Dr. William Windsor
Dr. William Windsor
Scientist
email: windsor@fhi-berlin.mpg.de
phone: +49 (0)30 8413-5133
Department of Physical Chemistry
Fritz Haber Institute
Faradayweg 4-6
14195 Berlin
Germany
Ultrafast phenomena in condensed matter (super)lattices: femtosecond diffraction studies (using X-rays or electrons) to probe spin, lattice, and electron dynamics.
Self-proclaimed antiferromagnet aficionado.
Identifiers
ORCID: 0000-0001-6371-5837
Google Scholar: rMUiAiMAAAAJ
Funding: DFG website
Selected publications
| 1 | Element-specific ultrafast lattice dynamics in monolayer WSe2 H. Jung, S. Dong, D. Zahn, T. Vasileiadis, H. Seiler, R. Schneider, S. Michaelis de Vasconcellos, V. C. A. Taylor, R. Bratschitsch, R. Ernstorfer, and Y. W. Windsor Nano Lett., 24, 13671 (2024) |
| 2 | Exchange scaling of ultrafast angular momentum transfer in 4f antiferromagnets Y. W. Windsor, S.-E. Lee, D. Zahn, V. Borisov, D. Thonig, K. Kliemt, A. Ernst, C. Schüßler-Langeheine, N. Pontius, U. Staub, C. Krellner, D.V. Vyalikh, O. Eriksson, L. Rettig Nature Materials 21, 514–517 (2022) |
| 3 | Exchange-striction driven ultrafast nonthermal lattice dynamics in NiO Y. W. Windsor, D. Zahn, R. Kamrla, J. Feldl, H. Seiler, C.-T. Chiang, M. Ramsteiner, W. Widdra, R. Ernstorfer, L. Rettig Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 147202 (2021) |
| 4 | Nonequilibrium Charge-Density-Wave Order Beyond the Thermal Limit J. Maklar, Y. W. Windsor, C.W. Nicholson, M. Puppin, P. Walmsley, V. Esposito, M. Porer, J. Rittmann, D. Leuenberger, M. Kubli, M. Savoini, E. Abreu, S.L. Johnson, P. Beaud, G. Ingold, U. Staub, I.R. Fisher, R. Ernstorfer, M. Wolf, L. Rettig Nat. Commun. 12, 2499 (2021) |
| 5 | Deterministic control of an antiferromagnetic spin arrangement using ultrafast optical excitation Y. W. Windsor, A. Ernst, K. Kummer, K. Kliemt, Ch. Schüßler-Langeheine, N. Pontius, U. Staub, E. V. Chulkov, C. Krellner, D. V. Vyalikh & L. Rettig Commun. Physics 3, 139 (2020) |
| 6 | Anisotropic Nonequilibrium Lattice Dynamics of Black Phosphorus D. Zahn, P. Hildebrandt, T. Vasileiadis, Y. W. Windsor, Y. Qi, H. Seiler, R. Ernstorfer Nano Lett. 20, 5, 3728–3733 (2020) |
| 7 | Magnetic properties of strained multiferroic CoCr2O4: A soft x-ray study Y. W. Windsor, C. Piamonteze, M. Ramakrishnan, A. Scaramucci, L. Rettig, J. A. Huever, E. M. Bothschafter, N. S. Bingham, A. Alberca, S. R. V. Avula, B. Noheda, U. Staub Phys. Rev. B 95, 224413 (2017) |
| 8 | Multiferroic Properties of o-LuMnO3 Controlled by b-Axis Strain Y. W. Windsor, S. W. Huang, Y. Hu, L. Rettig, A. Alberca, K. Shimamoto, V. Scagnoli, T. Lippert, C. W. Schneider, U. Staub Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 167202 (2014) |
Short Curriculum Vitae
| Date | Function | Institution |
| 2021 – | Scientist | TU Berlin and Fritz Haber Institute Research Group Structural & Electronic Surface Dynamics, and Institute for Optics and Atomic Physics (IOAP) Prof. Ralph Ernstorfer |
| 2017-2021 | Postdoctoral Researcher | Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society Research Group Dynamics of Correlated Materials, Dr. Laurenz Rettig |
| 2012-2016 | Ph.D Physics | ETH Zurich Group of Dr. Urs Staub (Paul Scherrer Institute) Co-Supervised by Prof. Steven Johnson (ETH) |
| 2012 | M.Sc. Physics | Tel Aviv University Group of Prof. Alexander Gerber, Summa Cum Lauda |