Department of physics
Solid-state Physics and Nanoscience
Prof. Dr. Robert H. Blick
- Nano-Electronics & Nano-Electromechanical Systems
- Nanopores and Hybrid Nano-Devices
- Quantum Transport and THz-Spectroscopy
Prof. Dr. Andrea Cavalleri
- Ultrafast Control of Complex Solids
- Atomic Structral Dynamics measured with Femtosecond X-ray Scattering
- Electronic Structral Dynamics measured with Femtosecond XUV Photo-emission
Prof. Dr. Martin Eckstein
- Theory of strongly correlated quantum systems in nonequilibrium
- Control of complex material properties by light
- Development of novel numerical approaches for the real-time dynamics of many-particle systems
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Grübel
- Study of Disordered Matter (Complex Liquids and Glasses) with Coherent X-Rays
- Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics with Pump-Probe Methods
- Development of new X-Ray Techniques (Correlation Spectroscopy and Cross Correlation Analysis)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hansen
- Semiconductor heterostructures: Fabrication by epitaxy, optical properties, and charge transport
- Self-assembled epitaxial nanostructures: Quantum dots, quantum wires, and nanomembranes
- Functional metal-semiconductor hybrid structures for spintronic and plasmonic applications
Prof. Robert L. Johnson
- Characterization of Semiconductor Surfaces and Interfaces with Synchrotron Light
- Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Surface X-Ray Diffraction
- Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Prof. Dr. Holger Lange
- Ultrafast spectroscopy of nanostructures
- Energy and charge transfer in hybrid nanostructures
- Pump-probe methods
Prof. Dr. Alexander Lichtenstein
- Electronic structure of strongly correlated magnetic systems
- Quantum theory of magnetism and ab-initio investigation of exchange interactions
- Numerical evolution of path integrals for general quantum impurity problem
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Merkt
- Dynamics and spintransport in ferromagnetic nanostructures
- Functional metal-semiconductor hybrid systems
- Magnetic microscopies and X-ray microscopy
Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Oepen
- Fabrication and analysis of magnetic nanostructures and multilayer films
- Development of high-resolution imaging techniques for magnetization dynamics and ultrafast processes
- Investigation of interface effects on the magnetoresistance of ultrathin films
Prof. Dr. Daniela Pfannkuche
- Transport and dynamics in nanostructures
- Time-dependent phenomena in correlated quantum systems
- From few particles to many-body physics
Prof. Dr. Michael Potthoff
- Strongly correlated quantum many-body systems
- Collective phenomena and non-equilibrium processes
- Quantum-statistical methods
Prof. Dr.Ralf Röhlsberger
- X-ray Quantum Optics
- Magnetism of Nanostructures
- Spinwaves and Magnetic Dynamics
Prof. Dr. Michael A. Rübhausen
- Applied Condensed Matter Spectroscopy at Interfaces and in Systems with Competing Interactions
- Time Resolved Techniques to Study the Physics and Chemistry of Transition Metal Centers in Bio-Inorganic and Condensed Matter Compounds
- Applied Biophysics and Characterizations of Compounds embedded in Fluidic Systems.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Schreyer
- Engineering Materials Research on Light-Weight Materials for Structural and Medical Applications
- Diffraction and Imaging Experiments at DESY (Synchrotron Radiation, PETRA III) and at MLZ (Neutrons, FRM II)
- In-situ and in-operando Experiments with Synchrotron Radiation and Neutrons
Prof. Dr. Andreas Stierle
- Catalytic Reactions on Nanomaterials
- Nanoscale Phenomena
- Oxide Surfaces and Interfaces
Prof. Dr. Michael Thorwart
- Nonequilibrium quantum dynamics
- Theory of light-matter interactions
- Dynamics of ferromagnetic domain walls
Prof. Dr. Roland Wiesendanger
- Nanomagnetism and nanospintronics
- Correlated systems and unconventional superconductivity
- Scanning probe microscopies and nano-scale analysis
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Wurth
- From atoms to solids - x-ray spectroscopy of small quantum systems
- Ultrafast electron dynamics in solids and at interfaces
- Surface reaction dynamics