Current Research
Our research involves the fabrication and measurement of submicron electronic structures -- semiconductor quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, and graphene-based microstructures -- and the measurement of electron transport in these structures, usually at low temperatures.
We are interested in mesoscopic quantum phenomena at the interface between micro and macro scales, where quantum properties coexist with disorder and decoherence. Currently, activities include the realization of spin-based qubits for quantum information processing and the realization of topological quantum computing schemes based on the 5/2 fractional quantum Hall state.
We are also exploring the use of quantum dots in medical imaging, focusing primarily on materials with long nuclear spin relaxation as an imaging agent for magnetic resonance imaging.