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Fakultät Physik
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47048 Duisburg
47048 Duisburg
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Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in, Experimentalphysik
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Privatdozent/in, Arbeitsgruppe Prof. Bovensiepen
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Stellv. Mitglied Gruppe der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer, Fakultätsrat Physik
Current lectures
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SoSe 2025
- Physik für Ingenieure (alt: Physik 2)
- Ultrafast Optics - Ultrakurzzeitphysik
- Übungen zu Physik für Ingenieure (alt: Physik 2)
- Project - Ultrafast Optics - Projekt zur Ultrakurzzeitphysik
- Klausureinsicht Prof. Sokolowski-Tinten
- Physik für Ingenieure (alt: Physik 2) + Einführung in die Mechanik (alt: Physik 1)
Past lectures (max. 10)
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WiSe 2024
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SoSe 2024
The following publications are listed in the online university bibliography of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Further information may also be found on the person's personal web pages.
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Atomic dynamics and local structural disorder during ultrafast melting of polycrystalline PdIn: Scripta Materialia , Vol. 267 2025, 116826DOI (Open Access)
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Corrigendum to “Structural pathways for ultrafast melting of optically excited thin polycrystalline Palladium films”In: Acta Materialia , Vol. 282 2025, Nr. 1, 120443DOI (Open Access)
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Dynamics of nanoscale phase decomposition in laser ablationIn: Communications Materials , Vol. 6 2025, Nr. 1, 69DOI (Open Access)
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Femtosecond x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy enables direct observations of atomic-scale relaxations of glass forming liquidsIn: The Journal of Chemical Physics (JCP) , Vol. 162 2025, Nr. 19, pp. 194201
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A modular table-top setup for ultrafast X-ray diffractionIn: Review of Scientific Instruments , Vol. 95 2024, 013002Online Full Text, DOI (Open Access)
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Element-specific ultrafast lattice dynamics in FePt nanoparticlesIn: Structural Dynamics / American Crystallographic Association (ACA) (Eds.) , Vol. 11 2024, Nr. 6DOI (Open Access)
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Femtosecond Spin-State Switching Dynamics of Fe(II) Complexes Condensed in Thin FilmsIn: ACS Nano , Vol. 18 2024, Nr. 51, pp. 34596 – 34605
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Probing Laser-Driven Structure Formation at Extreme Scales in Space and TimeIn: Laser & Photonics Reviews / Laser Physics Review , Vol. 18 2024, Nr. 5, 2300912DOI (Open Access)
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Structural pathways for ultrafast melting of optically excited thin polycrystalline Palladium filmsIn: Acta Materialia , Vol. 276 2024, 120043DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Towards single-shot, time-resolved tomography using a crystal-based, multi-beam X-ray split-and-delay lineIn: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment , Vol. 1058 2024, 168830
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Path to ion-based pump-probe experiments: Generation of 18 picosecond keV Ne+ ion pulses from a cooled supersonic gas beamIn: Physical Review Research , Vol. 5 2023, Nr. 3, 033106DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Quantum pathways of carrier and coherent phonon excitation in bismuthIn: Physical Review B , Vol. 107 2023, Nr. 18, L180303
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Structural changes across thermodynamic maxima in supercooled liquid tellurium : A water-like scenarioIn: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) , Vol. 119 2022, Nr. 28, e2202044119DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Devitrification of thin film Cu–Zr metallic glass via ultrashort pulsed laser annealingIn: Journal of Alloys and Compounds , Vol. 887 2021, 161437DOI (Open Access)
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Effect of lattice excitations on transient near-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopyIn: Physical Review B , Vol. 104 2021, Nr. 14, 144302DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Fast attenuation of high-frequency acoustic waves in bicontinuous nanoporous goldIn: Applied Physics Letters (APL) , Vol. 119 2021, Nr. 6, 063101DOI (Open Access)
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Generation of ultrashort keV-Ar+ ion pulses via femtosecond laser photoionizationIn: New Journal of Physics (NJP) , Vol. 23 2021, Nr. 3, pp. 033023DOI (Open Access)
