Quantum Technologies
Today, we are witnessing a scientific and technological revolution in which information science and quantum mechanics have been united into the common field of Quantum Information Science and Technology. We work on building next generation quantum devices and materials and explore their applications ranging from inherently secure communication and processing of information, to ultrasensitive sensors and transducers for precision metrology.
Project Modules
2D Magnetic Semiconductors
The chromium chalcogen halides (CrXH) are an emerging family of 2D semiconductors with a direct bandgap, highly anisotropic structural and electronic properties, and robust magnetic order with ordering temperatures up to room temperature. We seek to understand and engineer interactions between the magnetic order in CrXH compounds and the excitons they host. The unique magnetic and optical properties of CrXH materials present unique opportunities to develop spintronic devices with magnetic and optical controllability.
Engineered substrates and synthetic superlattices
Superlattices are artificial, periodic potentials which are used to confined particles and quasiparticles such as atoms, electrons, or excitons. Particles trapped in a superlattice can form simulated crystals, and, through particle-particle interactions, become strongly correlated. By controlling parameters such as the superlattice filling factor, spin statistics, particle type, and by tuning particle-particle interactions, one can realize a wide variety of quantum phenomena. Examples include superfluidity, correlated insulating states, superconductivity, topological bands, and magnetism. Superlattice structures can also be used to guide and manipulate single particles, to create unique lattice-based electronic, excitonic, and spintronic devices for quantum networks.
