Quantum Materials Theory and Mesoscopics
Most of the group's research articles can be found on the arXiv pre-print server, which hosts a self-updating arXiv list. Justin Song can also be found on google scholar.
2024
Kramers Nonlinearity in PT Symmetric Magnets
Oles Matsyshyn, Ying Xiong, Justin CW Song*,
Preprint: arXiv: 2406.19444
Terahertz photocurrent probe of quantum geometry and interactions in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene
Roshan Krishna Kumar, Geng Li, Riccardo Bertini, Swati Chaudhary, Krystian Nowakowski, Jeong Min Park, Sebastian Castilla, Zhen Zhan, Pierre A. Pantaleón, Hitesh Agarwal, Sergi Battle-Porro, Eike Icking, Matteo Ceccanti, Antoine Reserbat-Plantey, Giulia Piccinini, Julien Barrier, Ekaterina Khestanova, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Christoph Stampfer, Gil Refael, Francisco Guinea, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Justin C.W. Song, Petr Stepanov, Cyprian Lewandowski, Frank H. L. Koppens
Preprint: arXiv: 2406.16532
Nonlinear Superconducting Magnetoelectric Effect
Jinxin Hu, Oles Matsyshyn, Justin CW Song*,
Preprint: arXiv: 2404.18616
Anti-screening and nonequilibrium layer electric phases in graphene multilayers
Ying Xiong, Mark S Rudner, Justin CW Song*,
Preprint: arXiv:2402.14918 (2024)
Floquet Fermi Liquid
Li-kun Shi, Oles Matsyshyn, Justin CW Song, Inti Sodemann Villadiego
Physical Review Letters, 132, 146402 (2024)
A moiré proximity effect
Arpit Arora, Justin CW Song*,
Nature Materials 23, 165–166 (2024)
2023
Gate-tunable anomalous Hall effect in Bernal tetralayer graphene
Hao Chen, Arpit Arora, Justin CW Song*, Kian Ping Loh*
Nature Communications, 14, 7925 (2023)
Mapping the intrinsic photocurrent streamlines through micromagnetic heterostructure devices
David Mayes, Farima Farahmand, Maxwel Grossnickle, Mark Lohmann, Mohammed Aldosary, Junxue Li, Vivek Aji, Jing Shi, Justin CW Song, Nathan M. Gabor
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (39) e2221815120 (2023)
Anomalous skew-scattering nonlinear Hall effect and chiral photocurrents in PT-symmetric antiferromagnets
Da Ma, Arpit Arora, Giovanni Vignale, Justin CW Song
Physical Review Letters 131, 076601 (2023)
Layer photovoltaic effect in van der Waals heterostructures
Oles Matsyshyn, Ying Xiong, Arpit Arora, Justin CW Song
Physical Review B 107, 205306 (2023)
The Fermi-Dirac staircase occupation of Floquet bands and current rectification inside the optical gap of metals: an exact approach
Oles Matsyshyn, Justin CW Song, Inti Sodemann Villadiego, Li-kun Shi
Physical Review B 107, 195135 (2023)
The Berry dipole photovoltaic demon and the thermodynamics of photo-current generation within the optical gap of metals
Li-kun Shi, Oles Matsyshyn, Justin CW Song, Inti Sodemann Villadiego
Physical Review B 107, 125151 (2023)
Photocurrent as a multi-physics diagnostic of quantum materials
Qiong Ma, Roshan Krishna Kumar, Su-Yang Xu, Frank HL Koppens, Justin CW Song*
Nature Reviews Physics 5, 170-184 (2023)
Giant photon momentum locked THz emission in a centrosymmetric Dirac semimetal
Liang Cheng, Ying Xiong, Lixing Kang, Yu Gao, Qing Chang, Mengji Chen, Jingbo Qi, Hyunsoo Yang, Zheng Liu, Justin CW Song*, Elbert EM Chia*
Science Advances 9, eadd7856 (2023)
2022
Polariton drag enabled quantum geometric photocurrents in high-symmetry materials
Ying Xiong, Li-kun Sh, Justin C. W. Song
Physical Review B 106, 205423 (2022)
Quantum plasmonic nonreciprocity in parity violating magnets
Arpit Arora, Mark S. Rudner, Justin CW Song
Nano Letters 22, 9351-9357 (2022)
Vibronic Exciton–Phonon States in Stack-Engineered van der Waals Heterojunction Photodiodes
Fatemah Berati, Trevor B. Arp, Shanshan Su, Roger K. Lake, Vivek Aji, Rienk van Grondelle, Mark S. Rudner, Justin C.W. Song, Nathaniel M. Gabor
