MBI Staff Member – Personal info
Dr. Clemens Korff Schmising, von
clemens.korffschmising(at)mbi-berlin.de
+49 30 6392 1372
B1: Electron and Spin Dynamics
Building 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
Our goal is to control fundamental quantum degrees of freedom, such as spin, orbital angular momentum, and polarization, using light-driven excitation techniques. Currently, we are focusing on ferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic metallic thin films and multilayers, exploring how magnetic and chemical nanoscale inhomogeneities influence ultrafast spin dynamics and magnetic switching.
To gain access to element-specific dynamics of magnetization, we develop and apply state-of-the-art spectroscopic probes in the extreme ultraviolet and soft X-ray spectral ranges. Additionally, we use short-wavelength radiation and design plasmonic structures to confine optical excitation at the subwavelength scale, enabling control of magnetism at the nanoscale.
For further information, please refer to Project 3.2 Topic 1: Magnetism and transient electronic structure
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
Recent highlight(s)
- Pushing boundaries in ultrafast magnetization switching
- Ultrafast Plasmon-Enhanced Magnetic Bit Switching at the Nanoscale
- Controlling magnetism with polarized light
- Fundamental spatial limits of all-optical magnetization switching
- Following ultrafast magnetization dynamics in depth
- All-optical switching on a nanometer scale
- Accelerating write/erase cycles in all-optical magnetization switching
MBI Publications
- Subwavelength localized all-optical Helicity-independent magnetic switching using plasmonic gold nanostructures Nano Letters 25 (2025) 4645–4651
- Defects in magnetic domain walls after single-shot all-optical switching Structural Dynamics 12 (2025) 024504/1-10
- Femtosecond charge and spin dynamics in a Co50Pt50 alloy Structural Dynamics 12 (2025) 024303/1-8
- First experiments with ultrashort, circularly polarized soft x-ray pulses at FLASH2 Structural Dynamics 12 (2025) 034301/1-12
- Spectroscopic probe of ultrafast magnetization dynamics in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range Physical Review B 111 (2025) 214423/1-9
- Wavelength-dependent photodissociation of iodomethylbutane Scientific Reports 15 (2025) 20139 /1-13
- Transient domain boundary drives ultrafast magnetisation reversal Nature Communications 16 (2025) 8233/1-10
- Ultrafast opto-magnetic effects in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range Communications Physics 7 (2024) 191/1-8
- Coherent control of magnetization precession by doublepulse activation of effective fields from magnetoacoustics and demagnetization Applied Physics Letters 24 (2024) 102402/1-7
- Direct versus indirect excitation of ultrafast magnetization dynamics in FeNi alloys Physical Review Research 6 (2024) 013270/1-7
Other Publications
A publication list can be retrieved in ISI web of science using: author=(Schmising, C). A more up to date/extensive list is available on Google Scholar at this this link.