Jian Huang
Professor
248-8859488
313-577-3932 (fax)
385 Physics Research Building
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Department
Physics and AstronomyJian Huang
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Research
- Electron correlation, superconductivity, magnetism, and topology,
- Quantum computation and low-dimensional systems (such as semiconductors, TMD, and van der Waals structures).
Education
- B.S. Peking University
- M.S. University of South Carolina
- Ph.D. Michigan State University
- Postdoc Fellow Princeton University
Awards and grants
- National Science Foundation 2022-25
- Wayne State University CLAS Mid-Career Award
- National Science Foundation 2014-17
- National Science Foundation 2011-13
- DOE USER grant at Center of Integrated Nanotechnologies 2012
- DOE USER grant at National High Magnetic Field Laboratories (NHMFL) 2010-2019
- NASA Early Career Award through INSGC, Annual award for launching frontier research in nanophysics and devices 2008
- NHMFL Annual National Research Highlight 2006
- NRC Postdoc Fellow, NIST (Boulder, CO) 2002
Selected publications
- Hoai Anh Ho, Jian Huang, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West, Topological protection revealed by real-time longitudinal and transverse transport measurements, Communication Physics (Nature) 2024
- Jian Huang, Loren Pfeiffer, K. West, "Discontinuity in the transport of strongly correlated two-dimensional systems in a zero magnetic field", Phys.Rev. B 101, 161110(R) (2020)
- Jian Huang, Loren Pfeiffer, K. West, "Metal-to-Insulator Transitions in Strongly Correlated Regime", Appl. Sci. 2019, 9(1), 80 (2019)
- Talbot Knighton, Zhe Wu, Alessandro Serafin, J. S. Xia, Jian Huang, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West, “Evidence of two-stage melting of Wigner Solids”, Phys. Rev. B 97, 085135 (2018)
- Jian Huang, L.N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West, “Spin-orbit coupling and transport in strongly correlated two-dimensional systems". Phys. Rev. B 95, 195139 (2017)
- Zhe Wu, Talbot Knighton, Vinicio Tarquini, David Torres, Tongyu Wang, Nelson Sepu´lveda, and Jian Huang, “Polycrystalline VO2 Film Characterization by Quantum Capacitance Measurement”, Applied Physics Letters, 107(10), 104101 (2015)
- Talbot Knighton, Zhe Wu, Vinicio Tarquini, Jian Huang, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West, Reentrant insulating phases in the integer quantum Hall regime, Phys. Rev. B 90, 165117 (2014)
- Talbot Knighton, Zhe Wu, Vinicio Tarquini, Jian Huang, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Large Intrinsic Inductance in Strongly Correlated GaAs Two-Dimensional Holes in the Integer Quantum Hall Regimes, Applied Physics Letters 104, 193109 (2014)
- Vinicio Tarquini, Talbot Knighton, Zhe Wu, Jian Huang, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Degenerate Heavy Hole bands and effective mass of ultrahigh quality two-dimensional holes in narrow quantum wells, Applied Physics Letters 104, 092102 (2014)
- Jian Huang, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Influence of Coulomb Interaction of Tunable Shapes on the Collective Transport of Ultradilute Two-Dimensional Holes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 036803 (2014)
- Jian Huang, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Experimental Study of Two-dimensional Quantum Wigner Solid in Zero Magnetic Field,
AIP Conf. Proc. 1590, 42 (2014) - Jian Huang, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Nonactivated transport of ultradilute two-dimensional hole systems in GaAs field-effect transistors:Interaction versus disorder. PHYSICAL REVIEW B 85, 041304(Rapid Comm.) (2012)
- Jian Huang, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Light-induced long-ranged disorder effect in ultradilute two-dimensional holes in GaAs heterojunction-insulated-gate field-effect-transistors. Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 092105 (2011).
- Jian Huang, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Conductivity kinks in the transport of ultradilute two-dimensional GaAs hole systems in zero field. Phys. Rev. B 83, 081310(Rapid Comm.) (2011).
- M.S. Crosser, Jian Huang, F. Pierre, P. Virtanen, T. T. HeikkilÄa, F. K. Wilhelm, and Norman O. Birge, Nonequilibrium experiments in mesoscopic multi-terminal SNS Josephson junctions, Phys. Rev. B 77, 014528 (2008)
- Jian Huang, J-S Xia, D.C. Tsui, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Disappearance of the metal-like behavior in the metallic regime of metal-to-insulator transition. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 226801 (2007)
- Jian Huang, D.C. Tsui, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Dilute two-dimensional holes in GaAs HIGFET: Fabrication methods and transport measurements. International Journal of Modern Physics B, Vol. 21, Nos. 8-9, 1219 (2007)
- Jian Huang, D.S. Novikov, D.C. Tsui, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Non-activated transport of strongly interacting two-dimensional holes in GaAs. Phys. Rev. B 74, 201302(R) (2006).
- Jian Huang, F. Pierre, T. T. Heikkilä, F. K. Wilhelm, and N. O. Birge, Observation of a controllable π-junction in a 3-terminal Josephson device. Phys. Rev. B 66, 020507(R) (2002)
Courses taught by Jian Huang
Winter Term 2025 (future)
Fall Term 2024
Winter Term 2024
Winter Term 2023
Fall Term 2022
- PHY8991 - Special Topics
- PHY2180 - University Physics for Scientists II
- PHY2185 - University Physics for Engineers II