Andras Palyi

associate professor
Department of Theoretical Physics
Institute of Physics
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)
Budafoki u. 8, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary

Contact

Office: "F" building, stairway I., 1st floor, room 4.
Email: palyi at mail dot bme dot hu
Phone: +36 1 463 4108

Students and postdocs

• Dr. Peter Boross (postdoc)
• Akos Budai (PhD student, co-supervised with Zoltan Zimboras)
• Gyorgy Frank (PhD student)
• David Pataki (PhD student)

Former students and postdocs:

• Daniel Budanyi (BSc 2015)
• Dr. Gabor Csiszar (postdoc, 2012-2014, currently postdoc at the University of Stuttgart)
• Dr. Matthias Droth (postdoc, 2016-2018, DFG fellow)
• Dr. Vadim Derakhshan Maman (postdoc 2018-2020, currently postdoc at Utrecht University)
• Gabriella Gorjanacz (MSc 2019)
• Bence Hetenyi (MSc 2018, currently PhD student at the University of Basel)
• Zoltan Koradi (BSc 2013, MSc 2015)
• Dr. Judit Romhanyi (postdoc, 2012/09-2012/12, currently assistant professor at UC Irvine)
• Aron Rozgonyi (BSc, 2017, MSc, 2020, currently PhD student at Eotvos University)
• Dr. Gabor Szechenyi (PhD 2017, currently research assistant at Eotvos University)
• Reka Tuza (BSc 2015, MSc 2017)
• Mate Tibor Veszeli (BSc 2015, MSc 2017, currently PhD student at Eotvos University)

Teaching

2021, Spring semester

• Quantum Information Processing, lecture for physics BSc, MSc and PhD students at BME (with Zoltan Zimboras)
• Theoretical Nanophysics, lecture for physics MSc and PhD students at BME (with Gergely Zarand)
• MSc Seminar, supervision for physics MSc students at BME

2020, Fall semester

• Modern Physics for Mechanical Engineers / Physics M1, lecture for mechanical engineering MSc students at BME
• Quantum Computing Architectures, lecture for physics MSc and PhD students at BME (with Gergo Fulop and Peter Makk)
• MSc Seminar, supervision for physics MSc students at BME

2020, Spring semester

• Topological insulators 2 (Topological superconductors), lecture for physics MSc and PhD students at ELTE and BME (with Janos Asboth and Laszlo Oroszlany)
• MSc Seminar, supervision for physics MSc students at BME

2019, Fall semester

• Modern Physics for Mechanical Engineers / Physics M1, lecture for mechanical engineering MSc students at BME
• Topological insulators, lecture for physics MSc and PhD students at BME and ELTE (with Janos Asboth and Laszlo Oroszlany)
• MSc Seminar, supervision for physics MSc students at BME

2019, Spring semester

• Theoretical Nanophysics, lecture for physics MSc and PhD at BME (with Gergely Zarand)
• Quantum Information Processing, lecture for physics BSc, MSc and PhD students at BME (with Akos Budai and Zoltan Zimboras)
• MSc Seminar, supervision for physics MSc students at BME

2018, Fall semester

• Physics M1, lecture for mechanical engineering MSc students at BME
• Quantum Computing Architectures, lecture for physics MSc and PhD students at BME
• MSc Seminar, supervision for physics MSc students at BME

2018, Spring semester

• Topological insulators 2 (Topological superconductors), lecture for physics MSc and PhD students at ELTE and BME (with Janos Asboth and Laszlo Oroszlany)

2017, Fall semester

• Physics M1, lecture for mechanical engineering MSc students at BME
• Topological insulators, lecture for physics MSc and PhD students at ELTE and BME (with Janos Asboth and Laszlo Oroszlany)

2017, Spring semester

• Applied solid-state physics, lecture for physics BSc students (with Szabolcs Csonka and Andras Halbritter)
• Physics 3 (Quantum mechanics and solid-state physics), lecture for electrical engineering MSc students (teaching assistance; lecturer: Gyorgy Mihaly)

2016, Fall semester

• Quantum Information Processing (BME) / Quantum Bits in Solids (ELTE), lecture for physics MSc and PhD students at Eotvos University and Budapest University of Technology and Economics
• Solid-state physics tutorial, for BSc students at BME
• Physics M1 (Quantum mechanics and solid-state physics), lecture for mechanical engineering MSc students at BME (teaching assistance; lecturer: Gyorgy Mihaly)

2016, Spring semester

• Topological insulators II, lecture for physics MSc and PhD students at Eotvos University and Budapest University of Technology and Economics (with Janos Asboth and Laszlo Oroszlany)
• Physics 3 (Quantum mechanics and solid-state physics), lecture for electrical engineering MSc students at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (teaching assistance; lecturer: Gyorgy Mihaly)

2015, Fall semester

• Topological insulators, lecture for MSc and PhD students at Eotvos University and Budapest University of Technology and Economics (with Janos Asboth and Laszlo Oroszlany)
• Solid-state physics tutorial, for BSc students at Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Brief CV

