Physics Department Personnel

Dr. Vidya Madhavan

Associate Professor of Physics

617-552-6490
Higgins Hall 230H
madhavan@bc.edu
Prof. Madhavan's Lab Website

Education

• Ph.D., Physics, Boston University

Areas of Research
Experimental studies of correlated electron systems (including cuprates and pnictides) and magnetic systems with low temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM), spectroscopy (STS) and spin-polarized STM.

Selected Publications

• J.-H. Ma, Z.-H. Pan, F. C. Niestemski, M. Neupane, Y.-M. Xu, P. Richard, K. Nakayama, T. Sato, T. Takahashi, H.-Q. Luo, L. Fang, H.-H. Wen, Z. Wang, H. Ding, and V. Madhavan, "Coexistence of Competing Orders with Two Energy Gaps in Real and Momentum Space in the High Temperature Superconductor Bi2Sr2-xLaxCuO6+," Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 207002 (2008).
• F.C. Niestemski, S. Kunwar, S. Zhou, Sh. Li, H. Ding, Z. Wang, P. Dai, and V. Madhavan, "A Distinct Bosonic Mode in an Electron-Doped High-Transition-Temperature Superconductor," Nature 450, 1058 (2007).
• V. Madhavan, T. Jamneala, K. Nagaoka, W. Chen, J-L. Li, S. G. Louie, and M. F. Crommie, "Observation of Spectral Evolution During the Formation of a Ni2 Kondo Molecule," Phys. Rev. B 66, 212411 (2002).
• K. M. Lang, V. Madhavan, J. E. Hoffman, E.W. Hudson, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, and J. C. Davis, “Imaging the Granular Structure of High-Tc Superconductivity in Underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+," Nature 415, 412 (2002).
• J. E. Hoffman, E.W. Hudson, K.M. Lang, V. Madhavan, S.H. Pan, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, and J.C. Davis, “A Four Unit Cell Periodic Pattern of Quasi-Particle States Surrounding Vortex Cores in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+," Science 295, 466 (2002).
• V. Madhavan, W. Chen, T. Jamneala, M.F. Crommie, and N.S. Wingreen, “Local Spectroscopy of a Kondo Impurity: Co on Au(111),” Phys. Rev. B 64, 165412 (2001).
• T. Jamneala, V. Madhavan, and M.F. Crommie, “Kondo Response of a Single Antiferromagnetic Chromium Trimer,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 256804 (2001).
• E.W. Hudson, K. M. Lang, V. Madhavan, S. H. Pan, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, and J. C. Davis, “Interplay of Magnetism and High-Tc Superconductivity at Individual Ni Impurity Atoms in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+," Nature 411, 920 (2001).
• T. Jamneala, V. Madhavan, W. Chen, and M.F. Crommie, "Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Transition-Metal Impurities at the Surface of Gold,” Phys. Rev. B 61, 9990 (2000).
• W. Chen, T. Jamneala, V. Madhavan, and M. F. Crommie, “Disappearance of the Kondo Resonance for Artificailly Fabricated Cobalt Dimers,” Phys. Rev. B 60, R8529 (1999).
• V. Madhavan, W. Chen, T. Jamneala, M.F. Crommie, and N.S. Wingreen, “Tunneling into a Single Magnetic Atom: Spectroscopic Evidence of the Kondo Resonance,” Science 280, 567 (1998).
• W. Chen, V. Madhavan, T. Jamneala, and M.F. Crommie, “Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Observation of an Electronic Superlattice at the Surface of Clean Gold,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1469 (1998).

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