Research interests: computational physics, strongly correlated electron systems, magnetism and superconductivity, transport properties, magnetic adsorbates on surfaces and scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy, renormalization group techniques, computer algebra, Kondo effect and quantum impurity physics, cold atoms, quantum technologies, electronics, field programmable gate arrays, control systems.

Recent publications:

Spin-orbital Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states in single Kondo molecular magnet Hui-Nan Xia, Emi Minamitani, Rok Žitko, Zhen-Yu Liu, Xin Liao, Min Cai, Zi-Heng Ling, Wen-Hao Zhang, Svetlana Klyatskaya, Mario Ruben, Ying-Shuang Fu Nat. Commun. 13, 6388 (2022) (PDF)

Singlet-Doublet Transitions of a Quantum Dot Josephson Junction Detected in a Transmon Circuit Arno Bargerbos, Marta Pita-Vidal, Rok Žitko, Jesús Ávila, Lukas J. Splitthoff, Lukas Grünhaupt, Jaap J. Wesdorp, Christian K. Andersen, Yu Liu, Leo P. Kouwenhoven, Ramón Aguado, Angela Kou, and Bernard van Heck PRX Quantum 3, 030311 (2022) (PDF)

Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states, BCS-BEC crossover, and exact solution in the flat-band limit Rok Žitko and Luka Pavešić Phys. Rev. B 106, 024513 (2022) (PDF)

Excitations in a superconducting Coulombic energy gap Juan Carlos Estrada Saldaña, Alexandros Vekris, Luka Pavešić, Peter Krogstrup, Rok Žitko, Kasper Grove-Rasmussen & Jesper Nygård Nat. Commun. 13, 2243 (2022) (PDF)

Universal Magnetic Oscillations of dc Conductivity in the Incoherent Regime of Correlated Systems Jakša Vučičević, Rok Žitko Phys. Rev. Lett 127, 196601 (2021) (PDF)

JSIplus: Center for Light, Matter, and Quanta (JSIplus) will enable Slovenia to leverage its outstanding scientific excellence in the high technology fields of physics, chemistry, and materials to become a world leader in the application of quantum phenomena to the fields of medicine, electronics, energy, and sustainability.

Radio: Frekvenca X: Prvi koraki do kvantne premoči (VAL 202, Jan 2021, three-part podcast, Slovenian language)
Part 2: Teleportacija? Tudi to je mogoče! Part 3: Varne komunikacije in nevaren nadzor

Video: Kako zapreči kvantne pojave in zmagati? (UL FMF/JSI Colloquium, Feb 2019, Slovenian language)

Workshop: Bound states in superconductors and interfaces
8—10 April 2019, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany

Training: Quantum impurity solvers (for systems with superconducting baths)
Oct 2021, NBI, University of Copenhagen, Denmark