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Acoustic response of a laser-excited polycrystalline Au-film studied by ultrafast Debye–Scherrer diffraction at a table-top short-pulse x-ray sourceIn: AIP Advances , Vol. 10 2020, Nr. 3, pp. 035015DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Time-resolved diffraction with an optimized short pulse laser plasma X-ray sourceIn: Structural Dynamics / American Crystallographic Association (ACA) (Eds.) , Vol. 7 2020, Nr. 1, pp. 014301DOI (Open Access)
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Tracking the ultrafast nonequilibrium energy flow between electronic and lattice degrees of freedom in crystalline nickelIn: Physical Review B , Vol. 101 2020, Nr. 10, 100302DOI (Open Access)
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A concept to generate ultrashort ion pulses for pump-probe experiments in the keV energy rangeIn: New Journal of Physics (NJP) , Vol. 21 2019, Nr. 5, pp. 053017DOI (Open Access)
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Femtosecond x-ray diffraction reveals a liquid–liquid phase transition in phase-change materialsIn: Science , Vol. 364 2019, Nr. 6445, pp. 1062 – 1067DOI (Open Access)
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Microscopic nonequilibrium energy transfer dynamics in a photoexcited metal/insulator heterostructureIn: Physical Review B , Vol. 100 2019, Nr. 17, 174301DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Precision Plasmonics with Monomers and Dimers of Spherical Gold Nanoparticles : Nonequilibrium Dynamics at the Time and Space LimitsIn: Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces , Vol. 123 2019, Nr. 21, pp. 13181 – 13191DOI (Open Access)
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Delayed Onset of Nonthermal Melting in Single-Crystal Silicon Pumped with Hard X RaysIn: Physical Review Letters , Vol. 120 2018, pp. 265701DOI (Open Access)
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Dynamics of Electron-Phonon Coupling in Bicontinuous Nanoporous GoldIn: Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces , Vol. 122 2018, Nr. 28, pp. 16368 – 16373DOI (Open Access)
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Heterogeneous to homogeneous melting transition visualized with ultrafast electron diffractionIn: Science , Vol. 360 2018, Nr. 6396, pp. 1451 – 1455DOI (Open Access)
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Reply to "comment on 'Ultrafast terahertz-field-driven ionic response in ferroelectric BaTiO₃ ' "In: Physical Review B , Vol. 97 2018, Nr. 22, 226102DOI (Open Access)
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Electron-lattice energy relaxation in laser-excited thin-film Au-insulator heterostructures studied by ultrafast MeV electron diffractionIn: Structural Dynamics / American Crystallographic Association (ACA) (Eds.) , Vol. 4 2017, Nr. 5, pp. 054501DOI (Open Access)
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Single-shot mega-electronvolt ultrafast electron diffraction for structure dynamic studies of warm dense matterIn: Review of Scientific Instruments , Vol. 87 2016, Nr. 11, pp. 11D810
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Ultrafast terahertz-field-driven ionic response in ferroelectric BaTiO₃In: Physical Review B , Vol. 94 2016, Nr. 18, 180104DOI (Open Access)
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Mega-electron-volt ultrafast electron diffraction at SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryIn: Review of Scientific Instruments , Vol. 86 2015, Nr. 7, pp. 073702-1 – 073702-7
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Thickness-dependent electron-lattice equilibration in laser-excited thin Bismuth filmsIn: New Journal of Physics (NJP) , Vol. 2015 2015, Nr. 17, pp. 113047DOI (Open Access)
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Visualization of nanocrystal breathing modes at extreme strainsIn: Nature Communications , Vol. 6 2015, pp. 6577DOI (Open Access)
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Real-time visualization of nanocrystal solid–solid transformation pathwaysIn: Nano Letters , Vol. 14 2014, Nr. 4, pp. 1995 – 1999
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Silicon Mirrors for High-Intensity X-Ray Pump and Probe ExperimentsIn: Physical Review Applied , Vol. 1 2014, Nr. 4, pp. 044007
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Experimental set-up and procedures for the investigation of XUV free electron laser interactions with solidsIn: Journal of Instrumentation , Vol. 8 2013, Nr. 2, pp. P02010
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Fourier-transform inelastic X-ray scattering from time- and momentum-dependent phonon-phonon correlationsIn: Nature Physics , Vol. 9 2013, Nr. 12, pp. 790 – 794
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Single-shot pulse duration monitor for extreme ultraviolet and X-ray free-electron lasersIn: Nature Communications , Vol. 4 2013, 1731DOI (Open Access)
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Structural dynamics in FeRh during a laser-induced metamagnetic phase transitionIn: Physical Review B: Condensed matter and materials physics , Vol. 85 2012, Nr. 2, pp. 020103
