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Doyle Temple

Dr. Doyle Temple
Distinguished University Professor of Physics and Chair
PhD, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S., Physics, Southern University
Email:datemple@nsu.edu
Phone: (757) 823-8909
Office: MCAR 501K or WSB 102
Website: Quantum Electronics Group

Brief Biography
Dr. Temple currently serves as department chair and leads both the Quantum Electronics Group (QEG) and the Crystal Physics and Quantum Electronics Laboratory (CPQEL) at NSU. In 1988 he joined the faculty of Louisiana State University (LSU), where he established a research program in quantum electronics with a focus on ultrashort-pulse laser spectroscopy and single-crystal growth. As an Assistant Professor of Physics, he became the first African American faculty member in LSU’s College of Basic Sciences. In 1988, while still a graduate student, he founded Applied Physics Inc., the first faculty-founded company in the LSU Business and Technology Center and the Center’s first business to receive an SBIR award.

He served as Chair of the Department of Physics at Hampton University during the beginning of its new Ph.D. program—the university’s first doctoral program. In 2010, he joined the faculty of Norfolk State University as Director of the Center for Materials Research (CMR) and as a Class A member of the NSU Research and Innovation Foundation of which he is still a member. He returned to full-time research and teaching in 2012 and was appointed chair of the department in 2021. He has served as department chair at two universities, as director of five university research centers, and as leader of four undergraduate summer research programs.

Research Interests
The Quantum Electronics Group <QEG> currently conducts research in four primary areas: (1) synthesis of single-crystalline quantum materials using optical floating-zone, Bridgman, and top-seeded-solution growth techniques; (2) structural, electrical, and magnetic characterization; (3) surface acoustic wave (SAW)–coupled plasmonic phenomena; and (4) ultrafast laser spectroscopy of quasiparticle dynamics.

Awards and Recognition:

  • Distinguished University Professor Award, Norfolk State University, 2022.

  • Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) 2010.

  • E. L. Hamm Excellence in Teaching Award, Hampton University, 2010.

  • Wilcox and Savage Excellence in Innovation Award, Department of Economic Development, Office of the Mayor, City of Hampton, 2006.

  • NASA Administrators’ Fellowship, NASA LaRC, 2000-2001.

  • Sigma Pi Sigma, Physics Honor Society, 1981.

Recent Publications

  • W. Pan, D. B. Burckel, C. D. Spataru, K. R. Sapkota, A. J. Muhowski, S. D. Hawkins, J. F. Klem, L. S. Smith, D. A. Temple, Z. A. Enderson, Z. Jiang, K. Thirunavukkuarasu, L. Xiang, M. Ozerov, D. Smirnov, C. Niu, P. D. Ye, P. Pai, F. Zhang, “Lithography-Defined Semiconductor Moires with Anomalous In-Gap Quantum Hall States", ACS Nano Letters June 2025, 25 (26),  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c02180
  • W. Pan K. R. Sapkota, P. Lu; A. J. Muhowski, W. M. Martinez,C. L.H. Sovinec, R. Reyna, J. P. Mendez; D. Mamaluy, S. D. Hawkins, J. F. Klem, L. S.L. Smith*, D. A. Temple, Z. Enderson, Z. Jiang, and Enrico Rossi, “Epitaxial aluminum layer on antimonide heterostructures for exploring Josephson junction effects,” Materials Science and Engineering B 318 (2025) 118285, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2025.118285
  • C. Gentry, C. Liao, W. You, B. A. Varner*, X. Shi, T. Gray, D. A. Temple, M. Raschke, K. Rossnagel, H. C. Kapteyn, M. M. Murnane, and E. Cating-Subramanian, "Super-resolved time–frequency measurements of coupled phonon dynamics in a 2D quantum material," Sci Rep 12, 19734 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22055-w
  • S. K. Karna, C.-W. Wang, R. Sankar, D. A.Temple and M. Avdeev “Commensurate and incommensurate magnetic structure of the moderately frustrated antiferromagnet Li2M(WO4)2 with M = Co, Ni”,  Phys. Rev. B 104, 134435 (2021)