Professor De la Torre’s research focuses on understanding complex emergent phenomena in quantum materials and engineering new long-lived quantum states by interacting with matter at ultrafast timescales. His research combines in-house optical and photo-emission tools with experiments at synchrotron and free electron lasers worldwide.
Publications
In The News
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Research
Northeastern discovery in quantum materials could make electronics 1,000 times faster
Researchers at Northeastern University have discovered how to change the electronic state of matter on demand, a breakthrough that could make electronics 1,000 times faster and more efficient. By switching from insulating to conducting and vice versa, the discovery creates the potential to replace silicon components in electronics with exponentially smaller and faster quantum materials. […] -
Events
Northeastern’s Boston Campus Hosts Inaugural Magnetics Workshop
Northeastern University hosted the inaugural NU Cross-College Magnetics Center Workshop last week. -
Are space elevators possible? Physicist says they could transform humanity into a ‘spacefaring civilization’
Humanity’s quest to explore — and, perhaps eventually, colonize — outer space has prompted a great many ideas about how precisely to go about it. While conventional wisdom suggests that space launch via rockets is the best way to send human beings into orbit, other “non-rocket” methods have been proposed, including a futuristic “space elevator.” […]