Condensed Matter Dynamics Department
Director: Andrea Cavalleri
The Condensed Matter Department investigates the dynamics of solids using time dependent techniques. Tabletop and accelerator-based light sources, covering the whole electromagnetic spectrum from the THz to the hard X-rays, measure the structural dynamics of electrons, spins and atomic lattices in quantum condensed matter.
Several independent research groups are exploring alternative techniques, including attosecond timescale X-ray spectroscopies of solids, quasiparticle dynamics on the femtosecond time scale and computational nanoscale imaging.
Research Groups:
The Condensed Matter Dynamics group is led by
Andrea Cavalleri and focuses on non-equilibrium phenomena in solids. Especially, we investigate how electronic and structural order can emerge as a result external drives, how transitions occur in solids dynamically and how energy flows into and away from a solid ...
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Isabella Gierz' group focuses on quasiparticle dynamics on the femtosecond time scale. Our technique of choice is time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy in combination with selected electronic and vibrational excitation schemes as well as in situ sample preparation and low-energy electron diffraction ...
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The guest research group of
Guido Meier investigates the influence of lateral nanostructuring and of coupling effects of ferromagnetic nanostructures with experimental methods and with micromagnetic simulations. Magnetism in micro- and nanostructured elements is of fundamental scientific interest, but has also the potential for applications, for example in spin electronic devices, memory applications, and in the medical sector ...
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Kartik AyyerThis group focuses on developing new methods to image nanoscale objects such as biomolecules, primarily using X-rays.
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