About me

I am researcher in Theory of Quantum Systems group at Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology, AGH University of Science and Technology. My main scientific interest lies in theory of mesoscopic condensed matter systems and computer modeling. This includes topics such as:

  • Transport properties of hybrid semiconductor/superconductor nanostructures: signatures of topological superconductivity in normal-superconductor junctions defined in proximitized nanowires and 2DEGs, hybrid quantum dots and multiterminal Josephson junctions.
  • Spin-orbit coupling features in quantum dots: electronic structure, anisotropy of spin polarization, a few-electron physics. Spin manipulation: spin resonance, spin exchange and spin blockade in spin-orbit-coupled quantum dots.
  • Scanning Gate Microscopy: simulations of branched electron flow from a QPC, electron interference, mapping of dissipationless current flow.
  • Spin and valley physics in monolayer nanodevices.
    • I have currently a [PostDoc] position open in the topic of quantum transport and interaction-induced phenomena in superconducting hybrid devices. If you are interested, please feel free to contact me via email.
CV

Employment

01.2020 - presentProfessor, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology, AGH University, Krakow (Poland)
10.2017 - 12.2019Assistant Professor, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology, AGH University, Krakow (Poland)
01.2015 - 12.2016PostDoc, QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, TU Delft (The Netherlands)
10.2013 - 09.2017Research Associate, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University, Krakow (Poland)

Education and degrees

11.2019Habilitation, AGH University, Krakow (Poland)
10.2008 – 10.2013PhD cum laude, AGH University, Krakow (Poland), University of Antwerp (Belgium)
09.2003 – 06.2008MSc, AGH University, Krakow (Poland)

Internships

08.2019Visiting researcher at Technical University Delft, Quantum tinkerer group
10.2010 – 09.2011University of Antwerp (Belgium), Condensed Matter Theory Group

Fellowships and Awards

2018 – 2020Scholarship of Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding young researchers
2018Prof. Zbigniew Engel prize for young researchers
2014Award of Minister of Science and Higher Education of Poland for the scientific achievements underlying the doctoral degree
2014Polish Physical Society Award for the PhD thesis
2014Award for the best PhD thesis realised using ACC Cyfronet AGH computational centre
2013Scholarship of Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding scientific achievements for PhD students
2012, 2013START Scholarships for outstanding young researchers founded by Foundation for Polish Science
2008 – 2013PhD fellowship financed by the Foundation for Polish Science within "Krakow Interdisciplinary PhD-Project in Nanoscience and Advanced Nanostructures"

Grants and Projects

03.11.2022 – ...Leader of Initiative for Excellence Research AGH action 21 “Nonreciprocal phenomena in superconducting nanostructures."
01.07.2021 – ...Leader of SONATA BIS 10 grant funded by National Science Centre (NCN) “Topological superconducting nanostructures and their circuits"
17.07.2017 – 16.07.2021Leader of SONATA 12 grant funded by National Science Centre (NCN) “Transport properties of Josephson junctions and quantum interferometers defined in semiconductor-superconductor hybrid nanostructures"
01.01.2018 – 28.02.2020Leader of HOMING project “Electronic transport in semiconducting and superconducting monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide nanodevices" funded by Foundation for Polish Science (FNP)
01.01.2015 – 31.12.2016Executor of Synergy Grant “Quantum Computer Lab”. Role: modeling of quantum transport in nanowire hybrid devices. Project funded by the ERC: European Research Council
01.02.2014 – 31.12.2014Executor of “NanoEIS: Nanotechnology Education for Industry and Society” grant funded by the European Union under Framework Programme 7 for Research and Technology Development
01.04.2012 – 31.03.2014Leader of grant Iuwentus 2011 funded by Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW), "Electrical manipulation and filtering of electron spin in semiconductor nanostructures”
01.01.2013 – 31.12.2013Executor of grant Opus funded by the National Science Centre (NCN), "Modeling of the charge transport in semiconductor nanostructures with the scanning gate"
01.11.2008 – 30.09.2013PhD project realized within "Krakow Interdisciplinary PhD-Project in Nanoscience and Advanced Nanostructures" founded by Polish Science Foundation (FNP) co financed under Framework Programme 7 for European Union Innovative Economy Programme

My ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-1877-2055 and detailed CV.

