Dr K. Nithyanandan
Group Lead
Research Interests
Nithy's broad area of research is Optical sciences, primarily in the topics related to light matter interaction in optical fibers, development of novel fiber lasers & amplifiers, optical fiber communications. A recent development in his activities are the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) in photonic system, aiming at adding new functionalities and to improve performance. He also shows keen interest on quantum technologies like quantum computing, quantum machine learning etc.,.
Professional Background
- Assistant Professor
- Dept. of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
- Research Fellow
- Optoelectronic Research Centre, Southampton, UK - Sept’ 2019 – Dec’ 2020
- Research Fellow
- Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Prague - Jan’ 2019 – Aug’ 2019
- CNRS Postdoctoral Fellow
- Universite de Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France - Nov’ 2017 – Dec’ 2018
- CNRS Postdoctoral Fellow
- Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon, France - July 2016 - Oct’ 2017
- Research Associate
- Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India - Mar’ 2016 – June 2016
- Ph.D in Nonlinear Optics
- Pondicherry University, Puducherry - Aug’ 2010 – Mar’ 2016
- Junior Research Fellow
- Pondicherry University, Puducherry - Aug’ 2008 – Jul’ 2010