Atomic, Condensed Matter, and Plasma Physics

1. Overview
   
   
2. Atomic, Condensed Matter, and Plasma Physics: Areas of Research
   
   
3. Atomic, Condensed Matter, and Plasma Physics Faculty
   
   
   • Alphabetical Listing
   • By Area of Research
     
     
4. Affiliated Labs and Centers
   
   
   • Center for Magnetic Resonance
   • Center for Materials Science and Engineering
   • Condensed Matter Theory Group
   • G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory
   • MIT–Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms
   • Plasma Science and Fusion Center
   • Research Laboratory of Electronics
   
   

1. Overview

As the title suggests, this Division spans a broad range of activities in physics, including atomic physics, optics, condensed matter experiment and theory, biophysics experiment and theory, and plasma physics. Approximately 50% of the graduate students in our department conduct research in this Division. There is a long tradition of close interaction between experimentalists and theorists in various areas. Furthermore, exciting overlaps are emerging between different fields, a prime example being the study of collective behavior of ultra cold atoms and the interest in strongly correlated materials by condensed matter physicists. More detailed descriptions of the activities of different areas are given within the pages linked below.

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2. Atomic, Condensed Matter, and Plasma Physics: Areas of Research

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3a. Atomic, Condensed Matter, and Plasma Physics Faculty: Alphabetical Listing

• Raymond Ashoori
  
  
• George B. Benedek
• A. Nihat Berker, Professor of Physics, Emeritus
• Robert J. Birgeneau, Professor of Physics, Emeritus
  
  
• Isaac Chuang (jointly with the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)
• Bruno Coppi
  
  
• Mildred S. Dresselhaus (jointly with the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)
  
  
• Jan Egedal-Pedersen
  

• Michael S. Feld
  
  
• Nuh Gedik
• Thomas J. Greytak
  
  
• Eric W. Hudson
  
  
• Karl U. Ingard, Professor of Physics, Emeritus
• Erich P. Ippen (jointly with the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)
  
  
• Pablo Jarillo-Herrero
• Ali Javan, Professor of Physics, Emeritus
• John D. Joannopoulos
  
  
• Mehran Kardar
• Marc A. Kastner
• Wolfgang Ketterle
• John King, Professor of Physics, Emeritus
• Daniel Kleppner, Professor of Physics, Emeritus
• George Koster, Professor of Physics, Emeritus
  
  
• Benjamin Lax, Professor of Physics, Emeritus
• Patrick A. Lee
• Young S. Lee
• Leonid S. Levitov
• J. David Litster
  
  
• Earl S. Marmar, Senior Research Scientist
• Leonid Mirny (jointly with the MIT-Harvard Division of Health Sciences & Technology)
  
  
• Miklos Porkolab
• David E. Pritchard
  
  
• H. Sebastian Seung (jointly with the Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences)
• Marin Soljacic
  
  
• Richard Temkin, Senior Research Scientist
• Laszlo Tisza, Professor of Physics, Emeritus
• Senthil Todadri
  
  
• Alexander van Oudenaarden
• Vladan Vuletic
  
• Xiao-Gang Wen
• Peter A. Wolff, Professor of Physics, Emeritus

• Martin Zwierlein

Italicized names denote emeriti faculty.

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3b. Atomic, Condensed Matter, and Plasma Physics Faculty: by Area of Research

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