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Ultrafast photovoltaic response in ferroelectric nanolayersIn: Physical Review Letters , Vol. 108 2012, Nr. 8, pp. 087601
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Ultrafast transitions from solid to liquid and plasma states of graphite induced by x-ray free-electron laser pulsesIn: Physical Review Letters , Vol. 108 2012, Nr. 21, pp. 217402
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Picosecond acoustic response of a laser-heated gold-film studied with time-resolved x-ray diffractionIn: Applied Physics Letters (APL) , Vol. 98 2011, Nr. 19
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Extreme phonon softening in laser-excited Bismuth - towards an inverse Peierls-transitionIn: MRS Proceedings , Vol. 1230E 2010, pp. 3 – 5
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Single shot damage mechanism of Mo/Si multilayer optics under intense pulsed XUV-exposureIn: Optics Express (OpEx) , Vol. 18 2010, Nr. 2, pp. 700 – 712DOI (Open Access)
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Diffraction of strongly convergent X-rays from picosecondacoustic transientsIn: Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing , Vol. 87 2007, Nr. 1, pp. 7 – 11
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Ultrafast bond softening in Bismuth: Mapping a solid`s interatomic potential with X-raysIn: Science , Vol. 315 2007, Nr. 5812, pp. 633 – 636
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Ultrafast X-Ray DiffractionIn: Ultrafast Phenomena XIV , Vol. 79 2005, pp. 170 – 174
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Time-Resolved X-ray Diffraction Study of Ultrafast Structural Dynamics in Laser-Excited SolidsIn: Ultrafast Phenomena XIII , Vol. 71 2002, pp. 36
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Femtosecond X-ray measurement of ultrafast melting and large acoustic transientsIn: Physical Review Letters , Vol. 87 2001, Nr. 22 , 225701 (4p)
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Transient lattice dynamics in fs-laser-excited semiconductors probed by ultrafast x-ray diffractionIn: Journal de Physique . IV France , Vol. 11 2001, Nr. PR2, pp. 473 – 477
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Ultrafast x-ray measurement of laser heating in semiconductors: Parameters determining the melting threshold"In: Physical Review B: Condensed matter and materials physics , Vol. 63 2001, Nr. 19 , 193306 (4p)
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Anharmonic lattice dynamics in Germanium measured with ultrafast x-ray diffractionIn: Physical Review Letters , Vol. 85 2000, Nr. 3, pp. 586 – 589
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Time-resolved X-ray diffraction study of ultrafast acoustic phonon dynamics in Ge/Si heterostructuresIn: Ultrafast Phenomena XII , Vol. 66 2000, pp. 281 – 283
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Detection of nonthermal melting by ultrafast X-ray diffractionIn: Science , Vol. 286 1999, Nr. 5443, pp. 1340 – 1342
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Femtosecond X-ray diffraction of short-pulse irradiated semiconductorsIn: Technical Digest: Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ; Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California, May 19-24, 2002 / Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ; CLEO 2002 ; May 19-24, 2002, Long Beach, California, USA / Optical Society of America (Eds.) 2002, pp. 297 – 298
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Modification of semiconductor surfaces irradiated by single intense fs-laser pulsesIn: Technical Digest: Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ; Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California, May 19-24, 2002 / Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ; CLEO 2002 ; May 19-24, 2002, Long Beach, California, USA / Optical Society of America (Eds.) 2002, pp. 223
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Structural dynamics in laser-excited solids investigated with femtosecond X-ray diffractionIn: Technical Digest: Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ; Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California, May 19-24, 2002 / Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ; CLEO 2002 ; May 19-24, 2002, Long Beach, California, USA / Optical Society of America (Eds.) 2002, pp. 300
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Ultrafast structural transformations in femtosecond laser-excited graphiteIn: Technical Digest: Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ; Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California, May 19-24, 2002 / Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ; CLEO 2002 ; May 19-24, 2002, Long Beach, California, USA / Optical Society of America (Eds.) 2002, pp. 306
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Ultrafast time-resolved interferometry at femtosecond laser excited surfacesIn: Technical Digest: Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ; Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California, May 19-24, 2002 / Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ; CLEO 2002 ; May 19-24, 2002, Long Beach, California, USA / Optical Society of America (Eds.) 2002, pp. 32
