Quantum nanophotonics with two-dimensional materials
Interdisciplinary Areas: | Micro-, Nano-, and Quantum Engineering |
---|
Project Description
The rich variety of two-dimensional (2D) materials have shown unique promise for both nano/quantum photonics (for example graphene and 2D materials based tunable plasmonics and optoelectronics; color centers/single photon sources/quantum emitters in boron nitride and transition metal dichalcogenides) as well as spintronics (for example 2D magnets with voltage tunable magnetism, topological insulators with spin-momentum locking, and transition metal dichalcogenides with optically addressable spin-valley locking). This project will study 2D materials and their van der Waals heterostructures that bring together such interesting properties in both quantum photonics/plasmonics and spintronics, to develop hybrid quantum systems that may enable optically addressed and controlled quantum sensors, spin qubits and other quantum devices for quantum information/sensing and spintronic applications. The successful candidate will be jointly supervised by both advisors, and learn about nano/quantum photonics/plasmonics and 2D materials/devices fabrication and opto/electronic measurements.
Start Date
01/01/2020
Postdoc Qualifications
PhD holder or candidate in physical sciences or engineering with strong background in one or more of the following areas: nano/quantum photonics, 2D materials and devices, spintronics.
Strong abilities for independent, interdisciplinary research, and excellent oral and written communication skills.
Co-advisors
Vlad Shalaev, ECE
Yong Chen, Physics
References
Bogdanov, S. I.; Boltasseva, A.; Shalaev, V. M. Overcoming quantum decoherence with plasmonics. Science 2019, 364 (6440), 532-533
Simeon I. Bogdanov, Mikhail Y. Shalaginov, Alexei S. Lagutchev, Chin-Cheng Chiang, Deesha Shah, Alexandr S. Baburin, Ilya A. Ryzhikov, Ilya A. Rodionov, Alexander V. Kildishev, Alexandra Boltasseva, and Vladimir M. Shalaev, Ultrabright Room-Temperature Sub-Nanosecond Emission from Single Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers Coupled to Nanopatch Antennas, Nano Letters (2018)
Jieran Fang, Di Wang, Clayton T. DeVault, Ting-Fung Chung, Yong P. Chen, Alexandra Boltasseva, Vladimir M. Shalaev, and Alexander V. Kildishev, "Enhanced Graphene Photodetector with Fractal Metasurface", Nano Letters 17, 57 (2017)
Biddut K. Sarker*, Edward Cazalas*, Ting-Fung Chung*, Isaac Childres, Igor Jovanovic, and Yong P. Chen, "Position dependent and millimeter-range photodetection in phototransistors with micron-scale graphene on SiC" (*equal contribution), Nature Nanotechnology 12, 668-674 (2017)
Long Yuan, Ting-Fung Chung, Agnieszka Kuc, Yan Wan, Yang Xu, Yong P. Chen, Thomas Heine, Libai Huang, "Photocarrier Generation from Interlayer Charge-Transfer Transitions in WS2-Graphene Heterostructures", Science Advances 4, e1700324 (2018)