About Me

I have an inherent exploratory nature, having worked in widely different areas of quantum physics. I look forward to push my knowledge horizon with a firm footing on scientific, technical, and computational skills that I have acquired. I love to tackle complex problems in a mission mode with an analytical mindset.

I am currently a final year Ph.D. student in Physics at the EQUS Center, University of Queensland, St Lucia, AU. I have an Integrated M. Tech degree in Engineering Physics from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, IN (IIT-BHU) completed in 2017 with a CGPA of 8.73/10 and the second position.

Areas of Research

Many Body Quantum

In simple terms: How does quantum information encoded locally in a many body system spread? Can this information, which is usually "corrupted" during propapagtion, be still meaningful for any useful task?

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Study and simulation of Quantum spin systems (1D) for their application in Quantum information Processing. Successfully tested many such systems having varied interactions (Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya, magnetic field and impurities etc.) for their properties viz. chirality, correlation, magnetization, entropy, and fidelity of spin transfer (one and two qubits). We successfully developed a transfer protocol involving kicking helical spin chains with electric field for better transmission fidelity, including in sharing entanglement.

Quantum Meets Gravity

In simple terms: Understanding the interplay between quantum mechanics (QM) and gravity has been one of the pertinent problems throughout the course of modern physics. Our aim is to analyse the effect of quantum noise on this interplay.

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In the low energy limit, the testability of the interplay between QM and gravity looks promising driven by recent theoretical proposals and technological leaps - especially in the quantum domain. At this energy scale, it is assumed (and proven) that QM and gravity hold correct and their respective intrinsic formalism can be extended to probe their interplay. In this regard, many proposals have been laid out to experimentally test this interplay. Through introducing quantum noise in this scenario, we derive novel gravitational decoherence mechanism. We also study a scenario with noisy quantum clocks, as an extension of the proposal probing gravity using quantum clocks.

Quantum Processes

In simple terms: The quantum process framework tends to further build generic open quantum system scenarios beyond the quantum operations framework. Our aim is to analyse various thermodynamic scenarios resulting from amalgamation of quantum processes with traditional quantum thermodynamics.

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Recently, there were efforts to incorporate quantum processes in parameter estimation and channel discrimination tasks leading to the development of a general framework of metrology in the quantum process framework. However, the prospect of simultaneous estimation tasks - that of estimating two or more parameters has often been ignored. If considered with thermalizing quantum channels with distinct bath temperatures, the framework of quantum processes constitutes an interesting scenario with the possibility of multi-parameter estimation, specifically multi-temperature estimation, which we have investigated. We have calculated the bounds on the covariance of temperatures, and their attainability for this simultaneous estimation task, using established methods of multiparameter estimation.

Awards

  • Awarded the third prize in Pitchmasters competition held at the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) summer meeting 2021.
  • Awarded the overall first prize (as a part of team of 4) in EQUS idea factory for proposal writing and presentation on Quantum thermal heat engines.
  • Awarded the first prize in 3-Minute thesis competition in the School of Maths and Physics, UQ.
  • Awarded UQ research training scholarship for pursuing Ph.D.
  • Awarded merit certificate for second rank in the Integrated M. Tech in Engineering Physics 2017 batch at IIT-BHU.
  • Poster awarded the best in research category at Departmental level (First Position) and Institute level (Second position) at Institute Day 2017 (IIT-BHU).
  • Awarded PG scholarship for the final year of Integrated M. Tech at IIT-BHU.

Skills

Here is a self-assesment of my proficiency in various skills.

Coding

Python

Quspin, Qutip, Qiskit

Scipy Optimize

Matlab

Mathematica

Freqtrade

Soft Skills

Technical Writing

Visualization and Presentation

Event Organization     

Academic: TA (Total 5 Semesters)

PHY 1002: Electromagnetism and Modern Physics [for freshers(UQ)]

PHY101: Classical, Quantum and Relativistic Mechanics [for freshers (IIT-BHU)]

PHY201: Quantum Physics [for sophomores and junior undergraduates (IIT-BHU)]

Publications

  • Capela M., Verma H., Costa F., Celeri L.C. Indefinite causal order is not always a resource for thermodynamic processes. Preprint : arxiv:2208:03205.
  • Wood C.E., Verma H., Costa F., Zych M. Operational models of temperature superpositions. Preprint : arXiv:2112.07860 (2021).
  • Verma, H., Zych, M., & Costa, F. Constraining the number of fundamental quantum degrees of freedom using gravity. Preprint : arXiv:2106.15164 (2021).
  • Verma, H., Zych, M., & Costa, F. Effect of environment on the interferometry of clocks. Quantum, 5(1), 525 (2021).
  • Verma, H., Chotorlishvili, L., Berakdar, J. et al. Quantum teleportation by utilizing helical spin chains for sharing entanglement. Quantum Inf Process 20, 54 (2021).
  • Verma, H., Mitra, T., & Mandal, B.P. Schwinger’s model of angular momentum with GUP. Epl, 123(3) (2018).
  • Verma, H., Chotorlishvili, L., Berakdar, J. et al. Qubit(s) transfer in helical spin chains. Epl, 119(3) (2017).

Talks

  • 2022 | Talk on "Using gravitational decoherence to constrain the number of extended quantum systems" presented at APS March Meeting - online.
  • 2021 | Oral pitch on "Using gravity with quantum for fundamental physics" presented in Pitchmasters, AIP summer meeting at QUT, Brisbane, QLD.
  • 2021 | Talk on "Using gravity to bound the number of fundamental quantum degrees of freedom" presented at AIP summer meeting at QUT, Brisbane, QLD.
  • 2021 | EMCA 3 minute Talk on "Q-ctrl, baths and their thermometry" presented at SMP, UQ.
  • 2021 | 3MT talk on "Using gravity and quantum together for predicting fundamental particles" presented at SMP, UQ.
  • 2021 | Talk on “Effect of environment on the interferometry of clocks” presented in RQI - online conference.
  • 2020 | Talk on “Effect of environment on the interferometry of clocks” presented in QTURN - online conference.
  • 2020 | Talk on “Constraining the fundamental number of quantum degrees of freedom using gravity” presented in Physics seminar series at UQ.
  • 2020 | Talk on “Effect of environment on the interferometry of clocks” presented in physics seminar series at IIT-BHU.
  • 2019 | Talk on “Effect of environment on the interferometry of clocks” presented in Teach at the beach (student meeting at Gold Coast, QLD).
  • Misc | Multiple talks and presentations in the quantum foundations and gravity meetings at SMP, UQ.

Posters      

  • 2022 | Quantum Thermodynamics (QTD) - online.
  • 2022 | Quantum Australia - online.
  • 2021 | EQUS annual meeting at Noosa, QLD.
  • 2021 | SMP Poster day at UQ.
  • 2021 | Quantum Thermodynamics Summer School - online hosted by NCCR SwissMap and Squid.
  • 2020 | SMP Poster day at UQ.
  • 2020 | Quantum Frontiers and Fundamentals conference at RRI, Bengaluru.
  • 2019 | EQUS annual meeting at Wollongong, NSW.
  • 2019 | SMP Poster day at UQ.
  • 2017 | Institute Day at IIT-BHU.

Other interests

Cooking

Travelling