Himadri Chakraborty

Professor

Education

• Ph.D
• M.S Physics
• B.S. Physics

Courses Taught

• 25-110/111 General Physics I and Lab
• 25-112/113 General Physics II and Lab
• 25-120/121 Fundamentals of Classical Physics I and Lab
• 25-230/231 Fundamentals of Classical Physics I and Lab
• 25-320/321 Classical Mechanics Lecture and Lab
• 25-322 Statics
• 25-330/331 Electricity & Magnetism and Lab
• 25-450/451 Computational Physics and Lab
• 40-123 Descriptive Astronomy Lab
• 48-314 Nanoscience I

Academic Interests

Teaching Interests

• General physics and nanophysics
• Electromagnetic theory
• Quantum physics
• Atomic, molecular and surface physics

Research Interests (Theoretical/Computational)

• Photon and charged-particle impact spectroscopy of carbon and metal nanoparticles (NSF funded program)
• Ultrafast processes in atoms and nanoparticles
• Positronium formation from fullerene nanosystems
• Thermalization processes in fullerene nanosystems
• Ion-spectroscopy of nanostructured surfaces

Scholarly Activity

• “Ubiquitous diffraction resonances in positronium formation from fullerenes”; P-A Hervieux, A.R. Chakraborty, and H.S. Chakraborty, Physical Review A Rapid Communication 95, 020701 (R) (2017).
• “First prediction of inter-Coulombic decay of C₆₀ inner vacancies through the continuum of confined atoms”; R. De, M. Magrakvelidze, M.E. Madjet, S.T. Manson, and H.S. Chakraborty, Journal of Physics B 49, 11LT01 (2016); Chosen for IOP Select 2016.
• “Attosecond time delay in valence photoionization and photorecombination of argon: A time-dependent local-density-approximation study”; M. Magrakvelidze, M.E. Madjet, G. Dixit, M. Ivanov, and H.S. Chakraborty, Physical Review A. 91, 063415 (2015). 
• “Attosecond structures from the molecular cavity in fullerene photoemission time delay”; M. Magrakvelidze, D.M. Anstine, G. Dixit, M.E. Madjet, and H.S. Chakraborty, Physical Review A. 91, 053407 (2015). 
• “Resonant Auger-intersite-Coulombic hybridized decay in the photoionization of endohedral fullerenes”; M.H. Javani, J.B. Wise, R. De, M.E. Madjet, S.T. Manson, and H.S. Chakraborty, Physical Review A. 89, 063420 (2014). 
• “Time delay in the recoiling valence photoemission of Ar endohedrally confined in C₆₀”; G. Dixit, H.S. Chakraborty, and M.E. Madjet, Physical Review Letters 111, 203003 (2013). 
• “Valence photoionization of small alkaline earth atoms endohedrally confined in C₆₀”; M.H. Javani, M.R. McCreary, A.B. Patel, M.E. Madjet, H.S. Chakraborty, and S.T. Manson, European Physics Journal D: 66, 189 (2012). 
• “Plasmon-plasmon coupling in nested fullerenes: Photoexcitation of interlayer plasmonic cross modes”; M.A. McCune*, R. De, M.E. Madjet, H.S. Chakraborty, and S.T. Manson, Journal of Physics B: Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics  Fast Track Communication 44, 241002 (2011). 
• “Band-gap-confinement and image-state-recapture effects in the survival of anions scattered from metal surfaces”; A. Schmitz, J. Shaw, H. S. Chakraborty, and U. Thumm, Physical Review A 81, 042901 (2010). 
• “Reflective and collateral photoionization of the atom in a fullerene: Confinement geometry from reciprocal spectra”; M. A. McCune, M. E. Madjet, and H. S. Chakraborty, Physical Review A Rapid Communication 80, 011201 (2009); Featured in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, August (2009).
• “From single cycle self-compressed filaments to isolated attosecond pulses in noble gases”; A. Couairon, H. S. Chakraborty, and M. B. Gaarde, Physical Review A 77, 053814 (2008); Featured in Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science, June 2008.

Student Group Advisement

Nanophysics research groups

Other Professional Experiences

• Winner of the US National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant in 2008, 2011 and 2014
• Member of American Physical Society
• Member of American Nano Society
• Member of Indian Society of Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Other

Personal Interests

• Creative literature
• Classical music
• Family