Michael Pustilnik
Assistant Professor

 

Ph.D., Bar Ilan University, 1997
Phone: (404) 385-4247
Room: Howey-W307

EMail: michael.pustilnik [at] physics.gatech.edu

 

■ Research ■

I am interested in the theory of electronic transport in mesoscopic systems. Mesoscopic physics deals with diverse objects whose size spans the range between tens of nanometers to a few microns. These objects consist of millions of atoms, yet their size is so small that quantum interference effects become essential. Quantum effects, disorder, and electron-electron interaction give rise to a wealth of very interesting phenomena which may well form a basis for future nanoelectronic devices.
 

■ Publications ■

Peer-Review Journals

1. "Correlations in an expanding gas of hard-core bosons," D.M. Gangardt and M. Pustilnik, Phys. Rev. A 77, 041604(R) (2008) [Rapid Communication].
   
2. "Threshold singularities in the dynamic response of gapless integrable models," V.V. Cheianov and M. Pustilnik, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 126403 (2008).
   
3. "Dynamics of excitations in a one-dimensional Bose liquid," M. Khodas, M. Pustilnik, A. Kamenev, and L.I. Glazman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 110405 (2007).
   
4. "Permanent polarization of small metallic particles," A.V. Shytov and M. Pustilnik, Phys. Rev. B 76, 041401(R) (2007) [Rapid Communication].
5. "Fermi-Luttinger liquid: spectral function of interacting one-dimensional fermions," M. Khodas, M. Pustilnik, A. Kamenev, and L.I. Glazman, Phys. Rev. B 76, 155402 (2007).
6. "Generation of spin current by Coulomb drag," M. Pustilnik, E.G. Mishchenko, and O.A. Starykh, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 246803 (2006).
7. "Dynamic structure factor of the Calogero-Sutherland model," M. Pustilnik, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 036404 (2006).
   
8. "Dynamic response of one-dimensional interacting fermions," M. Pustilnik, M. Khodas, A. Kamenev, and L.I. Glazman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 196405 (2006).
   
9. "Kondo effect in nanostructures," M. Pustilnik,
   Phys. Stat. Sol.(a) 203, 1137 (2006).
10. "Phase transition, spin-charge separation, and spin filtering in a quantum dot," M. Pustilnik and L. Borda,
    Phys. Rev. B 73, 201301(R) (2006) [Rapid Communication].
11. “Kondo effect in quantum dots”, M.Pustilnik, and L. Glazman, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 13, R513 (2004) [Topical Review].
12. “Quantum Phase Transition in a Two-Channel-Kondo Quantum Dot Device”, M. Pustilnik, L. Borda, L.I. Glazman, and J. von Delft, Phys. Rev. B 69, 115316 (2004).
13. “Coulomb Drag By Small Momentum Transfer Between Quantum Wires”, M. Pustilnik, E.G. Mishchenko, A.V. Andreev, and L.I. Glazman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 126805 (2003).
14. “Kondo Effect in Real Quantum Dots”, M. Pustilnik and L.I. Glazman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216601 (2001).
15. “Conduction Through a Quantum Dot Near a Singlet-Triplet Transition”, M. Pustilnik and L.I. Glazman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2993 (2000).
16. “Quantum Dots with Even Number of Electrons: Kondo Effect in a Finite Magnetic Field”, M. Pustilnik, Y. Avishai, and K. Kikoin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1756 (2000).
17. "Cotunneling through quantum dots with even number of electrons," M. Pustilnik, Y. Avishai, and K. Kikoin, Physica B 284-288, 1766 (2000).
18. " Nonadiabaticity and single-electron transport driven by surface acoustic waves," K. Flensberg, Q. Niu, and M. Pustilnik,
    Phys. Rev. B 60, R16291 (1999) [Rapid Communication].
    
19. " How long does it take for the Kondo effect to develop?," P. Nordlander, M. Pustilnik, Y. Meir, N.S. Wingreen, and D.C. Langreth, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 808 (1999).
20. "Exciton-assisted processes in Kondo scattering," K. Kikoin, M. Pustilnik and Y. Avishai, Physica B 259-261, 217 (1999).
21. "Statistical properties of the reflectance and transmittance of an amplifying random medium," V. Freilikher, M. Pustilnik, and I. Yurkevich, Phys. Rev. B 56, 5974 (1997).
22. "Phase randomness in a one-dimensional disordered absorbing medium," V. Freilikher and M. Pustilnik, Phys. Rev. B 55, R653 (1997) [Rapid Communication].
    
