The quantum impurity problem is relevant to a range of different systems in physics, and it continues to be a highly active area of research. In ultracold atomic gases, the impurity problem can be realised by introducing a small number of atoms of a different species into a background gas. The interaction between the impurity and the background medium can …
Motion and teleportation of bubble skyrmions in low-dimensional ferroelectrics
Polar bubble domains are complex topological defects akin to magnetic skyrmions that can spontaneously form in ferroelectric thin films and superlattices. They can be deterministically written and deleted and exhibit a set of properties, such as sub-10 nm radius and room- temperature stability, that are highly attractive for dense data storage and recongurable nano-electronics technologies. However, possibilities of controlled motion …
Annual Workshop 2019
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Controlling the charge state of organic molecule quantum dots in a 2D nanoarray
Molecular self-assembly on a metal results in high-density 2D organic (carbon-based) quantum dot array with electric-field-controllable charge state Organic molecules used as nano-sized building blocks in fabrication of functional nanomaterials The achieved densities of the 2D organic quantum-dot arrays are an order of magnitude larger than conventional inorganic systems. A Monash University experimental study has fabricated a self-assembled, carbon-based nanofilm …
Program
ICSCE10ICSCE10 Home Program Now Available Abstract Submission – Closed Registration Venue and Accommodation Equity & Diversity Sponsorships ICSCE10 ProgramThe ICSCE10 four-day schedule has been finalised. We will hear from >70 presenters from all over the world. The program will consist of: 18 Invited presentations: 25 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q & A 50 Contributed oral presentations: 12 minutes presentation ...
Canberra Physics Summer School – Spontaneous Coherence & Collective Phenomena In Quantum Systems
***Please note the below event has been cancelled due to the unpredictability of the situation generated by the bush fire crisis.*** The International Canberra Physics Summer School is a biennial conference for early career researchers and postgraduate students from across Australia and New Zealand. This year, the school will be on 13-24 January 2020 on the topic: Spontaneous Coherence & …
FLEET collaborating nodes
FLEET is a collaboration of over 100 universities at seven Australian universities and 18 Australian and international scientific institutions. FLEET’s seven participating Australian university nodes are in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Wollongong and Brisbane.: Australian National University, Canberra Monash University, Melbourne RMIT University, Melbourne Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne UNSW, Sydney University of Wollongong University of Queensland, Brisbane Australian National University …
FLEET Seminar: Allan MacDonald – Cavity QED of Strongly Correlated Electrons: Go and No-Go
Prof. Allan MacDonald University of Texas, Austin All welcome. Download seminar flyer here. Abstract: Cavity QED in interacting electron systems continues to yield and new puzzles and new surprises. In spite of decades of work, it has remained unclear whether or not super-radiant photon condensate quantum phases can occur in equilibrium. I will discuss a recent proof that when a …
Introducing future electronics at secondary-school level
FLEET is currently helping to run a Year 10 ‘Future electronics’ course in partnership with John Monash Science School, Victoria. As well as covering the history of semiconductors and computing, and introducing students to Moore’s Law, the course will also be most students’ first introduction to quantum science, and will be Australia’s first introduction to superfluids and topological materials at …
Facilities
Collaborate with us Collaborate Our Partners Facilities Industry collaborations Work with usJobs board Meet FLEET’s alumni PhD Supervisors FLEET Translation Program The table below lists capabilities and facilities available to all members within the FLEET network and collaborators. Columns can be sorted by clicking on table headings. Use the search box to filter by keywords. Equipment/FacilityFLEET ResearcherInstitute Angle-resolved reflectivity measurementsElena ...
Monash: Research Fellow in Theoretical condensed matter physics
Application close 22 November 2019 We are seeking an exemplary Research Fellow (Level A) to join our FLEET team to conduct research in theoretical condensed matter physics. The key research areas are (1) Physics of excitons and exciton-polaritons; (2) Ultracold atomic gases. There will be a particular focus on understanding and probing correlations both in and out of equilibrium.. The …
Three new research fellows join FLEET
FLEET welcomes three new research fellows, who will be working in diverse roles across the Centre: Dr Semonti Bhattacharyya (Monash) Dr Peggy Qi Zhang (UNSW) Dr Iolanda Di Bernardo (Monash) The three new positions have been filled via the Women in FLEET fellowship, which forms part of FLEET’s mission to create workplace diversity and retain female scientists within STEM. Dr …
COEs partner up for pitch training and physics on-stage
Three events last week allowed FLEET members to develop valuable, transferable communications and outreach skills, as well as providing a chance for FLEET to strengthen links with other ARC Centres of Excellence. A pitch training session for researchers from three ARC Centres introduced key communications concepts such as choosing the most effective lead, tailoring the pitch to the audience, presenting …
Pitch training
Scientists need to be able to describe their work in a way that’s quick, clear, compelling, and appropriate to their audience. Researchers from three ARC Centres of Excellence will spend a day learning the subtle art of the pitch, practicing on each other and on the group. Researchers will develop a range of pitches to engage an audience with their …
Physics in the Pub, Melbourne
Join us for Physics in the Pub. Physics in the Pub is an informal, light-hearted night where physicists, astronomers, theoreticians, engineers and educators share their love of science. Each presenter has just eight minutes to entertain the audience with stand up, a poem, a song or just a damn-good science talk. As MC, Dr Phil Dooley makes sure the crowd …
Tuning the topological insulator Sb2Te3: just add iron
Iron-doping of the topological insulator Sb2Te3 results in useful electronic and magnetic properties, quantified in a recent FLEET study at the University of Wollongong. The researchers studied the magneto-transport properties of an iron-doped topological insulator (Fe–Sb2Te3). After the material is doped via the addition of iron, its electronic structure changes significantly: multiple response frequencies emerge, in contrast to the single …
