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We design and produce new correlated phases of matter

We synthesize artificial crystals of complex materials layer by layer in order to create designer quantum matter such as two-dimensional systems of interacting electrons.

We explore the electronic properties of our artificial materials

We explore the electronic properties of our artificial materials by means of a variety of experimental probes, including electrical and thermal transport at the nanoscale, ultrafast dynamics, x-ray and optical spectroscopy.

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October 14, 2024

CaviNat07Chang-Jae Roh received “The Oxide Electronics Prize for an excellent poster” at iWOE-30CaviNat07

August 26, 2024

Giacomo Sala obtains a SNSF Ambizione fellowship

On the cover of Nature Materials

Sculpting quantum materials for the electronics of the future

Professor Andrea Caviglia awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant

Jobs

We do currently not have any open position. But spontaneous applications are welcome any time, contact Prof. Andrea Caviglia directly.

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Coupling Charge and Topological Reconstructions at Polar Oxide Interfaces

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 127202 (2021)

In oxide heterostructures, different materials are integrated into a single artificial crystal, resulting in a breaking of inversion symmetry across the heterointerfaces. A notable example is the interface…

Coherent spin-wave transport in an antiferromagnet

Nature Physics volume 17, pages 1001–1006 (2021)

Magnonics is a research field complementary to spintronics, in which the quanta of spin waves (magnons) replace electrons as information carriers, promising lower dissipation. The development of ultrafast,…

Controlling the anisotropy of a van der Waals antiferromagnet with light

Science advances. 2021, vol. 7, no. 23

Van der Waals magnets provide an ideal playground to explore the fundamentals of low-dimensional magnetism and open opportunities for ultrathin spin-processing devices. The Mermin-Wagner theorem dictates that …

Ultrafast control of magnetic interactions via light-driven phonons

Nature Materials volume 20, pages 607–611 (2021)

Resonant ultrafast excitation of infrared-active phonons is a powerful technique with which to control the electronic properties of materials that leads to remarkable phenomena such as the light-induced…