Publications

Statistical Fluctuations of coherent and incoherent intensity in random lasers with nonresonant feedback.

Ravitej Uppu and Sushil Mujumdar.

Optics Letters, 35, 17, 2831-2833 (2010). doi:10.1364/OL.35.002831

 

Monte Carlo calculations of spectral features in random lasing.

Sushil Mujumdar, Renato Torre, Hema Ramachandran, and Diederik Wiersma.

Journal of Nanophotonics, 4, 041550 (2010). doi:10.1117/1.3388717

 

Tunability parameters in SNOM tip mediated tuning of an ultra-high quality heterostructure resonator.

Sushil Mujumdar.

Journal of Optics, 12, 035001 (2010). doi:10.1088/2040-8978/12/3/035001

 

Chaotic Behavor of Random Lasers

D. S. Wiersma, S. Mujumdar, S. Cavalieri, S. R. Torre, G. L. Oppo, and S. Lepri, 

Chapter 10 in Tutorials in Complex Photonic Media, M. Noginov, M. W. McCall, G. Dewar, and N. I. Zheludev, Eds., SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA, 277–299 (2009).  doi:10.1117/3.832717.ch10

 

Near-field imaging and frequency tuning of a high-Q photonic crystal membrane microcavity.

Sushil Mujumdar, A. F. Koenderink, T. Suenner, B. C. Buchler, M. Kamp, A. Forchel, and V. Sandoghdar.

Optics Express, 15, 25, 17214 (2007). doi:10.1364/OE.15.017214

            

Chaotic behavior of random lasers with static disorder.  

Sushil Mujumdar, Volker Tuerck, and Diederik Wiersma.    

Phys. Rev. A. 76, 033807 (2007). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.76.033807

 

Nano-optomechanical characterization and manipulation of photonic crystals.           

Sushil Mujumdar, A. F. Koenderink, R. Wueest, and V. Sandoghdar.

IEEE JSTQE, 13, 2, 253 (2007).  doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2007.893744 

 

Evanescent wave excited quasi-two dimensional random  lasing.

Sushil Mujumdar, Hema Ramachandran, N. Kumar, and A. K. Sood.

Optics Letters, 31, 18, 2722 (2006). doi:10.1364/OL.31.002722

 

Plasmonically enhanced diffusive and sub-diffusive metal nanoparticle-dye random laser.

G.D.Dice, Sushil Mujumdar, and A. Y. Elezzabi.

App. Phys. Lett. 86, 131105 (2005). doi:10.1063/1.1894590 

 

Few-cycle pulse propagation in multiple scattering media.

Sushil Mujumdar, G. D. Dice, and A.Y.Elezzabi

Optics Communications, 247, 19 (2005). doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2004.11.055

 

Optics of nanostructured dielectrics

D.S. Wiersma, R.  Sapienza , Sushil  Mujumdar, M. Ghulinyan , and L. Pavesi       

Journal of Optics A,.  7, S190 (2005). doi: 10.1088/1464-4258/7/2/025

 

Experimental and numerical investigation of terahertz transmission through strongly scattering sub-wavelength size spheres.

Sushil Mujumdar,  Kenneth Chau, and AY. Elezzabi

App. Phys.  Lett. 85, 6284 (2004). doi : 10.1063/1.1839272

 

Amplified extended modes in random lasers.  

Sushil Mujumdar, Marilena Ricci, Renato Torre and Diederik Wiersma

Phys. Rev. Lett.,  93, 5, 053903 (2004). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.053903

 

Imaging through turbid media using polarization modulation: dependence on scattering anisotropy. 

Sushil Mujumdar and Hema Ramachandran

Optics Communications, 241, (2004) 1-9. doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2004.07.012                                  

 

Temperature tunable random lasing: Experimental Studies and Numerical Simulations.

Sushil Mujumdar, Stefano Cavalieri and Diederik Wiersma

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 21, 1, (2004) 201. doi:10.1364/JOSAB.21.000201

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Anisotropic weak localization in ordered nematic liquid crystals.  

Riccardo Sapienza, Sushil Mujumdar, Cecil Cheung, Arjun Yodh and Diederik Wiersma

Phys. Rev. Lett, 92, 3, 033903 (2004) . doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.033903

 

Use of a graded-gain random amplifier as an optical diode.

