Biography
Dr Sandeep Gautam joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics on 15 December 2016. His broad research interest is in the field of ultracold quantum gases. He received his PhD in 2012 from the Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad. He then worked as a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. After that, he joined Sao Paulo State University as a post-doctoral Fellow. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at IIT Ropar.
Area of Research
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Education
- Ph.D. Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 2012. Â
- B.Ed. Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, 2006.
- M.Sc. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 2005.
- B.Sc. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 2003.
Work Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Ropar, December 2016 - Present
- Post-doctoral Fellow, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 2014 - November 2016.
- Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, October 2012 - January 2014.
- Post-doctoral Fellow, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, July 2011- October 2012
- Senior Research Fellow, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, July 2008- July 2011
- Junior Research Fellow, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, July 2006- July 2008
Other Information
More information about our research can be found at the following links:
- ORCID Account
- Google Scholar Profile
- Articles on Arxiv
- Scopus Profile
Research
Ultracold atoms - Bosons & Fermions – Investigation of static and dynamical properties of binary mixtures of quantum degenerate gases, dipolar condensates, and spinor Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs); quantum hydrodynamics and fluid instabilities in BECs; quantum Monte-Carlo simulations of ultracold quantum gases; BEC-BCS crossover in strongly interacting Fermi gases; and quantum turbulence in condensates.
Quantum degenerate Gases at Finite Temperatures – Study of quantum and thermal fluctuations in quantum Bose gases based on Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory with Popov approximation and stochastic methods
Solitons and vortices – Study of formation and dynamics of topological defects like solitons and vortices in quantum fluids and instabilities associated with these topological defects.
Spin-orbit coupled superfluids – Investigation of spin-orbit coupled superfluid gases at zero and finite temperatures. Study of phase-separation, self-trapped states, spontaneous symmetry breaking, dynamical instabilities, and topological defects in spin-orbit-coupled BECs
Currently, we are working on a few problems related to the excitation spectrum of spin-orbital-angular-momentum-coupled spinor BECs, the fate of supersolidity in Raman-induced spin-orbit-coupled BECs, and the sudden quench dynamics in these systems.
Group Member
PhD Students
- Kavita
- Sonali Deharia
- Ritu
- Rajat
Graduated PhD Students
- Paramjeet Banger (PhD, March 2024)
- Pardeep Kaur (PhD, Jan 2024)
Teaching
Courses taught at IIT Ropar:Â
- Statistical Mechanics (PH512) during the first semester of 2023-24 and 2024-25 [PG core course]
- Quantum Mechanics II (PH421) during the second semester of academic years 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24 [PG core course]
- Electromagnetic Theory (PH414) during the first semesters of 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 [PG core course]
- Modern Optics (PH411) during the first semesters of 2018-19 and 2019-2020 [PG core course]
- Physics of Atoms, Molecules & Solids (PH604) during the second half of the second semester of 2018-19 and the second semester of 2019-20 [Pre-PhD course]
- Numerical Methods & Programming (PH513/605) during the second half of the first semester of 2018-19 [PG core course/Pre-PhD course]
- Classical & Mathematical Physics (PH601) during the first semester of 2017-18 [Pre-PhD course]
- Superconductivity & Magnetism (PH621) during the second semesters of 2016-17 and 2017-2018 [PG elective course]Â