Last updated on November 2, 2023

 

 

 

 

Kwon Park

Professor in School of Physics in Korea Institute for Advanced Study

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Research Appointments:

Professor	(Oct. 2008 - Present)	Korea Institute for Advanced Study
Assistant Professor	(Sep. 2005 - Sep. 2008)	Korea Institute for Advanced Study
Postdoctoral Associate	(Sep. 2002 - Aug. 2005)	University of Maryland at College Park
Postdoctoral Associate	(Sep. 2000 - Aug. 2002)	Yale University
Research Assistant	(Aug. 1998 - Aug. 2000)	Pennsylvania State University
Research Assistant	(Jul. 1997 - Jul. 1998)	State University of New York at Stony Brook
Research Assistant	(Jan. 1997 - Jun. 1997)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Education:

Ph. D.	(Jan. 1997 - Aug. 2000)	State University of New York at Stony Brook, Thesis Advisor: J. K. Jain
M. A.	(Aug. 1995 - Dec. 1996)	State University of New York at Stony Brook
B. S.	(Mar. 1991 - Jul. 1995)	Seoul National University (graduated summa cum laude from Department of Physics)

Publications:

1. Visualizing the fractional topological order: From fractional Chern insulators to the Tao-Thouless state,
   Sutirtha Mukherjee and Kwon Park, Phys. Rev. Research 5, 033212 [doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.033212] (Sep. 2023).
2. Supernonlocality in a Weyl semimetal,
   Dongwoo Shin, Yeonkyu Lee, Sang J. Park, Dong-Hun Chae, Hyungyu Jin, Eun Deok Mun, Kwon Park, and Jeehoon Kim, Appl. Phys. Lett. 123, 133101 [doi.org/10.1063/5.0168237] (Sep. 2023).
3. Quantum simulation costs for Suzuki-Trotter decomposition of quantum many-body lattice models,
   Nathan M. Myers, Ryan Scott, Kwon Park, and Vito W. Scarola, Phys. Rev. Research 5, 023199 [doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.023199] (Jun. 2023).
4. Projected BCS theory for the unification of antiferromagnetism and strongly correlated superconductivity,
   Hyunwoong Kwon and Kwon Park, Phys. Rev. Research 4, 013116 [doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.013116] (Feb. 2022).
5. Electric quantum oscillation in Weyl semimetals,
   Kyusung Hwang, Woo-Ram Lee, and Kwon Park, Phys. Rev. Research 3, 033132 [doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033132] (Aug. 2021).
6. Floquet topological semimetal with a helical nodal line in 2+1 dimensions,
   Kun Woo Kim, Hyunwoong Kwon, and Kwon Park, Phys. Rev. B 99, 115136 [doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.115136] (Mar. 2019).
7. Spin separation in the half-filled fractional topological insulator,
   Sutirtha Mukherjee and Kwon Park, Phys. Rev. B 99, 115131 [doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.115131] (Mar. 2019).
8. Fractional Quantum Hall Effect at ν=2+6/13: The Parton Paradigm for the Second Landau Level,
   Ajit C. Balram, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Kwon Park, Maissam Barkeshli, Mark S. Rudner, and J. K. Jain Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 186601 [doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.186601] (Nov. 2018).
9. A Passage to Topological Matter: Colloquium,
   Kwon Park, J. Korean Phys. Soc. 73, 817 [doi.org/10.3938/jkps.73.817] (Sep. 2018).
   Review article for the special issue commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Korea Physical Society.
10. Competing states for the fractional quantum Hall states in the 1/3-filled second Landau level,
    Jae-Seung Jeong, Hantao Lu, Ki Hoon Lee, Kenji Hashimoto, Suk Bum Chung, and Kwon Park, Phys. Rev. B 96, 125148 [doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.125148] (Sep. 2017). [arXiv:1601.00403]
11. Surface to bulk Fermi arcs via Weyl nodes as topological defects,
    Kun Woo Kim, Woo-Ram Lee, Yong Baek Kim, and Kwon Park, Nat. Commun. 7, 13489 [doi: 10.1038/ncomms13489] (Nov. 2016). [arXiv:1608.05531]
12. Direct manifestation of topological order in the winding number of the Wannier-Stark ladder,
    Woo-Ram Lee and Kwon Park, Phys. Rev. B 92, 195144 (Nov. 2015). [arXiv:1503.01870]
13. Analytical theory of strongly correlated Wigner crystals in the lowest Landau level,
