Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Name : Bimalendu Deb

Department : School of Physical Sciences
Designation : Senior Professor
Contact : +91 33 2473 4971 (Ext: 1201)
Email : msbd@iacs.res.in



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Bimalendu Deb
Professor of Physics
 
Broad area of research:  Quantum Optics, Atomic and Molecular Physics (Theory)
 
Research interests:
  • Quantum Optics
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Sensing and Quantum Simulations
  • Driven Dissipative Quantum Many-Body Systems
  • Cold Atomic Collisions
Conferences and talks: 
  • TAMIONS-2, 2022, ICTS : Correlations and Fluctuations in Quantum Optics and Open Quantum Systems.  Resources: PDF, Supplementary Lecture Note, Lecture Video (Watch from 1 hr 16 min).
  • SLSOP, 2022, ICTS : A basic introduction to spin-orbit interaction in atomic physics and optics. Resources: PDF, Lecture Video .
  • QSQM, 2023, IACS : Panel Discussion on Graduate Teaching in Quantum Science and Quantum Technology, Resources: Lecture Video
  • The World Quantum Day, CQuRE, 2025, TCG CREST  : Ion-atom hybrid quantum computing. Resources: PDF, Lecture Video . 
Theses from our group:
  • Theoretical Studies on Photoassociation of Ultracold Atoms in the Presence of Strong Laser Fields, 2011, Jisha Hazra
  • Quantum Interference Effects in Atom-Atom and Ion-Atom Cold Collisions in the Presence of External Fields, 2014, Arpita Rakshit
  • Electric Field Effects on the Photoassociative Formation of Cold Polar Molecules, 2014, Debashree Chakraborty
  • Model Studies on Some Aspects of Bound States and Photoassociation of Interacting Ultracold Atoms in Low Dimensional Traps, 2016, Partha Goswami
  • Theoretical Studies on the Optical Manipulation of Atom-Atom Interactions at Low Energy, 2017, Subrata Saha
  • Manipulation of Interatomic Interactions and Quantum Entanglement by Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics, 2018, Arpita Pal
  • Theoretical Studies on some aspects of coherent spectroscopy with trapped ions and atoms at low energy, 2020 , Dibyendu Sardar
  • Theoretical Studies on Some Coherent Effects with Continuum-Bound transitions in Ultracold Atoms, 2020, Somnath Naskar
  • Matter-Wave Phase Operators, Number-Phase Uncertainty and Quantum Dynamics of Ultracold Atoms in Double Well Potentials, 2021 , Kingshuk Adhikary
  • Some theoretical studies on Josephson oscillations, macroscopic quantum self-trapping and collective excitations in Bosonic Josephson junctions, 2022 , Abhik Kumar Saha
  • Theoretical studies on Quantum correlations and Superfluidity with trapped Fermionic atoms , 2022 , Subhanka Mal
  • Some model studies on Quantum Correlations in Strong Coupling Cavity QED regime , 2024 , Anushree Dey


Academic Profile

Ph.D. (Physics):  1997, Jadavpur University.

Post-doctoral Research: 1997-2001, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (1997-2000), and Georgia-Tech, USA (2000-2001)

Previous Faculty Position: 2001-2006, Laser Physics Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.

Faculty Position at IACS, Kolkata: Since 2006

 


Group

 

Present Members

 

SARBARISH SEN
Junior Research Fellow
M.Sc. in Physics (2023) IACS, Kolkata. Quantum Phase Transition and Quantum Many-Body Physics on Ultracold Atomic Optical Lattices. spsss2646@iacs.res.in Tel: 2110 (extn.)
SINCHAN SNIGDHA REJ
Junior Research Fellow
M.Sc. in Physics (2022) IIT Bhubaneswar. Quantum Simulations of Many-Body Spin-Chains and Quantum Computation ( Quantum Error Correction and Quantum Algorithms). spsssr2927@iacs.res.in Tel: 2110 (extn.)
NABANEET SHARMA

Junior Research Fellow
M.Sc. in Physics (2022) IIEST Shibpur.  Quantum Optics and Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics. spsns2923@iacs.res.in Tel: 2110 (extn.)
Dr. ANUSHREE DEY

Research Associate - I
M.Sc. in Physics (2019), IACS Kolkata. Quantum Optics, Cavity QED, Many-Body Physics intad@iacs.res.in Tel: 2110 (extn.)
SUBHRA MUDLI

Senior Research Fellow
M.Sc. in Physics (2020) University of Calcutta. Quantum Computation and Information Processing using Rydberg atoms. spssm2@iacs.res.in Tel: 2110 (extn.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former Members

