Team
Post Docs
Dr. Mandeep Singh
Dr. Rana Pratap
Dr. Chandan Singh Yadav
Dr. Sreeraj S J
PhD (Ongoing)
Bhooma Gopalan
Microwave Photonics
Sameer Ahmad Mir
Optical Communication
Mrudula K
Optical Signal Processing
D. Pavitra Varsha
Microwave Photonics
Geethakrishnan P
Optical Communication
Jonaq Niveer Sarma
Digital Signal Processing
Sumana De
Microwave Photonics
MS (Ongoing)
Priyanka Sharma
Optical communication
M.Tech(ongoing)
Manish Kumar
Raman amplifiers
Anjana K
(From CUSAT Kochi)
Parametric amplifiers
Project Staff
Siva Subramaniyam
Project Associate
Joydip Dutta
Project Associate
Madhan Kumar Dhanasekar
Project Technician
Interns
Shashwat Dogra
PhD Completed
Aravind Anthur (2014), "All-optical wavelength conversion studies of amplitude and phase modulated data using four-wave mixing" (moved on to Tejas Networks and then to DCU, Ireland, Now at ASTAR, Singapore).
Kavita Sharma (2018), " Sensitivity enhancement in optical fiber-based cavity ring-down sensors", co-supervised with Shanti Bhattacharya (now Post Doc at Bar Ilan Univeristy, Israel).
Somepalli Bhargav (2018) "Simultaneous Multi-Point Dynamic Strain Sensing based on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Optical Fibers", co-supervised with Balaji Srinivasan, (moved on to HongKong Polytechnical University, now at Tejas Networks, Bengaluru).
Manas Srivasatava (2019) - "All optical clock recovery for advanced modulation formats", (Project Officer, LIGO Project, IITM, now Post Doc at DCU Ireland).
Aneesh S (2021)- "Investigations on SOA-based optical signal processing in coherent optical communication systems" (Post Doc at Aston University)
Lakshmi Narayanan V (2021) - "High Spectral Efficiency Lightwave Systems using Optical Superchannels and Coherent Multi-carrier Signals" (Project Officer, High Speed Communication Project, now Post Doc at DCU Ireland)
Smaranika Swain (2022) "Investigations on Mode Division Multiplexing in Few-mode Fibers: Simulations and Experiments", (now Post Doc at DTU, Denmark)
Anjali Prabhakaran Shiela (2023) "Design and Development of Mode-Locked Thulium Doped Fiber Laser", now Post Doc at ICFO, Spain
Sreeraj SJ (2024) "Analog Optical Technologies for Generation, Transport and Sensing of mmWave Signals "
MS Completed
Harish Sasikumar (2013) (co-supervised with B. K. Das), "Distributed Bragg reflectors in silicon waveguides with eleventh order diffraction" ; Moved on to pursue PhD at IISC Bangalore, now at University of Twente.
Manas Srivastava (2013), "Design and Implementation of Q-switched Fiber Lasers"; Moved on to complete Phd, IIT Madras.
Ravikiran Kakarla (2015), "All Optical Header Recognition for Packet Switched Networks"; Moved on to complete PhD at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, now at ORC, Southampton.
Saikrishna Reddy (2015- co-supervised with Liam Barry) - "Modulation formats for next generation passive optical networks"; Moved on to pursue PhD at INRS, Quebec, Canada.
Amol Delmade (2017), " Optical Fronthauling for Next GenerationWireless Systems" , Now at DCU, Ireland pursuing PhD.
Anjali PS (2017)- " Design and Development of Tunable High power 2 µm Fiber Laser", Now at IITM, pursuing PhD.
Naga Snigdha Konedpatti (2020), Design and analysis of underwater-to-air optical wireless communication system - Up-link and Down-link, Now at Analog Systems.