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In-Situ Observation of the Formation of Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures with Extreme Spatial and Temporal ResolutionIn: Ultrafast Laser Nanostructuring / Stoian, Razvan; Bonse, Jörn (Eds.) 2023, pp. 257 – 276DOI (Open Access)
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Ultrafast long-wavelength excitation of coherent optical phonons in bismuthIn: Proceedings of CLEO Fundamental Science 2023, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2023) / Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2023): 7–12 May 2023; San Jose, United States / The Optical Society (Eds.) 2023, FF1G.7
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Thickness dependent electron-lattice equilibration in thin Bi films studied by time-resolved MeV electron diffractionIn: Proceedings of the International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena / International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena 2016, Santa Fe, New Mexico United States, 17-22 July 2016 2016
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Direct Observation of Ultrafast Non-thermal Melting by Ultrafast X-ray DiffractionIn: Optical Sensors / Optical Society of America; Part of Advanced Photonics, 27 - 31 July 2014, Barcelona, Spain 2014, pp. 334 – 336
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Lattice dynamics of femtosecond laser-excited semiconductors probed by ultrafast x-ray diffractionIn: Specialty Optical Fibers: Part of Advanced Photonics / Specialty Optical Fibers, Part of Advanced Photonics ; 27 - 31 July 2014, Barcelona, Spain / Optical Society of America (Eds.) 2014, PD3
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Observation of ultrafast structural transitions in solids using femtosecond x-ray pulsesIn: Specialty Optical Fibers: Part of Advanced photonics / Specialty Optical Fibers, Part of Advanced photonics ; 27 - 31 July 2014, Barcelona, Spain / Optical Society of America (Eds.) 2014, CPD18
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Propagation of picosecond acoustic pulses in semiconductor heterostructures probed by ultrafast X-ray diffractionIn: Specialty Optical Fibers: Part of Advanced Photonics / Specialty Optical Fibers, Part of Advanced photonics ; 27 - 31 July 2014, Barcelona, Spain / Optical Society of America (Eds.) 2014, QPD8
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Ultrafast structural dynamics in solids investigated with femtosecond x-ray pulsesIn: Specialty Optical Fibers: Part of Advanced photonics / Specialty Optical Fibers, Part of Advanced photonics ; 27 - 31 July 2014, Barcelona, Spain / Optical Society of America (Eds.) 2014, TuD2
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Ultrafast laser-induced melting and ablation studied by time-resolved diffuse X-ray scatteringIn: XVIIIth International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena / XVIIIth International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena Lausanne, Switzerland, July 8-13, 2012 / Chergui, M.; Taylor, A.; Cundiff, S. (Eds.) 2013, pp. 04013
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Ultrafast lattice dynamics in fs laser-excited FeRh probed by time-resolved X-ray diffractionIn: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 / CLEO, 1 - 6 May 2011, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2011
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Coherent acoustic and optical phonons in laser-excited solids studied by ultrafast time-resolved X-ray diffractionIn: International Symposium on High Power Laser Ablation 2010 / International Symposium on High Power Laser Ablation, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 18 - 22 April 2010 / Phipps, Claude R. (Eds.) 2010, pp. 558 – 566
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Extreme phonon softening in laser-excited Bismuth - Towards an inverse Peierls-transitiomIn: Ultrafast processes in materials science / Ultrafast processes in materials science, November 30 - December 4, 2009, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2010, pp. 18 – 22
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Short-pulse laser induced transient structure formation and ablation studied with time-resolved coherent XUV-scatteringIn: International Symposium on High Power Laser Ablation 2010 / Phipps, Claude R.; International Symposium on High Power Laser Ablation, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 18 - 22 April 2010 2010, pp. 373 – 379
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Short-pulse laser induced transient structure formation and ablation studied with time-resolved coherent XUV-scatteringIn: Ultrafast processes in materials science / Ultrafast processes in materials science, November 30 - December 4, 2009, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2010, pp. 99 – 104
