June 14, 2025
Presentations & PostersAniruth invited to speak about research at TAMS
Aniruth gave a talk on his research journey and current projects at the invitation of Dr. Duban, TAMS Associate Dean of Research.
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June 10, 2025
ConferencesGuru attends the TechConnect World Innovations Conference
Guru presented a poster on epitaxial growth of scandium nitride from molecular nitrogen at low temperature – work conducted with Cornell and MIT collaborators.
May 27, 2025
Professional DevelopmentOliver will spend the summer at Texas A&M for a Research Experience for Undergraduates
Oliver will work with Professor Ralf Rapp in the Cyclotron REU program. Enjoy your time in College Station, Oliver!
May 19, 2025
Awards, Scholarships, and FellowshipsAniruth receives TAMS Ongoing Summer Research Scholarship
Aniruth was awarded a $4,000 scholarship to continue his research at UNT during the summer of 2025.
April 27, 2025
ConferencesGuru co-organizes and co-chairs a new Gordon Research Conference on Hybrid Superconductor-Semiconductor Devices
This new Gordon Research Conference topic on Hybrid Superconductor-Semiconductor Devices held its inaugural meeting in Les Diablerets, Switzerland. This was a collaboration with Nadya Mason (U.Chicago), Valla Fatemi (Cornell), and Javad Shabani (NYU). The conference was supported by UNT, AFOSR, and the ACS.
April 1, 2025
Presentations & PostersAniruth presents SPARCS at UNT Scholars Day
Aniruth gave an oral presentation on his project, “Spectral Processing and Analysis for the Recognition of Chemical Species (SPARCS),” at the University of North Texas’s annual Scholars Day.
March 29, 2025
Presentations & PostersAniruth competes at the Texas Science and Engineering Fair
Aniruth presented his SPARCS project in the Physics & Astronomy Category at the state-level science fair.
March 16, 2025
ConferencesZhiren attends the 2025 APS Global Summit
Zhiren presented his work on "Optical control of the moiré twist angle."
March 6, 2025
RecruitmentZhiren and Aniruth present posters at the UNT COS Graduate Recruitment Event
Zhiren and Aniruth shared their research with prospective physics students. Thank you for sharing our group's research!!
February 24, 2025
Presentations & PostersAniruth presents SPARCS at the Fort Worth Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Aniruth presented a poster on “Spectral Processing and Analysis for the Recognition of Chemical Species (SPARCS)” in the Physics & Astronomy Category, earning 2nd place and advancing to the Texas Science and Engineering Fair.
February 19, 2025
Patent ActivityNew provisional patent filed
Our work seeds a new patent application "Optical control of two-dimensional materials structure" with collaborators at University of Seoul and Cornell.
February 2, 2025
AwardsZhiren is awarded the UNT COS Travel Award
Zhiren received the funding from the University of North Texas College of Science to travel to present his work at the 2025 APS Global Summit in Aneheim, California.
January 13, 2025
Awards, Scholarships, and FellowshipsAniruth receives an Undergraduate Research Fellowship
UNT awarded Aniruth the Undergraduate Research Fellowship for the Spring 2025 semester.
January 13, 2025
TeamOliver joins the group!
Oliver Fast is an ungraduate student in the Department of Physics. Welcome, Oliver!
December 2, 2024
Publications"Optical control of ferroaxial order" is published in Phys. Rev. Research
Zhiren's work on optical control of ferroaxial order is published. Before this work, it was unknown how to manipulate ferroaxial order.
November 6, 2024
Publications"Self-activated epitaxial growth of ScN films from molecular nitrogen at low temperatures" is published in APL Materials
Collaborating with Debdeep Jena (Cornell) and Joe Casamento (MIT), we showed that scandium nitride thin films can be grown without trogen plasma, and at low temperature!
October 11, 2024
Presentations & Posters; AwardsAniruth places 3rd in Computer Science/Mathematics category at the Texas Junior Academy of Science
Aniruth was a state finalist at TJAS, where he presented his work on high-performance transfer matrix methods and placed 3rd in the Computer Science/Mathematics Category.
October 7, 2024
Patent ActivityNew provisional patent filed
"Low energy, plasma free growth of nitride semiconductors and thin films" (63/704,476) is filed with collaborators at MIT and Cornell.
