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. Holger Stiel

holger.stiel(at)mbi-berlin.de
+49 30 6392 1351

B2: Imaging and Coherent X-rays
Building B, 3.8

Position

  • Project Coordinator 4.2 "Application Laboratories and Technology Transfer",
  • Project Member 3.3 "Transient Structures and Imaging with X-rays",
  • Head of BLiX-Laboratory

Research

My research and development interests cover:

  • Structure function relationships of parts of photosynthetic apparatus
  • X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy of organic molecules
  • Design and development  of laser based short wavelength and X-ray sources
  • Soft X-ray imaging using laser based sources
  • Laboratory X-ray microscopy

Curriculum vitae

1993 - present: Senior Scientist
Max-Born-Institute

1991 - 1993: Scientist
Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy

1979 - 1991: Scientist
Zentralinstitut für Optik und Spektroskopie (ZOS), Academy of Sciences, GDR

1986: Ph.D. Thesis: "Development of a spectrometer for nonlinear absorption measurements and its application"
Dr. rer. nat.  Humboldt University Berlin

1979: Diploma Thesis: "Polaritons in CdS"
Moscow Lomonosov State University (MSU), Moscow, Russia

MBI Publications

  1. Performance improvement of a Kα source by a high-resolution thin-layer-graphite spectrometer and a polycapillary lens

    M. Iqbal, Z. Urrehman, H. Im, J. G. Son, O. Seo, H. Stiel, P. V. Nickles, D. Y. Noh, K. A. Janulewicz

     Applied Physics B (2013) 1-7
  2. Preparation of clay mineral samples for high resolution x-ray imaging

    G. Abbati, C. Seim, H. Legall, H. Stiel, N. Thomas, T. Wilhein

     Journal of Physics Conference Series 463 (2013) 012051/1-5
  3. Note: Thickness determination of freestanding ultra-thin foils using a table top laboratory extreme ultraviolet source

    J. Braenzel, C. Pratsch, P. Hilz, C. Kreuzer, M. Schnuerer, H. Stiel, W. Sandner

     Review of Scientific Instruments 84 (2013) 4807153/1-7
  4. A compact laboratory transmission X-ray microscope for the water window

    H. Legall, H. Stiel, G. Blobel, C. Seim, J. Baumann, S. Yulin, D. Esser, M. Höfer, U. Wiesemann, M. Wirtz, G. Schneider, S. Rehbein, H. M. Hertz

     Journal of Physics Conference Series 463 (2013) 012013/1-5
  5. Speckle statistics and transverse coherence of an x-ray laser with fluctuations in its active medium

    K. A. Janulewicz, C. M. Kim, H. Stiel

     Optics Express 21 (2013) 3225-3234
  6. Laboratory full-field transmission x-ray microscopy

    C. Seim, J. Baumann, H. Legall, C. Redlich, I. Mantouvalou, G. Blobel, H. Stiel, B. Kanngießer

     SPIE Digital Library 8678 (2012) 867808/1-10
  7. Pump energy reduction for a high gain Ag X-ray laser using one long and two short pump pulses

    R. A. Banici, G. V. Cojocaru, R. G. Ungureanu, R. Dabu, D. Ursescu, H. Stiel

     Optics Letters 37 (2012) 5130-5132
  8. High average brightness water window source for short-exposure cryomicroscopy

    D. H. Martz, M. Selin, O. von Hofsten, E. Fogelqvist, , A. Holmberg, U. Vogt, H. Legall, G. Blobel, C. Seim, H. Stiel, H. M. Hertz

     Optics Letters 37 (2012) 4425-4427
  9. Ethanol (C2H5OH) spray of sub-micron droplets for laser driven negative ion source

    R. Prasad, M. Borghesi, F. Abicht, P.-V. Nickles, H. Stiel, M. Schnürer, S. Ter-Avetisyan

     Review of Scientific Instruments 83 (2012) 083301/1-6
  10. Compact x-ray microscope for the water window based on a high brightness laser plasma source

    H. Legall, G. Blobel, H. Stiel, W. Sandner, C. Seim, P. Takman, D. H. Martz, M. Selin, U. Vogt, H. M. Hertz, D. Esser, H. Sipma, J. Luttmann, M. Höfer, H. D. Hoffmann, S. Yulin, T. Feigl, S. Rehbein, P. Guttmann, G. Schneider, U. Wiesemann, M. Wirtz, W. Diete

     Optics Express 20 (2012) 18362-18369