Conferences

International Conference Proceedings:

A. Kumar, G. K. Yadav, N. Mohanta, S. Kumar, and M. Kumar, "Engineered semiconductor photodetector for on-chip lung cancer detection", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) 2026, 17 - 21 May 2026, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
N. Mohanta, A. Kumar, S. Kumar, C. Pathak, and M. Kumar, "High Efficiency Electro-Optic Modulation Using an Ultra-Compact Si-ITO Heterojunction Microring", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) 2026, 17 - 21 May 2026, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
S. Kumar, A. Kumar, N. Mohanta, S.Cheung, and M. Kumar, "Optically Readable Nanophotonic Switching for Multi-channel Photonic Circuit", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) 2026, 17 - 21 May 2026, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
S. Kumar, A. Kumar, R. D. Mishra, and M. Kumar, "Nanophotonic Resistive Switching in Ag-ITO-SiO2 on Si: A Pathway to High-Density Optical Storage", IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) 2025, 09 - 13 November 2025, Singapore.
A. Kumar, S. Kumar, N. Mohanta, and M. Kumar, "Leveraging Distributed ZnO-Cu2O Heterojunctions for Ultraviolet Photodetector Applications", IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) 2025, 09 - 13 November 2025, Singapore.
S. Kumar, A. Kumar, R. D. Mishra, P. Babu, S. K. Pandey, and M. Kumar, "High-Performance Optically Readable Nanophotonic Resistive Switch", Photonics 2024-16th The International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, IIT Kharagpur, India 12-15 December 2024.
R. D. Mishra, S. K. Pandey, S. Kumar A. Kumar, P. Babu, N. Mohanta and M. Kumar, "Energy Efficient Optically Readable Resistive with 18 dB Extinction Ratio", Photonics 2024-16th The International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, IIT Kharagpur, India 12-15 December 2024.
S. Kumar, A. Kumar and M. Kumar, "High-Extinction Ratio Nanophotonic Resistive Switch with Double-Slot Design", OPTOIn-2024,-XLVII OSI Symposium, International Conference on Advances in Optics and Photonics Instrumentation, CSIR-CSIO Chandigarh, India, October 23-25, 2024.
S. Jain, N. Kumar, M. Kumar, and R.T. Chen, "Large Free Spectral Range Optical Filtering with Engineered Multi-Mode Asymmetric Grating", pp. P3-057 Conference on Laser and Electro-optics (CLEO)- PR Aug-2024.
V. Kaushik, S. Rajput, P. Babu, S. Pandey, R. Mishra, H. Ren, S. Maier, V. Sorger, H. Dalir, J. Scheuer, and M. Kumar, "Electronically Controlled Quantum Confinement for Tunable Plasmonic Metasurfaces (FTu4O.6)", Conference on Laser and Electro-optics (CLEO)-2024-Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 5-10 May 2024.
S. Rajput, V. Kaushik, and M. Kumar, "Efficient Optical Modulation: Unveiling the Potential of Si-ITO Distributed Heterojunctions Coupling in Subwavelength Gratings (AM4J.5)", Conference on Laser and Electro-optics (CLEO)-2024-Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 5-10 May 2024.
S. Kumar, A. Kumar, R. D. Mishra, P. Babu, N. Mohanta, S. K. Pandey, and M. Kumar, "Highly Sensitive Biochemical Sensor Based on Nanophotonic Ring Resonator", Photonics 2023-The International Conference on Fibers and Optical Sensors, IISc Bengaluru, India, 5th to 8th July 2023.
Sulabh, and M. Kumar, "Optical Slot Waveguide Based On Photonic-Plasmonic Structure For Biosensing Applications", Conference on OSA Biophotonics Congress, Optics in the Life Sciences , British Columbia, Canada, 2021.
L. Singh, P. Babu, Sulabh, S. Rajput and M. Kumar, "Optical Resistive Switch with High Extinction Ratio Using Plasmonic Amplification", Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics CLEO-PR-2020, Sydney, Australia, 2020.
S. Rajput, P. Babu, V. Kaushik, L Singh, S. Jain and M. Kumar, "High Extinction Ratio in Silicon-ITO Heterojunction based Optical Modulator", 14th Conference on Laser and Electro-optics, CLEO Pacific Rim- 2020, Sydney, Australia.
L. Singh, R. D. Mishra, S. Rajput S. Jain and M. Kumar, "Enhanced Optical Readout in Resistive Memory Through Plasmonic Amplification", ECIO-2020 , Paris, France, June 2020.
