Girsh Blumberg

Girsh Blumberg
Born (1959-02-06) February 6, 1959
Viljandi, Estonia
Nationality  Estonia/ US
Alma mater Tartu University
Known for Raman spectroscopy
Superconductivity
Quantum magnetism
Scientific career
Fields Condensed matter experiment
Institutions Rutgers University
Doctoral advisor Ljubov A. Rebane

Girsh Blumberg is an Estonian-American experimental physicist working in the field of experimental condensed matter physics, spectroscopy, nano-optics, and plasmonics. Blumberg is also a fellow at the American Physical Society [1] and Professor of Physics at Rutgers University.

Girsh Blumberg is best known for his contribution to electronic Raman scattering studies in strongly correlated electron systems, superconductors and quantum spin systems. He has co-authored over 100 publications and is inventor on over 30 patents in the fields of electronic and optical devices, spectroscopy and nano-plasmonics. He and his collaborators made the first observation of the Leggett mode in multiband superconductors,[2] have observed Wigner crystallization in strongly interacting quantum spin ladder systems, [3],[4] have explained long-standing puzzle of the “Hidden Order” in URu2Si2 heavy fermion compound,[5][6] have made a discovery of the chiral spin waves on the surface of topological insulators,[7] to name a few.

In 2006 Blumberg was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society "for his seminal contributions to elucidating the physics of spin, charge and superconducting correlations in 1D and 2D complex oxide compounds using Raman scattering techniques". Blumberg was a recipient of Golda Meir fellowship at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1992.

Biography

Girsh Blumberg was raised in Viljandi, Estonia of educator parents, along with his two sisters.[8] Blumberg graduated from secondary school in 1976 with gold medal and with M.Sc. cum laude from University of Tartu in 1981. He completed his Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics from Physics Institute of the Estonian Academy of Sciences in 1987.[9] Starting from 1981 he was first a research, then a senior research scientist at the National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics in Tallinn, Estonia. Between 1992 and 1998 Blumberg was Visiting Research Assistant Professor of NSF-STCS [10] at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1998 he joined Bell Labs before joining the faculty at Rutgers University in 2008.

References

  1. ↑ "APS Fellow Archive (Work in Progress)". American Physical Society. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ Blumberg, G.; Mialitsin, A.; Dennis, B.S.; Klein, M.V.; Zhigaldo, N.D.; Karpinski, J. (2007). "Observation of Leggett's Collective Mode in a Multiband MgB2 Superconductor". Physical Review Letters. 99 (22): 227002. arXiv:0710.2803. Bibcode:2007PhRvL..99v7002B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.227002.
  3. ↑ Blumberg, G.; Littlewood, P.; Gozar, A.; Dennis, B.S.; Motoyama, N.; Eisaki, H.; Uchida, S. (2002). "Sliding Density-Wave in Sr14Cu24O41 Ladder Compounds". Science. 297 (5581): 547–587. arXiv:cond-mat/0207666. doi:10.1126/science.297.1070481. PMID 12142532.
  4. ↑ Abbamonte, P.; Blumberg, G.; Rusydi, A.; Gozar, A.; Evans, P.G.; Siegrist, T.; Venema, L.; Eisaki, H.; Isaacs, E.D.; Sawatzky, G.A. (2004). "Crystallization of charge holes in the spin ladder of Sr14Cu24O41". Nature. 431: 10781081. arXiv:cond-mat/0501087. Bibcode:2004Natur.431.1078A. doi:10.1038/nature02925.
  5. ↑ Kung, H.-H.; Baumbach, R.E.; Bauer, E.D.; Thorsmølle, V.K.; Zhang, W.-L.; Haule, K.; Mydosh, J.A.; Blumberg, G. "Chirality density wave of the "hidden order" phase in URu2 Si2". Science. 347 (6228): 1339–1342. arXiv:1410.6398. Bibcode:2015Sci...347.1339K. doi:10.1126/science.1259729. PMID 25678557.
  6. ↑ Kung, H.-H.; Ran, S.; Kanchanavatee, N.; Krapvin, V.; Lee, A.; Mydosh, J.A.; Haule, K.; Maple, M.B.; Blumberg, G. (2016). "Analogy Between the "Hidden Order" and the Orbital Antiferromagnetism in URu2-xFexSi2". Physical Review Letters. 117 (22): 227601. arXiv:1608.01748. Bibcode:2016PhRvL.117v7601K. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.227601.
  7. ↑ Kung, H.-H.; Maiti, S.; Wang, X.; Cheong, S.-W.; Maslov, D.L.; Blumberg, G. (2017). "Chiral Spin Mode on the Surface of a Topological Insulator". Physical Review Letters. 119 (13): 136802. arXiv:1706.05776. Bibcode:2017PhRvL.119m6802K. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.136802.
  8. ↑ Sarv, Tiina (December 18, 2004). "Tartu haridusega USA tipplaboris". Sakala (Interview) (in Estonian). Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Girsh Blumberg". Etis.ee. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Blumberg, Girsh". Rutgers University. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
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