Area of Specialization:
a. Primary: Atomic, Molecular, Quantum and Nonlinear Optics
b. Secondary: Coherent spectroscopy, fast and slow light, atom cooling and trapping
Highest Academic/Professional Qualification:
PhD in experimental physics (2009) from the University of Calcutta
Awards
First prize in the “Colloquium for Young Physicists” organized by the Indian Physical Society at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (August 24-25, 2006), Kolkata
Best poster award in DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium (NLS-4, January 2005), BARC, Mumbai for the poster “Observation of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Rubidium D2 Transitions”.
Experience Academic:
Principal Investigator in the DST funded project “Freezing Light in Cold Atoms” at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
Experience Research Organization:
Research Associate (2008) – Quantum Optics Group Tyndall National Institute, Cork, Ireland
Postdoctoral Fellow (2008-2010) – Quantum and Nonlinear Optics Group Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
Postdoctoral Fellow (2011-2013) – Quantum Optics Group Technical University Kaiserslautern, Germany
DST Women Scientist (WOS-A) – Applied Nuclear Physics Division (2014 - 2018) Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
Research and Publications:
List of Publications (In Peer Reviewed Journals)
1. Pulse delay and group velocity dispersion measurement in V-type electromagnetically induced transparency of hot atom, Bankim Chandra Das, Dipankar Bhattacharyya, Arpita Das, Satyajit Saha, Shrabana Chakrabarti and Sankar De
2. Observation and theoretical simulation of dispersive properties of an electromagnetically induced transparent 87Rb atomic medium, Arpita Das, Bankim Chandra Das, Shrabana Chakrabarti, Dipankar Bhattacharyya2 and Sankar De
3. Manipulating cold atoms with optical fibres, Shrabana Chakrabarti, Current Science 112, 1369 (2017)
4. Simultaneous observations of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT) and Absorption (EIA) in a multi-level V-type system of 87Rb and theoretical simulation of the observed spectra using a multi-mode approach, Bankim Das, Dipankar Bhattacharyya, Arpita Das, Shrabana Chakrabarti, and Sankar De, Journal of Chemical Physics 145, 224312 (2016)
5. Adiabatically driven frequency conversion towards short extreme-ultraviolet radiation pulses , Shrabana Chakrabarti, Holger Muench and Thomas Halfmann, Phys. Rev. A 82, 063817 (2010)
6. Coherent Control of Frequency Conversion towards Short (Picosecond) Vacuum-Ultraviolet Radiation Pulses, H. Münch, S. Chakrabarti, and T. Halfmann, Phys. Rev. A 82, 033821 (2010)
7. Tapered optical fibers as tools for probing magneto-optical trap characteristics, Michael J. Morrissey, Kieran Deasy, Yuqiang Wu, Shrabana Chakrabarti, and Síle Nic Chormaic, Rev. Sci. Inst. 80, 053102-1 (2009).
8. Study of width and height of EIT resonance in a Doppler broadened five-level system with varying probe power, M.M. Hossain, S. Mitra, S. Chakrabarti, D. Bhattacharyya, B. Ray, and P.N. Ghosh, Eur. Phys. J. D 53, 141 (2009).
9. Velocity dependent pump-probe spectroscopy for a five-level system: An application to Rb D2 transitions, Dipankar Bhattacharyya, Amitava Bandyopadhyay, Shrabana Chakrabarti, Biswajit Ray and Pradip N. Ghosh, Chem. Phys. Lett. 440, 24 (2007).
10. Laser frequency stabilization for atom cooling and magnetic field compression of the trap, S. Chakrabarti, A. Ray, A. Bandyopadhyay, D. Bhattacharyya, B. Ray, B. N. Jagatap, K. G. Manohar and P. N. Ghosh, Laser Physics 17, 1 (2007).
11. Velocity selective optical pumping and repumping effects with counter and co propagating laser radiations for D2 lines of rubidium, S. Chakrabarti, B. Ray and P. N. Ghosh, Eur. Phys. J. D 42, 359 (2007).
12. Laser cooling, magneto optic trapping and spectroscopy of Rubidium atoms, Shrabana Chakrabarti, Biswajit Ray and Pradip N. Ghosh, Physics Teacher, 48, 81 (2006).
