Jianming Cao
Title: Professor
Email: jcao309@sjtu.edu.cn
Phone: +86-21-5474-2245
Address:Room 208, Laboratory for Laser Plasmas
Related Links: http://magnet.fsu.edu/~jcao
Area of Physics: Ultrafast science
Research Interests:
1.Experimental Condensed Matter Physics: ultrafast electronic and structural dynamics in solids;
2.Development of femtosecond electron diffraction; structural phase transitions; molecular dynamics of chemical reactions; coherent control;
3.Dynamics in nano-materials; ultrafast magnetism; dynamics of warm dense matter.
Biographical Sketch:
Education
1990 - 1996 Ph. D. in Physics, University of Rochester
1984 - 1987 M. S., Electronics Department, Peking University, Beijing, China
1979 - 1984 B. S., Electronics Department, Peking University, Beijing, China
Appointments
2011 - present Professor, Physics Department and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University
2006 - 2011 Associate Professor, Physics Department and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University
1999 - 2006 Assistant Professor, Physics Department and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University
1996 - 1999 Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology
Postdoctoral Mentor: Nobel Laureate Dr. Ahmed H. Zewail
Selected Publications:
- X. Wang, H. Rahmani, J. Zhou, M. Gorfien, J. Mendez, D. Li, R. Voss, C. A. Nelson, K. W. Lei, A. Wolcott, X.Y. Zhu, J. Li, and J. Cao, “Ultrafast lattice dynamics in lead selenide quantum dot induced by laser excitation”, Appl. Phys. Letts., 109, 153105 (2016).
- J. Li, X. Wang, H.D. Zhou, J. Zhou, J. G. Cheng, and J. Cao, “Direct and real time probe of photoinduced structure transition in colossal magnetoresistance material”, Appl. Phys. Letts. 109, 041905 (2016).
- L. Chen, R. Z. Li, J. Chen, P. Zhu, F. Liu, J. Cao, Z. M. Sheng, J. Zhang, “Mapping Transient Electric Fields with Picosecond Electron Bunches”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., vol. 112, no. 47, 14479–14483, (2015).
- J. Zhou, A. A. Correa, S. Tang, J. Li, D. Li, Q. Zhou, Y. Ping, T. Ogitsu, J. Cao, “Dynamics of charge cloud ejected from laser-induced warm dense gold nano-films”, Phys. Rev. E. Rapid Communications, 90, 041102(R) (2014).
- P. Zhu, J. Cao, Y. Zhu, J. Geck, Y. Hidaka, S. Pjerov, T. Ritschel, H. Berger, Y. Shen, R. Tobey, J. P. Hill, and X. J. Wang, “Dynamic separation of electron excitation and lattice heating during the photoinduced melting of the periodic lattice distortion in 2H-TaSe2” Appl. Phys. Letts. 103, 071914 (2013).
- X. Wang, S. Nie, J. Li, R. Clinite, J. Clark and J. Cao, “Temperature dependence of electron-phonon thermalization and its correlation to ultrafast magnetism”, Phys. Rev. B Rapid Communications, 81, 220301R (2010).
- J. Li, R. Clinite, X. Wang, and J. Cao, “Simulation of ultrafast heating induced structural dynamics using a one-dimensional spring model”, Phys. Rev. B, 80, 014304 (2009).
- X. Wang, S. Nie, Junjie Li, R. Clinite, M. Wartenbe, M, Martin, W. Liang and J. Cao, “Electronic Grüneisen Parameter and Thermal Expansion In Ferromagnetic Transition Metal”, Applied Physics Letters, 92,121918 (2008).
- S. Nie, H. Park, X. Wang, R. Clinite and J. Cao, “Measurement of the electronic Grüneisen constant using femtosecond electron diffraction”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 025901 (2006).
- H. Park, S. Nie, X. Wang and J. Cao, “Mechanism of coherent acoustic phonon generation under non-equilibrium conditions”, Phys. Rev. B, Rapid Communications, 72, 100301R (2005).