Contact Information
- shakani3@gatech.edu
- Personal Site
- https://shakani.github.io/
- Research Group
- https://kimchi.physics.gatech.edu/
Sami Hakani
Graduate Student
Education
- PhD in Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology (Expected in 2025)
- B.S. in Physics, Engineering Sciences (Electrical) (distinction in the major), Yale University, 2018
Honors & Awards
Amelio Endowment and the Weatherly Fund Graduate Student Travel Grant (Grantor: GaTech, $500), 2023.
Amelio Endowment and the Weatherly Fund Graduate Student Travel Grant (Grantor: GaTech, $1000), 2022.
Bonnie B. and Charles K. Rice Jr. Fellowship (Grantor: GaTech, $2500), 2022.
Amelio Endowment and the Weatherly Fund Graduate Student Travel Grant (Grantor: GaTech, $500), 2022.
Research
Theoretical condensed matter physics:
Low-dimensional quantum systems, spin dynamics of strongly correlated electronic systems, topological and entangled phases of matter in model systems (frustrated quantum magnets, ultracold atoms and molecules, topological semimetals, etc.)
Papers
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Aaron Sokolik, Sami Hakani, Susmita Roy, Nicholas Pellatz, Hengdi Zhao, Gang Cao, Itamar Kimchi, and Dmitry Reznik. Spinons and damped phonons in the spin-1/2 quantum liquid Ba4Ir3O10 observed by Raman scattering. Phys. Rev. B, 106:075108, Aug 2022.
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Yu Zhang, Yifei Ni, Hengdi Zhao, Sami Hakani, Feng Ye, Lance DeLong, Itamar Kimchi, Gang Cao, “Control of chiral orbital currents in a colossal magnetoresistance material”, en, Nature, Publisher: Nature Publishing Group, 1–6 (2022).
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Sami Hakani, Itamar Kimchi. Topological defects in a response theory. (in preparation). 2023.
Talks & Presentations
"Topological Defects in a Response Theory." TopoMag23 – Topology and Fractionalization in Magnetic Materials. The Ohio State University 2023. Columbus, OH.
"Raman Responses With and Without Topological Defects." A Quantum Many-Body Handshake: Theory and Simulation meet Experiment, Weizmann Institute of Science 2022. Rehovot, Israel.
"Optical Signatures for Fractional Excitations in Quantum Liquid Candidate Ba4Ir3O10." Georgia Tech Quantum Alliance Workshop 2022. Atlanta, GA.
“Raman response via 4-spinon continuum in spin-1/2 quantum liquid Ba4Ir3O10.” American Physical Society March Meeting 2022. Chicago, IL.
"Spinons and damped phonons in spin-1/2 quantum-liquid Ba4Ir3O10 observed by Raman scattering." MagLab Winter Theory School, 2022. Virtual / Tallahassee, FL.
Other Publications
New Quantum State Discovered in Trimer-Honeycomb Material
Memberships & Committees
American Physical Society
President - Graduate Association of Physicists (GAP) (2022 - 2023)
College of Sciences (CoS) Dean's Advisory Council (2022 - 2023)
Equity in Graduate Education Consortium (2022 - 2023)
Student Organizer, Quantum Cafe (2021 - 2023)
Student Organizer, Quantum Journal Club (2021)
