Department of Physics Faculty
Fazel Tafti
Associate Professor of Physics
Fazel Tafti
Ph.D.
Contact
Higgins Hall 330A
Telephone: 617-552-2127
Email: fazel.tafti@bc.edu
Education
- Ph.D., University of Toronto
Research Interests
Experimental condensed matter physics, topological order, superconductivity, quantum phase transitions, spin liquids, low dimensional magnets, material synthesis, single crystal growth, electrical, thermal, and thermo-electric transport measurements, high pressure and high field experiments.
Selected Publications
[1] H.-Y. Yang, B. Singh, B. Lu, C.-Y. Huang, F. Bahrami, W.-C. Chiu, D. Graf, S.-M. Huang, B. Wang, H. Lin, D. Torchinsky, A. Bansil, and F. Tafti, Transition from intrinsic to extrinsic anomalous Hall e_ect in the ferromagnetic Weyl semimetal PrAlGe1-xSix," APL Materials, vol. 8, p. 011111, Jan. 2020.
[2] B. Lu, M. Abramchuk, F. Tafti, and D. H. Torchinsky,Transient grating measurements at ultralow probe power," JOSA B, vol. 37, pp. 433{439, Feb. 2020.
[3] F. Bahrami, W. Lafargue-Dit-Hauret, O. I. Lebedev, R. Movshovich, H.-Y. Yang, D. Broido, X. Rocquefelte, and F. Tafti, Thermodynamic Evidence of Proximity to a Kitaev Spin Liquid in Ag3LiIr2O6," Physical Review Letters, vol. 123, p. 237203, Dec. 2019.
[4] S. K. Takahashi, J. Wang, A. Arsenault, T. Imai, M. Abramchuk, F. Tafti, and P. M. Singer, Spin Excitations of a Proximate Kitaev Quantum Spin Liquid Realized in Cu2IrO3," Physical Review X, vol. 9, p. 031047, Sept. 2019.
[5] E. M. Kenney, C. U. Segre, W. Lafargue-Dit-Hauret, O. I. Lebedev, M. Abramchuk, A. Berlie, S. P. Cottrell, G. Simutis, F. Bahrami, N. E. Mordvinova, G. Fabbris, J. L. McChesney, D. Haskel, X. Rocquefelte, M. J. Graf, and F. Tafti, Coexistence of static and dynamic magnetism in the Kitaev spin liquid material Cu2IrO3," Physical Review B, vol. 100, p. 094418, Sept. 2019.
[6] M. Abramchuk, T. Mier, and F. Tafti, Tuning the magnetic and structural properties of a three-metal boride alloy: Mn0.95Fe1.05+xCoxB,"Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 805, pp. 909-914, Oct. 2019.