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most citedBand gaps of crystalline solids from Wannier-localization based optimal tuning of a screened range-separated hybrid functional

114 citations · 436 across the 24 of their papers we have counts for

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24 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Exciton valley depolarization in monolayer MoS2: non-Markovian quantum dynamics, intervalley scattering, and the breakdown of the Dyakonov-Perel mechanism

Yang-hao Chan, Jonah B. Haber, Mit H. Naik +2

In monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides, exciton valley relaxation is typically attributed to the Dyakonov-Perel (DP) mechanism, where frequent intravalley scattering with ph…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Tailoring phonon-driven responses in α-MoO3 through isotopic enrichment

Thiago S. Arnaud, Ryan W. Spangler, Johnathan D. Georgaras +29

The implementation of polaritonic materials into nanoscale devices requires selective tuning of parameters to realize desired spectral or thermal responses. One robust material is…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Real-Space Quantification of Exciton Localization in Acene Crystals Using Wannier Function Decomposition

Zui Tao, Jonah B. Haber, Jeffrey B. Neaton

We introduce the Wannier function decomposition of excitons (WFDX) method to quantify exciton localization in solids within the ab initio Bethe-Salpeter equation framework. By deco…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 3 cited

Tunable electronic energy level alignment and exciton diversity in organic-inorganic van der Waals heterostructures

Aurélie Champagne, Olugbenga Adeniran, Jonah B. Haber +3

van der Waals stacking of two-dimensional (2D) materials offers a powerful platform for engineering material interfaces with tailored electronic and optical properties. While most…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Terahertz field-induced giant symmetry modulations in a van der Waals antiferromagnet

Sheikh Rubaiat Ul Haque, Martin J. Cross, Sangeeta Rajpurohit +19

Strong-field terahertz (THz) excitations enable dynamic control over electronic, lattice and symmetry degrees of freedom in quantum materials. Here, we uncover pronounced terahertz…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Exciton-defect interaction and optical properties from a first-principles T-matrix approach

Yang-hao Chan, Jonah B. Haber, Mit H. Naik +2

Understanding exciton-defect interactions is critical for optimizing optoelectronic and quantum information applications in many materials. However, ab initio simulations of materi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Ultrafast Spontaneous Exciton Dissociation via Phonon Emission in BiVO

Stephen E. Gant, Antonios M. Alvertis, Christopher J. N. Coveney +3

Monoclinic bismuth vanadate (m-BiVO) is a promising indirect band gap semiconductor for photoelectrochemical water splitting, yet the characteristics of its low-lying photoexci…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Exciton-polaritons and exciton localization from a first-principles interacting Green's function formalism

Zachary N. Mauri, Christopher J. Ciccarino, Jonah B. Haber +2

Exciton-polaritons -- hybrid states of photons and excitons -- offer unique avenues for controlling electronic, optical, and chemical properties of materials. However, their modeli…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 1 cited

Exciton thermalization dynamics in monolayer MoS2: a first-principles Boltzmann equation study

Yang-hao Chan, Jonah B. Haber, Mit H. Naik +4

Understanding exciton thermalization is critical for optimizing optoelectronic and photocatalytic processes in many materials. However, it is hard to access the dynamics of such pr…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Rearrangement collision theory of phonon-driven exciton dissociation

Christopher J. N. Coveney, Jonah B. Haber, Antonios M. Alvertis +2

Understanding the processes governing the dissociation of excitons to free charge carriers in semiconductors and insulators is of central importance for photovoltaic applications.…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 1 cited

Exciton-phonon coupling induces new pathway for ultrafast intralayer-to-interlayer exciton transition and interlayer charge transfer in WS2-MoS2 heterostructure: a first-principles study

Yang-hao Chan, Mit H. Naik, Jonah B. Haber +4

Despite the weak, van-der-Waals interlayer coupling, photoinduced charge transfer vertically across atomically thin interfaces can occur within surprisingly fast, sub-50fs timescal…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 1 cited

Phonon screening and dissociation of excitons at finite temperatures from first principles

