Silicon Photonics @IIT Indore

Major research areas:

Silicon Photonics
Integrated Photonics
CMOS Photonics
Nanophotonics
Microwave Photonics
Micro/Nanofabrication
Optoelectronic Devices
Nanoelectronics
Bio-chemical Sensors
Nano-scale Devices for memory and computing
Devices for Optical Fibre Communication and Interconnects
Advanced Transistor Architectures

In Optoelectronic Nanodevice Research Laboratory (ONRL) led by Prof. Mukesh Kumar in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore we have been working on Silicon Photonics, Integrated Photonics, Optoelectronic Devices, Nanoelectronics, and Micro/Nanofabrication. ONRL is actively involved in the development of on-chip devices and functionalities for optical communication, interconnects, computing, bio-chemical sensing, and memory applications. The laboratory focuses on realizing new/improved optoelectronic functions by utilizing engineered/hybrid materials which include semiconductor heterojunctions (Silicon, 2D materials, TCOs, and wide band semiconductors), optical metasurface, and photonic crystals. We focus on Device Innovations through novel designs, and cost-effective fabrication. The group has ongoing research collaborations with leading researchers in India, Italy, South Korea, Germany, France, and the USA.

Spotlight

*Dr. Gaurav Kumar Yadav from ONRL has been selected for the "QC BRIDGE Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2026".

*Prof. Mukesh Kumar has been awarded with "University Visiting Professor Fellowship" from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
* Advertisment for PhD Position
* ONRL recieved Institute Best Technology Award 2026.
*ONRL is contributing in National Quantum Mission (NQM) with Prof. Mukesh Kumar as a Member Principal Investigator in the Technical Group, with IISc Bangalore as the Lead Institute.

* Symposium on Advanced Photonics (SAP) 2025
* Photon-IC Innovations Limited (A Startup)

*Prof. Mukesh Kumar has been selected for "Scientific High Level Visiting Fellowship (SSHN)" to visit France.

*Prof. Mukesh Kumar has been appointed as the Associate Editor of IEEE Photonics Journal.
*Dr. Mukesh Kumar has been appointed Adjunct Faculty in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, USA.
*Research Associate and PhD Recruitment 2024
*Centre for Advanced Electronics (CAE)

Recent Publications

1. R. D. Mishra et al., "Low Voltage Nanophotonic Resistive Switch based on Multi-tapered and Engineered Cu-TiO2 Structure on Silicon with Sensing Capability", Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications, September 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2026.101653.

2. S. Kumar et al., "Reconfigurable Photonic Circuit for On-chip Optical Routing with Engineered Si-ITO Platform", ACS Photonics, August 2026. DOI: 10.201/acsphotonics.6c01147.

3. N. Mohanta et al., "Carrier-Induced Optical Modulation in Si-ITO based Ring Resonator with Improved Tuning Efficiency", Journal of Lightwave Technology, December 2025. DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2025.3645557.

4. A. Kumar et al., "Chip-scale Optical Detection of Lung Cancer with Engineered Photodetector based on Distributed Semiconductor Heterojunctions", Biosensors and Bioelectronics, October 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.biosx.2025.10070.