{"id":2,"date":"2014-01-28T20:06:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T04:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/researchtemplate\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2022-05-19T10:44:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T18:44:54","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultrafast Dynamics in Electronic and Magnetic Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Welcome to Kukreja Group!<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_338\" style=\"width: 744px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2018\/10\/SU18-Kukreja-Lab-RA-30_resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-338\" class=\"wp-image-338\" src=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2018\/10\/SU18-Kukreja-Lab-RA-30_resized-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2018\/10\/SU18-Kukreja-Lab-RA-30_resized-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2018\/10\/SU18-Kukreja-Lab-RA-30_resized-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2018\/10\/SU18-Kukreja-Lab-RA-30_resized-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2018\/10\/SU18-Kukreja-Lab-RA-30_resized-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2018\/10\/SU18-Kukreja-Lab-RA-30_resized-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kukreja Group: Joyce Christiansen-Salameh, Ian Rippy, Rahul Jangid, Roopali Kukreja, Kenneth Ainslie, Jianheng Li, Nadia Albayati (from left to right)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Our group focuses on understanding ultrafast dynamics in quantum materials. These materials form an active field of research due to their emerging applications in next generation energy-efficient computing. We perform <em>in-situ<\/em> studies of quantum materials to monitor the evolution of functional (electronic, optical and magnetic) properties following application of voltage, temperature or laser. Specifically, laser excitation provides us with a unique way to manipulate physical properties at femtosecond-picosecond timescales. We are currently working on understanding ultrafast switching in magnetic multilayer systems, metal-insulator phase transitions in cobaltites and nickelates, and ultrafast control of polarization in ferroelectric materials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kukreja lab is equipped with a sputtering system to grow thin films and heterostructures for these studies. The main characterization tools utilized in our research group vary from in-lab capabilities such as Magnetic Property Measurement System and Versalab for characterizing electrical and magnetic properties of materials to X-ray studies performed at synchrotrons and x-ray lasers housed in National User Facilities. We utilize advanced characterization techniques such as scanning transmission x-ray microscopy (STXM), time-resolved x-ray diffraction, nano-diffraction and Ptychography, and x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) to investigate materials at nanometer lengthscales and femtosecond-nanosecond timescales. Thin film growth is done using reactive and magnetic sputtering and lithography patterning is used to fabricate nanometer scale structures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Welcome to Kukreja Group!<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Our group focuses on understanding ultrafast dynamics in quantum materials. These materials form an active field of research due to their emerging applications in next generation energy-efficient computing. We perform <em>in-situ<\/em> studies of quantum materials to monitor the evolution of functional (electronic,  \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":922,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ultrafastdynamics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}