Dr. Praveen Chandra Pandey

Professor
Department of Physics, IIT (BHU)
Email:
pcpandey.app@iitbhu.ac.in
Phone(s):
+91-9450709182
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Area of Interest:
Fiber Optics, Photonic crystals, Optical low dimensional materials and Optoelectronics, Optical Materials

Praveen Chandra Pandey
Professor
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology
(Banaras Hindu University)
Varanasi-221005 (India)
Email: pcpandey.app@iitbhu.ac.inpcpandey98@gmail.com
Mob: +91-9450709182; Phone: 0542 7165473

Education:

Ph.D. (Applied Physics)- Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, INDIA (2001)

Study of some novel aspects of the Model Propagation Characteristics of some optical waveguides with new geometrical shapes and refractive index profiles”

M.Sc. (Physics)- Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, INDIA (1997),

"Specialization in Advanced Electronics and Communication" 

     
B.Sc.- V.B.S. Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, INDIA (1995) 

Teaching Experience: Since Oct 2001 to Till Date

  • Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, INDIA (since 23rd August 2024)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, INDIA (since September 2015–August 2024)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, INDIA (since November 2007 September 2015)
  • Lecturer in Department of Physics, UIET, CSJM University, Kanpur, INDIA (since November 2005 to November 2007)
  • Sr. Lecturer in Dept. of Physics, A K G, Engineering College, Ghaziabad, INDIA (since October 2005–November 2005).
  • Lecturer in the Department of Physics, A K G, Engineering College, Ghaziabad, INDIA (since October 2001 - September 2005).

Current Research Scholars:

1. Mr. Sanket Kumar (Investigations on some photonic crystal based Devices)

PhD Registration: July 2021

2. Mr. Satyam Chaturvedi (Investigations on rare-earth doped SrMoO4 and SrWO4 phosphors for white LED application)

PhD Registration: July 2021

3. Mr. Deepak Kumar (Study of some optoelectronic materials)

PhD Registration: July 2023

4. Ms. Neha Singh (Study of some metamaterials for optoelectronic applications)

PhD Registration: July 2023

5. Ms. Arpita Tripathi (Tuning the physical properties of some perovskite oxides for multifunctional applications)

(Co-supervisor Prof. Shail Upadhyay, IIT (BHU), Varanasi)

PhD Registration: July 2023

6. Ms. Tanika Chauhan (Study of rare earth free phosphors for optoelectronic applications)

PhD Registration: December 2024

Courses Taught

AP-1101/1201: Classical and Quantum Mechanics

AP-2201: Electromagnetic Theory and Waveguide

AP-4102: Elements of Fiber Optics

AP-5102: Fiber and Integrated Optics

AP-5104: Photonics and Optoelectronics

AP-1301/1401: Mechanics Lab

AP-1302/1402: Optics Lab

AP-5301: Fiber Optics Lab

AP-7122: PBG and Metamaterials

EO-237: Fiber Optics

PHY-503: Advanced Experimental Physics

PYM-543: Fiber and Integrated Optics

Lab Designed:
Establishing a lab of Photonics and Fiber Optics in the Department of Physics for IMD (Engineering Physics) students. Theoretical and experimental facilities have been created for IMD and Ph.D. students.

Seminar/Conferences Attended:

  1. International conference on "Photonics, Optics, and Laser Technology" (PHOTOPTICS-2015), March 12-14, 2015, Berlin, Germany 
  2. 17th International Conference of International Academy of Physical Sciences (CONIAPS XVII), January 16-18, 2015, Jaipur, India
  3. Expert Committee Meeting & GMW at NITK Surathkal, 2-3 January 2014
  4. Focused discussion meeting on “Metamaterials and Photonic Nanostructures,” 16th & 17th August, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 2013
  5. "International Conference ELECTRO-2009," Institute of Technology, BHU (2009)
  6. National Conference on "Advanced Optoelectronic Materials and Devices (AOMD)," BHU, 2008.
  7. National seminar on "Perspectives in Engineering Optics & Spectroscopy," IPEC, Ghaziabad, April 2005.
  8. "Asia Pacific Microwave Conference" (APMC 04), New Delhi, December 2004.
  9. "Conference on Optical Fiber" at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in 2001
  10. "CONIAPS IV" at GGD University, Chitrakoot 2001
  11. "PHOTONICS"  at Calcutta in 2000
  12. "CONIAPS III" at the University of Allahabad, Allahabad, in 1999
  13. "Conference on Optical Fiber" at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in 1998

Invited Lectures:

