MBI Staff Member – Personal info
Dr. Daniel Schick
daniel.schick(at)mbi-berlin.de
+49 30 6392 1311
B1: Electron and Spin Dynamics
Building B, 3.3

Position
Project Member 3.2 "Solids and Nanostructures: Electrons, Spins, and Phonons"
Research
- resonant magnetic scattering and XMCD in the soft X-ray and XUV range.
- ultrafast magnetism with focus on (non-collinear) antiferromagnetic systems.
- interaction of spin and phonon dynamics.
- ultrafast acoustics probed by hard X-ray diffraction
Curriculum vitae
08/2017 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Max-Born-Institute, Berlin, Germany |
08/2014 - 07/2017 | Independent Postdoctoral Fellow - Helmholtz Postdoc Programme,Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, BESSY II, Berlin, Germany |
09/2015 - 09/2016 | Visiting scientist,ICFO, Barcelona, Spain |
11/2013 - 07/2014 | Postdoctoral researcher,University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany |
05/2009 - 10/2013 | Ph.D. Thesis: "Ultrafast Lattice Dynamics in Photoexcited Nanostructures", University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, Dr. rer. nat. |
02/2009 | Diploma Thesis: "Processing of Polymer-Metal Composites with Microwaves", University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany |
08/2006 - 12/2006 | Stay abroad (Erasmus), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden |
10/2003 - 02/2009 | Study of Physics, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany |
MBI Publications
- High-speed spatial encoding of modulated pump-probe signals with slow area detectors Measurement Science and Technology 32 (2021) 025901/1-7
- Optical inter-site spin transfer probed by energy and spin-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy Nature Communications 11 (2020) 871/1-7
- Distinct spectral response in M-edge magnetic circular dichroism Physical Review B 102 (2020) 100405(R)/1-6
- A tabletop setup for ultrafast helicitydependent and element-specific absorption spectroscopy and scattering in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range Review of Scientific Instruments 91 (2020) 093001/1-10
- Element-Specific Magnetization Dynamics of Complex Magnetic Systems Probed by Ultrafast Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy Applied Sciences 10 (21) (2020) 7580/1-15
- Phonon anharmonicities and ultrafast dynamics in epitaxial Sb2Te3 Scientific Reports 10 (2020) 12962/1-9
- Magneto-optical functions at the 3p resonances of Fe, Co, and Ni: Ab-initio description and experiment Physical Review Letters 122 (2019) 217202/1-6
- Ultrafast negative thermal expansion driven by spin disorder Physical Review B 99 (2019) 094304/1-7
- Analysis of the halo background in femtosecond slicing experiments Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 23 (2016) 700-711
Other Publications
- Ultrafast and Energy-Efficient Quenching of Spin Order: Antiferromagnetism Beats Ferromagnetism
N. Thielemann-Kühn, D. Schick, N. Pontius, C. Trabant, R. Mitzner, K. Holldack, H. Zabel, A. Föhlisch, and C. Schüßler-Langeheine,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 197202 (2017). - Versatile soft X-ray-optical cross-correlator for ultrafast applications
D. Schick, S. Eckert, N. Pontius, R. Mitzner, A. Föhlisch, K. Holldack, and F. Sorgenfrei,
Struct. Dyn. 3, 54304 (2016). - Optical Writing of Magnetic Properties by Remanent Photostriction
V. Iurchuk, D. Schick, J. Bran, D. Colson, A. Forget, D. Halley, A. Koc, M. Reinhardt, C. Kwamen, N. A. Morley, M. Bargheer, M. Viret, R. Gumeniuk, G. Schmerber, B. Doudin, and B. Kundys,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 107403 (2016). - Analysis of the halo background in femtosecond slicing experiments
D. Schick, L. Le Guyader, N. Pontius, I. Radu, T. Kachel, R. Mitzner, T. Zeschke, C. Schüßler-Langeheine, A. Föhlisch, and K. Holldack,
