Welcome to the
Nakamura Lab
at the University of Arkansas.
Our group studies quantum effects of photons, electrons, and other emergent particles in solid-state materials as well as artificially designed structures. Current emphasis is on developing new laser-based technologies to image and probe electronic states in quantum materials. We also focus on single photon sources and light-matter interaction on the nanoscale, with an eye on possible application in quantum photonic technologies.
News
3/2024 Sneha, Sudeep, and Chris gave talk at the APS March Meeting in Minneapolis — the biggest performance to date for our lab!
12/2023 Kate and Andrew received Honors Research Grants. Congrats!!
12/2023 Leonardo joined our group. Welcome!
10/2023 Sneha visited Montana State university for collaborative research in Nick Borys’s group.
8/2023 Andrew joined our group. Welcome!
8/19/2023 Collaborative paper on trARPES published in Nature Communications.
6/2023 Ram travelled to Dublin, Ireland, to attend Siegmann School of Laser workshop.
5/30/2023 Apoorva Bisht, the very first undergrad in our group, graduates. She will join UC Boulder for her graduate studies. Congrats to Apoorva for so many achievements during the time at UofA!
5/22/2023 Ethan Weiche joined our group for the REU project this summer. Welcome!
5/10/2023 Nakamura Lab has been awarded DOD DEPSCoR grant to pursue Nonlinear 2D Ferroelectrics. We will collaborate with Dr. Bellaiche for theoretical inputs. We deeply appreciate the DOD’s support!
05/2023 Seth joined our group. Welcome!
10/2022 Will joined our group. Welcome!
6/29/2022 Paper on NbS2 APRES published in PRB (selected as Editors’ Suggestion).
6/27/2022 Paper on antiperovskite MBE published in APL Materials.
6/13/2022 Apoorva was selected as one of twenty “Optica Women Scholars” from all over the world!!!
5/2022 Kate joined the group. Welcome!
3/31/2022 Ethan visited MPI-FKF in Stuttgart, Germany, for 2-month collaborative research in Ulrich Starke’s group.
2/2022 Katarina joined the group. Welcome!
1/2022 Sudeep joined the group (Welcome!) & Rodrigo now joining as a grad student (Welcome back!)
1/2022 Skyler receives Undergraduate Research Grant from OUR. Congrats!
12/17/2021 Apoorva won her 2nd Honors College Research Grant!
12/13/2021 Ram has successfully passed the candidacy exam, first from our group!
11/16/2021 Nakamura Lab receives Chancellor’s Fund for developing a deep-UV laser. Very exciting news for our group. We deeply appreciate the support from UofA.
11/1/2021 Apoorva and Joey gave presentation at FiO/LS Undergraduate Symposium.
10/29-30/2021 Our lab gave a Saturday laser workshop at INBRE 2021. Apoorva was selected to give a talk at the Friday conference (won a second prize in Physics!). Thanks everyone for all the contributions!
10/27/2021 MonArk NSF Quantum Foundry launches! Arkansas team will be led by Dr. Hugh Churchill. Our lab will contribute in the atomic epitaxy of 2D materials.
9/10/2021 Apoorva was among the three Physics undergrads who gave presentations at Physics Collouquium. Great job Apoorva!
8/13/2021 Apoorva receives 2nd Fui T. Chan and Kaiyuan Chen Endowed Research Scholarship!
07/28/2021 Congrats to Joey for completing great piece of work during his REU!
04/2021 Sneha joined the group. Welcome!!
03/22/2021 Paper published in Phyical Review Research.
02/2021 Ethan joined the group. Welcome!!
01/2021 Rodrigo and Skyler joined the group. Welcome!!
8/20/2020 Apoorva Bisht receives Fui T. Chan and Kaiyuan Chen Endowed Research Scholarship. Congratulations Apoorva!!
4/21/2020 Our Paper received “Top Download” in PRB!
4/6/2020 Paper published in Physical Review B.
3/3/2020 Paper published in Nature Communications.
2/2020 Apoorva joined the group. Welcome!!
1/2020 Kyle & Ram joined the group. Welcome!!
12/1/2019 Website created.
9/19/2019 Nakamura Lab started at UofA.