Franco Nori
Education
1987: Ph.D. in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
1983: M.S. in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
1982: Licenciado (i.e., B.S.) in Physics, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela
Professional Positions
- 90--- Professor (first Assistant, then Associate, and Full Professor);
Dept. of Physics,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Also, since 2002: Laboratory Head of the Digital Materials Laboratory,
Advanced Science Institute, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.
- 87--89: Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- 82--87: Conicit Fellow and Graduate Research Assistant;
Physics Department. Also at Materials Research Laboratory, and NCSA;
University of Illinois.
Selected Recent Awards (1997-present):
- 2007: Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), USA;
- 2003: Elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK;
- 2002: Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), USA;
- 1998: Received an "Excellence in Research Award" from the Univ. of Michigan;
- 1997: Received an "Excellence in Education Award" from the Univ. of Michigan.
Area of Active Research:
Nano-science. Condensed matter physics. Complex systems. Interface between
mesoscopics, quantum optics, atomic physics, and nano-science.
Specific areas include: superconducting qubits, quantum circuits using
Josephson junctions, quantum information science,
atomic-physics-like phenomena in quantum circuitry,
quantum nano-electro-mechanical systems, coupling resonators and
qubits, non-classical photon state generation from qubits,
designing artificial atoms, micromasers from artificial atoms,
cooling artificial atoms, decoherence/entanglement/scalability of
quantum circuits, quantum simulators, adiabatic quantum computing,
quantum intereferometry, quantum thermodynamics,
biologically-inspired micro- and nano-devices for controlling the motion
of tiny particles and quanta, vortex dynamics, superconductivity,
design of tera-Hertz radiation sources/filters/detectors,
metamaterials, quantum metamaterials, dynamical instabilities
(avalanches), complex spatio-temporal nonlinear dynamics,
transport phenomena (of electrons, phonons, vortices, grains) in
systems that have disorder and/or reduced dimensionality, quantum noise
control and squeezed states in condensed matter (squeezed phonons
and supressed quantum fluctuations in superconductors),
Josephson junction arrays and micro- and nano-networks,
acoustic interference, path-integral analytical studies
of quantum interference effects due to electron motion
in magnetic fields. Bio-complexity. Charge transport in biophysics.
Invited Talks, Colloquia, Seminars:
Over 200 (invited talks at international conferences;
also seminars and colloquia at Universities, and
Industrial or National Laboratories).
Publications in Refereed Journals
- 1986--: Over 200 publications (with about 6,000 citations) in
refereed journals:
over 54 in Physical Review Letters,
over 110 in Physical Review (A, B, C),
4 in Science,
9 in Nature journals,
2 in Reviews of Modern Physics,
11 in Europhys. Lett.,
6 in New J. Phys.,
over 20 in Physica C/B/E,
2 in J. Appl. Phys.,
and one in each of the following journals:
Physics Today,
Scientific American,
Advances in Physics,
Appl. Phys. Lett.,
among others.
Also, over 30 articles (based on invited talks)
published in books or journals.
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Work Featured in:
Physics Today (2007, 2005, 2002, 1997),
Science (2007, 2005, 2003, 2002, 1994),
Nature Materials (2006, 2002),
Nature Physics (2006),
Scientific American (2005, 1997), UPI (2005),
Cover story of Nature (August 2003),
Nikkei (2003), Technology Review News (2002),
EE Times (2002), Electronics weekly (2002),
Science News (in 92, 93, 95, 97, and 98; in 1998 in the Coverstory),
Science on-line (2007,1997),
Physics World (1999, 1993),
New Scientist (2007, 1999, 1998, 1994),
several books for general audiences,
Am. Phys. Soc. News (95 and 96), and
"Physics News" of the American Institute of Physics (1996, 1997);
as well as featured in the science/discovery sections of
newspapers, magazines (in nine languages), radio
("Physics News" broadcast by 181 Radio Stations reaching
about 4 million listeners), a TV program in 1999, and another
in 2000 (both by the Discovery Channel).
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Selected Publications (1991-present)
- SELF
ORGANIZED
CRITICAL
BEHAVIOR
IN
PINNED
FLUX
LATTICES,
with O. Pla,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 919 (1991).
- THERMAL
CONDUCTIVITY
OF
YBACUO
IN
A
MAGNETIC
FIELD:
CAN
K(H)
PROBE
THE
VORTEX
STATE?,
with R. Richardson, S. Peacor, and C. Uher,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 3856 (1991).
-
DOES
FRUSTRATION
DESCRIBE
DOPING
IN
MODELS
FOR
HIGH-TEMPERATURE
SUPERCONDUCTORS?,
with S. Bacci and E. Gagliano,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 240 (1992).
-
IMAGING
OF
AVALANCHES
IN
GRANULAR
MATERIALS,
with M. Bretz, J. Cunnigham, and P. Kurczynski,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 69, 2431 (1992).
-
WATER
DROPLET
AVALANCHES,
with B. Plourde and M. Bretz,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 2741 (1993).
