Prof. Dr. Navin Khaneja

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsAtomic Physics, Molecular Physics, Laser Physics,Spectroscopy
KeywordsOptimal Control, Pulse Sequences, Relaxation in Quantum Systems, Multidimensional NMR, NMR of Macromolecules

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityMumbai
InstitutionIndian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay
InstituteEnergy Systems Engineering

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Horst KesslerInstitut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Technische Universität München, Garching
Prof. Dr. Steffen GlaserInstitut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Technische Universität München, Garching
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2005

Programme(s)

2005Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Prof. Navin Khaneja has performed ground-breaking work in the field of quantum control with applications in coherent spectroscopy and quantum information processing. Most notably, he has established physical limits on the sensitivity of key experimental building blocks in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. His results are of fundamental importance for the optimal control of quantum phenomena in general and motivate the study of new problems and techniques in the area of mathematical control theory. The central goal of the planned project is to extend these methods to networks of coupled spins as arising in NMR spectroscopy of large biomolecules.