Gang Cao

  • Professor
  • PHYSICS
Address

Office: DUAN F519

Laboratory: DUAN G223 and G328

Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. in DUAN F519 •

Research Interests:

It is widely recognized that whoever controls materials controls technology. 

Our research has focused on the discovery, synthesis, and study of novel quantum materials. It encompasses a methodical search for new quantum materials and a systematic effort to elucidate and control novel quantum states in these materials.  We are particularly interested in strongly correlated materials with strong spin-orbit interactions, such as 4d- and 5d-transition metal oxides. Our studies of these oxides over the last three decades have helped initiate and shape novel lines of research on 4d-electron-based ruthenates and 5d-electron-based iridates. These materials now underpin one of the most important and exciting research areas in contemporary condensed matter physics.  Our laboratory is equipped with advanced techniques for materials synthesis and a large suite of experiemental tools for studies of structural and physical properties, often at extreme conditions, i.e., ultralow temperatures, high magnetic fields and high pressures. We have also established broad collaborations with leading scientists in the US and around the world. 

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Selected Publications:

  1. , Hengdi Zhao, Yu Zhang, Pedro Schlottmann, Rahul Nandkishore, Lance DeLong and Gang Cao, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 226503 (2024); Editors’ Suggestion.    

  2. , Yu Zhang, Yifei Ni, Pedro Schlottmann, Rahul Nandkishore, Lance E. DeLong, and Gang Cao, Nature Communications 15, 3579 (2024).     

  3. , Tyler Carbin, Xinshu Zhang, Adrian B. Culver, Hengdi Zhao, Alfred Zong, Rishi Acharya, Cecilia J. Abbamonte, Rahul Roy, Gang Cao, and Anshul Kogar, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 186902 (2023)

  4. , Yu Zhang, Yifei Ni, Hengdi Zhao, Sami Hakani, Feng Ye, Lance DeLong, Itamar Kimchi and Gang Cao, Nature 611, 467–472 (2022)

  5. ,Y. Shen, J. Sears, G. Fabbris, A. Weichselbaum, W. Yin, H. Zhao, D. G. Mazzone, H. Miao, M. H. Upton, D. Casa, R. S. Acevedo-Esteves, C. Nelson, A. M. Barbour, C. Mazzoli, G. Cao, and M. P. M. Dean, Phys. Rev. Lett.129, 207201 (2022)

  6. , Xinwei Li, Honglie Ning, Omar Mehio, Hengdi Zhao, Min-Cheol Lee, Kyungwan Kim, Fumihiko Nakamura, Yoshiteru Maeno, Gang Cao, and David Hsieh, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 187402 (2022) 

  7. , Hengdi Zhao, Yifei Ni, Bing Hu, Sabastian Selter, Saicharan Aswartham, Yu Zhang, Bernd Buchner, Pedro Schlottmann, and Gang Cao, Phys. Rev. B 106, L041103 (2022)

  8. , Feng Ye, Masaaki Matsuda, Zachary Morgan, Todd Sherline,Yifei Ni, Hengdi Zhao ,and G. Cao, Letter of Phys. Rev. B 106, L180402 (2022); Editors' Suggestion

  9. Monograph: ,  Gang Cao and Lance E. DeLong, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-960202-5; 2021

  10. , Yifei Ni, Hengdi Zhao, Yu Zhang, Bing Hu, Itamar Kimchi and Gang Cao, Phys. Rev. B 103, L161105 (2021);Editors' Suggestion

  11. , Hengdi Zhao, Hao Zheng, Jasminka Terzic, Wenhai Song, Yifei Ni, Yu Zhang, Pedro Schlottmann and Gang Cao, Phys. Rev. B 104, L121119 (2021)

  12. , Hengdi Zhao, Bing Hu, Feng Ye, Minhyea Lee, Pedro Schlottmann and Gang Cao, Letter of Phys. Rev. B 104, L041108 (2021); Editors' Suggestion

  13. , Gang Cao, Hengdi Zhao, Bing Hu, Nicholas Pellatz, Dmitry Reznik, Pedro Schlottmann and Itamar Kimchi, npj Quantum Mater. 5, 83 (2020)

