Applied Physics · Stanford University

Research

Light–matter interactions in two-dimensional quantum materials, optical cavities, and superconducting circuits.

Group: Lev Lab
Project: CavMat

01 · Current research

Cavity-coupled quantum materials

I am currently working on the CavMat project at the Lev Lab at Stanford. We are building a new apparatus to engineer light-matter interactions in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides.

Broadly, I am interested in how optical cavities can be used to probe, enhance, and manipulate collective behavior in quantum materials.

Optical cavities 2D materials Quantum optics Cryogenics

Schematic of a multimode optical cavity coupling light to a material sample. — Multimode optical cavity and material sample.

2026 · arXiv

Readout-Induced Leakage in Superconducting Circuits with Nonlinear Couplings

Sumeru Hazra, Wei Dai, Daniel K Weiss, Pranav D Parakh, Luigi Frunzio, Michel H Devoret

arXiv ↗

2026 · Review of Scientific Instruments 97, 093909

A cryogenic apparatus for coupling two-dimensional materials to a confocal multimode optical cavity

HS Hiller, Pranav D Parakh, SH Aronson, K Maeda, D Lao, J Stewart, Z She, J Wang, X Xu, T Heinz, BL Lev

RSI ↗

2026 · Physical Review X

Characterization of Drive-Induced Unwanted State Transitions in Superconducting Circuits

W Dai, S Hazra, DK Weiss, PD Kurilovich, T Connolly, HK Babla, S Singh, VR Joshi, AZ Ding, PD Parakh, J Venkatraman, X Xiao, L Frunzio, MH Devoret

PRX ↗

2023 · PRX Quantum

Hamiltonian extrema of an arbitrary flux-biased Josephson circuit

Alessandro Miano, VR Joshi, G Liu, W Dai, PD Parakh, L Frunzio, MH Devoret

PRX Quantum ↗

2020 · Current Biochemical Engineering

Eco-friendly transformation of waste biomass to biofuels

Pranav D Parakh, Sonil Nanda, Janusz A Kozinski

Journal ↗

2025 · APS DAMOP

An apparatus for coupling two-dimensional materials to cavity photons

Presenter: Pranav D Parakh · Author: Han Hiller · Poster Session I

June 17

2024 · APS March Meeting

Investigating readout-induced state transitions in a multimode Josephson circuit

Wei Dai, Sumitro Hazra, Xu Xiao, Jayameenakshi Venkatraman, Zhixin Wang, Pranav Parakh, Daniel Weiss, Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret

Abstract