Excited State Dynamics
Interaction with Molecules
Quantum Information
Quantum Materials
Recent Publications
- Variational theory of non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics
- Qubit Allocation for Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Computers
- Ab initio calculation of phonon polaritons in silicon carbide and boron nitride
- Cavity-Correlated Electron-Nuclear Dynamics from First Principles
- Dynamics and Spin-Valley Locking Effects in Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
- Microscopic origins of hydrodynamic transport in the type-II Weyl semimetal WP2
- Strong light-matter coupling in quantum chemistry and quantum photonics
Recent News and Blog
- Prineha named a Moore Inventor Fellow!
- Qubit allocation on NISQs, now on arXiv
- New papers on correlated light-matter interactions on arXiv
- Paper on hydrodynamics in Weyl semimetals published in Phys. Rev. B.
- Review article in Nanophotonics on Strong-coupling in Quantum Photonics and Quantum Chemistry
- Paper published in Physical Review Letters
- NarangLab is excited to partner with Rigetti's Quantum Cloud Services
About the NarangLab
We are an interdisciplinary group at Harvard SEAS interested in predicting excited-state phenomena and material dynamics from ab initio methods and linking these to spatio-temporal measurements of new materials. Our research is at the fun intersection of computational materials science, condensed matter theory, quantum chemistry and (quantum) photonics.
Why
The limits of electronic, optical and thermal performance of materials are determined by their atomic-scale dynamics. Therefore, in order to surpass conventional properties of materials, an accurate description of excited-state and non-equilibrium phenomena is essential. Understanding processes in materials is of both fundamental and practical importance, yet these problems pose unique theoretical and computational physics challenges. That's why we are here!
How
We discover and develop new, efficient theory methods to calculate materials. We also collaborate extensively with experimental groups to connect predicted properties with state-of-the-art measurements of materials.
Impact
We are convinced that understanding material properties at the atomic and molecular scale is key to exceeding limits of conventional materials which in turn will unlock technologies of the future, including high-performance exascale computing, Internet-of-Things, new space technologies and integrated quantum information processing.