Curriculum vitae...
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Research experience
2022 - Presnet
Postdoctoral Associate: Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology (WACQT) fellow.
Project: “Calorimetric detection of 0.1 - 1 meV energy quanta with superconductor-semiconductor hybrids.”
Lund University, Sweden and Aalto University, Finland.
Principal Investigators: Prof. Ville Maisi & Prof. Jukka Pekola.
2020 - 2022
Postdoctoral Fellow: Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology (WACQT) fellow.
Project: “Development of microwave photodetector using superconductor-semiconductor hybrids.”
Lund University, Sweden.
Principal Investigator: Prof. Ville Maisi.
2014 - 2020
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Physical Science.
Homi Bhabha National Institute, RRCAT, India.
Thesis title: “Magneto-optical transport studies on ultra-low disordered semiconductor quantum wells grown by MOVPE.”
Supervisor: Prof. Vijay Kumar Dixit.
2013 - 2014
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Project.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, India.
Thesis title: “Corner Undercutting in Wet Bulk Micromachining.”
Supervisor: Prof. Prem Pal.
Education
2014 - 2020
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physical Sciences
Homi Bhabha National Institute, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore, India.
2012- 2014
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Physics
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, India.
2009 - 2012
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Physics Hons.
University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India.
2007 - 2009
Higher secondary education (12th),
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE), West Bengal, India.
2007
Secondary education (10th)
West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE), West Bengal, India
Award and Achievements
• Publication as Editor’s Suggestion in Physical Review Letters (PRL) by American Physical Society (2023).
• Outstanding Doctoral Student Award by Homi Bhabha National Institute, India (2021).
• Best thesis Award by Indian Lasers Association in National Lasers Symposium-29, India. (2021).
• Young Scientist Award in 34th Madhya Pradesh Young Scientist Congress, India (2019)
• Best Paper Award in Condensed Matter Physics under Extreme Conditions, India (2016)
• Best Paper Award in International Conference on Advanced Trends in Engineering and Technology, India (2014)
• Graduate Aptitude Test Engineering (GATE) Qualified, All India Rank:226 (2014)
• Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) Qualified, All India Rank 293 (2014)
• Received ‘IIT Hyderabad Merit Cum Means Scholarship’ during Master of Science, India (2012).
• Joint Admission Test (JAM) for M.Sc. qualified for admission to IITs, India (2012).
• Received ‘West Bengal Merit Cum Means Scholarship’ during Bachelor of Science, India (2009).
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Proficient in Nano-fabrication techniques in cleanroom and expertise in the following systems:
o Electron-beam lithography (EBL) [Raith – Voyager],
o Mask-aligner (MJB4) & maskless-photolithography [Self-made, Heidelberg MLA 150],
o Focused Ion Beam lithography [FEI Nova],
o Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) [Zeiss Leo],
o Oxide deposition by e-beam evaporators & Atomic Layer Deposition [ALD Picosun Sunale R-100],
o Thermal/e-beam evaporators [Temescal FC 2000] & lift-off/etch back method,
o Sputtering of superconducting thin films (Nb, Al, etc) [AJA Orion 5]
o Isotropic/anisotropic wet etching of semiconductors, metals and oxides,
o Reactive Ion Etching [Trion T2] and automated sample Dicer [Disco DAD 3320].
Experienced in handling semiconductor nanowires and quantum dots,
Experienced working with Dilution Refrigerators T ≈ 10 mK [Bluefors LD-series], Dewar based Liquid Helium cryostat T > 1.6 K [Janis SVT-2513-DMI] and closed-cycle cryostat T > 8 K:
o Radio Frequency (RF) spectroscopy and low-noise electrical transport measurements,
o VIS-IR photoluminescence, surface-photovoltage, photo-current, etc.,
o Classical and quantum Hall measurements.
Proficient in handling RF and optical components for spectroscopy under a high magnetic field:
o RF reflectometry, Photoluminescence, Surface photovoltage, Photocurrent, etc.
Growth and structural characterization:
o Metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy growth (MOVPE),
o Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (TEM),
o High-resolution x-ray diffraction measurements (HRXRD),
o Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM),
o Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR).
Proficient in Windows, Microsoft office, Origin-pro, Latex, L-Edit, HFSS, Sonnet, Expert-epitaxy for HRXRD data simulation, Band-Engineering software, Adobe-Photoshop, and basic programming skills in MATLAB.
MEMBERSHIP
1. “Indian Lasers Association (ILA) Lifetime Member”: Membership No. is LM1371.
2. “American Physical Society (APS) Early Career Membership”: Membership number: 62174088
REVIEWER
1. Reviewer of Journal of Applied Physics, American Institute of Physics (AIP) publishing.
2. Reviewer of RSC Applied Interfaces, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) publishing.