TOMORROW: Tuesday 24 February at 16:00 hrs ICTP Colloquium on "Optical Investigation of Strongly Correlated Electrons" by Prof Atac Imamoglu

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Dear All,

You are most cordially invited to the ICTP Colloquium on "Optical 
Investigation of Strongly Correlated Electrons" by Prof. Atac Imamoglu, 
ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

The Colloquium will take place on Tuesday 24 February at 16:00 hrs CET, 
and live-streamed. Refreshments will be served in the lobby of the 
Leonardo Building after the talk.

Biosketch:

Atac Imamoglu graduated from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, 
Turkey. In 1991, he obtained his PhD from Stanford University. Between 
1993 and 2002 he was a faculty member at UC Santa Barbara. Since 2002, 
he is a professor of physics at ETH Zurich and leads the Quantum 
Photonics group. His research focuses on using quantum optical 
techniques to study strongly correlated electrons in two dimensional 
materials.

Abstract:

Two dimensional semiconductors subject to a moire potential provide a 
fertile ground for exploration of strongly correlated phases, ranging 
from kinetic magnetism, through fractional Chern insulators to 
unconventional superconductivity. In the first set of experiments , we 
studied topologically trivial moire bands with vanishing exchange 
interactions; here we observed ferromagnetic correlations stemming from 
a kinetic mechanism. The focus of the second set of experiments was on 
interplay between interactions and topology in twisted MoTe2 
homobilayer. In this system, we demonstrated optical control of 
ferromagnetism in general and topological Chern insulator states in 
particular.

For info, please check the following link: 
https://indico.ictp.it/event/11281/

Looking forward to your participation.

With best regards,

Director's Office, ICTP