Prof. Dhanvir Singh Rana
Welcome to Terahertz and Quantum Materials Lab
Research Interest:
Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy: THz emission spectroscopy and imaging based on it, and THz-time domain spectroscopy. Low-energy carrier dynamics, polarization switching and ultra-fast depolarization in technological potential multiferroic, manganite and other magnetic oxides.
Condensed Matter Physics: Structural, Magnetic, transport and thermodynamic properties of strongly correlated electron systems such as multiferroics, ferroelectrics, manganites, cobaltites, etc. Thin films and super-lattice fabrication using pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique
Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy: THz emission spectroscopy and imaging based on it, and THz-time domain spectroscopy. Low-energy carrier dynamics, polarization switching and ultra-fast depolarization in technological potential multiferroic, manganite and other magnetic oxides.
Condensed Matter Physics: Structural, Magnetic, transport and thermodynamic properties of strongly correlated electron systems such as multiferroics, ferroelectrics, manganites, cobaltites, etc. Thin films and super-lattice fabrication using pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique
Awards and Recognitions
- NASI Young Scientist Award in Physical Science for the year 2011.
- JSPS Post-Doctoral Fellowship during Nov 2006 - Oct 2008 at Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Japan.
- Our work on “Charge density waves in charge-ordered manganites” received the “Best Poster Award” at the “International Conference on Optical THz Science and Technology (OTST) 2013” held at Kyoto, Japan during April, 2013.
- Our work on “Effect of magnetic field on charge density waves in charge-ordered manganites studied by magneto-THz spectroscopy” received the “Best Poster Award” at the “International Conference on Fronteirs in Terahertz Technologies and Applications (FTTA) 2021” held at CSIR-NPL, Delhi, December 9-11, 2021.
- Our work on “Unravelling coherent acoustic phonons in rare-earth nickelates thin films by time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy” received the “Best Poster Award” at the “National Assembly of Researchers in Physics (NARIPHY) 2022” held at IISER Bhopal, August 25-26, 2022.
IISERB Responsibilities
Member (senate nominee), Board of Governors | : January 2021 - December 2022 |
Head, Department of Physics | : January 2015 - December 2018 |
Co-ordinator, R&D | : January 2011 - December 2012 |
Member of committee of government funding agencies:
Member, DST-Nanomission, progress review committee | : 2024-2026 |
Member, UGC-DAE Consortium of Scientific Research, Users committee | : 2023-2025 |
Member, CSIR Domain Expert Group for THz mission | : 2023 |
Member, Project Advisory Committee, Physical Sciences, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, New Delhi | : 2021-2024 |
Others
Member, International Advisory Committee, 6th international conference in Microwave and THz Science and Applications, Copenhagen | : 2024 |
Reviewer for Nature Physics, Nature Communications, PRL, PRB, PR Mater, APL, JAP, Adv Func Mater, Adv Elec Mater, etc. |
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Sponsored Project
- Title : “Development of broadband THz spectroscopy for understanding the low energy dynamics and ultrafast optical functionality on strongly correlated systems”
Funding Agency : SERB, DST
Amount : Rs. 1.2 Crores
Duration : 2012-2015 (3 years)
Amount : Rs. 1.2 Crores
Duration : 2012-2015 (3 years)
- Title : “Exotic interface phenomena in nanoscale heterostructures of complex oxides”
Funding Agency : DST Nanomission
Amount : Rs. 1 Crore
Amount : Rs. 1 Crore
- Title : “Unravelling complex ground state of rare earth nickelates and iridates using TeraHertz spectroscopy in high magnetic fields and low temperatures”
Funding Agency : SERB, New Delhi
Amount : Rs. 58.6 Lacs
Amount : Rs. 58.6 Lacs