S. Jain, L. Singh, S. Rajput and M. Kumar, "Low Group Index Optical Slot Structure for Efficient Optical Modulation", CLEO-2020 , San-Jose, California, USA, 2020.
S. Jain, L. Singh, S. Rajput and M. Kumar,"Waveguide Engineering in Optical Slot Structure for Efficient Optical Modulation", ICOL-2019 , DRDO, Dehradun, 2019.
S. Rajput, V. Kaushik, S. Jain and M. Kumar, "Electrically Tunable Absorption in Hollow Waveguide for Optical Modulation", ICOL-2019 (International Conference on Optics & Electro-Optics), IRDE Dehradun, 19th-22nd October 2019.
Sulabh, and M. Kumar, "Slot waveguide with grating based cladding for protein detection", ICOL-2019 (International Conference on Optics and Electro-Optics), ICOL-2019 (International Conference on Optics and Electro-Optics), Instruments R&D Establishment, Dehradun, Uttarakhand India , 19 Oct 2019 - 22 Oct 2019.
V. Kaushik, S.Rajput, M. Kumar, "Voltage dependence of lattice period in Anodized Alumina based Photonic Crystal", ICOL-2019 (International Conference on Optics and Electro-Optics), Instruments R&D Establishment, Dehradun, Uttarakhand India , 19 Oct 2019 - 22 Oct 2019.
Lalit Singh, Sourabh Jain, Sulabh and M. Kumar, "Loss Compensation in Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguide by Controlled Electron Injection", ICOL-2019 (International Conference on Optics and Electro-Optics), Instruments R&D Establishment, Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh India , 19 Oct 2019 - 22 Oct 2019.
S. Rajput, S. Jain, V. Kaushik and M. Kumar, "High-speed optical modulation in compact hybrid silicon-graphene based slot waveguide", Photonics 2018 - The International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, IIT Delhi, 12th-15th December 2018.
V. Kaushik, S. Rajput and M. Kumar, "Temperature dependence of grain size in highly porous Anodic Alumina", Photonics 2018 - The International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, New Delhi, 2018.
L. Singh and M. Kumar, "Silicon Assisted Plasmonic Waveguide with Constant Group Delay and Flattened Dispersion Over Broadband", Photonics 2018 - The International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics 12th to 15th December, 2018.
S. Jain, S. Rajput and M. Kumar, "Phase Modulation in Optical Hollow Waveguide Embedded in Silicon p-i-n Junction", Photonics 2018, IIT Delhi, 2018.
T. Sharma and M. Kumar, "Grating based Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguide for Subwavelength Optical Confinement with Low Loss", Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9884 98842A, Nanophotonics VI, 2016, Belgium.
M. Kumar, C. Chase, V. Karagodsky, T. Sakaguchi, F. Koyama, and C. J. Chang-Hasnain, "Novel 3D Hollow Optical Waveguide with Lateral and Vertical Periodicity for Tunable Photonic Integrated Circuits", European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC ) September 2009, Vienna, Austria , P2.16.
M. Kumar, T. Sakaguchi, A. Matsutani and F. Koyama, "Adjustable polarization mode dispersion compensation using 3D hollow waveguide Bragg reflector", Conference on Laser and Electro Optics (CLEO) June 2009, Baltimore, Maryland, USA , CThB-5.
M. Kumar, F. Koyama, and C.J. Chang-Hasnain,"2D confinement and reduction of polarization dependence in hollow waveguide with high index contrast grating", Conference on Laser and Electro Optics (CLEO) June 2009, Baltimore, Maryland, USA , JWA44.
M. Kumar and F. Koyama, "A tunable 3D hollow waveguide Bragg reflector with giant birefringence and tunable differential group delay", Optical Fiber Conference (OFC) March 2009, San Diego, California, USA , OWC-3.
M. Kumar, F. Koyama, and C.J. Chang-Hasnain, "Tunable hollow waveguide with high contrast grating", Annual meeting IEEE-LEOS November 2008, Long beach, California, USA , WN-4.
M. Kumar, T. Sakaguchi, and F. Koyama, "Widely tunable mirror based on 3D hollow waveguide for tunable photonic integrated circuits", Conference on Laser and Electro Optics (CLEO) May 2008, San Jose, California, USA , CMG-5.

Other Conference Papers:

N. Mohanta, and M. Kumar, "A Chip-Scale Reconfigurable Photonic Control Engine Based on Si-ITO Heterojunction Microring Array for Data Center and Radar Front-end Systems", 41st M.P. Young Scientist Congress organized by M.P. Council of Science and Technology, 26 - 28 February 2026.
