- S. Mukherjee, Z.-H. Zhang, D. G. Oblinsky, M. O. de Vries, B. C. Johnson, B. C. Gibson, E. L. H. Mayes, A. M. Edmonds, N. Palmer, M. L. Markham, Á. Gali, G. Thiering, A. Dalis, T. Dumm, G. D. Scholes, A. Stacey, P. Reineck, and N. P. de Leon, A telecom O-band emitter in diamond, Nano Lett. 23, 7, 2557–2562 (2023).
- Athira B. S., M. Pal, S. Mukherjee, N. Modak, S. Saha, A. K. Singh, S. D. Gupta, D. Nandy, and N. Ghosh, Towards the development of new generation spin-orbit photonic techniques, J. Opt. 24, 054006 (2022).
- Athira B. S., S. Mukherjee, A. Laha, K. Bar, D. Nandy, and N. Ghosh, Experimental observation of the orbital Hall effect of light through pure orbit–orbit interaction for randomly and radially polarized vortex beams, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 38, 2180-2186 (2021).
- Athira B. S., M. Pal, S. Mukherjee, J. Mishra, D. Nandy, and N. Ghosh, Single-shot measurement of the space-varying polarization state of light through interferometric quantification of the geometric phase, Phys. Rev. A 101, 013836 (2020).
About Me
I am a 4th year graduate student at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University. I am working on color centers in diamond for quantum networks, supervised by Prof. Nathalie de Leon. My research interest lies in optics and spectroscopy as a means to understand quantum systems such as atom-like defects in diamond. I am currently exploring new defects in diamond which are promising candidates for quantum technologies.
I completed BS-MS from the Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India. As a part of my MS thesis under the guidance of Prof. Nirmalya Ghosh, I investigated the orbital Hall effect of light along with polarization studies.
Education
Princeton University
January 2021 - present
PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Princeton University
January 2021 - November 2022
MA, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
August 2015 - July 2020
BS-MS Dual Degree, Major in Physical Sciences, Minor in Mathematical Sciences
South Point High School, Kolkata
April 2002 - May 2015
Publications
Research
Achievements
- Best oral presentation award at the UK Diamond Research Conference (De Beers), University of Warwick, UK (2023)
- Best poster award in Group A, Physical Sciences, International Poster Presentation Competition 2020 (online)
- Gold medal for best academic performance — overall highest GPA in the 5-year BS-MS Dual Degree, IISER Kolkata, India (2020)
- Gold medal for departmental topper — highest CGPA in the Department of Physical Sciences, IISER Kolkata, India (2020)
- Best poster award, Discussion Meeting on Spectroscopy, Photonics and Dynamics, IISER Kolkata, India (2020)
- Best poster award, Student Conference on Optics and Photonics, PRL, Ahmedabad, India (2019)
- Selected as a young scientist to attend the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Physics), Germany (2019)
- OSA Foundation Grant for attending the Siegman International Summer School on Lasers (2019)
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst - Working Internships in Science and Engineering (DAAD-WISE) scholarship (2018)
- 1st Prize for poster presentation, Asian Science Camp 2016, IISc, Bengaluru, India (2016)
- National Initiative on Undergraduate Science (NIUS, Physics) fellow, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), TIFR, Mumbai, India (2016)
- C.N.R. Rao Education Foundation Prize for securing the highest marks in 1st semester at IISER Kolkata, India (2015)
- INSPIRE Fellowship, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India (2015-2020)
Contact
Location:
Engineering Quadrangle
41 Olden Street
Princeton, NJ 08544
Email:
sounakm [at] princeton [dot] edu