Publications and preprints
  1. "Controlling Andreev bound states with the magnetic vector potential"
    C. M. Moehle, P. K. Rout, N. A. Jainandunsing, D. Kuiri, C. Ting Ke, D. Xiao, C. Thomas, M. J. Manfra, M. P. Nowak, S. Goswami, Nano Lett. 22, 8601 (2022).
  2. "Theory of scanning gate microscopy imaging of the supercurrent distribution in a planar Josephson junction"
    K. Kaperek, S. Heun, M. Carrega, P. Wójcik, and M. P. Nowak, Phys. Rev. B 106, 035432 (2022).
    3. 2021
  3. "Correlation induced d-wave pairing in a quantum dot square lattice"
    A. Biborski, M. P. Nowak, M. Zegrodnik, Phys. Rev. B 104, 245430 (2021).
  4. "Gate-controlled Supercurrent in Ballistic InSb Nanoflag Josephson Junctions"
    S. Salimian, M. Carrega, I. Verma, V. Zannier, M. P. Nowak, F. Beltram, L. Sorba, S. Heun, Appl. Phys. Lett. 119, 214004 (2021).
  5. "Impact of the spin-orbit interaction on the phase diagram and anisotropy of the in-plane critical magnetic field in superconducting LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces"
    P. Wójcik, M. P. Nowak, M. Zegrodnik, Phys. Rev. B 104, 174503 (2021).
  6. "Helical and topological phase detection based on nonlocal conductance measurements in a three terminal junction"
    P. Wójcik, D. Sticlet, P. Szumniak, M. P. Nowak, Phys. Rev. B 104, 125410 (2021).
  7. "Shadow-wall lithography of ballistic superconductor-semiconductor quantum devices"
    S. Heedt, M. Quintero-Pérez, F. Borsoi, A. Fursina, N. van Loo, G. P. Mazur, M. P. Nowak, M. Ammerlaan, K. Li, S. Korneychuk, J. Shen, M. A. Y. van de Poll, G. Badawy, S. Gazibegovic, N. de Jong, P. Aseev, K. van Hoogdalem, E. P. A. M. Bakkers, L. P. Kouwenhoven, Nature Commun. 12, 4914 (2021).
  8. "Single-shot fabrication of semiconducting-superconducting nanowire devices"
    F. Borsoi, G. P. Mazur, N. van Loo, M. P. Nowak, L. Bourdet, K. Li, S. Korneychuk, A. Fursina, J.-Y. Wang, V. Levajac, E. Memisevic, G. Badawy, S. Gazibegovic, K. van Hoogdalem, E. P. A. M. Bakkers, L. P. Kouwenhoven, S. Heedt, M. Quintero-Pérez, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2102388 (2021).
    9. 2020
  9. "SQUID pattern disruption in transition metal dichalcogenide Josephson junctions due to non-parabolic dispersion of the edge states"
    D. Sticlet, P. Wójcik, M. P. Nowak, Phys. Rev. B 102, 165407 (2020).
  10. "Valley polarized current and resonant electronic transport in a non-uniform MoS2 zigzag nanoribbon"
    D. Gut, M. Prokop, D. C. Sticlet, M. P. Nowak, Phys. Rev. B 101, 085425 (2020).
  11. "Scanning gate microscopy mapping of edge current and branched electron flow in a transition metal dichalcogenide nanoribbon and quantum point contact"
    M. Prokop, D. Gut, M. P. Nowak, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 32, 205302 (2020).
  12. "Superconducting dome in doped 2D superconductors with broken inversion symmetry"
    P. Wójcik, M. P. Nowak, M. Zegrodnik, Physica E 118, 113893 (2020).
    13. 2019
  13. "Intersubband pairing induced Fulde-Ferrell phase in metallic nanofilms"
    P. Wójcik, M. P. Nowak, M. Zegrodnik, Phys. Rev. B 100, 045409 (2019).
  14. "Supercurrent carried by non-equlibrium quasiparticles in a multiterminal Josephson junction"
    M. P. Nowak, M. Wimmer, A. R. Akhmerov, Phys. Rev. B 99 075416 (2019).
  15. "Probing Andreev reflection reach in semiconductor-superconductor hybrids by Aharonov-Bohm effect"
    M. P. Nowak, P. Wójcik, Appl. Phys. Lett. 114, 043104 (2019).
    16. 2018
  16. "Spin-orbit interaction and induced superconductivity in an one-dimensional hole gas"