-
DERIVATION
OF
THE
MODIFIED
BEAN
MODEL
FROM
SIMULATIONS
OF
SUPERCONDUCTING
VORTICES,
with R. Richardson and O. Pla,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 1268 (1994).
-
SUPERCONDUCTING
VORTEX
AVALANCHES,
with S. Field, J. Witt, X. Ling,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 1206 (1995).
-
MARGINAL
STABILITY
AND
CHAOS
IN
A
STICK-SLIP
ELECTRONIC
CIRCUIT
MODELING
COUPLED
FAULTS,
S. Field, N. Venturi, and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 74 (1995).
-
MAGNETIC
RAMAN
SCATTERING
IN
TWO-DIMENSIONAL
SPIN-1/2
HEISENBERG
ANTIFERROMAGNETS,
F. Nori et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 553 (1995).
-
VORTEX
PLASTIC
MOTION
IN
TWINNED
SUPERCONDUCTORS,
with J. Groth, C. Reichhardt, C.J. Olson, and S. Field.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3625 (1996).
-
INTERMITTENTLY
FLOWING
RIVERS
OF
QUANTIZED
MAGNETIC
FLUX,
Science 276, 1373 (1996).
-
STRONGLY
LOCALIZED
ELECTRONS
IN
A
MAGNETIC
FIELD:
ANALYTICAL
RESULTS
ON
QUANTUM
INTERFERENCE
AND
MAGNETOCONDUCTANCE
IN 2D
AND 3D,
with Y. Lin,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 2294 (1996).
-
SQUEEZED
PHONON
STATES:
MODULATING
QUANTUM
FLUCTUATIONS
OF
ATOMIC
DISPLACEMENTS,
with X. Hu,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 2294 (1996).
-
QUANTUM
PHONON
OPTICS:
SQUEEZED
ATOMIC
DISPLACEMENTS,
with X. Hu,
Phys. Rev. B 53, 2419 (1996).
-
PHONON
SQUEEZED
STATES
GENERATED
BY
SECOND
ORDER
RAMAN,
SCATTERING,
with X. Hu,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 4605 (1997).
-
DYNAMIC
PHASES
OF
VORTICES
IN
SUPERCONDUCTORS
WITH
PERIODIC
PINNING,
with C. Reichhardt and C. Olson,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2648 (1997).
-
BOOMING
SAND,
F. Nori, P. Sholtz, and M. Bretz,
Scientific American,
277, No.3, 84 (September 1997).
-
CHAOTIC
DYNAMICS
OF
FALLING
DISKS,
S. Field, M. Klaus, M.G. Moore, and F. Nori,
Nature 388, 252 (July 17, 1997).
-
FRACTAL
RIVER
NETWORKS,
BRAIDING
CHANNELS,
AND
VOLTAGE
NOISE
IN
INTERMITTENTLY
FLOWING
RIVERS
OF
QUANTIZED
MAGNETIC
FLUX,
C.J. Olson, C. Reichhardt, and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2197 (1998).
-
NONEQUILIBRIUM
DYNAMIC
PHASE
DIAGRAM
FOR
VORTEX
LATTICES,
C.J. Olson, C. Reichhardt, and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3757 (1998).
-
PHASE
LOCKING,
DEVIL'S
STAIRCASES,
FAREY
TREES,
AND
ARNOLD'S
TONGUES
IN
DRIVEN
VORTEX
LATTICES
WITH
PERIODIC
PINNING,
C. Reichhardt and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82 , 414 (1999).
-
TOPOLOGICAL
INVARIANTS
IN
MICROSCOPIC
TRANSPORT
ON
ROUGH
LANDSCAPES:
MORPHOLOGY,
HIERARCHICAL
STRUCTURE,
AND
HORTON
ANALYSIS
OF
RIVER--LIKE
NETWORKS
OF
VORTICES,
A. Mehta, C. Reichhardt, C.J. Olson, and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82 , 3641 (1999).
-
SUPERCONDUCTING
FLUXON
PUMPS
AND
LENSES,
J. Wambaugh, C. Reichhardt, C.J. Olson,
F. Marchesoni, and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83 , 5106 (1999).
-
CRITICAL
DYNAMICS
OF
BURST
INSTABILITIES
IN
THE
PORTEVIN-
LE
CHATELIER
EFFECT,
G. D'Anna and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4096 (2000).
-
MOVING
WIGNER
GLASSES
AND
SMECTICS:
DYNAMICS
OF
DISORDERED
WIGNER
CRYSTALS,
C. Reichhardt, C.J. Olson,
N. Gronbech-Jensen, and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4354 (2001).
-
COLLECTIVE
INTERACTION-DRIVEN
RATCHET
FOR
TRANSPORTING
FLUX
QUANTA,
C.J. Olson, C. Reichhardt,
B. Janko, and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 177002 (2001).
-
SCALABLE
QUANTUM
COMPUTING
WITH
JOSEPHSON
CHARGE
QUBITS,
J.Q. You, J.S. Tsai, and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 197902 (2002).
