Dr. Uttam Manna
Associate Professor of Physics
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Biography
Dr. Manna joined the Illinois State Physics department in Fall 2016. He graduated with a Ph.D. from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Before arriving at Illinois State, he worked as a postdoctoral research scientist at the James Franck Institute at The University of Chicago and the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics at Columbia University. His research interests are experimental nanophotonics, light-matter interactions at the nanoscale.
Current Courses
PHY 102.001 Atoms To Galaxies
PHY 102.002 Atoms To Galaxies
PHY 390.018 Computational Research In Physics
PHY 340.001 Electromagnetics and Photonics
PHY 270.001 Experimental Physics
PHY 270.002 Experimental Physics
PHY 290.018 Research In Physics
PHY 102.003 Atoms To Galaxies
PHY 102.004 Atoms To Galaxies
PHY 240.001 Electricity And Magnetism I
PHY 240.002 Electricity And Magnetism I
Grants and Contracts
Advanced Nanopatterning for Next-Generation Resistive Switching Memory Devices
Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna, Md Shahin Alam
Advancing Research and Creative Scholarship (ARCS) - FY2025 Track I. August 16 2025 - September 30 2027
RUI: Selective Excitation and Charge Dynamics of Dark Molecular Transitions
Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas
National Science Foundation. September 1 2025 - August 31 2028
RUI: Unraveling Novel Nanophotonic Effects in Mid-Index Micro-Sized Dielectric Materials
Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas
National Science Foundation. September 1 2025 - August 31 2026
RUI: Unraveling Novel Nanophotonic Effects in Mid-Index Micro-Sized Dielectric Materials
Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas
National Science Foundation. September 1 2022 - August 31 2025
MRI: Acquisition of a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope to Advance Multidisciplinary Research and Education
Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna, Tenley Banik, Jan Dahl, Jun-Hyun Kim
National Science Foundation. September 1 2021 - August 31 2024
Optical Excitation of Nonradiating Nanosphere for Lossless Device
Uttam Manna
National Science Foundation. August 1 2018 - July 31 2021
Journal Article
Detection of Hybrid Optical Anapoles in Dielectric Microspheres
Uttam Manna, Iker Gómez-Viloria, Robert Sevik, Isaac Tribaldo, Mahua Biswas, Gabriel Molina-Terriza, & Jorge Olmos-Trigo
Advanced Optical Materials, e01315, (2025)
Immersed-Prism TIRF Microscopy for Visualizing Intraflagellar Transport in Live Cells
Chauhan Maya, Jun-Hyun Kim, Dubyendu K. Sasmal, Martin Engelke, & Uttam Manna
Photonics, 12, 994, (2025)
Nanopatterning Oxide Materials Using Polycaprolactone-based Block Copolymer
Sudarshana Patra, Carter Herbert, Lane Nichols, Uttam Manna, & Mahua Biswas
Nanotechnology, 36, 435302, (2025)
Nanophotonic Phenomena Driven by Vector Beams
Uttam Manna, Maya Chauhan, & Mahua Biswas
Advanced Photonics, 7 (5), (2025)
Optical trapping with optical magnetic field and photonic Hall effect forces.
Yanzeng Li, Emmanuel VAlentino, Spoorthi Nagasamudram, John PArker, Marcos Perez, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas, Stuart A. Rice, & Norbert Scherer
Nature Communication, (2025)
Resonant coupling of molecular excitons and optical anapoles in silicon nanosphere-J-aggregate heterostructures under vector beam illumination
Brighton Coe, Robert Sevik, Mahua Biswas, & Uttam Manna
Applied Optics, 62 (20), 5487, (2023)
Sequential Infiltration Synthesis of Silicon Dioxide in Polymers with Ester Groups─ Insight from In Situ Infrared Spectroscopy
Mahua Biswas, Vepa Rozyyev, Anil Mane, Amelia Korveziroska, Uttam Manna, & Jeffrey W Elam
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126 (15), 6346, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c07571
Fabrication of TiO2 nanodot films using simple solution dipping method and block copolymer template
Krishna Pandey, Marcos Perez, Amelia Korveziroska, Uttam Manna, & Mahua Biswas
Journal of Applied Physics, 131, 074901, (2022)
Unraveling Dipolar Regime and Kerker Conditions in Mid-Index Mesoscale Dielectric Materials
Brighton Coe, Jorge Olmos-Trigo, Dylan Qualls, Minani Alexis, Michal Szczerba, Diego Abujetas, Mahua Biswas, & Uttam Manna
Advanced Optical Materials, 2202140, (2022)
Excitation of Electrodynamic Anapole Modes in Dielectric Nanospheres
John A. Parker, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Brighton Coe, Daniel Eggena, Minoru Fujii, Norbert F. Scherer, Stephen K. Gray, & Uttam Manna
Physical Review Letters, 124, 097402, (2020)
Selective Excitation and Enhancement of Multipolar Resonances in Dielectric Nanosphere Using Cylindrical Vector Beams
Uttam Manna, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Daniel Eggena, Brighton Coe, & Minoru Fujii
Journal of Applied Physics, 127, 033101, (2020)
Block Co-Polymer Templated Fabrication of TiO2 Nanodot Films using Pulsed Laser Deposition
Krishna Pandey, Kartik Ghosh, Uttam Manna, & Mahua Biswas
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122 (18), 16325, (2018)
Block-copolymer assisted fabrication of anisotropic plasmonic nanostructures
Calbi Gunder, Pijush K Dhara, Uttam Manna, & Mahua Biswas
Nanotechnology, 29 (35), 355303, (2018)
Presentations
Advancement in Nanopatterning of Gallium Nitride Research using Sequential Infiltration Synthesis
Prachi Sarwara, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas
APS Prairie Chapter Meeting, Romeoville, IL, February 21, 2025
Beam Engineering for Enhanced Light-Matter Interactions in Optical Nanostructures
Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas
META 2024, Tayoma, Japan, July 17, 2024
Nanopatterning of Nitride Nanostructures for Optoelectronic Applications
Sudarshana Patra, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas
META 2024, Tayoma, Japan, July 16, 2024
Nanopatterning Inorganic Materials using Selective Infiltration inside Polymers for Emerging Technologies’
Sudarshana Patra, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas
American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 12, 2024
Dual Detection of Kerker Anapoles in Dielectric Microspheres
Robert Sevik, Alexander Hardaway, Prachi Sarwara, Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna
American Physical Society March Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, March 12, 2024
Nanomaterials Patterning Involving Undergraduates at Illinois State University
Lane Nichols, Carter Herbert, Sudarshana Patra, Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna
American Physical Society March Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, March 11, 2024
Optical trapping with magnetic fields of light
Yanzeng Li, Rosalind Huang, Jumanah AlMalki, Marcos Perez, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas, Norbert Scherer
SPIE Optics & Photonics 2023, San Diego, California, August, 2023
Kerker Conditions in Mid-index Mesoscale Dielectric Materials
Uttam Manna, Brighton Coe, Robert Sevik, Mahua Biswas
European Material Research Society Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, June 1, 2023
Nanopatterning using Sequential Infiltration Synthesis
Sudarshana Patra, Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna
ISU University Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 14, 2023
Sequential Infiltration Synthesis of Silicon Dioxide for Nanopatterning – In Situ FTIR study
Mahua Biswas, Vepa Rozyyev, Amelia Korveziroska, Marcos Perez, Anil Mane, Jeffrey Elam, Uttam Manna
APS March Meeting 2023, Las Vegas, NV, March 5, 2023
Silicon Nanoparticles for Optical Tweezing
Marcos Perez, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas
ISU University Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 1, 2022
Nanophotonics Research Involving Undergraduates at Illinois State University
Dylan Qualls, Christopher Achammer, Minani Alexis, Robert Sevik, Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna
APS March Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, March 15, 2022
Resonant Coupling of Nonradiating Anapole States to Quantum Emitters
Brighton Coe, Michal Szczerba, Uttam Manna
APS March Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, March 15, 2022
Synthesis of Colloidal Silicon Nanosphere Involving Undergraduate Students at Illinois State University
Marcos Perez, Amelia Korveziroska, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas
APS March Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, March 15, 2022
Excitation of Dark Mode in High-Index Silicon Oligomer Nanostructures using Cylindrical Vector Beams
Brighton Coe, Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna
ISU Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 10, 2021
Resonance Coupling between Optical Anapoles and Quantum Emitters in Silicon Nanosphere J-Aggregate Heterostructures
Brighton Coe, Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna
ISU Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 10, 2021
Excitation of dark mode in high-index dielectric oligomer nanostructures
Brighton Coe, Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna
APS March Meeting 2021, Virtual, March 15, 2021
Dielectric Nanophotonics as an alternative to Nanoplasmonics
Uttam Manna
Seminar for Electronic Society of India, Kolkata, West Bengali, India, August 30, 2020
All-dielectric nanophotonics: Selective excitation of multipolar resonances and the case of optical anapoles
Brighton Coe, Daniel Eggena, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Mahua Biswas, Minoru Fujii, Uttam Manna
SPIE Proceedings - 2020, Virtual, August 20, 2020
Excitation of optical anapoles in dielectric nanospheres
Uttam Manna, John A Parker, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Brighton X Coe, Daniel Eggena, Minoru Fujii, Norbert F. Scherer, Stephen K Gray
SPIE Proceedings - 2020, Virtual, August 20, 2020
All-Dielectric Nanophotonics Research Involving Undergraduates at Illinois State University
Brighton Coe, Daniel Eggena, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Mahua Biswas, Minoru Fujii, Uttam Manna
APS March Meeting, Denver, CO, March, 2020
Excitation of non-radiating anapoles in dielectric nanospheres
Uttam Manna, John A. Parker, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Brighton Coe, Daneil Eggena, Minoru Fujii, Norbert F. Scherer, Stephen K. Gray
APS March Meeting, Denver, CO, March, 2020
MI-ThP6 Molecular Conductivity Switching via Voltage Controlled Spin Crossover at a Ferroelectric Interface
Aaron Mosey, Ashley Dale, Jared Phillips, Saeed Yazdani, Joseph Soruco, Guanhua Hao, Uttam Manna, Aplha T N’Diaye, Peter Dowben, Ruihua Cheng
AVS 66th International Symposium and Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio, October, 2019
Dielectric nanophotonics research involving undergraduate students at Illinois State University
Brighton Coe, Daniel Eggena, Andrew Missel, Bailey Wilkinson, Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna
AVS Prairie Chapter Symposium, Urbana, IL, September, 2019
Dielectric Nanophotonics: the quest for lossless optical devices
Uttam Manna
Western Illinois University Physics department, Macomb, IL, February, 2019