ROMAN M. LUTCHYN Joint Quantum Institute and CMTC Department of Physics University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Office: J. Toll Physics Bld #2119 tel. (301)405-7268 e-mail: lutchyn@umd.edu

Research Interests

• Mesoscopic superconductivity


• Unconventional superconductivity


• Quantum information theory


• Noise and fluctuation processes in mesoscopic systems


• Quantum Hall Effect and strongly correlated electronic systems


• Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena


• Topological quantum computing

• R. M. Lutchyn, S. Tewari and S. Das Sarma, Boson Hubbard model with weakly coupled Fermions , arXiv:0806.2865
  


• R. M. Lutchyn, V. Galitski, G. Refael, and S. Das Sarma, Dissipation-driven quantum phase transition in superconductor-graphene systems , arXiv:0806.2335
  


• C. Zhang, S. Tewari, R. Lutchyn, and S. Das Sarma, px+ipy superfluid from s-wave interactions of fermionic cold atoms , arXiv:0805.4203
  


• R. M. Lutchyn, L. Cywinski, Cody P. Nave, and S. Das Sarma, Quantum decoherence of a charge qubit in a spin-fermion model , Phys. Rev. B 78, 024508 (2008)
  


• M. D. Shaw, R. Lutchyn, P. Delsing, and P. M. Echternach, Kinetics of non-equilibrium quasiparticle tunneling in superconducting charge qubits , Phys. Rev. B 78, 024503 (2008)
  


• R. M. Lutchyn, P. Nagornykh, and V. M. Yakovenko Gauge-invariant electromagnetic response of a chiral px+ipy superconductor, Phys. Rev. B 77, 144516 (2008)
  


• L. Cywinski, R.M. Lutchyn, C.P. Nave, and S. Das Sarma How to Suppress Noise Induced Quantum Decoherence in Superconducting Qubits, Phys. Rev. B 77, 174509 (2008)
  


• N. A. Court, A. J. Ferguson, R. Lutchyn, and R. G. Clark A quantitative study of quasiparticle traps using the single-Cooper-pair-transistor, Phys. Rev. B 77, 100501(R) (2008)
  


• R. M. Lutchyn, Kinetics of Superconducting Quantum Circuits , PhD Thesis , University of Minnesota, July 2007
  


• R. M. Lutchyn, and L. I. Glazman Energy relaxation of superconducting charge qubit via Andreev processes, Phys. Rev. B 76, 104507 (2007)
  


• R. M. Lutchyn Effect of quantum fluctuations on even-odd energy difference in a Cooper-pair box, Phys. Rev. B 75, 212501 (2007)
  


• R. M. Lutchyn, and L. I. Glazman Kinetics of quasiparticle trapping in a Cooper-pair box, Phys. Rev. B 75, 184510 (2007)
  


• R. M. Lutchyn, L. I. Glazman, and A. I. Larkin Kinetics of the superconducting charge qubit in the presence of a quasiparticle, Phys. Rev. B 74, 064515 (2006)
  


• R. Lutchyn, L. Glazman, and A. Larkin Quasiparticle decay rate of Josephson charge qubit oscillations, Phys. Rev. B 72, 14525 (2005)
  


• L. Gorb, R. Lutchyn, Yu. Zub, D. Leszczynska and J. Leszczynski The origin of the interaction of 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene with siloxane surface of clay minerals , J. Mol. Struct. (Theochem) 766, 151 (2006).
  


• P.I. Holod, T.P. Holod, R. M. Lutchyn Large-scale edge excitation in incompressible charged fluid in magnetic field, UKMA preprint: “Naukovi Zapysky”, vol. 18 Natural Sciences, 2002 p. (in Ukrainian)
  


• V. Spirko, A. Cejchan, R. Lutchyn and J. Leszczynski Dimensionality of the proton transfer in the intramolecular hydrogen bond of formimidol Chem. Phys. Lett. 355 319-326 (2002)
  
  

• Condensed Matter Seminar, New York University , February 2007, New York, USA, talk
  


• Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar, University of Minnesota, October 2006, Minneapolis, MN, USA, talk
  


• College on Physics of Nano-Devices, July 2006, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, (poster)
  


• APS March meeting 2006, March 2006, Baltimore, MD, USA, talk
  


• Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar, University of Minnesota, February 2006, Minneapolis, MN, USA, talk