Robert Schoenlein

Robert W. Schoenlein

LBNL Senior Staff Scientist

rwschoenlein@lbl.gov
phone: 510-486-6557

Education
S.B. Electrical Engineering, MIT
S.M. Electrical Engineering, MIT
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, MIT
Postdoctoral Fellowship LBNL

Awards
2000 Klaus Halbach Award – ALS, Berkeley Lab (2000)
1996 Klaus Halbach Award – ALS, Berkeley Lab (1996)
1994 Adolf Lomb Medal of the Optical Society of America
1988 Newport Research Award

General Research Interests
Current research activities apply advanced ultrafast laser techniques (ranging from UV to THz) and ultrafast X-ray techniques (200 eV to 10 KeV) to fundamental problems in condensed matter physics. Present focus is on atomic and electronic structural dynamics in complex materials where correlation among charges and between charge, spin, and phonons lead to new properties, quasiparticles, and exotic phases. Of particular interest are photo-induced phase transitions in correlated electron systems, ferroelectrics, transition-metal complexes and molecular dynamics in solution.

MSD Research Projects:
Ultrafast Materials Science

CSD Research Projects:
Ultrafast X-ray Science Laboratory

Figure: Illustration of charge ordering, orbital ordering, and associated Jahn-Teller distortions in Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3
(image courtesy of Francesca Reboani & Stefano Rini).

Figure: Photographs of the soft and hard X-ray beamlines, and the high-average-power femtosecond laser system.

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Figure: Illustration of charge ordering, orbital ordering, and associated Jahn-Teller distortions in Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3 (image courtesy of Francesca Reboani & Stefano Rini).

Figure: Photographs of the soft and hard X-ray beamlines, and the high-average-power femtosecond laser system.

Figure: Illustration of charge ordering, orbital ordering, and associated Jahn-Teller distortions in Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3
(image courtesy of Francesca Reboani & Stefano Rini).