  1. "Investigation on Photonic Band Gap Materials of Different Structures," R&D Activities of SAC through Respond Program of ISRO at Allahabad University, Allahabad, October 2008.
  2. "Influence of graded index Photonic Crystal," 20th International Conference of International Academy of Physical Sciences (CONIAPS XX), July 14-16, 2017, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500 007, Telangana State, India
  3. 1-D Periodic & Quasiperiodic Photonic Crystals with Graded and Dispersive Materials Short-Term Course on "Emerging Trends in Communication and Photonic Devices," 16th to 20th August, 2019, Department of Electronics Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, U.P., India
  4. Some novel Optical Fibers and Their Applications Short-Term Course on "Emerging Trends in Communication and Photonic Devices," 16th to 20th August, 2019, Department of Electronics, Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, U.P., India
  5. Optical Characterization of Materials, AICTE Sponsored Short Term Course on “Materials Characterization for Engineers,” June 17–21, 2019, School of Materials Science & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India
  6. One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Composed of Graded and Dispersive Materials National Webinar on "Smart Materials for Future Applications," Teerthankar Mahaveer University, Moradabad, June 2020
  7. Enhanced photo-response in rare earth metal doped ZnO thin films, International conference on "Smart Materials for Sustainable Technology" SMST, Goa, India, February 2020
  8. “Future of STI: Impacts on Education, Skills, and Work” KV, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Jhalava, Prayagraj, National Science Day, February 2021
  9. "Structural and Optical Study of Some Doped Molybdates for wLED Application," 27TH CONIAPS XXVII on “FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS,” OCTOBER 26-28, 2021
  10. Luminescence Study Of Some doped Molybdates, "International Conference on Environment and Energy Materials" (INCEEM-2021, 29th-31st July 2021), Sharda University, India
  11. International conference on "Study of one-dimensional photonic crystals composed of Graded Index Materials," AIPRSM-2021, Oct 25-26, 2021, Department of Physics, L.N. Mithila University, Darbhanga-846004, India
  12. Multilayered photonic band gap structure for sensing application, "2-Days Online Workshop on Thin Film Technologies for Sensors and Opto-electronic Applications”, 18 July 2021, ECE Department, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, Prayagraj, India
  13. Study of Some Novel Crystal Fibers for Sensing Applications, National Symposium on "Lasers in Biology, Medical Science, Atmospheric Science, and Climate Change," Physics Department, Udai Pratap College, Varanasi, 14th March 2022
  14. Historical Development of Quantum Mechanics, online workshop on “Foundations of Quantum Mechanics” organized by the Department of Physics, DBT Star College Scheme, K.N. Govt. P.G. College, Gyanpur, Bhadohi (UP) from January 2022 to February 2022
  15. Optical Fibers - Waveguiding Fundamentals, Star College Scheme, Physics Department, Udai Pratap College, Varanasi, 7th Jan 2022.
  16. Expert science talk at Science Awareness Mela, Kunwar Inter College, Narwar Ghazipur, 30th Dec 2021.

Areas of Research: Photonics, Fiber optics, EM wave propagation in layered media using graded, Meta & Dispersive materials, Low-dimension materials for photonic applications, Photonic crystal fiber, and metamaterials.

Current Areas of Research:

  • Phosphors for optoelectronic devices
  • PBG materials in superlenses, perfect absorbers, and solar cells
  • Unconventional optical fibers for communication and sensor applications.
  • Low-dimensional photonic material for photonic applications and diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS) thin films optical analysis.
  • Modeling photonic crystal fiber for different applications
  • Non-linear wave propagation in photonic crystals
  • Theoretical analysis of band structure and reflectance of periodic and quasi-periodic photonic band gap materials using different graded, dispersive, and negative index materials.

 

International journal of Repute:

 

  1. Color Tunability and Optical Thermometry Study of Er3+-Codoped SrMoO4:Dy3+ Phosphor S Chaturvedi, V Chauhan, PC Pandey, ACS Applied Optical Materials 3(5), 1106-1118, 2025

  2. Dual-core photonic crystal fiber–based plasmonic sensor for a broad range of refractive index sensingU Ramani, H Kumar, R Kumar, BK Singh, PC Pandey, Plasmonics 20 (3), 1551-1561, 2025

  3. Engineering of Ultra-wide Bandwidth Metamaterial Absorber with Various Shaped Resonators in the Visible to Far-Infrared Spectrum R Kumar, R Gupta, AK Mishra, N Singh, PC Pandey, BK Singh, Plasmonics, 1-18, 2025

  4. Enhancing Fricke Xylenol Gel Dosimeter's Response to Radiation with Optimized Preparation Methods. SS Mohamed, A Mandal, K Mondal, B Mukherjee, PC Pandey, H Mishra, Iranian Journal of Medical Physics/Majallah-I Fīzīk-I Pizishkī-i Īrān 22 (1), 2025

  5. High refractive index sensing highly sensitive and low loss SPR sensor based on hollow-core D-shaped optical fiberH Kumar, U Ramani, R Kumar, BK Singh, PC PandeyModern Physics Letters B 38 (18), 2450101, 2024

  6. Wide-angle and polarization-insensitive perfect metamaterial absorber, R Kumar, H Kumar, U Ramani, S Kumar, BK Singh, PP Singh, PC Pandey, Modern Physics Letters B 38 (18), 2450105, 2024

  7. Role of Sensitizer Ions in Enhancing the Luminescence Intensity of Eu3+-Activated NaLa(MoO4)2 Phosphors and Judd–Ofelt Analysis for Solid-State Lighting and …Sonali, V Chauhan, PC Pandey, C ShivakumaraACS Applied Optical Materials 2 (1), 41-56, 2024

  8. Emission color tuning and dual-mode luminescence thermometry design in Dy3+/Eu3+ co-doped SrMoO4 phosphorsV Chauhan, P Dixit, PK Pandey, S Chaturvedi, PC PandeyMethods and Applications in Fluorescence 12 (1), 015002, 2023

  9. Dy3+-assisted negative-thermal quenching in Ho3+-doped SrMoO4 for luminescence thermometry and lighting applications, V Chauhan, P Dixit, PK Pandey, S Chaturvedi… - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023

  10. Improvement in luminescence of thermally stable CaMoO4: Tb3+ green phosphor by Bi3+ ionsP Dixit, V Chauhan, PK Pandey, PC PandeyMaterials Chemistry and Physics 305, 127913, 2023

  11. Highly effective gallium arsenide split-disk resonator-based ultrathin metamaterial absorberR Kumar, BK Singh, PC PandeyBulletin of Materials Science 46 (3), 164, 2023

  12. Al-doped ZnO based long range optical fibre sensor for efficient low refractive index detectionH Kumar, R Kumar, U Ramani, BK Singh, PC PandeyOptical and Quantum Electronics 55 (7), 608, 2023

