Max Planck Institute for the Structure
and Dynamics of Matter / CFEL
Building 99 (CFEL)
Luruper Chaussee 149
22761 Hamburg / Germany
Laboratory Bldg. 49b-002: +49-40-8998-6292
Office:
Renukha Singam
Email: office.cavalleri@mpsd.mpg.de
Room: 99/O2.074
Phone: +49 (0)40-8998-88110
Laboratories CFEL (Bldg. 99):
Michael Först (EG.031) +49-40-8998-86009
Michael Först (EG.039) +49-40-8998-86011
Michael Först (EG.043) +49-40-8998-86013
Prep Lab (EG.052) +49-40-8998-86014
Chemistry Lab (EG.054) +49-40-8998-86015
MBE-lab (EG.129) +49-40-8998-86057
Transport-lab (EG.131) +49-40-8998-86058
Cleanroom (EG.066): +49-40-8998-86026
FTIR-lab (EG.137): +49-40-8998-86059
Andrea Cavalleri
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).
He’s a Professor of Physics at the University of Hamburg and at the University of Oxford.
See his full bio.
Hamburg → Contact
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.079, Phone: +49-40-8998-88101
andrea.cavalleri@mpsd.mpg.de
→ Andrea’s selected publications
Senior Staff Scientist
Michael Först
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: +49-40-8998-88105
michael.foerst@mpsd.mpg.de
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Staff Scientists
Michele Buzzi
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: +49-40-8998-88115
michele.buzzi@mpsd.mpg.de
Michael Fechner
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: +49-40-8998-88118
michael.fechner@mpsd.mpg.de
Daniele Nicoletti
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: +49-40-8998-88120
daniele.nicoletti@mpsd.mpg.de
Eryin Wang
Eryin’s research focuses on utilizing on-chip ultrafast transport technique to study the electrical transport properties of different light-induced transient phases, which remain so far largely unexplored. In the past, he connected MBE-grown K3C60 thin film to photo-conductive switches with coplanar waveguide to probe the critical current behavior of light-induced superconducting state in K3C60. To this end, he is extending the ultrafast transport technique to the nonlinear region and to other light-induced phenomena.
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.057 , Phone: +49-40-8998-88127
eryin.wang@mpsd.mpg.de
Humbold Fellows
Albert Liu
Albert joined Andrea’s group as a postdoc in March 2020. He is developing new multi-dimensional spectroscopic techniques in the infrared and terahertz frequency ranges, with the goal of studying both equilibrium and light-induced phases in complex solids.
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.059, Phone: +49-40-8998-88113
albert.liu@mpsd.mpg.deRead
PostDocs
Gregor Jotzu
Originally an atomic physicist, Gregor now investigates the creation of superconducting and topologically non-trivial phases using periodic driving in solids. He is performing mid-IR pump, THz probe experiments on organic materials, applying high-pressure techniques, and extending Floquet theory to solid state systems. He is also developing a setup to measure and switch magnetic fields on sub-picosecond timescales in order to investigate the magnetic dynamics of light-induced superconductors.
Bldg. 99, Rm. O2.045, Phone: +49-40-8998-88125
Gregor.Jotzu@mpsd.mpg.de
Susmita Roy
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.0045 , Phone: +49-40-8998-88123
susmita.roy@mpsd.mpg.de
Rashmi Singla
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.049, Phone: +49-40-8998-88106
rashmi.singla@mpsd.mpg.de
PhD Students
Joseph Adelinia
Joseph joined Andrea’s group as a PhD student in 2019. His research is focused on investigating light-induced superconductivity in the alkali-doped fulleride K3C60 via ultrafast electronic transport techniques. In particular, he is developing micro-structured devices incorporating MBE-grown K3C60 thin-films with the aim to probe on a picosecond timescale the nonlinear electrical response of the photo-excited superconducting state.
