Dr. Anirban Sarkar

Dr. Anirban Sarkar
Asst. Professor (Grade II)
Office Address:
PH110B, First Floor, Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode - 673 601, Kerala, India
Ph.D. in Physics — Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India (2017)
M.Sc. in Physics — Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India (2012)
B.Sc. in Physics — St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, University of Calcutta, India (2010)
Educational Qualifications
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Ph.D. in Physics — Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India (2017)
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M.Sc. in Physics — Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India (2012)
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B.Sc. in Physics — St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, University of Calcutta, India (2010)
Journals
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Anirban Sarkar, and Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., "Replica symmetry breaking in coherent and incoherent random lasing modes," Optics Letters 46, 5169-5172 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.441638
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Anirban Sarkar, Irène Wang, Jörg Enderlein, Jacques Derouard, and Antoine Delon, "Quantitative analysis of hidden particles diffusing behind a scattering layer using speckle correlation," Optics Express 28, 32936-32954 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.401506
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Apurba Maity, Anirban Sarkar, Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., and Sanjib K. Patra, "Design and synthesis of perfluoroalkyl decorated BODIPY dye for random laser action in a microfluidic device," New Journal of Chemistry 44, 14650-14661 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NJ03108A
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Priyanka S. Choubey, Anirban Sarkar, Shailendra K. Varshney, and Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., "Random laser spectroscopy and replica symmetry breaking phase transitions in a solvent-rich polymer thin film waveguide," Journal of the Optical Society of America B (JOSA-B) 37, 2505-2513 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.399091
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Anirban Sarkar, Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., and Jonathan Andreasen, "Replica Symmetry Breaking in a Weakly Scattering Optofluidic Random Laser," Scientific Reports 10, 2628 (2020).https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59575-2
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Anirban Sarkar, Joseph Gallagher, Irène Wang, Giovanni Cappello, Jörg Enderlein, Antoine Delon, and Jacques Derouard, "Confocal fluorescence correlation spectroscopy through a sparse layer of scattering objects," Optics Express 27, 19382-19397 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.019382
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Anirban Sarkar, N. N. Subhashree Ojha, and Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., "Effect of Photonic Stop-band on the Modes of a Weakly Scattering DCM-PVA Waveguide Random Laser," Applied Physics Letters 110, 251104 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4989842
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Apurba Maity, Anirban Sarkar, Amit Sil, Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., and Sanjib K. Patra, "Synthesis, photophysical and concentration-dependent tunable lasing behavior of 2,6- diacetylenyl-functionalized BODIPY dyes," New Journal of Chemistry 41, 2296-2308 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1039/C6NJ03033E
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Anirban Sarkar, Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., and Sugata Pratik Khastgir, "Optofluidic two-dimensional grating volume refractive index sensor," Applied Optics 55, 7247 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.55.007247
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Anirban Sarkar, and Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., "Signatures of periodicity and randomness in the angular emission profile of a 2-D on-average periodic optofluidic random laser," Optics Letters 40, 4951 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.004951
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Kumara Raja Kandula, Anirban Sarkar, and B. N. Shivakiran Bhaktha, "Sol-gel fabrication and characterization of ZnO and Zn2SiO4 nanoparticles embedded silica glass-ceramic waveguides," Optical Materials Express 3, 2078-2085 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.3.002078
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N. N. Subhashree Ojha, Anirban Sarkar, and Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., "Higher Order Photonic Stop-Bands and Random Lasing in Microflower Decorated Polystyrene Opals," Asian Journal of Physics 30, 863-870 (2021). https://asianjournalofphysics.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4.Higher-order-photonic-stop-bands-and-random-lasing-in-microflower-decorated-polystyrene-opals_863-870.pdf
Conferences
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Jerry Yeung, Anirban Sarkar, Markus Pollnau, "Effect of bi-directional excitation and external feedback on the mode structure of distributed-feedback lasers," in Proc. of SPIE, vol 12142, pp 121420Y-1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2621959
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Antoine Delon, Anirban Sarkar, Jörg Enderlein, Irène Wang, "Dynamic Correlation Analysis of the Speckle Produced by Particles Diffusing behind a Scattering Layer," Focus on Microscopy, March 28–31, 2021, Online. https://www.focusonmicroscopy.org/past/2021/PDF/1205_Delon.pdf
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Anirban Sarkar, Irène Wang, Aditya Katti, Jörg Enderlein, Jacques Derouard, and Antoine Delon, "Fluorescence speckle image correlation spectroscopy," SPIE Photonics Europe, April 06–10, 2020, Online Only. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2558129
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Anirban Sarkar, Irène Wang, Jörg Enderlein, Jacques Derouard, and Antoine Delon, "Fluorescence Speckle Correlation Spectroscopy," Quantitative BioImaging Conference, January 06–09, 2020, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Anirban Sarkar, Jacques Derouard, A Katti, Jörg Enderlein, and Antoine Delon, "Confocal Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy through a Scattering Layer," Focus on Microscopy, April 14–17, 2019, London, United Kingdom. http://www.focusonmicroscopy.org/2019/PDF/1216_Delon.pdf
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Anirban Sarkar, Jonathan Andreasen, and Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., "Spatially Dependent Replica Symmetry Breaking in an Optofluidic Random Laser," Frontiers in Optics: The 101st OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit/Laser Science XXXIII, September 17–21, 2017, Washington DC, United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2017.JW3A.30
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Anirban Sarkar, Jonathan Andreasen, and Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., "Spatial Distribution of Lasing Modes in an Optofluidic Random Laser Mapped by a Pump-Probe Technique," International Workshop on Complex Photonics, January 22–24, 2017, TIFR Mumbai, India.