Nano Letters 22, 5751-5758 (2022)
Multistable excitonic Stark effect
Ying Xiong, Mark S Rudner, Justin CW Song
Physical Review Research 4, 023168 (2022)
A photodetector that can learn the fingerprint of light
Justin CW Song, Yidong Chong
Tunable and giant valley selective Hall effect in gapped bilayer graphene
Jianbo Yin, Cheng Tan, David Barcons-Ruiz, Iacopo Torre, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Justin CW Song, James Hone, Frank H.L. Koppens,
Science 375, pp 1398-1402 (2022)
2021
Strain-induced large injection current in twisted bilayer graphene
Arpit Arora, Jian Feng Kong, Justin C. W. Song
Physical Review B 104, L241404 (2021)
Quenched topological boundary modes can persist in a trivial system
Ching Hua Lee Justin C. W. Song
Communications Physics 4, 145 (2021) [Open Access]
Geometric photon-drag effect and nonlinear shift current in centrosymmetric crystals
Li-kun Shi, Dong Zhang, Kai Chang, Justin C. W. Song
Physical Review Letters 126, 197402 (2021) [Open Access]
--> Featured as an "Editor's Suggestion"
Atomic configuration photocurrents in van der Waals homostructures
Ying Xiong, Li-kun Shi, Justin C. W. Song
2D Materials 8, 035008 (2021) [Open Access]
Quantum nanophotonics in two-dimensional materials
Antoine Reserbat-Plantey, Itai Epstein, Iacopo Torre, Antonio T. Costa, P. A. D. Gonçalves, N. Asger Mortensen, Marco Polini, Justin C.W. Song, Nuno M. R. Peres, Frank H. L. Koppens
ACS Photonics, 8, 85-101 (2021)
2020
Cooperative orbital moments and edge magnetoresistance in monolayer WTe2
Arpit Arora, Li-kun Shi, Justin C. W. Song
Physical Review B 102, 161402 (R) (2020)
Pre-print: arXiv: 2005.08986
Hall diffusion anomaly and transverse Einstein relation
Justin C. W. Song, Giovanni Vignale
Pre-print: arXiv:2007:10373
Transient wavefunction twist
Justin C. W. Song
2019
Gate-tunable flat bands in vdW patterned dielectric superlattices
Li-kun Shi, Jing Ma, Justin C. W. Song
2D Materials 7, 015028 (2019) [open access]
Pre-print: arXiv:1904.07877
Shift vector as geometric origin of beam shifts
Li-kun Shi, Justin C. W. Song
Physical Review B 100, 201405(R) (2019)
Pre-print: arXiv:1907.12569 (2019)
Non-trivial quantum oscillation geometric phase shift in a trivial band
Biswajit Datta, Pratap Chandra Adak, Li-kun Shi, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Justin C. W. Song*, Mandar M. Deshmukh*
[Corresponding authors: *]
Science Advances 5, eaax6550 (2019) [open-access]
Pre-print: arXiv:1902.04264
Cyclotron motion without magnetic field
Eddwi H. Hasdeo, Alex J. Frenzel, Justin C. W. Song
New Journal of Physics 21, 083026 (2019). [open-access]
Pre-print: arXiv: 1807.00014
Self-induced Berry flux and spontaneous non-equilibrium magnetism
Mark S. Rudner, Justin C. W. Song,
Nature Physics s41567-019-0578-5 (2019).
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Pre-print: arXiv: 1807.01708
--> featured in Nature Physics "News and Views", Phys.org, NTU Media Release, Asian Scientist, SPMS Research Highlights, Niels Bohr Institute News
Low-dissipation edge current without edge states
Justin C. W. Song, Giovanni Vignale
Phys. Rev. B 99, 235405 (2019)
Pre-print: arXiv:1805.05955
Polarity is a matter of perspective
Brian Skinner, Justin C. W. Song
Nature Materials 18, 532-533 (2019)
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Far out-of-equilibrium spin populations trigger giant spin injection into atomically thin MoS2
Liang Cheng, Xinbo Wang, Jianwei Chai, Weifeng Yang, Ming Yang, Mengji Chen, Yang Wu, Xiaoxuan Chen, Dongzhi Chi, Johnson K.E. Goh, Jian-Xin Zhu, Handong Sun, Shijie Wang, Justin C. W. Song*, Marco Battiato*, Hyunsoo Yang*, Elbert E.M. Chia*
[Corresponding authors: *].
