People
Max Planck Institute for the Structure
and Dynamics of Matter / CFEL
Building 99 (CFEL)
Luruper Chaussee 149
22761 Hamburg / Germany
Hamburg phone prefix: +49 (0)40 8998-
Laboratory Bldg. 49b-002: -6292
Laboratories CFEL (Bldg. 99):
Michael Först (EG.031) -86009
Michael Först (EG.039) -86011
Michael Först (EG.043) -86013
Prep Lab (EG.052) -86014
Chemistry Lab (EG.054) -86015
MBE-lab (EG.129) -86057
Transport-lab (EG.131) -86058
Cleanroom (EG.066): -86026
FTIR-lab (EG.137): -86059
Andrea Cavalleri |
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Director Condensed Matter Department Andrea is founding director of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter. He heads the Condensed Matter Department at the MPSD located in the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL). See his full bio. Hamburg → Contact |
Senior Staff Scientist
Michael Först |
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Michael investigates nonlinear phononics in the solid state, that is the anharmonic response of the crystal lattice to resonant phonon excitation by intense mid-infrared and terahertz light pulses. His research aims to contribute to the understanding of ultrafast lattice-driven phenomena in correlated electron systems, such as insulator-metal transitions, control of magnetic order, or light-induced superconductivity in high-TC cuprates. Michael exploits ultrafast hard and soft X-ray diffraction at free electron lasers, as well as table-top ultrafast linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy. In addition, he develops new schemes for the generation and shaping of waveform-stable intense pulses at mid-infrared and THz frequencies. Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.071, Phone: -88105 |
Scientists
Michele Buzzi |
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Michele joined Andrea's group in February 2016 on a fellowship of the Swiss National Science Foundation. He aims to investigate light-induced effects in organic superconductors by using both ultrafast x-rays techniques and ultrafast optical spectroscopic techniques under pressure. Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.051, Phone: -88115 |
Ankit Disa |
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Fellow of the Max Planck - New York City Centre for Non-Equilibrium Quantum Phenomena Ankit’s research focuses on the design and control of novel electronic and magnetic phases in complex oxide heterostructures. He is particularly interested in exploring how optically driven lattice and electronic excitations can be employed to induce/enhance emergent interfacial phenomena in such systems. Bldg. 99, Rm. O2.057, Phone: -88117 |
Michael Fechner |
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Michael's research explores the interactions and dynamics within multifunctional materials using computational methods. In particular, he focuses on materials that exhibit a complex interplay of structure, charge and spin degrees of freedom. The aim of his research is to develop formalisms that explain and describe light induced materials properties. Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.059; Phone: -88118 |
Daniele Nicoletti |
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Daniele’s research focuses on the study of nonequilibrium superconducting states induced by laser pulse stimulation at infrared and terahertz frequencies. He is primarily working on high-TC cuprates and organic molecular superconductors, but his interests extend, more generally, to the optically-driven nonlinear dynamics in a variety of complex solids. To this end, he is combining a broad spectrum of pump-probe techniques with the use of high external pressures and strong magnetic fields. Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.061, Phone: -88120 |
Eryin Wang |
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Eryin joined Andrea’s group as a postdoc in Sep, 2017. He is interested in investigating the light-induced superconductivity in organic superconductor using ultrafast techniques. He combined on-chip ultrafast transport technique with K3C60 thin film grown by MBE system. Based on this, he is studying the linear and non-linear transient electrical response from light-induced superconducting states. Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.057 , Phone: -88127 |
PostDocs
PhD Students
Master Students
Beamline Scientists
Guests
Distinguished Visiting Scientists
Hideo Aoki
Abhay Pasupathy
Roberto D. Merlin
Paolo Radaelli