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Curriculum Vitae

Post Graduation 1) M.Sc. (Physics) - 1994
       Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli.

   2) PGDCA (Computer Applications) - 1995
       St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai.

Doctoral Work Ph.D. (Theoretical Physics) - 2002
   Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.
                                    (Work done @ Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.)

Thesis Title  Studies on Time Dependent and Stationary Classically
   Chaotic Quantum Systems

Experience  

1) Post-Doctoral Fellow
    Physical Research Laboratory
    Ahmedabad, India.
    (Jan 2002 - Sept 2002)

2) Post-Doctoral Fellow
    Weizmann Institute of Science
    Rehovot, Israel.
    (Oct 2002 - Oct 2003)

3) Research Associate
    School of Physics
    Bharathidasan University
    Tiruchirappalli, India.
    (Nov 2003 - Aug 2005)

4) Scientist
    School of Physics
    Bharathidasan University
    Tiruchirappalli, India.
    (Sept 2005 - April 2006)

Research Areas: 

Hamiltonian Chaos, Chaotic Quantum Systems, Quantum Computation

Publications

1. Chaos in a well: Effects of Competing length scales, R. Sankaranarayanan, A. Lakshminarayan and V.B. Sheorey, Phys. Lett. A 279, 313 (2001). [nlin.CD/0005035]

2. Quantum chaos of a particle in a square well: Competing length scales and dynamical localization, R. Sankaranarayanan, A. Lakshminarayan and V.B. Sheorey, Phys. Rev. E 64, 046210 (2001). [nlin.CD/0106010]

3. Recurrence of fidelity in nearly integrable systems, R. Sankaranarayanan and A. Lakshminarayan, Phys. Rev. E 68, 036216 (2003). [nlin.CD/0307005]

4. Level velocity statistics of hyperbolic chaos, R. Sankaranarayanan, Phys. Lett. A 325, 57 (2004). [nlin.CD/0307001]

5. Accelerator modes of square well system, R. Sankaranarayanan and V.B. Sheorey, Phys. Lett. A 338, 288 (2005). [nlin.CD/0212003]

6. Nodal domain distribution of rectangular drums, U. Smilansky and R. Sankaranarayanan, Proceedings of National Conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics (Feb. 24-26, 2005), Aligarh Muslim University, India. [nlin.SI/0503002]

7. Dynamical echo in two-state quantum systems, R. Sankaranarayanan, Jane H. Sheeba and M. Lakshmanan, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 33 (2007) 1618 – 1624. [nlin.SI/0506018]

8. Entangling chatacterization of SWAP1/m and controlled unitary gates,  S. Balakrishnan and R. Sankaranarayanan, Phys. Rev. A. 78 , 052305 (2008).

 9. Characterizing the geometrical edges of nonlocal two-qubit gates, S. Balakrishnan  and R. Sankaranarayanan, Phys. Rev. A 79, 052339 (2009). [arXiv:0902.4124]

 

Seminars

1. TPSC seminar (April 2002) on Chaos in a well: Role of competing length scales, at Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India.

2. TPSC seminar (April 2002) on Non-KAM transition to chaos in simple dynamical model, at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India.

3. On Nodal domain distribution of rectangular drums, National Conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics (February 2005), Aligargh Muslim University, India.

4. On Chaos in Generalized Standard Map, Theme meeting on Bifurcation, Chaos, Synchronization and its Application (December 2005), School of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India.

5. Seminar on Anomalous Diffusion in Hamiltonian Systems, at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. (Date: 29.06.2007)

 

  6. Invited lecture on Quantum Computation – A New Paradigm, Workshop on Frontier Topics in Physics (February 2009), Chikkanna Government Arts College, Tiruppur, sponsored by IAS, INSA and NAS.

 

7. Invited lecture on Quantum Computation – A New Paradigm, Lecture Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics and Applications in Engineering (August 2009), PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, sponsored by IAS, INSA and NAS.

 

 


Projects guided for M.Sc. students

 

  1. Ms. Vijayajayanthi has completed her dissertation on Quantum search algorithm and classical two-body collision (2005), School Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India.

 

  1. Mr. Hariprasath has completed his dissertation on Universal gates in quantum computation (2006), School of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India.

 

  1. Mr. Asifkhan Mohammad  has completed his thesis on Nonlinear systems, chaos and electronic realization (2008), Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India.

 

  1. Ms. Neethu Purushothaman has completed her thesis on Entanglement of (SWAP)α gate (2009), Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India.  

 

  1. Ms. Leona J. Felicia has completed her thesis on Characterization of tow-qubit quantum operators (2009), Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India.

 

 

Collaborative Visit

1. Visited Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, during June 25-30, 2007.