Ricardo Heitzer

Graduate Student
Person
Ricardo
Heitzer
He/Him/His
Graduate Student
Interests
Condensed matter
Address

Education

  • B.Sc. in Physics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC; 2021)
  • M.Sc. in Physics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC; 2024)
  • Ph.D. in Physics, Pennsylvania State University (PSU; 2024 - present)

 

Recent Teachings (TA)

  • PHYS 337: Introduction to Quantum Information (PSU, Fall 2024)
  • FIZ 0411: Statistical Mechanics (PUC, Spring 2022, Spring 2023 and Spring 2024)
  • FIS 1533: Electricity and Magnetism (PUC, Fall 2021)

 

Research Interests

  • Condensed matter theory
  • Spintronics
  • Open quantum systems

 

Publications

  • F. Pinto, R. C. Heitzer, E. Dvorquez, R. Rodriguez, Q. Sun, A. D. Greentree, B. C. Gibson, J. R. Maze, "Magnetic field Characterization of edge currents in quantum spin Hall insulators," arXiv: 2411.11701 (2024).
  • R. C. Heitzer, F. Pinto, E. Rodríguez, R. Rodríguez-Suárez, and J. R. Maze, "Characterization of antiferromagnetic magnons using nitrogen vacancy center relaxometry," Phys. Rev. B 110, 134431 (2024).