Sushil Mujumdar and  Hema Ramachandran

Optics Letters, 26, 12, (2001) 929. doi:10.1364/OL.26.000929

 

Comparative features of Optical Limiting in monolayer protected Gold, Silver and alloy nanoclusters under picosecond and nanosecond laser excitation.  

Reji Philip, Sushil Mujumdar, Hema Ramachandran, G.Ravindra Kumar, N.Sandhyarani and T.Pradeep

Nonlinear Optics, 27, (2001) 357-365.

 

Spectral features in emissions from random amplifying media.  

Sushil Mujumdar and Hema Ramachandran

Optics Communications, 176, (2000) 31-41. doi:10.1016/S0030-4018(00)00498-3

 

Imaging in turbid media using quasiballistic photons.  

Venkatesh Gopal, Sushil Mujumdar, Hema Ramachandran and A.K.Sood

Optics Communications, 170, (1999) 331-345.  doi:10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00468-X

 

A simple demonstration of the Pancharatnam phase as a geometric phase.  

P.Hariharan, Sushil Mujumdar and Hema Ramachandran

Journal of Modern Optics, 46, No.9, (1999) 1443-1446. doi:10.1080/09500349908231346

                         

Pancharatnam phase as a purely geometric phase.

P.Hariharan, K.A.Suresh, Sushil Mujumdar

Current Science, 74, No.9, 10 May 1998. link

            

 

PROCEEDINGS

            

Near-field imaging and manipulation of high-Q resonances in photonic crystals

Sushil Mujumdar, A. F. Koenderink, and Vahid Sandoghdar ,

First International Meeting on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials,  Seefeld, Austria.

08-01-2007 to 11-01-2007

 

Near–field studies of high -Q resonances in photonic crystals.

Sushil Mujumdar, A. F. Koenderink, and Vahid Sandoghdar , NFO, Lausanne, Switzerland.

10-15 September 2006

 

Near-field studies of resonances in multistep photonic crystal heterostructure nanocavities.

Sushil Mujumdar, A.F.Koenderink, and Vahid Sandoghdar

DPG (German Physical Society) meeting, 13-17 March 2006, Frankfurt, Germany.

 

Broadband terahertz pulse propagation in strongly scattering random media.

K. J. Chau, Sushil Mujumdar, and A. Y. Elezzabi
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2005 Conference

 

Terahertz propagation in random media with strong scattering.

Kenneth Chau, Sushil Mujumdar, and A. Y. Elezzabi

Photonics West 2005, SPIE International  symposium, San Jose, California, USA.

 

Random lasers as fascinating new light source.

Diederik S. Wiersma, Stefano Gottardo, Stefano Cavalieri,  and Sushil Mujumdar. 

Frontiers in Optics, 88^th OSA Annual Meeting, Rochester, New York, USA

11-14 October 2004.

 

Experiments and numerical simulations of lasing in random media

Sushil Mujumdar, Renato Torre, Stefano Cavalieri,  and Diederik S. Wiersma        

International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 49th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA, August 2004.

            

Complex photonic systems with external control: from optical NTC resistance to tunable random laser action.
Wiersma, D.S., Sapienza, R., Gottardo, S., Cavalieri, S., Sushil Mujumdar,  and  Aliev, F.
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest

 

Ultra-narrow lasing modes from random amplifying media.  

Sushil Mujumdar, Marilena Ricci, Renato Torre and Diederik Wiersma.

CLEO/QELS-2003 Proceedings, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, June 2003.    

 

Light transport in complex photonic systems.  

D.S.Wiersma, S. Gottardo, R. Sapienza, Sushil Mujumdar, S. Cavalieri, M. Colocci,  R. Righini, L. Dal Negro, C. Oton, M. Ghulinyan, Z. Gaburro, L. Pavesi, F. Aliev, P.M.Johnson, A.Lagendijk, W.L.Vos.

NATO ASI, Wave Scattering in Complex Media, Cargese, Corsica, France, June 2002. 

 

An optical diode from a graded-gain random amplifier.  

Sushil Mujumdar and Hema Ramachandran.

CLEO-2000, Nice, France, September 2000. 

       

Three-dimensional stereoscopic imaging through turbid media.  

Sushil Mujumdar, Andal Narayanan, Hema Ramachandran.

ICOL-Dehradun, December 1998