    Jun-Won Rhim, Jainendra K. Jain, and Kwon Park, Phys. Rev. B 92, 121103(R) (Sep. 2015). [arXiv:1506.06888]
14. Bilayer mapping of the paired quantum Hall state: Instability toward anisotropic pairing,
    Jae-Seung Jeong and Kwon Park, Phys. Rev. B 91, 195119 (May 2015). [arXiv:1412.2430]
15. Dielectric breakdown via emergent nonequilibrium steady states of the electric-field-driven Mott insulator,
    Woo-Ram Lee and Kwon Park, Phys. Rev. B 89, 205126 (May 2014). [arXiv:1310.4275]
16. Competing Crystal Phases in the Lowest Landau Level,
    Alexander C. Archer, Kwon Park, and Jainendra K. Jain, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 146804 (Oct. 2013).
    Featured on the cover of Phys. Rev. Lett. [arXiv:1307.1892]
17. Self-similar occurrence of massless Dirac particles in graphene under a magnetic field,
    Jun-Won Rhim and Kwon Park, Phys. Rev. B 86, 235411 (Dec. 2012). [arXiv:1209.2232]
18. Influence of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions on magnetic structure of a spin-1/2 deformed kagome lattice antiferromagnet,
    Kyusung Hwang, Kwon Park, and Yong Baek Kim, Phys. Rev. B 86, 214407 (Dec. 2012). [arXiv:1206.3590]
19. Correlation Effects on 3D Topological Phases: From Bulk to Boundary,
    Ara Go, William Witczak-Krempa, Gun Sang Jeon, Kwon Park, and Yong Baek Kim, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 066401 (Aug. 2012). [arXiv:1202.4460]
20. Spin cluster operator theory for the kagome lattice antiferromagnet,
    Kyusung Hwang, Yong Baek Kim, Jaejun Yu, and Kwon Park, Phys. Rev. B 84, 205133 (Nov. 2011). [arXiv:1108.5257]
21. Superconducting order parameter for the even-denominator fractional quantum Hall effect,
    Hantao Lu, S. Das Sarma, and Kwon Park, Phys. Rev. B 82, 201303 (R) (Oct. 2010). [arXiv:1008.1587]
22. Dynamical mean field theory of the repulsive BCS+U model,
    K. Park, New Journal of Physics  11, 073027 (Jul. 2009).
23. Spontaneous particle-hole symmetry breaking in the ν=5/2 fractional quantum Hall effect,
    Michael R. Peterson, K. Park, and S. Das Sarma, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 156803 (Oct. 2008) [arXiv:0807.0638]
24. Spin triplet excitations for a valence bond solid on the Kagome lattice,
    Bohm-Jung Yang, Yong Baek Kim, Jaejun Yu, and K. Park, Phys. Rev. B 77, 224424 (Jun 2008) [Editor's Suggestion]. [arXiv:0802.4343]
25. Doped valence-bond solid and superconductivity on the Shastry-Sutherland lattice,
    Bohm-Jung Yang, Yong Baek Kim, Jaejun Yu, and K. Park, Phys. Rev. B 77, 104507 (2008). [arXiv:0707.1392]
26. Dynamical mean field theory of the Gutzwiller-projected BCS Hamiltonian: Phase fluctuations and the pseudogap,
    K. Park. [cond-mat/0701588]
27. Coherent tunneling in exciton condensates of bilayer quantum Hall systems,
    K. Park and S. Das Sarma, Phys. Rev. B 74, 035338 (2006). [cond-mat/0602663]
28. Quantum Antiferromagnetism and High T_c Superconductivity: A Close Connection between the t-J Model and the Projected BCS Hamiltonian,
    K. Park, Phys. Rev. B 72, 245116 (2005). [cond-mat/0508357]
29. Theoretical Evidence for Equivalence between the Ground States of the Strong Coupling BCS Hamiltonian and the Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg Model,
    K. Park, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 027001 (2005). [cond-mat/0409367]
30. Theory of Tunneling in the Exciton Condensate of Bilayer Quantum Hall Systems,
    K. Park, (2004). [cond-mat/0407535]
31. Pseudo-spin quantum computation in semiconductor nanostructures,
    V. W. Scarola, K. Park, and S. Das Sarma, New Journal of Physics 7, 177 (2005).
32. Composite fermion theory of excitations in the fractional quantum Hall effect,
    J. K. Jain, K. Park, M. R. Peterson, and V. W. Scarola, Solid State Comm. 135, 602 (2005).
33. Chirality in Quantum Computation with Spin Cluster Qubits,
    V. Scarola, K. Park, S. Das Sarma, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 120503 (2004). [cond-mat/0403444]
34. Radiation-Induced Zero-Resistance State at Low Magnetic Field and near Half Filling of the Lowest Landau Level,
