Darius H Torchinsky

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Darius H Torchinsky

  • College of Science and Technology

    • Physics

      • Assistant Professor

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

PHYS 1008

Physics Seminar I

Undergraduate

PHYS 4701

Introduction to Solid State Physics

Undergraduate

SCTC 5100

Special Topics

Graduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Rees, D., Lu, B., Sun, Y., Manna, K., Özgür, R., Subedi, S., Borrmann, H., Felser, C., Orenstein, J., & Torchinsky, D. (2021). Direct Measurement of Helicoid Surface States in RhSi Using Nonlinear Optics. Physical Review Letters, 127(15). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.157405.

  • Yang, H., Singh, B., Gaudet, J., Lu, B., Huang, C., Chiu, W., Huang, S., Wang, B., Bahrami, F., Xu, B., Franklin, J., Sochnikov, I., Graf, D., Xu, G., Zhao, Y., Hoffman, C., Lin, H., Torchinsky, D., Broholm, C., Bansil, A., & Tafti, F. (2021). Noncollinear ferromagnetic Weyl semimetal with anisotropic anomalous Hall effect. Physical Review B, 103(11). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.115143.

  • Orenstein, J., Moore, J., Morimoto, T., Torchinsky, D., Harter, J., & Hsieh, D. (2021). Topology and Symmetry of Quantum Materials via Nonlinear Optical Responses. Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 12, 247-272. doi: 10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031218-013712.

  • Gaudet, J., Yang, H., Baidya, S., Lu, B., Xu, G., Zhao, Y., Rodriguez-Rivera, J., Hoffmann, C., Graf, D., Torchinsky, D., Nikolić, P., Vanderbilt, D., Tafti, F., & Broholm, C. (2021). Weyl-mediated helical magnetism in NdAlSi. Nature Materials. doi: 10.1038/s41563-021-01062-8.

  • Rees, D., Manna, K., Lu, B., Morimoto, T., Borrmann, H., Felser, C., Moore, J., Torchinsky, D., & Orenstein, J. (2020). Helicity-dependent photocurrents in the chiral Weyl semimetal RhSi. Science Advances, 6(29). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aba0509.

  • Yang, H., Singh, B., Lu, B., Huang, C., Bahrami, F., Chiu, W., Graf, D., Huang, S., Wang, B., Lin, H., Torchinsky, D., Bansil, A., & Tafti, F. (2020). Transition from intrinsic to extrinsic anomalous Hall effect in the ferromagnetic Weyl semimetal PrAlGe1- xSix. APL Materials, 8(1). doi: 10.1063/1.5132958.

  • Lu, B., Abramchuk, M., Tafti, F., & Torchinsky, D. (2020). Transient grating measurements at ultralow probe power. Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics, 37(2), 433-439. doi: 10.1364/JOSAB.377545.

  • Lu, B., Tran, J., & Torchinsky, D. (2019). Fast reflective optic-based rotational anisotropy nonlinear harmonic generation spectrometer. Review of Scientific Instruments, 90(5). doi: 10.1063/1.5080965.

  • Lu, B. & Torchinsky, D. (2018). Fourier domain rotational anisotropy-second harmonic generation. Optics Express, 26(25), 33192-33204. doi: 10.1364/OE.26.033192.

  • Patankar, S., Wu, L., Lu, B., Rai, M., Tran, J., Morimoto, T., Parker, D., Grushin, A., Nair, N., Analytis, J., Moore, J., Orenstein, J., & Torchinsky, D. (2018). Resonance-enhanced optical nonlinearity in the Weyl semimetal TaAs. Physical Review B, 98(16). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.165113.

  • Zhao, L., Torchinsky, D., Harter, J., Torre, A.L., & Hsieh, D. (2018). Second harmonic generation spectroscopy of hidden phases. In Encyclopedia of Modern Optics, 1-5 (pp. 207-226). doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.09533-3.

  • Hecksher, T., Torchinsky, D., Klieber, C., Johnson, J., Dyre, J., & Nelson, K. (2017). Toward broadband mechanical spectroscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(33), 8710-8715. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1707251114.

  • Hecksher, T., Torchinsky, D.H., Klieber, C., Johnson, J.A., Dyre, J.C., & Nelson, K.A. (2017). Toward broadband mechanical spectroscopy. PROCEEDINGS of the NATIONAL ACADEMY of SCIENCES of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA, 114(33), 8710-8715. 10.1073/pnas.1707251114

  • Torchinsky, D. & Hsieh, D. (2017). Rotational anisotropy nonlinear harmonic generation. In Magnetic Characterization Techniques for Nanomaterials (pp. 1-49). doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-52780-1_1.