appl. Phys. A,106, 489-499 (2012)
  • Nanoscale heat transport studied by high-resolution time-resolved X-ray diffraction
    R. Shayduka, H. Naviriana, W. Leitenbergerg, J. Goldshteyna, I. Vrejoiu, M. Weinelt, P. Gaal, M. Herzog, C. v. Korff Schmising and M. Bargheer
    New Journal of Physics, 15, 093032 (2011)
  • Picosecond dynamics of laser-induced strains in graphite
    M. Harb, A. Jurgilaitis, H. Enquist, R. Nüske, C. v. Korff Schmising, J. Gaudin, S. L. Johnson, C. J. Milne, P. Beaud, E. Vorobeva, A. Caviezel, S. Mariager, G. Ingold, and J. Larsson
    Phys. Rev. B, 84, 045435 (2011)
  • Picosecond time-resolved x-ray refectivity of a laser-heated amorphous carbon film
    R. Nüske, A. Jurgilaitis, H. Enquist, S. Dastjani Farahani, J. Gaudin, L. Guerin, M. Harb, C. v. Korff Schmising, M. Störmer, M. Wulff, and J. Larsson
    Appl. Phys Lett., 98, 101909 (2011)
  • Subpicosecond hard x-ray streak camera using single-photon counting
    H. Enquist, H. Navirian, R. Nüske, C. v. Korff Schmising, A. Jurgilaitis, M. Herzog, M. Bargheer, P. Sondhauss, and J. Larsson
    Optics Letters, 35, 3219 (2010)
  • Acoustically driven ferroelastic domain switching observed by time-resolved x-ray diffraction
    H. Navirian, H. Enquist, R. Nüske, A. Jurgilaitis, P. Sondhauss, C. v. Korff Schmising and J. Larsson
    Phys. Rev. B, 81, 024113 (2010)
  • Time-resolved x-ray scattering from laser-molten indium antimonide
    R. Nüske, C. v. Korff Schmising, A. Jurgilaitis, H. Enquist, H. Navirian, P. Sondhauss, and J. Larsson
    Review of Scientific Instruments, 81, 013106 (2010)
  • Rectangular-core microstructured polymer optical fibre for interconnect
    M. van Eijkelenborg, N. Issa, M. Hiscocks, C. v. Korff Schmising, R. Lwin
    Electronic Letters, 42, 201-202 (2006)
  • Long-living currents induced by nanosecond light pulses in LiNbO3 Crystals
    O. Beyer, C. v. Korff Schmising, M. Luennemann, K. Buse, B. Sturman
    Optics Express, 14, 1533-1540 (2006)
  • Femtosecond holography in lithium niobate crystals
    H.T. Hsieh, D. Psaltis, O. Beyer, D. Maxein, C.v. Korff Schmising, K. Buse, B. Sturmann
    Opt. Lett., 30, 2233-2235 (2005)