    K. Park, Phys. Rev. B 69, 201301(R) (2004).
35. Spontaneous Pseudospin Spiral Order in the Bilayer Quantum Hall Systems,
    K. Park, Phys. Rev. B 69, 045319 (2004).
36. Pseudospin Quantum Computation in Semiconductor Nanostructures,
    V. Scarola, K. Park, S. Das Sarma, Phys. Rev. Lett. . 91, 167903 (2003).
37. Even-Odd Effect in Spontaneously Coherent Bilayer Quantum Hall Droplets,
    K.Park, V. Scarola, S. Das Sarma, Phys. Rev. Lett. . 91, 026804 (2003).
38. Kondo Effect of Non-magnetic Impurities and the Co-existing Charge Order in the Cuprate Superconductors,
    K. Park, Phys. Rev. B 67, 094513 (2003).
39. Bond and Néel Order and Fractionalization in Ground States of Easy-plane Antiferromagnets in Two Dimension,
    K. Park and S. Sachdev, Phys. Rev. B 65, 220405(R) (2002).
40. Ground States of Quantum Antiferromagnets in Two Dimensions,
    S. Sachdev and K. Park, Annals of Physics 298, 58 (2002).
41. Charged Excitons of Composite Fermions in the Fractional Quantum Hall Effects,
    K. Park, Solid State Comm. 121(1), 19 (2002).
42. Bond Operator Theory of Doped Antiferromagnets: from Mott Insulators with Bond-centered Charge Order, to Superconductors with Nodal Fermions,
    K. Park and S. Sachdev, Phys. Rev. B 64, 184510 (2001).
43. The Spin Physics of Composite Fermions,
    K. Park and J. K. Jain, Solid State Comm. 119, 291 (2001).
44. Interacting Composite Fermions,
    J. K. Jain, R. K. Kamilla, K. Park, and V. W. Scarola, Solid State Comm. 117(3), 117 (2001).
45. Mixed States of Composite Fermions Carrying Two and Four Vortices,
    K. Park and J. K. Jain, Phys. Rev. B 62, R13274 (2000).
46. Excitonic Collapse of Higher Landau Level Fractional Quantum Hall Effect,
    V. W. Scarola, K. Park, and J. K. Jain, Phys. Rev. B 62, R16259 (2000).
47. Theoretical Study of the Stability of the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect in Higher Landau Levels,
    T. Sbeouelji, K. Park, J. K. Jain, and N. Meskini, Phys. Rev. B 62, R4802 (2000).
48. Cooper Instability of Composite Fermions,
    V. W. Scarola, K. Park, and J. K. Jain, Nature 406, 863 (2000).
49. Two-roton Bound State in the Fractional Quantum Hall effect,
    K. Park and J. K. Jain, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 5576 (2000).
50. Roton Instability of Spin Wave Excitation in the Fully Polarized Quantum Hall State and Phase Diagram at ν=2,
    K. Park and J. K. Jain, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 12, 3787 (2000).
51. Rotons of Composite Fermions: Comparison Between Theory and Experiment,
    V. W. Scarola, K. Park, and J. K. Jain, Phys. Rev. B 61, 13064 (2000).
52. Girvin-MacDonald-Platzman Collective Mode at General Filling Factors: Magneto-Roton Minimum at Half-Filled Landau Level,
    K. Park, and J. K. Jain, Solid State Comm. 115(7), 353 (2000).
53. Masses of Composite Fermions Carrying Two and Four Flux Quanta: Differences and Similarities,
    X. Zu, K. Park, and J. K. Jain, Phys. Rev. B 61, R7850 (2000).
54. Spontaneous Magnetization of Composite Fermions,
    K. Park, and J. K. Jain, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 5543 (1999).
55. Activation Gaps for the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect: Realistic Treatment of Transverse Thickness,
    K. Park, N. Meskini, and J. K. Jain, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 11, 7283 (1999).
56. Scaling Relations for Gaps in Fractional Quantum Hall States,
    G. Murthy, K. Park, R. Shankar, and J. K. Jain, Phys. Rev. B 58, 15363 (1998).
57. Activation Gaps and Mass Enhancement of Composite Fermions,
    K. Park and J. K. Jain, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4200 (1998).
58. Possibility of p-wave Pairing of Composite Fermion at ν=1/2,
    K. Park, V. Melik-Alaverdian, N. E. Bonesteel, and J. K. Jain, Phys. Rev. B 58, R10167 (1998).
59. Phase Diagram of the Spin Polarization of Composite Fermions and a New Effective Mass,
    K. Park and J. K. Jain, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4237 (1998).

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