  13. Rectangular-shape cladding-based photonic crystal fiber surface plasmon resonance-based refractive index sensorU Ramani, H Kumar, R Kumar, BK Singh, PC PandeyPlasmonics 18 (3), 921-92, 2023

  14. Structure, photoluminescence properties, and energy transfer phenomenon in Sm 3+/Eu 3+ co-doped CaTiO 3 phosphorsP Singh, H Mishra, PC Pandey, SB RaiNew Journal of Chemistry 47 (3), 1460-1471, 2023

  15. Cone-shaped resonator-based highly efficient broadband polarization-independent metamaterial absorber for solar energy harvestingR Kumar, BK Singh, PC Pandey, 2022

  16. Role of Na+ co-doping in luminescence enhancement of Bi2O3: Sm3+ nanophosphorsPK Pandey, V Chauhan, P Dixit, PC PandeyMaterials Science in Semiconductor Processing 150, 106915, 2022

  17. Consequence of Fibonacci quasiperiodic sequences in 1-D photonic crystal refractive index sensor for the blood plasma and cancer cells detectionsBK Singh, PS Rajput, AK Dikshit, PC Pandey, V BamboleOptical and Quantum Electronics 54 (11), 766, 2022

  18. Polarization-insensitive broadband perfect metamaterial absorber in the optical regionR Kumar, BK Singh, PC PandeyIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1263 (1), 012016, 2022

  19. Optimization of hexagonal boron-doped silicate photonic crystal fiber to obtain near zero flattened dispersion for nonlinear waves by finite difference method, S Tiwari, AK Vyas, A Pandey, R Kumar, PC Pandey, A Dixit, Optical and Quantum Electronics 54 (9), 565, 2022

  20. Lithium activated enhancement in UV-photo response of europium doped ZnO thin filmP Kumar, V Chauhan, R Singh, PC Panday, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 126661, 2022

  21. Improvement in white light emission of Dy3+ doped CaMoO4 via Zn2+ co-dopingP Dixit, PK Pandey, V Chauhan, P Deshmukh, S Satapathy, PC Pandey, Methods and Applications in Fluorescence 10 (4), 044003, 2022

  22. Greenish-yellow emission from rare-earth free Li+ doped zinc vanadate phosphor, V Chauhan, P Deshmukh, S Satapathy, PC Pandey, Results in Physics 39, 105689, 2022

  23. Broadband metamaterial absorber in the visible region using a petal-shaped resonator for solar cell applicationsR Kumar, BK Singh, PC PandeyPhysica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 142, 115327, 2022

  24. Effect of Zn2+ co-doping on the luminescence of Sm3+ doped SrMoO4 phosphor, V Chauhan, PK Pandey, P Dixit, P Deshmukh, S Satapathy, PC Pandey, Journal of Luminescence 248, 118994, 2022

  25. Perfect selective metamaterial absorber with thin-film of GaAs layer in the visible region for solar cell applications, R Kumar, BK Singh, RK Tiwari, PC Pandey, Optical and Quantum Electronics 54 (7), 416, 2022

  26. Realization of neutral white light emission in CaMoO4: 4Dy3+ phosphor via Sm3+ co-doping. P Dixit, V Chauhan, SB Rai, PC Pandey, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 897, 162820, 2022

  27. Reddish-orange luminescence enhancement via Li+ co-doping in Sm3+ doped Bi2O3 nano-sheets, PK Pandey, PC Pandey, Journal of Luminescence 242, 118600, 2022

  28. Temperature-based dispersion compensating ability of a photonic crystal fiber, S Tiwari, A Dixit, PC Pandey, Optical Engineering 61 (1), 016105, 2022

  29. Structural and optical studies of Dy3+ doped ZnMoO4 phosphor, P Dixit, V Chauhan, PK Pandey, PC Pandey, Proceedings of the international conference on materials-properties, 2022

  30. Study of structural and optical properties of europium ion activated bismuth oxide nanophosphors, PK Pandey, P Dixit, V Chauhan, PC Pandey, Materials Today: Proceedings 67, 637-642, 2022

  31. Structural and optical study of Sm3+ doped Ca3 (VO4) 2 phosphors, V Chauhan, PK Pandey, P Dixit, PC Pandey, Materials Today: Proceedings 67, 605-608, 2022

  32. Tungsten-Based Broadband Perfect Metamaterial Absorber in Visible to Near-Infrared Region for Solar Cell Applications, R Kumar, PC Pandey', BK Singh, Journal of International Academy of Physical Sciences 25 (3), 427-446, 2021

  33. Design of surface plasmon resonance based both side polished photonic crystal fiber for highly efficient refractive index sensor, U Ramani, H Kumar, BK Singh, PC Pandey, Optik 248, 168062, 2021

  34. Investigations on the highly sensitive metal-coated broad range D-shaped optical fiber refractive index sensor, H Kumar, U Ramani, BK Singh, PC Pandey, Plasmonics 16 (6), 1963-1971, 2021

  35. Bi3+ assisted luminescence in SrMoO4: Sm3+ red phosphors, V Chauhan, P Dixit, PC Pandey, Journal of Rare Earths 39 (11), 1336-1343, 2021

  36. Role of dysprosium doping concentration on structural deformation of zinc oxide nanoparticles, P Kumar, V Chauhan, PC Panday, Physica B: Condensed Matter 621, 413313, 2021

  37. Photonic band gap consequences in one-dimensional exponential graded index photonic crystals, BK Singh, V Bambole, S Tiwari, KK Shukla, PC Pandey, V Rastogi, Optik 240, 166854, 2021