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Anirban Sarkar, N. N. Subhashree Ojha, and Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., "Effect of Opal Based Resonating Cavity on Random Laser Emission from a Dye Doped Polymer Waveguide", 13th International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, December 4-8, 2016, IIT Kanpur, India. https://doi.org/10.1364/PHOTONICS.2016.Th4F.4
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Anirban Sarkar, Jonathan Andreasen, and Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., "Boundary concentrated Modes of a 2-D Optofluidic Random Laser Mapped Using a Pump probe Technique," Frontiers in Optics: The 100th OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit/Laser Science XXXII, October 17–21, 2016, Rochester, New York, United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2016.JW4A.179
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Anirban Sarkar and Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., "Spatial Mapping of Lasing Modes in a 2-D Optofluidic Random Laser," Recent Advances in Optical Sciences-II (RAOS-II), May 6–7, 2016, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.
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Anirban Sarkar, Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., S. P. Khastgir, "Optofluidic 2-D grating refractive index sensor," National Workshop on Advances in Photonics, November 13–14 , 2015, IIT Kharagpur, India.
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Anirban Sarkar, Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., "Angular Distribution of the Emission of a 2-D Optofluidic Random Laser," Frontiers in Optics: The 99th OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit/Laser Science XXXI, October 18–22, 2015, Fairmont San Jose, California, USA. https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2015.JW2A.20
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Pratyusha Das, Subhabrata Ghosh, Anirban Sarkar, Prahalad Kanti Barman, B. N. Shivakiran Bhaktha, "Nanostructured sol-gel thinfilms for nanophotonic applications," 2nd International Conference on Frontiers of Nanoscience, Technology and Applications FINSTA’14, December 20–22, 2014, Prasanthinilayam, A.P., India.
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Anirban Sarkar and Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., "Experimental Investigations of the Emission from a 2D Optofluidic Random Laser," PHOTONICS 2014, 12th International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, December 13–16, 2014, IIT Kharagpur, India. https://doi.org/10.1364/PHOTONICS.2014.T3A.27
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Anirban Sarkar and Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., "Effect of Spatial Distribution of the Pump Energy on Random Lasing from a Structured 2D Optofluidic Reservoir," DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium (NLS-23), December 3–6, 2014, S.V. University, A.P., India.
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Arindam Nag, Kumara Raja Kandula, Anirban Sarkar, Shivakiran Bhaktha B.N., "Controlled growth of 3D photonic crystals by Langmuir-Blodgett technique," India-Singapore Joint Physics Symposium 2013, February 25–27, 2013, IIT Kharagpur, India.
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B. N. Shivakiran Bhaktha, Anirban Sarkar, Kumara Raja Kandula, Xavier Noblin, Nicolas Bachelard, and Patrick Sebbah, "Experimental Investigations of Random Laser Emission in a Microfluidic Channel," PHOTONICS 2012, International Conference on Fibre Optics and Photonics, December 09–12, 2012, IIT Madras, India. https://doi.org/10.1364/PHOTONICS.2012.MPo.34
Professional Experience
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August 2022 — till date: Assistant Professor at Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India
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August 2020 — July 2022: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
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January 2018 — July 2020: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique, CNRS, Universite Grenoble Alpes, France
Specialisation: Optics and Photonics
- Laser Physics
- Imaging through disordered media
- Optical waveguides
- Photonic crystals
- Optical sensors
Theory:
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PH1003E — Electricity and Magnetism — B.Tech. (First Year) — Winter, AY 2023-24
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PH3021D — Fiber Optics — B.Tech. (Third and Fourth Year) — Winter, AY 2023-24
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PH1001E — Physics of Materials — B.Tech. (First Year) — Monsoon, AY 2023-24
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PH7328LP — Laser Physics — M.Sc. (Second Year) — Winter, AY 2022-23
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PH1001D — Physics — B.Tech. (First Year, All Streams) — Winter, AY 2022-23
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PH3026D — Experimental Techniques in Physics — B.Tech. (Third and Fourth Year) — Monsoon, AY 2022-23
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PH1001D — Physics — B.Tech. (First Year, All Streams) — Monsoon, AY 2022-23
Laboratory:
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PH3091D — Optics Lab — B.Tech. (Third Year) — Monsoon, AY 2023-24
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PH1091D — Physics Lab — B.Tech. (First Year, All Streams) — Winter, AY 2022-23
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PH1091D — Physics Lab — B.Tech. (First Year, All Streams) — Monsoon, AY 2022-23
Achievements:
- INSPIRE fellowship for higher education from Govt. of India
- Optical Society of America Foundation (OSAF) Travel Grant
- Student International Travel Grant from UK–Israel Shaoul Fund IAS
- SGRIP travel grant from IIT Kharagpur
- CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET)
- Graduate Aptitute Test in Engineering (GATE)
- Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM)
Research Interests:
- Laser physics, Random Lasers and DFB Lasers
- Imaging through disordered media
- Optofluidics
- Optical waveguides
- Photonic crystals
- Optical sensors