Guoxing Miao

Guo-Xing Miao is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and is cross-appointed to the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo. Professor Miao's research interests lie in spintronics, which use precise electron spin manipulation for information processing. His work places a strong emphasis on nanodevices established on newly emerging spin platforms, such as synthetic diamonds and topological insulators, where information can be processed coherently on the quantum level, rather than digitally on the classical level.

• Topologically protected low-dimensional spin system
• Spin memory and logic devices
• Spintronics
• Nanotechnology

• ECE 730 - Special Topics in Solid State Devices
  • Taught in 2014
• NE 226 - Characterization of Materials
  • Taught in 2014, 2015
• ECE 630 - Physics and Models of Semiconductor Devices
  • Taught in 2016, 2017
• ECE 403 - Thermal Physics
  • Taught in 2016, 2017, 2018
• NANO 701 - Fundamentals of Nanotechnology
  • Taught in 2015, 2018
• NANO 702 - Nanotechnology Tools
  • Taught in 2015, 2018

• Zhang, Hui and Ma, Xiaodong and Li, Lin and Langenberg, Deler and Zeng, Chang Gan and Miao, Guo Xing, Two-step growth of high-quality Nb/(Bi 0.5 Sb 0.5) 2 Te 3/Nb heterostructures for topological Josephson junctions, Journal of Materials Research, 33(16), 2018, 2423 - 2433
• Wang, Cuiling and Zhang, Shouheng and Qiao, Shizhu and Du, Honglei and Liu, Xiaomin and Sun, Ruicong and Chu, Xian-Ming and Miao, Guo-Xing and Dai, Youyong and Kang, Shishou and others, Dual-mode ferromagnetic resonance in an FeCoB/Ru/FeCoB synthetic antiferromagnet with uniaxial anisotropy, Applied Physics Letters, 112(19), 2018
• Wu, Qing-Ping and Liu, Zheng-Fang and Chen, Ai-Xi and Xiao, Xian-Bo and Zhang, Heng and Miao, Guo-Xing, Valley precession and valley polarization in graphene with inter-valley coupling, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 29(39), 2017
• Liu, Zheng-Fang and Wu, Qing-Ping and Chen, Ai-Xi and Xiao, Xian-Bo and Liu, Nian-Hua and Miao, Guo-Xing, Helical edge states and edge-state transport in strained armchair graphene nanoribbons, Scientific reports, 7(1), 2017
• Wu, Qing-Ping and Liu, Zheng-Fang and Chen, Ai-Xi and Xiao, Xian-Bo and Miao, Guo-Xing, Pure valley and spin polarization current in ferromagnetic graphene junction, Journal of Applied Physics, 121(5), 2017
• Zhao, Chuan and Norden, Tenzin and Zhang, Peiyao and Zhao, Puqin and Cheng, Yingchun and Sun, Fan and Parry, James P and Taheri, Payam and Wang, Jieqiong and Yang, Yihang and others, Enhanced valley splitting in monolayer WSe2 due to magnetic exchange field, Nature Nanotechnology, 2017
• Wu, Qing-Ping and Liu, Zheng-Fang and Chen, Ai-Xi and Xiao, Xian-Bo and Miao, Guo-Xing, Tunable Dirac points and high spin polarization in ferromagnetic-strain graphene superlattices, Scientific reports, 7(1), 2017
• Tang, Yong-Chao and Kwon, Sangil and Mohebbi, Hamid R and Cory, David G and Miao, Guo-Xing, Phonon engineering in proximity enhanced superconductor heterostructures, Scientific Reports, 7(1), 2017
• Li, Lin and Zhang, Hui and Yang, Yi-Hang and Miao, Guo-Xing, High-Quality Epitaxial MgB2 Josephson Junctions Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Advanced Engineering Materials, 19(5), 2017
• Liu, Zheng-Fang and Wu, Qing-Ping and Chen, Ai-Xi and Xiao, Xian-Bo and Liu, Nian-Hua and Miao, Guo-Xing, Edge states and quantum phase transition in graphene under in-plane effective exchange fields, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 29(4), 2016
• Tang, Yong-Chao and Zhang, Hui and Kwon, Sangil and Mohebbi, Hamid R and Cory, David G and Peng, Li-Cong and Gu, Lin and Guo, Hai-Zhong and Jin, Kui-Juan and Miao, Guo-Xing, Superconducting Resonators Based on TiN/Tapering/NbN/Tapering/TiN Heterostructures, Advanced Engineering Materials, 18(10), 2016, 1816 - 1822
• Liu, Fen and Yang, Yihang and Xue, Qian and Gao, Zhiwei and Chen, Aixi and Miao, Guo-Xing, Resonant TMR inversion in LiF/EuS based spin filter tunnel junctions, AIP Advances 6, 085004 (2016), 2016
