Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy

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

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)

MBI Publications

  1. High average power OPCPA MIR-systems for coherent soft x-ray generation accessing inner-shell absorption edges of metals

    M. van Moerbeck-Bock, T. Feng, A. Heilmann, L. Ehrentraut, H. Stiel, M. Hennecke, T. Sidiropoulos, C. von Korff Schmising, S. Eisebitt, M. Schnürer

     SPIE Proceedings Series 11777 (2021) online
  2. Toward ultrafast magnetic depth profiling using time-resolved x-ray resonant magnetic reflectivity

    V. Chardonne, M. Hennes, R. Jarrier, R. Delaunay, N. Jaouen, M. Kuhlmann, N. Ekanayake, C. Léveillé, C. von Korff Schmising, D. Schick, K. Yao, X. Liu, G. S. Chiuzbăian, J. Lüning, B. Vodungbo, E. Jal

     Structural Dynamics 8 (2021) 034305/1-10
  3. Angular momentum redistribution in laser-induced demagnetization

    J. K. Dewhurst, S. Shallcross, P. Elliott, S. Eisebitt, C. von Korff Schmising, S. Sharma

     Physical Review B 104 (2021) 054438/1-5
  4. Wide-field magneto-optical microscope to access quantitative magnetization dynamics with femtosecond temporal and sub-micrometer spatial resolution

    F. Steinbach, D. Schick, C. von Korff Schmising, K. Yao, M. Borchert, W. D. Engel, S. Eisebitt

     Journal of Applied Physics 130 (2021) 083905/1-9
  5. Laser-driven resonant magnetic soft-x-ray scattering for probing ultrafast antiferromagnetic and structural dynamics

    D. Schick, M. Borchert, J. Braenzel, H. Stiel, J. Tümmler, D. E. Bürgler, A. Firsov, C. von Korff Schmising, B. Pfau, S. Eisebitt

     Optica 8 (2021) 1237-1242
  6. Sub-15-fs X-ray pump and X-ray probe experiment for the study of ultrafast magnetization dynamics in ferromagnetic alloys

    X. Liu, A. Merhe, E. Jal, R. Delaunay, R. Jarrier, V. Chardonnet, M. Hennes, S. G. Chiuzbaian, K. Légaré, M. Hennecke, I. Radu, C. von Korff Schmising, S. Grunewald, M. Kuhlmann, J. Lüning, B. Vodungbo

     Optics Express 29 (2021) 32388-32403
  7. Optical inter-site spin transfer probed by energy and spin-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy

    F. Willems, C. von Korff Schmising, C. Strüber, D. Schick, W. D. Engel, J. K. Dewhurst, P. Elliott, S. Sharma, S. Eisebitt

     Nature Communications 11 (2020) 871/1-7
  8. Ultrafast demagnetization dominates fluence dependence of magnetic scattering at Co M edges

    M. Schneider, B. Pfau, C. M. Günther, C. von Korff Schmising, D. Weder, J. Geilhufe, J. Perron, F. Capotondi, E. Pedersoli, M. Manfredda, M. Hennecke, B. Vodungbo, J. Lüning, S. Eisebitt

     Physical Review Letters 125 (2020) 127201 /1-5
  9. Element specificity of transient extreme ultra-violet magnetic dichroism

    J. K. Dewhurst, F. Willems, P. Elliott, Q. Z. Li, von Korff Schmising, C., C. Strüber, D. W. Engel, S. Eisebitt, S. Sharma

     Physical Review Letters 124 (2020) 077203/1-6
  10. Distinct spectral response in M-edge magnetic circular dichroism

    K. Yao, F. Willems, C. von Korff Schmising, I. Radu, C. Strüber, D. Schick, D. Engel, A. Tsukamoto, J. K. Dewhurst, S. Sharma, S. Eisebitt

     Physical Review B 102 (2020) 100405(R)/1-6

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.