Dr. ABHIK KUMAR SAHA

M. Sc in Physics (2015) Currently Post Doctoral Fellow at University of Oklahoma, USA.
Dr. KINGSHUK ADHIKARY

M. Sc in Physics (2016)  Currently Post Doctoral Fellow at Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Dr. SUBHANKA MAL

M. Sc in Physics (2015)  Former Research Associate - I at IACS, Kolkata.
Dr.DIBYENDU SARDAR

M. Sc in Chemistry (2015) Currently Post Doctoral Fellow at University of Warsaw, Poland. Formarly at Jila, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Dr. ARPITA PAL

M. Sc in Physics (2011) Currently Post Doctoral Fellow at University Of Innsbruck, Austria. Formerly at Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, TCG Crest, Kolkata and Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic.

 

 

 

 

 

 



Publication


Publications

Ion-mediated interaction and controlled phase gate operation between two atomic qbits Subhra Mudli, Subhanka Mal, Sinchan Snigdha Rej , Anushree Dey, Bimalendu Deb .Phys. Rev. A 110, 062618  arxiv:2409.09991
 
Driven-Dissipative Fermionized Topological Phases of Strongly Interacting Bosons Arkajyoti Maity, Bimalendu Deb, Jan-Michael Rost  . arxiv:24140.17039
 
Thermal effects in an imbalanced dipolar fermionic superfluid, Subhanka Mal,Hiranmaya MIshra,Prasanta. K. Panigrahi,Bimalendu Debarxiv:2401.00874
 
Hyperradiance, photon blockade and concurrence in a pair of qubits inside a driven cavity, Anushree Dey and B. Deb, submitted to J. Phys. B, arXiv: 2403.13717
 
Resonance fluorescence in $\Lambda$, and $\Xi$ type three-level configurations, Surajit Sen, T. K. Dey and B. Deb, Phys. Scr. 98, 115124 (2023), arxiv:2310.10924.
 
Dissipative phase transition in an open Tavis–Cummings model with a two-photon drive, Kingshuk Adhikary, Ozgur E. Mustecaplioglu and B. Deb, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 56, 135401(2023).
 
Phase diffusion and fluctuations in a dissipative Bose-Josephson junction, Abhik Kumar Saha, D. S. Ray and B. Deb, Phys. Rev. E 107, 034141 (2023)arxiv: 2211.07229.
 
Electronic Structure, Spectroscopy, Cold Ion–Atom Elastic Collision Properties, and Photoassociation Formation Prediction of the (MgCs)+ Molecular Ion,  Mohamed Farjallah , Dibyendu Sardar, B. Deb and H. Berriche, Atoms 11, 121 (2023)arxiv:2210.01123.
 
Zero-threshold correlated-photon laser with a single trapped atom in bimodal cavity, Anushree Dey, Arpita Pal, S. Dutta Gupta and B. Deb, Phys. Scr. 98, 065527 (2023)arxiv:2207.12304.
 

Time- and frequency-domain two-particle correlations of a driven dissipative Bose-Hubbard model, Kingshuk Adhikary, Anushree Dey, Arpita Pal, Subhanka Mal  and B. Deb, Phys. Rev. A 103, 033310 (2021), arXiv

 

The effects of a Feshbach resonance on spectral shifts in photoasociation of Cs atoms, Yuqing Li, Xiaofeng Wang, Guosheng Feng, Wenliang Liu, Vladimir Sovkov, Jie Ma, Bimalendu Deb, Liantuan Xiao, Suotang Jia,  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 641-646.

 

Realizing negative index of refraction in an ensemble of ground-state polar molecules with lasers, Dibyendu Sardar, Sauvik Roy, Ghanasyam Remesh, Subhasish Dutta Gupta and Bimalendu Deb, Optics Communication 485, 126742 (2021), arXiv:2004.09848v1

 

Multichannel quantum defect theory with numerical reference functions: Applications to cold atomic collisions, Dibyendu Sardar,  Arpita Rakshit,  Somnath Naskar, and Bimalendu Deb; arXiv:2004.09091v1

 

Parametric oscillations in a dissipative bosonic Josephson junction , Abhik Kumar Saha, Deb Shnakra Ray and Bimalendu Deb, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 53, 135301 (2020).  arXiv:2001.04785 (2020)

 

Suppressing deleterious effects of spontaneous emission in creating bound states in cold atom continuum, Somnath Naskar, Dibyendu Sardar, Bimalendu Deb & G. S. Agarwal; J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 52, 245204 (2019);  arXiv:1903.02355

 

