Professor Ravi Jain Distinguished Chair
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Home Institution | University of New Mexico |
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Host Institution | Defence Science and Technology (DST) |
Award Name | Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Advanced (Defence) Science and Technology (Funded by DST) |
Discipline | Electrical/Computer Engineering |
Award Year | 2020 |
Ravi is a Professor at the University of New Mexico, whose formal affiliations span the Departments of Electrical Engineering, Physics, Nanoscience and Microsystems Engineering, and the Center for High Technology Materials. Besides teaching laser physics, fiber optics, optoelectronics, semiconductor and glass physics, he performs research on the development of next generation glass devices for fiber lasers and fiber-optic sensors, with an added emphasis on extending such device capabilities to the mid-infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Ravi plans to perform research on embedding custom nanocrystallites in “soft glasses” for new fiber laser and optical sensor applications at the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing. The lasers and optical sensors will be useful for DST with applications ranging from “blinding” incoming missiles to sensing extremely small quantities of undesirable toxic gases. Such nanocrystal-embedded glass lasers and optoelectronic sensors are expected to have significant impact on numerous health monitoring, pollution monitoring, and industrial process monitoring applications.