Princeton Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Seminars are held at 1:30 PM on Mondays in Jadwin A09 unless otherwise noted.

Travel directions to Jadwin Hall.

Spring 2008

February 18

Sergio O. Valenzuela, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Spin dynamics and the spin Hall effect in metallic nanostructures

Host: Jason Petta

Februrary 25

Roderich Moessner, Oxford University

Magnetic monopoles in spin ice

Host: Shivaji Sondhi

Tuesday, February 26 Special Biophysics Seminar

Thomas Gregor, University of Tokyo

Dynamics and precision in early embryonic development

Host: Curt Callan

Friday, March 21 Special Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

Markus Mueller, Harvard University

Nernst effect and quantum-critical magnetotransport in superconductors and graphene

Host: Shivaji Sondhi

April 7

Chris Marianetti, Rutgers University

Electronic properties of the cobaltates: A DFT+DMFT study

Host: Zahid Hasan

Tuesday, April 8 Special Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

Matthieu Wyart, Harvard University

Soft modes, rigidity and relaxation in amorphous solids

Host: David Huse

Friday, April 11 Special Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

Kirsten von Bergmann, University of Hamburg

Complex magnetic structures on the atomic scale revealed by spin-polarized STM [Abstract]

Host: Ali Yazdani

April 14

Gurudev Dutt, University of Pittsburgh

Quantum control of single nuclear spins in diamond [Abstract]

Host: Jason Petta

Tuesday, April 15 Special Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

Vikram Deshpande, Caltech

Electrons, phonons and their interactions in carbon nanotubes [Abstract]

Host: Jason Petta

April 21

David Reilly, Harvard University

The nuclear environment of a single electron spin [Abstract]

Host: Jason Petta

Tuesday, April 22 Special Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

Sergey Frolov, University of British Columbia

Host: Jason Petta

Thursday, April 24 Special Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

Michael Reimer, Institute for Microstructural Sciences, Canadian National Research Council

Pre-positioned InAs/InP quantum dots in electric fields: A scalable architecture for quantum information applications [Abstract]

Host: Jason Petta

April 28

Stephen Powell, Oxford

Quantum-classical mappings for geometrically frustrated systems [Abstract]

Host: Charles Mathy

May 5

Dan Ralph, Cornell University

Dynamics and Spectroscopy in Nanoscale Magnetic Devices [Abstract]

Host: Jason Petta

May 12

Lance Cooper, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Spectroscopic studies of the quantum phase transitions in TiSe2 and CuxTiSe2 [Abstract]

Host: Zahid Hasan

May 19

Dimitri Basov, University of California at San Diego

Infrared spectroscopy of correlated electron matter at the nano-scale [Abstract]

Host: Zahid Hasan

May 26

Kazushi Kanoda, University of Tokyo

Correlated electrons on triangular lattice near Mott transition [Abstract]

Host: Zahid Hasan