Publications

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Preprints/Forthcoming

• Sparse Optimization of Two-Dimensional Terahertz Spectroscpoy
  Z. Wang, H. Da, A.S. Disa, T. Pullerits, A. Liu, F. Schlawin
  arXiv:2409.13101
  
  
• Observation of polarization density waves in SrTiO₃
  G. Orenstein, V. Krapivin, Y. Huang, Z. Zhan, G. de la Peña Munoz, R.A. Duncan, Q. Nguyen, J. Stanton, S. Teitelbaum, H. Yavas, T. Sato, M.C Hoffmann, P. Kramer, J. Zhang, A. Cavalleri, R. Comin, M.P.M. Dean, A.S. Disa, M. Först, S.L. Johnson, M. Mitrano, A.M Rappe, D. Reis, D. Zhu, K.A. Nelson, M. Trigo
  arXiv:2403:17203

2024

• Probing Inhomogeneous Cuprate Superconductivity by Terahertz Josephson Echo Spectroscopy
  A. Liu, D. Pavicevic, M.H. Michael, A.G. Salvador, P. E. Dolgirev, M. Fechner, A.S. Disa, P.M. Lozano, Q. Li, G.D. Gu, E. Demler, A. Cavalleri
  Nature Physics 20, 1751 (2024)
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• Excitation-dependent features and artifacts in 2-D terahertz spectroscopy
  A. Liu and A.S. Disa
  Optics Express 32, 28160 (2024)
  
  
• Is Ba₃In₂O₆ a high-T_c superconductor?
  F.V.E. Hensling, D. Dahliah, M.A. Smeaton, B. Shrestha, V. Show, C.T. Parzyck, C. Hennighausen, G.N. Kotsonis, G.M Rignanese, M. Barone, I. Subedi, A.S. Disa, K. Shen, B.D Faeth, A.T. Bollinger, I. Bozovic, N. Podraza, L.F. Kourkoutis, G.T.F. Hautier, D.G. Schlom
  Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 36, 315602 (2024)
  
  
• Quenched lattice fluctuations in optically driven SrTiO₃
  M. Fechner, M. Först, G. Orenstein, V. Krapivin, A.S. Disa, M. Buzzi, A. von Hoegen, G. de la Pena, Q. L. Nguyen, R. Mankowsky, M. Sander, H. Lemke, Y. Deng, M. Trigo, A. Cavalleri
  Nature Materials 23, 363 (2024)
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2023

• Optical Stabilization of Fluctuating High Temperature Ferromagnetism in YTiO₃
  A.S. Disa, J. Curtis, M. Fechner, A. Liu, A. von Hoegen, M. Först, T.F. Nova, P. Narang, A. Maljuk, A.V. Boris, B. Keimer, A. Cavalleri
  Nature 617, 73 (2023)
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• Dynamics of photoinduced ferromagnetism in oxides with orbital degeneracy
  J.B. Curtis, A.S. Disa, M. Fechner, A. Cavalleri, P. Narang
  Physical Review Research 5, 013204 (2023)

2021

• Engineering crystal structures with light
  A.S. Disa, T.F. Nova, A. Cavalleri
  Nature Physics 17, 1087 (2021)

2020

• Polarizing an antiferromagnet by optical engineering of the crystal field
  A.S. Disa, M. Fechner, T.F. Nova, B. Liu, M. Först, P.G. Radaelli, A. Cavalleri
  Nature Physics 16, 937 (2020)
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• Probing photoinduced rearrangements in the NdNiO₃ magnetic spiral with polarization-sensitive ultrafast resonant soft x-ray scattering
  K. Beyerlein, A.S. Disa, M. Först, M. Henstridge, T. Gebert, T. Forrest, A. Fitzpatrick, C. Dominguez, J. Fowlie, M. Gibert, J.-M. Triscone, S. S. Dhesi, and A. Cavalleri
  Physical Review B 102, 014311 (2020)
  
  
• High-resolution crystal truncation rod scattering: application to ultrathin layers and buried interfaces
  A.S. Disa, F.J. Walker, C.H. Ahn
  Advanced Materials Interfaces 7, 1901772 (2020)

2019

• Metastable ferroelectricity in optically strained SrTiO₃
  T.F. Nova, A.S. Disa, M. Fechner, A. Cavalleri
  Science 364, 1075 (2019)
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• Strong orbital polarization in a cobaltate-titanate oxide heterostructure
  S. Lee, A.T. Lee, A.B. Georgescu, G. Fabbris, M.-G. Han, Y. Zhu, J.W. Freeland, A.S. Disa, Y. Jia, M.P.M. Dean, F.J. Walker, S. Ismail-Beigi, C.H. Ahn
  Physical Review Letters 123, 117201 (2019)
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• Disentangling lattice and electronic contributions to the metal–insulator transition from bulk vs. layer confined RNiO₃
  A.B. Georgescu, O.E. Peil, A.S. Disa, A. George, A.J. Millis
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, 14434 (2019)

2018

• Magnetic-field tuning of photo-induced superconductivity in striped La_2-xBa_xCuO₄
  D.Nicoletti, D. Fu, O. Mehio, S. Moore, A.S. Disa, G.D. Gu, A. Cavalleri
  Physical Review Letters 121, 267003 (2018)
  