    F. K. de Vries, J. Shen, R.J. Skolasinski, M. P. Nowak, D. Varjas, L. Wang, M. Wimmer, J. Ridderbos, F. A. Zwanenburg, A. Li, S. Koelling, M. A. Verheijen, E. P. A. M. Bakkers, L. P. Kouwenhoven, Nano Lett. 18, 6483 (2018).
  17. "Durability of the superconducting gap in Majorana nanowires under orbital effects of a magnetic field"
    P. Wójcik, M. P. Nowak, Phys. Rev. B 97, 235445 (2018).
  18. "Valley dependent anisotropic spin splitting in silicon quantum dots"
    R. Ferdous, E. Kawakami, P. Scarlino, M. P. Nowak, D. R. Ward, D. E. Savage, M. G. Lagally, S. N. Coppersmith, M. Friesen, M. A. Eriksson, L. M. K. Vandersypen, R. Rahman, npj Quantum Information 4, 26 (2018).
  19. "Renormalization of the Majorana bound state decay length in a perpendicular magnetic field"
    M. P. Nowak, P. Wójcik, Phys. Rev. B 97, 045419 (2018).
    20. 2017
  20. "Conductance through a helical state in an InSb nanowire"
    J. Kammhuber, M. C. Cassidy, F. Pei, M. P. Nowak, A. Vuik, Ö. Gül, D. Car, S. R. Plissard, E. P. A. M. Bakkers, M. Wimmer, and L. P. Kouwenhoven, Nat. Commun. 8, 478 (2017).
  21. "Ballistic superconductivity in semiconductor nanowires."
    H. Zhang, Ö. Gül, S. Conesa-Boj, M. P. Nowak, M. Wimmer, K. Zuo, V. Mourik, F. K. de Vries, J. van Veen, M. W. A. de Moor, J. D. S. Bommer, D. J. van Woerkom, D. Car, S. R Plissard, E.P.A.M. Bakkers, M. Quintero-Pérez, M. C. Cassidy, S. Koelling, S. Goswami, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, L. P. Kouwenhoven, Nat. Commun. 8, 16025 (2017).
  22. "Transparent Semiconductor-Superconductor Interface and Induced Gap in an Epitaxial Heterostructure Josephson Junction"
    M. Kjaergaard, H. J. Suominen, M. P. Nowak, A. R. Akhmerov, J. Shabani, C. J. Palmstrøm, F. Nichele, C. M. Marcus, Phys. Rev. Applied 7, 034029 (2017).
  23. "Hard superconducting gap in InSb nanowires"
    Ö. Gül, H. Zhang, F. K. de Vries, J. van Veen, K. Zuo, V. Mourik, S. Conesa-Boj, M. P. Nowak, D. J. van Woerkom , M. Quintero-Pérez, M. C. Cassidy, A. Geresdi, S. Kölling, D. Car, S. R. Plissard, E. P.A.M. Bakkers, L. P. Kouwenhovenn, Nano. Lett., 17, 2690 (2017).
    24. 2016
  24. "Ballistic Majorana nanowire devices"
    H. Zhang, Ö. Gül, S. Conesa-Boj, K. Zuo, V. Mourik, F. K. de Vries, J. van Veen, D. J. van Woerkom, M. P. Nowak, M. Wimmer, D. Car, S. Plissard, E. P. A. M. Bakkers, M. Quintero-Pérez, S. Goswami, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, L. P. Kouwenhoven, arXiv:1603.04069v1 (2016).
  25. "Quantized conductance doubling and hard gap in a two-dimensional semiconductor-superconductor heterostructure"
    M. Kjaergaard, F. Nichele, H. J. Suominen, M. P. Nowak, M. Wimmer, A. R. Akhmerov, J. A. Folk, K. Flensberg, J. Shabani, C. J. Palmstrøm, C. M. Marcus, Nat. Commun. 7, 12841 (2016).
    26. 2015
  26. "Valence band mixing versus higher harmonic generation in electric–dipole spin resonance"
    W. J. Pasek, M. P. Nowak, and B. Szafran, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 30, 055017 (2015).
  27. "Single-electron shell occupation and effective g-factor in few-electron nanowire quantum dots"
    M. P. Nowak and B. Szafran, Phys. Rev. B 91, 085102 (2015).
    28. 2014
  28. "Imaging of double slit interference by scanning gate microscopy"
    K. Kolasiński, B. Szafran, and M. P. Nowak, Phys. Rev. B 90, 165303 (2014).
  29. "Spin exchange energy for a pair of valence band holes in artificial molecules"
    W. J. Pasek, M. P. Nowak, and B. Szafran, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 29, 115022 (2014).
