Congratulations to Diego García Ovalle

He will present his work at the Doctoral School’s Scientific Day on Friday 14 June at the St-Jérôme Camps.

Summary of PhD Thesis: Nonlinear Transport in Topological Materials and Heterostructures.

During this doctoral Thesis, we investigate theoretically the nonlinear electromagnetic responses in noncentrosymmetric systems, for instance, higher order Hall effects in nonmagnetic materials and magnetoelectric effects in low-symmetry magnets.  By applying symmetry analyses and simulations based on the quantum kinetic formalism, we reveal several phenomena that are currently upon extensive research in quantum transport and spin-orbitronics. Nonlinear responses in condensed matter physics open new alternatives to probe, among others, the unconventional properties and the band structures of quantum materials.