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Leonid Butov is a Professor of Physics at UC San Diego, where he leads research on quantum phenomena in semiconductor nanostructures. He received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Solid State Physics in 1991.
His laboratory investigates fundamental properties of indirect excitons—bound electron-hole pairs in engineered quantum wells—studying Bose-Einstein condensation, spontaneous coherence, and quantum transport at temperatures near absolute zero. Experimental approaches combine optical spectroscopy with nanostructure engineering in dilution refrigerators.
Publications demonstrate pioneering work on exciton condensation, spin transport in 2D systems, and nanoscale excitonic devices. Recent articles explore emerging phenomena in van der Waals heterostructures and quantum phase transitions in exciton-polaron systems.
Research has been supported by multiple NSF and DoE grants, with laboratory facilities enabling advanced measurements of magnetoexciton transport and coherent quantum states.