J. Synchrotron Radiat. 23, 700 (2016). - Ultrafast lattice response of photoexcited thin films studied by X-ray diffraction
D. Schick, M. Herzog, A. Bojahr, W. Leitenberger, A. Hertwig, R. Shayduk, and M. Bargheer,
Struct. Dyn. 1, (2014). - Selective preparation and detection of phonon polariton wavepackets by stimulated Raman scattering
J. Goldshteyn, A. Bojahr, P. Gaal, D. Schick, and M. Bargheer,
Phys. Status Solidi 1 (2013). - udkm1Dsim-A simulation toolkit for 1D ultrafast dynamics in condensed matter
D. Schick, A. Bojahr, M. Herzog, R. Shayduk, C. von Korff Schmising, and M. Bargheer,
Comput. Phys. Commun. 185, 651 (2014). - 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. Crystallogr. 46, 1372 (2013). - Ultrafast switching of hard X-rays
P. Gaal, D. Schick, M. Herzog, A. Bojahr, R. Shayduk, J. Goldshteyn, W. Leitenberger, I. Vrejoiu, D. Khakhulin, M. Wulff, and M. Bargheer,
J. Synchrotron Radiat. 21, 380 (2014). - Brillouin scattering of visible and hard X-ray photons from optically synthesized phonon wavepackets
A. Bojahr, M. Herzog, S. Mitzscherling, L. Maerten, D. Schick, J. Goldshteyn, W. Leitenberger, R. Shayduk, P. Gaal, and M. Bargheer,
Opt. Express 21, 21188 (2013). - Thermoelastic study of nanolayered structures using time-resolved x-ray diffraction at high repetition rate
H. A. Navirian, D. Schick, P. Gaal, W. Leitenberger, R. Shayduk, and M. Bargheer,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 21906 (2013). - Localized Excited Charge Carriers Generate Ultrafast Inhomogeneous Strain in the Multiferroic BiFeO3
D. Schick, M. Herzog, H. Wen, P. Chen, C. Adamo, P. Gaal, D. G. Schlom, P. G. Evans, Y. Li, and M. Bargheer,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 97602 (2014). - Direct time-domain sampling of subterahertz coherent acoustic phonon spectra in SrTiO3 using ultrafast x-ray diffraction
R. Shayduk, M. Herzog, A. Bojahr, D. Schick, P. Gaal, W. Leitenberger, H. Navirian, M. Sander, J. Goldshteyn, I. Vrejoiu, and M. Bargheer,
Phys. Rev. B 87, 184301 (2013). - Following Strain-Induced Mosaicity Changes of Ferroelectric Thin Films by Ultrafast Reciprocal Space Mapping
D. Schick, A. Bojahr, M. Herzog, P. Gaal, I. Vrejoiu, and M. Bargheer,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 95502 (2013). - Tailoring interference and nonlinear manipulation of femtosecond x-rays
M. Herzog, D. Schick, W. Leitenberger, R. Shayduk, R. M. van der Veen, C. J. Milne, S. L. Johnson, I. Vrejoiu, and M. Bargheer,
New J. Phys. 14, 13004 (2012). - Calibrated real-time detection of nonlinearly propagating strain waves
A. Bojahr, M. Herzog, D. Schick, I. Vrejoiu, and M. Bargheer,
Phys. Rev. B 86, 144306 (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, 25104 (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. Korff Schmising, and M. Bargheer,
Appl. Phys. A 106, 489 (2012). - Time-domain sampling of x-ray pulses using an ultrafast sample response
P. Gaal, D. Schick, M. Herzog, A. Bojahr, R. Shayduk, J. Goldshteyn, H. A. Navirian, W. Leitenberger, I. Vrejoiu, D. Khakhulin, M. Wulff, and M. Bargheer,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 243106 (2012). - Comparing the oscillation phase in optical pump-probe spectra to ultrafast x-ray diffraction in the metal-dielectric SrRuO3/SrTiO3 superlattice
A. Bojahr, D. Schick, L. Maerten, M. Herzog, I. Vrejoiu, C. von Korff Schmising, C. Milne, S. L. Johnson, and M. Bargheer,
Phys. Rev. B 85, 224302 (2012). - Formation of Al67Cu23Fe10 quasicrystals by microwave heating
C. Mihoc, D. Schick, M. Lütgens, C. Lathe, and E. Burkel,
Int. J. Mater. Res. 103, 1340 (2012). - Time-Resolved X-Ray Scattering
D. Schick, C. von Korff Schmising, A. Bojahr, M. Kiel, P. Gaal, and M. Bargheer,
in Ultrafast Phenom. Semicond. Nanostructure Mater. XV, edited by K.-T. Tsen, J.-J. Song, M. Betz, and A. Y. Elezzabi (2011), pp. 793715-793715-10.