  38. Correlation of enhanced photocurrent with structural and optical properties of Ag–ZnO nanocomposites synthesized by a facile chemical route, PK Pandey, V Chauhan, P Dixit, PC Pandey, Physica B: Condensed Matter 612, 412937, 2021

  39. Enhancement in greenish-white photoluminescence of Zn3 (VO4) 2 phosphor by Bi3+ doping, V Chauhan, P Dixit, PC Pandey, Optik 238, 166682, 2021

  40. Study of highly sensitivity metal wires assisted photonic crystal fiber based refractive index sensor, U Ramani, H Kumar, BK Singh, PC Pandey, Optical and Quantum Electronics 52, 1-13, 2020

  41. Cantilever supported fiber Bragg grating flow sensor for space applications, M Perikala, VVL Pathi, LS Rajan, PC Pandey, IEEE Sensors Journal 21 (3), 2651-2657, 2020

  42. Multi-channel photonic bandgap engineering in hyperbolic graded index materials embedded one-dimensional photonic crystals, BK Singh, V Bambole, V Rastogi, PC Pandey, Optics & Laser Technology 129, 106293, 2020

  43. Optical and magnetic properties of terbium doped zinc oxide nanoparticles with lithium as charge compensator, P Kumar, V Chauhan, AG Joshi, PC Pandey, Optik 216, 164839, 2020

  44. Enhanced photoluminescence in CaMoO4: Eu3+ by Mn2+ co-doping, P Dixit, V Chauhan, P Kumar, PC Pandey, Journal of Luminescence 223, 117240, 2020

  45. Multi-channel photonic bandgap consequences in one-dimensional linear, exponential, and hyperbolic graded-index photonic crystals, BK Singh, A Bijalwan, PC Pandey, V Rastogi, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 37 (2), 523-532, 2020

  46. Refractive index sensor based on evanescent field effects in hollow core PCF for detection of analytes over extended E+ S+ C+ L+ U communication bands, A Dixit, S Tiwari, U Ramani, PC Pandey, Optics & Laser Technology 121, 105779, 2020

  47. Photonic bandgaps engineering in double graded hyperbolic, exponential and linear index materials embedded one-dimensional photonic crystals, BK Singh, A Bijalwan, PC Pandey, V Rastogi, Engineering Research Express 1 (2), 025004, 2019

  48. Tunable temperature-dependent THz photonic bandgaps and localization mode engineering in 1D periodic and quasi-periodic structures with graded-index materials and InSb, BK Singh, PC Pandey, Applied Optics 57 (28), 8171-8181, 2018

  49. Influence of Li co-doping on structural property of sol-gel derived terbium doped zinc oxide nanoparticles, P Kumar, AK Yadav, AG Joshi, D Bhattacharyya, SN Jha, PC Pandey, Materials Characterization 142, 593-601, 2018

  50. Lithium ion assisted luminescence and ferromagnetism in europium doped zinc oxide, P Kumar, AK Yadav, D Bhattacharyya, SN Jha, PC Pandey, Materials Chemistry and Physics 214, 306-319, 2018

  51. Enhanced ultraviolet photo-response in Dy doped ZnO thin film, P Kumar, R Singh, PC Pandey, Journal of Applied Physics 123 (5), 2018

  52. Enhanced light trapping in dye-sensitized solar cell by coupling to 1D photonic crystal and accounting for finite coherence length, MK Chaudhari, BK Singh, PC Pandey, Journal of Modern optics 64 (21), 2385-2393, 2017

  53. Study of band structure of one-dimensional photonic crystal composed of dispersive and nonlinear dielectric materials, A Dixit, S Tiwari, PC Pandey, Journal of Modern Optics 64 (13), 1240-1246, 2017

  54. Off-axis photonic bands of hexagonal plasma photonic crystal fiber containing elliptical holes with defect of high index material for nonlinear waves by PWE method, A Dixit, PC Pandey, Modern Physics Letters B 31 (14), 1750156, 2017

  55. Optical properties of 3rd order Kerr hexagonal nonlinear photonic crystal fiber containing metal, A Dixit, S Tiwari, PC Pandey, International Journal of Modern Physics B 31 (8), 1750047, 2017

  56. Evanescent-field gas sensing in photonic crystal fiber containing plasma material by finite difference method, A Dixit, S Tiwari, PC Pandey, Sensor Letters 15 (3), 276-281, 2017

  57. Refractive index sensor based on spiral-shaped plastic optical fiber, S Tiwari, MK Singh, PC Pandey, IEEE Sensors Journal 17 (6), 1692-1695, 2016

  58. Effect of dispersive materials on the dispersion and normalized frequency characteristics of a square photonic crystal fiberS Tiwari, A Dixit, PC Pandey, Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics 11 (6), 709-714, 2016

  59. Investigations on absorption, photoluminescence and magnetic properties of ZnO: Co nanoparticles, P Kumar, PC Pandey, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 80, 342-352, 2016

  60. Consequence of Cobalt Incorporation on Structural and Optical Properties of Transparent Nano-Crystalline ZnO Thin Film, P Kumar, PC Panday, Journal of International Academy of Physical Sciences 20 (3), 203-214, 2016

  61. Highly sensitive biochemical sensor based on photonic crystal ring resonator, S Tiwari, AK Dikshit, S Jit, PC Pandey, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials-Rapid Communications 10, 2016

  62. Correlation between structural, optical and magnetic properties of Mn-doped ZnO, P Kumar, BK Singh, BN Pal, PC Pandey, Applied Physics A 122, 1-12, 2016

  63. Tunable photonic defect modes in one-dimensional photonic crystals containing exponentially and linearly graded index defect, BK Singh, S Tiwari, MK Chaudhari, PC Pandey, Optik 127 (16), 6452-6462, 2016

