Analabha Roy
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Division
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
Sector 1, Block AF
Salt Lake, Kolkata 700064, India

email daneel<AT>utexas.edu
email daneel<AT>physics.utexas.edu

 



Current Status

C.S.I.R. Senior Research Associate (Scientists' Pool)


 Education:

Ph.D. in Physics, May 2009
Center for Complex Quantum Systems
University of Texas at Austin

Advisor: Prof. Linda E. Reichl
Title: "Dynamics of Quantum Control in Cold-Atom Systems"


M.Sc. in Physics, May 2002
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (India)

B.Sc. in Physics, July 2000
Department of Physics
Jadavpur University, Calcutta (India)



Experience:

C.S.I.R. Senior Research Associate
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Division

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
Nov. 2011 - Present

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
S.N. Bose National Center for Basic Sciences
Kolkata, India
Nov. 2009 - Nov 2011

Postdoctoral Associate
The Center for Complex Quantum Systems
The University of Texas at Austin
Jun. 2009 - Aug. 2009

Graduate Research Assistant
Center for Complex Quantum Systems
University of Texas at Austin

Summer 05-Fall 05, Summer 06-Summer 07

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Physics /Astronomy
University of Texas at Austin
Fall 02-Spring 05 & Spring 06 (TA), Fall 07-Spring 08 (Grader)


Research interests (click on the links for subject overview and/or resources)



Papers and Publications

  1. A.Roy, A.Das, K. Sengupta, R. Dasgupta and S. Modak, "Periodically driven quanching in BCS systems", in progress    
  2. A.Roy, "Dynamics of quantum quenching for BCS-BEC systems in the shallow BEC regime", sent to EPJ Plus, available as arXiv:1009:2125
  3. A.Roy and L.E. Reichl, "Quantum Control of Interacting Bosons in Periodic Optical Lattice", Physica E 42, 1627 (2010)  
  4. A.Roy and L.E. Reichl, "Coherent Control of Trapped Bosons", Phys Rev A 77, 033418 (2008)
  5. A.Roy and J.K. Bhattacharjee, "Chaos in the Quantum Double Well Oscillator: The Ehrenfest View Revisited", Phys Lett A 288/1-3 (2001)
        


  
 Conference Presentation and Posters

2011 International School on topology in Quantum Matter,
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

2010 STATPHYS-Kolkata VII,
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, WB, India

BCS-BEC crossover in ultracold gases: A dynamical approach
Poster session

2009 A.P.S March Meeting,
David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Dynamics of Quantum Control for Bosons in Optical Lattices
Session P17: Semiconducting Qbits I, Lec P17, 15

2008 A.P.S March Meeting,
Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA
Coherent Control of Trapped Bosons
Session D14: Quantum Information Science in AMO, Lec D14 2

Fall 2007 Joint Meeting, Tx Sect. A.P.S et al                  
Dept of Physics, Texas A & M University
Coherent Control of Trapped Bosons
Session B2 AMO1: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Lec B2.1




Useful Free Software:

Numerical libraries and APIs:
Name and Link Description Supported Platforms
GNU Scientific Library A powerful, free, open source and considerably less painful alternative to Numerical Recipes or NAG GNU/Linux, Windows (through Cygwin)
Glib
Cross-platform software utility library that provides data structures, linked lists, hash tables, dynamic strings , dynamic arrays, balanced binary trees, N-ary trees, quarks, keyed data lists, relations and tuples.
Note: Another howto manual available here.
GNU/Linux, Windows (through Cygwin)
OpenMPI MPI message passing in parallel computing environments, supports OpenMP, also see pthreads GNU/Linux, Windows
PetSc Portable Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation in parallel computing environments GNU/Linux, Windows (through Cygwin)
Slepc Parallel matrix diagonalization using MPI and PetSc. Contains parallel Lapack implementation GNU/Linux, Windows (through Cygwin)


Data storage, analysis and visualization software:
Name and Link Description Supported Platforms
Heirarchical Data Format (HDF) HDF5 is a unique technology suite that makes possible the management of extremely large and complex data collections All Major Platforms
Network Common Data Form (NetCDF) A set of software libraries and self-describing, machine-independent data formats that support the creation, access, and sharing of array-oriented scientific data. All Major Platforms
ParaView Open Source data analysis and visualization in parallel computing environments GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS
Mayavi 3D visualization of scientific data All Major Platforms
QtiPlot/SciDavis Open Source clones of Origin GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS
g3data Extract data from images of plots GNU/Linux,Windows (through Cygwin)


Computer Algebra Systems:
Name and Link Description Supported Platforms
GNU Octave/ QtOctave / GUI Octave Open Source MATLAB clone GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS
sage/maxima Open Source CAS systems, similar to Mathematica GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS


Integrated Development Environments:
Name and Link Description Supported Platforms
KDevelop (Integrated Development Environment).   Integrated Development Environment using KDE on Linux GNU/Linux
Code::Blocks  Integrated Development Environment for multiple project types GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS
Programmer's Notepad Windows Notepad for programmers Windows
Anjuta Versatile software development studio GNU/Linux
Geany Small and lighweight IDE GNU/Linux, Windows
Spyder Integrated Development Environment for Python GNU/Linux, Windows


LaTeX  and BibTeX editors:
Name and Link Description Supported Platforms
Kile  LaTeX editor using KDE on Linux GNU/Linux
Texmaker Free crosspplatform LaTeX editor GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS
Lyx Structured document processor GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS
Texworks Qt toolkit based LaTeX editor GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS
JabRef  BibTeX editor written in java GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS
Tellico BibTeX editor and general bibliography manager using KDE on Linux GNU/Linux


arXiv tools:
Name and Link Description Supported Platforms
arXiview iPhone app that uses the arXiv RSS feed iPhone/iOS
arXiv mobile for Android Cellphone app for browsing arXiv Android
Automatic download of pdf files from the arXiv or DOI links JabRef plugin GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS

Browse and import new preprints from the arXiv.

JabRef plugin GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS


Miscellaneous:
Type: Name and Link Description Supported Platforms
Uncategorized: TunesViewer Open Source viewer for iTunesU GNU/Linux

TrueCrypt Create encrypted filesystems for sensitive data, GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS

Filling PDF forms in Office apps
Howto on filling PDF forms using OpenOffice/LibreOffice.
GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS




LaTeX tools: LaTeX labs Online LaTeX editor. Links to Google docs All Major Platforms

LaTeX equation editor Codecogs online LaTeX equation editor All Major Platforms

Verbosus Online  LaTeX and Octave service. All Major Platforms




Unix pseudoshells: MinGW GNU shell environment for Windows Windows

Cygwin Software for imitating a Unix environment on Windows Windows




Image and document manipulation: ImageMagick Powerful library for manipulating/compressing images GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS

Kde Image Menu KDE service menu which allows to resize, convert, and rotate images GNU/Linux

Pdftk: The PDF toolkit Toolkit for hacking pdf files GNU/Linux (GUI), Windows (GUI) (GUI), Mac OS

Flpsed Postscript and PDF annotator GNU/Linux

pdfedit Free editor for PDF documents GNU/Linux, Windows

Kde pdf servicemenu KDE service menu for manipulating/compressing pdf files, uses pdftk GNU/Linux

Jpeg2eps Script for embedding jpegs into eps containers using ghostscript GNU/Linux




Website authoring Kompozer Web page authoring software GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS


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