Antonios M. Alvertis, Jonah B. Haber, Zhenglu Li +4

The properties of excitons, or correlated electron-hole pairs, are of paramount importance to optoelectronic applications of materials. A central component of exciton physics is th…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 23 cited

Optical absorption spectra of metal oxides from time-dependent density functional theory and many-body perturbation theory based on optimally-tuned hybrid functionals

Guy Ohad, Stephen E. Gant, Dahvyd Wing +6

Using both time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) and the ``single-shot" plus Bethe-Salpeter equation (-BSE) approach, we compute optical band gaps and optical a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Maximally-Localized Exciton Wannier Functions for Solids

Jonah B. Haber, Diana Y. Qiu, Felipe H. da Jornada +1

We introduce a maximally-localized Wannier function representation of Bloch excitons, two-particle correlated electron-hole excitations, in crystalline solids, where the excitons a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 2 cited

Phonon-driven femtosecond dynamics of excitons in crystalline pentacene from first principles

Galit Cohen, Jonah B. Haber, Jeffrey B. Neaton +2

Non-radiative exciton relaxation processes are critical for energy transduction efficiencies in optoelectronic materials, but how these processes are connected to the underlying cr…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 18 cited

Quasiparticle and Optical Properties of Carrier-Doped Monolayer MoTe from First Principles

Aurelie Champagne, Jonah B. Haber, Supavit Pokawanvit +5

The intrinsic weak and highly non-local dielectric screening of two-dimensional materials is well known to lead to high sensitivity of their optoelectronic properties to environmen…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023

Rydberg Excitons and Trions in Monolayer MoTe

Souvik Biswas, Aurélie Champagne, Jonah B. Haber +12

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) semiconductors exhibit strong excitonic optical resonances which serve as a microscopic, non-invasive probe into their fundamental…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 29 cited

Phonon-induced localization of excitons in molecular crystals from first principles

Antonios M. Alvertis, Jonah B. Haber, Edgar A. Engel +2

The spatial extent of excitons in molecular systems underpins their photophysics and utility for optoelectronic applications. Phonons are reported to lead to both exciton localizat…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 52 cited

Exciton lifetime and optical linewidth profile via exciton-phonon interactions: Theory and first-principles calculations for monolayer MoS

Y. -H. Chan, Jonah B. Haber, Mit H. Naik +4

Exciton dynamics dictate the evolution of photoexcited carriers in photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices. However, interpreting their experimental signatures is a challenging the…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 41 cited

An Optimally-Tuned Starting Point for Single-Shot Calculations of Solids

Stephen E. Gant, Jonah B. Haber, Marina R. Filip +5

The dependence of ab initio many-body perturbation theory within the approximation on the eigensystem used in calculating quasiparticle corrections limits this method's predic…

quant-ph2021★ 2 cited

Realization of a quantum perceptron gate with trapped ions

P. Huber, J. Haber, P. Barthel +3

We report the implementation of a perceptron quantum gate in an ion-trap quantum computer. In this scheme, a perceptron's target qubit changes its state depending on the interactio…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 103 cited

Phonon Screening of Excitons in Semiconductors: Halide Perovskites and Beyond

Marina R. Filip, Jonah B. Haber, Jeffrey B. Neaton

The ab initio Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE) approach, an established method for the study of excitons in materials, is typically solved in a limit where only static screening from…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 114 cited

Band gaps of crystalline solids from Wannier-localization based optimal tuning of a screened range-separated hybrid functional

Dahvyd Wing, Guy Ohad, Jonah B. Haber +4

Accurate prediction of fundamental band gaps of crystalline solid state systems entirely within density functional theory is a long standing challenge. Here, we present a simple an…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 46 cited

Vibronic response of a spin-1/2 state from a carbon impurity in two-dimensional WS

Katherine A. Cochrane, Jun-Ho Lee, Christoph Kastl +9

We demonstrate the creation of a spin-1/2 state via the atomically controlled generation of magnetic carbon radical ions (CRIs) in synthetic two-dimensional transition metal dichal…