Welcome to the Basov group @ Columbia

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. CV. Current research projects.
Department of Physics
Columbia University
1107 Northwest Corner
New York, NY 10027
office (212) 853 1320
db3056@columbia.edu
Latest News
D.N. Basov will receive the Kenneth J Button Prize
D.N. Basov is the winner of the 2019 Kenneth J Button Prize “for seminal discoveries in quantum material physics through infrared spectroscopy and nano-optics”
Rocco Vitalone awarded NDSEG fellowship
Rocco Vitalone is among the 2018 awardees of a highly competitive National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program.
Fundamental limits to graphene plasmonics
New letter in Nature from our group. View
Aliaksei Charnukha awarded Emmy Noether Starting Grant
Dr. Charnukha has been awarded a prestigious Emmy Noether Starting Grant to establish a Junior Research Group at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) in Dresden (program description, project description).
D. N. Basov selected as a 2017 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics
The top 1% most-cited in their respective fields over a recent 11-year period. (Link)
Nature Physics and Nature Materials Insight in quantum materials
The joint Nature Physics and Nature Materials Insight in quantum materials highlights two articles from our group. (Link and Link)
Review article in Nature Materials on the physics of quantum materials
Review article in Nature Materials on the physics of quantum materials (Link)
Perspectives on plasmon polaritons
Kirk Post defended thesis, July 2017.
Congratulations, Dr. Post! View
Siyuan Dai defended thesis, May 2017.
Congratulations Dr. Dai! View