YAN (SARAH) LI portrait
  • Assistant Professor, Physics And Astronomy
801-581-6408

Publications

  • Patrick Odenthal, William Talmadge, Nathan Gundlach, Ruizhi Wang, Chuang Zhang, Dali Sun, Zhi-Gang Yu, Z. Valy Vardeny & Yan S. Li* (2017). Spin-polarized exciton quantum beating in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites. Nature Physics. Vol. 13, 894. Published, 05/31/2017.
    https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys4145
  • Wenyu Xing, Yangyang Chen, Patrick M. Odenthal, Xiao Zhang, Wei Yuan, Tang Su, Qi Song, Tianyu Wang, Shuang Jia, X. C. Xie, Yan Li & Wei Han* (2017). Electric Field Effect in Multilayer Cr2Ge2Te6: a Ferromagnetic Two-Dimensional Material. 2D Materials. Vol. 4, 024009. Published, 05/22/2017.
    http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2053-158...
  • Dibyedu Roy, Yan Li, Alex Greilich, Yuriy V. Pershin, Avadh Saxena & Nikolai A. Sinitsyn (2013). Spin noise spectroscopy of quantum dot molecules. Physical Review B. Vol. 99, 045320. Published, 07/2013.
    https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
  • V. S. Zapasskii, A. Greilich, S. A. Crooker, Yan Li, G. G. Kozlov, D. R. Yakovlev, D. Reuter, A. D. Wieck & M. Bayer (2013). Optical Spectroscopy of Spin Noise. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 110, 176601. Published, 04/2013.
    https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
  • Shixiong Zhang, Shadi A. Dayeh, Yan Li, Scott A. Crooker, Darryl L. Smith & S. T. Picraux (2013). Electrical spin injection and detection in silicon nanowires through oxide tunnel barriers. Nano Letters. Vol. 13, 430. Published, 01/2013.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl303667v
  • S. X. Zhang, R. D. McDonald, A. Shekhter, Z. X. Bi, Y. Li, Q. X. Jia & S. Tom Picraux (2012). Magneto-resistance up to 60 Tesla in topological insulator Bi2Te3 thin films. Applied Physics Letters. Vol. 101, 202403. Published, 11/2012.
    http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4766739
  • N. A. Sinitsyn, Yan Li, S. A. Crooker, A. Saxena & D. L. Smith (2012). Role of Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling on Decoherence and Relaxation of Central Spins in Quantum Dots. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 109, 166605. Published, 10/2012.
    https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
  • Yan Li, N. Sinitsyn, D. L. Smith, D. Reuter, A. D. Wieck, D. R. Yakovlev, M. Bayer & S. A. Crooker (2012). Intrinsic Spin Fluctuations Reveal the Dynamical Response Function of Holes Coupled to Nuclear Spin Baths in (In,Ga)As Quantum Dots. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 108, 186603. Published, 05/2012.
    https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
  • Wei Han, K. M. McCreary, K. Pi, W. H. Wang, Yan Li, H. Wen, J. R. Chen & R. K. Kawakami (2012). Spin transport and relaxation in graphene. J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. Vol. 324, 369. Published, 02/2012.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
  • Z. Yang, Yan Li, D. C. Look, H. M. Zhou, W. V. Chen, R. K. Kawakami, P. K. L. Yu & J. L. Liu (2011). Thermal annealing effect on spin coherence in ZnO single crystals. J. Appl. Phys. Vol. 110, 016101. Published, 07/2011.
    http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.3601869
  • Wei Han, K. Pi, K. M. McCreary, Yan Li, Jared J. I. Wong, A. G. Swartz & R. K. Kawakami (2010). Tunneling Spin Injection into Single Layer Graphene. Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 105, 167202. Published, 10/2010.
    https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
  • Yan Li, Wei Han, A. G. Swartz, K. Pi, J. J. I. Wong, S. Mack, D. D. Awschalom & R. K. Kawakami (2010). Oscillatory Spin Polarization and Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect in Fe3O4 Thin Films on GaAs(001). Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 105, 167203. Published, 10/2010.
    https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
  • A. G. Swartz, J. Ciraldo, J. J. I. Wong, Yan Li, Wei Han, Tao Lin, S. Mack, J. Shi, D. D. Awschalom & R. K. Kawakami (2010). Epitaxial EuO thin films on GaAs. Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 97, 112509. Published, 09/2010.
    http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.3490649
  • K. Pi, Wei Han, K. M. McCreary, A. Swartz, Yan Li & R. K. Kawakami (2010). Manipulation of Spin Transport in Graphene by Surface Chemical Doping. Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 104, 187201. Published, 05/2010.
    https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
  • Jared J. I. Wong, Luciana Ramirez, A. G. Swartz, A. Hoff, Wei Han, Yan Li & R. K. Kawakami (2010). Tailoring interlayer exchange coupling of ferromagnetic films across MgO with Fe nanoclusters. Phys. Rev. B. Vol. 81, 094406. Published, 03/2010.
    https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
  • Wei Han, Yi Zhou, Yong Wang, Yan Li, J. J. I. Wong, K. Pi, A. Swartz, K. M. McCreary, Faxian Xiu, Kang L. Wang, Jin Zou & R. K. Kawakami (2009). Growth of single-crystalline, atomically smooth MgO films on Ge(001) by molecular beam epitaxy. J. of Crystal Growth. Vol. 312, 44. Published, 12/2009.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
  • K. Pi, K. M. McCreary, W. Bao, Wei Han, Y. R. Chiang, Yan Li, S.-W. Tsai, C. N. Lau & R. K. Kawakami (2009). Electronic doping and scattering by transition metals on graphene. Phys. Rev. B. Vol. 80, 075406. Published, 08/2009.
    https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
  • Wei Han, K. Pi, W. H. Wang, K. M. McCreary, Yan Li, W. Bao, P. Wei, J. Shi, C. N. Lau & R. K. Kawakami (2009). Spin transport in graphite and graphene spin valves. SPIE Proceedings. Vol. 7398, 739819. Published, 08/2009.
    https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proc...
  • Wei Han, K. Pi, W. Bao, K. M. McCreary, Yan Li, W. H. Wang, C. N. Lau & R. K. Kawakami (2009). Electrical detection of spin precession in single layer graphene spin valves with transparent contacts. Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 94, 222109. Published, 06/2009.
    http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.3147203
  • Y. R. Chiang, Jared J. I. Wong, X. Tan, Yan Li, K. Pi, W. H. Wang, H. W. K. Tom & R. K. Kawakami (2009). Oxidation-induced biquadratic coupling in Co/Fe/MgO/Fe(001). Phys. Rev. B. Vol. 79, 184410. Published, 05/2009.
    https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
  • Wei Han, W. H. Wang, K. Pi, K. M. McCreary, W. Bao, Yan Li, F. Miao, C. N. Lau & R. K. Kawakami (2009). Electron-Hole Asymmetry of Spin Injection and Transport in Single-Layer Graphene. Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 102, 137205. Published, 04/2009.
    https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
  • Yan Li, Y. Chye, Y. F. Chiang, K. Pi, W. H. Wang, J. M. Stephens, S. Mack, D. D. Awschalom & R. K. Kawakami (2008). Inversion of Ferromagnetic Proximity Polarization by MgO Interlayers. Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 100, 237205. Published, 06/2008.
    https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
  • W. H. Wang, K. Pi, Y. Li, Y. F. Chiang, P. Wei, J. Shi & R. K. Kawakami (2008). Magnetotransport properties of mesoscopic graphite spin valves. Phys. Rev. B. Vol. 77, 020402(R). Published, 01/2008.
    https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
  • “Fundamentals of Spintronics in Metal and Semiconductor Systems” in "Nanoelectronics and Photonics, From Atoms to Materials, Devices, and Architectures", edited by Anatoli Korkin and Federico Rosei. Published, 12/2007.

