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Dr. Uma Divakaran
Associate Professor
Physics
Research Area: Non-equilibrium dynamics, Research Area: Quantum phase transitions, Research Area: Quantum Information
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  • Biosketch

    PhD, IIT Kanpur (2010)

    Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral fellow, Saarland University, Germany (2010)

    INSPIRE Faculty, IIT Kanpur (2013)

    UGC Assistant Professor, Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences  (2015)

    Assistant Professor, IIT Palakkad, since June 2016

     

  • Teaching

     

    • Condensed Matter Physics-1, 2015-16 Semester 2, CBS, Mumbai
    • Mechanics (B. Tech 1st Year)
    •  Electrodynamics (B.Tech 1st Year)
    • UG Lab (B. Tech 1st Year)
    • Statistical Mechanics (M.Sc.)
    • Quantum Mechanics for Engineers (B.Tech elective)
    • Quantum Information and Many body systems
  • Research Group

    Current Group Members

    • Manju C         (January 2020 onwards )
    • Pranav US     ( July 2023 onwards)

    Alumni

    • Revathy B. S (Post doctoral fellow at Raman Research Institute Bangalore)
  • Publications
    Quantum critical engine at finite temperatures
    Revathy B.S, Victor Mukherjee and Uma Divakaran
    The European Physical Journal B 97 76 (2024)
    The promises and challenges of many-body quantum technologies: A focus on quantum engines
    Victor Mukherjee and Uma Divakaran
    Nature Communications 15 3170 (2024)
    Improving performance of quantum heat engines using modified Otto cycle
    Revathy B. S, Harsh Sharma, and Uma Divakaran
    Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 57 165302 (2024)
    Exactly solvable one-dimensional quantum models with gamma matrices
    Yash Chugh, Kusum Dhochak, Uma Divakaran, Prithvi Narayan and Amit K Pal
    Phys. Rev. E 106 (2) 024114 (2022)
    Bath Engineering Enhanced Quantum Critical Engines
    Revathy B. S, Victor Mukherjee and Uma Divakaran
    Entropy 24 (10) 1458 (2022)
    Many-body quantum thermal machines
    Victor Mukherjee, Uma Divakaran
    Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 33 454001 (2021)
    Universal finite-time thermodynamics of many-body quantum machines from Kibble-Zurek scaling
    Revathy B. S., Victor Mukherjee, Uma Divakaran and Adolfo del Campo
    Physical Review Research (Editors' Suggestion) 2 043247 (2020)
    Adiabatic dynamics of quasiperiodic transverse Ising model
    Revathy B.S. and Uma Divakaran
    Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 2020 023108 (2020)
    Sudden quenches in a quasiperiodic Ising model
    Uma Divakaran
    Physical Review E 98 032110 (2018)
    Effect of double local quenches on Loschmidt echo and entanglement entropy of a one-dimensional quantum system
    Atanu Rajak and Uma Divakaran
    J. Stat. Mech. 043107 (2016) (2016)
    Slow quenches in a quantum Ising chain; dynamical phase transitions and topology
    Shraddha Sharma, Uma Divakaran, A. Polkovnikov and Amit Dutta
    Phys. Rev. B 93 144306 (2016)
    Tuning the presence of dynamical phase transitions in a generalized $XY$ spin chain
    Uma Divakaran, Shraddha Sharma and Amit Dutta
    Phys. Rev. E 93 052133 (2016)

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