The Cushing Lab specializes in the development of spectroscopic techniques that can answer materials and physical chemistry questions. Currently they are building instruments around ultrafast X-rays, entangled photons, and femto-nano resolved electron wavepackets. The instruments are used to measure how external perturbations like light, heat, and pressure can be used to transform molecular and material systems for modern applications. The instruments are the heart of their science, allowing collaborative investigations that range from energy conversion and storage to the study of entangled light matter interactions and qubits.
Publications
- Hinton, Jasmine K.;Schacher, Daniel et al. (2024) Electronic topological transitions in cadmium under pressure studied via theoretical and experimental x-ray absorption spectroscopyPhysical Review B
- Harper, Nathan A.;Hwang, Emily Y. et al. (2024) Subtleties of nanophotonic lithium niobate waveguides for on-chip evanescent wave sensingOptics Express
- Jing, Yuancheng;Liang, Kangkai et al. (2024) Ultrafast Formation of Charge Transfer Trions at Molecular‐Functionalized 2D MoS₂ InterfacesAngewandte Chemie International Edition
- Palmer, Levi Daniel;Lee, Wonseok et al. (2024) Determining Quasi-Equilibrium Electron and Hole Distributions of Plasmonic Photocatalysts Using Photomodulated X-ray Absorption SpectroscopyACS Nano
- Kim, Ye-Jin;Mendes, Jocelyn L. et al. (2024) Coherent charge hopping suppresses photoexcited small polarons in ErFeO₃ by antiadiabatic formation mechanismScience Advances
- He, Manni;Hickam, Bryce P. et al. (2024) Experimental upper bounds for resonance-enhanced entangled two-photon absorption cross section of indocyanine greenJournal of Chemical Physics
- Kim, Ye-Jin;Palmer, Levi D. et al. (2023) Using electron energy-loss spectroscopy to measure nanoscale electronic and vibrational dynamics in a TEMJournal of Chemical Physics
- Hwang, Emily;Harper, Nathan et al. (2023) Tunable and efficient ultraviolet generation with periodically poled lithium niobateOptics Letters
- Harper, Nathan;Hickam, Bryce P. et al. (2023) Entangled Photon Correlations Allow a Continuous-Wave Laser Diode to Measure Single-Photon, Time-Resolved FluorescenceJournal of Physical Chemistry Letters
- Harper, Nathan;Hickam, Bryce P. et al. (2023) Entangled Photon Correlations Allow a Continuous-Wave Laser Diode to Measure Single-Photon, Time-Resolved FluorescenceJournal of Physical Chemistry Letters