Teaching

I am teaching the following courses this year.

If you have any specific questions about course topics, feel free to drop me an email seeking an appointment.

PH 722: X-ray Spectroscopy

Term: Spring

Offered: 2025

This is an advanced level elective course, especially meant for the PhD students. Here, starting from the primary electron-photon interaction, the concepts towards scattering of X-rays by materials will be build. Students will be introduced to working of the synchrotron and different sophisticated experimental probes related to it, that are widely used for modern day materials research.

PH 653: Experimental Physics Laboratory

Term: Spring

Offered: 2025

This is course for Masters level. Students will get exposure to several experiments based on various advanced concepts of Physics. Students will learn to Accurately collect, analyze and interpret data to understand the underlying physical principles/ concepts in a range of areas in Physics. Estimation of the errors and statistical deviations associated with the measurement will also be emphasized.

PH 302: Cooperative Phenomena in Solids

Term: Autumn

Offered: 2026

This course introduces UG students to key concepts in condensed matter physics, focusing on how the collective behavior of electrons, atoms, and quasiparticles gives rise to the properties of solids. Topics include the role of Fermi surfaces and energy bands in metals, quantum oscillations, and Landau levels. Students will explore superconductivity, Cooper pairing, Josephson effects, and an introduction to Bose–Einstein condensation and superfluidity. Magnetic phenomena are discussed through models of paramagnetism, ferromagnetism, and domain structures, with applications such as GMR. The course also covers quasiparticles like plasmons, polarons, and polaritons, as well as electron–electron and electron–phonon interactions.

PH 352: Solid State Physics Laboratory

Term: Autumn

Offered: 2026

In this course UG students will be able to relate the concepts or phenomena learnt in the PH 302 course to physical systems via experimental learning. Exposure to the operation of different advanced instruments, handling of the data analysis and evaluation of the errors and statistical deviations associated with the experimental results will be discussed.

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