The effects of trap-confinement and interatomic interactions on Josephson effects and macroscopic quantum self-trapping for a Bose-Einstein condensate, Abhik Kumar Saha, Kingshuk Adhikary, Subhanka Mal, Krishna Rai Dastidar and B. Deb, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 52, 155301 (2019).  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6455/ab2b58 ;   arXiv:1903.07417

 

Modeling atom-atom interactions at low energy by Jost-Kohn potentials, Subhanka Mal, Kingshuk Adhikary, Dibyendu Sardar, Abhik Kumar Saha and B. Deb, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 52, 165004 (2019). doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ab2378,

 

Fermionic vs bosonic two-site Hubbard models with a pair of interacting cold atoms,Subhanka Mal, Kingshuk Adhikary, and Bimalendu Deb, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 52, 235001(2019);  arXiv:1806.04436,

 

Photon-photon correlations with a V-type three-level system interacting with two quantized field modes, Arpita Pal and Bimalendu Deb, Optics Communication 431, 1-9 (2019), arXiv:1805.00814

 

Theoretical study of the spectroscopic constants and cold elastic collisions of alkaline earth Mg + Mg+ system,Nissrin Alharzali, Dibyendu Sardar, Rim Mlika, B. Deb and H. Berriche, J. Phys. B:At. Mol. Opt. Phys.51, 195201 (2018)

 

Structure, spectroscopy and cold collisions of the (SrNa)+ ionic system,Sana Bellaouini, Arpita Pal, Arpita Rakshit, Mohamed Farjallah, Bimalendu Deb and Hamid Berriche, Eur. Phys. J . D, 72: 131 (2018),

 

Fano effect in an ultracold atom-molecule coupled system, Yuqing Li, Guosheng Feng, Jizhou Wu, Jie Ma, Bimalendu Deb, Arpita Pal, Liantuan Xiao, Suotang Jia, Phys. Rev. A 99, 022702 (2019).

 

Density profiles of two-component Bose-Einstein condensates interacting with a Laguerre-Gaussian beam, Anal Bhowmik, Pradip Kumar Mondal, Sonjoy Majumder and Bimalendu Deb, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 51, 135003 (2018)

 

Spectroscopic properties of the molecular ions BeX + (X=Na, K, Rb): forming cold molecular ions from an ion-atom mixture by stimulated Raman adiabatic process,Hela Ladjimi, Dibyendu Sardar, Mohamed Farjallah, Nisrin Alharzali, Somnath Naskar, Rym Mlika, Hamid Berriche and Bimalendu Deb, Molecular Physics 116,1812-1826 (2018),DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2018.1458999

 

Number-phase uncertainty and quantum dynamics of bosons and fermions interacting with a finite range and large scattering length in a double-well potential, Kingshuk Adhikary, Subhanka Mal, Bimalendu Deb, Biswajit Das, Krishna Rai Dastidar and Subhasish Dutta Gupta, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 51 045302 (2018).

 

Interaction of a Laguerre-Gaussian beam with trapped Rydberg atoms, Koushik Mukherjee, Sonjoy Majumder, Pradip Kumar Mondal and Bimalendu Deb, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 51, 015004 (2018).

 

A unified approach to Lambda-,Xi- and V-type systems with one continuum, Surajit Sen, Tushar Kanti Dey and Bimalendu Deb, Journal of Modern Optics 64, 2083-2096 (2017)

 

Electromagnetically induced transparency in two-colour ultracold photoassociation, Somnath Naskar, Subrata Saha, Tarak Nath Dey and Bimalendu Deb, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 50, 125003(2017).

 

Manipulating nanoscale atom-atom interactions with cavity QED, Arpita Pal, Subrata Saha and Bimalendu Deb, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 49, 245502 (2016).

 

Formation of a molecular ion by photoassociative Raman processes, Dibyendu Sardar, Somnath Naskar, Arpita Pal, Hamid Berriche and Bimalendu Deb, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 49, 245202 (2016).

 
Two-photon photoassociation of a pair of interacting atoms in a trap, Partha Goswami, Arpita Pal, Subrata Saha and Bimalendu Deb, Asian J. Physics (2016)
 

Optical cooling of interacting atoms in a tightly confined trap, Somnath Naskar, Subrata Saha , Partha Goswami, Arpita pal and Bimalendu Deb, Asian J. of Physics (2016); arXiv:1703.07158

 

Photoassociative cooling and trapping of a pair of interacting atoms , S. Saha, S. Naskar and B. Deb, Phys. Rev. A 94, 023413 (2016) .

 

Interaction of atom with nonparaxial Laguerre-Gaussian beam: Forming superposition of vortex states in Bose-Einstein condensates , A. Bhowmik, P. K. Mondal, S. Majumder and B. Deb, Phys. Rev A 93, 063852 (2016).

