Research 

Glass matrix doped with rare earth ions are promising alternatives to single crystal, polycrystalline materials and ceramics because of their excellent structural, mechanical and optical properties such as laser amplification and high quantum efficiency, etc. The rare earths doped luminescence glass materials have been studied for their potential applications in solid state laser, self-frequency doubling lasers, white light emission, color display, fiber laser, up- and down-converting glass layers for solar cells, fluorescent bio-labels and fiber amplifiers. Besides, glasses are possessed some unique properties such as high hardness, non-corrosiveness, high transparency, non-toxic, flexible structure, and environmental friendliness. It can also be used as ionizing radiation (X- and gamma-rays (sources - 60Ir, 137Cs or 60Co)) shields instead of other radiation shielding materials like lead based materials, alloys, concrete, composites, and polymers. Some of my research results are shown below.

Awards

Ø  Best Oral Paper presentation awarded from the National Conference on Systematic Investigations of Structural, Morphological and Optical Properties of Materials (NCSISMOPM- 1st Dec 2016), Sacred college, Vellore, India.

Ø  Best Crystal and Glass display awarded from the 23rd National Seminar on Crystal Growth and Applications (NSCGA-28-30th Jan 2019), Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India.