截止日期:2012-09-03
Special Seminar
Time:Sep.3rd(Mon.)2:10 PM
Place:Rm. 204, CCMS & New Physics Building, NTU 臺大凝態物理新館R204 國際會議廳
Speaker:張首晟教授 Prof. Shoucheng Zhang (The JG Jackson and CJ Wood professor of Physics at Stanford University, USA)
Title:Topological insulators and superconductors.
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Abstract
In this talk, Prof. Zhang shall briefly review the basic concepts of topological insulators and superconductors, and recall the history of the discovery of the first topological insulator in nature, the HgTe material.
He will then describe some striking physical properties of topological insulators and their possible applications.
- X. L. Qi, S. C. Zhang, Phys. Today 63, 33 (2010).
- X. L. Qi, S. C. Zhang, Rev. Mod. Phys. 83, 1057 (2011).
Education
* B.Sc. degree in Physics from Free University of Berlin in 1983.
* Ph.D. degree in Physics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1987.
Experience & Current Position
*Postdoc fellow at the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara (1987-1989).
*Research Staff Member at the IBM Almaden Research Center (1989 - 1993).
*Faculty at Stanford University in 1993.
Research interests
Prof. Zhang is a condensed matter physicist known for his work on topological insulators, spintronics and high temperature superconductivity.
Honors & awards
*Fellow, American Physical Society
*Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
*Guggenheim fellowship in 2007.
*Alexander von Humboldt research prize in 2009.
*Johannes Gutenberg research prize in 2010.
*Europhysics prize from the European Physical Society in 2010.
*Oliver Buckley prize from the American Physical Society in 2012.
*Dirac Medal in 2012