Rekha Yadav (2022), Widely Linear Filters for Multi-Impairment Compensation in High-Capacity Optical Coherent Communication Systems, moved to Tejas Networks
Abdulmohsen Alsaui (2023), "Coherent Optical Communication Techniques for Experimental Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution"
Arjun Kurur (2024), "Accurate measurement and improvement of laser phase noise performance", Now at DTU, Denmark pursuing Ph.D
Project Staff Past
Dr Karamdeep Singh (now at NIT Kurukshetra)
Dr Sugeet Sundar (now at University of Southern California)
Dr Debanuj Chatterjee (now at University of Lily, France)
Dr Suchita - Project Officer (now at IISc Bengaluru)
Rajat Kumar Basak - Project Associate, (now at IITGN)
MTech Project Completed
Mohammad Asif Shaik, (2011), "Distributed sensing of temperature using stimulated Brillouin scattering" ; Now in DRDO, Govt of India
Vemuka Venkat Achuth (2012), "Distributed sensing using stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers", Now working in Etihad Airways
Raja M (2013), "Study of transmission impairments in high-speed optical communication systems"; Now at NIT Trichy
Aneesh S (2014), "Studies on polarization multiplexed transmission systems" , Moved on to pursue PhD, IITM
Vinod Bajaj (2016), "Mitigation of Polarization and Fiber Nonlinearity impairments in optical fiber using DSP" , Moved on to Sterlite Technologies, Aurangabad, now pursuing PhD in Technische Universiteit Delft
Vandana Somibabu (2017), co-guided by Dr Balaji Srinivasan, on Underwater communications, Now in
Aditya Sant (2017), co-guided by Prof David Koilpillai - on DSP for optical communication, Now pursuing PhD- UCSD
Kanhaiya Mishra (2018) -Hardware Implementation of the OFDM and PPM Transceiver for Under-Water Optical Wireless Communication, Now at Qualcomm
Anirudh V (2019) - Impairment mitigation in Coherent Optical Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, Now pursuing PhD in Stanford University
Karthik Vijay (2019) - Optical Amplification in Nonlinear Media for Communication Applications, Now pursuing PhD in Purdue University
K Nishad (2022) Stable cavity reference for frequency locking- from CUSAT, Kochi
Anoops DS (2024) Simulation of optical communication link and establishing a bidirectional transmission link- from CUSAT, Kochi
Deepa Prasad(2024) Simulation of Raman amplifiers for WDM networks- from CUSAT, Kochi
BTech Project Completed
Manoj Bhardwaj (2012), on Optical flipflops using SOA lasers; Placed in Goldman Sachs
Abhitesh Singh (2012), on Raman effect in silicon waveguides, placed in Ivy Comptech, Hyderabad
Lakshminarayanan (2013), on SOA lasers.
Aravinth PS (2013), on Strain sensing using SBS., Placed in Exeter Software India
Siddharth Varughese Jacob (2014- co-guided by Prof David Koilpillai), on DSP for high speed communication., Now pursuing PhD in Georgia Tech
Arjun Natarajan Iyer (2016) on Injection locking of lasers for applications in optical communications, Now pursuing PhD in Univerisity of Rochester
Saikanth Dacha (2016) on Nonlinearities in semiconductor optical amplifiers for phase sensitive amplification, Now pursuing PhD in University of Maryland, College Park
Suparna S (2018) Design and modeling of thulium doped mode locked fiber lasers
R Muralekrishnan (2022) Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution
Apurva Ashok Padhye (2023) Optical Parametric Amplifiers for Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution
Rohit Kumar (2024) Analysis of coupling coefficient and cross-talk in homogenous and heterogeneous multi-core fibers
Amna Ryan KV(2024) Study on Laser phase noise
National Photonics/INSPIRE Fellowship
National Photonics/INSPIRE Fellowship
Rubeena Sheik (2011), on laser linewidth Measurement techniques.
Anjali PS (2013), on Synchronously pumped Raman fiber lasers.
Krithika VS (2015), on Phase sensitive amplification.