Reza  Afzali

Assistant Professor

Department of  Physics, Faculty of Science

K. N. Toosi University of  Technology

E-Mails: Afzali@kntu.ac.ir

     Afzali2001@hotmail.com

      Phone: (+98) 21 23064424

        Fax:(+98) 21 22857080

 

 

ACADEMIC EDUCATION:

(Title: Lattice gauge theories and Eguchi improved action in lattice QCD).

(Title: Some transport and magnetic properties of Fermi systems: A1 phase of superfluid Helium three and FFLO superconductor.)

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 AWARDS:

(Title: Investigating quantum tunneling between a superconducting nano – grain and normal state)

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RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Superconductors, Nano-Superconductors, Superfluids, Many Particles Systems, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Strongly Correlation Systems in
Condensed Matter, Quantum Information Science in Condensed Matter Physics.

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GRADUATE STUDENTS:

 

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Courses:

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PUBLICATIONS:

1.      Shear viscosity of the A1- phase of superfluid 3He ,

M. A. Shahzamanian , R . Afzali, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter15, 367 ( 2003 ) .

 

2.      Shear viscosity of superfluid 3He-A1 at low temperatures ,

M. A. Shahzamanian , R . Afzali , Annals of Physics 309 , 281 (2004 ) .

 

3.      Quasiparticle relaxation rate and shear viscosity of superfluid 3He-A1 at low temperatures ,

M. A. Shahzamainan , R. Afzali , Physica B 348 , 108 (2004) .

 

4.      Diffusive thermal conductivity of A1- phase of superfluid 3He at low temperatures

R. Afzali , N. Ebrahimian,Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 17, 4441 ( 2005 ) .

 

5.      Order parameter of a nanometer-scale s-wave superconducting grain in quantum tunneling process: frequency space analysis,

R. Afzali, A. T. Rezakhani, Chinese Physics Letters, 23, 967 (2006).

 

6.Quantum fluctuation and tunneling of a superconducting nanograin,

R. Afzali, Phys. Stat. Sol. (c) 3, 3321 (2006).

7.Bogoliubov-normal interaction and calculation of thermal conductivity of superfluid

A1-He,

R. Afzali , N. Ebrahimian, Phys. Stat. Sol. (c) 3, 3130 (2006).

 

8. Spin Diffusion Coefficient Of A1-Phase Of Superfluid 3He At Low Temperatures

R. Afzali, F. Pashaee, Mod. Phys. Lett. B, 23, 1603 (2009).

 

9.Second Viscosity of A1-Phase of Superfluid 3He at low temperatures

R. Afzali, F. Rahmati, Physica B, 405, 1050 (2010).

 

10. Nonlocal effects on penetration depth of FFLO d-wave superconductors

R. Afzali, e-print: cond-mat/0804.2914.

 

 

11. Effect of weak magnetic field on quantum spin correlation in an s-wave superconductor

R. Afzali, A. T. Rezakhani, H. R. Alborznia, e-print: cond-mat/1011.3011.

 

12. Application of Boltzmann Equation on Spin Diffusion of Ferromagnetic Superfluid 3He: Near Critical Temperature

R. Afzali, Journal of Statistical Physics, 147, 808 (2012).

 

13. Dependence of interface conductivity on relevant physical parameters in polarized Fermi mixtures

N. Ebrahimian, M. Mehrafarin, R. Afzali, Physica C, 480, 49 (2012).

 

14. Linear response of heat conductivity of normal-superfluid interface of a polarized Fermi gas to orbital magnetic field

N. Ebrahimian, M. Mehrafarin, R. Afzali, Physica B, 407, 140 (2012).


15. Phase Transition of a Heavy-Fermion Superconductor in a High magnetic Field: Entanglement Analysis

R. Afzali, N. Ebrahimian, Journal of Korean Physical Society, 63, 284 (2013).


16. Quantum Entanglement and quantum phase transition under dissipation in the anisoropic Heisenberg XXZ model

with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction

R. Afzali, M. Saleh Kotahi, J. Sobhani, Iranian Journal of Physics Research, 12, 289 (2013).

 

17. Quantum discord and tripartite entanglement of a d-wave high temperature superconductor

R. Afzali, N. Ebrahimian, B. Eghbalifar (2015).

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Book Chapter:

R. Afzali, "Shear Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity of Superfluid 3He-A1" in Condensed Matter : New Research, M. P. Das(Ed.), Nova Publishers, New York, USA( 2006).

