{"id":246,"date":"2020-05-30T12:56:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T07:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.physics.iisc.ac.in\/~aksy\/?page_id=246"},"modified":"2026-07-17T19:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:11:14","slug":"246-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/physics.iisc.ac.in\/~aksy\/","title":{"rendered":"Home page v2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-gb246-6a6eeac61abc4\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-gb246-6a6eeac61abc4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-gb246-6a6eeac61abc4-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"1\" ><div id=\"panel-gb246-6a6eeac61abc4-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0% 0% 10% 25%&quot;}\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #191e23; font-family: 'Noto Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.8; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;\"><div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-158\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade  soliloquy-theme-classic\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:600px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-158\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-123\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/physics.iisc.ac.in\/~aksy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Slide2.png\" alt=\"Slide2\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-2 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-778\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-2\" src=\"https:\/\/physics.iisc.ac.in\/~aksy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Slide7.png\" alt=\"Slide7\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-3 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-777\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-3\" src=\"https:\/\/physics.iisc.ac.in\/~aksy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Slide6.png\" alt=\"Slide6\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-4 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-779\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-4\" src=\"https:\/\/physics.iisc.ac.in\/~aksy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Slide8.png\" alt=\"Slide8\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-5 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-781\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-5\" src=\"https:\/\/physics.iisc.ac.in\/~aksy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Slide9-1.png\" alt=\"Slide9\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-6 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-124\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-6\" src=\"https:\/\/physics.iisc.ac.in\/~aksy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Slide3-e1582222423827.png\" alt=\"Slide3\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-7 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-126\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-7\" src=\"https:\/\/physics.iisc.ac.in\/~aksy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Slide6-e1581967745497.png\" alt=\"Slide6\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-8 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-125\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-8\" src=\"https:\/\/physics.iisc.ac.in\/~aksy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Slide4.png\" alt=\"Slide4\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><noscript><style type=\"text\/css\">#soliloquy-container-158{opacity:1}<\/style><\/noscript><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The OUSUMS lab at the Department of Physics, IISc Bangalore, explores the optical and quantum properties of two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals materials. Using ultrafast and steady-state optical spectroscopy, vapour deposition synthesis, and electron microscopy, we probe carrier and exciton dynamics in moir\u00e9 heterostructures, 2D semiconductors and magnets, and quantum emitter systems. Our work bridges fundamental condensed matter physics and applications in quantum technology and opto-electronics.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"pl-gb246-6a6eeac61c4bc\"  class=\"panel-layout wp-block-siteorigin-panels-layout-block\" ><div id=\"pg-gb246-6a6eeac61c4bc-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;full_height&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom_margin&quot;:&quot;60px&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\" ><div id=\"pgc-gb246-6a6eeac61c4bc-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.25\" ><div id=\"panel-gb246-6a6eeac61c4bc-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-a258e6bfa2d8-246\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\n<div 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\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sow-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCVD Synthesis\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration-inside\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"sow-sub-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSynthesize non-naturally occurring materials leading to advances in opto-electronics and quantum computing.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-gb246-6a6eeac61c4bc-0-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.25\" ><div id=\"panel-gb246-6a6eeac61c4bc-0-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"4\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-a258e6bfa2d8-246\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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