Research
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Nanoscale self-assembly: Allowing materials to self-organize can lead to interesting structures that sometimes span many spatial length scales. We concentrate on nano-scale formations in metallic and semiconducting compounds. Some of these exhibit promising optical and optoelectronic behavior which include electric field controlled couplings and plasmonic effects.
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Optical micro resonators: With the steady miniaturization of electronic circuitry it has become clear that soon improvements to computing would reach the atomic limit, where the quantum properties of matter would dominate. This information in the quantum domain is an emerging field that will revolutionize the fields of computation and secure communication, and introduce radical changes in information technology. One of the suggested solid state systems for QIP are optical microcavities with embedded quantum dots. |
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Frustrated Magnetism: We concentrate on studying novel phases in magnetic materials in compounds where the formation of a long-range ordered state is prevented by the randomness or frustration. Instead, they have exotic states like spin liquids, spin glasses and spin ice. |