ISBN: 1-60021-022-8

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Invited Speaker and Talk:

"Spin Diffusion of the A1-Phase of Superfluid 3He Near Tc with Bogolibov-Normal Interaction",

20th Annual IASBS Meeting on Condensed Matter Physics, May 28-30, 2014 (7-9 Khordad 1393)

 

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Conferences:

International Conferences:


1.Penetration depth of FFLO d-wave superconductors in additional magnetic field at zero temperature: Nonlocal effect analysis,

R. Afzali, Accepted in 5th International Conference on Magnetic and

Superconducting Materials (MSM07), Khiva, Uzbekistan, 25th-30th September ( 2007).

 

2.Deviation of Order parameter of s-wave superconducting nano-grain in quantum tunneling process: Coupling constant effects

R. Afzali, N. Ebrahimian , A. T. Rezakhani, Accepted in 5th International

Conference on Magnetic and Superconducting Materials (MSM07), Khiva, Uzbekistan, 25th-30th September ( 2007).

 

3.Quantum fluctuation and tunneling of a d-wave and s-wave superconducting nano-grain,

R. Afzali, Fourth International Conference On Magnetic and Superconducting Materials MSM05, Sep 2005, Morocco. AFZ/SO-031.

 

4.Relaxation time of A1 phase of superfluid 3He at low temperatures,

M. A. Shahzamainan , R. Afzali , International conference on Magmetic and Superconducting Materials (2003), MSMO3 / SHAH / 5024 .

  

Iranian annual conferences:


 

5.Quantum teleportation and entanglement in interacting quantum dots system

R. Afzali, M. Salehkoutahi, M. Abdoli, 5th International Congress on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology ,Tehran, Iran (ICNN2014).

 

6. Magnetic field effect on current in quantum Nanowires,

R. Afzali, M. Salehkoutahi, H. Jabbari, 13th Conference on Physics Education and 3th conference on Physics and Lab, Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran (2012).

 

 

7.Quantum tunneling in a symmetrical nano-SQUID

 R. Afzali, F. Rahnavard, 5th Nanotechnology Student Cnference, Iranian Nanotechnology Society, Tehran, Iran (2014).


8.Designing of SQUID with tree and four junctions and investigating the dependence of  current to magnetic flux and geometrical structure of SQUID

R. Afzali, M. Babamkhani, The Annual Physics Conference of Iran, Birjand, Iran (2013) .

 

9.Magnetic field effect on noise in quantum nanowires

R. Afzali, M. Salehkoutahi, H. Jabbari, 12th  Nanotechnology Student Cnference, Iranian Medical Nanotechnology Scientific Society, Tehran, Iran (2012).

 

10. Absorption Power of a Quasi 2-D d-Wave Superconductor Affected by a External Perturbation

R. Afzali, A. Alizadeh,  3nd National Conference on Advances in Superconductivity (NCAS3), Kashan, Iran (2012).
 

 

11. Tripartite entanglement for a superconductor and its relation on coherence length

R. Afzali, A. Alizadeh, 18th Annual IASBS Meeting on Condensed Matter Physics, Zanjan, Iran (2012).

 

12. Temperature dependence of optical conductivity of YBCO in various external field frequencies

R. Afzali, A. Alizadeh,  A. Bazvand, 11th Condensed Matter Physics Conference of Iran, Shahrod University, Shahrod, Iran (2013).

 

13. Dissipative kohn – sham equations by considering effective mass for interacted fermion systems

R. Afzali, A. Alizadeh,  A. Mahjoob, 11th Condensed Matter Physics Conference of Iran, Shahrod University of Technology, Shahrod, Iran (2013).

