Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy
Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy

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

  1. 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
  2. Ultrafast opto-magnetic effects in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range

    M. 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, D. Engel, P. M. Oppeneer, S. Eisebitt, I. Radu

     Communications Physics 7 (2024) 191/1-8
  3. 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
  4. Ultrafast X-ray imaging of the light-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, N. Artrith, F. de Groot, H. Choi, D. Jang, A. Katoch, S. Kwon, S. H. Park, H. Kim, S. E. Wall

     Nature Physics 19 (2023) 215-220
  5. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy at the Fe L-edges with a picosecond laser-driven plasma source

    M. Borchert, D. Engel, C. von Korff Schmising, B. Pfau, S. Eisebitt, D. Schick

     Optica 10 (2023) 450-455
  6. Pump-probe x-ray microscopy of photo-induced magnetization dynamics at MHz repetition rates

    K. 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
  7. X-ray resonant scattering and holography with application to magnetization dynamics

    B. Pfau, S. Eisebitt

     Book chapter: Structural Dynamics with X-ray and Electron Scattering Ed.: K. Amini, A. Rouzée and M. J. J. Vrakking 25 (2023) 254-300
  8. Versatile tabletop setup for picosecond time-resolved resonant soft-x-ray scattering and spectroscopy

    M. 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
  9. Three-dimensional coherent diffraction snapshot imaging using extreme-ultraviolet radiation from a free electron laser

    D. Fainozzi, M. Ippoliti, F. Bille, D.De Angelis, L. Foglia, C. Masciovecchio, R. Mincigrucci, M. Pancaldi, E. Pedersoli, C. M. Günther, B. Pfau, M. Schneider, C. von Korff Schmising, S. Eisebitt, G. Kourousias, F. Bencivenga, F. Capotondi

     Optica 10 (2023) 1053-1058
  10. Electron population dynamics in resonant non-linear x-ray absorption in nickel at a free-electron laser

    R. Y. Engel, O. Alexander, K. Atak, U. Bovensiepen, J. Buck, R. Carley, M. Cascella, V. Chardonnet, G. S. Chiuzbaian, C. David, F. Döring, A. Eschenlohr, N. Gerasimova, F. de Groot, L. Le Guyader, O. S. Humphries, M. Izquierdo, E. Jal, A. Kubec, T. Laarmann, C.-H. Lambert, J. Lüning, J. P. Marangos, L. Mercadier, G. Mercurio, P. S. Miedema, K. Ollefs, B. Pfau, B. Rösner, K. Rossnagel, N. Rothenbach, A. Scherz, J. Schlappa, M. Scholz, J. O. Schunck, K. Setoodehnia, C. Stamm, S. Techert, S. M. Vinko, H. Wende, A. A. Yaroslavtsev, Z. Yin, M. Beye

     Structural Dynamics 10 (2023) 054501/1-22