Dr. Alok Kumar Pan is the Principal Investigator of project titled "Quantum Foundations to Quantum Technologies (Q-42)". He's currenty working as Assistant Professor in Department of Physical Sciences at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Patna. He's also a Ramanujan Fellow.

akp@phy.iith.ac.in

+91-9007122403


Research Interests:
  • Quantum Foundations: Interpretations of Quantum Theory, Ontological Models, Non-locality, Quantum Steering, Preparation and Measurement Contextuality, Macrorealism, ψ-ontic-ψ-epistemic interpretations of Quantum State, Weak measurement, Device-independent witnessing of Dimension and Unsharpness Parameter, Self-testing of state and measurement etc.
  • Quantum Communication, Cryptography, and Information Theory: Open Quantum System, Quantum Channels, Information Transfer Protocols, Communication Complexity, Oblivious Communication Game, Random-Access-Code, Sharing of Quantum Correlations, Device and Semi-Device Independent Cryptography, Randomness Certifications etc.
  • Quantum Metrology: Weak Value Enabled Enhanced Parameter Estimation, Quantum Fisher Information, Sub-Planck Structure and Precision Metrology

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