 

14. Transition temperature of a quasi 2-dimentional S+d wave superconductor

R. Afzali, A. Alizadeh,  The Annual Physics Conference of Iran, Yazd University,Yazd, Iran (2012) .

 

15-Uniform and Constant Magnetic Field Effects In Electron Transport Through Nano Coductors

R. Afzali, M. Salehkoutahi, H. Jabbari, 2nd conference on Applications of Nanotechnology in  Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Azad University- Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, Iran (2011).

 

16. Quantum Fluctuation of Mesoscopic RLC Circuit in Thermal Vacuum State; Wigner Distribution Function Method

R. Afzali, V. Mohammadi, 5th National Conference on Physics of Payame Noor University, Tabriz, Iran (2011). 

 

17. Spin-spin Entanglement of Cooper Pairs in Superconductor in Presence of Electric Perturbation

R. Afzali, S. Fahimi, V. Mohammadi, 5th National Conference on Physics of Payame Noor University, Tabriz, Iran (2011).

 

18.Charge transport through a two-site nanowire driven by external voltage

R. Afzali, M. Saleh Koutahi, H. Jabbari, 5th National Conference on Physics of Payame Noor University, Tabriz, Iran (2011).

 

19.QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT DYNAMICS OF TWO QUBITS UNDER DISSIPATION AND DISTURBANCE SEQUENT MAGNETIC FIELD

R. Afzali, M. Salehkoutahi, J. Sobhani, The Annual Physics Conference of Iran, Kashan University, Kashan, Iran (2012) .

 

20. Transition Rate of Thermal Fluctuations in a quantum Nanowire by Using String Method

R. Afzali, A. Azarbod, 5th National Conference on Physics of Payame Noor University, Tabriz, Iran (2011).

 

21.Wigner distribution function formulation for the calculation of charge density in a superconductor in frequency space

R. Afzali, V. Mohammadi, 17th Annual IASBS Meeting on Condensed Matter Physics, Zanjan, Iran (2011).

 

22.Free-Energy and Current of a Superconducting Quantum Wire in an Electrical Field

R. Afzali, A. Azarbod, The 10th Annual Iranian Condensed matter conference, Shiraz, Iran (2011).

 

23.Quantum Entanglement of Spin of Electrons of a Fermi System: Superconductors

R. Afzali, F. Fadaei, The 10th Annual Iranian Condensed matter conference, Shiraz, Iran (2011).

 

24.Quantum Phase Transition of a Nano-Superconductor in Frequency Space

Afzali, The Annual Physics Conference of Iran, Lorestan, Iran (2006).

 

25. Calculation of Temperature Dependence of  Superfluid Component of Thermal Conductivity of 3He-A1

N. Ebrahimian, R. Afzali, M. A. Shahzamanian, 11th Annual IASBS Meeting on Condensed Matter Physics, Zanjan, Iran (2006).

 

26.  Temperature Dependence of  Superfluid Component of Thermal Conductivity of 3He -A1 with s-p Approximation

R. Afzali, N. Ebrahimian. Proceedings of the First Joint Conference on Condensed Matter Physics, 30 Nov.-1 Dec. 2005, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran. (2006).

 

27.    Instanton Equation of a Nano-Grain Superconductor in Magnetic Field

R. Afzali, 7th Research week Conference, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran (2005).

 

28. Calculation of Thermal Conductivity of Normal Fluid of 3He at Low Temperatures with Pefitzner Approximation

N. Ebrahimian, M. A. Shahzamanian, R. Afzali, 7th Research week Conference, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran (2005).

 

29.  Specular Penetration Depth of D-Wave Superconductor in a Weak External Magnetic Field

M. A. Shahzamanian and R. Afzali, The Annual Physics Conference of Iran, Iran (2004).

 

30.  Calculation of   Scattering Amplitude in A1 Phase of Superfluid 3He

M. A. Shahzamanian, R. Afzali, 8th Annual IASBS Meeting on  Condensed Matter Physics, Zanjan, Iran  (2003).

 

31. Correction of  response Kernel of FFLO Superconductor  to a Weak Magnetic Field

M. A. Shahzamanian, R. Afzali, 5th Research week, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran (2004).

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