Physics Department Personnel

Dr. Pradip M. Bakshi

Distinguished Research Professor of Physics

617-552-3585
Higgins Hall 330G
Bakshi@bc.edu

Education

• M.A., Physics, Harvard University, 1957
• Ph.D, Theoretical Physics, Harvard University, 1962

Areas of Research
Theoretical plasma physics; mathematical physics; quantum field theory; atomic physics; condensed matter physics.

Recent Publications

• Intersubband Electron Transitions due to electron-electron interactions in Quantum Well Structures,
  (with K. Kempa, J. Engelbrecht and Y. Zhou), Phys. Rev. B 61, 11083-11087 (2000).
  
• Computer Simulations of the Transport and Electromagnetic Properties of MBE-grown Quantum Structures,
  (with K. Kempa), Thin Solid Films, 367, 295-298 (2000).
  
• Inter-subband Plasmon Emission based THz Lasers, (with K. Kempa), Physica E 7, 63-68 (2000).
  
• Inter-subband Relaxation due to Electron-electron Scattering in Quantum Well Structures, (with K. Kempa,
  J. Engelbrecht and Y. Zhou), Physica E, 7, 225-228 (2000).
  
• Plasmon based Terahertz Emission from Quantum Well Structures, (with K. Kempa,
  A. Scorupsky, C. Du, G. Feng, R. Zobl, G. Strasser, C. Rauch, Ch. Pacher, K. Unterrainer, E. Gornik),
  Appl. Phys. Letters 75, 1685 (1999).
  
• Towards Stimulated Generation of Coherent Plasmons in Nanostructures (with K. Kempa, C.G. Du, G. Feng,
  A. Scorupsky, G. Strasser, C. Rauch, K. Unterrainer, E. Gornik), J. Appl Phys. 85, 3708-3712, (1999).
  
• Collective vs. Individual Dot Response of Quantum Dot Emsembles, (with K.Kempa), Strongly Coupled Coulomb Systems '97, Pelnum Press, eds. G.Kalman, K.Blagoev, M.Rommel, pp517-521, (1998).
  
• Self Polarization of Quantum Dots, Superlattices and Microstructures,23 521-529 (1998).
  
• Higher Order Nonlocal Formalism for Linear Analysis of a Magnetized Multi-species Plasma with Inhomogeneous Flows,
  (with V.Gavrishchaka, G.Ganguli, M.Koepke), Physics of Plasmas, 5, 10-21, (1998).
  
• Mathematical Signatures of Plasma Instabilities in Low Dimensional Solid State Systems, Condensed Matter Theories,
  eds. J.W. Clark and P.V. Panat, Nova Science Publishers, New York, Vol. 12, pp 399-412, (1997).
  (Invited paper at 20th International Conference on Condensed Matter Theories).
  
• Plasma Instabilities in a Steady State Non-equilibrium One-dimensional Solid State Plasma of Finite Length,
  Phys. Rev. B, 54, 8231-8234 (1996).
  
• Current Driven Plasma Instabilities in Low Dimensional Systems, Superlattices and Microstructures, 17, 363-372, (1995).
  
• Polarization of electrons in quantum dashes in a magnetic field, (with K. Kempa, D. Broido and K. Blagoev),
  Solid State Communications, 91, pp. 231-237, (1994).
  
• Current driven plasma instabilities in superconducting systems, (with M. Graf, F. Dong and K. Kempa),
  Physica B, 194-196, pp. 2377-2378, (1994).
  
• Current driven plasma instabilities in modulated lower-dimensional semiconductor systems (with K. Kempa and H. Xie),
  Rapid Communication, Phys. Rev. B, 48, pp. 9158-9161, (1993).
  
• Spontaneous Polarization of Electrons in Quantum Dashes (with D. Broido and K. Kempa),
  J. App. Phys. 70, pp. 5150 - 5152 (1991).
  
• Spontaneous Polarization in Quantum Dot Systems, (with K. Kempa and D. Broido),
  Rapid Communication, Phys. Rev. B 43, pp. 9343-9345 (1991).
  
• Impulse Formalism for Atom-Diatom Collisions, (with R. Sharma and J. Sindoni),
  Phys. Rev. A 43, pp. 189-203, (1991).
  
• Electromagnetic Response of Quantum Dots, (with D.A. Broido and K. Kempa),
  Phys. Rev. B 42, pp. 7416-7419 (1990).
  
• Hydrogenic Spectroscopy for various Unusual Plasmas, (with G. Kalman),
  J. Quant, Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 44 , pp. 93-100 (1990).
  
• Criteria for Applicability of Impulse Approach to Collisions, (with R. Sharma and J. Sindoni),
  Rapid Communication, Phys. Rev. A 41, pp. 6540-6543 (1990).
  
• Multiple Plasmon Modes at a Metal Surface, (with K.D. Tsuei, E.W. Plummer, A. Liebsch and K. Kempa),
  Phys. Rev. Letters 64, pp. 44-47 (1990).
  
• Current-Driven Plasma Instabilities in Superconductors, (with K. Kempa and J. Cen),
  Rapid Communication Phys. Rev. B. 39, pp. 2852-2855,(1989).
  
• Amplification of a New Surface Plasma Mode in the Type-I Semiconductor Superlattice, (with J. Cen and K. Kempa),
  Phys. Rev. B, 38, l0,05l-l0,054, (l988).
  
• Amplification of Surface Modes in Type II Semiconductor Superlattices, (with J. Cen and K. Kempa),
  J. Appl. Phys. 64, 2243-2245, (l988).