Brookhaven National Laboratory
Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department
Bldg. 734
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-4945
aliu1@bnl.gov
I am a physicist with research interests in both understanding and manipulating the properties of nanoscale and correlated 'quantum' materials using light.
Following a Humboldt fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (2020-2023), I joined Brookhaven National Laboratory in 2023 to found a research group in studying and manipulating novel quantum materials with light. In particular, we use intense pulses of light in the terahertz and mid-infrared frequency ranges to dynamically control material properties and probe them using nonlinear 'multi-dimensional' spectroscopies.
Education | Appointments | Publications
Education
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ph.D. Applied Physics
M.S.E. Electrical Engineering
B.S.E. Electrical Engineering
B.S. Interdisciplinary Physics
Professional Appointments
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Research Staff (2023- )
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany
Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-2023)
Selected Publications
- Liu A, Pavicevic D, Michael MH, et al (2023) Probing Inhomogeneous Cuprate Superconductivity by Terahertz Josephson Echo Spectroscopy
- Disa AS, Curtis J, Fechner M, et al (2023) Photo-induced high-temperature ferromagnetism in YTiO3. Nature 617:73–78. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05853-8
- Liu A, Cundiff ST, Almeida DB, Ulbricht R (2021) Spectral broadening and ultrafast dynamics of a nitrogen-vacancy center ensemble in diamond. Materials for Quantum Technology 1:025002. https://doi.org/10.1088/2633-4356/abf330
- Liu A, Almeida DB, Bonato LG, et al (2021) Multidimensional coherent spectroscopy reveals triplet state coherences in cesium lead-halide perovskite nanocrystals. Science Advances 7:. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb3594
- Liu A, Almeida DB, Bae WK, et al (2019) Non-Markovian Exciton-Phonon Interactions in Core-Shell Colloidal Quantum Dots at Femtosecond Timescales. Physical Review Letters 123:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.123.057403
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department
Bldg. 734
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-4945
aliu1@bnl.gov
