Teaching
1. NPHD516: Theory of Relativity, Winter semester-2024-25
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Physics
Email: avijitmisra[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in
Contact Number: 7044206915
Office Number: +91-326-223-608-D, Academic complex
Personal Page: Under Construction
About Me: I did my PhD from HRI, Prayagraj in 2017. Then I was a postdoctoral fellow at IMSc, Chennai, and Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. Before joining IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, I was appointed as a visiting scientist at TCG CREST, Kolkata.
Research Interest: Quantum information and computation, Hybrid quantum technologies, Quantum optics, Quantum sensing, Quantum thermodynamics
1. NPHD516: Theory of Relativity, Winter semester-2024-25
1. 2012–2016 Ph.D. in Physics, Harishchandra Research Institute, Prayagraj, India.
Thesis title: Thermodynamic Aspects of Quantum Coherence and Correlations.
2. 2009–2012 M.Sc. in Physics, 1st Class, Harishchandra Research Institute, Prayagraj, India
As a part of the integrated Ph.D. program of the institute.
3. 2006–2009 B.Sc. in Physics, 1st Class, Calcutta University, Kolkata
1. Sep 2024–Present Assistant professor,Department of Physics, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, Dhanbad, India.
2. Dec 2023–Sep 2024 Visiting scientist at CQuERE, TCG CREST, Kolkata, India.
3. Oct 2018–Sept 2023 Post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, In Prof. Gershon Kurizki’s group.
4. Feb 2018–Mar 2018 Visiting post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
In Prof. Gershon Kurizki’s group.
5. Jan 2017–Sept 2018 Post-doctoral fellow in the Optics and Quantum Information group, The Institute of
Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India Under the mentorship of Prof. Sibasish Ghosh.
1. Jun 2023 Research Fellow, Grade 2 at the Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University, Brisbane,
Australia in Prof. Howard Wiseman’s group (Forfeited).
2. May 2018 Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong in Prof. Giulio
Chiribella’s group (Forfeited).
3. Nov 2017 Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Warsaw, Poland in Prof. Rafal Demkowicz-
Dobrzanski’s group (Forfeited).
4. Aug 2016 Infosys Prize of HRI for excellence in research in Quantum Information.
15. Black-hole Powered Quantum Coherent Amplifier, A. Misra*, P. Chattopadhyay, A.
Svidzinsky, Marlan O. Scully, G. Kurizki, npj Quantum Information (Nature) 10, 34 (2024)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-024-00817-w
14. Nonlinear Coherent Heat Machines, T. Opatrn´y, ˇS. Br¨auer, A.G. Kofman, A. Misra*,
N. Meher, O. Firstenberg, E. Poem, G. Kurizki, Science Advances 9(1), eadf1070 (2023)
DOI: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf1070
13. Work Extraction from Single-mode Thermal Noise by Measurements: How Important
is Information?, A. Misra*, T. Opatrn´y, G. Kurizki, Phys. Rev. E 106, 054131 (2022)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.106.054131
12. Work Generation from Thermal Noise by Quantum Phase-Sensitive Observation, T.
Opatrn´y, A. Misra*, G. Kurizki, Phys. Rev. Lett., 127 (4), 040602 (2021).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.040602
11. Minimal Quantum Heat Manager Boosted by Bath Spectral Filtering, M. T. Naseem,
A. Misra, O. E. M¨ustecaplıo˘glu, G. Kurizki, Phys. Rev. Res., 2 (3), 033285 (2020).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033285
10. Two-body Quantum Absorption Refrigerators with Optomechanical-like Interactions,
M. T. Naseem, A. Misra, O. E. M¨ustecaplıo˘glu, Quantum Science and Technology ,
5(3), 035006 (2020).
DOI: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-9565/ab8d89
9. Necessarily Transient Quantum Refrigerator, S. Das, A. Misra, A.K. Pal, A. Sen(De),
U. Sen, Europhysics Letters, 125, 20007 (2019).
DOI: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1209/0295-5075/125/20007
8. Quantum Speed Limit Constraints on a Nanoscale Autonomous Refrigerator, C.
Mukhopadhyay, A. Misra, S. Bhattacharya, A. K. Pati, Phys. Rev. E 97, 062116
(2018).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.97.062116
7. Dynamics and Thermodynamics of a Central Spin Immmersed in a Spin Bath, C.
Mukhopadhyay, S. Bhattacharya, A. Misra, A.K. Pati, Phys. Rev. A, 96, 052125
(2017).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.052125
6. Exact Master Equation for a Spin Interacting with a Spin Bath: Non-Markovianity and
Negative Entropy Production Rate, S. Bhattacharya, A. Misra*, C. Mukhopadhyay, A.K.
Pati, Phys. Rev. A 95, 012122 (2017).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.95.012122
5. Complementarity between Tripartite Quantum Correlation and Bipartite Bell Inequality
Violation in Three Qubit States, P. Pandya, A. Misra*, I. Chakrabarty, Phys. Rev. A
94, 052126 (2016).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.052126
4. Generalized Geometric Measure of Entanglement for Multiparty Mixed States, T. Das,
S.S. Roy, S. Bagchi, A. Misra, A. Sen De, U. Sen, Phys. Rev. A 94, 022336 (2016).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.022336
3. Energy Cost of Creating Quantum Coherence, A. Misra*, U. Singh, S. Bhattacharya,
A.K. Pati, Phys. Rev. A 93, 052335 (2016).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.93.052335
2. Quantum R´enyi Relative Entropies Affirm Universality of Thermodynamics, A. Misra*,
U. Singh, M. N. Bera, A.K. Rajagopal, Phys. Rev. E 92, 042161 (2015).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.92.042161
1. Quantum Correlation with Sandwiched Relative Entropies: Advantageous as Order
Parameter in Quantum Phase Transitions, A. Misra, A. Biswas, A.K. Pati, A. Sen De, U.
Sen, Phys. Rev. E 91, 052125 (2015).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.91.052125
* denotes the articles corresponded by me.
Preprints and submitted
File No. ANRF/ECRG/2024/003836/PMS
Title: Energetics of Quantum Technologies in Hybrid and Many-body Systems
Funding agency: ANRF PMECRG
Year: 2025
Amount: Around 47 lakh
Lifetime member of American Physical Society (APS)
Journal Refereeing; supported by Web of Science: APS (PRX Quantum, PRL, PRA, PRB, PRE, PRR- (since 2018)); Quantum (since 2020); Quantum Information Processing
(since 2016); Entropy (since 2020).