Publications
2024
Z. Sun, G. Ye, C. Zhou, M. Huang, N. Huang, X. Xu, Q. Li, G. Zheng, Z. Ye, C. Nnokwe, L. Li, H. Deng, L. Yang, D. Mandrus, Z. Y. Meng, K. Sun, C. R. Du, R. He, L. Zhao, Dimensionality crossover to a two-dimensional vestigial nematic state from a three-dimensional antiferromagnet in a honeycomb van der Waals magnet, Nature Physics 20, 1764-1771 (2024).
G. Q. Yan, N. J. McLaughlin, T. Yamamoto, S. Li, T. Nozaki, S. Yuasa, C. R. Du, H. Wang, Coherent Driving of a Single Nitrogen Vacancy Center by a Resonant Magnetic Tunnel Junction, Nano Letters 24, 14273-14278 (2024).
S. Li, Z. Sun, N. J. McLaughlin, A. Sharmin, N. Agarwal, M. Huang, S. H. Sun, H. Lu, S. Yan, H. Lei, R. Hovden, H. Wang, H. Chen, L. Zhao, C. R. Du, Observation of stacking engineered magnetic phase transitions within moiré supercells of twisted van der Waals magnets, Nature Communications 15, 5712 (2024).
J. Zhou, H. Lu, D. Chen, M. Huang, G. Q. Yan, F. Al-Matouq, J. Chang, D. Djugba, Z. Jiang, H. Wang, C. R. Du, Sensing spin wave excitations by spin defects in few-layer-thick hexagonal boron nitride, Science Advances 10, eadk8495 (2024).
2023
N. J. McLaughlin, S. Li, J. A. Brock, S. Zhang, H. Lu, M. Huang, Y. Xiao, J. Zhou, Y. Tserkovnyak, E. E. Fullerton, H. Wang, C. R. Du, Local Control of a Single Nitrogen-Vacancy Center by Nanoscale Engineered Magnetic Domain Wall Motion, ACS Nano, 17, 25689-25696 (2024).
M. Huang, J. C. Green, J. Zhou, V. Williams, S. Li, H. Lu, D. Djugba, H. Wang, B. Flebus, N. Ni, C. R. Du, Layer-Dependent Magnetism and Spin Fluctuations in Atomically Thin van der Waals Magnet CrPS4, Nano Lett. 23, 8099-8105 (2023).
M. Huang, Z. Sun, G. Yan, H. Xie, N. Agarwal, G. Ye, S. H. Sung, H. Lu, J. Zhou, S. Yan, S. Tian, H. Lei, R. Hovden, R. He, H. Wang, L. Zhao, C. R. Du, Revealing intrinsic domains and fluctuations of moiré magnetism by a wide-field quantum microscope, Nature Communications 14, 5259 (2023).
J. Zhou, G. Q. Yan, M. Huang, N. J. McLaughlin, C. R. Du, and H. Wang, Quantum Sensing of Local Stray Field Environment of Micron-scale Magnetic Disks, Appl. Phys. Lett. 123, 024003 (2023).
A. Gao, Y. Liu, J. Qiu, B. Ghosh, T. V. Trevisan, Y. Onishi, C. Hu, T. Qian, H. Tien, S. Chen, M. Huang, D. Berube, H. Li, C. Tzschaschel, T. Dinh, Z. Sun, S. Ho, S. Lien, B. Singh, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, D. C. Bell, H. Lin, T. Chang, C. R. Du, A. Bansil, L. Fu, N. Ni, P. P. Orth, Q. Ma, and S. Xu, Quantum metric nonlinear Hall effect in a topological antiferromagnetic heterostructure, Science 381,181-186 (2023).
S. Li, M. Huang, H. Lu, N. J. McLaughlin, Y. Xiao, J. Zhou, E. E. Fullerton, H. Chen, H. L. Wang, and C. H. R. Du, Nanoscale Magnetic Domains In Polycrystalline Mn3Sn Films Imaged by a Scanning Single-Spin Magnetometer, Nano Lett. 23, 5326 (2023).
2022
G. Q. Yan, S. Li, T. Yamamoto, M. Huang, N. J. McLaughlin, T. Nozaki, H. L. Wang, S. Yuasa, and C. H. R. Du, Electric-Field-Induced Coherent Control of Nitrogen Vacancy Centers, Phys. Rev. Appl. 18, 064031 (2022).
M. Huang, J. Zhou, D. Chen, H. Lu, N. J. McLaughlin, S. Li, M. Alghamdi, D. Djugba, J. Shi, H. L. Wang, and C. H. R. Du, Wide Field Imaging of van der Waals Ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2 by Spin Defects in Hexagonal Boron Nitride, Nature Communications 13, 5369 (2022).