  14. , G. Cao, H. D. Zhao, H. Zheng, Y. F. Ni, Christopher. A. Pocs, Y. Zhang, Feng, Ye, Christina Hoffmann, Xiaoping Wang, Minhyea Lee, Michael Hermele and Itamar Kimchi, npj Quantum Mater. 5, 26 (2020)

  15. , Gang Cao, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 32, 423001 (2020)  

  16. , D. Haskel, G. Fabbris, J. H. Kim, L. S. I. Veiga, J. R. L. Mardegan, C. A. Escanhoela, Jr., S. Chikara, V. Struzhkin, T. Senthil, B. J. Kim, G. Cao, and J.W. Kim, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 067201 (2020)

  17. , Feng Ye, Christina Hoffmann, Wei Tian, Hao Zheng, Hengdi Zhao, and G. Cao, Phys. Rev. B 102, 115120 (2020)

  18. , Chunhua Chen, Yonghui Zhou, Xuliang Chen, Tao Han, Chao An, Ying Zhou, Yifang Yuan, Bowen Zhang, Shuyang Wang, Ranran Zhang, Lili Zhang, Changjing Zhang, Zhaorong Yang, Lance E. DeLong and Gang Cao, Phys. Rev. B 101, 144102 (2020)

  19. , Y. Wang, Ruitang Wang, Jungho Kim, M. H. Upton, D. Casa, T. Gog, G. Cao, J. P. Hill, G. Kotliar,M. P. M. Dean,and X. Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett.,122, 106401 (2019)

  20. , Hengdi Zhao, Bing Hu, Feng Ye, Christina Hoffmann, Itamar Kimchi and Gang Cao; Phys. Rev. B 100, 241104(R) (2019)

  21. , G. Cao, J. Terzic, H. D. Zhao, H. Zheng, Peter Riseborough, L. E. DeLong, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 017201 (2018); Editors' Suggestion

  22. , H . Zheng, W.H. Song, J. Terzic, H. D. Zhao, Y. Zhang, Y. F. Ni, L. E. DeLong, P. Schlottmann and G. Cao, Phys. Rev. B 98, 064418 (2018); Editors' Suggestion

  23. , Gang Cao and Pedro Schlottmann, Reports on Progress in Physics 81 042502 (2018) 

  24. “, G. Cao, T. F. Qi, L. Li, J. Terzic, S. J. Yuan, L. E. DeLong, G. Murthy and R. K. Kaul, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 056402 (2014)

  25. , J. C. Wang, J. Terzic, T. F. Qi, Feng Ye, S. J. Yuan, S. Aswartham, S. V. Streltsov, D. I. Khomskii, R. K. Kaul and G. Cao, Phys. Rev. B 90 161110 (R) (2014)

  26. Monograph: , Gang Cao and Lance E. De Long, World Scientific, London, 2013; ISBN: 978-981-4374-859

  27. , T.F. Qi, O.B. Korneta, S. Parkin, L.E. DeLong, P. Schlottmann and G. Cao, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 177203 (2010)

  28. , G. Cao, V. Durairaj S. Chikara L. E. DeLong and P. Schlottmann, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 159902 (2008)

  29. , X. N. Lin, Z.X. Zhou, V. Durairaj, P. Schlottmenn and G. Cao, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 017203 (2005)

  30. , G. Cao, Y. Xin, C. S. Alexander, J.E. Crow and P. Schlottmann, Phys. Rev. B 66, 214412 (2002)

  31. , G. Cao, J.E. Crow, R.P. Guertin, P. Henning, C.C. Homes, M. Strongin, D.N. Basov, and E. Lochner, Solid State Comm. 113, 657 (2000)

  32. , G. Cao, J. Bolivar, S. McCall, J.E. Crow, and R.P. Guertin, Phys. Rev. B 57, R11039 (1998)

  33. , G. Cao, S. McCall, J.E. Crow and R.P. Guertin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1751 (1997)

  34. , G. Cao, S. McCall, M. Shepard, J. E. Crow, and R. P. Guertin, Phys. Rev. B 56, 321 (1997)

  35. , G. Cao, S. McCall, M. Shepard, J.E. Crow and R.P. Guertin, Phys. Rev. B 56, R2916 (1997)