Erhai Zhao

Assistant Professor   Condensed Matter Theory
2013
  • Topological Insulator Bi2Se3 Nanowire High Performance Field-Effect Transistors,
    Hao Zhu, Curt A. Richter, Erhai Zhao, John E. Bonevich, William A. Kimes, Hyuk-Jae Jang, Hui Yuan, Haitao Li, Abbas Arab, Oleg Kirillov, James E. Maslar, Dimitris E. Ioannou, and Qiliang Li,
    Scientific Reports, 3, 1757; DOI:10.1038/srep01757 (2013).

  • Quantum Phases of Quadrupolar Fermi Gases in Optical Lattices,
    S. G. Bhongale, L. Mathey, Erhai Zhao, S. F. Yelin, and Mikhail Lemeshko,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 155301 (2013)

  • Unconventional spin-density waves in dipolar Fermi gases,
    S. G. Bhongale, L. Mathey, Shan-Wen Tsai, Charles W. Clark, and Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. A 87, 043604 (2013).

  • Topological states in a ladder-like optical lattice containing ultracold atoms in higher orbital bands,
    Xiaopeng Li, Erhai Zhao, and W. Vincent Liu,
    Nature Communications 4, 1523 (2013). doi:10.1038/ncomms2523

2012
  • Current-phase relation for Josephson effect through helical metal,
    Christopher T. Olund and Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. B 86, 214515 (2012).

  • Nearly flat Andreev bound states in superconductor-topological insulator hybrid structures,
    Mahmoud Lababidi and Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. B 86, 161108(R) (2012).

  • Bond Order Solid of Two-Dimensional Dipolar Fermions,
    S. G. Bhongale, L. Mathey, Shan-Wen Tsai, Charles W. Clark, and Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 145301 (2012).

2011
  • Chern numbers hiding in time-of-flight images,
    Erhai Zhao, Noah Bray-Ali, Carl J. Williams, I. B. Spielman, and Indubala I. Satija,
    Phys. Rev. A 84, 063629 (2011).

  • Orbital order of spinless fermions near an optical Feshbach resonance,
    Philipp Hauke, Erhai Zhao, Krittika Goyal, Ivan H. Deutsch, W. Vincent Liu, and Maciej Lewenstein,
    Phys. Rev. A 84, 051603(R) (2011).

  • Effective action approach to the p-band Mott insulator and superfluid transition,
    Xiaopeng Li, Erhai Zhao, and W. Vincent Liu,
    Phys. Rev. A 83, 063626 (2011).

  • Microscopic simulation of superconductor/topological insulator proximity structures,
    Mahmoud Lababidi and Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. B 83, 184511 (2011).
2010
  • Mott scattering at the interface between a metal and a topological insulator,
    Erhai Zhao, Chun Zhang, and Mahmoud Lababidi,
    Phys. Rev. B 82, 205331 (2010).

  • Liquid crystal phases of ultracold dipolar fermions on a lattice,
    Chungwei Lin, Erhai Zhao, and W. Vincent Liu,
    Phys. Rev. B 81, 045115 (2010).

  • Topological Phases of Dipolar Particles in Elongated Wannier Orbitals,
    Kai Sun, Erhai Zhao, and W. Vincent Liu,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 165303 (2010).

  • An effective field theory for one-dimensional polarized Fermi gases,
    Erhai Zhao and W. Vincent Liu,
    J. Low Temp. Phys. 158, 36 (2010).
Previous papers (selected)
  • Analytic thermodynamics and thermometry of Gaudin-Yang Fermi gases,
    Erhai Zhao, Xi-Wen Guan, W. Vincent Liu, M. T. Batchelor, and Masaki Oshikawa, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 140404 (2009).

  • Theory of quasi-one dimensional imbalanced Fermi gases,
    Erhai Zhao and W. Vincent Liu, Phys. Rev. A 78, 063605 (2008).

  • Orbital order in Mott insulators of spinless p-band fermions,
    Erhai Zhao and W. Vincent Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 160403 (2008).

  • Theory of nonequilibrium spin transport and spin transfer torque in superconducting- ferromagnetic nanostructures,
    Erhai Zhao and J. A. Sauls, Phys. Rev. B 78, 174511 (2008).

  • Dynamics of spin transport in voltage-biased Josephson junctions,
    Erhai Zhao and J. A. Sauls, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 206601 (2007).

  • Temperature dependent Fermi arcs in the normal state of the underdoped cuprate superconductors,
    Arun Paramekanti and Erhai Zhao, Phys. Rev. B 75, 140507 (2007).

  • BCS-BEC crossover on the two-dimensional honeycomb lattice,
    Erhai Zhao and Arun Paramekanti, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 230404 (2006).

  • Excitations in correlated superfluids near a continuous transition into a supersolid,
    Erhai Zhao and Arun Paramekanti, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 105303 (2006).

  • Nonequilibrium superconductivity near spin active interfaces,
    Erhai Zhao, Tomas Lofwander, and J. A. Sauls, Phys. Rev. B 70, 134510 (2004).

  • Phase modulated thermal conductance of Josephson weak links,
    Erhai Zhao, Tomas Lofwander, and J. A. Sauls, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 077003 (2003).