G V Pavan Kumar
pavangv.bsky.social
G V Pavan Kumar
@pavangv.bsky.social
Professor of Physics, IISERPune|
Optics, Soft-matter, History & Philosophy of Science|
Scientist + Writer + Podcaster|
HUMANIZING SCIENCE + OPEN SOURCE|
In personal capacity

historyofscience.in
Every year, I teach an optics course to physics majors (including physics iPhD students and MS Quantum Tech students). In the process of introduction, I discuss how light was discovered to be an electromagnetic wave.

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August 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The March 2025 edition of the journal Resonance will be publishing my long-form essay (12 pages) on CV Raman.

The arxiv preprint of the paper in the section - History & Philosophy of Physics :

arxiv.org/abs/2403.04773
February 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
We have a new preprint - arxiv.org/abs/2411.15512

Synchronized motion of gold nanoparticles in an optothermal trap

The central circle indicates anchored gold nanoparticles stuck to the glass, & the 2 moving circles are gold colloids that are trapped synchronously due to the optothermal potential.
November 26, 2024 at 5:00 AM
A bird in search of 'blue sky' and clean air
November 21, 2024 at 2:48 AM