General Lab Information

Xiaoqian M. Chen

CHX Beamline Scientist, Complex Scattering Program, National Synchrotron Light Source II

Xiaoqian M. Chen

Brookhaven National Laboratory

National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 744
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-7620
xmchen@bnl.gov

I lead the quantum materials program at the Coherent Hard X-ray Scattering (CHX) beamline. I am interested in effects of disorder, quantum confinement and real-time observation of emerging phase textures in- and out-of-equilibrium. 

Education | Appointments | Publications


Education

Ph.D. Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2014

B.S. Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 2008

Professional Appointments

Assistant Physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 2020 - Present

Project Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA, 2020 - 2020

Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA, 2016 - 2019

Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton NY 2014 - 2016

Selected Publications

  • Woods JS, Chen XM, Chopdekar RV, Farmer B, Mazzoli C, Koch R, Tremsin AS, Hu W, Scholl A, Kevan S, Wilkins S, Kwok W-K, De Long LE, Roy S, Hastings JT (2021) Switchable X-Ray Orbital Angular Momentum from an Artificial Spin Ice. Physical Review Letters. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.117201
  • Chen XM, Farmer B, Woods JS, Dhuey S, Hu W, Mazzoli C, Wilkins SB, Chopdekar RV, Scholl A, Robinson IK, De Long LE, Roy S, Hastings JT (2019) Spontaneous Magnetic Superdomain Wall Fluctuations in an Artificial Antiferromagnet. Physical Review Letters. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.197202
  • Chen XM, Mazzoli C, Cao Y, Thampy V, Barbour AM, Hu W, Lu M, Assefa TA, Miao H, Fabbris G, Gu GD, Tranquada JM, Dean MPM, Wilkins SB, Robinson IK (2019) Charge density wave memory in a cuprate superconductor. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09433-1
  • Chen XM, Thampy V, Mazzoli C, Barbour AM, Miao H, Gu GD, Cao Y, Tranquada JM, Dean MPM, Wilkins SB (2016) Remarkable Stability of Charge Density Wave Order inLa1.875Ba0.125CuO4. Physical Review Letters. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.167001
  • Joe YI, Chen XM, Ghaemi P, Finkelstein KD, de la Peña GA, Gan Y, Lee JCT, Yuan S, Geck J, MacDougall GJ, Chiang TC, Cooper SL, Fradkin E, Abbamonte P (2014) Emergence of charge density wave domain walls above the superconducting dome in 1T-TiSe2. Nature Physics 10:421–425. doi: 10.1038/nphys2935
Xiaoqian M. Chen

Brookhaven National Laboratory

National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 744
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-7620
xmchen@bnl.gov