Dr. Clemens Korff Schmising, von
clemens.korffschmising(at)mbi-berlin.de
+49 30 6392 1372
B1: Electron and Spin Dynamics
Haus B, 3.9
Position
- Department Head: B1 "Electron and Spin Dynamics",
- Project Coordinator 3.2 "Solids and Nanostructures: Electrons, Spins, and Phonons",
- Project Member 3.3 "Transient Structures and Imaging with X-rays "
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
- Probing ultrafast spin dynamics with high-harmonic magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy Physical Review B 92 (2015) 220405(R)/1-5
- Femtosecond X-ray diffraction of nanolayered oxides Physics Procedia 3 (2010) 333-341
- Ultrafast X-ray experiments on structural changes in single crystals of polar molecules Applied Physics A 96 (2009) 107-115
- Femtosecond hard X-ray plasma sources with a kilohertz repetition rate Applied Physics A 96 (2009) 51-58
- Ultrafast structural dynamics of perovskite superlattices Applied Physics A 96 (2009) 83-90
- Femtosecond X-ray diffraction study of the ultrafast coupling between magnetization and structure in the ferromagnet SrRuO3 Ultrafast Phenomena XVI Springer (2009) 107-109
- Ultrafast structural dynamics of polar solids studied by femtosecond X-ray diffraction Ultrafast Phenomena XVI Springer (2009) 101-103
- Femtosecond X-ray scattering in condensed matterDissertation Humboldt-Universität (2008)
- Real-time studies of reversible lattice dynamics by femtosecond X-ray diffraction Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 223 (2008) 283-291
- Ultrafast magnetostriction and phonon-mediated stress in a photoexcited ferromagnet 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)