As condensed matter experimentalists we are interested in creating new phases of matter and new quasiparticles that can serve as building blocks for novel topological quantum devices, quantum simulators, power-efficient devices, and sensors. At the same time, we are devising new methods to tune these phases of matter. Our work relies on in-house grown high-quality crystals of van der Waals quantum materials. We isolate atomically thin layers from those crystals and then we assemble heterostructures by stacking them together. The formed heterostructure has very different properties than the constituent materials. This process is like building novel materials on-demand using Lego blocks. We fabricate two types of devices with these quantum materials:
- Light-matter interaction in Quantum optoelectronic devices
-Hybrid optoelectronic devices to study high-temperature superfluidity and condensates (lasers, LEDs, optical interconnects, excitonic transistors and devices, etc).
-AMO type of experiments in solid-state systems that are only available in 2-D (Quantum simulators).
-Topological excitons and “topological optoelectronics” exploiting unique properties from 2-D materials, such as moire patterns, large excitonic binding energies, and strong quasi-particle interactions.
2. Quantum transport of modular nano-devices
-Exploration of exotic properties of quantum materials and devices at low temperatures and under high magnetic fields.
-Quantum materials and devices beyond graphene for spintronics, plasmonics, and quantum information.
-Topological materials and devices for quantum information.
-Quantum transport of twisted bilayer 2-D materials, superconductivity in strongly correlated systems.
