Momentum space imaging of quantum materials
We are an experimental condensed matter physics group with a research focus on visualizing unconventional superconductivity and novel quantum electronic materials at the atomic scale. Experimentally, we leverage advanced scanning probe microscopy techniques such as milli-kelvin scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and scanned Josephson tunneling microscopy. This project aims to develop a new imaging and data processing methodology to extract momentum-space information of quantum materials from real-space quasiparticle interference images. The goal is to improve the capability of traditional Fourier analysis. The development of such a methodology, if successful, will broadly impact how spectroscopic imaging STM research will be performed across different disciplines.
- Exposure to cutting-edge scanning probe microscopes.
- Work with three enthusiastic graduate students.
- The PI has worked with ten undergraduate researchers in the past 2.5 years.
- Acquire knowledge in advanced data processing, imaging correction algorithms, quasiparticle interference, superconductivity, ultrahigh vacuum and cryogenic engineering, etc.