23. "Enhanced transmission through a disordered potential barrier," V. Freilikher, M. Pustilnik, and I. Yurkevich, Phys. Rev. B 53, 7413 (1996).
24. "Tunneling through a disordered potential barrier," V. Freilikher, M. Pustilnik, and I. Yurkevich, Found. Phys. 26, 701 (1996).
25. " Satellite peaks in the p-polarized light scattered from a randomly rough film on a perfectly conducting substrate," J.A. Sánchez-Gil, A.A. Maradudin, J.Q. Lu, V.D. Freilikher, M. Pustilnik, and I. Yurkevich, J. Mod. Optics 43, 435 (1996).
26. "Effect of fluctuations on the reflectivity of atmospheric layers with total internal reflection," V. Freilikher, I. Fuks, and M. Pustilnik, J. of EM Waves and Appl. 9, 1141 (1995).
27. "Effect of absorption on the wave transport in the strong localization regime," V. Freilikher, M. Pustilnik, and I. Yurkevich
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 810 (1994).
28. " Wave transmission through lossy media in the strong-localization regime," V. Freilikher, M. Pustilnik, and I. Yurkevich
    Phys. Rev. B 50, 6017 (1994).
29. "Wave scattering from a thin film with volume disorder: reflection and transmission," V. Freilikher, M. Pustilnik, I. Yurkevich, and A.A. Maradudin, Optics. Comm. 110, 263 (1994).
30. "Scattering of electromagnetic waves from a bounded medium with random surfaces," J.A. Sánchez-Gil, A.A. Maradudin, J.Q. Lu, V. Freilikher, M. Pustilnik, and I. Yurkevich, Phys. Rev. B 50, 15353 (1994).
    
31. "Wave scattering from a bounded medium with disorder
    V. Freilikher, M. Pustilnik, and I. Yurkevich," Phys. Lett. A 193, 467 (1994).
32. "Polarization of light scattered from slightly rough dielectric film
    V. Freilikher, M. Pustilnik, I. Yurkevich, and V.I. Tatarskii, Optics Lett. 19, 1382 (1994).

Book Chapters

1. "Coulomb drag between quantum wires: effect of small momentum transfer," L.I. Glazman, M. Pustilnik, E.G. Mishchenko, and A.V. Andreev, in Theory of Quantum Transport in Metallic and Hybrid Nanostructures, eds. A. Glatz, V.I. Kozub, and V.M. Vinokur (Springer, 2006), pp. 119-127, (proceedings of NATO Advanced Research Workshop – series II, vol. 230).
2. " Low-temperature transport through a quantum dot," L.I. Glazman and M. Pustilnik, in Nanophysics: Coherence and Transport, eds. H. Bouchiat et al. (Elsevier, 2005), pp. 427-478
   (proceedings of Les Houches Session LXXXI). also available as cond-mat/0501007.
3. " Low-temperature conduction of a quantum dot," M. Pustilnik and L.I. Glazman, Lecture Notes Phys. 667, 97 (2005).
4. "Coulomb blockade and Kondo effect in quantum dots," L.I. Glazman and M. Pustilnik, in New Directions in Mesoscopic Physics (Towards Nanoscience), eds. R. Fazio, V.F. Gantmakher, and Y. Imry (Springer/Kluwer, 2003), p. 93
   (proceedings of NATO ASI – series II, vol. 125), also available as cond-mat/0302159.
5. " Magnetic-field-induced Kondo effects in Coulomb blockade systems," M. Pustilnik, L.I. Glazman, D.H. Cobden, and L.P. Kouwenhoven, Lecture Notes Phys. 579, 3 (2001), also available as cond-mat/0010336.
   
6. "Coherent effects in scattering from bounded systems with discrete spectrum," V. Freilikher, M. Kaveh, M. Pustilnik, I. Yurkevich, J. Sánchez-Gil, A.A. Maradudin, and J.Q. Lu
   in Wave Propagation in Complex Media, IMA Volumes in Math. and Appl. 96, 49 (1998).
7. "Size effect in scattering from a disordered medium," V. Freilikher, M. Kaveh, M. Pustilnik, and I. Yurkevich, Opt. Imaging and Photon Migration 21, 34 (1994).