Vankatraman Gopalan's research focuses on the science and technology of nonlinear optical materials. The work straddles materials science, physics, and optical engineering. There are three current areas of focus: complex oxides, semiconductor fibers and metalattices, and symmetry. Technology impacted by Gopalan's research includes:
- Multiferroics enable electrical control of magnetic devices, and vice versa, and dual electrical-magnetic storage media
- Nonlinear optical devices are targeted for optical communications and infrared applications
- The vision of hybrid semiconductor-metal-silica structures is all-fiber optoelectronics, where light generation, modulation and detection can be performed within a fiber
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Recent Publications
Perspectives and progress on wurtzite ferroelectrics: Synthesis, characterization, theory, and device applications
Casamento, J., Baksa, S. M., Behrendt, D., Calderon, S., Goodling, D., Hayden, J., He, F., Jacques, L., Lee, S. H., Smith, W., Suceava, A., Tran, Q., Zheng, X., Zu, R., Beechem, T., Dabo, I., Dickey, E. C., Esteves, G., Gopalan, V. & Henry, M. D. & 9 others, , Feb 19 2024, In: Applied Physics Letters. 124, 8, 080501.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review
Light-induced transitions of polar state and domain morphology of photoferroelectric nanoparticles
Eliseev, E. A., Morozovska, A. N., Vysochanskii, Y. M., Yurchenko, L. P., Gopalan, V. & Chen, L. Q., Jan 15 2024, In: Physical Review B. 109, 4, 045434.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
High-entropy engineering of the crystal and electronic structures in a Dirac material
Laha, A., Yoshida, S., Marques dos Santos Vieira, F., Yi, H., Lee, S. H., Ayyagari, S. V. G., Guan, Y., Min, L., Gonzalez Jimenez, J., Miao, L., Graf, D., Sarker, S., Xie, W., Alem, N., Gopalan, V., Chang, C. Z., Dabo, I. & Mao, Z., Dec 2024, In: Nature communications. 15, 1, 3532.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Quantum fluctuations lead to glassy electron dynamics in the good metal regime of electron doped KTaO3
Ojha, S. K., Hazra, S., Bera, S., Gogoi, S. K., Mandal, P., Maity, J., Gloskovskii, A., Schlueter, C., Karmakar, S., Jain, M., Banerjee, S., Gopalan, V. & Middey, S., Dec 2024, In: Nature communications. 15, 1, 3830.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Observations on Macroscopic Surface Modification and Oxidation of Tungsten and Tungsten Carbide in Laser Focus in Air
Seo, M., Yu, S., Gopalan, V. & Winfrey, A. L., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Fusion Science and Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
In-Operando Spatiotemporal Imaging of Coupled Film-Substrate Elastodynamics During an Insulator-to-Metal Transition
Stone, G., Shi, Y., Jerry, M., Stoica, V., Paik, H., Cai, Z., Schlom, D. G., Engel-Herbert, R., Datta, S., Wen, H., Chen, L. Q. & Gopalan, V., Jun 13 2024, In: Advanced Materials. 36, 24, 2312673.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Optical second harmonic generation in anisotropic multilayers with complete multireflection of linear and nonlinear waves using ♯SHAARP.ml package
Zu, R., Wang, B., He, J., Weber, L., Saha, A., Chen, L. Q. & Gopalan, V., Dec 2024, In: npj Computational Materials. 10, 1, 64.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Stoichiometric Control and Optical Properties of BaTiO3 Thin Films Grown by Hybrid MBE
Fazlioglu-Yalcin, B., Suceava, A. C., Kuznetsova, T., Wang, K., Gopalan, V. & Engel-Herbert, R., Apr 14 2023, In: Advanced Materials Interfaces. 10, 11, 2300018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Growth and phase transition of Sr3Zr2O7 single crystals
Fukasawa, I., Maruyama, Y., Yoshida, S., Fujita, K., Takahashi, H., Ohgaki, M., Nagao, M., Watauchi, S., Gopalan, V., Tanaka, K. & Tanaka, I., Aug 1 2023, In: Journal of Crystal Growth. 615, 127241.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Layered Semiconductor Cr0.32Ga0.68Te2.33 with Concurrent Broken Inversion Symmetry and Ferromagnetism: A Bulk Ferrovalley Material Candidate
Guan, Y., Miao, L., He, J., Ning, J., Chen, Y., Xie, W., Sun, J., Gopalan, V., Zhu, J., Wang, X., Alem, N., Zhang, Q. & Mao, Z., Mar 1 2023, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145, 8, p. 4683-4690 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Computationally-driven discovery of second harmonic generation in EuBa3(B3O6)3 through inversion symmetry breaking
He, J., Alaerts, L., Wang, Y., Trinquet, V., Yoshida, S., Yennawar, H., Sanni, V., Claes, R., Katzbaer, R., Krysko, E., Sarker, S., Schaak, R. E., Rignanese, G. M., Hautier, G., Mao, Z. & Gopalan, V., Dec 1 2023, In: Optical Materials Express. 13, 12, p. 3416-3427 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
MgSiP2: An Infrared Nonlinear Optical Crystal with a Large Non-Resonant Phase-Matchable Second Harmonic Coefficient and High Laser Damage Threshold
He, J., Guan, Y., Trinquet, V., Brunin, G., Wang, K., Robinson, R., Zu, R., Yoshida, S., Lee, S. H., Wang, Y., Zhu, Y., Rignanese, G. M., Mao, Z. & Gopalan, V., Dec 18 2023, In: Advanced Optical Materials. 11, 24, 2301060.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Stabilization of the Polar Structure and Giant Second-Order Nonlinear Response of Single Crystal γ-NaAs0.95Sb0.05Se2
Iyer, A. K., He, J., Xie, H., Goodling, D., Chung, D. Y., Gopalan, V. & Kanatzidis, M. G., Feb 23 2023, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 33, 9, 2211969.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
High-Throughput Screening Assisted Discovery of a Stable Layered Anti-Ferromagnetic Semiconductor: CdFeP2Se6
Kothakonda, M., Zhu, Y., Guan, Y., He, J., Kidd, J., Zhang, R., Ning, J., Gopalan, V., Xie, W., Mao, Z. & Sun, J., Feb 23 2023, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 33, 9, 2210965.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Strong room-temperature bulk nonlinear Hall effect in a spin-valley locked Dirac material
Min, L., Tan, H., Xie, Z., Miao, L., Zhang, R., Lee, S. H., Gopalan, V., Liu, C. X., Alem, N., Yan, B. & Mao, Z., Dec 2023, In: Nature communications. 14, 1, 364.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review