Deciphering the fundamental physics of ferroelectricity at the nanoscale
Welcome new AI Laurent Bellaiche Welcome to Prof Laurent Bellaiche, whose ongoing research collaborations with FLEET are recognised by him becoming a Centre Scientific Associate Investigator. At the University of Arkansas (US), Prof Bellaiche leads first-principles-based theoretical studies of ferroelectrics, magnetic compounds, multiferroics and other semiconductors. He has co-authored over 310 refereed journal articles, his publications have been cited more …
Welcoming two new Associate Investigators
Dr Dmitry Efimkin (right) is a Scientific Associate Investigator at Monash University specialising in novel materials such as Dirac materials, graphene and topological insulators, and optical phenomena in solids. Within FLEET, Dmitry works with CIs Michael Fuhrer, Meera Parish, and Nikhil Medhekar in Research theme 2: exciton superfluids and Enabling technology A: atomically-thin materials, studying optical and collective phenomena in …
FLEET collaboration reviews ferromagnetism in 2D materials
* Two-dimensional magnetism reviewed in new, collaborative review A collaborative FLEET study has reviewed recent progress in 2D ferromagnetism, and predict new, possible 2D ferromagnetic materials. The study also introduces possible applications of atomically-thin ferromagnets in novel dissipationless electronics, spintronics, and other conventional magnetic technologies. The scientists propose a new method of observing 2D ferromagnetism that could reveal new materials. …
Three young FLEET scientists off to Lindau Nobel meeting
Three FLEET researchers have been chosen to represent Australia at the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting this year. The three FLEET researchers will among ten early-career Australian scientists attending the 69th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, 30 June – 5 July 2019. The 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting will be dedicated to physics. To date, 42 Nobel Laureates have …
Meera Parish named APS 2019 Outstanding Referee
FLEET’s Meera Parish has been named 2019 Outstanding Referee, the only one in Australia, by the influential American Physical Society (APS). The APS selected 143 Outstanding Referees for 2019, each of whom have demonstrated exceptional work in the assessment of manuscripts submitted to the Physical Review journals. The Outstanding Referee program recognises approximately 150 currently active referees each year, and …
Topological defects could be key to future nano-electronics
• Ferroic and multiferroic topological structures offer exciting potential in future nanoelectronics • Commentary piece published this week in Nature Materials The connection from fridge magnets to cutting edge materials science is shorter than what one might expect. The reason why a magnet sticks to your fridge is that electronic spins or magnetic moments in the magnetic material spontaneously align …
Registration
ICSCE10ICSCE10 Home Program Now Available Abstract Submission – Closed Registration Venue and Accommodation Equity & Diversity Sponsorships RegistrationRegistration is now open for the 10th International Conference on Spontaneous Coherence in Excitonic Systems, ICSCE10. Should you require a letter of invitation for visa purposes, please don't hesitate to contact us. Register now Fees & InclusionsTo assist in your planning and registration, ...
ICSCE10 Melbourne
Coming to Melbourne, Australia 28-31 January 2020, the 10th International Conference on Spontaneous Coherence in Excitonic Systems (ICSCE10) aims to bring together the community of researchers studying quantum collective phenomena in various kinds of electronic excitations in solids, and related phenomena in other physical systems. Taking a broader perspective on spontaneous coherence effects, conference topics will include: 1. Interlayer and …
Engaging with policymakers in 2018
Education Minister Simon Birmingham and ARC CEO Sue Thomas visited FLEET labs in may this year at the University of Wollongong’s (UOW’s) Innovation Campus. UOW node leader Prof Xiaolin Wang, Centre Deputy Director Prof Alex Hamilton (UNSW) and UOW researchers gave the Minister a quick introduction to ICT energy-use issues, topological insulators and atomically-thin materials, including a tour of labs …
ICSCE
10th International Conference on Spontaneous Coherence in Excitonic SystemsComing to Arts Centre Melbourne, Australia 28-31 January 2020, the 10th International Conference on Spontaneous Coherence in Excitonic Systems (ICSCE10) aims to bring together the community of researchers studying quantum collective phenomena in various kinds of electronic excitations in solids, and related phenomena in other physical systems. Taking a broader perspective on ...
Women in FLEET Fellowships 2018
Applications close 14 Jan 2019 FLEET is seeking to appoint two outstanding early career female candidates as Women in FLEET Research Fellows to perform research at one of the FLEET nodes as determined by the candidate’s expertise and research aspirations. The appointment is for up to three years (at a full-time load), with part-time arrangements negotiable upon request. The level …
New Australia–Italy collaboration: FLEET partners with University of Camerino
FLEET is pleased to announce a new partnership with the University of Camerino (Italy), which will exploit strengths of both groups in the study of exciton superfluids. The University’s Professor Andrea Perali and Professor David Neilson join FLEET as new Partner Investigators. Professors Perali and Neilson study the theory of of exciton superfluids,and since 2012 have collaborated with FLEET’s Deputy …
Clarifying effects of negative mass
A FLEET study led by University of Queensland’s David Colas clarifies recent studies of negative mass, investigating the strange phenomenon of self-interference. Negative mass?? When we think of ‘mass’, we usually consider the ‘inertial’ mass – the resistance of a body to acceleration due to an applied force. For a moving object, its mass is then a simple relationship between …
FLEET Seminar: Prof. Alex Hamilton : Semiconductor holes: More spin for your buck
Semiconductor holes: More spin for your buck Scientia Professor Alex Hamilton. University of New South Wales, Sydney All welcome! The seminar flyer can be downloaded clicking on this link Abstract: There is enormous interest in using the spins of electrons and holes for applications in spintronics, spin-based quantum computing, and topological electronics. However it is often not appreciated that in …