Recent Activities

Attending SEMICON 2025 as a visitor was a tremendous privilege. Our group members participated in numerous discussions and engaged with various semiconductor and VLSI companies, including LAM Research, Applied Materials, Tata Electronics, ASML, Capgemini, and many many more. We gained insights into their ongoing projects, university programs, collaborations, and career opportunities within the semiconductor and VLSI sectors. 

We were excited to host Dr. Balaji Gururajan for his talk and MoU at the LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur. Dr. Balaji delivered the talk on 'design and fabrication of semi-transparent solar cell'. Dr. Balaji Gururajan, who is currently an Assistant Professor in the College of Electrical and Communication Engineering at Yuan Ze University, Taiwan, where he also serves as the Chief of International Affairs. We sincerely appreciate Dr. Balaji Gururajan for graciously accepting our invitation to deliver such an insightful talk.

We sincerely appreciate both the online and offline audience for joining the talk..!! 

We were excited to host Dr. Michael Oehme for the invited talk in the Department of ECE at The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur. Dr. Michael Oehme delivered the talk on 'SiGeSn alloys for Silicon photonics, with an emphasis on photonic integrated chips, including detectors and light emitters for communication and lidar applications.' Additionally, Dr. Michael Oehme discussed the motivation, current challenges, and potential solutions regarding group-IV alloys. We gathered several ideas from his talk. Dr. Michael Oehme stands out as a pioneer in the field of silicon photonics. Dr. Michael Oehme has published more than 250 papers in SCI-refereed journals and conferences, with over 6000 citations. We sincerely appreciate Dr. Michael Oehme for graciously accepting our invitation to deliver such an insightful talk.

We sincerely appreciate both the online and offline audience for joining the talk..!! 

Recently, we had a group introduction and discussion with Prof. Prasanta K. Basu (Retired Professor, IRPE, University of Calcutta). The interaction was excellent and extremely significant. We discussed the group's current and future works and challenges associated with silicon photonics and potential solutions. 

Group Introduction and Discussion: Bhavika Agarwal; Neha Soni; Trishad Bisawa; Jyoti Tater; Yash Bijawat; Arindam Chaudhary; Som Mudgil; Shubh Jaiswal 

Title: Break the Fundamental Limit of Group-IV Photonics: Room-temperature Photodetectors, Sensors, and Light Emitters

In this talk, I discussed the current challenges of group IV alloys, our approaches, and their impact. Take away of this talk are (i) the present and future of silicon photonics, (ii) group-IV alloy-based detectors: advanced detectors such as HPTs and WG-integrated detectors, etc., (iii) electrically-injected and optically-pumped all-group-IV light emitters: recent progress, and (iii) mid-infrared sensors using all-group-IV alloys for trace gases sensing.