Assistant Research Scientist
Division of Quantum State of Matter
Office: 543
Email: thomaslane@baqis.ac.cn

Dr. Thomas Lane's research interests lie in the study of quantum transport and topological effects in low-dimensional materials, with a strong emphasis on the development of numerical simulations. Dr. Lane was awarded his Ph.D. in 2020 from the University of Manchester, where he was a holder of the President's Doctoral Scholar Award. Studying at the National Graphene Institute under the supervision of Prof. V. I. Fal'ko, his research focused on the study of quantum transport properties in various graphene-based devices, such as: twisted van der Waals heterostructures, domain walls in delaminated bilayer graphene, and gate-defined bilayer graphene point contacts.

In 2021 he joined BAQIS, where he has continued to explore the topological properties of low-dimensional quantum structures. Aside from the study of graphene systems, his more recent activities include the development of numerical approaches to characterise the quench dynamics of topological superconductors out-of-equilibrium. Alongside this, Dr. Lane has also taken an interest in the design of highly efficient thermal conductors, with a focus on the magneto-thermal transport of itinerant antiferromagnets.

Selected Publications (see also https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4787-7929)

1. T. L. M. Lane, M. Horvath, and K. Patrick, Extended edge modes and disorder preservation of a symetry-protected topological phase out-of-equilibrium, Phys. Rev. B 110, 165139 (2024).

2. T. L. M. Lane, A. Knothe, and V. I. Fal'ko, Semimetallic features in quantum transport through a gate-defined point contact in bilayer graphene, Phys. Rev. B 100, 115427 (2019).

3. T. L. M. Lane, M. Andjelkovic, J. Wallbank, L. Covaci, F. M. Peeters, and V. I. Fal'ko, Ballistic electron channels including weakly protected topological states in delaminated bilayer graphene, Phys. Rev. B 97, 045301 (2018).

4. J. R. Wallbank, D. Ghazaryan, A. Misra, Y. Cao, J. S. Tu, B. A. Piot, M. Potemski, S. Pezzini, S. Wiedmann, U. Zeitler, T. L. M. Lane, S. V. Morozov, M. T. Greenaway, L. Eaves, A. K. Geim, V. I. Fal'ko, K. S. Novoselov, and A. Mishchenko, Tuning the valley and chiral quantum state of Dirac electrons in van der Waals heterostructures, Science 353, 575 (2016)