  64. Effect of temperature on terahertz photonic and omnidirectional band gaps in one-dimensional quasi-periodic photonic crystals composed of semiconductor InSb, BK Singh, PC Pandey, Applied Optics 55 (21), 5684-5692, 2016

  65. Photonic and omnidirectional band gap engineering in one-dimensional photonic crystals consisting of linearly graded index material, BK Singh, MK Chaudhari, PC Pandey, Journal of Lightwave Technology 34 (10), 2431-2438, 2016

  66. Photonic and omnidirectional band gap engineering in stack of exponential graded index material and negative index material, BK Singh, AK Dikshit, KB Thapa, PC Pandey, Journal of Modern Optics 63 (9), 826-834, 2016

  67. Numerical Study of the Dispersion Characteristics by Variation of Refractive Index of a Photonic Crystal Fiber, S Tiwari, A Dixit, PC Pandey, Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanomanufacturing 5 (4), 276-280, 2015

  68. A novel design of photonic crystal fiber containing square holes in a square lattice with high dispersion tolerance, flattened dispersion and low effective mode area, S Tiwari, BK Singh, GG Soni, PC Pandey, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials-Rapid Communications 9, 2015

  69. Influence of graded index materials on the photonic localization in one-dimensional quasiperiodic (Thue–Mosre and Double-Periodic) photonic crystals, BK Singh, PC Pandey, Optics Communications 333, 84-91, 2014

  70. Tunable photonic band-gaps in one-dimensional photonic crystals containing linear graded index material, BK Singh, P Kumar, PC Pandey, Applied Physics B 117, 947-956, 2014

  71. A study of optical reflectance and localization modes of 1-D Fibonacci photonic quasicrystals using different graded dielectric materials, BK Singh, PC Pandey, Journal of Modern Optics 61 (11), 887-897, 2014

  72. Advances in Physical Science Research, A Dixit, S Tiwari, AK Dikshit, PC Pandey, Proceedings of AMSP, 1

  73. Tunable characteristics of one dimensional magnetic photonic crystal composed with single-negative materials, KB Thapa, PC Pandey, PP Singh, SP Ojha, Optik 124 (24), 6631-6635, 2013

  74. An analytical study of modal dispersion characteristics of helically clad crystal-cored optical fiber, AK Mishra, PC Pandey, D Kumar, ON Singh II, Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optics 124 (17), 2661-2666, 2013

  75. Optical reflectance and omnidirectional bandgaps in Fibonacci quasicrystals type 1-D multilayer structures containing exponentially graded material, BK Singh, KB Thapa, PC Pandey, Optics Communications 297, 65-73, 2013

  76. Effect of Somatic Cell Count on milk yield and composition., P Pandey, S Prasad, PK Singh, 2010

  77. A complete band gap in one-dimensional photonic crystal containing meta-materials, KB Thapa, PC Pandey, S Singh, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials-Rapid Communications 4, 2010

  78. Bulk Tank Somatic Cell Counts in Cattle & Buffalo & Its Relationship with Herd Incidence of Sub Clinical Mastitis and Milk Yield, P Pandey, S Prasad, PK Singh, VN Pal, Indian Journal of Dairy Science 63 (1), 41, 2010

  79. Effect of curvature of the boundary on the modal dispersion of a single-mode dielectric waveguide of core cross-section bounded by involuted spirals, PC Pandey, SP Ojha, Optik 120 (14), 683-688, 2009

  80. Omni-directional bands in multilayer structure containing exponentially graded materials, KB Thapa, PC Pandey, SK Singh, SP Ojha, Journal of Modern Optics 56 (11), 1309-1315, 2009

  81. Study of s-polarized photonic bandgap structure in three component optical fibonacci multilayers composed of nanoscale materials, RK Mishra, PC Pandey, Solid state communications 149 (23-24), 946-951, 2009

  82. Study of photonic band-gap structure in three component Fibonaccimultilayers, RK Mishra, PC Pandey, Canadian Journal of Physics 86 (9), 1071-1078, 2008

  83. Large forbidden band in one-dimensional multi-layered structure containing exponentially graded materials, PC Pandey, KB Thapa, SP Ojha, Optics communications 281 (6), 1607-1614, 2008, 2008

  84. Effect of metal cladding on the modal dispersion characteristic of an annular waveguide with the guiding region section bounded by a square and a circle, PC Pandey, D Singh, SP Ojha, Journal of electromagnetic waves and applications 18 (9), 1157-1169, 2004

  85. Compensating and equivalence properties of optical waveguides with a linear and sinusoidal variation of the core refractive index and core size along the propagation direction …, PC Pandey, SP Ojha, MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS 39 (4), 348-348, 2003

  86. Effect of pitch angle on modal propagation characteristics of an annular circular dielectric waveguide having helical windings on the inner and outer boundaries as claddings, SK Srivastava, PC Pandey, UN Singh, SP Ojha, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 33 (5), 338-344, 2002

  87. Compensating and equivalence properties of optical waveguides with a linear and sinusoidal variation of the core refractive index and core size along the propagation direction, PC Pandey, SP Ojha, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 28 (5), 326-328, 2001

  88. Effect of axial linear and sinusoidal variation of the core refractive index on the propagation of some low‐order modes in an optical fiber, PC Pandey, SP Ojha, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 28 (4), 265-267, 2000

  89. A comparative study of the modal dispersion curves of fibers with different degrees of metal loading on the core–cladding interfaces, PC Pandey, SP Ojha, BB Srivastava, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 26 (1), 54-57, 2000

  90. Modal Dispersion Curves of an Annular waveguide with a Guiding Region section bounded by a Square and Circle., SKSSPO P.C. Pandey, PHOTONICS Vol. 2, pp 705-707, 2000

