77 Massachusetts Avenue, 13-2114
Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A.

Prof. Nuh Gedik: 617.253.3420
Students: 617.253.1829
Fax: 617.258.6883

Publications

Refereed Journal Papers

  1. "Observation of suppressed terahertz absorption in photoexcited graphene" A.J. Frenzel, C.H. Lui, W. Fang, N.L. Nair, P.K. Herring, P. Jarillo-Herrero, J. Kong, and N. Gedik Applied Physics Letters 102 113111 (2013) (pdf)

  2. "Spin Induced Optical Conductivity in the Spin Liquid Candidate Herbertsmithite" Daniel V. Pilon, Chun Hung Lui, Tianheng Han, David B. Shrekenhamer, Alex J. Frenzel, William J. Padilla, Young S. Lee and Nuh Gedik (arXiv:1301.3501) (2013)

  3. "Fluctuating Charge Density Waves in a Cuprate Superconductor" Darius H. Torchinsky*, Fahad Mahmood*, Anthony T. Bollinger, Ivan Božovic, and Nuh Gedik Nature Materials 12 387-391 (2013) (pdf)

  4. "Circular dichroism in angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of topological insulators" Yihua Wang and Nuh Gedik Phys. Status Solidi RRL 7 , No. 1–2, 64–71 (2013) (pdf)

  5. "Measurement of intrinsic Dirac fermion cooling on the surface of a topological insulator Bi2Se3 using time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy" Y. H. Wang, D. Hsieh, E. J. Sie, H. Steinberg, D. R. Gardner, Y. S. Lee, P. Jarillo-Herrero, and N. Gedik Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 127401 (2012) (pdf)

  6. "Theoretical and Experimental Study of Second Harmonic Generation from the Surface of the Topological Insulator Bi2Se3" J. W. McIver, D. Hsieh, S.G. Drapcho, D.H. Torchinksy, D.R. Gardner, Y.S. Lee, and N. Gedik Phys. Rev. B 86, 035327 (2012) (pdf)

  7. "Observation of a Slater-Type Metal-to-Insulator Transition in Sr2IrO4 from Time-Resolved Photo-Carrier Dynamics" D. Hsieh, F. Mahmood, D. H. Torchinsky, G. Cao and N. Gedik Phys. Rev. B 86, 035128 (2012) (pdf)

  8. "Control Over Topological Insulator Photocurrents with Light Polarization" J. W. McIver*, D. Hsieh*, H. Steinberg, P. Jarillo-Herrero and N. Gedik Nature Nanotechnology 7, 96–100 (2012) (pdf) (News and Views) (highlighted in Nature Photonics) (featured in MIT news)

  9. "Observation of a Warped Helical Spin Texture in Bi2Se3 from Circular Dichroism Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy" Y. H. Wang, D. Hsieh, D. Pilon, L. Fu, D. R. Gardner, Y. S. Lee and N. Gedik, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 207602 (2011) (pdf) (featured in MIT news)

  10. "Nonequilibrium Quasiparticle Relaxation Dynamics in Single Crystals of Hole and Electron doped BaFe2As2" Darius H Torchinsky, James W. McIver, David Hsieh, G.F. Chen, J.L. Luo, N. L. Wang and Nuh Gedik, Phys. Rev. B 84, 104518 (2011) (pdf)

  11. "Selective Probing of Photoinduced Charge and Spin Dynamics in the Bulk and Surface of a Topological Insulator" D. Hsieh, F. Mahmood, J. W. McIver, D. R. Gardner, Y. S. Lee, and N. Gedik, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 077401 (2011) (pdf)

  12. "Electron Pulse Compression With a Practical Reflectron Design for Ultrafast Electron Diffraction" Y. H. Wang, and N. Gedik, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 99, 1-9 (2011) (pdf) (invited paper)

  13. "Nonlinear optical probe of tunable surface electrons on a topological insulator" D. Hsieh*, J. W. Mc Iver*, D. H. Torchinsky, D. R. Gardner, Y. S. Lee, and N. Gedik, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 057401 (2011) (pdf)

