Arindam Dasgupta
Orlando,USA
Summary
Over a decade of experience in Photonic and Optoelectronic devices, Plasmonics, Optical Holography, optical materials, and Cleanroom nanofabrication. Expert project leader with proactive problem-solving skills and a commitment to continuous learning. Proven track record of successful collaboration within cross-functional international teams, fostering innovation and achieving project goals.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Project lead (R & D)
Eskin Displays
USA, USA
03.2022 - Current
- Demonstrated Graphene metamaterials-based, highly efficient, fast, room-temperature LWIR detector with dynamic spectral tunability
- Designed and developed the nanofabrication recipes for integrating one million pixels of graphene-based IR detectors on a read-out integrated circuit (ROIC) chip to form a readable focal plane array for a prototype LWIR camera.
Research Associate
University of Central Florida
USA, USA
03.2022 - Current
- Demonstrated Graphene metamaterials-based, highly efficient, fast, room-temperature LWIR detector with dynamic spectral tunability
- Designed and developed the nanofabrication recipes for integrating one million pixels of graphene-based IR detectors on a read-out integrated circuit (ROIC) chip to form a readable focal plane array for a prototype LWIR camera
- Demonstrated Vanadium oxide thin film-based device for frequency modulation IR detection
- Designed and built optical test beds for optical and electrical characterization of the devices by identifying and acquiring necessary components.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
USA, USA
11.2018 - 02.2022
- Studied layered 2D materials-based holograms for nonlinear optical information processing
- Demonstrated the World's thinnest optical holograms for beam generation and image storing with monolayer WS2 metasurface
- Studied anisotropic optical properties of layered 2D materials and natural van der Waals heterostructures
- Designed and built integrated optical setups for holographic imaging and linear/nonlinear optical measurements.
Postdoctoral Researcher
CNRS– Université Bourgogne
France, France
05.2016 - 09.2018
- Worked on Surface plasmon-based Wi-Fi for high-speed nanoscale optical information transport in PIC
- Demonstrated an efficient and fast chip-scale optical wireless link between a transducing optical antenna and a nanoscale rectenna
- Demonstrated end-to-end optical communication between the nanoscale transducers in a PIC with physical links made of dielectric and plasmonic waveguides
- Designed and built integrated optical setups for electro-optical and spectroscopic measurements.
Research Fellow
IISER – Pune
India, India
08.2010 - 04.2016
- Studied plasmonic nano junctions for their ability to act as optical antennas for remote excitation molecular sensing, nanoscale optical communication, and Hydrogen sensing
- Demonstrated single molecule detection with dynamic optical assembly of plasmonic nanoparticles on plasmonic thin films
- Designed and built specialized integrated microscopy systems for Raman-, Photoluminescence-, and scattering- spectroscopies, Fourier space imaging, and optical trapping.
Education
Ph.D. in Physics (Optics and Nanophotonics) -
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) – Pune
01.2016
Master of Science in Physics -
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Kharagpur
01.2010
Bachelor of Science in Physics -
University of Calcutta
01.2008
Skills
- Highly skilled in designing and developing integrated systems for optical and electro-optical experiments
- Design, development, and optimization of tailored photonics and optoelectronic devices
- Proficient in optical simulation software (Lumerical, Comsol, CST Studio) and Matlab
- Solid background in semiconductor physics and electro-optical materials
- Proficient in free-space optics and waveguide-based photonic experiments
- Effective scientific communication, technical writing, and presentation skills
Experimental Techniques Instrumentation
- Optics and Electronics: Design and calibration of integrated microscopy, spectroscopy, and electro-optical measurement systems, Spectrometers, Optical Fibers, Photodetectors and modulators, Optical holography and Beam shaping, Fourier Space Imaging/spectroscopy, Power supplies, Function Generators, Spectrum Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, Lock-in Amplifiers.
- Clean room Nanofabrication: Electron beam lithography, Focused ion beam Milling, Photolithography with mask aligners and laser writing systems, RIE/ICP etching, Wet etching, E-beam and thermal deposition, DC and RF Sputtering, Atomic layer deposition, CVD/PE CVD.
- Metrology and Characterization: UV-visible spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, FTIR, Fluorescence spectroscopy, SEM, TEM, XPS, EDXS, AFM, Ellipsometry.
Selected Publications
- Spectrally Tunable Ultrafast Long Wave Infrared Detection at Room Temperature, Science Advances (accepted) (2024).
- Frequency Modulation based Long-Wave Infrared Detection and Imaging at Room Temperature, Advanced Functional Materials 2309298 (2023).
- Naturally occurring van der Waals heterostructure lengenbachite with strong in-plane structural and optical anisotropy, npj 2D Materials and Applications 5 (1), 1-13 (2021).
- Anisotropic Third‐Harmonic Generation in Layered Germanium Selenide, Laser and Photonics Reviews 14 (6) (2020).
- Atomically thin nonlinear transition metal dichalcogenide holograms, Nano letters 19 (9), 6511-6516 (2019).
- Nonlinear beam shaping with binary phase modulation on patterned WS2 monolayer, ACS Photonics, 7, (9), 2506 (2020).
- Optical wireless link between a nanoscale antenna and a transducing rectenna, Nature Communications 9 (1), 1992 (2018).
Computational Skills
- Matlab
- Lumerical FDTD solutions
- CST Studio
- Comsol
- Zemax
- Labview
- K-Layout/L-edit
- C Language
- Solid Works
Professional Courses
- Six Sigma yellow belt
Awards and Honors
- Preeminent Postdoctoral Program (P3) award at the University of Central Florida.
- Ministry of Human Resource, India funded Graduate Research Fellowship during Ph.D. at IISER-Pune.
- Merit-cum-means Scholarship during Masters at IIT-KGP.
Timeline
Project lead (R & D)
Eskin Displays
03.2022 - Current
Research Associate
University of Central Florida
03.2022 - Current
Postdoctoral Researcher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
11.2018 - 02.2022
Postdoctoral Researcher
CNRS– Université Bourgogne
05.2016 - 09.2018
Research Fellow
IISER – Pune
08.2010 - 04.2016
Ph.D. in Physics (Optics and Nanophotonics) -
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) – Pune
Master of Science in Physics -
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Kharagpur
Bachelor of Science in Physics -
University of Calcutta