Joseph Orenstein
                                   
LBNL Faculty Senior Scientist
Professor of Physics
University of California, Berkeley

joeo@ux8.lbl.gov
phone: 510-486-5880

Education
B.S. Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Solid State Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Major Awards
2008 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids
Fellow of the American Physical Society

General Research Interests
Prof. Orenstein and his group develop and use novel optical methods to study electronic properties of condensed matter systems. They are particularly interested in systems in which the competition among strong interactions, such as electron-electron and electron-phonon, results in complex phase diagrams. An example of such as systems are the multiferroic oxides, in which two (or more) order parameters coexist. To study these systems, they have developed a wide range of time-resolved optical probes of competing order. Examples from recent research include time-domain terahertz, transient magneto-optic Kerr effect, and coherent transient spin-grating spectroscopies.

MSD Research Projects:
Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Spin Transport in Semiconductors
Quantum Materials
Ultrafast Spectroscopy

Personal website:
http://www.physics.berkeley.edu/research/orenstein.html http://www.physics.berkeley.edu/research/faculty/orenstein.html