Nature Physics 15, 347-351 (2019)
--> featured in Asian Scientist Magazine, SPMS Research Highlights
Fermi arc induced vortex structure in Weyl beam shifts
Udvas Chattopadhyay, Li-Kun Shi, Balie Zhang, Justin C.W. Song, Yidong Chong
Physical Review Letters 122, 066602 (2019).
--> Editor's suggestion
Pre-print: arXiv: 1809.03159
Symmetry, spin-texture, and tunable quantum geometry in a WTe2 monolayer
Li-kun Shi, Justin C. W. Song,
Phys. Rev. B 99, 035403 (2019) [submitted in 2018]
Pre-print: arXiv:1805.00939
2018
Giant intrinsic photoresponse in pristine graphene
Qiong Ma, Chun Hung Lui, Justin C. W. Song, Yuxuan Lin, Jian Feng Kong, Yuan Cao, Thao H. Dinh, Nityan L. Nair, Wenjing Fang, Kenji Watanabe,Takashi Taniguchi, Su-Yang Xu, Jing Kong, Tomás Palacios, Nuh Gedik, Nathaniel M. Gabor, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero
Nature Nanotechnology 4, 145-150 (2019) [published online in 2018]
---> featured in Physics World, Phys.org
Electron quantum metamaterials in van der Waals heterostructures
Justin C. W. Song, Nathan M. Gabor
Nature Nanotechnology 13, 986–993 (2018)
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---> featured in Phys.org, SPMS Research Highlights
Ultrafast Spin-To-Charge Conversion at the Surface of Topological Insulator Thin Films
Xinbo Wang, Liang Cheng, Dapeng Zhu, Yang Wu, Mengji Chen, Yi Wang, Daming Zhao, Chris B. Boothroyd, Yeng Ming Lam, Jian-Xin Zhu, Marco Battiato, Justin C. W. Song, Hyunsoo Yang, Elbert E. M. Chia
Advanced Materials (2018), doi.org/10.1002/adma.201802356
Pre-print: arXiv: 1810.02253
Plasmon propagation pushed to the limit
Justin C. W. Song
Non-saturating large magnetoresistance in semimetals
Ian A. Leahy, Yu-Ping Lin, Peter E. Siegfried, Andrew C. Treglia, Justin C. W. Song, Rahul M. Nandkishore, Minhyea Lee
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 115, 10570 (2018)
Pre-print: arXiv:1805.08797
Plasmon geometric phase and plasmon Hall shift
Li-kun Shi, Justin C. W. Song,
Physical Review X, 8, 021020 (2018)
Pre-print: arXiv:1710.07292
---> featured in Physics News and Commentary
2017
Large optical conductivity of Dirac semimetal Fermi arc surface states
Li-kun Shi, Justin C. W. Song,
Phys. Rev. B 96, 081410(R) (2017)
Pre-print: arXiv:1705.01566
Long-lived domain wall plasmons in gapped bilayer graphene
Eddwi H. Hasdeo, Justin C. W. Song,
Pre-print: arXiv:1706.00790
Fermi arc plasmons in Weyl semimetals
Justin C. W. Song, Mark S. Rudner
Phys. Rev. B, 96, 205443 (2017)
Pre-print: arXiv:1702.00022
2016
Giant Hall photoconductivity in narrow-gapped Dirac materials,
Justin C. W. Song, Mikhail A. Kats
Pre-print version: arXiv:1612.05269
Enhanced thermionic dominated response in Graphene Schottky Junctions,
Joaquin F. Rodriguez-Nieva, Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Justin C. W. Song
Pre-print version: arXiv:1504.07210 (2015).
Remnant geometrical Hall effect in a Quantum Quench,
Justin H. Wilson, Justin C. W. Song, Gil Refael
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 235302 (2016)
Pre-print version: arXiv:1603.1621 (2016).