N. J. McLaughlin, C. Hu, M. Huang, S. Zhang, H. Lu, G. Q. Yan, H. L. Wang, Y. Tserkovnyak, N. Ni, and C. H. R. Du, Quantum Imaging of Magnetic Phase Transitions and Spin Fluctuations in Intrinsic Magnetic Topological Nanoflakes, Nano Lett. 22, 5810 (2022).
G. Q. Yan, S. Li, H. Lu, M. Huang, Y. Xiao, L. Wernert, J. A. Brock, E. E. Fullerton, H. Chen, H. L. Wang, and C. H. R. Du, Quantum sensing and imaging of spin–orbit-torque-driven spin dynamics in the non-collinear antiferromagnet Mn3Sn, Adv. Mater. 34, 2200327 (2022).
H. L. Wang, S. Zhang, N. J. McLaughlin, B. Flebus, M. Huang, Y. Xiao, C. Liu, M. Z. Wu, E. E. Fullerton, Y. Tserkovnyak, C. H. R. Du, Noninvasive measurements of spin transport properties of an antiferromagnetic insulator, Sci. Adv. 8, eabg8562 (2022).
M. W. Doherty, C. H. R. Du, G. D. Fuchs, Quantum science and technology based on color centers with accessible spin, J. Appl. Phys. 131, 010401 (2022).
2021
H. L. Wang, Y. Xiao, M. Guo, E. Lee-Wong, G. Q. Yan, R. Cheng, and C. H. R. Du, Spin Pumping of an Easy-Plane Antiferromagnet Enhanced by Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya Interaction, Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 117202 (2021).
N. J. McLaughlin, H. L. Wang, M. Huang, E. Lee-Wong, L. Hu, H. Lu, G. Q. Yan, G. D. Gu, C. Wu, Y. Z. You, C. H. R. Du, Observation of Superconductivity Induced Ferromagnetism in an Fe-Chalcogenide Superconductor, Nano Lett. 21, 7277 (2021).
D. D. Awschalom, C. H. R. Du, R. He, F. J. Heremans, A. Hoffmann, J. T. Hou, H. Kurebayashi, Y. Li, L. Liu, V. Novosad, J. Sklenar, S. E. Sullivan, D. Sun, H. Tang, V. Tiberkevich, C. Trevillian, A. W. Tsen, L. R. Weiss, W. Zhang, X. Zhang, L. Zhao, C. W. Zollitsch, Quantum engineering with hybrid magnonics systems and materials (invited review), IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering 2, 1-36 (2021).
T. X. Zhou, J. J. Carmiggelt, L. M. Gächter, I. Esterlis, D. Sels, R. J. Stöhr, C. H. R. Du, D. Fernandez, J. F. Rodriguez-Nieva, F. Büttner, E. Demler, and Amir Yacoby, A Magnon Scattering Platform, PNAS 118, 25 (2021).
N. J. McLaughlin*, Y. Kalcheim*, A. Suceava, H. L. Wang, I. K. Schuller, C. H. R. Du, Quantum Sensing of Insulator-to-metal Transitions in a Mott Insulator, Adv. Quantum Technol. 202000142 (2021). This work is selected as the journal cover. UC San Diego News .
E. Lee-Wong, J. Ding, X. Wang, C. Liu, N. J. McLaughlin, H. L. Wang, M. Wu, C. H. R. Du, Quantum Sensing of Spin Fluctuations of Magnetic Insulator Films with Perpendicular Anisotropy, Phys. Rev. Appl. 15, 034031 (2021).
2020
X. Wang, Y. Xiao, H. Wang, C. Liu, E. Lee-Wong, N. Mclaughlin, H. Wang, H. L. Wang, M. Wu, E. E. Fullerton, C. H. R. Du, Electrical control of coherent spin rotation of a single-spin Qubit, npj Quantum Inf. 6, 78 (2020).
E. Lee-Wong, R. L. Xue, F. Y. Ye, A. Kreisel, T. van der Sar, A. Yacoby, and C. H. R. Du, Nanoscale detection of magnon excitations with variable wavevectors through a quantum spin sensor, Nano Lett. 20, 3284 (2020).
H. Zhang*, M.J.H. Ku*, F. Casola, C. H. R. Du, T. van der Sar, M.C. Onbasli, C.A. Ross, Y. Tserkovnyak, A. Yacoby, R. L. Walsworth, Spin-torque oscillation in a magnetic insulator probed by a single-spin sensor, Phys. Rev. B 102, 024404 (2020).
