Prof. Rui-Rui Du 杜瑞瑞
Chair Professor
Contact Info
Office:Physics Building W674, 物理楼西674
Email:rrd@pku.edu.cn
Education
Degree |
Year |
Major |
Institution |
Ph.D. |
1982-1990 |
Physics |
University of Illinoisat Urbana-Champaign |
B.S. |
1978-1982 |
Physics |
Fudan University, China |
Professional Appointments
Year |
Position |
Institution |
2015- |
Director & Chair Professor |
ICQM, Peking University |
2004- |
Professor |
Rice University |
1994-2004 |
Assistant to Full Professor |
University of Utah |
1990-1994 |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
Princeton University |
2005 |
Visiting Professor |
NTT Laboratory for Basic Research, Japan |
2002 |
Visiting Professor |
University of Munich, Germany |
Research Interests
Quantum transport in low dimensional semiconductors, topological insulators and superconductors, fractional quantum Hall effect, low temperature physics, microwave spectroscopy for solid states.
Honors and Awards
2003
|
Fellow of the American Physical Society Outstanding Young Researcher Award, Overseas Chinese |
1997 |
Physicist Association OCPA (Washington D.C.) |
1996 |
A. P. Sloan Research Fellowship |
1. Lingjie Du, Ivan Knez, Gerard Sullivan, and Rui-Rui Du, “Robust Helical Edge Transport in Gated InAs/GaSb Bilayers.” Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 096802 (2015).
2. Ivan Knez, R. R. Du, and G. Sullivan, “Andreev Reflection of Helical Edge Modes in InAs/GaSb Quantum Spin Hall Insulator.” Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 186603 (2012).
3. Guangtong Liu, Chi Zhang, D. C.Tsui, Ivan Knez, Aaron Levine, R. R. Du, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West, 'Enhancement of the ν=5/2 Fractional Quantum Hall State in a Small In-Plane Magnetic Field.' Phys.Rev.Lett. 108, 196805 (2012).
4. Ivan Knez, R. R. Du, and G. Sullivan, “Evidence for Helical Edge Modes in Inverted InAs/GaSb Quantum Wells.”Phys.Rev.Lett. 107, 136603 (2011).
5. Yanhua Dai, R. R. Du, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West, 'Observation of Cyclotron Harmonic Spikein Microwave-Induced Resistances in Ultraclean GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Wells.' Phys.Rev.Lett. 105, 246802 (2010).
6. Chi Zhang,T. Knuuttila, Yanhua Dai, R. R. Du,L. N.Pfeiffer, and K. W. West,'Observation of ν =5/2 Fractional Quantum Hall Effect at10Tesla: Implications for Pfaffian State.' Phys.Rev.Lett. 104, 166801 (2010).
7. M. A. Zudov, R. R. Du, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West, “Evidence for a New Dissipationless Effectin 2D ElectronicTransport.” Phys.Rev.Lett. 90, 046807 (2003).
8. C. L. Yang, J. Zhang, R. R. Du, J. A.Simmons, J. L. Reno, “Zener Tunneling Between Landau Orbits in a High-MobilityTwo-Dimensional Electron Gas.” Phys.Rev.Lett. 89, 076801 (2002).
9. W. Pan, R. R. Du, H. L. Stormer, D. C. Tsui, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. Baldwin, K. W. West, “Strongly Anisotropic ElectronicTransport at Landau Level Filling Factor ν=9/2 and ν=5/2 under a Tilted Magnetic Field.” Phys.Rev.Lett. 83, 820 (1999).
10. R. R. Du, H. L.Stormer, D. C.Tsui, L. N.Pfeiffer, K. W.West,“Experimental Evidence for New Particles in the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect.” Phys.Rev.Lett. 70, 2944 (1993).
Some of the above work have been highlighted by:
1. Exotic matter: Majorana modes materialize, Nature Nanotechnology 8, 623 (2013)
2. Solid State Physics: Resistance is Futile, Nature 442, 17August, 2006
3. A Hint of Negative Electrical Resistance, Physics News in 2006, by American Institute of Physics
4. Cooking a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas with Microwaves, Science 304, 18 June, 2004
5. Microwave Induce Vanishing Resistance in Two-Dimensional, Electron Systems, Physics Today, Search and Discovery, April 2003
6. Physics Nobel Prize Goes to Tsui, Stormer and Laughlin for the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect, Physics Today, Search and Discovery, December 1998
7. Half-Filled Landau Level Yields Intriguing Data and Theory, Physics Today, Search and Discovery, July 1993
Open Positions