Post-doctoral Research Experience
March 2020 - Present
Post-doctoral - 2
Marie-Curie Individual fellow: A prestegios EU post-doctoral research position at LOMA, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
November 2018 - December 2019
Post-doctoral - 1
University Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Engineering Science, The University of electro-communications, Tokyo, Japan.
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
August 2008 - April 2011
Bachelors of Science in Physics
MAMO College, Mukkam, University of Calicut, India
I have completed my Bachelor’s degree in Physics with subsidiary subjects Computer Science and Mathematics with first class by securing 83.1% marks.
July 2011 - May 2013
Master of Science in Physics
School of Physics, The University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
I earned a Master of Science degree in Physics with Optics specialization, with a CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Aggregate) of 8.29 out of 10.
July 2013 - May 2018
PhD in Physics
School of Physics, The University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.
Thesis title “Spin-Orbit Interaction of light: The role of Pancharatnam-Berry Phase”. Interactions between light’s polarization and spatial degrees of freedom in solid-state optical systems were experimentally investigated with supportive analytical modelling and numerical simulation.
Research expertise and skills
Research Skills
Designing and Building of Free Space, Solid-state and Fiber optical systems with laser beams ranging from visible to infra-red.
Analytical modelling and numerical simulations of the light’s interactions and propagation in a various medium using Jones calculus, Mueller calculus and Fourier propagation.
Optical beam measurement techniques such as Interferometry, Fourier fringe analysis, 1D / 2D Stokes and Mueller matrix polarimetry and Weak value amplification measurement.
Expertise
Physics of Fiber optics, Scalar optics, Vectorial optics and Singular optics.
Orbital angular momentum carrying beams and other structured beams.
Spin-Orbit interactions of light in birefringent crystals, Meta-surfaces and fibre.
Geometric phases and Non-separable states of light
Spatial light modulators and Holograms
Physics of Liquid crystals under electric, magnetic and optical field