2015/09 -	associate professor, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
2011/04 - 2015/08	part-time research fellow, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
2011/01 - 2015/08	assistant professor, Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary
2008/11 - 2010/12	postdoctoral researcher, University of Konstanz, Germany (supervisor: G. Burkard)
2008	PhD, Physics, Eotvos University
2007/10 - 2008/10	research assistant, Eotvos University (supervisor: G. Vattay)
2004/09 - 2007/08	PhD student, Eotvos University (supervisor: J. Cserti)
2004	Diploma, Physics, Eotvos University

Book

J. K. Asboth, L. Oroszlany, A. Palyi
A Short Course on Topological Insulators: Band structure and edge states in one and two dimensions
Lecture Notes in Physics 919, Springer (2016), [arXiv]

Publications

• Gy. Frank, D. Varjas, P. Vrana, G. Pinter, A. Palyi
  Topological charge distributions of an interacting two-spin system
  [arXiv]
• D. Bouman, R. J. J. van Gulik, G. Steffensen, D. Pataki, P. Boross, P. Krogstrup, J Nygard, J. Paaske, A. Palyi, A. Geresdi
  Triplet-blockaded Josephson supercurrent in double quantum dots
  Phys. Rev. B 102, 220505 (2020) [arXiv]
• V. Derakhshan Maman, M. F. Gonzalez-Zalba, A. Palyi
  Charge noise and overdrive errors in dispersive readout of charge, spin and Majorana qubit readout
  Phys. Rev. Applied 15, 064024 (2020) [arXiv]
• Gy. Frank, Z. Scherubl, Sz. Csonka, G. Zarand, A. Palyi
  Magnetic degeneracy points in interacting two-spin systems: geometrical patterns, topological charge distributions, and their stability
  Phys. Rev. B 101, 245409 (2020) [arXiv]
• G. Szechenyi, A. Palyi
  Parity-to-charge conversion for readout of topological Majorana qubits
  Phys. Rev. B 101, 235441 (2020) [arXiv]
• B. Hetenyi, P. Boross, A. Palyi
  Hyperfine-assisted decoherence of a phosphorus nuclear-spin qubit in silicon
  Phys. Rev. B 100, 115435 (2019) [arXiv]
• P. Boross, J. K. Asboth, G. Szechenyi, L. Oroszlany, A. Palyi
  Poor man's topological quantum gate based on the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model
  Phys. Rev. B 100, 045414 (2019) [arXiv]
• Z. Scherubl, A. Palyi, Sz. Csonka
  Transport signatures of an Andreev molecule in a quantum dot -- superconductor -- quantum dot setup
  Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 10, 363 (2019) [arXiv]
• Z. Scherubl, A. Palyi, Gy. Frank, I. Lukacs, G. Fulop, B. Fulop, J. Nygard, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, G. Zarand, Sz. Csonka
  Observation of spin-orbit coupling induced Weyl points in a two-electron double quantum dot
  Comms. Phys. 2, 108 (2019) [arXiv]
• M. T. Veszeli, A. Palyi
  Fast electron spin flips via strong subcycle electric excitation
  Phys. Rev. B 97, 235433 (2018) [arXiv]
• J. V. Koski, A. J. Landig, A. Palyi, P. Scarlino, C. Reichl, W. Wegscheider, G. Burkard, A. Wallraff, K. Ensslin, T. Ihn
  Floquet spectroscopy of a strongly driven quantum dot charge qubit with a microwave resonator
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 043603 (2018) [arXiv]
• P. Udvarhelyi, V. O. Shkolnykov, A. Gali, G. Burkard, A. Palyi
  Spin-strain interaction in nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond
  Phys. Rev. B 98, 075201 (2018) [arXiv]
• G. Szechenyi, L. Chirolli, A. Palyi
  Impurity-assisted electric control of spin-valley qubits in monolayer MoS2
  2D Materials 5, 035004 (2018) [arXiv]
• P. Boross, G. Szechenyi, A. Palyi
  Hyperfine-assisted fast electric control of dopant nuclear spins in semiconductors
  Phys. Rev. B 97, 245417 (2018) [arXiv]
• G. Szechenyi, A. Palyi, M. Droth
  Electron-electron attraction in an engineered electromechanical system
  Phys. Rev. B 96, 245302 (2017) [arXiv]
• G. Szechenyi, A. Palyi
  Coulomb-blockade and Pauli-blockade magnetometry
  Phys. Rev. B 95, 035431 (2017) [arXiv]
• T. Pei, A. Palyi, M. Mergenthaler, N. Ares, A. Mavalankar, J. H. Warner, G. A. D. Briggs, E. A. Laird
  Hyperfine and spin-orbit coupling effects on decay of spin-valley states in a carbon nanotube
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 177701 (2017) [arXiv]
