Dr. Souvik Chatterjee

Associate Professor

Academic Area : Chemistry

Applied Chemistry

  • Qualifications
    Ph.d
  • Experience
    "Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Advanced Energy Kyoto University, 2013-2016,
    Assistant Professor-DST INSPIRE/SRS, Department of Chemistry, Sikkim University (Central) 2016-2022"
  • Current Courses Taught
    1. Physical Chemistry-I
    2. Advanced Molecular Spectroscopy
  • Research Interests
    Theoretical Chemical Physics, Attosecond Chemistry/Physics, Laser induced Auger decay, Inter atomic Coulombic decay etc, Photoionization, Photodissociation, Quantum Optics
  • Teaching Interests
    Quantum Mechanics/Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Thermodynamics
  • Publications
    "1. Population transfer to the E1Sg excited electronic state of Li2 by femtosecond laser pulses with all possible inter state radiative couplings: Rangana Bhattacharya, Souvik Chatterjee and S. S. Bhattacharyya, Phys. Rev. A 80, 063423 (2009) 2. Selective excitation of Li2 by chirped laser pulses with all possible inter state radiative couplings: Souvik Chatterjee and S. S. Bhattacharyya, J. Chem. Phys. 133, 164313(2010). 3. Asymmetric branching of dissociated photofragments of HD+ in an intense femtosecond laser field: Souvik Chatterjee, Bibhas Dutta and S. S. Bhattacharyya, Phys. Rev. A 83, 063413 (2011) 4. Preparation and probing of coherent vibrational wavepackets in the ground electronic state of HD+: Rangana Bhattacharya, Souvik Chatterjee and S. S. Bhattacharyya, Phys. Rev. A 85, 033424(2012) 5. Ultrashort-laser-pulse-mediated asymmetry in the branching of dissociated fragments of HD+ - Effects of a weak third pulse and carrier envelope phase of the dissociating pulse: Souvik Chatterjee and S. S. Bhattacharyya, Phys. Rev. A 88, 023408 (2013) 6. Manipulation of resonant Auger processes using a strong bichromatic field: Souvik Chatterjee and Takashi Nakajima, Phys. Rev. A 91, 043413 (2015) 7. Ionization efficiency of Doppler-broadened atoms by transform-limited and broadband nanosecond pulses: one-photon resonant two-photon ionization of muoniums: Rakesh Mohan Das, Souvik Chatterjee, Masahiko Iwasaki, and Takashi Nakajima, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 32, 1237 (2015) 8. Observation of number-density-dependent growth of plasmonic nanobubbles: Takashi Nakajima, Xiaolong Wang, Souvik Chatterjee and Tetsuo Sakka, Sci. Rep. 6, 28667, (2016) 9. Ramsey interferometry for resonant Auger decay through core-excited states: Souvik Chatterjee and Takashi Nakajima Phys. Rev. A 94, 023417 (2016) 10. Interference through the resonant Auger process via multiple core-excited states: Souvik Chatterjee and Takashi Nakajima Phys. Rev. A 96, 063406 (2017) 11. Coherent xuv pulse induced resonant Auger process in the krypton atom: Souvik Chatterjee, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 52 055601 (2019) 12. Optical preparation and manipulation of ground state coherent vibrational wavepackets of varying constituents in HD+: Souvik Chatterjee and S. S. Bhattacharyya, Pramana – J. Phys. 93:56(2019) 13. Effects of intense chirped x-ray laser on resonant Auger process through multiple core-excited states: Souvik Chatterjee, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 53 145601 (2020) 14. Understanding asymmetry in electromagnetically induced transparency for 87Rb in strong transverse magnetic field: Indra Hang Subba, Ranjit Kumar Singh, Nayan Sharma, Souvik Chatterjee, and Ajay Tripathi, Eur. Phys. J. D 74: 136 (2020) 15. Theoretical investigation of intense ultrashort xuv pulse induced Auger cascade in krypton, Souvik Chatterjee, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37, 3099(2020) 16. Interference effects on intense xuv pulse induced resonant transitions between core ionized states of helium"", Souvik Chatterjee, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 54, 145602(2021) 17. Competition between off-resonant and on-resonant processes in electromagnetically induced transparency in presence of magnetic field: Ranjit Kumar Singh, Nayan Sharma, Indra Hang Subba, Souvik Chatterjee, and Ajay Tripathi, Physics Letters A 416: 127673 (2021) 18. Impact of intense ultrashort laser on Interatomic Coulombic decay in the NeAr dimer, Souvik Chatterjee, Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, Souvik Chatterjee, 260, 147253 (2022)"
  • Projects
    DST INSPIRE Project 2016-2021, Serb Research Scientist Project 2021-2023
  • Professional Affiliations
    "Guest Research Associate
    Institute of Advanced Energy
    Kyoto University, 2013-2016, Assistant Professor-DST INSPIRE/SRS, Department of Chemistry, Sikkim University (Central) 2016-2022"
  • Professional Activities
    Reviewer in Scientific Reports, The European Physical Journal D, Physica Scripta
  • Other Achievements
    NET 2007 (C.S.I.R. Fellowship) INSPIRE Faculty Award 2015,
    Serb Research Scientist Award 2021
  • Contact Information
    Applied Chemistry