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://www.cxro.msd.lbl.gov/~pjfischer/index.php

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

Figure: Beamline 6.1.2 (XM-1) Full-field soft X-ray transmission microscope