• Gao, Zhiwei and Yang, Yihang and Liu, Fen and Xue, Qian and Miao, Guo-Xing, Spin-and Symmetry-Filtering Combined Tunnel Magnetoresistance through Epitaxial MgO/EuS Tunnel Barriers, Mater. Res. Exp. 3, 075017 (2016), 2016
• Li, Shandong and Li, Qiang and Xu, Jie and Yan, Shishen and Miao, Guo-Xing and Kang, Shishou and Dai, Youyong and Jiao, Jiqing and Lü, Yueguang, Tunable Optical Mode Ferromagnetic Resonance in FeCoB/Ru/FeCoB Synthetic Antiferromagnetic Trilayers under Uniaxial Magnetic Anisotropy, Advanced Functional Materials, 26(21), 2016, 3738 - 3744
• Yang, Yi-Hang and Li, Lin and Liu, Ying and Miao, Guo-Xing, Towards the reality of spin field effect transistor utilizing a graphene channel with spin-splitting, Materials Research Express, 3(10), 2016
• Yang, Yi-Hang and Li, Lin and Liu, Fen and Gao, Zhi-Wei and Miao, Guo-Xing, Enhancing spin injection efficiency through half-metallic miniband conduction in a spin-filter superlattice, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 28(5), 2016
• Xue, Qian and Yang, Yihang and Gao, Zhiwei and Liu, Fen and Li, Qiang and Li, Shandong and Miao, Guo-Xing, Tunnel magnetoresistance in epitaxial (100)-oriented FeCo/LiF/FeCo magnetic tunnel junctions, Applied Physics Letters, 109(19), 2016
• Tang, Yong-Chao and Miao, Guo-Xing, Robust surface code topology against sparse fabrication defects in a superconducting-qubit array, Physical Review A, 93(3), 2016
• Miao, Guo-Xing and Moodera, Jagadeesh S, Spin manipulation with magnetic semiconductor barriers, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(2), 2015, 751 - 761
• Mohebbi, HR and Benningshof, OWB and Taminiau, IAJ and Miao, GX and Cory, DG, Composite arrays of superconducting microstrip line resonators, Journal of Applied Physics, 115(9), 2014
• Miao, Guo-Xing and Chang, Joonyeon and Assaf, Badih A and Heiman, Donald and Moodera, Jagadeesh S, Spin regulation in composite spin-filter barrier devices, Nature communications, 5, 2014
• Li, Bin and Miao, Guo-Xing and Moodera, Jagadeesh S, Observation of tunnel magnetoresistance in a superconducting junction with Zeeman-split energy bands, Physical Review B, 88(16), 2013
• Matzen, S and Moussy, J-B and Miao, GX and Moodera, JS, Direct evidence of spin filtering across MnFe 2 O 4 tunnel barrier by Meservey-Tedrow experiment, Physical Review B, 87(18), 2013
• Miao, Guo-Xing and Moodera, Jagadeesh S, Magnetic tunnel junctions with MgO-EuO composite tunnel barriers, Physical Review B, 85(14), 2012
• Miao, GX and Mascaro, MD and Nam, CH and Ross, CA and Moodera, JS, Domain wall induced magnetoresistance in a superconductor/ferromagnet nanowire, Applied Physics Letters, 99(3), 2011
• Miao, Guo-Xing and Münzenberg, Markus and Moodera, Jagadeesh S, Tunneling path toward spintronics, Reports on Progress in Physics, 74(3), 2011
• Wang, WG and Ni, C and Miao, GX and Weiland, C and Shah, LR and Fan, X and Parson, P and Jordan-Sweet, J and Kou, XM and Zhang, YP and others, Understanding tunneling magnetoresistance during thermal annealing in MgO-based junctions with CoFeB electrodes, Physical Review B, 81(14), 2010
• Moodera, Jagadeesh S and Miao, Guo-Xing and Santos, Tiffany S, Frontiers in spin-polarized tunneling, Phys. Today, 63(4), 2010, 46 - 51
• Müller, Georg M and Walowski, Jakob and Djordjevic, Marija and Miao, Gou-Xing and Gupta, Arunava and Ramos, Ana V and Gehrke, Kai and Moshnyaga, Vasily and Samwer, Konrad and Schmalhorst, Jan and others, Spin polarization in half-metals probed by femtosecond spin excitation, Nature Materials, 8(1), 2009, 56 - 61
• Miao, Guo-Xing and Moodera, Jagadeesh S, Controlling magnetic switching properties of EuS for constructing double spin filter magnetic tunnel junctions, Applied Physics Letters, 94(18), 2009
• Wang, WG and Jordan-Sweet, J and Miao, GX and Ni, C and Rumaiz, AK and Shah, LR and Fan, X and Parsons, P and Stearrett, R and Nowak, ER and others, In-situ characterization of rapid crystallization of amorphous CoFeB electrodes in CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB junctions during thermal annealing, Applied Physics Letters, 95(24), 2009
