Martin Aeschlimann (born 1957) is a Swiss physicist and professor in the physics department of the

University of Kaiserslautern Technical University of Kaiserslautern (German: ''Technische Universität Kaiserslautern'', also known as TU Kaiserslautern or TUK) is a public research university in Kaiserslautern, Germany. There are numerous institutes around the university, ...

. Since 2008 he is the spokesman of the State Research Center for Optics and Material Sciences (OPTIMAS).

Academic career

Aeschlimann studied experimental physics at the

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(1980–1985) and was awarded his Ph.D. in physics for his thesis ''"Magnetism at Surfaces and Ultrafast Magnetization Reversal Studies with Spin-Polarized Photoemission"'' in 1989. From 1985 to 1989 Aeschlimann was assistant to Prof. H. C. Siegmann at the laboratory for solid-state physics at ETH Zürich. From 1989 to 1990 he had a postdoctoral position at the

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The following year Aeschlimann became a research associate at th
NSF-Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer
at the

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. From 1993 to 1998 he was a member of the research staff at the laboratory of technical chemistry at

. In November 1996 he habilitated with his thesis: ''"Time Resolved Studies of Electron Relaxation at Metal Surfaces"'' followed by his promotion to professor of experimental physics at the

University of Duisburg-Essen The University of Duisburg-Essen (german: link=no, Universität Duisburg-Essen) is a public research university in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In the 2019 ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'', the university was awarded ...

. In July 2000 he accepted a permanent position as professor of the physics department at the

. Aeschlimann was spokesperson of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) professional association on surface science (2008–2010). From 2008 to 2015 he was spokesperson of the

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(DFG) priority program 1391 ''"Ultrafast Nanooptics"'',. Since 2008 Aeschlimann is spokesperson of the State Research Center for Optics and Material Sciences (OPTIMAS) and starting 2016 spokesperson of the DFG transregional collaborative research center Spin in its collective environment (Spin+X, SFB/TRR173). 2015-2018 he is elected as speaker of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM) of the

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(DPG). The section represents more than 18 0000 members in 13 divisions. Since 2009 Aeschlimann is Member of the Editorial Board of the magazine

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Research

Aeschlimann's research program is devoted to the investigation of ultrafast phenomena in solids, on interfaces and in nanoparticles. The focus is directed to the dynamics of

electrons The electron ( or ) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge. Electrons belong to the first generation of the lepton particle family, and are generally thought to be elementary particles because they have no ...

plasmon In physics, a plasmon is a quantum of plasma oscillation. Just as light (an optical oscillation) consists of photons, the plasma oscillation consists of plasmons. The plasmon can be considered as a quasiparticle since it arises from the quantiz ...

phonons In physics, a phonon is a collective excitation in a periodic, elastic arrangement of atoms or molecules in condensed matter, specifically in solids and some liquids. A type of quasiparticle, a phonon is an excited state in the quantum mechanic ...

and spin at the space-time limit. For the experimental approach, novel methods are constantly developed for measuring ultrafast relaxation processes in real time with high temporal and spatial resolution. This is in general achieved by combining ultrashort pulsed laser systems with surface science technology, nano optics and magnetism. Currently, time-resolved

photoemission The photoelectric effect is the emission of electrons when electromagnetic radiation, such as light, hits a material. Electrons emitted in this manner are called photoelectrons. The phenomenon is studied in condensed matter physics, and solid sta ...

(ARPES, PEEM, momentum microscopy) and time-resolved magneto-optical effects are implemented with laser pulses in visible light and the soft X-ray region.

Awards and honours

Profil-II award of the

Swiss National Science Foundation The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF, German: ''Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung'', SNF; French: ''Fonds national suisse de la recherche scientifique'', FNS; Italian: ''Fondo nazionale svizzero ...

Publications

Aeschlimann has published more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed international scientific journals,

References

External links

''NSF-Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer''
rochester.edu
''PULSE''
stanford.edu

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