Erhai Zhao

Assistant Professor   Condensed Matter Theory
2013
  • Topological Insulators with Ultracold Atoms,
    Indubala I. Satija and Erhai Zhao
    Chapter 12, New Trends in Atomic and Molecular Physics, M. Mohan (eds), Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics Vol. 76, 201 (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 (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).

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).