Topology and Correlation in Quantum Materials with Strong Spin-Orbit Coupling
| Date/Time: | Monday, 22 Oct 2018 from 4:10 pm to 5:00 pm |
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| Location: | Phys 0003 |
| Phone: | 515-294-5441 |
| Channel: | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
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Abstract: Recently there has been great effort to discover and understand topological phases in correlated electron systems with strong spin-orbit coupling. I will explain what kinds of topological phases of matter are possible and how such phases may be realized in quantum materials with strong spin-orbit coupling. These include topological semimetal, topological insulator, and quantum spin liquid. I will summarize the status of this quest and provide future perspective.
Bio: Yong Baek Kim is a Professor of Physics and the Director of the Center for Quantum Materials at the University of Toronto. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and a fellow of the American Physical Society. He received his Ph.D. at MIT in 1995 and subsequently was a postdoctoral member in the theory department at Bell Laboratories in 1995-1997. He was an assistant professor at Penn State University (1998-1999) and Ohio State University (1999-2001) before he moved to University of Toronto as a tenured associate professor in 2001. He was promoted to full professor in 2006. He was a Canada Research Chair in 2002-2011. He received the Brockhouse Medal from the Canadian Association of Physicists in 2017 and the Killam Fellowship from the Canada Council for the Arts in 2018. He was also a recipient of the Sloan Research Fellowship (1999-2003) and the Career Award from the National Science Foundation of USA (1999).