Applied Plasmonics & Photonics Lab (APP-Lab)
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, & joint faculty at CPQCT
Postdocs
Dr. Hukam Singh
Research Associate
Ph.D. (Physics), IIT Kanpur
Dr. Arti Yadav
Project Research Scientist
Ph.D. (Physics), IIT Roorkee
Ph.D. Students
Jhuma Pan
Joined: Autumn 2021
M.Sc. (Electronic Sci.), Univ. of Calcutta
Rohit K. Vishwakarma
Joined: Jan. 2023 (CPQCT)
M.Tech. (Photonics), IIT Roorkee
Anshu Yadav
Joined: July 2024
M.Sc. (Physics), DDU Gorakhpur University
Jointly with Prof. Vipul Rastogi, IIT Roorkee
Swapnil Khurana
Joined: Autumn 2021
M.Sc. (Physics), IIT Delhi
Ojasvi Singh
Joined: Spring 2022
M.Sc. (Physics), IIT Kharagpur
Jointly with Prof. A.K. Kushwaha, IIT Indore
Bharat Singh Deora, UGC-JRF
Joined: July 2024
M.Sc. (Physics), MLSU Udaipur
Ankush Rathore
Joined: January 2026
M.Sc. (Physics), Banaras Hindu University
PG Students
Ankuj
Joined: July 2025
B.Sc., MGSU Bikaner
UG Students
Anuj Jatariya
B.Tech. (Engineering Physics)
Honey Thapa
B.Tech. (Engineering Physics)
Project Staff
Manish Yadav
Junior Research Fellow
M.Tech. (Photonics), IIT Roorkee
Saurav Kumar B.Tech. EPH- IV
Alumni
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Dr. Pratiksha Maurya Senior Project Associate
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Arti Yadav PhD (2025)
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Riya Chaudhary PhD (2025) (Currently postdoc at IIT Delhi)
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Sherry Raj (2025) Int. M.Sc.-Physics
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Harsh Kumar (2025) M.Sc.-Physics
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Pawan Kumar (2025) M.Sc.-Physics
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Amit Nehra (2024) B.Tech. EPH: Metasurface design
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Ananthu Prakash (2024) B.Tech. EPH: Development of device for unconventional metasurface fabrication
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Anirudh Singh (2024) B.Tech. EPH: SPR sensor for continuous water monitoring
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Ishita Kamboj (2024) B.Tech. EPH: SPR sensor for continuous water monitoring
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Khamesh Sonwal (2024) B.Tech. EPH: SPR sensors using spectral interrogation
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Madhuri Singh (2024) M.Tech. Photonics: Photonicintegrated circuit design
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Naveen Kumar Project Assitant: 2022-24
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Sagar Kumar Verma PhD (2024) (Now faculty at IIT Jodhpur)
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Nirmal Kumar Project Associate
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Dr. Rashmi Achla Minz Postdoc: Fiber OPtic Biosensors
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Ravi Kiran Bandakavi (2023) B.Tech. EPH: Machine learning based sensors
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Abhishek Maurya (2023) MSc. Thesis: Machine learning based sensors
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Chirag Verma (2023) MSc. Thesis: SPR based sensors
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Mukesh K. Verma (2023) MTech Thesis: LSPR Biosensors
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Dr. Bebeto Rai Postdoc: Optical Biosensors
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Dr. Yadvendra Singh (2022) Postdoc: Fiber Optic Biosensors
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Tejasva Soni (2022) M.Sc. Thesis: Optimization of Nanophotonics Sensors using AI
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Astha Bansal (2022) M.Sc. Thesis: Quantum enhanced Plasmonic Sensing
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Subham Sahoo (2022) EP IV BTP project (SPR Imaging based Water Sensor)
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Viresh Mohurle (2022) EP IV BTP project (SPR Imaging based Water Sensor)
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Shubham Kumar (2022) EP IV BTP project (SPR Imaging based Water Sensor)
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Rohit K. Vishvakarma (2022) M.Tech. Plasmonic Sensors
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Hridyansh Singhal (2022) M.Tech. Thesis: Self-referenced Fiber Optic Sensors
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Gagan Singh Saini (2021) EP IV BTP project (Raman Spectrum Analysis using Deep Learning)
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Ajinkya Gore (2021) EP IV BTP project (Raman Spectrum Analysis using Deep Learning)
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Rohit Jha (2021) EP IV BTP project (SPR Imaging)
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S. Balakrishnan (2021) EP IV BTP project (SPR Imaging)
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Dr. Vivek Semwal (2021) Postdoc: Fiber Optic Biosensors
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Nabendu S. Misra (2020 & 2021) Intern: Theoretical modeling of multilayered photonic structures for sensing
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Anmol (2019) Intern: Determination of Mode field diameter of optical fiber using imaging
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Amandep (2018) M.Sc. Thesis: Plasmonic Nanogratings for EOT based Sensing
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Kulvinder Kaur (2018) M.Sc. Thesis: Nanosculptured Plasmonic Sensors based on SERS
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Kulvinder Kaur Sarao (2018) B.Tech Thesis: Fiber optic trapping enhanced sensing
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Kamal Preet Kaur (2017) M.Sc. Thesis: ESP-LSP coupling enhanced fluorescence based water sensors
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Jagmeet Singh Bains (2017) Intern: Fiber optic nano-structures for nanoparticle trapping