 
A model study on a pair of trapped particles interacting with an arbitrary effective range, P. Goswami and B. Deb, Phys. Scr. 91, 085401 (2016).
 
Probing vacuum-induced coherence via magneto-optical rotation in molecular systems, Pardeep Kumar, BimalenduDeb,and Shubhrangshu Dasgupta, Phys. Rev. A 93, 063826 (2016).
 
Interactions and low-energy collisions between an alkali ion and an alkali atom of a different nucleus , Arpita Rakshit, Chedli Ghanmi, Hamid Berriche and Bimalendu Deb, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 49, 105202 (2016) .
 
Finite-range model potentials for resonant interactions, B. Deb, International Journal of Modern Physics B, 30,1650036 (2016).
 
Subluminal light propagation through an ultracold atom-molecule coupled resonant medium, Sandeep Sharma,Bimalendu Deb and Tarak N Dey, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 48, 175502 (2015).
 
Optical manipulation of matter-wave vortices: An analog of circular dichroism, Pradip Kumar Mondal, Bimalendu Deb and Sonjoy Majumder, Phys. Rev. A 92 , 043603 (2015).
 
A model study on atom-atom interactions with large scattering length in quasi-two dimensional traps, P. Goswami , A. Rakshit and B. Deb, Indian J. Phys . 89 , 773 (2015).
 
Optical Feshbach resonances through a molecular dark state: Efficient manipulation of p-wave resonances in fermionic 171 Yb atoms , Subrata Saha, Arpita Rakshit , Debashree Chakraborty , Arpita Pal andBimalendu Deb, Phys. Rev. A 90 , 012701 (2014).
 
Angular momentum transfer in interaction of Laguerre-Gaussian beams with atoms and molecules , Pradip Kumar Mandal, Bimalendu Deb and Sonjoy Majumder, Phys. Rev. A 89 , 063418 (2014).
 
Decay dynamics in a strongly driven atom-molecule coupled system, Arpita Rakshit, Saikat Ghosh and B. Deb, J. Phys. B 47, 115303 (2014).
 
Effects of a static electric field on two-color photoassociation between different atoms, Debashree Chakraborty and B. Deb, AIP Advances 4, 017134 (2014).
 
Unitary quantum phase operators for bosons and fermions: a model study on the quantum phase of interacting particles in a symmetric double-well potential, Biswajit Das, Bitan Ghosal, Subhasish Dutta Gupta and B. Deb, J.Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 46, 035501 ( 2013). [selected as the highlight of the journal for the year].
 
Quantum effects at low-energy atom-molecule interface, B. Deb, A. Rakshit, J. Hazra and D. Chakraborty,Pramana Journal of Physics, 80, 3-19 ( 2013). https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/pram/080/01/0003-0019
 
Resonant Manipulation of d-wave interaction of cold atoms with two lasers and a magnetic field, B. Deb, Phys. Rev. A 86, 063407 ( 2012).
 
Sumanta Das, Arpita Rakshit, and Bimalendu Deb, Vacuum-induced coherence in ultracold photoassociative rovibrational excitations, Phys. Rev. A Rapid Communication, 85, 011401(R) (2012). [highlighted as a news inNature India]
 
Resonant enhancement of the ultracold photoassociation rate by an electric field-induced anisotropic interaction, D. Chakraborty, J. Hazra and B. Deb, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 44, 095201 (2011).
 
Formation of cold molecular ions by radiative processes in cold ion-atom collisions, A. Rakshit and B. Deb, Phys. Rev. A 83 , 022703 (2011).
 
Magneto-optical Feshbach resonance: Controlling cold collision with quantum interference, B. Deb, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 43 , 085208 (2010).
 
Rotational excitations in two-color photoassociation, J. Hazra and B. Deb, Phys. Rev. A 81 , 022711 (2010).
 
Feshbach resonance induced Fano interference in photoassociation, B. Deb and G. S. Agarwal, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 42 , 215203 (2009).
 
Suppression of power-broadening in strong-coupling photoassociation in the presence of a Feshbach resonance, B.Deb and A. Rakshit, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 42 , 195202 (2009).
 
Manipulating Higher Partial-Wave Atom-Atom Interaction by Strong Photoassociative Coupling, B. Deb and J. Hazra, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 , 023201 (2009). Erratum: Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 , 149902 (2010).
 
Entanglement of two distant Bose-Einstein condensates by detection of Bragg Scattered photons, B. Deb and G. S. Agarwal, Phys. Rev. A 78 , 013639 (2008).
 
