PD Dr. Christof Schneider

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 Education:

• Private lecturer, ETH Zürich, Department of Physics, since 2010
• Private lecturer, University of Augsburg, Experimental Physics VI, 2006 - 2010
• Habilitation, University of Augsburg, 2006, Department of Physics
• Ph.D., University of Cambridge, UK, 1994, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy and IRC in Superconductivity.
• Dipl. Phys., University of Tübingen, Germany, 1990, Faculty of Physics, Solid State Physics, Prof. Rudolf P. Hübener.

Workexperience:

• Senior Scientist, Paul Scherrer Insitut, Thin Films and Interfaces Group, Prof. Thomas Lippert, since 2008
• Co-project leader for the Sonderforschungsbereich 484 - Kooperative Phänomene im Festkörper (Collaborative Research Center 484: Cooperative Phenomena in Solids) at the University of Augsburg, 2003 - 2007
• Research Scientist, University of Augsburg, Experimental Physics VI, Prof. Jochen Mannhart, 1998 - 2007
• Research Scientist, Research Centre Karlsruhe KIT, Institut of Nuclear Solid State Physics, now Institut of Solid State Physics, Prof. Herrmann Rietschel, 1996 - 1998
• Post-Doc, University of Twente, Low Temperature Division, Prof. Horst Rogalla, 1995.

Expertise:

• Laser ablation (PLD), sputtering, preparation and characterization of thin and ultrathin epitaxial layers and heterostructures, transport measurements, lithography.
• XRD, RHEED, AFM, plasma mass spectrometry, time resoloved optical spectrometry, SIMS and TOF-SIMS.
• Materials with highly correlated electronic systems, multiferroics, oxide materials for renewable energy and respective applications, interface physics of oxides with strong electronic correlations, highly mobile electron gases at oxide interfaces, collective quantum phenomena.
• Superconductivity (conventional and high temperature superconductors) and magnetism. Physics of Josephson elements and magnetic tunneling devices. Order parameter symmetry in high-Tc superconductors. Development of active elements (oxide electric field effect transistors, injection elements) superconducting non-volatile memory and nanotechnology.

Teaching:

• Every Spring Term, the lecture on Inorganic Thin Films: Processing, Properties and Applications, 327-2104-00L, was given at the ETH Zurich. 
• This lecture is being replaced by the 4h lecture course Thin Films Technology - From Fundamentals to Oxide Electronics, 327-2210-00L.  The lecture is given by Morgan Trassin (Materials Department) and myself. More details can be found here

Publications:

• Publication list March 2025

Key Publications:

1.  B. Biswas; V. F. Michel; Ø. S. Fjellvåg; G. Bimashofer; M. Döbeli; M. Jambor; L. Keller; E. Müller; V. Ukleev; E. V. Pomjakushina; D. Singh; U. Stuhr; C. A. F. Vaz; T. Lippert; and C. W. Schneider;
   Role of Dy on the magnetic properties of orthorhombic DyFeO₃
   Phys. Rev. Materials 6, 074401 (2022) 
2.   C. W. Schneider, M. Döbeli, Chr. Richter, and T. Lippert;
   Oxygen diffusion in oxide thin films grown on SrTiO₃
   Phys. Rev. Materials 3, 123401 (2019)
3.   K. Shimamoto, S. Mukherjee, S. Manz, J. S. White, M. Trassin, M. Kenzelmann, L. Chapon, T. Lippert, M. Fiebig, C. W. Schneider and C. Niedermayer
   Tuning the multiferroic mechanisms of TbMnO₃ by epitaxial strain
   Sci. Rep. 7, 44753 (2017)
4.   A. Ojeda, C. W. Schneider, M. Doebeli, T. Lippert, and A. Wokaun
   Plasma plume dynamics, rebound, and recoating of the ablation target in pulsed laser deposition
   J. Appl. Phys. 121, 135306 (2017)
5.   J. White, M. Bator, Y. Hu, H. Luetkens, J. Stahn, S. Capelli, S. Das, M. Döbeli, T. Lippert, V. K. Malik, J. Martynczuk, A. Wokaun, M. Kenzelmann, C. Niedermeyer, and C. W. Schneider
   Strain-induced ferromagnetism in antiferromagnetic o-LuMnO₃ thin films
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 104110 (2013)
6.   C. W. Schneider, M. Esposito, I. Marozau, K. Konder, M. Doebeli, Y. Hu, M. Mallepell, A. Wokaun, and T. Lippert
   The origin of oxygen in oxide thin films - role of the Substrate
   Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 192107 (2010)
7.   N. Reyren , A. Caviglia , J. - M. Triscone, S. Thiel, G. Hammerl, C. Richter, C. W. Schneider, T. Kopp, and J. Mannhart
   Superconducting Interfaces of Insulating Oxides
   Science 317, 1196 - 1199 (2007)
8.   S. Thiel, G. Hammerl, A. Schmehl, C. W. Schneider, and J. Mannhart
   Tunable Electron Gas with Memory Function in Perovskite Heterostructures
   Science 313 (5795), 1942 - 1945 (2006)
9.   R. Held, J. Xu, A. Schmehl, C. W. Schneider, J. Mannhart, and M. R. Beasley
   New Memory Concept for Superconducting Electronics
   Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 163509 (2006)
10.   F. Loder, A.P. Kampf, T. Kopp, J. Mannhart, C.W. Schneider, and Y.S. Barash
    Magnetic flux periodicity of h/e in superconducting Loops
    Nature Physics 4, 112-115 (2008)
11.   C. W. Schneider, G. Hammerl, G. Logvenov, T. Kopp, J.R. Kirtley, P. J. Hirschfeld, and J. Mannhart
    Half-h/2e Critical Current-Oscillations in SQUIDs
    Europhys. Lett. 68, 86 - 92 (2004)
12.   R. R. Schulz, B. Chesca, B. Goetz, C. W. Schneider, A. Schmehl, H. Bielefeldt, H. Hilgenkamp, and J. Mannhart
    Design and Realization of an All d-wave dc pi-SQUID
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 912 - 914 (2000)
13.   D. Fuchs, C. W. Schneider, R. Schneider, and H. Rietschel
    High Dielectric Constant and Tunability of Epitaxial SrTiO₃ Thin Film Capacitors
    J. Appl. Phys. 85, 7362 - 7369 (1999)