October 3, 2024
Invited PresentationsGuru returns to his alma mater to give the Complex Quantum Systems Seminar
Guru presented "Ultrafast symmetry control in crystalline materials with light" in the Department of Physics at the University of Texas at Austin.
August 16, 2024
Awards, Scholarships, and FellowshipsAniruth receives an Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Aniruth was awarded the fellowship by UNT for the Fall 2024 semester.
July 25, 2024
Publications"Resonantly enhanced third-harmonic generation in the infrared" is published in Phys. Rev. Applied
Working with Jiaoyang Zheng and Jeff Moses at Cornell, we showed that third-harmonic generation can be resonantly enhanced in the mid- and far-infrared; an optical signature of phononic response.
July 12, 2024
Patent ActivityNew provisional patent filed
"Phonon-enhanced nonlinear optical devices and methods" (18/771,419) is filed with collaborators at Cornell.
July 11, 2024
Invited PresentationsGuru presents at the University of Wisconsin-Madison MRSEC Virtual Meeting
Guru discussed "Ultrafast symmetry control in crystalline materials with light."
June 27, 2024
Invited PresentationsGuru presents the virtual seminar at the Center for Non-Perturbative Studies of Functional Materials under Non-Equilibrium Conditions
Guru discussed "Ultrafast symmetry control in crystalline materials with light" for researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL), University of Wisconsin–Madison (UWM), and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
June 10, 2024
Professional DevelopmentZhiren attends the EPW Summer School at the University of Texas
Zhiren presented his work on "Optical control of ferroaxial order."
May 28, 2024
TeamAniruth joins the group!
Aniruth joins the research team through the TAMS Early Summer Research program. Welcome, Aniruth!
May 1, 2024
Invited PresentationsGuru gives a Physics Colloquium at the University of Texas at Dallas
Guru discussed "Ultrafast symmetry control in crystalline materials with light."
April 26, 2024
ConferencesGuru presents his work at the 2024 MRS Spring Meeting
Guru presented "Ultrafast infrared-light-driven symmetry control in crystalline materials" at the 2024 MRS Spring Meeting in Seattle, Washington.
April 23, 2024
ConferencesZhiren presents his work at the 2024 MRS Spring Meeting
Zhiren presented "A Strain-enabled Novel Multiferroic State in Barium Hexaferrite through Suppression of Quantum Paraelectricity" at the 2024 MRS Spring Meeting in Seattle, Washington.
March 7, 2024
ConferencesGuru presents his work at the 2024 APS March Meeting
Guru presented "Ultrafast infrared-light-driven symmetry control in crystalline materials" at the 2024 APS March Meeting in Minneapolis, MN on March 7, 2024.
March 5, 2024
ConferencesZhiren presents his work at the 2024 APS March Meeting
Zhiren presented "A Strain-enabled Novel Multiferroic State in Barium Hexaferrite through Suppression of Quantum Paraelectricity" at the 2024 APS March Meeting in Minneapolis, MN on March 5, 2024.
February 9, 2024
Publications"Picosecond volume expansion drives a later-time insulator-metal transition in a nano-textured Mott Insulator" is published in Nature Physics
A collaboration with Andrej Singer (Cornell) from Guru's time in Nicole Benedek's group was published in Nature Physics.
January 25, 2024
Publications"Coherent control of the translational and point group symmetries of crystals with light" is published in Physical Review B
This work, from Guru's time at Cornell with Jeffrey Kaaret and Nicole Benedek, describes a general perspective on structural control with infrared light. We found that translational and point-group symmetries can be modified, accessing structural phases not normally accessible to given chemistries.
October 2, 2023
TeamJeremy joins the group!
Jeremy Gingrich is a graduate student in the Department of Physics. Welcome, Jeremy!
September 15, 2023
TeamDr. Zhiren He joins the group!
Zhiren received his PhD from Cornell in Applied and Engineering Physics working with Craig Fennie. Welcome, Zhiren!!!
September 5, 2023
Invited PresentationsGuru gives the Physics Colloquium at the University of North Texas
Guru discussed strategies to control crystalline symmetry and structure with light.