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20202026
most citedThe interplay of local electron correlations and ultrafast spin dynamics in fcc Ni

24 citations · 98 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

physics.optics2026

Spin waves excited by hard x-ray transient gratings

Peter R. Miedaner, Alexei A. Maznev, Mykola Biednov +49

Recent progress in ultrafast x-ray sources helped establish x-rays as an important tool for probing lattice and magnetic dynamics initiated by femtosecond optical pulses. Here, we…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 1 cited

Simultaneous mapping of the ultrafast time and fluence dependence of the laser-induced insulator-to-metal transition in magnetite

J. O. Schunck, P. S. Miedema, R. Y. Engel +10

Pump-probe methods are a ubiquitous tool in the field of ultrafast dynamic measurements. In recent years, x-ray free-electron laser experiments have gained importance due to their…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Analysis of long-lived effects in high-repetition-rate stroboscopic transient X-ray absorption experiments on thin films

Tobias Lojewski, Loïc Le Guyader, Naman Agarwal +41

Time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy (tr-XAS) has been shown to be a versatile measurement technique for investigating non-equilibrium dynamics. Novel X-ray free electron la…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 4 cited

A compact approach to higher-resolution resonant inelastic X-ray scattering detection using photoelectrons

Jan O. Schunck, Jens Buck, Robin Y. Engel +11

The detection of inelastically scattered soft X-rays with high energy resolution usually requires large grating spectrometers. Recently, photoelectron spectrometry for analysis of…

cond-mat.str-el2023★ 11 cited

Photo-induced charge-transfer renormalization in NiO

Tobias Lojewski, Denis Golez, Katharina Ollefs +21

Photo-doped states in strongly correlated charge transfer insulators are characterized by - and - interactions and the resulting intertwined dynamics of charge excitati…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 7 cited

A Rate Model of Electron Populations for Non-linear High-Fluence X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Spectra

Robin Y. Engel, Markus Scholz, Jan O. Schunck +1

Absorbing a focused, femtosecond X-ray pulse from a Free-Electron Laser (FEL) can lead to extreme electronic excitations in solids. This excitation drives changes of the electronic…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 7 cited

Electron Dynamics at High-Energy Densities in Nickel from Non-linear Resonant X-ray Absorption Spectra

Robin Y. Engel, Oliver Alexander, Kaan Atak +40

The pulse intensity from X-ray free-electron lasers (FELs) can create extreme excitation densities in solids, entering the regime of non-linear X-ray-matter interactions. We show L…

physics.ins-det2022★ 20 cited

Photon shot-noise limited transient absorption soft X-ray spectroscopy at the European XFEL

Loïc Le Guyader, Andrea Eschenlohr, Martin Beye +61

Femtosecond transient soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) is a very promising technique that can be employed at X-ray Free Electron Lasers (FELs) to investigate out-of-equilib…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 24 cited

The interplay of local electron correlations and ultrafast spin dynamics in fcc Ni

Tobias Lojewski, Mohamed F. Elhanoty, Loïc Le Guyader +48

The complex electronic structure of metallic ferromagnets is determined by a balance between exchange interaction, electron hopping leading to band formation, and local Coulomb rep…

cond-mat.str-el2022★ 19 cited

Ultrafast manipulation of the NiO antiferromagnetic order via sub-gap optical excitation

Xiaocui Wang, Robin Y. Engel, Igor Vaskivskyi +19

Wide-band-gap insulators such as NiO offer the exciting prospect of coherently manipulating electronic correlations with strong optical fields. Contrary to metals where rapid depha…

physics.app-ph2021

Probing electron and hole co-localization by resonant four-wave mixing in the extreme-ultraviolet

Horst Rottke, Robin Y. Engel, Daniel Schick +11

The extension of nonlinear spectroscopic techniques into the x-ray domain is in its infancy but holds the promise to provide unique insight into the dynamics of charges in photoexc…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021

Optical control of 4f orbital state in rare-earth metals

N. Thielemann-Kühn, T. Amrhein, W. Bronsch +28

A change of orbital state alters the coupling between ions and their surroundings drastically. Orbital excitations are hence key to understand and control interaction of ions. Rare…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 5 cited

Ultrafast modification of the electronic structure of a correlated insulator

O. Grånäs I. Vaskivskyi, X. Wang, P. Thunström +25

A non-trivial balance between Coulomb repulsion and kinematic effects determines the electronic structure of correlated electron materials. The use electromagnetic fields strong en…