Nano Optics Lab

Welcome to Zhang Group @ UF Physics!

We are interested in probing novel properties of atomically-thin 2D materials with a wide range of optical techniques. We will study the fundamental physics at the true two-dimensional limit, including non-equilibrium relaxations, many-body interactions for excitonic complex, spin-photon coupling, and collective spin-wave dynamics. We will also explore new functional materials with different 2D heterostructures and nanodevices.

Our 2D toolbox now includes semiconductors, ferromagnets, antiferromagnets, superconductors, topological materials, and more to come!

News

Our work on dark exciton-polaron is published in Nature Communications!
Congratulations on winning the NSF's Quantum Sensing Challenges funding for magnon detection, led by Case Western University.
New graduate students Alejandro Bustov and Parisa Ali Mohammadi joined our group!
Our work on exfoliable molecular crystals is published in npj 2D Materials and Applications! (Sep, 2022)
Xiao-Xiao received the 2022 DOE Early Career Award!
Junhao received the 2022 UF SUIRP award for this summer! Congratulations!
New postdoc Jianchen Dang joined the group!
Xiao-Xiao received the 2022 NSF CAREER Award! Congratulations! (Link)