MBI Staff Member – Personal info
Dr. Bastian Pfau
bastian.pfau(at)mbi-berlin.de
+49 30 6392 1321
B2: Imaging and Coherent X-rays
Building 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 Publications
- Coherent x-ray magnetic imaging with 5 nm resolution Optica 11 (2024) 234-237
- Ultrafast opto-magnetic effects in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range Communications Physics 7 (2024) 191/1-8
- 2024 roadmap on magnetic microscopy techniques and their applications in materials science JPhys Materials 7 (2024) 032501/1-83
- Ultrafast X-ray imaging of the light-induced phase transition in VO2 Nature Physics 19 (2023) 215-220
- X-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy at the Fe L-edges with a picosecond laser-driven plasma source Optica 10 (2023) 450-455
- Pump-probe x-ray microscopy of photo-induced magnetization dynamics at MHz repetition rates Structural Dynamics 10 (2023) 024301/1-9
- X-ray resonant scattering and holography with application to magnetization dynamics Book chapter: Structural Dynamics with X-ray and Electron Scattering Ed.: K. Amini, A. Rouzée and M. J. J. Vrakking 25 (2023) 254-300
- Versatile tabletop setup for picosecond time-resolved resonant soft-x-ray scattering and spectroscopy Review of Scientific Instruments 94 (2023) 063102/1-12
- Three-dimensional coherent diffraction snapshot imaging using extreme-ultraviolet radiation from a free electron laser Optica 10 (2023) 1053-1058
- Electron population dynamics in resonant non-linear x-ray absorption in nickel at a free-electron laser Structural Dynamics 10 (2023) 054501/1-22