Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy

3.2 Ultrafast Dynamics in Solids and Nanostructures

Project coordinators: C. Korff Schmising, von , S. Sharma

Ultrafast magnetization in FeNi alloys

Direct versus indirect excitation of ultrafast magnetization dynamics in FeNi alloys
C. von Korff Schmising, S. Jana, O. Zülich, D. Sommer and S. Eisebitt
Physical Review Research, 6, 013270 (2024)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013270

 

Evidence of an exchange-based origin of demagnetization from the fluence dependent delay of Ni in a disordered Fe0.5⁢Ni0.5 alloy
S. Jana, R. Knut, P. Singh, K. Yao, C. Tzschaschel, J. Richter, D. Schick, D. Sommer, D. Engel, O. Karis, C. von Korff Schmising and S. Eisebitt
Physical Review B 112, 214412 (2025)
DOI: 10.1103/f39s-kvy8 
 

All optical switching on the nanoscale

All-Optical Switching on the Nanometer Scale Excited and Probed with Femtosecond Extreme Ultraviolet Pulses
K. Yao, F. Steinbach, M. Borchert, D. Schick, D. Engel, F. Bencivenga, R. Mincigrucci, L. Foglia, E. Pedersoli, D. De Angelis, M. Pancaldi, B. Wehinger, F. Capotondi, C. Masciovecchio, S. Eisebitt and C. von Korff Schmising
Nano Lett. 2022, 22, 4452-4458 
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01060

Exploring the Fundamental Spatial Limits of Magnetic All-Optical Switching
F. Steinbach, U. Atxitia, K. Yao, M. Borchert, D. Engel, F. Bencivenga, L. Foglia, R. Mincigrucci, E. Pedersoli, D. De Angelis, M. Pancaldi, D. Fainozzi, J. S. Pelli Cresi, E. Paltanin, F. Capotondi, C. Masciovecchio, S. Eisebitt and Clemens von Korff Schmising 
Nano Letters 202424 (23), 6865-6871 
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00129

Ultrafast magnetic depth profiling

Ultrafast element- and depth-resolved magnetization dynamics probed by transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect spectroscopy in the soft x-ray range
M. Hennecke , D. Schick , T. Sidiropoulos, F. Willems, A. Heilmann, M. Bock, L. Ehrentraut, D. Engel, P. Hessing, B. Pfau, M. Schmidbauer, A. Furchner, M. Schnuerer, C. von Korff Schmising and S. Eisebitt  
Phys. Rev. Research 4, L022062 (2022)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.L022062

 

Transient domain boundary drives ultrafast magnetisation reversal
M. Hennecke, D. Schick, T. P. H. Sidiropoulos, J.-X. Lin, Z. Guo, G. Malinowski, M. Mattern, L. Ehrentraut, M. Schmidbauer, M. Schnuerer, C. von Korff Schmising, S. Mangin, M. Hehn and S. Eisebitt
Nature Communications 16, 8233 (2025)
DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-63571-3

 

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