Dr. Ralph Ernstorfer
Office address
Max Planck Research Group for Structural and Electronic Surface Dynamics
Department of Physical Chemistry
Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society
Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)30 8413 5117
Fax: +49 (0)30 8413 5387
Email: ernstorfer(at)fhi-berlin.mpg.de
Web: http://w0.rz-berlin.mpg.de/pc/ernstorfer/
Project E5
Time-resolved spectroscopy of photo-induced transitions and electronic excitations in quasi 1D metal wires on semiconductors
Areas of Research
• Ultrafast structural dynamics in solids and at surfaces, femtosecond electron
diffraction
• Ultrafast electron dynamics in solids, Attosecond and femtosecond photoelectron
spectroscopy
• Electron dynamics in condensed matter induced by strong-field effects
Selected Publications
1. R. Ernstorfer, M. Harb, C.T. Hebeisen, G. Sciaini, T. Dartigalongue, R.J.D. Miller,
The Formation of Warm Dense Matter: Experimental Evidence for Electronic Bond Hardening in Gold
Science 323, 1033 (2009).
2. G. Sciaini, M. Harb, S.G. Kruglik, Th. Payer, C.T. Hebeisen, F.-J. Meyer zu Heringdorf, M. Yamaguchi, M. Horn-von Hoegen, R. Ernstorfer, R.J.D. Miller,
Electronic acceleration of atomic motions and disordering in Bismuth
Nature 458, 56 (2009).
3. M. Harb, R. Ernstorfer, C.T. Hebeisen, G. Sciaini, T. Dartigalongue, and R.J.D. Miller,
Electronically Driven Structure Changes of Si Captured by Femtosecond Electron Diffraction
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 155504 (2008).
4. M. Schultze, M. Fieß, N. Karpowicz, J. Gagnon, M. Korbman, M. Hofstetter, S. Neppl, A.L. Cavalieri, Y. Komninos, Th. Mercouris, C.A. Nicolaides, R. Pazourek, S. Nagele, J. Feist, J. Burgdörfer, A.M. Azzeer, R. Ernstorfer, R. Kienberger, U. Kleineberg, E. Goulielmakis, F. Krausz, V.S. Yakovlev,
Delay in Photoemission
Science 328, 1658 (2010).
5. R. Ernstorfer, L. Gundlach, S. Felber, W. Storck, R. Eichberger, F. Willig,
Role of Molecular Anchor Groups in Molecule-to-Semiconductor Electron Transfer
J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 25383 (2006).