Amit Kumar Agarwal

Email: amitag[AT]iitk.ac.in

Office Phone: 0512-259-6981

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics

Specialization

Condensed matter theory

Research Interest

Quantum Many body effects in Low dimensional quantum systems (Luttinger Liquids, 2DEG, Graphene etc..)
Transport properties of low dimensional hybrid structures (topological insulators, superconducting Josephson junctions etc).
Nanoscale Device modelling.

Education

PhD (2005-09), Center for High Energy Physics, IISc, Bangalore.
Thesis Title:Transport in quasi-one-dimensional quantum systems.
Thesis Supervisor: Prof.Diptiman Sen.
M.S. (2002-2005), Dept. of Physics, IISc, Bangalore.
Project Title: Effect of interaction and a static impurity on the conductance of a one dimensional quantum wire.
Project Advisor: Prof. Diptiman Sen
B.Sc. - Physics Honors (1999 - 2002): Kirori Mal College, Delhi University, Delhi.

Classical Mechanics, Electromagnetic Theory, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Many body Physics, Condensed matter theory, Transport in low dimensional systems etc.

Agarwal, M. Polini, R. Fazio and G. Vignale, Persistent spin oscillations in a spin-orbit coupled superconductor, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 077004 (2011)
Agarwal, S. Chesi, T. Jungwirth, J. Sinova, G. Vignale and M. Polini, Plasmon mass and Drude weight in strongly spin-orbit-coupled two-dimensional electron gases, Phys. Rev. B 83, 115135 (2011).
Agarwal, S. Das, S. Rao and D. Sen, Enhancement of tunneling density of states at a junction of three Luttinger liquid wires, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 026401 (2009).
Agarwal and D. Sen, Charge transport in a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid: effects of pumping and bias, Phys. Rev. B 76, 035308 (2007)
Agarwal and D. Sen, Equation of motion approach to non-adiabatic quantum charge pumping, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 19, 046205 (2007)

NASI-Young Scientist platinum Jubilee Award for the year 2013, by the National Academy of Science India, Allahabad, India.
INSPIRE (Innovation in science pursuit and inspired research) faculty fellowship for the period of 2012-2017, by Indian National Science academy (INSA) and Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), India.
Kumari L. A. Meera Memorial Medal (theoretical physics) for 2010 - 11, for the best Ph.D. thesis in Physics and Centre for High Energy Physics combined, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship, European Union (Italy), 2009 - 2012.
Senior research fellowship by CSIR, India, 2007 - 2009.Junior research fellowship by CSIR, India, 2005 - 2007.Integrated Ph.D. scholarship from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India), 2002 - 2005.

Office

FB-386,
Department of Physics
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016

Lab info :Theory and Simulation Lab, Old Core Labs Building, IIT Kanpur

Office Phone: 0512-259-6981 (O)

Email: amitag[AT]iitk.ac.in

Physics, Theoretical physics, Condensed matter, Solid state Physics, Mesoscopic Physics, Low dimensional systems, Many body physics.