  14. "Band-dependent quasiparticle dynamics in the hole-doped Ba-122 iron pnictides" Darius H. Torchinsky, James W. McIver, David Hsieh, G.F. Chen, J.L. Luo, N.L. Wang and Nuh Gedik, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 72, 519-522 (2011) (pdf)

  15. "Band-dependent quasiparticle dynamics in single crystals of Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 revealed by pump-probe spectroscopy" Darius H Torchinsky, G.F. Chen, J.L. Luo, N. L. Wang, and Nuh Gedik, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 027005 (2010) (pdf). (Highlighted in Nature Materials)

  16. "Real-Time Observation of Cuprates Structural Dynamics by Ultrafast Electron Crystallography" F. Carbone, N. Gedik, J. Lorenzana, and A. H. Zewail, Advances in Condensed Matter Physics 2010 , Article ID 958618 (2010) (pdf)

  17. "Non-equilibrium phase transitions in cuprates observed by ultrafast electron crystallography" N. Gedik, Ding-Shyue Yang, Gennady Logvenov, Ivan Bozovic, and Ahmed H. Zewail Science 316, 425 (2007) (pdf).

  18. "Ultrafast Electron Crystallography: I. Non-equilibrium Dynamics of Nanometer-scale Structures" Ding-Shyue Yang, N. Gedik and Ahmed H. Zewail, J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 4889 (2007) (pdf). ( cover story)

  19. "Observation of spin Coulomb drag in a two-dimensional electron gas" C. P. Weber, N. Gedik, J. E. Moore, J. Orenstein, J. Stephens, and D. D. Awschalom, Nature 437, 1330-1333 (2005) (pdf)

  20. "Abrupt transition in quasiparticle dynamics at optimal doping in a cuprate superconductor system" N. Gedik, M. Langner, J. Orenstein, S. Ono, Yasushi Obe, and Yoichi Ando, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 117005 (2005) (pdf)

  21. "Transient gratings formed by nonequilibrium quasiparticles in YBCO", N. Gedik, J. Orenstein, Ruixing Liang, D.A. Bonn, and W.N. Hardy, Journal of Superconductivity 17 , No. 1 117-120, (2004). (pdf)

  22. "Non-equilibrium quasiparticle dynamics in single crystals of YBCO Ortho II." N. Gedik, J. Orenstein, Ruixing Liang, D.A. Bonn, and W.N. Hardy, Physica C 408-410, 690 (2004) (pdf)

  23. "Absolute phase measurement in heterodyne detection of transient gratings" N. Gedik, J. Orenstein, Optics Letters 29, 2109 (2004) (pdf)

  24. "Single-quasiparticle stability and quasiparticle-pair decay in YBa2Cu3O6.5", N. Gedik, P. Blake, R.C. Spitzer, J. Orenstein, D.A. Bonn, Ruixing Liang, and W.N. Hardy, Phys. Rev. B 70, 014504 (2004) (pdf)

  25. "Reply to Comments on 'Photoinduced changes of reflectivity in single crystals of YBa2Cu3O6.5 (Ortho II)' " N. Gedik, J. Orenstein, D.A. Bonn, Ruixing Liang, W.N. Hardy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 169701 (2003) (pdf)

  26. "Diffusion of nonequilibrium quasi-particles in a cuprate superconductor", N. Gedik, J. Orenstein, Ruixing, Liang, D.A. Bonn, and W.N. Hardy, Science 300, 1410 (2003). (pdf)

  27. "Photoinduced changes of reflectivity in single crystals of YBa2Cu3O6.5" G.P. Segre, N. Gedik, J. Orenstein, D.A. Bonn, Ruixing Liang, W.N. Hardy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 137001 (2002). (pdf)

News

  • "Broken Cooper Pairs Caught Bouncing Around", B. Keimer, Science 300, 1381 (2003). (pdf)

  • "Tracking the Strange Behavior of Quasiparticles", P. Preuss, LBL Science Beat, Sept.23rd, 2003 (html).

  • "Watching Quasiparticles Move", LBL MSD Research Highlights, April 4th, 2003 (html).

  • "Spin in the slow lane", Nature 437, 1249 (2005) (pdf).

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