IITKGP

Research Areas

  • Integrated Photonics
  • Quantum photonics
  • Quantum Information Technologies
  • Nonlinear Photonics
I am predominantly an experimentalist with research interest on photonic quantum technologies (generation, manipulation, detection, and characterization of single-photon, squeezed, and entangled lgiht), quantum optics (coherence, entanglement, hybrid discrete- and continuous-variable techniques, ...), ultrafast nonlinear optics (frequency conversion, parametric down-conversion, ...), optical quantum information technologies (simulation, computation, and metrology), laser physics (noise, dynamics, applications, ...), and microwave photonics (optical frequency combs, dual-frequency lasers, interferometric delay lines, ...).
  • Local Versus Global Two-Photon Interference in Quantum Networks by Nitsche T., De S. , Barkhofen S. , Meyer-scott E. , Tiedau J. , Sperling J. , Gabris A. , Jex I. , Silberhorn C. Physical Review Letters 125 213604- (2020)
  • Theoretical and experimental analysis of intensity noise correlations in an optically pumped, dual-frequency Nd:YAG laser by De S., El Amili A. , Alouini M. , Bretenaker F. Journal of the Optical Society of America B 30 2830-2839 (2013)
  • Effects of coherence on temporal resolution by De S., Gil-lopez J. , Brecht B. , Silberhorn C. , Sanchez-soto L. L., Hradil Z. , Rehacek J. Physical Review Research 3 033082- (2021)
  • Transient subdiffusion via disordered quantum walks by Geraldi* A., De* S. , Laneve A. , Barkhofen S. , Sperling J. , Mataloni P. , Silberhorn C. Physical Review Research 3 023052- (2021)
  • Spatiotemporal entanglement in a noncollinear optical parametric amplifier by La Volpe* L., De* S. , Kolobov M. I., Fabre C. , Treps N. , Horoshko D. B. Physical Review Applied 15 024016- (2021)
  • Experimental entanglement characterization of two-rebit states by Prasannan N., De S. , Barkhofen S. , Brecht B. , Silberhorn C. , Sperling J. Physical Review A 103 L0404-02 (2021)
  • Universal compressive tomography in the time-frequency domain by Gil-lopez J., Teo Y. S., De S. , Brecht B. , Jeong H. , Silberhorn C. , Sanchez-soto L. L. Optica 8 1296-1305 (2021)
  • Multimode single-pass spatio-temporal squeezing by La Volpe* L., De* S. , Kouadou T. , Horoshko D. , Kolobov M. I., Fabre C. , Parigi V. , Treps N. Optics Express 28 12385-12394 (2020)
  • Modal analysis for noise characterization and propagation in a femtosecond oscillator by De S., Thiel V. , Roslund J. , Fabre C. , Treps N. Optics Letters 44 3992-3995 (2019)
  • Intensity- and phase-noise correlations in a dual-frequency vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser operating at telecom wavelength by De S., Baili G. , Bouchoule S. , Alouini M. , Bretenaker F. Physical Review A 91 053828- (2015)

Principal Investigator

  • ATDC Cost Centre for External Users Various Organisations/Users
  • ATDC Cost Centre for Internal Users VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS/CENTRES OF IIT KHARAGPUR
  • Development of a novel photonic platform for high-dimensional quantum-key-distribution KCSTC
  • National Centre for Quantum Accelerator Chip using Lithium Niobate (NCQAC) at IIT Kharagpur Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Ph. D. Students

Mijanur Rahaman

Area of Research: Multimode lasers

Prasanta Das

Area of Research: Quantum photonics

R Hemant Kumar

Area of Research: Active Integrated Photonic Devices on Lithum Niobate

Ria Sen

Area of Research: Electro-optic devices using LNOI

Sonu Jana

Area of Research: Quantum sensing and metrology

Swagatam Bag

Area of Research: Quantum photonic devices using LNOI