Assistant Professor

Dr Swagata Samanta

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Interests

  1. Integrated Optics, Plasmonics and Neuromorphics
  2. Quantum Electronics and Quantum Photonics
  3. VLSI circuits

Faculty Details

Education

2009

West Bengal University of Technology
India
BTech

2011

West Bengal University of Technology
India
MTech

2018

IIT Kharagpur
India
PhD

Experience

  • 08/07/2019 to 07/07/2021 – Postdoctoral Research Assistant – University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • 02/11/2018 to 30/06/2019 – Postdoctoral Research Fellow – IISc Bangalore, India
  • 18/04/2018 to 16/10/2018 – Researcher – IIT Kharagpur, India
  • 12/07/2011 to 21/12/2012 – Assistant Professor – IERCEM Institute of Information Technology, India

Research Interest

  • Energy-efficient and high-speed light-spiking nanophotonic devices using Artificial Intelligence Systems
  • Resonant tunnelling diodes in THz applications
  • On-chip sensors using integrated photonic devices
  • Design, fabrication and characterization of waveguide structures using Silicon/LiNbO3/SiN/SU-8 polymer
  • Development of digital image processing techniques using reconfigurable programming logic

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2020 – Publication voucher as token of appreciation – Applied Sciences
  • 2019 – Book royalty – Springer Nature
  • 2017 – Full financial grant to attend best-listed conference FIO/LS 2017, Washington, USA – IIT Kharagpur
  • 2017 – Teaching assistantship – IIT Kharagpur
  • 2016 – Full financial grant to attend best-listed conference 2016 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, USA – IIT Kharagpur
  • 2015 – Best poster award – IIT Kharagpur
  • 2012 – Doctoral fellowship (Institute Fellow) – MHRD
  • 2012 – Book royalty – Lambert Academic Publishing

Professional Experience

  • Reviewer | Journal of Nanophotonics, SPIE
  • Reviewer | Optical Fiber Technology, Elsevier
  • Reviewer | Applied Sciences, MDPI

Publications

JOURNALS
  • The role of selective pattern etching to improve the Ohmic contact resistance and device performance of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs - A. Dhongde, S. Taking, M. Elksne, S. Samanta, A. Ofiare, K. Karami, A. A- Khalidi, E. Wasige – International Journal of Nanoelectronics and Materials (2021), accepted for publication
  • Fluid Sensing Strategies Adopted in Photonic Devices: A Review - S. Samanta, S. Kalathimekkad, S. K. Selvaraja - Optics and Laser Technology, 139, 106975 (2021)
  • A 1×2 polarization-independent power splitter using three-coupled silicon rib waveguides - S. Samanta, P. K. Dey, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly - Journal of Optics, 20, 095801 (2018)
  • Development of Micro-Ring Resonator-based Optical Bandpass Filter using SU-8 Polymer and Optical Lithography - S. Samanta, P. K. Dey, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly – Optical Materials, 77, 122 - 126 (2018)
  • Focused Ion Beam Fabrication of SU-8 Waveguide Structures on Oxidized Silicon - S. Samanta, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly – MRS Advances, 2 (18), 981 - 986 (2017)
  • Comparative Study between the Results of Effective Index Based Matrix Method and Characterization of Fabricated SU-8 Waveguide - S. Samanta, P. K. Dey, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly – Optics Communications, 382, 632 - 638 (2017)
  • Effective index-based matrix method for silicon waveguides in SOI platform - S. Samanta, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly - Optik, 126 (24), 5488 - 5495 (2015)
CONFERENCES
  • The role of selective pattern etching to improve the Ohmic contact resistance and device performance of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs - A. Dhongde, S. Taking, M. Elksne, S. Samanta, A. Ofiare, K. Karami, A. A- Khalidi, E. Wasige – International Conference on Applied Photonics and Electronics (InCAPE 2021), Malaysia (2021)
  • Two-Step Lithography RTD Fabrication Process Using Air-Bridge Technology - S. Samanta, J. Wang, E. Wasige - Compound Semiconductor Week (CSW-2021), Stockholm, Sweden (2021)
  • Design of a Novel Polarization-Independent Power Splitter Using Coupled Silicon Rib Waveguides - S. Samanta, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly - Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science, (FIO/LS 2017), Washington, USA (2017)
  • Design and Fabrication of SU-8 Polymer Based Photonic Crystal Waveguide - S. Samanta, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly - Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science, (FIO/LS 2017), Washington, USA (2017)
  • Micro-ring resonator using SU-8 waveguides for temperature sensor - S. Samanta, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly - International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, (Photonics 2016), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India (2016)
  • Fabrication of directional coupler using SU-8 wire waveguide by optical lithography sensor - S. Samanta, P. K. Dey, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly - International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, (Photonics 2016), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India (2016)
  • Fabrication of SU-8 polymer waveguides using focused ion beam lithography - S. Samanta, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly - 2016 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (2016)
  • Design of a polarization independent power splitter in SOI platform by effective index based matrix method - S. Samanta, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly - International Conference on Microwave, Optical and Communication Engineering, (ICMOCE 2015), Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India (2015)
  • Fabrication of SU-8 wire waveguide on silicon substrate - S. Samanta, P. K. Dey, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly - International Conference on Light Quanta: Modern Perspectives and Applications, (ICLQMPA 2015), University of Allahabad, India (2015)
  • Fabrication of Ridge Polymer Waveguide by Direct Laser Writing at 375 nm Wavelength – P. K. Dey, S. Samanta, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly - 12th International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, (Photonics 2014), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (2014)
  • Design and Analysis of Directional Coupler made of Straight and Curved Silicon wire waveguides – S. Samanta, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly - 12th International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, (Photonics 2014), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (2014)
  • Analysis of Si-wire waveguide and Micro Ring Resonator – S. Samanta, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly - International conference on Optics & Opto-electronics, (ICOL-2014), DRDO, Dehradun, India (2014)
  • Processing of image data using FPGA-based microblaze core – S. Samanta, S. Paik, S. Gangopadhyay, A. Chakrabarti - High Performance Architecture and Grid Computing, (HPAGC-2011), Chandigarh, India (2011)
BOOK/MONOGRAPH/BOOK CHAPTER
  • Photonic Waveguide Components on Silicon Substrate: Modeling and Experiments -S. Samanta, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly – Springer Nature, ISBN: 978-981-15-1311-4 (2020)
  • Design and implementation of digital image processing using FPGA -S. Samanta, S. Paik, A. Chakrabarti – Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978-3846542729 (2011)
  • Processing of image data using FPGA-based microblaze core -S. Samanta, S. Paik, S. Gangopadhyay, A. Chakrabarti – High Performance Architecture and Grid Computing, CCIS 169, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg Publishers, ISBN: 978-3846542729 (2011)

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