Reji Philip
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Dr. Reji Philip is an experimental physicist at the Raman Research Institute
, Bangalore
, who works in the areas of nonlinear optics
and ultra-fast spectroscopy
. He completed his PhD from Cochin University of Science and Technology
(CUSAT) and had post-doctoral
stints at the University of Regensburg
, Germany (with Prof. Alfons Penzkofer) and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
(TIFR), Mumbai (with Prof. G.Ravindra Kumar). He also had sabbatical visits to Prof. D.V.G.L.N. Rao's lab at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
He has published more than 60 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journal
s. His research group has studied interesting nonlinear optical properties of different nanomaterials in the recent past. Currently he is also engaged in the generation of femtosecond plasmas in solid and liquid targets using ultrafast laser pulses. He has two patents and two more are pending.
His 5 most cited papers are, according to Scopus
:
He has an h-index
of 12, having published 13 papers with a citation count of 12 or more.
Raman Research Institute
Raman Research Institute is a research institute in Bangalore, India. It was started by Nobel laureate Sir C. V. Raman.The main areas of research are:*Astronomy and Astrophysics*Liquid Crystals*Theoretical Physics*Optics...
, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, who works in the areas of nonlinear optics
Nonlinear optics
Nonlinear optics is the branch of optics that describes the behavior of light in nonlinear media, that is, media in which the dielectric polarization P responds nonlinearly to the electric field E of the light...
and ultra-fast spectroscopy
Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and radiated energy. Historically, spectroscopy originated through the study of visible light dispersed according to its wavelength, e.g., by a prism. Later the concept was expanded greatly to comprise any interaction with radiative...
. He completed his PhD from Cochin University of Science and Technology
Cochin University of Science and Technology
Cochin University of Science and Technology is a government owned autonomous university in Kochi , Kerala, India. Founded in 1971, the university consists of three campuses, two in Kochi and one in Kuttanad, Alappuzha, 66 km inland. The university awards degrees in engineering and allied...
(CUSAT) and had post-doctoral
Postdoctoral researcher
Postdoctoral research is scholarly research conducted by a person who has recently completed doctoral studies, normally within the previous five years. It is intended to further deepen expertise in a specialist subject, including acquiring novel skills and methods...
stints at the University of Regensburg
University of Regensburg
The University of Regensburg is a public research university located in the medieval city of Regensburg, Bavaria, a city that is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university was founded on July 18, 1962 by the Landtag of Bavaria as the fourth full-fledged university in Bavaria...
, Germany (with Prof. Alfons Penzkofer) and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research is a research institution in India dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. It is located at Navy Nagar, Colaba, Mumbai...
(TIFR), Mumbai (with Prof. G.Ravindra Kumar). He also had sabbatical visits to Prof. D.V.G.L.N. Rao's lab at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
He has published more than 60 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journal
Scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
s. His research group has studied interesting nonlinear optical properties of different nanomaterials in the recent past. Currently he is also engaged in the generation of femtosecond plasmas in solid and liquid targets using ultrafast laser pulses. He has two patents and two more are pending.
His 5 most cited papers are, according to Scopus
Scopus
Scopus, officially named SciVerse Scopus, is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It covers nearly 18,000 titles from over 5,000 international publishers, including coverage of 16,500 peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical,...
:
- Philip, R., Kumar, G.R., Sandhyarani, N., Pradeep, T. "Picosecond optical nonlinearity in monolayer-protected gold, silver, and gold-silver alloy nanoclusters" (2000) Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 62 (19), pp. 13160-13166. Cited 87 times.
- Tom, R.T., Nair, A.S., Singh, N., Aslam, M., Nagendra, C.L., Philip, R., Vijayamohanan, K., Pradeep, T. "Freely dispersible Au@TiO2, Au@ZrO2, Ag@TiO2, and Ag@ZrO2 core-shell nanoparticles: One-step synthesis, characterization, spectroscopy, and optical limiting properties" (2003) Langmuir, 19 (8), pp. 3439-3445. Cited 84 times.
- Philip, R., Penzkofer, A., Bäumler, W., Szeimies, R.M., Abels, C. "Absorption and fluorescence spectroscopic investigation of indocyanine green" (1996) Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 96 (1-3), pp. 137-148. Cited 49 times.
- Rao, S.V., Srinivas, N.K.M.N., Rao, D.N., Giribabu, L., Maiya, B.G., Philip, R., Kumar, G.R. "Studies of third-order optical nonlinearity and nonlinear absorption in tetra tolyl porphyrins using degenerate four wave mixing and Z-scan" (2000) Optics Communications, 182 (1-3), pp. 255-264. Cited 48 times.
- Sengupta, P., Balaji, J., Banerjee, S., Philip, R., Ravindra Kumar, G., Maiti, S. "Sensitive measurement of absolute two-photon absorption cross sections" (2000) Journal of Chemical Physics, 112 (21), pp. 9201-9205. Cited 30 times.
He has an h-index
H-index
The h-index is an index that attempts to measure both the productivity and impact of the published work of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications...
of 12, having published 13 papers with a citation count of 12 or more.