Welcome to the Basov Group at Columbia
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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.
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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
Research led by Jim Schuck’s group on twistronics uncovered controls of nonlinear optical phenomena
Research led by Jim Schuck’s group on twistronics uncovered controls of nonlinear optical phenomena. Click here to read more
An article by Alex McLeod et al. on “Multi-messenger Nanoimaging” is among top 12 Columbia News stories of 2020
An article by Alex McLeod et al. on “Multi-messenger Nanoimaging” is among top 12 Columbia News stories of 2020
A team of Columbia physicists, chemists and engineers discovered programmable optical effects in a quantum material
More information can be found on the Columbia news site or on the research paper directly.
D.N. Basov named the Moore Foundation Investigator in Quantum Materials 2020-25
D.N. Basov named the Moore Foundation Investigator in Quantum Materials 2020-25
D.N. Basov elected to the National Academy of Sciences
D.N. Basov elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Our work is highlighted in Nature Materials
A paper by Alex McLeod et al. on multi-messenger nanoimaging published in Nature Materials is a topic of an Editorial and News & Views article.