Dr. Homnath Luitel

Contact details

1.  Email: hlphysics20@gmail.com (for any kind of queries)

luitelhomnath@gmail.com; homnath.luitel@wits.ac.za

2. Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Homnath_Luitel

3. ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1566-5668 

4. VIDWAN iD: 192655; tps://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/1926

Educational qualification: 

Centennial Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, NSPT Laboratory, School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (2024)

1.  PhD:  Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India (PhD work carried out at VECC, Kolkata). (2019)

2. Post M.Sc. course: Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC), Kolkata, India. (2015)

3. M.Sc. Physics: Sikkim University, Gangtok, India. (2014)

4. B.Sc. (Hons): Sikkim Government College (presently called NBBDC), Tadong, Sikkim University, Gangtok, India. (2012)

Research Interest:

Condensed Matter Physics: Defects in solids, Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors (DMS), Spintronics and Magnetism; Diamond and Functional materials; Quantum Computing
Geophysics: Slope stability and geophysical study in Himalayan region

Technical Skills:

Operating Dilution Fridge and Low temperature MR measurements,

Plasma CVD thin film deposition,

Ion Beam Irradiation,

Density functional Theory (DFT),

Characterization using Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy (PAS- LT/CBD),

Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID),

Photoluminescence (PL, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD),

Raman spectroscopy

Quantum Computing
Electrical Resistivity Survey (ERS)

Professional membership:

1.     Life member (LM/1127) of Indian Physical Society (IPS), IACS Campus, Kolkata, India.

2.     Life member (LM/378) of Physics Academy of North East (PANE), IITG, Guwahati, Assam, India.

3.     Life member (LM_0078) of Society for Positron Annihilation and Nuclear probes (SPAN), BARC, Mumbai, India.