Post Docs

Education
• M. Sc. (Physics)
• Ph.D. (2016, Delhi Technological University, Delhi)

Experience
• C.V. Raman Postdoctoral Fellow (Oct. 2019 – continue), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore.
• Postdoctoral Fellow (Oct. 2017 – Sept. 2019), Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, Japan.
• National Post Doctoral Fellow (July 2016 – Sept. 2017), CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organization, Chandigarh, India.

Research Area
Photonics

Publications
• Than Singh Saini, Supradeepa VR, “Tellurium-oxide coated silicon-nitride hybrid waveguide for near-to-mid-IR supercontinuum generation: design and analysis”,
Journal of Modern Optics, (2021).

• Than Singh Saini, Tong Hoang Tuan, Morio Matsumoto, Goichi Sakai, Takenobu Suzuki, Yasutake Ohishi, “Mid-infrared wavelength conversion using dispersion engineered As2S5 microstructured optical fiber pumped with ultrafast laser at 2 µm” Opt. Letters 45(10), 2736-2739 (2020).

• Than Singh Saini, Tong Hoang Tuan, Takenobu Suzuki, Yasutake Ohishi, “Coherent mid-IR supercontinuum generation using tapered chalcogenide step-index optical fiber: experiment and modelling,” Scientific Reports 10, 2236 (2020).

• Than Singh Saini, Hoa Phuoc Trung Nguyen, Xing Luo, Tong Hoang Tuan, Takenobu Suzuki, Yasutake Ohishi, “Broadband high-power mid-IR supercontinuum generation in tapered chalcogenide step-index optical fiber,” OSA Continuum 2(5), 1652 – 1666 (2019).

• Umesh Kumar Tiwari, Than Singh Saini, Vipender Negi, Amit Pandey, Harry Garg, Ravindra Kumar Sinha, “Design and development of a field deployable packaged fiber Bragg grating based accelerometer” Opt. Engg. 58(1), 014104 (2019).

• Than Singh Saini, Nguyen Phuoc Trung Hoa, Tong Hoang Tuan, Xing Luo, Takenobu Suzuki, Yasutake Ohishi, “Tapered tellurite step-index optical fiber for coherent near-to-mid-IR supercontinuum generation: experiment and modeling,” Appl. Opt. 58(2), 415 – 421 (2019).

• Than Singh Saini, Nguyen Phuoc Trung Hoa, Luo Xing, Tong Hoang Tuan, Takenobu Suzuki, Yasutake Ohishi, “Chalcogenide W-type Co-axial Optical Fiber for Broadband Highly Coherent Mid-IR Supercontinuum Generation” Journal of Applied Physics 124, 213101 (2018);

• Than Singh Saini, Tong Hoang Tuan, Luo Xing, Nguyen Phuoc Trung Hoa, Takenobu Suzuki, Yasutake Ohishi, “Coherent mid-infrared supercontinuum spectrum using a step-index tellurite fiber with all-normal dispersion,” Appl. Phys. Express 11, 102501 (2018).

• Than Singh Saini, Umesh Kumar Tiwari, and Ravindra Kumar Sinha, “Design and analysis of dispersion engineered rib waveguides for on-chip mid-infrared supercontinuum,” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology 36(10), 1993-1999 (2018).

• Than Singh Saini, Umesh Kumar Tiwari, Ravindra Kumar Sinha, “Rib waveguide in Ga-Sb-S chalcogenide glass for on-chip mid-IR supercontinuum sources: design and analysis” Journal of Applied Physics 122, 053104 (2017).

• Ravindra Kumar Sinha, Ajeet Kumar, Than Singh Saini, “Analysis and Design of Single-Mode As2Se3-Chalcogenide Photonic Crystal Fiber for Generation of Slow Light with Tunable Features,” IEEE J. Sel. Topics Quant. Electron. 22(2), 4900706 (2016).

• Than Singh Saini, Ajeet Kumar, and Ravindra Kumar Sinha, “Broadband mid-infrared supercontinuum spectra spanning 2 – 15 µm using As2Se3 chalcogenide glass triangular-core graded-index photonic crystal fiber,” IEEE/OSA J. Lightwave Technol. 33(18), 3914 – 3920 (2015).

• Than Singh Saini, Ajeet Kumar, and Ravindra Kumar Sinha, “Triangular-core large-mode-area photonic crystal fiber with low bending loss for high power applications,” Applied Optics 53(31), 7246-7251 (2014).

Conference and Seminars
• Workshop on “High Power Fiber Laser: Opportunities and Challenges” 27- 28 February 2020, CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata, India.

• SPIE Photonics West 2019: 2 – 7 February 2019; The Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, USA.

• Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), Indian Chapter Event “Opportunities for Indian Researchers in Europe”, 30th August, 2017, Jointly organized by Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) Indian Chapter & CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh in Association with EURAXESS India and the Delegation of the European Union to India, at CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh, India.

• 3rd CRIKC NanoScience Day, 29th August, 2017, Jointly organized by CSIO-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh; & Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, at CSIR-CSIO, Chandigrh, India.

• Workshop on “Optics & Photonics: Theory & Computational Techniques (OPTCT)” 04 – 05 March 2017, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), Hauz Khas, New Delhi, Delhi-110016 INDIA.

• INUP Hands-on Training on “Nanofabrication Technologies” 07 – 15 February 2017, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore-560 012, INDIA.

• DTU 3rd Convocation: December 8 (Thursday), 2016, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, INDIA. (I Received my Ph.D. Degree).

• The International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics (Photonics-2016):Conference organized by OSA-An Optical Society & Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, 4 – 8 December 2016, Kanpur, INDIA.

• Faculty Development Programme under Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme-II (TEQIP-II) on Environmental Pollution: Monitoring & Control (EPMC-2016): Organized by Department of Environmental Engineering, Delhi Technological University, 24 – 28 October 2016, Delhi, INDIA.

• Symposium on Optics and Photonics based Technologies & Instruments for Civil Society (OPTICS): Organized by CSIR-CSIO, 21 October 2016, at Chandigarh, INDIA.

• National Seminar on Frontiers in Applied Science and Technology (FAST-2016): Organized by the Department of Applied Physics, Delhi Technological University (DTU) on March 22, 2016, Delhi-110 042, INDIA.