• P. Boross, G. Szechenyi, D. Culcer, A. Palyi
  Control of valley dynamics in silicon quantum dots in the presence of an interface step
  Phys. Rev. B 94, 035438 (2016) [arXiv]
• P. Boross, G. Szechenyi, A. Palyi
  Valley-enhanced fast relaxation of gate-controlled donor qubits in silicon
  Nanotechnology 27, 314002 (2016) [arXiv], in Focus Collection on Quantum Information Processing
• J. K. Asboth, L. Oroszlany, A. Palyi
  A Short Course on Topological Insulators: Band structure and edge states in one and two dimensions
  Lecture Notes in Physics 919, Springer (2016) [arXiv]
• J. Romhanyi, G. Burkard, A. Palyi
  Subharmonic transitions and Bloch-Siegert shift in electrically driven spin resonance
  Phys. Rev. B 92, 054422 (2015) [arXiv]
• P. Boross, A. Palyi
  Valley relaxation in graphene due to charged impurities
  Phys. Rev. B 92, 035420 (2015) [arXiv]
• G. Szechenyi, A. Palyi
  Shape-sensitive Pauli blockade in a bent carbon nanotube
  Phys. Rev. B 91, 045431 (2015) [arXiv]
• G. Csiszar, A. Palyi
  Orbital hyperfine interaction and qubit dephasing in carbon nanotube quantum dots
  Phys. Rev. B 90, 245413 (2014) [arXiv]
• Z. Scherubl, A. Palyi, Sz. Csonka
  Probing individual split Cooper pairs using the spin qubit toolkit
  Phys. Rev. B 89, 205439 (2014) [arXiv]
• G. Szechenyi, A. Palyi
  Maximal Rabi frequency of an electrically driven spin in a disordered magnetic field
  Phys. Rev. B 89, 115409 (2014) [arXiv]
• G. Szechenyi, A. Palyi
  Current hot spot in the spin-valley blockade in carbon nanotubes
  Phys. Rev. B 88, 235414 (2013), [arXiv]
• P. Rakyta, A. Palyi, J. Cserti
  Electronic standing waves on the surface of the topological insulator Bi2Te3
  Phys. Rev. B 86, 085456 (2012), [arXiv]
• A. Palyi, P. R. Struck, M. Rudner, K. Flensberg, G. Burkard
  Spin-orbit induced strong coupling of a single spin to a nanomechanical resonator
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 206811 (2012), [arXiv], also covered in Physical Review Focus and at PhysOrg.
• A. Kiss, A. Palyi, Y. Ihara, P. Wzietek, H. Alloul, P. Simon, V. Zolyomi, J. Koltai, J. Kurti, B. Dora, F. Simon
  Enhanced NMR relaxation of Tomonaga-Luttinger liquids and the magnitude of the carbon hyperfine coupling in single-wall carbon nanotubes
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 187204 (2011), [arXiv]
• A. Palyi, G. Burkard
  Disorder-mediated electron valley resonance in carbon nanotube quantum dots
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 086801 (2011), [arXiv]
• A. Palyi, G. Burkard
  Spin-valley blockade in carbon nanotube double quantum dots
  Phys. Rev. B 82, 155424 (2010)
• Cs. Peterfalvi, A. Palyi, A. Rusznyak, J. Koltai, J. Cserti
  Catastrophe optics of caustics in single and bilayer graphene: Fine structure of caustics
  physica status solidi (b), 247, 2949 (2010)
• A. Palyi, G. Burkard
  Hyperfine-induced valley mixing and the spin-valley blockade in carbon-based quantum dots
  Phys. Rev. B 80, 201404(R) (2009)
• Cs. Peterfalvi, A. Palyi, J. Cserti
  Electron flow in circular n-p junctions of bilayer graphene
  Phys. Rev. B 80, 075416 (2009)
• T. G. Tenev, A. Palyi, B. I. Mirza, G. R. Nash, M. Fearn, S. J. Smith, L. Buckle, M. T. Emeny, T. Ashley, J. H. Jefferson, C. J. Lambert
  Energy level spectroscopy of InSb quantum wells using quantum-well LED emission
  Phys. Rev. B 79, 085301 (2009)
• A. Palyi, J. Cserti
  Spin-dependent electron-impurity scattering in two-dimensional electron systems
  Phys. Rev. B 78, 241304(R) (2008)
• J. Cserti, A. Palyi, Cs. Peterfalvi
  Caustics due to a Negative Refractive Index in Circular Graphene p-n Junctions
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 246801 (2007)
• A. Palyi, J. Cserti
  Skew scattering due to intrinsic spin-orbit coupling in a two-dimensional electron gas
  Phys. Rev. B 76, 035331 (2007)
• A. Csordas, J. Cserti, A Palyi, U. Zuelicke
  Rashba billiards
  Eur. Phys. J. B 54, 189 (2006)
• A. Palyi, Cs. Peterfalvi, J. Cserti
  Two-dimensional electron scattering in regions of nonuniform spin-orbit coupling
  Phys. Rev. B 74, 073305 (2006)