Nirmalya Ghosh Professor |
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Research Interest:
Nano-optics: Basic studies on surface plasmon resonance, Spin-Orbit interaction of light in micro / nano optical systems, Weak measurements in optics, Quantitative polarimetry in nano-plasmonics, Fano resonances in plasmonic nanostructures; Polarization Optics: Basic theoretical and experimental studies on polarization (Mueller matrices, Stokes vectors, Jones matrices) and coherence characteristics of scattered light in random medium. Biophotonics: Develop novel optical & spectroscopic methods for probing biological systems and other complex systems, explore applications in diagnostics and imaging.
Academic Background:
- PhD (Physics), RRCAT, DAE (Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology), 2005, Best Thesis Award by Indian Laser Association
- MTech (Laser Technology), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1998, 2nd Rank
- M.Sc (Physics), University of Kalyani, 1995, 1st rank
Positions:
- Associate Professor, IISER Kolkata ( - )
- Assistant Professor, IISER Kolkata (2009 - 2013)
- Post Doctoral fellow, University of Toronto (2007 - 2009)
- Scientist E, Department of Atomic Energy (2004 - 2009)
- Scientist D, Department of Atomic Energy (2000 - 2004)
- Scientist C, Department of Atomic Energy (1998 - 2000)
Selected Publications:
- maji, Krishnendu; Saha, Sudipta; dey, Rajib; haldar, Debashish and Ghosh, Nirmalya. 2017. "Mueller matrix fluorescence spectroscopy for probing self-assembled peptide basedhybrid supramolecular structure and orientation." Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121, 19519
- ray, Subir Kumar; Chandel, Shubham; Singh, Ankit Kumar; Kumar, Abhishek; Mandal, Arpita; Misra, Subhradeep; Mitra, Partha and Ghosh, Nirmalya. 2017. "Polarization-Tailored Fano Interference in Plasmonic Crystals: A Mueller Matrix Model of Anisotropic Fano Resonance." ACS Nano, 11, 1641
- Saha, Sudipta; Singh, Ankit Kumar; ray, Subir Kumar; Gupta, Subhasish Dutta and Ghosh, Nirmalya. 2016. "Transverse spin and transverse momentum in scattering of plane waves ." Optics Letters, 41, 4499-4502
- Chandel, Shubham; Soni, Jalpa; Ray, Subir Kumar; Das, Anwesh; Ghosh, Anirudha; Raj, Satyabrata and Ghosh, Nirmalya. 2016. "Complete polarization characterization of single plasmonic nanoparticle enabled by a novel Dark-field Mueller matrix spectroscopy system." Scientific Reports, 6, 26466
- Goswami, Sumit; Dhara, Sayandip; Pal, Mandira; Nandi, Arindam; Panigrahi, Prasanta K and Ghosh, Nirmalya. 2016. "Optimized weak measurements of Goos–Hänchen and Imbert–Fedorov shifts in partial reflection." Optics Express, 24, 6041