Peter Fischer
LBNL
Staff Scientist
pjfischer@lbl.gov
phone: 510-486-7052
Education
Diploma thesis, Physics
Technical University of Munich, Germany
Dr.rer.nat, Physics
Technical University of Munich, Germany
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute
for Physics, University of Augsburg, Germany
Habilitation thesis, University
of Wuerzburg, Germany
General Research Interests
Ultrafast spin dynamics
Magnetism on the nanoscale
Magnetic X-ray microscopy and spectroscopy
MSD Research Projects:
Magnetic Materials
Center for X-Ray
Optics
BL 6.1.2 Advanced
Light Source
Personal website:
http://pjfischer.lbl.gov
Highlights:
• Spinning
a Magnetic Vortex by Spin Currents: Nanoscale Imaging of "Spin
Torque"
• Current-Driven
Domain Wall Motion in Nanowires—A Step Toward Magnetic Data
Storage without Rotating Disks
• http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2008/11/24/magnetic-x-ray-microscopy/
• http://www.als.lbl.gov/als/science/sci_archive/190domain-walls.html