Chiral Plasmons without Magnetic Field,
Justin C. W. Song, Mark S. Rudner
Pre-print version: arXiv:1506.04743 (2015).
2015
Linear magnetoresistance in metals: Guiding center diffusion in a smooth random potential,
Justin C. W. Song, Gil Refael, Patrick A. Lee
Phys. Rev. B 92 180204(R) (2015)
---> Featured as an Editor's Suggestion
Accessing Phonon Polaritons in Hyperbolic Crystals by ARPES
Andrea Tomadin, Alessandro Principi, Justin C.W. Song, Leonid S. Levitov, Marco Polini
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 087401 (2015).
Topological Valley Currents in Gapped Dirac Materials,
Yuri L. Lensky, Justin C. W. Song, Polnop Samutpraphoot, Leonid S. Levitov
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 256601 (2015).
Topological Bloch Bands in Graphene Superlattices
Justin C. W. Song, Polnop Samutpraphoot, Leonid S. Levitov
Energy Flows in Graphene: Hot Carrier Dynamics and Cooling,
Justin C. W. Song, Leonid S. Levitov
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 27 164201 (2015).
---> Invited Review for special edition of IOP JPCM "Hot Carriers in Graphene"
2014
Detecting Topological Currents in Graphene Superlattices
Roman V. Gorbachev†, Justin C.W. Song†, Ge Liang Yu, A. V. Kretinin, F. Withers, Y. Cao, A. Mishchenko, K. S. Novoselov, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, L. Levitov, A. K. Geim († equal contribution)
---> Featured in Science magazine perspective, MIT News, Condensed Matter Journal Club, IEEE Spectrum
Shockley-Ramo theorem and long-range photocurrent response in gapless materials
Justin C. W. Song, Leonid S. Levitov
Phys. Rev. B 90, 075415 (2014)
2013
Electron Interactions and Gap Opening in Graphene Superlattices
Justin C. W. Song, Andrey V. Shytov, Leonid S. Levitov
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111 266801 (2013).
Ballistic Heat Transfer and Energy Waves in an Electron system
Trung V. Phan, Justin C. W. Song, Leonid S. Levitov
Coulomb Drag Mechanisms in Graphene
Justin C. W. Song, Dimtry A. Abanin, Leonid S. Levitov
Hall Drag and Magnetodrag in Graphene
Justin C. W. Song, Leonid S. Levitov
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 126601 (2013).
Photo-excitation Cascade and Multiple Carrier Generation in Graphene
Klaas J. Tielrooij, Justin C. W. Song, S. A. Jensen, A. Centeno, A. Pesquera, A. Zurutuza Elorza, M. Bonn, Leonid S. Levitov, Frank H. Koppens,
Nature Physics 9, 248-252 (2013).
---> Featured in the Technology Review
Photo-excited Carrier Dynamics and Impact Excitation Cascade in Graphene,
Justin C. W. Song, Klaas J. Tielrooij, Frank H. Koppens, Leonid S. Levitov,
Phys. Rev. B 87, 155429 (2013).
2012
Energy-driven Drag at Charge Neutrality in Graphene
Justin C. W. Song, Leonid S. Levitov,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 236602 (2012).
Disorder-Assisted Electron-Phonon Scattering and Cooling Pathways in Graphene,
Justin C.W. Song, Michael Y. Reizer, Leonid S. Levitov,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 106602 (2012).
- 2011
Hot Carrier Assisted Intrinsic Photoresponse in Graphene,
Nathan M. Gabor, Justin C. W. Song, Qiong Ma, Nityan. L. Nair, Thiti Taychatahapat, Kenji Wantanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Leonid S. Levitov, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero
---> Featured in Science magazine perspective, MIT news, Physics World
Hot Carrier Transport and Photoresponse in Graphene,
Justin C. W. Song, Mark S. Rudner, Charles M. Marcus, Leonid S. Levitov
Electrostatic effects of Nano-scale Dielectric patches in the modification of Schottky Contacts,
Justin C. W. Song, Kuan-Eng J. Goh, Cedric Troadec, Chandrasekhar Natarajan
Phys. Rev. B 79, 165313 (2009).
Critical Size for Phase Separation in Binary Alloys : Role of Elastic interactions and Mechanical Constraints
Justin C. W. Song, Rajeev Ahluwalia,
Phys. Rev. B, 78, 064204 (2008).