Research Keywords

  • Spintronics
  • Optical spectroscopy
  • Nanomaterials

Presentations

  • “Exciton spin dynamics in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites”, Workshop on Electronic and Structural dynamics in hybrid perovskites: Theory meets experiment, at Telluride Science Research Center, July 17-21, 2018, Telluride, Colorado. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/2018.
  • “Spin-polarized exciton quantum beating in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites”, 2018 conference on Excited State Processes, June 4-8, 2018, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2018.
  • "Exciton spin coherence in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites", Seminar, April 13, 2018, Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/13/2018.
  • “Spin-polarized exciton quantum beating in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites”, APS March Meeting, March 5-9, 2018, Los Angeles, California. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/2018.
  • “Exciton spin dynamics in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites”, Workshop on Spins Valleys, and Topological States in 2D and Layered Materials, June 4-8, 2017, the Ohio State University. Contributed Talk, Presented, 06/2017.
  • “Exciton spin dynamics in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites”, 44th Conference on the Physics & Chemistry of Surfaces & Interfaces, January 15-19, 2017, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/2017.
  • “Exciton spin dynamics in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites”, October 27, 2016, Department of Physics, the Ohio State University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2016.
  • “Exciton spin dynamics in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites”, APS Four Corners meeting, October 21-22, 2016, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2016.
  • “Exciton spin dynamics in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites”, 6th International Meeting on Spins in Organic Semiconductors (Spinos VI), October 16-20, 2016, Chicago, Illinois. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2016.
  • Poster and selected presentation, “Exciton spin dynamics in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites”, Gordon Research Conference on Conductivity and Magnetism in Molecular Materials, August 14-19, 2016, Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts. Panel, Presented, 08/2016.