Prof. Dr. Ulrich Höfer 

Philipps-Universität Marburg

Department of Physics

Renthof 5, 35032 Marburg
Phone: +49 6421 28-24100
Email: hoefer@physik.uni-marburg.de

Expertise

Experimental physics, laser spectroscopy of surfaces and interfaces, ultrafast electron dynamics, adsorption on semiconductor surfaces

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University Education

1996 Habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil.) in Experimental Physics, TU München, „Nonlinear optical spectroscopy of silicon surfaces“
1989 Doctoral degree in Physics (Dr. rer. nat.), TU München, Dissertation on „High resolution photoelectron spectroscopy at surfaces: lineshapes, loss processes and applications“, thesis advisor: Eberhard Umbach
1985 Diploma degree in Physics (Dipl. Phys.), TU München, supervisor: Dietrich Menzel

Professional Experience

2022- Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics, University of Regensburg
1999-25 Professor (C4/W3) for Experimental Physics, Philipps-Universität Marburg
2022-24 Chairman of DPG Surface Science Division
2013-21 Spokesman SFB 1083 „Structure and Dynamics of Internal Interfaces“
2007-09 Dean of the Physics Department, Philipps-Universität Marburg
2003-07 Managing Director, Material Sciences Center, Philipps-Universität Marburg
1996-99 Lecturer/docent, Physik-Department, TU München
1992-99 Group Leader, Surface Dynamics, Laser Chemistry Department (Karl Kompa), Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Garching/München
1990-91 Visiting Scientist, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York (USA), Department of Physical Sciences, Laser Science (Tony Heinz)
1987-89 Research Assistant, Physik-Department E20 (Dietrich Menzel), TU München
1985-87 Manager Data Processing, Central-Molkerei Augsburg e.G.

Awards and Honours

2022 ERC Synergy Grant
2015 Fellow of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (Japan)
2011 Ikerbasque Research Professor (DIPC, San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain)
2009 Offer for a chair in Experimental Physics at the University of Würzburg (declined)
2006 Fellow of the American Physical Society (USA)
1995 Arnold-Sommerfeld-Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Selected Publications

  1. P. M. Echenique, R. Berndt, E. V. Chulkov, Th. Fauster, A. Goldmann, U. Höfer
    Decay of electronic excitations at metal surfaces
    Surf. Sci. Rep. 52, 219 (2004). DOI: 10.1016/j.surfrep.2004.02.002
  2. M. Dürr, U. Höfer Dissociative adsorption of molecular hydrogen on silicon surfaces Surf. Sci. Rep. 61, 465 (2006). DOI: 10.1016/j.surfrep.2006.08.002
  3. J. Güdde, M. Rohleder, T. Meier, S. W. Koch, U. Höfer Time-resolved investigation of coherently controlled electric currents at a metal surface Science 318, 1287 (2007).  DOI: 10.1126/science.1146764
  4. H. Schwalb, S. Sachs, M. Marks, A. Schöll, F. Reinert, E. Umbach, U. Höfer Electron lifetime in a Shockley-type metal-organic interface state Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 146801 (2008). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.146801
  5. C. M. Heyl, J. Güdde, A. L'Huillier, and U. Höfer
    High-order harmonic generation with µJ laser pulses at high repetition rates
    J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 45, 074020 (2012). DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/45/7/074020
    see also: Labtalk "Scaling up the repetion rate of high-order harmonic sources"
  6. J. Reimann, S. Schlauderer, C. P. Schmid, F. Langer, S. Baierl, K. A. Kokh, O. E. Tereshchenko, A. Kimura, C. Lange, J. Güdde, U. Höfer, R. Huber
    Subcycle observation of lightwave-driven Dirac currents in a topological surface band
    Nature 562, 396 (2018). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0544-x
  7. R. Wallauer, M. Raths, K. Stallberg, L. Münster, D. Brandstetter, X. Yang, J. Güdde, P. Puschnig, S. Soubatch, C. Kumpf, F. C. Bocquet, F. S. Tautz, U. Höfer
    Tracing orbital images on ultrafast time scales
    Science 371, 1056 (2021). DOI: 10.1126/science.abf3286
  8. R. Wallauer, R. Perea-Causin, L. Münster, S. Zajusch, S. Brehm, J. Güdde, K. Tanimura, K.-Q. Lin, R. Huber, E. Malic, U. Höfer Momentum-resolved observation of exciton formation dynamics in monolayer WS2 Nano Lett. 21, 5867 (2021).  DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c01839
  9. S. Ito, M. Schüler, M. Meierhofer, S. Schlauderer, J. Freudenstein, J. Reimann, D. Afanasiev, K. A. Kokh, O. E. Tereshchenko, J. Güdde, M. A. Sentef, U. Höfer and R. Huber Build-up and dephasing of Floquet-Bloch bands on subcycle timescales Nature 616, 696 (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05850-x
  10. M. Dürr, U. Höfer, U. Koert, and R. Tonner-Zech
    Design and engineering of semiconductor-organic interfaces: Multilayer synthesis on the Si(001) surface based on cyclooctyne chemistry
    Acc. Chem. Res. 58 , 2454 (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2024.122631
  11. M. Theilen, S. Kaidisch, M. Stettner, S. Zajusch, E. Fackelman, A. Adamkiewicz, R. Wallauer, A. Windischbacher, C. S. Kern, M. G. Ramsey, F. C. Bocquet, S. Soubatch, F. S. Tautz, U. Höfer, P. Puschnig
    Observing the spatial and temporal evolution of exciton wave functions in organic semiconductors
    Phys. Rev. X (2026). DOI: 10.1103/3zmg-276c