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Time Session With…
Time Session With…
3.30pm - 4.30pm

Novel magnetization plateaus in frustrated quantum magnets

Geometrically frustrated spin systems are known to exhibit novel quantum phenomena. One example is the unique non-monotonic field dependence of the magnetization and the associated emergence of magnetization plateuas in a class of frustrated spin compounds commonly known as the … Continue reading

Pinaki Sengupta

4.30pm - 5pm

Coffee break

5pm - 6pm

p-band Mott insulators on an optical diamond lattice

The Mott-insulating states of p-orbital spinless fermions in a three-dimensional optical lattice exhibit an unusual degeneracy due to the anisotropic orbital interaction and geometrical frustration. Here we demonstrate the existence of orbital Coulomb phase as the exact ground state of … Continue reading

Gai-Wei Chern

9am - 10am

Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy and its application to the study of the electronic structure of some correlated-electron systems

In solids with strongly-interacting electrons, the competition between the different degrees of freedom leads to competing quantum ground states, from which a rich variety of macroscopic phenomena emerge. In many cases, these phenomena arise from phase transitions described by exotic … Continue reading

Andrés Santander-Syro

10am - 11am

Tuning the electronic properties of oxide heterostructures using electrostatic gating and coherent light

Complex oxide heterostructures exhibit functional electronic properties such as magnetism and superconductivity. An important step toward the use of quantum materials in real-word applications is to achieve on-demand control of their ground state. One strategy consists in applying static electric … Continue reading

Andrea Caviglia

11am - 11.30am

Coffee break

11.30am - 12pm

Optical Properties of (SrMnO$_3$)$_n$/(LaMnO$_3$)$_{2n}$ Superlattices: An Insulator-to-Metal Transition Observed in the Absence of Disorder

We measure the optical conductivity, $\sigma_1(\omega)$, of (SrMnO$_3$)$_n$/(LaMnO$_3$)$_{2n}$ superlattices (SL) for n=1, 3, 5, and 8 and 10 < T < 400 K. Data show a T-dependent insulator to metal transition (IMT) for n=3, driven by the softening of a … Continue reading

Andrea Perucchi

12pm - 12.30pm

Enhancement of the superconducting transition temperature in cuprate heterostructures

We observe enhancement of the superconducting transition temperature in heterostructures of superconducting oxides.  Fabrication of multilayer thin films of $La_{2−x}Ce_{x}CuO_{4}$ (LCCO) and $Pr_{2−x}Ce_{x}CuO_{4}$ (PCCO) paired over-doped and under-doped (or un-doped) layers of various layer thicknesses.  An increased $T_c$ was observed, … Continue reading

Paul Bach

12.30pm - 1pm

Orbital reconstruction at YBa2Cu3O7/La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 interfaces revealed by resonant inelastic x-ray scattering

Transition metal oxide hetero-interfaces have been attracting great attention due to extraordinary phenomena not exhibited by either of the constituent materials alone. A particularly fascinating system is the ferromagnetic/superconducting heterostructure which has vast application in the area of spintronics. Recent … Continue reading

Kejin Zhou

1pm - 1.15pm

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