National Synchrotron Light Source II
NSLS-II is a state-of-the-art 3 GeV electron storage ring. The facility offers scientific and industrial researchers an array of beamlines with x-ray, ultraviolet, and infrared light to enable discoveries in clean and affordable energy, high-temperature superconductivity, molecular electronics, and more. Overview »
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NSLS-II Beamlines
NSLS-II’s beamlines and experimental stations offer unique, cutting-edge research tools for a wide variety of scientific areas. All beamlines are organized into five science programs, based on the research capabilities and expertise they offer.
Seminars
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Thursday
NSLS-II Colloquium
"Programmable quantum materials"
Presented by Dmitri N. Basov, Columbia University
4 pm, Large Seminar Room, Bldg. 510
Thursday, March 12, 2020, 4:00 pm
Hosted by: John Hill
Experimentally realizing quantum phases of matter and controlling their properties is a central goal of the physical sciences. Novel quantum phases with controllable properties are essential for new electronic, photonic, and energy management technologies needed to address the growing societal demands for rapid and energy efficient information processing and transduction. Quantum materials offer particularly appealing opportunities for the implementation of on-demand quantum phases. This class of materials host interacting many-body electronic systems featuring an intricate interplay of topology, reduced dimensionality, and strong correlations that leads to the emergence of "quantum matter'' exhibiting macroscopically observable quantum effects over a vast range of length and energy scales. In this talk I will overview recent efforts to discover, characterize and deploy new forms of quantum matter controllable by light, gating, and nano-mechanical manipulation, effectively programming their properties. I will focus on enticing opportunities to investigate novel quantum phenomena using nascent nano-optical methods developed in my group (1,2,3) 1. S. S. Sunku, G. X. Ni, B. Y. Jiang, H. Yoo, A. Sternbach, A. S. McLeod, T. Stauber, L. Xiong, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, P. Kim, M. M. Fogler, D. N. Basov "Photonic crystals for nano-light in moiré graphene superlattices" Science 362, 1153–1156 (2018). 2. G. X. Ni, A. S. McLeod, Z. Sun, L. Wang, L. Xiong, K. W. Post, S. S. Sunku, B.-Y. Jiang, J. Hone, C. R. Dean, M. M. Fogler & D. N. Basov "Fundamental limits to graphene plasmonics" Nature 557, 530 (2018). 3. A.McLeod J.Zhang, M.Q.Gu, F.Jin, G.Zhang, K.W.Post, X.G.Zhao, A.J.Millis , W.Wu, J.M.Rondinelli, R.D.Averitt, D. N. Basov "Multi-messenger nano-probes of hidden magnetism" Nature-Materials (in-press, 2020).
Science ProgramsDetails
Complex Scattering
Hard X-ray Scattering & Spectroscopy
Imaging and Microscopy
Soft X-ray Scattering & Spectroscopy
Structural Biology
