Research Description
Matthew Yankowitz’s research aims to create programmable electronic junctions in multilayer graphene, where electric gates can define boundaries between superconducting, magnetic, insulating, and topological states within a single crystal. By building these gate-defined interfaces, his team will test how unusual quantum behavior emerges when distinct phases of matter are brought into contact and whether such junctions can host exotic excitations relevant to future quantum technologies.
Research Impact
Professor Yankowitz’s work aims to establish a new way to study programmable quantum interfaces without relying on dissimilar material boundaries that often introduce disorder. The project provides sharp tests of how superconductivity, topology, and strong electronic interactions combine in graphene, informs the design of reconfigurable quantum devices, and in its most ambitious goal, could identify and manipulate non-abelian excitations.
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University of Washington, Department of Physics
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