  91. Modal dispersion characteristics of a single mode metal coated optical waveguide with a guiding region cross-section bounded by two involuted spirals, PC Pandey, BK Pandey, SP Ojha, Optik (Stuttgart) 111 (5), 211-214, 2000

  92. Modal characteristics of a gyroelectromagnetic chirofiber having a dielectric cladding: an analytical study, KS SINQH, PC Pandey, SP Ojha, Optik (Stuttgart) 111 (5), 195-200, 2000

  93. Operating characteristics of an optical filter with a linearly periodic refractive index pattern in the range of ultraviolet light, SP Ojha, PC Pandey, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 23 (1), 36-38, 1999

  94. Cutoff conditions of an annular dielectric waveguide with an exponentially decaying refractive‐index profile in the guiding region, Ganguly, KS Singh, PC Pandey, SP Ojha, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 22 (4), 226-229, 1999

  95. Modal cutoff conditions for a waveguide having an annular guiding region with a parabolically graded refractive‐index profile, S Ganguly, KS Singh, PC Pandey, SP Ojha, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 22 (3), 167-171, 1999

  96. Recent Trends in the Methods of Underground Firedamp Detection, P Pandey, B Singh, Journal of Mines, Metals & Fuels 13 (9), 269-278, 1965

  97. Influence of Dy3+doping concentration on crystal structure and optical absorption of SnO2 nanoparticles

  98. TRANSMISSION PROPERTIES OF PHOTONIC CRYSTALS OF FIBONACCI-TYPE COMPOSED OF DISPERSIVE MATERIALS, RK Mishra, PC Pandey

 

Research Papers Presented / Published in Proceeding of Conferences:

 

1.         Numerically Obtained Dispersion Curves of a Fiber with One-Fourth of Metal Loading on the Core-Cladding Interface. 

            P.C. Pandey, S.K.Srivastava and S.P.Ojha, 

            Int.  Academy of  Phy. Sciences 1999, INDIA.

 

2.        Modal Dispersion Curves of an Annular waveguide with a Guiding Region section bounded by a Square and Circle.

            P.C. Pandey, S.K.Srivastava and S.P.Ojha

           PHOTONICS, Vol. 2, pp 705-707, 2000.

 

3.         An analytical study of an annular step index waveguide with helical claddings.

            S.K. Srivastava, P.C. Pandey, U.N. Singh and S.P. Ojha

            Int.  Academy of Phy Sciences 2001, INDIA (Presented CONIAPS IV).

 

4.         A mathematical modal analysis of dielectric curvilinear equilateral triangular loop-cored lightguide.

            P.C. Pandey, N. Kumar and S.P.Ojha

            Int.  Academy of Phy. Sciences, INDIA, 2001.

 

5.         Modal analysis of dielectric curvilinear equilateral triangular loop - cored guide.

P.C. Pandey, D. Singh and S.P. Ojha

            Presented in Asia pacific Microwave Conference (APMC 04), 2004.

 

6.         Modal Dispersion Characteristics of a dielectric optical waveguide with a guiding region cross section bounded by two involuted spirals.

            P.C. Pandey, A. Mishra and S.P. Ojha

            Int.  Academy of Phy. Sciences, INDIA (Presented CONIAPS IX) 2006

7.         Reflection Properties of Photonic Band Gap Material Containing Different Gradding Profiles

P.C. Pandey and Khem B. Thapa

            National Conf. on Advanced Optoelectronic Materials and devices (AOMD), BHU, 2008.

 

8.         Ultrafast switching property in one dimensional defect photonic crystals

            Khem B. Thapa, Rahul Pandey, P. C. Pandey and S. P. Ojha

Presented in  International Conference ELECTRO-2009, IT, BHU (2009).

 

9.         Optical Reflection of Photonic Fibonacci Quasicrystals Containing Normal, Linear and     Exponential Graded Materials

            B.K. Singh, K.B. Thapa and P.C. Pandey

            Int.  Academy of Phy. Sciences, INDIA (Accepted CONIAPS XV) 2012.

 

10.       Photonic Band Gap from a Stack of Linearly Graded Dielectric Material

            Bipin K Singh and Praveen C Pandey

Focused discussion meeting on “Metamaterials and Photonic Nanostructures”16th & 17th August, Indian Institute of Technology,                          Kanpur, 2013.

 

11.       Analysis of Two Dimensional Graded Photonic Crystals towards Negative Index Medium

            Praveen C Pandey, Bipin K Singh and V. Vidhya Lakshmi

           Focused discussion meeting on “Metamaterials and Photonic Nanostructures”16th& 17th August, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur,    2013.

 

12.       Effect of plasma cladding on the modal dispersion characteristics of step-index optical      fiber

            A.K. Mishra, U N Singh, P.C. Pandey, O N Singh II

            Int. Academy of Phy. Sciences, INDIA (CONIAPS XVI), 2014

 

13        The focusing of light through 2-D graded photonic crystals

            BK Singh, P Kumar, PC Pandey       

International Conference on Fibre Optics and Photonics, S5A. 72, 2014

 

14.       Analysis of 1-D Photonic Photonic crystal composed of Linearly graded Material

            Bipin K Singh, Pawan Kumar and Praveen C pandey          

            17th International Conference of International Academy of Physical Sciences (CONIAPS XVII) January 16-18, 2015 Jaipur, India.

 

15.       Photonic Crystal Composed of Graded Materials

            PraveenC pandey

            17th International Conference of International Academy of Physical Sciences (CONIAPS XVII) January 16-18, 2015 Jaipur, India.

