Welcome to the Basov Group at Columbia
Our research area is experimental condensed matter physics. In our program, we employ optical methods to investigate new physics of quantum materials. Recent instrumental advances in infrared nano-optics, some of which have been pioneered in our group, enable unprecedented access to the optical effects at the nano-scale deep below the diffraction limit of light. We exploit these instrumental innovations to explore new physical phenomena that are of technological relevance.
Dmitri Basov is a Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics at Columbia University. His research focuses on electronic phenomena in quantum materials that he investigates using a variety of nano-optical techniques developed in his laboratory.
Department of Physics
Columbia University
1110 Northwest Corner
New York, NY 10027
office (212) 853 1320
db3056@columbia.edu
Latest News
Cory Dean, Brian Metzger and D.N. Basov are Among Most Cited and Influential Researchers According to Clarivate
Each researcher selected has authored multiple Highly Cited Papers™ which rank in the top 1% by citations for their field(s) and publication year in the Web of Science™ over the past decade. Learn more here.
Columbia to Build Microscope That Can Peer into Quantum World
A $1 million award from the National Science Foundation will support the construction of a novel quantum nano-scope. Learn more here.
Yuchen Lin Selected as a 2024 Frances and Charles Townes Fellow
Yuchen Lin received the Townes Fellowship that will support in part his research in light-matter interaction! Congratulations, Yuchen. Townes was Chair of the Columbia Physics Department from 1952 to 1955. He received the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics.
D. N. Basov Among Top 1% of Highest Cited Physicists of 2022
D. N. Basov Among Top 1% of Highest Cited Physicists of 2022
Columbia Physicists See Light Waves Moving Through a Metal
Columbia researchers find evidence of waveguiding in a unique quantum material, counting expectations about how metals conduct light.
US Department of Energy Renews Columbia’s Energy Frontier Research Center
Columbia will receive a $12.6 million dollar grant over the next four years to continue to continue creating programable quantum materials.