13. Velocity selective resonances and electromagnetically induced transparency in atomic Rubidium, Shrabana Chakrabarti, Amitkiran Pradhan, Amitava Bandyopadhyay, Ayan Ray, Biswajit Ray, Dipankar Bhattacharya and Pradip N. Ghosh, Indian Journal of Physics 80, 487 (2006).
14. Velocity selective optical pumping effects and electromagnetically induced transparency for D2 transitions in Rubidium, Shrabana Chakrabarti, Amitkiran Pradhan, Biswajit Ray and Pradip N. Ghosh, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38, 4321 (2005).
15. Velocity-selective resonance dips in the probe absorption spectra of Rb D2 transitions induced by a pump laser, S. Chakrabarti, A. Pradhan, A. Bandyopadhyay, A. Ray, B. Ray, N. Kar and P. N. Ghosh, Chem. Phys. Lett. 399, 120 (2004).
In Conference Proceedings 16. Laser cooling, magneto optic trapping and spectroscopy of Rubidium atoms, Shrabana Chakrabarti, Biswajit Ray and Pradip N. Ghosh, Physics Teacher, 48, pg.81 -86 (2006) 15. Velocity selective resonances and electromagnetically induced transparency in atomic Rubidium, Shrabana Chakrabarti, Amitkiran Pradhan, Amitava Bandyopadhyay, Ayan Ray, Biswajit Ray, Dipankar Bhattacharya and Pradip N. Ghosh, Indian Journal of Physics 80 (5), pg. 487-489 (May 2006).
17. Characterization of a cloud of cold Rubidium atoms – Shrabana Chakrabarti, Amitava Bandyopadhyay, Biswajit Ray and Pradip N. Ghosh, National conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jan 11 – 13, 2007, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
18. Setting up a Magneto Optical Trap to cool Rubidium atoms and characterization of the cloud of cold Rubidium atoms – Shrabana Chakrabarti, Amitava Bandyopadhyay, Dipankar Bhattacharyya, Biswajit Ray and Pradip N. Ghosh, International Conference on Lasers and Nanomaterials, Nov 30 – Dec 2, 2006, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India.
19. High Resolution Laser Spectroscopy and Laser Cooling of Rubidium Vapour – Shrabana Chakrabarti, Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR) Workshop for young Scientists on Laser Physics and Quatum Optics, January 4-8, 2006, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India.
20. Construction of a magneto optical trap (MOT) for confining cold Rubidium atoms – Shrabana Chakrabarti, Ayan Ray, Amitava Bandhyopadhyay, Biswajit Ray, B. N. Jagatap, K. G. Manohar and Pradip N. Ghosh, International Conference on Optics and Optoelectronics, 12 – 15 Dec, 2005, IRDE, Dehradun, India.
21. Observation of electromagnetically induced transparency in Rubidium D2 transitions – Shrabana Chakrabarti, Amitkiran Pradhan, Biswajit Ray and Pradip N. Ghosh, DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium (NLS-2005) Pg. 634, BARC, Mumbai, India.
22. Veocity selective resonance dips in co propagating pump probe spectroscopy of Rb D2 transitions – Shrabana Chakrabarti, Amitkiran Pradhan, Amitava Bandyopadhyay, Ayan Ray, Biswajit Ray, Nikhilesh Kar and Pradip N. Ghosh DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium (NLS-2005) Pg. 381, BARC, Mumbai, India.
23. Saturated absorption spectroscopy using co proppagating beams – Shrabana Chakrabarti, Amitkiran Pradhan, Amitava Bandyopadhyay, Ayan Ray, Biswajit Ray and Pradip N. Ghosh, National Symposium on Atomic, Molecular structure, Interactions and Laser Spectroscopy NSAMILS, March 14 -15, 2004, Pg.4, BHU, Varanasi, India.
Current Research Interest:
1. Coherent spectroscopy in room temperature atomic vapour cells : electromagnetically induced transparency and its applications
2. Electromagnetically induced transparency and realization of slow light in cold atoms in a magneto optical trap
3. Coupling cold atoms inside hollow core photonic crystal fiber
4. Econophysics