-
EXPERIMENTALLY
REALIZABLE
DEVICES
FOR
CONTROLLING
THE
MOTION
OF
MAGNETIC
FLUX
QUANTA
IN
ANISOTROPIC
SUPERCONDUCTORS,
S. Savel'ev and F. Nori,
Nature Materials 1, 179 (2002); also listed in the
cover, and featured in the "News and Views" of Nature Materials, 1,
143 (2002).
-
Quantum interference in superconducting wire networks and Josephson junction arrays: An analytical approach based on multiple-loop Aharonov-Bohm Feynman
path integrals, Y-L. Lin and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. B 65, 214504 (2002).
-
Controlling Transport in Mixtures of Interacting Particles using Brownian Motors,
S. Savel'ev, F. Marchesoni, and F. Nori
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 010601 (2003).
-
Controllable step motors and rectifiers of magnetic flux quanta using periodic arrays of asymmetric pinning defects,
B.Y. Zhu, F. Marchesoni, V.V. Moshchalkov, and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. B 68, 014514 (2003).
-
Force-free current-induced reentrant melting of the vortex lattice in superconductors,
S. Savel'ev, C. Cattuto, and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. B 67, 180509 (2003).
-
Observing Brownian motion in vibration-fluidized granular matter,
G. D'Anna, P. Mayor, A. Barrat, V. Loreto, F. Nori,
Nature 424, 909-912 (2003);
Also the Coverstory of that issue of Nature, and featured in a News and Views.
-
Controllable manipulation and entanglement of macroscopic quantum states in coupled charge qubits,
J.Q. You, J.S. Tsai, F. Nori
Phys. Rev. B 68, 024510 (2003).
-
Quantum information processing with superconducting qubits in a microwave field,
J.Q. You and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. B 68, 064509 (2003).
-
Reversible Rectifier that Controls the Motion of Magnetic Flux Quanta in Superconductors, J.E. Villegas, et al, Science 302, 1188 (Nov 2003).
Also featured in an Enhanced News and Views.
- Controlling the motion of magnetic flux quanta, B.Y. Zhu, F. Marchesoni, F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 180602 (2004).
- Manipulating small particles in mixtures far from equilibrium, S. Savel'ev, F. Marchesoni, F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 160602 (2004).
- The transcriptional landscape of the mammalian genome, P. Carninci, et al., Science 309, 1559 (2005).
- Superconducting circuits and quantum information,
J.Q. You and F. Nori,
Physics Today 58 (11), 42-27 (2005).
- Surface Josephson plasma waves in layered superconductors, S. Savel'ev, V. Yampolskii, and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 187002 (2005)
- Critical currents in quasiperiodic pinning arrays: Chains and penrose lattices, V. Misko, S. Savel'ev, F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 177007 (2005).
- Optical selection rules and phase-dependent adiabatic state control in a superconducting quantum circuit,
Y.X. Liu et al,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 87001 (2005).
- Direct observation of rectified motion of vortices in a niobium superconductor, Y. Togawa, et al.,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 87002 (2005).
- Using Josephson vortex lattices to control terahertz radiation: Tunable transparency and terahertz photonic crystals,
S. Savel'ev, A.L. Rakhmanov, F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 157004 (2005).
- Nanoscale friction: Kinetic friction of magnetic flux quanta and charge density waves, A. Maeda, et al.,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 77001 (2005).
- Fluctuation-Induced Casimir Forces in Granular Fluids,
C. Cattuto, et al.,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 178001 (2006).
- Nonuniform Self-Organized Dynamical States in Superconductors with Periodic Pinning,
V.R. Misko, S. Savel'ev, A.L. Rakhmanov, and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 127004 (2006).
- Controllable Coupling between Flux Qubits,
Y.X. Liu, L.F. Wei, J.S. Tsai, and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 067003 (2006).
- Generation and Control of Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger Entanglement in Superconducting Circuits,
L. F. Wei, Yu-xi Liu, and F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 246803 (2006).
- Quantum two-level systems in Josephson junctions as naturally formed qubits,
A.M. Zagoskin, S. Ashhab, J.R. Johansson, F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 077001 (2006).
- Quantum heat engines using superconducting quantum circuits,
H.T. Quan, Y.D. Wang, Yu-xi Liu, C.P. Sun, F. Nori,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (2006).
- Wet granular materials,
N. Mitarai and F. Nori,
Advances in Physics 55, 1-45 (2006).
- Helical spin order on the move,
F. Nori and A. Tonomura,
Science 311, 344 (2006).
- Reversible diodes for moving quanta,
F. Nori,
Nature Physics 2, 227 (2006).
- Ratchet without spatial asymmetry for controlling the motion of magnetic flux quanta using time-asymmetric drives,
D. Cole, et al.,
Nature Materials 5 305-311 (2006). Also featured in Nature Materials News and Views.
- S. Savel'ev, A.L. Rakhmanov, V.A. Yampol'skii, F. Nori
Analogues of nonlinear optics using terahertz Josephson plasma waves in layered superconductors,
Nature Physics 2, 521-525 (2006). Also featured in Nature Physics News and Views.
- This "publication list" is very incomplete. Please see www.umich.edu/~nori for a
complete list, and also the PDF files of the published papers.
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