Geometry-dependent interplay of long- and short-range interactions in ultracold atomic gases: Models for condensed matter and astrophysics, B. Deb, G. Kurizki and I. E. Mazets, New Journal of Physics, 10 , 045013 (2008).
 
Finite temperature effects in light scattering off Cooper-paired Fermi atoms, B. Deb, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 40 , 2399 ( 2007 ).
 
Pair-correlation in Bose-Einstein Condensate and Fermi Superfluid of Atomic Gases, B. Deb, in Current Topics in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, pp. 57-68, edited by C. Sinha and S. Bhattacharyya, World Scientific (Dec2006). https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812772510_0005
 
Light scattering in Cooper-paired Fermi atoms, B. Deb, J . Phys. B: At. Mol. & Opt. Phys. 39 , 529-551 (2006).
 
Position and momentum entanglement of dipole-dipole interacting atoms in optical lattices: The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox on a lattice, T. Opatrny, M. Kolar, G. Kurizki and B. Deb, Int. J. Quant. Information 2, 305 (2004).
 
Interior gap superfluidity in a two-component Fermi Gas of atoms, B. Deb, A. Mishra, H. Mishra and P.K. Panigrahi, Phys. Rev. A 70 , 011604(R) (2004).
 
A model study on the photoassociation of a pair of trapped atoms into an ultra-long-range molecule, B. Deb and L. You, Phys. Rev. A 68 , 033408 (2003).
 
Proposal for Translational Entanglement of Dipole-Dipole Interacting Atoms in Optical Lattices, T. Opatrny, B. Deb and G. Kurizki, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 , 250404 (2003).
 
Entangling Two Bose-Einstein Condensates by Stimulated Bragg Scattering, B. Deb and G.S. Agarwal, Phys. Rev. A 67 , 023603 (2003).
 
Tripartite entanglement in a Bose-Einstein condensate by stimulated Bragg Scattering, B. Deb and G.S. Agarwal, Phys. Rev. A 65 , 063618 (2002).
 
Low energy atomic collision with dipole interaction; B. Deb and L. You, Phys. Rev. A 64 , 022717 (2001).
 
Formation of a Giant Quasibound Cold Diatom by Strong Atom-Cavity Coupling; B. Deb and G. Kurizki, Phys.Rev. Lett. 83 , 714 (1999).
 
Modified Bloch equations in the presence of a nonequlibrium bath;J. Ray Chaudhuri, S.K. Banik, B. Deb and D.S.Ray, Euro. Phys. Jour. D 6, 415 (1999).
 
Quantum theory of dissipation of a harmonic oscillator coupled to a non-equilibrium bath: Wigner-Weisskopfdecay and physical spectra; J. Ray Chaudhuri, B. Deb, G. Gangopadhyay and D.S. Ray, J. Phys. B 31, 3859 (1998).
 
Interaction of a moving two-level atom with a single-mode quantized cavity field; B. Deb and S. Sen, Phys. Rev.A 56 , 2470 (1997).
 
Hopping of chaotic dynamics in a doubly resonant parametric oscillator; J. Jose, B. Deb and S. Dutta Gupta, Pramana journal of physics 49, 389 (1997)
 
Micromaser: Transient effects; B. Deb and D.S. Ray; in Advanced Laser Spectroscopy and Applications, edited by H.D. Bist et al., (Allied Publishers, Delhi, 1996).
 
Generation of a class of arbitrary two-mode field states in a cavity; B. Deb, G. Gangopadhyay and D. S. Ray,Phys. Rev. A 51, 2651 (1995)
 
Spectrum of a micromaser with Kerr nonlinearity; B. Deb and D. S. Ray, J. Mod. Opt. 42, 1145 (1995)
 
Time-dependent micromaser spectrum; B. Deb and D. S. Ray, Phys. Rev. A 49, 5015 (1994).
 
Micromaser with Kerr nonlinearity; B. Deb and D. S. Ray, Phys. Rev. A 48, 3191 (1993).
 
Population trapping in a Raman-coupled model interacting with a two-mode quantized cavity field;B. Deb, G. Gangopadhyay and D. S. Ray, Phys Rev. A 48, 1400 (1993).

 

 






Teaching

PH503 Atomic & Molecular Physics (M.Sc. Physics 3rd Semester)

PH518 Light-Matter Interactions (M.Sc. Physics 4th Semester)

Ph.D. Course-work: Light-Matter Interactions

 

 


Contact Us

Contact information :

Room C-222, Centenary Building
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science,
Phone:+91 33 2473 4971 (ext 1201).
Fax: +91 33 2473 2805
E-mail : msbd@iacs.res.in