Group Members

Principal Investigator

David Awschalom

Optical and magnetic interactions in semiconductor quantum structures, spin dynamics and coherence in condensed matter, nanometer-scale magnetism, and quantum information processing in the solid state.

Postdoctoral Researchers

Lee Bassett

Spin dynamics of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond.

Greg Fuchs

Spin dynamics of diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers.

Jayna Jones

Study of nanoscale particles via optical trapping techniques.

Graduate Students

Bob Buckley

Spin dynamics of single electron spins in quantum dots.

Greg Calusine

Spin dynamics of magnetic impurities in semiconductor nanostructures.

David Christle

Study of nanoscale particles via optical trapping techniques.

Joseph Heremans

Spin dynamics of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond and transport properties of diamond.

Viva Horowitz

Study of the dynamics of colloidal quantum dots, gold nanoparticles, and viruses.

William Koehl

The physics of electron spins in gallium nitride.

Shawn Mack

Macroscopic spin phenomena in magnetic and nonmagnetic semiconductors.

Brian Maertz

Optical manipulation and detection of spin dynamics in semiconductors.

Maiken Hoegh Mikkelsen

All-optical measurements of single electron spins in GaAs quantum dots.

Mark Nowakowski

Spin interactions in ferromagnetic semiconductor heterostructures.

Ken Ohno

CVD growth and spin dynamics of diamonds and hybrid structures.

David Toyli