• Miao, Guo-Xing and Müller, Martina and Moodera, Jagadeesh S, Magnetoresistance in double spin filter tunnel junctions with nonmagnetic electrodes and its unconventional bias dependence, Physical review letters, 102(7), 2009
• Shim, JH and Raman, KV and Park, YJ and Santos, TS and Miao, GX and Satpati, B and Moodera, JS, Large spin diffusion length in an amorphous organic semiconductor, Physical review letters, 100(22), 2008
• Miao, GX and Chang, JY and van Veenhuizen, MJ and Thiel, K and Seibt, M and Eilers, G and Münzenberg, M and Moodera, JS, Epitaxial growth of MgO and Fe/ MgO/ Fe magnetic tunnel junctions on (100)-Si by molecular beam epitaxy, Applied Physics Letters, 93(14), 2008
• Miao, Guo-Xing and Ramos, Ana V and Moodera, Jagadeesh S, Infinite Magnetoresistance from the Spin Dependent Proximity Effect in Symmetry Driven bcc- Fe/V/Fe Heteroepitaxial Superconducting Spin Valves, Physical review letters, 101(13), 2008
• Müller, GM and Münzenberg, M and Miao, G-X and Gupta, A, Activation of additional energy dissipation processes in the magnetization dynamics of epitaxial chromium dioxide films, Physical Review B, 77(2), 2008
• Ramos, AV and Santos, TS and Miao, GX and Guittet, M-J and Moussy, J-B and Moodera, JS, Influence of oxidation on the spin-filtering properties of CoFe 2 O 4 and the resultant spin polarization, Physical Review B, 78(18), 2008
• Miao, GX and Park, Young Ju and Moodera, JS and Seibt, M and Eilers, G and Münzenberg, M, Disturbance of tunneling coherence by oxygen vacancy in epitaxial Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions, Physical review letters, 100(24), 2008
• Xu, W and Szulczewski, GJ and LeClair, P and Navarrete, I and Schad, R and Miao, G and Guo, H and Gupta, A, Tunneling magnetoresistance observed in La 0.67 Sr 0.33 Mn O 3/organic molecule/Co junctions, Applied physics letters, 90(7), 2007
• Goennenwein, STB and Keizer, RS and Schink, SW and Van Dijk, I and Klapwijk, TM and Miao, GX and Xiao, G and Gupta, A, Planar Hall effect and magnetic anisotropy in epitaxially strained chromium dioxide thin films, Applied Physics Letters, 90 (14), 2007, 2007
• Miao, Guo-Xing and Yoon, KapSoo and Santos, Tiffany S and Moodera, Jagadeesh S, Influence of spin-polarized current on superconductivity and the realization of large magnetoresistance, Physical review letters, 98(26), 2007
• Keizer, RS and Goennenwein, STB and Klapwijk, TM and Miao, G and Xiao, Gang and Gupta, A, A spin triplet supercurrent through the half-metallic ferromagnet CrO2, Nature, 439(7078), 2006, 825 - 827
• Kang, Shishou and Miao, GX and Shi, S and Jia, Z and Nikles, David E and Harrell, JW, Enhanced magnetic properties of self-assembled FePt nanoparticles with MnO shell, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128(4), 2006, 1042 - 1043
• Zhang, Qiang and Nurmikko, AV and Miao, GX and Xiao, G and Gupta, A, Ultrafast spin-dynamics in half-metallic Cr O 2 thin films, Physical Review B, 74(6), 2006
• Frey, NA and Srinath, S and Srikanth, H and Varela, M and Pennycook, S and Miao, GX and Gupta, A, Magnetic anisotropy in epitaxial Cr O 2 and Cr O 2/ Cr 2 O 3 bilayer thin films, Physical Review B, 74(2), 2006
• Miao, GX and LeClair, P and Gupta, A and Xiao, Gang and Varela, M and Pennycook, S, Magnetic tunnel junctions based on CrO2/SnO2 epitaxial bilayers, Applied physics letters, 89(2), 2006
• Miao, Guoxing and Xiao, Gang and Gupta, Arunava, Variations in the magnetic anisotropy properties of epitaxial Cr O 2 films as a function of thickness, Physical Review B, 71(9), 2005
• Miao, GX and Xiao, Gang, Giant Hall resistance in Pt-based ferromagnetic alloys, Applied physics letters, 85(1), 2004, 73 - 75
• Li, Lin and Ma, Xiao-Dong and Dai, Yutong and Zhang, Hui and Nichols, George and Cheng, Long and Langenberg, Deler and Miao, Guoxing, Conductance spectroscopy of vertical topological Josephson junction Nb/(Bi0. 5Sb0. 5) 2Te3/Nb, Proc. of SPIE Spintronics XI, 8 2018
• Miao, Guoxing, Spintronics Driven by Superconducting Proximity Effect, Superconductors-New Developments,
• Xiao, Gang and Miao, Guo-Xing, Extraordinary hall effect sensors and arrays, January