Invent and apply the most advanced measurement tools to see the invisible, pushing the sensitivity frontier of measurements for advanced materials and quantum operations. Understand quantum-limited material properties and operations under extreme low-temperature conditions with atomic precision.
Researchers:
Xiaoqin Elaine Li
Professor, Department of Physics
Research Interests
- Light-matter interaction.
- Quantum engineering of materials: moiré superlattices of semiconductors (quantum simulator).
- Magnetic materials and devices.
- Quantum sensing: spin defects in layered materials.
- Compound semiconductor metrology: wafer size scanning in 30 minutes.
- Materials for quantum transduction between microwave and optical photons.
Edoardo Baldini
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
Research Interests
- Discovery of novel quantum phases.
- Light-induced phase transitions.
- Cavity quantum materials
- Terahertz-speed 2D quantum devices
- Magnetic, ferroelectric, superconducting devices
- Extreme nonlinear optics and polaritonics
- New material platforms for topological quantum computing
Ken Shih
Professor, Department of Physics
Research Interests
- Intrinsic magnetic topological insulators.
- Twisted 2D materials: Moire quasicrystals and commensurate moire crystals at large twist angles.
- Current-induced-torque phenomena including induced torques in antiferromagnetic metals.
- Time-solved ARPES study of 2D Ag as a large indirect gap semiconductor.
Shyam Shankar
Assistant Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Research Interests
- Superconducting quantum circuits
- Quantum circuits with super/semi hybrid Josephson junctions
- Ultra-low-noise microwave amplifiers
- Quantum simulation and quantum error-correction experiments with bosonic systems
Edward T. Yu
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Research Interests
- Semiconductor materials and solid-state nanostructures: Strain engineering in semiconductors; Quantum light emission; Renewable energy (PV, PEC); Resistive switching phenomena
- Nanoscale materials characterization: Proximal probe techniques for electronic, optical, thermal, electromechanical characterization at the nanoscale.
- Large-area, nanoscale patterning by self-assembly patterning with <100nm resolution; new self-assembly techniques enable patterning speeds of >200 cm2/min;
- Broadband, omnidirectional anti-reflective surfaces, structural color, nanoparticle-based materials, physically unclonable structures, etc.
Li Shi
Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
- Heterogeneous Integration of Emerging Electronic and Thermal Management Materials.
- Thermal Science and Engineering of Quantum Materials and Hardware.
- Thermal Materials for Decarbonization of Heat and Fuel.
Carlos Baiz
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Research Interests
- Ultrafast multidimensional infrared spectroscopy – pulse shaping.
- Machine learning for denoising/high-dimensional data analysis.
- Ultrafast nano-IR microscopy.
- Picosecond molecular dynamics in the condensed phase.
- Mixed quantum-classical simulations.
- Low-temperature glasses.
- Nanocrystal lattices.
Sean Roberts
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Research Interests
- Controlling Electron Spin in Organic Materials: Light Upconversion and Downconversion for energy capture, sensing, and catalysis; optical preparation of spin-entangled states.
- Organic : Inorganic Heterostructures: Engineering strong coupling for energy/charge exchange
- Imaging Ultrafast Dynamics: Transient Absorption Microscopy with ~100 fs time resolution and ~50 nm spatial resolution; Optical Probing of Buried Interfaces
Paul Kunz
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Physics
Research Interests
- Quantum states of atoms and light for new applications of quantum information science.
- Rydberg atom-based electric field sensing.
- Atom-cavity platforms for quantum memory.
Keji Lai
Associate Professor, Department of Physics
Research Interests
- Variable-temperature Near-field microwave imaging with 10nm resolution.
- Noninvasive mapping of local dielectric constant and conductivity at 0.1 – 20 GHz.
- Spatiotemporal photoconductivity: carrier diffusion, lifetime, mobility.
- Topological quantum materials at ultralow temperatures and high magnetic fields.
- Optomechanical devices, topological phononics, and quantum acoustics.
Jamie Warner
Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
- Aberration corrected Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Materials Chemistry: Synthesis, Functionalization, and Processing
- Nanoscale Electronic and Opto-electronic Devices
- Catalysts and Energy Materials