  
• Controlling conductivity in perovskite oxides by ferroelectric modulation of atomic-scale interface structure
  A.Malashevich, M.S.J. Marshall, C. Visani, A.S. Disa, H. Xu, F.J. Walker, C.H. Ahn, S. Ismail-Beigi
  Nano Letters 18, 573 (2018)

2017

• Control of hidden ground state order in NdNiO₃ superlattices
  A.S. Disa, A.B. Georgescu, J.L. Hart, D.P. Kumah, P. Schafer, E. Arenholz, D.A. Arena, S. Ismail-Beigi, M.L. Taheri, F.J. Walker, C.H. Ahn
  Physical Review Materials 1, 024410 (2017)
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• Picoscale materials engineering
  S. Ismail-Beigi, F.J. Walker, A.S. Disa, K.M. Rabe, C.H. Ahn
  Nature Reviews Materials 2, 17060 (2017)
  
  
• Temperature-Dependent Electron-Electron Interaction in Graphene on SrTiO₃
  H. Ryu, J. Hwang, D. Wang, A.S. Disa, J. Denlinger, Y. Zhang, S.-K. Mo, C. Hwang, A. Lanzara
  Nano Letters 17, 5914 (2017)
  
  
• Structural distortions at polar manganite interfaces
  S. Koohfar, A.S. Disa, M.S.J. Marshall, F.J. Walker, C.H. Ahn, D.P. Kumah
  Physical Review B 96, 024108 (2017)
  
  
• Experimental verification of orbital engineering at the atomic scale: Charge transfer and symmetry breaking in nickelate heterostructures
  P.J. Phillips, X. Rui, A.B. Georgescu, A.S. Disa, P. Longo, E. Okunishi, F.J. Walker, C.H. Ahn, S. Ismail-Beigi, R.F. Klie
  Physical Review B 95, 205131 (2017)

2016

• Orbital Engineering in Nickelate Heterostructures Driven by Anisotropic Oxygen Hybridization rather than Orbital Energy Levels
  G. Fabbris, D. Meyers, J. Okamoto, J. Pelliciari, A.S. Disa, Y. Huang, Z.-Y. Chen, W.B. Wu, C.T. Chen, S. Ismail-Beigi, C.H. Ahn, F.J. Walker, D.J. Huang, T. Schmitt, M.P.M. Dean
  Physical Review Letters 117, 147401 (2016)

2015

• Orbital Engineering in Symmetry-Breaking Polar Heterostructures
  A.S. Disa, D.P. Kumah, A. Malashevich, H. Chen, D.A. Arena, E.D. Specht, S. Ismail-Beigi, F.J. Walker, C.H. Ahn
  Physical Review Letters 114, 026801 (2015)
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• Strain and oxygen vacancy ordering in SrTiO₃: Diffuse x-ray scattering studies
  Y. Kim, A.S. Disa, T.E. Babakol, X. Fang, J.D. Brock
  Physical Review B 92, 064105 (2015)
  
  
• Research Update: Orbital polarization in LaNiO₃-based heterostructures
  A.S. Disa, F.J. Walker, S. Ismail-Beigi, C.H. Ahn
  APL Mater. 3, 062303 (2015)

2014

• Effect of Surface Termination on the Electronic Properties of LaNiO₃ Films
  D.P. Kumah, A. Malashevich, A.S. Disa, D.A. Arena, S. Ismail-Beigi, F.J. Walker, and C.H. Ahn
  Physical Review Applied 2, 054004 (2014)
  
  
• Conduction at a Ferroelectric Interface
  M.S.J. Marshall, A. Malashevich, A.S. Disa, M.-G. Han, H. Chen, Y. Zhu, S. Ismail-Beigi, F.J. Walker, and C.H. Ahn
  Physical Review Applied 2, 051001 (2014)
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• Synthesis of SnTe Nanoplates with {100} and {111} Surfaces
  J. Shen, Y. Jung, A.S. Disa, F.J. Walker, C.H. Ahn, J.J. Cha
  Nano Letters 14, 4183 (2014)
  
  
• Tuning the Structure of Nickelates to Achieve Two-Dimensional Electron Conduction
  D.P. Kumah, A.S. Disa, J.H. Ngai, H. Chen, A. Malashevich, J.W. Reiner, S. Ismail-Beigi, F.J. Walker, C.H. Ahn
  Advanced Materials 26, 1935 (2014)

2013

• Phase diagram of compressively strained nickelate thin films
  A.S. Disa, D.P. Kumah, J.H. Ngai, E.D. Specht, D.A. Arena, F.J. Walker, C.H. Ahn
  APL Materials 1, 032110 (2013)
  
  
• Modifying the Electronic Orbitals of Nickelate Heterostructures via Structural Distortions
  H. Chen, D. P. Kumah, A.S. Disa, F.J. Walker, C.H. Ahn, S. Ismail-Beigi
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 186402 (2013)

2010

• Strain screening by mobile oxygen vacancies in SrTiO₃
  Y. Kim, A.S. Disa, T.E. Babakol, J. D. Brock
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 251901 (2010)
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