 

16.       Tunable Mirror and Multi Channel Filter based on one-dimensional exponential graded     photonic crystal

            Bipin K Singh and PraveenC pandey

            International conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology (PHOTOPTICS-      2015),  March 12-14, 2015, Berlin Germany.

 

17.       Tuneable Resonator based Optical switch

            Ashutosh K Dikshit, Subhashish Tiwari, Satyabra tJit, P C Pandey

            2nd International IEEE conference in IISC Bangalore

 

18.       Circular Resonator Based Two Port Optical Switch

            Photonics 12th International conference in IIT Kharagpur, organised by OSA & IEEE

 

19.       The Focusing Of light through two-dimensional graded photonic crystals

            Bipin K Singh, Pawan Kumar, P C Pandey

            Photonics 12th International conference in IIT Kharagpur, organised by OSA & IEEE

 

20.       Control of light through two-dimensional graded photonic crystal

            Bipin K singh, Pawan Kumar, P C Pandey   

            National conference Janta College Etawah

 

21.       Engineering of terahertz mirror and multichannel filter based on 1-D graded index photonic crystal

            National conference Janta College Etawah

 

22.       Ultra Sensitivity Bio-sensor Based on Photonic Crystal Ring Resonator

            International conference on recent trends in engineering science and management (ICRTESM)

 

23        Focus of light through two-dimensional graded index photonic crystals     

            International conference on Frontiers of Spectroscopy

 

24.       Effect of exponentially graded material on photonic and omni-directional band gaps in 1-D photonic crystals

BK Singh, PC Pandey

Photoptics 2015, 119-144, 2016

 

25.       Study of effective index and normalized frequency of a photonic crystal fiber containing silver as dispersive material

S Tiwari, A Dixit, AK Dikshit, PC Pandey

Advances in Light Technologies and Spectroscopy of Materials, 80, 2016

 

26.       Effect of Temperature on the Dispersion Properties of a Square Photonic Crystal Fiber, S Tiwari, BK Singh, PC Pandey,

International Conference on Fibre Optics and Photonics, W2A. 4 2016.

 

27.       Optical Characteristics of Hexagonal Nonlinear Photonic Crystal Fiber Containing Ethylene Glycol in Holes by Using Finite Difference Method,

A Dixit, PC Pandey,

International Conference on Fibre Optics and Photonics, Tu4A. 6 2016.

 

 

28.       Study of cobalt effect on structural and optical properties of Dy doped ZnO nanoparticles

            P Kumar, PC Pandey

            AIP Conference Proceedings 1953 (1), 050046, 2018

 

29.     Tunability of temperature dependent THz photonic band gaps in 1-D photonic crystals

          composed of graded index materials and semiconductor InSb

          BK Singh, PC Pandey, V Rastogi

          AIP Conference Proceedings 1953 (1), 060038, 2018              

 

30.  Investigation of 1-D quasi-periodic photonic crystal based sensor for detection of  hemoglobin,

         BK Singh, V Rastogi, PC Pandey,

         Novel Optical Materials and Applications, JT4A. 22 2019.

 

31.    Study of Gallium Arsenide Based Perfect Metamaterial Absorber in the Broadband Region

         R Kumar, BK Singh, PC Pandey

         IEEE 17th India Council International Conference (INDICON), 1-4, 2020

 

32.    Influence of Dy3+ doping concentration on crystal structure and optical absorption of   SnO2 nanoparticles

         P Kumar, M Jakhar, V Chauhan, PC Pandey

         Materials Today: Proceedings 48, 1301-1304

 

Ph.D. Thesis

 

Name

Thesis Title

Status

1.

Dr. Bipin Kumar Singh

Study of some novel aspects of 1-D periodic & quasiperiodic photonic crystals with graded and dispersive materials

Awarded (2016)

2

Dr. Subhasis Tiwari

Study of some unconventional photonic crystal fibers for different applications

 

Awarded (2017)

3

Dr. Achytesh Dixit

Study of non-linear wave propagation in different photonic crystal fibers

Awarded (2017)

4

Dr. Pawan Kumar

Study of optical and magnetic properties of some transition and rare-earth metal-doped ZnO in a low-dimensional state.

Awarded (2018)

5

Dr. Prashant Dixit

 

Luminescence Study of Some Rare Earth-Doped CaMoO₄ Phosphors for Lighting Application

 

Awarded (2022)

6

Dr. Raj Kumar

 

Design and Analysis of Some Broadband Metamaterial Absorbers in Visible and Near-Infrared Regions

 

Awarded (2022)

7

Dr. Vaibhav Chauhan

 

Study of Luminescence Properties of doped SrMoO₄
and Zn3(VO4)2 Phosphors for wLED and Optical Thermometry

 

Awarded (2022)

8

Mr. Prashant Kumar Pandey

Study of Some Low-Dimensional Metal Oxides for Optoelectronic Device Applications

Awarded (2022)

9

Dr. Hemant Kumar

Study of unconventional optical fibers for sensing applications

Awarded (2023)

10

Dr. Umang Ramani

 

Study of surface Plasmon resonance in some photonic crystal fibers

 

Awarded (2023)

 

   

M.Tech/MSc Dissertation Supervised:

S.No.

Name

Year of Completion

Title of Thesis

1

Ms Sarita Bharti

 

2010

Optical properties of Photonic Bandgap materials with defects of different materials & grading profiles

 

2

Mr. B. Naveen Kumar

 

2011

Study of Power Amplifiers- the effect of device topology on the on-state and off state breakdown voltage in pHEMT.

 

3

Mr. Gaurav Srivastava

 

2011

Simulation of low-noise amplifier.

