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Guru Khalsa

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Physics

College: College of Science

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2013
    Major: Physics

Current Scheduled Teaching

PHYS 4500.001Introduction to Solid State PhysicsSpring 2025
PHYS 5910.767Special ProblemsSpring 2025
PHYS 5450.001Survey of Solid State PhysicsSpring 2025
PHYS 6940.770Individual ResearchFall 2024
PHYS 3510.001Physics, Computation and Software ApplicationsFall 2024 Syllabus
PHYS 5910.775Special ProblemsFall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

PHYS 6940.767Individual ResearchSpring 2024
PHYS 4500.001Introduction to Solid State PhysicsSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 5450.001Survey of Solid State PhysicsSpring 2024 SPOT

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Riou, M., Torrejon, J., Araujo, F., Tsunegi, S., Khalsa, G., Querlioz, D., Brtolotti, P., Leroux, N., Markovic, D., Cros, V., Yakushiji, K., Fukushima, A., Kubota, H., Yuasa, S., Stiles, M.D., Grollier, J. (2021). Reservoir Computing Leveraging the Transient Non-linear Dynamics of Spin-Torque Nano-Oscillators.
  • Conference Proceeding

  • Khalsa, G., Benedek, N.A., Moses, J. (2022). Giant Optical Nonlinearities and Ultrafast Control of Optical Symmetry via IR-Resonant Raman Scattering. Other. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/up.2022.w3a.1
  • Zheng, J., Khalsa, G., Benedek, N.A., Moses, J. (2022). Two-pulse enabled coherent control of structural dynamics. Other. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/up.2022.w4a.20
  • Journal Article

