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R. Vijaya
PhD (IIT Madras)
Professor, Department of Physics
Research Interest
Photonics, Nonlinear Optics, Fiber Optics, Photonic crystals, Optical Nanostructures
SL-217E,
Department of Physics
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Research Area
Laser Technology
Laser, Photonics and Quantum Optics
Nanoscience and Technology
Specialization
Photonics
Education
PhD, (IIT Madras)
M.Sc., (IIT Madras)
B.Sc., (Meenakshi College, Madras)
Teaching Area
Courses on Optics / Lasers / Introduction to Photonics / EM Theory / Quantum Electronics / Photonic Devices;
Professional Affiliations
Senior member, Optical Society of America
Senior member, SPIE
Senior Member, IEEE
Selected Publications
Garima Joshi and R. Vijaya, Millimeter lens array on flexible polymer for lensing, imaging and bi-directional beam shaping applications, J. Lightw. Technol. 42, 8285-8294 (Dec 2024). 10.1109/JLT.2024.3426660
Deeksha Jachpure, Om Prakash and R. Vijaya, Saturable absorption in erbium-doped fiber for controlling lasing peaks and their linewidths in fiber laser, Optical Fiber Technology (Elsevier) 88, 104022 (Dec 2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yofte.2024.104022
Avijit Maity, Vaswati Biswas and R. Vijaya, Control of visible-range transmission and reflection haze by varying pattern size, shape and depth in flexible metasurfaces, Frontiers of Optoelectronics (Springer), 17, Article no. 25 (Dec 2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-024-00125-3
Vaswati Biswas and R. Vijaya, Multi-modal flexible and inexpensive plasmonic metasurface for widest range of refractive index sensing, J. Phys: Phot. (IOP), 6(4), 045004 (Oct 2024). https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/ad6963
Vaswati Biswas and R. Vijaya, Large-period plasmonic grating with sinusoidal profile for monitoring water quality with high sensitivity, Photonics and Nanostructures – Fundamentals and Applications, 58, 101199 (Feb 2024).https://doi.org/10.1016/j.photonics.2023.101199
Bhavya S. Sanghavi, Garima Joshi and R. Vijaya, Frequency selective surfaces – an Introduction, Resonance-journal of science education, 28 (11), 1637-1649 (Nov 2023). 10.1007/s12045-023-1703-4
Dhananjoy De and R. Vijaya, Dielectric Metasurfaces for Refractive Index Sensing towards Anemia Detection, Front. Photonics, 4, 1234060 (July 2023). https://doi.org/10.3389/fphot.2023.1234060.
Arpita Haldar, Garima Joshi and R. Vijaya, Diffractive metasurfaces with opposite curvatures of unit cells, Optics and Laser Technology, 162, 109309 (July 2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2023.109309
Linu George, Govind Kumar, Arpita Haldar and R. Vijaya, Patterned dielectric mirrors for uniformly high reflection in polarized light, Thin Solid Films, 776, 139886 (July 2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2023.139886.
Garima Joshi, Bhavya S. Sanghavi and R. Vijaya, Stacked Lightweight Metasurfaces for Wider Stopband in X-K band, Microelectronic Engineering, 278, 112041 (June 2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mee.2023.112041
Awards & Fellowships
SPIE Visiting Lecturer (2006 – on-going)
Best thesis / Best paper / Best poster awards received by group members (multiple times).
Keywords
Optics, Photonics
Research Group
Ph.D students: Mr. Govind Kumar (thesis submitted, on leave till defense), Mr. Dhananjoy De (CELP), Ms. Vaswati Biswas (PHY), Mr. Avijit Maity (PHY, on leave), Ms. Garima Joshi (CELP, sponsored), Mr. Saurav Nanda (PHY)
Professional Experience
Faculty member during 1997-2011 at IIT Bombay