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David W. Snoke
Department of Physics and Astronomy
3941 O'Hara Street |
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| Office | Labs | |||
| Email: | snoke@pitt.edu | Allen Hall: | G13, G16, G17 | |
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Phone:
| (412) 624-9007 | Phone/Fax: | (412) 624-7861 | |
| Fax: | (412) 624-9163 | OEH: | 104,105,106 | |
| Room: | G10 Allen Hall | Phone: | (412) 624-9475 | |
There are many different goals in semiconductor physics. Some researchers aim at making new devices, and some aim at materials characterization. In our group we look at semiconductor structures as test beds for principles of fundamental physics. The quality of materials has improved over the past decades to the point that we can look at nearly "perfect" structures to understand basic concepts such as two-dimensional physics, the conductor-insulator phase transition, quantum phase transitions such as Bose-Einstein condensation, renormalized mass and energy of particles, nonequilibrium dynamics, dephasing, and control of quantum coherence.