  30. "Signatures of spin-orbit coupling in scanning gate conductance images of electron flow from quantum point contacts"
    M. P. Nowak, K. Kolasiński, B. Szafran, Phys. Rev. B 90, 035301 (2014).
  31. "Optical signatures of valence-band mixing in positive trion recombination spectra of double quantum dots"
    W. J. Pasek, M. P. Nowak and B. Szafran, Phys. Rev. B 89, 245303 (2014).
  32. "Spontaneous and resonant lifting of the spin blockade in nanowire quantum dots"
    M. P. Nowak and B. Szafran, Phys. Rev. B 89, 205412 (2014).
  33. "Interaction effects near constriction of a quasi two-dimensional electron system: an exact diagonalization study"
    B. Szafran, M. P. Nowak, E. Wach, D. P. Żebrowski, Phys. Lett. A, 378, 1036 (2014).
    34. 2013
  34. "Spin current source based on a quantum point contact with local spin-orbit interaction"
    M. P. Nowak, B. Szafran, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 202404 (2013).
  35. "Simulations of electric-dipole spin resonance for spin-orbit coupled quantum dots in the Overhauser field: Fractional resonances and selection rules"
    E. N. Osika, B. Szafran, and M. P. Nowak, Phys. Rev. B 88, 165302 (2013).
  36. "Spin-polarization anisotropy in a narrow spin-orbit-coupled nanowire quantum dot"
    M. P. Nowak and B. Szafran, Phys. Rev. B 87, 205436 (2013).
    37. 2012
  37. "Resonant harmonic generation and collective spin rotations in electrically driven quantum dots"
    M. P. Nowak, B. Szafran, and F.M. Peeters, Phys. Rev. B 86, 125428 (2012).
    38. 2011
  38. "Fano resonances and electron spin transport through a two-dimensional spin-orbit-coupled quantum ring"
    M. P. Nowak, B. Szafran, and F.M. Peeters, Phys. Rev. B 84, 235319 (2011).
  39. "Tuning of the spin-orbit interaction in a quantum dot by an in-plane magnetic field”
    M. P. Nowak, B. Szafran, F. M. Peeters, B. Partoens, and W. J. Pasek, Phys. Rev. B 83, 245324 (2011).
  40. "Singlet-triplet avoided crossings and effective g factor versus spatial orientation of spin-orbit-coupled quantum dots"
    M. P. Nowak and B. Szafran, Phys. Rev. B 83, 035315 (2011).
    41. 2010
  41. "Time-dependent configuration-interaction simulations of spin swap in spin-orbit-coupled double quantum dots"
    M. P. Nowak and B. Szafran, Phys. Rev. B 82, 165316 (2010).
  42. "Coupling of bonding and antibonding electron orbitals in double quantum dots by spin-orbit interaction"
    M. P. Nowak, B. Szafran, Phys. Rev. B 81, 235311 (2010).
    43. 2009
  43. "Spin-orbit coupling effects in two-dimensional circular quantum rings: Elliptical deformation of confined electron density"
    M. P. Nowak B. Szafran, Phys. Rev. B 80, 195319 (2009).
  44. "Selective suppression of Dresselhaus or Rashba spin-orbit coupling effects by the Zeeman interaction in quantum dots"
    B. Szafran, M. P. Nowak, S. Bednarek, T. Chwiej and F. M. Peeters, Phys. Rev. B 79, 235303 (2009).
    45. 2008
  45. "Manipulation of two-electron states by the electric field in stacked self-assembled dots"
    M. P. Nowak, B. Szafran, F. M. Peeters, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20, 395225 (2008).

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Contact information
Spin density of an electron transported through spin-orbit coupled quantum ring.

Address:

Dr. Michal P. Nowak

Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology
AGH University of Science and Technology
al. Mickiewicza 30
30-059 Krakow
Poland

You can meet me in:

room: 2.07, D16

Email:

mpnowak[at]agh.edu.pl

Phone:

+ 48 12 617 20 73