  • Verma, A., Golez, D., Gorobtsov, O.Y., Kaj, K., , R.R., Kaaret, J.Z., Lamb, E., Khalsa, G., Nair, H.P., Sun, Y., Bouck, R., Schreiber, N., Ruff, J., Ramaprasad, V., Kubota, Y., Togashi, T., Stoica, V.A., Padmanabhan, H., Freeland, J.W., Benedek, N.A., Shpyrko, O.G., Harter, J.W., Averitt, R.D., Schlom, D.G., Shen, K.M., Millis, A.J., Singer, A. (2023). Picosecond volume expansion drives a later-time insulator-metal transition in a nano-textured Mott Insulator. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02396-1
  • Khalsa, G., Kaaret, J.Z., Benedek, N.A. (2023). Coherent control of the translational and point group symmetries of crystals with light. Physical Review B. 109 (024110) 15. College Park, MD, American Physical Society. https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.024110
  • Zhang, Y., Liu, M., Jena, D., Khalsa, G. (2022). Tight-binding band structure of β- and α-phase Ga2O3 and Al2O3. Journal of Applied Physics. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0074598
  • Kaaret, J.Z., Khalsa, G., Benedek, N.A. (2022). A strategy to identify materials exhibiting a large nonlinear phononics response: tuning the ultrafast structural response of LaAlO3 with pressure. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-648x/ac3038
  • Mallick, S., Khalsa, G., Kaaret, J.Z., Zhang, W., Butak, M., Gibbs, A.S., Hadermann, J., Halasyamani, P., Benedek, N.A., Hayward, M.A. (2021). The influence of the 6s(2) configuration of Bi3+ on the structures of A \textquoteright BiNb2O7 (A \textquoteright = Rb, Na, Li) layered perovskite oxides. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1DT02974F
  • Yu, T., Wright, J., Khalsa, G., Pamuk, B., Chang, C.S., Matveyev, Y., Wang, X., Schmitt, T., Feng, D., Muller, D.A., Xing, H.G., Jena, D., Strokov, V.N. (2021). Momentum-resolved electronic structure and band offsets in an epitaxial NbN/GaN superconductor/semiconductor heterojunction. Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abi5833
  • Lei, C., Khalsa, G., Du, J., MacDonald, A.H. (2021). Majorana zero modes in a cylindrical semiconductor quantum wire. Physical Review B. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.104.035426
  • Olsson, K.S., Choe, J., Rodriguez-Vega, M., Khalsa, G., Benedek, N.A., He, J., Fang, B., Zhou, J., Fiete, G.A., Li, X. (2021). Spin-phonon interaction in yttrium iron garnet. Physical Review B. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.104.l020401
  • Khalsa, G., Benedek, N.A., Moses, J. (2021). Ultrafast Control of Material Optical Properties via the Infrared Resonant Raman Effect. Physical Review X. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.021067
  • Wright, J., Chang, C., Waters, D., Lupke, F., Feenstra, R., Raymond, L., Koscica, R., Khalsa, G., Muller, D., Xing, H.G., Jena, D. (2021). Unexplored MBE growth mode reveals new properties of superconducting NbN. Other. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.024802
  • Dang, P., Khalsa, G., Chang, C., Katzer, D., Nepal, N., Downey, B.P., Wheeler, V.D., Suslov, A., Xie, A., Beam, E., Cao, Y., Lee, C., Muller, D.A., Xing, H.G., Meyer, D.J., Jena, D. (2021). An all-epitaxial nitride heterostructure with concurrent quantum Hall effect and superconductivity. Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf1388
  • Katzer, D., Nepal, N., Hardy, M.T., Downey, B.P., Storm, D.F., Lin, E.J., Yan, R., Khalsa, G., Wright, J., Lang, A.C., Growden, T.A., Gokhale, V., Wheeler, V.D., Kramer, A.R., Yater, J.E., Xing, H.G., Jena, D., Meyer, D.J. (2020). Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Transition Metal Nitrides for Superconducting Device Applications. Other. https://id.culturegraph.org/DNB:1261749324
  • Mei, A.B., Miao, L., Wahila, M.J., Khalsa, G., Wang, Z., Barone, M., Schreiber, N.J., Noskin, L.E., Paik, H., Tiwald, T.E., Zheng, Q., Haasch, R.T., Sangiovanni, D.G., Piper, L.F., Schlom, D.G. (2019). Adsorption-controlled growth and properties of epitaxial SnO films. Other. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.105202
  • Zhu, T., Khalsa, G., Havas, D.M., Gibbs, A.S., Zhang, W., Halasyamani, P., Benedek, N.A., Hayward, M.A. (2019). Cation exchange as a mechanism to engineer polarity in layered perovskites. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04136
  • Riou, M., Araujo, F., Torrejon, J., Tsunegi, S., Khalsa, G., Querlioz, D., Bortolotti, P., Cros, V., Yakushiji, K., Fukushima, A., Kubota, H., Yuasa, S., Stiles, M., Grollier, J. (2019). Neuromorphic Computing through Time-Multiplexing with a Spin-Torque Nano-Oscillator .... https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1904.11236
  • Yan, R., Khalsa, G., Schaefer, B.T., Jarjour, A., Rouvimov, S., Nowack, K., Xing, H.G., Jena, D. (2019). Thickness dependence of superconductivity in ultrathin NbS2. Other. http://iopscience.iop.org/10.7567/1882-0786/aaff89
  • Jena, D., Page, R., Casamento, J., Dang, P., Singhal, J., Zhang, Z., Wright, J., Khalsa, G., Cho, Y., Xing, H.G. (2019). The new nitrides: layered, ferroelectric, magnetic, metallic and superconducting nitrides to boost the GaN photonics and electronics eco-system. Other. https://doi.org/10.7567%2F1347-4065%2Fab147b
  • Yan, R., Khalsa, G., Vishwanath, S., Han, Y., Wright, J., Rouvimov, S., Katzer, D., Nepal, N., Downey, B.P., Muller, D.A., Xing, H.G., Meyer, D.J., Jena, D. (2018). GaN/NbN epitaxial semiconductor/superconductor heterostructures. Nature. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25768
  • Khalsa, G., Benedek, N.A. (2018). Ultrafast optically induced ferromagnetic/anti-ferromagnetic phase transition in GdTiO_3 from first principles. Other. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41535-018-0086-3
  • Bhattacharya, A., Skinner, B., Khalsa, G., Suslov, A.V. (2016). Spatially inhomogeneous electron state deep in the extreme quantum limit of strontium titanate. Nature Communications. http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2016/160929/ncomms12974/full/ncomms12974.html
  • Khalsa, G., Stiles, M.D., Grollier, J. (2015). Critical current and linewidth reduction in spin-torque nano-oscillators by delayed self-injection. Other. http://aip.scitation.org.proxy.library.cornell.edu/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4922740
  • Xie, M., Khalsa, G., MacDonald, A. (2014). Optical conductivity of the $t_2g$ two-dimensional electron gas. Other. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.245417
  • Araki, Y., Khalsa, G., MacDonald, A.H. (2014). Weak localization, spin relaxation, and spin diffusion: Crossover between weak and strong Rashba coupling limits. Other. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.125309
  • Allen, S., Jalan, B., Lee, S., Ouellette, D.G., Khalsa, G., Jaroszynski, J., Stemmer, S., MacDonald, A.H. (2013). Conduction-band edge and Shubnikov--de Haas effect in low-electron-density SrTiO$_3$. Other. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.045114
  • Khalsa, G., Lee, B., MacDonald, A. (2013). Theory of $t_2g$ electron-gas Rashba interactions. Other. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.041302
  • Chang, Y., Khalsa, G., Moreschini, L., Walter, A.L., Bostwick, A., Horn, K., MacDonald, A.H., Rotenberg, E. (2013). Uniaxial strain induced band splitting in semiconducting SrTiO$_3$. Other. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.115212
  • Khalsa, G., MacDonald, A.H. (2012). Theory of the SrTiO$_3$ surface state two-dimensional electron gas. Other. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.125121
  • Bistritzer, R., Khalsa, G., MacDonald, A.H. (2011). Electronic structure of doped $d^0$ perovskite semiconductors. Other. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.115114
  • Manuscript

  • Bistritzer, R., Khalsa, G., MacDonald, A.H. (2010). d0 Perovskite-Semiconductor Electronic Structure. http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.3090
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