Welcome to the Emmy Noether group of Patrik Recher

We are an Emmy-Noether group (DFG) in theoretical condensed matter physics led by Dr. Patrik Recher which is embedded in the mesoscopic physics group of  Prof. Björn Trauzettel at the faculty of Physics and Astronomy of the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.

Research interests

The research interests of Patrik Recher are situated within phenomena of electron transport in low-dimensional structures like quantum dots, two-dimensional systems like graphene and topological insulators, and one-dimensional systems as realized in carbon nanotubes and in edge states of the quantum spin Hall state.

The central quantity thereby is the electron spin. He is interested in how to manipulate, detect and entangle spin in electron transport. He uses various techniques and models ranging from the Dirac equation, bosonization of the 1D electron gas (Luttinger-liquid models) and the Keldysh non-equilibrium formalism.

He further is interested in the interface of spin-dependent transport and quantum optics (Cooper-pair-to-light conversion and exciton-polariton systems).

Research topics

  • Mesoscopic aspects of graphene
  • Electron transport in topological insulators
  • Luttinger liquid theory
  • Non-equilibrium transport theory
  • Hybrid systems, spin-entanglement
  • Quantum simulation