2019 research activities
Overview
The scientific activity of the department is mainly concentrated around the experimental and theoretical research in quantum solid state physics. It includes experimental research of mesoscopic physics, quantum Hall physics, topological states of matter, high temperature superconductors, two and one dimensional superconductors, metal-insulator transition, carbon nanotubes, semiconductor nanowires, and study of material growth. The theoretical efforts concentrate on similar subjects with added work on disordered materials, cold atoms, and quantum optics.
The Braun Center for sub micron research is an integral part of the department. It is a modern and well equipped center, with growth (three MBE's) and characterization systems, which allows to conduct experiments on sub micron semiconductor structures under high magnetic fields, conventional and high temperature superconductors, and nanowires made of carbon nanotubes and semiconductor nanowires.
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Dr. Haim Beidenkopf
Topological electronic phasesWeyl/Dirac topological semimetalsStrong/Weak/Crystalline/Higher-order topological insulatorsTopological superconductivity and Majorana modesTopological nano-devicesScanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopyMolecular beam epitaxy
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Prof. Alexander Finkelstein
Effects of the electron-electron interaction in low dimensional and disordered systems.Metal-insulator transition in 2D conductors.Magnetic fluctuations in high - Tc superconductors.
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Prof. Yuval Gefen
Quantum measurements and how to use them for engineering and manipulating quantum states.Exotic excitations in the fractional quantum Hall effect and Topological Insulators.Edge reconstruction and edge channels in the fractional quantum Hall effect and Topological Insulators.
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Prof. Moty Heiblum
Exotic quantum states with quantum statistics different from elementary particlesNon-abelian quantum states (e.g., hosting Majorana particles)Interference of electrons and fractional charges in the quantum Hall regimeThermal conductance of one-dimensional modes, revealing quantum behaviorSynthetizing man-made artificial quantum statesShot-noise revealing fractional charges and heat wavesStudies in millikelvin range and magnetic fields (<16T)Complex structures patterned in electrons in 2D by electron beam lithographyExtremely pure 2D electrons are grown in house (by Vladimir Umansky)Strong collaboration with department theorists
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Prof. Shahal Ilani
Carbon nanoelectronicsInteracting electrons in one dimensionQuantum nano-electron-mechanicsImaging of quantum materials using nanotube scanning single electron transistorHybrid 1D-2D carbon systemsElectron hydrodynamics
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Prof. Shimon Levit
Full vector path integrals for light propagation in dielectrics.Interaction of Squeezed Light with Atoms and Semiconductor NanostructuresNon classical light.Resonant scattaring off photonic slabs
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Prof. Yuval Oreg
Topological Quantum MaterialsSuperconducting and fractional topological phases theory and applications to quantum topological computersMajorana fermions in superconducting wires and topological superconductorsQuantum dots and the Kondo effect and the multi channel Kondo effectDisorder superconductors and normal metal super-conducting junctionsGlassy systemsLuttinger liquids in one-dimensional systems such as: carbon nano tube, edges of a quantum hall systems, edges of two dimensional topological insulator
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Dr. Serge Rosenblum
Superconducting qubitsDecoherence and quantum error correctionQuantum feedbackBosonic quantum computingSuperconducting microwave circuits
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Prof. Dan Shahar
Physics of electron's spinQuantum phase transitions: General transport studies and mesoscopics of the metal-insulator, superconductor-insulator and other transitions.Scanning tunneling experiments at ultra-low temperaturesFractional and integer quantum Hall effect and related phenomena.Experiments on materials at ultra low-temperatures.
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Prof. Adi Stern
Quantum interference phenomena in the fractional Quantum Hall effect. Electronic transport in strong magnetic fields.Non-abelian electronic states - quantum Hall states, topological superconductors and Majorana fermions.Fractionalized topological phases - how to construct them, how to measure them, and how to use them for topological quantum computationLow density two dimensional electronic systems.One dimensional electronic systems - electronic transport in the presence of interactions.
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Dr. Binghai Yan
Topological MaterialsTopological InsulatorsDirac and Weyl SemimetalsNew topological states of matterTransport and optical response in topological systemsLight-matter interaction, nonlinear optical responseMagneto-transportSpin Hall effect and anomalous Hall effect2D Materials for electronic, spintronic and optical properties
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Prof. Eli Zeldov
Scanning nanoSQUID magnetic microscopyScanning nanoscale thermal imagingImaging of dissipation mechanisms in quantum systemsMagnetism and dissipation in grapheneQuantum anomalous Hall effectImaging of the quantum Hall effectMagnetic phenomena in topological insulatorsMagnetism at oxide interfacesSuperconductivityVortex matter and dynamics
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