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.065 , Phone: +49-40-8998-88119
joseph.adelinia@mpsd.mpg.de
Ting-Han Chou
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.052, Phone: +49-40-8998-88114
Ting-Han.Chou@mpsd.mpg.de
Sebastian Fava
Sebastian joined the group as a PhD candidate in 2019. He focused initially on the study of THz optical properties of light-induced organic superconductors and later on the development of a very sensitive magneto-optic setup capable of probing the Meissner effect in the ultrafast regime.
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.055 , Phone: -88109
sebastian.fava@mpsd.mpg.de
Giovanni de Vecchi
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.072, Phone: -88126
giovanni.de-vecchi@mpsd.mpg.de
Maor Rosenberg
Maor joined the group as a PhD student in 2022. He is currently investigating „anomalous“ terahertz emission in charge-ordered high-Tc cuprates, which is unexpectedly found in the absence of an external bias or applied magnetic field.
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.054 , Phone: +49-40-8998-88129
maor.rosenberg@mpsd.mpg.de
Edward Rowe
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.056 , Phone: +49-40-8998-88112
edward.rowe@mpsd.mpg.de
Niloofar Taherian Hosseinabadi
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.065 , Phone: +49-40-8998-88122
niloofar.taherian@mpsd.mpg.de
Paul (Zhiyang) Zeng
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.074 , Phone: +49-40-8998-88110
zhiyang.zeng@mpsd.mpg.de
Yaozheng Zhu
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.074 , Phone: +49-40-8998-88110
yaozheng.zhu@mpsd.mpg.de
Master Students
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.074, Phone: +49-40-8998-88119
chih-chieh.wu@mpsd.mpg.de
Instrument Scientists
Mariana Chavez Cervantes
Mariana’s research focuses on the study of nonequilibrium superconductivity in organic compounds with ultrafast transport techniques. Currently, she is developing microstructured devices on chip which integrate a coplanar stripline with an alkali-doped fulleride K3C60 thin film. With this technique, she can study the transport properties of the nonequilibrium superconducting state upon optical excitation in the mid infrared.
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.055, Phone: +49-40-8998-88116
mariana.chavez-cervantes@mpsd.mpg.de
Thomas Gebert
Thomas is developing an optical scheme capable of generating of mid-infrared pulses of tunable duration in the nanosecond range. In addition, he is involved in ARPES experiments.
Bldg. 99, Rm. O2.075, Phone: +49-40-8998-88121
thomas.gebert@mpsd.mpg.de
Guests
Matthias Budden
Matthias investigates lattice driven phase transitions in complex oxides with a focus on dynamic coherent stabilization of the transient state. To this end, he is developing a high power mid-infrared source with pico- to nanosecond tunable pulse length.
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.052, Phone: +49-40-8998-88114
Matthias.Budden@mpsd.mpg.de
Frank Schlawin
Visiting scientist at the MPSD, Young Investigator programme at the Hamburg Cluster of Excellence ‘CUI : Advanced Imaging of Matter’
Uni-HH Junior research group: Spectroscopy and Optical Control with Quantum Light
Bldg. 99, Rm. 02.037 , Phone: +49-40-8998-88323
frank.schlawin@mpsd.mpg.de
Distinguished Visiting Scientists
Hideo Aoki
Emeritus Professor
Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Electronics and Photonics Research Institute
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
Visiting: June-July 2018
Roberto D. Merlin
Peter A. Franken Collegiate Professor of Physics; Professor of EECS
Department of Physics, University of Michigan
Visiting: June 2022, July 2021, May 2019, May-June 2018, May 2017, June-July 2016
Email: merlin@umich.edu
Abhay Pasupathy
Associate Professor
Dep. Physics, Columbia University in the City of New York ⇒ Condensed Matter Physics
1307 Pupin Hall, Mail Code 5206
Phone: (212) 854-6335
Visiting: Oct.-Dez. 2018
Email: apn2108(at)columbia.edu
Paolo Radaelli
Professorial Fellow in Physics, Wadham College;
Dr Lee’s Professor of Experimental Philosophy at the Clarendon Laboratory,
Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Visiting: April/May 2019, May-June 2018, October-December 2017