Department of Applied Physics

Description

Condensed Matter Physics

Condensed matter physics; Physics of low-dimensional systems; Disordered and Strongly correlated electron systems; Superconductivity, magnetism, quantum phase transitions.

Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering

Micro- and Nano- Mechanical devices; Tests of gravity at sub-mm length scales; Casimir forces at macroscopic lengths. Magneto-optics and near-field magneto-optics.

Courses Taught

• Experimental Techniques in Condensed Matter Physics

Selected Publications

• Inherent Inhomogeneities in Tunneling Spectra of BSCCO Crystals in the Superconducting State
• Periodic Density of States Modulations in Superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x
• How to detect fluctuating order in the high-temperature superconductors
• Possible Field-Tuned SIT in High-Tc Superconductors: Implications for Pairing at High Magnetic Fields
• Feedback Control and Characterization of a Microcantilever using Optical Radiation Pressure
• High Resolution Polar Kerr Effect Measurements of Sr2RuO4: Evidence for Broken Time Reversal Symmetry in the Superconducting State
• STM Studies of TbTe3 : Evidence for a fully Incommensurate Charge Density Wave
• Polar Kerr effect measurements of the high temperature YBa2Cu3O6+x superconductor: Evidence for broken symmetry near the pseudogap temperature
• New Apparatus for Detecting Micron-Scale Deviations from Newtonian Gravity
• Approach to a superconductor-to-Bose-insulator transition in disordered films
• Improved constraints on non-Newtonian forces at 10 microns
• Inverse proximity effect in superconductor-ferromagnet bilayer structures
• STM imaging of of Electronic Waves on the surface of the topological insulator Bi2Te3: Topologically Protected Surface States and Hexagonal Warping Effects
• Hidden quasi one-dimensional superconductivity in Sr2RuO4