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Topological Insulators and Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Under Extreme Conditions : Optical Studies
This thesis presents experimental as well as theoretical studies of three dimensional topological in-sulators (TIs) and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Raman spectroscopic measurements of these systems have been ... -
Topology and Quantum Phases of Low Dimensional Fermionic Systems
(2018-05-21)In this thesis, we study quantum phase transitions and topological phases in low dimensional fermionic systems. In the first part, we study quantum phase transitions and the nature of currents in one-dimensional systems, ... -
Transport, localization and entanglement in disordered and interacting systems: From real space to Fock space
In this thesis, we explore some of the exciting physics of condensed matter systems manifested because of imperfection or disorder and interactions among the constituent particles. In phenomena like transport, e.g., ... -
Tuning Andreev reflection at Graphene - superconductor junction: from zero field to quantum Hall regime
Andreev reflection (AR) is the underlying phenomena that determines the quasiparticle dynamics at the junction of a superconductor with any non-superconducting material, which in turn determines the transport properties ... -
Tuning of electrical and magnetic properties in nanocomposites of conductive LaNiO3 and transition metal oxides
The discovery of new composites by integrating materials of different physical properties with optimal control is of immense interest to researchers at present. Today, there are several composites being used for several ... -
Tuning of Spin Reorientation and Compensation Transitions in Ferrites
Ferrites have attracted the attention of scientists and engineers in the last few years because of a combination of ferrimagnetic and insulating character. This makes them suitable for high frequency devices in telecommunication ... -
Tuning the electrical and thermoelectric properties of bilayer graphene by band engineering
Graphene and its two dimensional (2D) analogues have sustained the interests of the researchers for quite some time because of the rich physics they offer including many quantum phenomena and non-trivial topological ... -
Turbulent Mixing of Multiple-Passive-Scalars
We have studied the mixing of multiple forced passive scalars in 3D homogeneous and isotropic turbulence. The trends of the structure functions for a single scalar, although not very well resolved, seem to be similar to ... -
Ultra Cold Fermions : Dimensional Crossovers, Synthetic Gauge Fields and Synthetic Dimensions
(2018-02-06)Ultracold atomic systems have provided an ideal platform to study the physics of strongly interacting many body systems in an unprecedentedly controlled and clean environment. And, since fermions are the building blocks ... -
Ultrafast Photoexcited Carrier Dynamics in Low Dimensional Systems Probed by Time Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy
The key aspect of this thesis is to understand the photoinduced carrier dynamics in low dimensional systems by employing time resolved optical pump-terahertz probe (OPTP) spectroscopy. Ultrafast pulsed laser (Ti: Sapphire ... -
Ultrafast Response And Time Resolved Spectroscopy Of Carbon Nanotubes, Semiconductors And Rare-Earth Titanates Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses
(2013-10-21)In this thesis, experimental studies are reported of ultrafast dynamics and third order optical nonlinear coefficients of carbon nanotubes, and time resolved coherent phonon dynamics of semiconductors and rare earth ... -
Ultrafast Study of Layered 3D Topological Insulators, Graphene-Gold Hybrid Plasmonic Nanostructure and Ultrathin Gold Nanowires
In a typical time-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy, ultrafast laser pulses (pulse width ~ 100 fs) are utilized to induce a perturbation in the material of study within a time much shorter than the characterisitic lifetime ... -
Ultrastrong coupling in a cavity-electromechanical device
Cavity optomechanics is a field that explores the interaction between light and motion of matter via radiation pressure force. Such systems mainly consist of an optical/microwave cavity coupled to a mechanical resonator. ... -
Understanding DNA-Based Nanostructures using Molecular Simulation
(2018-05-14)Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is arguably the most studied and most important biological molecule. Recently, it has also been established as a potential candidate for nanoconstruction. Self-assembly of DNA molecules has ... -
Understanding Nucleic Acid Charge Transport Properties using Multiscale Modelling Techniques
Understanding charge transport in molecular systems is of fundamental interest in rapidly growing field of molecular electronics as well as to understand biological signal transfer processes which are accompanied by the ... -
Understanding the Behavior of the Sun's Large Scale Magnetic Field and Its Relation with the Meridional Flow
(2018-07-05)Our Sun is a variable star. The magnetic fields in the Sun play an important role for the existence of a wide variety of phenomena on the Sun. Among those, sunspots are the slowly evolving features of the Sun but solar ... -
Understanding The Solar Magnetic Fields :Their Generation, Evolution And Variability
(2010-03-24)The Sun, by the virtue of its proximity to Earth, serves as an excellent astrophysical laboratory for testing our theoretical ideas. The Sun displays a plethora of visually awe-inspiring phenomena including flares, ... -
Unraveling certain high energy astrophysical features based on advective accretion disks
The presence of an accretion disk around a neutron star (NS) or a black hole (BH) is mainly responsible for the observed X-rays from the night sky. NS or BH is a part of the binary systems, and matter flows from a companion ...