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The role of thermal and electronic pressure in the picosecond acoustic response of femtosecond laser-excited solidsIn: Ultrafast processes in materials science / Ultrafast processes in materials science, November 30 - December 4, 2009, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2010, pp. 6
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Transient reversal of a peierls-transition : Extreme phonon softening in laser-excited bismuthIn: International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena 2010 / UP2010; 18 - 23 July 2010; Snowmass Village, United States 2010, pp. ME41
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Ultrafast lattice dynamics in FeRh during a laser-induced magnetic phase transitionIn: Proceedings of the International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena 2010 / UP 2010; Snowmass Village, United States; 18 - 23 July 2010 2010 , paper MA6
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Energy relaxation and anomalies in the thermo-acoustic response of femtosecond laser-excited Germanium,In: Ultrafast Phenomena XV: Springer series in chemical physics ; 88 / Weiner, A.M.; Miller, R. J. D. (Eds.) 2006, pp. 597 – 599
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Energy relaxation and anomalies in the thermo-acoustic response of femtosecond laser-excited germaniumIn: International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena / UP 2006; Pacific Grove, United States; 31 July 2006 2006, pp. MG5
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Femtosecond lattice dynamics in photoexcited bismuth : Ultrafast optical and X-ray measurementsIn: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers / Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2006; Long Beach, United States; 21 May 2006 2006
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High intensity VUV-FEL interaction with solids : First experimental resultsIn: International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena 2006 / UP 2006; Pacific Grove, United States; 31 July – 4 August 2006 2006, pp. ThD4
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Ultrafast optical and X-ray measurements of femtosecond lattice dynamics in photoexcited bismuthIn: 15th International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena / UP 2006; Pacific Grove, United States; 31 July – 4 August 2006 2006, pp. WD7
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Femtosecond X-ray Diffraction Study of Large Amplitude Coherent Optical Phonons in Laser-Excited BismuthIn: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference / Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO): Baltimore, United States; 1–6 June 2003 2003, CMZ6
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3/2 Harmonic Generation by Femtosecond Laser Pulses on Solid TargetsIn: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers / International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, UP 2002, Vancouver,12 May 2002 / Gakkai, Ōyō Butsuri (Eds.) 2002, pp. 234 – 235
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Femtosecond time-resolved X-ray diffraction study of ultrafast structural dynamics in laser-excited solidsIn: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers / International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, UP 2002, Vancouver,12 May 2002 / Gakkai, Ōyō Butsuri (Eds.) 2002, pp. 19 – 20
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Ultrafast laser-induced structural changes in anisotropic solidsIn: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers / International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, UP 2002, Vancouver,12 May 2002 / Gakkai, Ōyō Butsuri (Eds.) 2002, pp. 232 – 233
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Ultrafast movies of atomic motion with femtosecond laser-based X-raysIn: Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications III: 19 - 20 July 1999, Denver, Colorado / SPIE Conference on Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications ; 2; 1999; Denver, Colo. / Rocca, Jorge J. (Eds.) 1999, pp. 302 – 311
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short CV
1988 Diploma, experimental physics, University Essen
1994 PhD, experimental physics, University Essen
1994 Assistant, University (Duisburg-)Essen, Prof. von der Linde
2004 Professor, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
since 2005 Senior Scientist, University of Duisburg-Essen
Visiting Scientist
1999/2000 UC San Diego, Prof. K.Wilson (multiple visits)
2003 - 2006 Standord Linear Accelerator Centre, USA (multiple visits)
Fields of Interest
- High intensity laser – solid interactions
- High energy density science
- Ultrafast structural dynamics in solids and nano-structures/-particles
- Ultrafast phase transitions and laser ablation
- Femtosecond X-ray science
- Ultrafast optical spectroscopy
Organized Meetings and Schools
2005 355th WE-Heraeus seminar on Ultrafast Dynamics of collective excitations in solids, Hiddensee island, Germany
2006 2nd International Workshop of the SFB 616Energy Dissipation at Surfaces, Castle Eichholz, Germany
2008 3rd International Workshop of the SFB 616 Energy Dissipation at Surfaces, Bad Honnef, Germany