S. Kumar, and M. Kumar, "Reconfigurable Multiwavelength Nanophotonic Circuit Based on Low-Voltage Optically Readable Engineered Resistive Switches", 41st M.P. Young Scientist Congress organized by M.P. Council of Science and Technology, 26 - 28 February 2026.
N. Mohanta, A. Kumar, and M. Kumar, "Low-Voltage, High-Extinction Ratio Microring Modulator based on Si-ITO Heterojunction", 10th Students' Conference on Optics and Photonics (SCOP) and the 48th Optical Society of India Symposium (OSIS) (SCOPOSIS 2025), 08 - 12 December 2025, PRL, Ahmedabad, India.
S. Kumar, A. Kumar, N. Mohanta, C. Pathak, and M. Kumar, "Multiwavelength Nanophotonic Circuit with Optically Readable Resistive Switch", Symposium on Advanced Photonics (SAP) 2025, 16 - 18 November 2025, IIT Indore, India.
N. Mohanta, A. Kumar, S. Kumar, C. Pathak, and M. Kumar, "Design Optimization of Si-ITO Heterojunction based Microring Resonator for Tunable Photonic Devices", Symposium on Advanced Photonics (SAP) 2025, 16 - 18 November 2025, IIT Indore, India.
S. Devi, P. Babu, N. Mohanta, S. Kumar, A. Kumar, and M. Kumar, "Voltage-Controlled Phase Modulation in Silicon Nitride (Si3N4)-ITO Hybrid Waveguide Platform", Symposium on Advanced Photonics (SAP) 2025, 16 - 18 November 2025, IIT Indore, India.
A. Kumar, S. Kumar, and M. Kumar, "Absorption Enhancement in MoS2-based Photodetector with Cu Nano-ridge Arrays", Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), IIT Varanasi (BHU), December 12th to 15th, 2023.
S. Rajput and M. Kumar,"Optical and Electrical Characterization of Indium Tin Oxide Thin Film for Highly Efficient Electro-optic Modulation", 34th M.P. Young Scientist Congress organized by M.P. Council of Science and Technology, Mar 2019.
S. Srivastav, L. Singh, S. Tidke and M. Kumar, "Metal assisted slot waveguide biochemical sensor", 2018 3rd International Conference on Microwave and Photonics (ICMAP) , Dhanbad, 2018, pp. 1-2. doi: 10.1109/ICMAP.2018.8354595.
S. Rajput,V. Kaushik, S. Jain and M. Kumar, "Ultra-low Loss Slow Light in Si-ITO based Hollow Core Waveguide", International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities Delhi, 2017.
S. Jain, S. Rajput, V. Kaushik and M. Kumar, "Silicon based Broadband Reflector for On-chip Photonic Devices", International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities Delhi, 2017.
L. Singh, M. Kumar, "Graphene based Electrically Tunable Hybrid Plasmonic-photonic Waveguide with Low-loss and Nano-scale Optical Confinement", The 2nd Edition of the European Graphene Forum 2016.
S. Chugh and M. Kumar, "Design of Polarization Independent Optical Out-coupler on SOI", International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Information Technology, Thapar University, Patiala, India, October 2013, ICECIT _2_39.
A. Wadhwa and M. Kumar, "Polarization analysis of Low-loss photonic crystal waveguide on SOI", International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Information Technology, Thapar University, Patiala, India, October 2013, ICECIT _2_76.
M. Kumar, T. Sakaguchi, and F.Koyama, "Design and Fabrication of 3D nanostep hollow waveguide for widely tunable photonic devices", Micro Optics Conference (MOC) October 2007, Takamatsu, Japan, C-7.
M.Kumar, T. Sakaguchi, and F. Koyama, "Polarization insensitive and low loss tunable 3D nanostep hollow waveguide for widely tunable photonic devices", International Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop (INOW) August 2007, Beijing-Lanzhou, China, P2-39.
M. Kumar, T.Sakaguchi, and F. Koyama, "Polarization insensitive and low loss tunable 3D hollow waveguide for tunable photonic devices", Optoelectronics and Communication Conference (OECC) July 2007, Yokohama, Japan, 13E1-3.
M. Kumar and F. Koyama,"Modeling of 3D curved hollow waveguide for widely tunable photonic devices", International Conference on Contemporary Photonics Technology (CPT) 2007, Tokyo, Japan, F-3.