Nano Science Lab.

Our mandate is to conduct studies related to various quantum processes and carrier dynamics in nanomaterials with sub-picosecond time resolution. Optical properties of materials, ultrafast carrier dynamics and quantum decoherence in nanomaterials are studied in various materials. Such capabilities in the quantum coherent regime provides an opportunity to design the devices which directly uses quantum principles like quantum entanglement, quantum superposition and quantum tunneling. Using such quantum principles, it is possible to make new class of devices which will have, 1) higher sensitivity with quantum sensors, quantum metrology, and quantum imaging, 2) improved security in communication with quantum cryptography, and 3) quantum computers which are capable of performing faster computations. Ultrafast coherent manipulation of quantum states in low-dimensional systems is essential for various quantum applications. The following materials are being studied:

1. Semiconductor quantum dots, quantum wires and quantum wells
2. 2D semiconductors
3. Metal nanoparticles of different shapes and sizes
4. Metal-Semiconductor hybrid nanostructures