Ilya Vekhtervekhter

Professor of Physics

Ph.D., 1998 - Brown University

Louisiana State University
Department of Physics & Astronomy
253 Nicholson Hall, Tower Dr.
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4001
225-578-0598-Office
vekhter@phys.lsu.edu
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Research Interests

Condensed Matter Theory

I am interested in the competition and interplay of different ordering phenomena in electronic matter, and their connection to potential applications in quantum technology. In my research I combine analytical, computational, and ab-initio methods to develop a comprehensive picture that allows us to improve the physical understanding of the systems under investigations.

Topics that I have been interested in recent years include unconventional superconductivity in novel materials, including heavy fermion systems, physics of topological insulators and their heterostructures, and exotic magnetic materials.

Current and Select Publications

  • "Anomalous acoustoelectric effect induced by clapping modes in chiral superconductors", T. Matsushita, T. Mizushima, I. Vekhter, and S. Fujimoto, Phys. Rev. B. 105, 134520 (2022).

     

  • "Spin-Nernst Effect in time-reversal invariant topological superconductors" T. Matsushita, J. Ando, Y. Masaki, T. Mizushima, S. Fujimoto, I. Vekhter, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 097001 (2022).

     

  • "Andreev spectroscopy on nonhelical spin textures in topological insulators" D. J. Alspaugh, M. M. Asmar, D. E. Sheehy, and I. Vekhter, Phys. Rev. B 105, 054502 (2022).

     

  • "Partial charge transfer and absence of induced magnetization in EuS(111)/Bi2Se3 heterostructures" D. Tristant,  I. Vekhter, V. Meunier, W. A. Shelton, Phys. Rev. B 104, 075128 (2021).

 

  • "Annihilation and control of chiral domain walls with magnetic field" S. Karna et al, Nano Letters 21, 1205 (2021).

     

  • "Importance of van der Waals interactions for ab initio studies of topological insulators" K. Shirali, W. A. Sheton, and I. Vekhter, J. Phys.: Cond Matt. 33, 035702 (2021).

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