 

4

Mr. Anudeep Wundralla

2013

Analysis of birefringence in anisotropic optical fibers

5

Ms V. Vidhya Laxmi

2013

Study of 2-d Photonic Crystals and Graded  Photonic Crystals towards effective negative index medium

6

Mr. Bujagouni Karthik Goud

2014

Simulation of Opto-electronic Devices

7

Mr. Mayank Kumar Chaudhari

2014

Theoretical study of light harvesting efficiency of photonic crystal-based thin film solar cells

8

Mr. Manish Raghuwanshi

 

2014

Study of a two-dimensional photonic crystal using dispersive materials

9

Mr. A Satwik Kumar Reddy

2015

Study of second harmonic generation in Photonic Crystal

10

Mr. Sampath Thammanaveni

2016

Fabrication of an ambipolar transistor based on a metal-oxide graphene hybrid semiconductor.

11

Ms Manasa Perikala

2017

Design and Development of Flow Sensor

 

12

Mr Aman Tugnawat

2017

Study of Photonic Crystal-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell. 

13

Mr Shashank Shekhar

 

2018

Synthesis and Characterization of Some Doped Low-Dimensional Material for photonic applications

 

14

Mr Manuj Kumar Singh

2018

Modelling and simulation of some novel 1-dimensional photonic crystals for various applications

 

14

Mr Dhruv Baweja

2020

Study of Dispersion and Nonlinearity in a Photonic

Crystal Fiber

15

Mr Rajat Das

2021

TUNING OF PHOTONIC BAND GAP AND LOCALISED MODES IN APERIODIC/QUASIPERIODIC 1-D PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FOR SENSING APPLICATION

16

Mr Prabhat Kumar

2022

Modeling and simulation of some photonic crystal fibers for sensing applications.

17

Mr Ritvik Singh

2023

Structural and Optical Studies of Tunable Eu3+- doped SrWO₄ Phosphors

18

Ms Akanksha Yadav

2023

Design and Analysis of 1-D Photonic Crystal based Sensors

19 

Ms Tanika Chauhan

2024

Synthesis and Characterization of Rare-Earth Phosphors

20

Ms Sweta Sneh

2025

Photonic crystals for Radiative cooling and solar energy harvesting

21

Ms Rashmi

2025

Metamaterial Structures for Radiative cooling and solar energy harvesting

 

Administrative     

  • Coordinator, Preparatory course (Session 2022-23, 2018-19, 2019-20)
  • Warden: IIT Boys Hostel (April 2018-May 2021), Vishweshwaraya Hostel (May 2015-April 2018)
  • DFAC member since Jan 2024
  • Convener DPGC for sessions 2015-16 and 2016-17
  • Convener and member of different committees of the department and the institute.
  • Departmental purchase secretary and DRC member in the Department of Applied Physics, IT BHU.
  • Departmental Examination In-Charge of the Department of Physics, UIET, CSJM University, Kanpur.
  • Different confidential committees, such as the B.Ed. entrance exam, counseling, and result preparation, at CSJM University Kanpur.
  • Convener, M.Phil. (Physics), Department of Physics, UIET, CSJM University, Kanpur.

Membership of the Academic Academy and Society:

  1. Life Member of the Optical Society of India
  2. Life member of the International Academy of Physical Sciences, IAPS (N15279)
  3. Member of INSTICC (No. 7812)
  4. Associate Editor, Journal of the International Academy of Physical Sciences

Academic Achievements:

  • Young Scientist Award by the International Academy of Physical Sciences in 2001
  • Best paper presentation award in 2001 CONIAPS IV
  • Junior Research Fellowship of DRDO in 1997.
  • JRF & SRF (BHU) from 1998-2001.
  • NET and GATE in Physical Sciences

Participation in Organizing the Seminar/Conferences:

  1. Treasurer: NCTP-2011
  2. Local Organizing Committee: RTCMP-2011
  3. Local Organizing Committee: National workshop on Recent Advances in Micro-Electro-Mechanical systems RAMEMS-2011
  4. Treasurer: Jigyasa ’15
  5. Secretary: Jigyasa ’16
  6. Convener: Jigyasa’17
  7. Convener, RSC, JNV 2018

Research Projects:  JRF Position Available in DRDO Project
          

1.  Title:  "Development of materials for FIR-based high-temperature optical thermometry" 

              Funding Agency: DRDO, Ongoing May 2025-May 2028

2. Title: “Development of rare-earth-free metal vanadate phosphors for latent fingerprint detection.”

              Funding Agency: ANRF CRG, Ongoing Jan 2025-Jan 2026

3. Title: "Development of perovskite oxides SrCeO3 and Sr2CeO4 as high-temperature thermal barrier coating (TBC) materials for aerospace applications."

               Funding Agency: DRDO New Delhi (Completed), May 2022–May 2024.

4.  Title: “Analysis and Applications of Different Quasi-Periodic Photonic Band Gap Structures of Different Materials and Grading Profiles”
               Funding Agency: DST SERC (Completed), 2011-2014.
             

INSTRUMENTS

1. UV-Visible spectrophotometer (JASCO V-770)

2. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (JASCO FT/IR-4600)

3. I-V Measurement Setup (KEYSIGHT B2902A Precision Source/Measure Unit) 

4. KEYSIGHT Precision LCR Meter E4980AL

5. MProbe Thin film measurement system

6. Digital Lock-In Amplifiers SR830

7. Function Generator

8. UV Box

9. Muffle Furnace (~1200 oC and ~1400 oC)

10. Oven (~250 oC)

11. Centrifuge (REMI R-24)

12. Spin Coater

13. Optical Bench

 

SOFTWARE

1. COMSOL Multiphysics

2. ANSYS Finite Difference Time Domain (ANSYS FDTD)

3. OptiFDTD

4. Computer Simulation Technology (CST)

5. MATLAB