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Dr Satoshi Sasaki

  • Position: Lecturer (Academic)
  • Areas of expertise: condensed matter physics; spintronics; topological insulator; topological superconductor; dirac fermion; majorana fermion
  • Email: S.Sasaki@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 3578
  • Location: 301E Bragg Building

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Responsibilities

  • CM group seminar organiser

Research interests

Topological Insulators: Realization of quantum spin Hall state; Creation, control, and detection of the spin-momentum locked surface state for spintronics with devices fabricated by lithography.
Topological Superconductors and Andreev bound states consisting of Majorana Fermions: Search for candidate materials with soft point-contact spectroscopy technique; Tunneling spectroscopy with tunnel junction devices, Josephson junction devices and SQUID fabricated by lithography; Specific heat measurements and magnetization measurements.

Helium at ultralow temperatures: Superfluid and quantum solid helium 3 with an adiabatic-demagnetization dilution fridge; Supersolidity of quantum solid helium 4 with an optical dilution fridge; NMR measurements and ultrasound measurements at ultralow temperatures.

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Current postgraduate researchers

<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>