Department of Applied Physics
The Department came into existence as Faculty of Applied Physics in 1952 and was renamed as Department of Applied Physics in 1979. The Department offers three M. Tech. courses namely, Laser & Electro-Optics, Sensors Technology and Optical Communication & Photonics. We aim to train students for their career in academia as well as in industry in the frontier areas of Science & Technology. All our M. Tech. Programmes are balance of courses in fundamental science and technology helping students to pursue career opportunities in Academics, Research & Industry as per their interest.
Ph.D. Programmme
The department of Applied Physics offers Ph.D. program in various research fields and will be advertised time-to-time on the website. We will admit students by national fellowships like CSIR,UGC-JRF or other equivalent national level exams and also through various means like institutional fellowship for GATE and NET qualified students. We also cater MoD sponsored candidates. Ph.D. students who joined department will undergo course work for first six months and followed by a comprehensive exam at end of his first year. Clearing this confirms his registration for Ph.D. program and he will continue to carry his research work in his respective field. After a satisfactory periodical reviews he/she will propose his work for thesis submission which will be evaluated by a panel of examiners. Finally, after successful completion of his an open defence he will be awarded a Ph.D. degree.
The department of Applied Physics offers Masters of Technology (M. Tech.) in three branch. The M. Tech. programme is of four-semester duration. In each of the first two semesters there are five courses and practical. There will be three continuous evaluation examinations and a final semester examination for every course. Half-yearly evaluation of the project takes place at the end of the third semester. At the end of the final semester the student submits a thesis and makes a presentation about the project, which is evaluated by the Internal and External examiners. Course syllabus has been updated periodically to keep pace with the contemporary technological advancement.
Sensors is one area of science and technology which has witnessed a paradigm shift from conventional bulky components to extremely miniaturized and smart devices. The technological advancements in the area of Electronics, Electrical Engineering, along with the advancements in basic sciences in the areas of microfluidics, nanotechnology, biotechnology and photonics have been responsible for this concomitant growth in the development of current sensors. An interdisciplinary approach which will involve materials engineering, electronics and electrical engineering along with a flavour of chemical engineering and bio- engineering, is now required to understand such sensors. The objective is to make them faster, smaller, smarter and selective. This domain has, hence, seen large number of Industries, Institutes and small entrepreneur companies coming up in recent times. The programme intends to educate and train bright fresh students in the field of sensor technology to carry out challenging responsibilities in their future career, and meet the current challenges and foster the opportunities which the globe has to offer. This is an interdisciplinary course concerning broadly Electronics, Instrumentation, Sensors, Optics, Electromagnetism, Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials.
One of the greatest scientific discoveries of the twentieth century that has led to technological advancement touching all aspects of human life is the LASER. Applications of lasers range from medical applications, communications, and industrial applications to military applications. An understanding of laser technology is essential for an engineer working in many of the present-day cutting-edge technologies. The aim of this program is to train the students in the field of lasers, fiber optics, electro-optics, and photonics that would enable them to meet the challenges in this rapidly developing field.
The rapid growth of networks and the internet over the past decade has been enabled by advances in photonics technology. Optical communication networks provide the high capacity ubiquitous connectivity that forms the backbone of global internet. Today, optics has become the way by which most of the information is communicated around the globe and is the only technology that is capable of meeting the exponentially growing demand for communicating information. The programme intends to impart training to selected candidates in the field of Optical Communication and Photonics that would enable them to meet the challenges in this rapidly developing field.
Faculty Profile
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Dr. Suwarna Datar Head, Associate Professor
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Dr. Suwarna S. Datar received her Ph.D. from the University of Pune(SPPU), Pune, Maharashtra, India in the field of Scanning Probe Microscopy and Spectroscopy Techniques. She is currently an Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Applied Physics, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), an autonomous Deemed University under the Ministry of Defence. Her research interests are probe microscopy, graphene and its composites for EMI shielding, plasmon polariton and MEMS-based sensors, and breathomics. |
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Dr. Sangeeta Kale Professor & Director (Policy and Planning) |
Dr. Sangeeta Kale, graduated from University of Pune (SPPU), India and did her Masters in Electronic-Science and Doctoral studies in Material Science from the same university in 1996. She did her post-doctoral studies from University of Maryland, College Park, U.S.A. from 2000 to 2002. She has been working at Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, as Professor and Dean of this University. Additionally, she has been a visiting Scientist at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, since 2006, till date, at Trieste, Italy. |
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Dr. Tejashree Bhave Associate Professor |
Dr. Tejashree Bhave received her PhD from the University of Pune (SPPU), Pune, Maharashtra, India in the field of Nano Silicon. She worked as a CSIR Research Associate in SPPU and as Post-Doctoral Fellow in Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. Before joining DIAT she was working as Assistant Professor in Post Graduate Department of Electronic Science, SPPU. She has been working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Physics, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune, India. Her broad research areas are Photovoltaics, Microfluidic devices, Nano materials applications for Sensors, Swift heavy ion irradiation. |
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Dr. Devnath Dhirhe Assistant Professor |
Dr. Devnath Dhirhe is working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Physics, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune, India. His broad research areas are MiD-IR and THz Quantum Cascade Laser, Quantum Dot Lasers, Integrated Optics and Si-Photonics, Integrated Polarisation Manipulation, Ring Lasers, Fiber Laser/Low Noise Fibre Amplifier, High Speed Free-Space Optical Communication, Telecommunication 1550 nm Semiconductor Laser. He has done his Ph.D. from University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. |
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Dr. A.V.R. Murthy Assistant Professor |
Dr. Murthy is working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Physics, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune, India. His broad research areas are Free Space Optical Communication, Optical instrumentation, Bio-photonics, Atomic Force microscopy and spectroscopy of biomimetic systems. He has done his Ph.D from IISER Pune and post doc from France. He was awarded DST-Inspire Faculty fellowship in 2015. He published more than 20 peer review articles. |
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Dr. Shyamal Mondal Assistant Professor |
Dr. S. Mondal is working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Physics, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune, India. His broad research area is High electric field THz generation and detection, development of Ultrafast fiber and solid-state laser oscillator and amplifiers, Nonlinear Optics and their applications. He completed his Ph.D. from the IIT Kharagpur in 2015 with a specialization in ‘Ultrafast Lasers and Nonlinear Optics’. He worked as Rutherford International Fellow at STFC-Daresbury Laboratory, UK for One year Nine months and as Postdoctoral Fellow at Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Prague, Czech Republic for One year 5 months. He published more than 40 peer review articles and three book chapters. He is a regular reviewer of Elsevier, Optica, Wiley, etc., and life member of OSI, ILA and a Young Scientist member of OPTICA. |
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