Hour: From 10:00h to 11:30h
Place: ICFO Auditorium
AMIR YACOBY
"LOCAL QUANTUM PROBES OF QUANTUM MATTER"
By Amir Yacoby (Harvard University)
BIOGRAPHY:
Amir Yacoby is a Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University. He graduated the Israeli Institute of Technology Suma Cum Laude in the field of Aerospace engineering. He then transitioned into theoretical physics and received a Master’s degree from the Weizmann Institute of Science. While remaining at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Professor Yacoby transitioned once again into experimental Physics and received his PhD in 1994. After a three-year post-doc at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, Professor Yacoby returned to the Weizmann institute of science as an assistant professor and was tenured in 2002. In 2006 Professor Yacoby joined Harvard University.
Professor Yacoby works to develop new experimental techniques to explore quantum matter and uses these techniques to obtain new insights into their underlying quantum mechanical properties. His current interests are in understanding the behaviour of low-dimensional systems and their applications to quantum information technology.
Professor Yacoby is a member of the National Academy of Science, a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a member of the Aspen Center of Physics, and a member the Quantum Materials Program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. He has been a “Highly Cited Researcher” in the Clarivate Analytics since 2015. His awards include: the Kavli Chair from Delft University in the Netherlands, The Lazaridis Chair in Physics from the University of Waterloo, the Moore Experimental Award, the Newcomb Cleveland Prize, The William L. McMillan Award, and the Alon young investigator award.
ABSTRACT:
Quantum materials display a rich variety of phases that are often difficult to probe or image using conventional transport and optical methods. Over the past several years we have been developing a variety of experimental techniques that offer new insights in such materials. In this talk I will review some of our recent results that use NV center magnetometers and single electron transistors as local probes of quantum matter. Through a variety of examples, I will highlight the versatility of these techniques in addressing a broad range of physical phenomena, and describe some of the insights gained from such explorations.
Hour: From 10:00h to 11:30h
Place: ICFO Auditorium
AMIR YACOBY
"LOCAL QUANTUM PROBES OF QUANTUM MATTER"
By Amir Yacoby (Harvard University)
BIOGRAPHY:
Amir Yacoby is a Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University. He graduated the Israeli Institute of Technology Suma Cum Laude in the field of Aerospace engineering. He then transitioned into theoretical physics and received a Master’s degree from the Weizmann Institute of Science. While remaining at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Professor Yacoby transitioned once again into experimental Physics and received his PhD in 1994. After a three-year post-doc at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, Professor Yacoby returned to the Weizmann institute of science as an assistant professor and was tenured in 2002. In 2006 Professor Yacoby joined Harvard University.
Professor Yacoby works to develop new experimental techniques to explore quantum matter and uses these techniques to obtain new insights into their underlying quantum mechanical properties. His current interests are in understanding the behaviour of low-dimensional systems and their applications to quantum information technology.
Professor Yacoby is a member of the National Academy of Science, a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a member of the Aspen Center of Physics, and a member the Quantum Materials Program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. He has been a “Highly Cited Researcher” in the Clarivate Analytics since 2015. His awards include: the Kavli Chair from Delft University in the Netherlands, The Lazaridis Chair in Physics from the University of Waterloo, the Moore Experimental Award, the Newcomb Cleveland Prize, The William L. McMillan Award, and the Alon young investigator award.
ABSTRACT:
Quantum materials display a rich variety of phases that are often difficult to probe or image using conventional transport and optical methods. Over the past several years we have been developing a variety of experimental techniques that offer new insights in such materials. In this talk I will review some of our recent results that use NV center magnetometers and single electron transistors as local probes of quantum matter. Through a variety of examples, I will highlight the versatility of these techniques in addressing a broad range of physical phenomena, and describe some of the insights gained from such explorations.