DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Titas Chanda

Assistant Professor

HSB 251
Ph.D. Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Prayagraj-Allahabad, India

📞 044 - 2257 4833
✉️ titas.chanda@iitm.ac.in

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Areas of Interest

  • Condensed Matter Theory Quantum Information Theory Quantum Simulations Ultra-Cold Atomic Physics

Current Research

Quantum simulations with ultra-cold atoms Tensor network algorithms Lattice gauge theories Many-body localization and disordered systems Critical phenomena and conformal field theory Topological Matters Cavity-QED many-body systems Out-of-equilibrium phenomena Frustrated magnetism Decoherence and open quantum systems

Students

  • PH24D068 - Sourabh

  • PH25D012 - Neelanjana Dey

Current PhD Students

Recent Publications

  • * 10. 2023 Time dynamics of multiparty quantum correlations indicate energy transfer route in light-harvesting complexes T Chanda, U Mishra, A Sen De, U Sen arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.6519.
  • * 4. 2016 Two-dimensional J1-J2 clock model: A cornucopia of emergence VP Kuttanikkad, A Prakash, R Narayanan, T Chanda arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.05194.
  • * 9. 2022 Phase diagram of Rydberg-dressed atoms on two-leg square ladders: Coupling supersymmetric conformal field theories on the lattice M Tsitsishvili, T Chanda, M Votto, P Fromholz, M Dalmonte, A Nersesyan Physical Review B 105 (15), 155159.
  • * 4. 2024 Emergence of non-Abelian SU(2) invariance in Abelian frustrated fermionic ladders B Beradze, M Tsitsishvili, E Tirrito, M Dalmonte, T Chanda, A Nersesyan Physical Review B 108 (7), 075146.
  • * 9. 2023 Quantum phases of dipolar bosons in one-dimensional optical lattices R Kraus, T Chanda, J Zakrzewski, G Morigi Physical Review B 106 (3), 035144.
  • * 13.2025 Bond order via cavity-mediated interactions T Chanda, R Kraus, J Zakrzewski, G Morigi Physical Review B 106 (7), 075137.
  • * 10. 2014 Classification and emergence of quantum spin liquids in chiral Rydberg models PS Tarabunga, G Giudici, T Chanda, M Dalmonte Physical Review B 108 (7), 075118.
  • * 2025 Gapless deconfined phase in a Zn-symmetric Hamiltonian created in a cold-atom setup MV Rakov, L Tagliacozzo, M Lewenstein, J Zakrzewski, T Chanda Physical Review B 110 (19), 195114.
  • * 5. 2018 Spectral properties of the critical (1+ 1)-dimensional Abelian-Higgs model T Chanda, M Dalmonte, M Lewenstein, J Zakrzewski, L Tagliacozzo Physical Review B 109 (4), 045103.
  • * 9. 2022 Many-body localization regime for cavity-induced long-range interacting models T Chanda, J Zakrzewski Physical Review B 105 (5), 054309.

Teaching