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Balaji Srinivasan

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044-2257 4426

balajis@ee.iit.ac.in

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  • Balaji Srinivasan obtained his Ph.D. in 2000 from the University of New Mexico, USA. He subsequently worked as a Senior Development Scientist at Corning Incorporated, USA, where he led technology development efforts related to 3D Optical Cross-connects and Channel Selectable Tunable Filters.
  • Since 2004 he has been with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras as a faculty in the Department of Electrical Engineering, presently as Professor. Balaji has research interests span the development of active and passive optical components / subsystems for distributed fiber optic sensors and fiber lasers.
  • Balaji has co-authored more than 140 journal and international conference publications, as well as 3 book chapters. He also has 7 patents to his credit (5 more pending). He has successfully executed or currently investigating 24 research projects worth over INR 17 Crores (USD 2.6M) of funding, resulting in the development of 6 technologies, 3 of which have been transferred to industry for commercialization.

  • Thermal stability of Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and FBG-based sensors.
  • High power fiber lasers and amplifiers.
  • Nonlinear interactions in optical fibers including Raman and Brillouin scattering.
  • Optical instrumentation for fiber characterization and sensing.

  • Associate Editor, Optics Express (2016)
  • Senior Member, OSA (2016)
  • Co-Chair, Optoelectronics, International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (2015).
  • Co-Chair, International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics (2012).
  • Member, Working Group on Photonics, Ministry of Information Technology (2009- )
  • Member, Technical Program Committee for International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, Kanpur/Kharagpur (2016/2014).
  • Member, Technical Program Committee for SPIE Photonic Applications for Aviation, Aerospace, Commercial & Harsh Environments (2014).
  • Member, Technical Program Committee for Asia Pacific Conference on Transducers and Micro/Nano Technologies (2014).
  • Member, Technical Program Committee for Asia Communications and Photonics Conference, Beijing (2013).
  • Collegiate Inventor Award (2000), organized by National Inventors Hall of Fame for significant Inventions among US college students.
  • New Focus Student Award (1999), organized by Optical Society of America (OSA) for research excellence, presentation prowess, and leadership in the optics community.
  • Outstanding Graduate Student in EECE Award (1999).
  • New Focus Student Travel Grant (1995), organized by OSA for a paper presentation at the Conference of Lasers and Electro-Optics.
  • Member of the OSA and IEEE/LEOS; Referee for OSA and IEEE publications.
  • Faculty Advisor, Student Chapter of Optical Society of America at IIT-Madras (2010-2014).
  • B Tech/M Tech Project Coordinator, Electrical Engineering Department, IIT-Madras (2006-2009).
  • Timetable Coordinator, Electrical Engineering Department,IIT-Madras (2011-2013).
  • Treasurer, UNM Student Chapter of OSA and EECE Graduate Student Association (1996-97).
  • Vice-President, India Students Association (1997-98).
  • President & Captain, UNM Cricket Club (1997-2000).

    Previous Courses

  • EC1010 Electric and Magnetic Circuits (Even 2010, 11).
  • EE1100 Basic Electrical Engineering (Odd 2013).
  • EE2001 Digital Systems (Even 2018).
  • EE2025 Engineering Electromagnetics (Summer 2004, 08, Odd 2007, 08, 12, 17).
  • EE3060 Transmission Lines (Odd 2005).
  • EE4250 Fiber Optic Communications (Even 2007, 08, 09, 10).
  • EE5000 Communications Laboratory (Odd 2006, 08, 09, 10).
  • EE5010 Wave Propagation and Radiation (Odd 2004, 06, 09, 14).
  • EE5410 Fiber Optic Communication Technology (Even 2004, 08, 09, 10, 11,14,16,17).
  • EE5450 Integrated Optical Circuits and Devices (Even 2005, 06).
  • EE5500 Advanced Communications Laboratory (Even 2006, 09, 10).
  • EE5411* Introduction to Photonics (New, Odd 2010, 11, 16, Even 15, 18, 19(NPTEL)).
  • EE6501* Optical Sensors (New, Odd 2012, 13, 14, 16).
  • EE6700 Advanced Photonics Laboratory (Even 2017).
  • EE6509* Fiber Lasers and Applications (GIAN, Odd 2016).
  • EE6511* Distributed Fiber Sensors and Applications (GIAN, Odd 2016).

  • Method of searching through ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) and system thereof G C Sankaran, K Sivalingam, B Srinivasan . US Patent 11,605,429/2023.
  • Molybdenum disulphide coated Fluorescent fiber for detection of corona discharges in transformer oil SK Amizhtan, S Gyatso, R Sarathi, B Srinivasan, BN Shivananju . IEEE Sensors Letters 7 (3), 1-4 1/2023.
  • Effect of polarization extinction mismatch on coherent beam combining CL Linslal, S Maji, MS Sooraj, V Sankar, D Venkitesh, B Srinivasan Laser Applications Conference, JW3B 5/2022.
  • Emerging nanophotonic biosensor technologies for virus detection S Bannur Nanjunda, VN Seshadri, C Krishnan, S Rath, S Arunagiri, Q Bao, Nanophotonics 11 (22), 5041-5059 2 /2022.
  • Stability Analysis of Diode Pumped Actively Mode-Locked Thulium Doped Fiber Laser PS Anjali, B Srinivasan, D Venkitesh 2022 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 1-2 /2022.
  • Analysis and Reduction of Relative Intensity Noise in Thulium Doped Fiber Ring Laser A Kurur, PS Anjali, B Srinivasan, D Venkitesh 2022 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 1-2 /2022.
  • Excitation of whispering gallery modes in a microbottle resonator S Chejarla, R Vasanth, AV Veluthandath, GS Murugan, B Srinivasan/ 2022.
  • Optical Sub-Nyquist Sampling of S and C-band Signals with 1 GHz Clock Source and Its Performance K Singh, CNS Subramaniyam, SJ Sreeraj, B Srinivasan, D Venkitesh 2022 Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 1701-1704 /2022.
  • Compact photonic transient digitizer operating with one-twelfth of required electronic bandwidth K Singh, SJ Sreeraj, CNS Subramaniyam, B Srinivasan, D Venkitesh Laser Science, JW4A 72 /2022.
  • Generation Of Orbital Angular Momentum Beams With Enhanced Purity Using Gerchberg-Saxton Algorithm D Basu, S Chejarla, S Bhattacharya, B Srinivasan Laser Science, JTu4A 75 /2022.

  • Balaji presently serves in the Editorial Board of the prestigious Optics Express journal, and is one of the Directors of Unilumen Photonics Pvt Ltd, a fiber laser company incubated by IIT Madras.
  • He is the winner of the prestigious Collegiate Inventor Award in 2000, New Focus Student Award in 1999, and is a frequent reviewer for journals published by the Optical Society of America and IEEE.
  • He has served as Member of the Photonics Working Group of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITy), Government of India, Steering Committee of the National Photonics Fellowship, the Editorial Board of the Springer Photonic Network Communications Journal, and as a Chair for the 2012 International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics.
  • For his professional accomplishments, he has been awarded Senior Membership in OSA.
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