2017
C. H. Du*, T. Van der Sar*, T. X. Zhou*, P. Upadhyaya, F. Casola, H. Zhang, M. C. Onbasli, C. A. Ross, R. L. Walsworth, Y. Tserkovnyak, and A. Yacoby, Control and Local Measurement of the Spin Chemical Potential in a Magnetic Insulator, Science 357, 195 (2017)
H. L. Wang, C. H. Du, P. C. Hammel, and F. Y. Yang, Comparative Determination of Y3Fe5O12/Pt Interfacial Spin Mixing Conductance by Spin-Hall Magnetoresistance and Spin Pumping, Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 062402 (2017)
2015
C. H. Du*, I. Lee*, R. Adur, Y. Obukhov, C. Hamann, B. Buchner, J. McCord, D. V. Pelekhov, and P. C. Hammel, Imaging Interfaces Defined by Abruptly Varying Internal Magnetic Fields by Means of Scanned Nanoscale Spin Wave Modes, Phys. Rev. B 92, 214413 (2015)
S. A. Manuilov, C. H. Du, R. Adur, H. L. Wang, V. P. Bhallamudi, F. Y. Yang, and P. C. Hammel, Spin Pumping from Spin waves in Thin Film YIG, Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 042405 (2015)
H. L. Wang*, C. H. Du*, P. C. Hammel, and F. Y. Yang, Spin Transport in Insulators Mediated by Magnetic Correlations, Phys. Rev. B 91, 220410(R) (2015)
2014
C. H. Du, R. Adur, H. L. Wang, S. A. Manuilov, F. Y. Yang, D. V. Pelekhov, and P. C. Hammel, Experimental and Numerical Understanding of Localized Spin Wave Mode Behavior in Broadly Tunable Spatially Complex Magnetic Configurations, Phys. Rev. B 90, 214428 (2014)
C. H. Du*, H. L. Wang*, F. Y. Yang, and P. C. Hammel, Systematic Variation of Spin-orbit Coupling with d-orbital Filling: Large Inverse Spin Hall effect in 3d Transition Metals, Phys. Rev. B. Rapid Comm. 90, 140407(R) (2014)
R. Adur, C. H. Du, H. L. Wang, S. A. Manuilov, V. P. Bhallamudi, C. Zhang, D. V. Pelekhov, F. Y. Yang, and P. C. Hammel, Damping of Confined Modes in a Ferromagnetic Thin Insulating Film: Angular Momentum Transfer Across a Nanoscale Field-defined Interface, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 176601 (2014)
H. L. Wang*, C. H. Du*, P. C. Hammel, and F. Y. Yang, Antiferromagnonic Spin Transport from Y3Fe5O12 into NiO, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 097202 (2014)
H. L. Wang*, C. H. Du*, P. C. Hammel, and F. Y. Yang, Spin Current and Inverse Anomalous Hall Effect in Ferromagnetic Metals Probed by Y3Fe5O12-based Spin Pumping, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 202405 (2014)
C. H. Du*, H. L. Wang*, F. Y. Yang, and P. C. Hammel, Enhancement of Pure Spin Currents in Spin Pumping Y3Fe5O12/Cu/metal Trilayers through Spin Conductance Matching, Phys. Rev. Applied 1, 044004 (2014)
H. L. Wang*, C. H. Du*, Y. Pu, R. Adur, P. C. Hammel, and F. Y. Yang, Scaling of Spin Hall Angle in 3d, 4d and 5d Metals from Epitaxial Y3Fe5O12/metal Spin Pumping, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 197201 (2014)
H. L. Wang*, C. H. Du*, P. C. Hammel, and F. Y. Yang, Strain-Tunable Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy in Epitaxial Y3Fe5O12 Thin Films, Phys. Rev. B. 89, 134404 (2014)
C. S. Wolfe*, V. P. Bhallamudi*, H. L. Wang, C. H. Du, S. A. Manuilov, R. M. Teeling-Smith, A. J. Berger, R. Adur, F. Y. Yang, and P. C. Hammel, Off-Resonant Manipulation of Spins in Diamond via Precessing Magnetization of a Proximal Ferromagnet, Phys. Rev. B. Rapid Comm. 89, 180406(R) (2014)
2013
C. H. Du*, H. L. Wang*, Y. Pu, T. L. Meyer, P. M. Woodward, F. Y. Yang, and P. C. Hammel, Probing the Spin Pumping Mechanism: Exchange Coupling with Exponential Decay in Y3Fe5O12/barrier/Pt Heterostructures, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 247202 (2013)
H. L. Wang*, C. H. Du*,Y. Pu, R. Adur, P. C. Hammel, and F. Y. Yang, Large Spin Pumping from Epitaxial Y3Fe5O12 Thin Films to Pt and W Layers, Phys. Rev. B. Rapid Comm. 88, 100406(R) (2013)
C. H. Du, R. Adur, H. L. Wang, A. J. Hauser, F. Y. Yang, and P. C. Hammel, Control of Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy by Epitaxial Strain in Double Perovskite Sr2FeMoO6 Films, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 147204 (2013)