Martin Mittendorff

Prof. Dr. Martin Mittendorff is a faculty member at the University of Duisburg-Essen, affiliated with the Faculty of Physics and the Experimental Physics department. He leads the Mittendorff research group, focusing on time-resolved THz spectroscopy and 2D materials.

• Research areas: Terahertz spectroscopy, plasmonics, ultrafast dynamics, 2D materials, and optoelectronics.
• Current projects: B09 THz Dynamics of Photo-Excited Charge Carriers on the µm Scale.

Research Trends: His recent publications highlight THz-driven plasmonic nonlinearities in graphene structures, surface transport in nanograined thermoelectrics, and ultrafast electron dynamics in semiconductor heterostructures. These works bridge fundamental solid-state physics with applications in THz detectors and optical switches.

• Key collaborators: Stephan Winnerl, Wojciech Knap, Thomas E. Murphy.

Students & Lab Culture: Supervised PhD student Ahana Bhattacharya through successful defense. The group maintains an active team culture, exemplified by a 2023 team day involving a canoe trip from Essen-Kettwig to Mülheim Water Station.