Dr. MUKESH KUMAR

Scientist-F, Vacuum Technology

Cockpit Instrumentation, Vacuum Deposition

Current Work Area

• Optical Coatings
• Dielectric Multilayers
• Laser, IR and Visible Coatings
• Optical Measurements
• See-through Displays

Qualification

• PhD (2019), Faculty of Engineering Sciences, AcSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh
• M.Tech (2010-12), Advanced Instrumentation Engineering, AcSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh
• B. Tech (2006-10), Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering & Technology, Bhubaneswar

R&D Interest

• Optical interference filters for avionics and aerospace
• Thickness modula
• ted thin film filters
• Optical characterization of thin film multilayers

Research Publications

1. BAJPAI AKRITI, KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM. Substrate-influenced water-resistant, optical, and ellipsometric properties of electron beam evaporated Ta2O5 transparent coatings. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B. 05-11-2025, 43(6), 62802
2. SHASHI KANT, KUMARI NEELAM, KUMAR MUKESH. Effect of deposition conditions on the morphological, optical, and corrosion behavior of electron beam evaporated high-performance HfO2 thin films. Applied Physics A- Materials Science & Processing. 22-07-2025, 131(8), 631
3. GUPTA NITISH KUMAR, SRINIVASU SAPIREDDY, KUMAR MUKESH, TIWARI ANJANI KUMAR, PAL SUDIPTA SARKAR, WANARE HARSHAWARDHAN, RAMAKRISHNA SUBRAMANIAM ANANTHA. Realization of Jackiw–Rebbi zero-energy modes at photonic crystal domain walls: Emergence of polarization-indiscriminate surface states. Applied Physics Letters. 26-02-2024, 124(9), 091104
4. GUPTA NITISH KUMAR, CHOPRA ADITI, KUMAR MUKESH, TIWARI ANJANI KUMAR, PAL SUDIPTA SARKAR, WANARE HARSHAWARDHAN, RAMAKRISHNA SUBRAMANIAM ANANTHA. Surface State Engineering Using Bulk-Band Geometric Phases: Band Inversion and its Observable Implications in One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals. Indian Journal of pure & applied physics. 01-07-2023, 61(7), 560-567
5. SHASHI KANT, KUMAR VSRS PRAVEEN, KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM. Surface wettability, morphology and optical characteristics of HfO2 films grown systematically by electron beam evaporation. Applied Physics A- Materials Science & Processing. 01-02-2023, 129(3), 172
6. KAUR HARMEET, SHRIVASTAV VISHAL, KUMAR MUKESH, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, DEEP AKASH. Investigations on optoelectronic properties of metal (Terbium)-organic framework / tris(8-hydroxyquinolinato)aluminium composite for potential device applications. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 15-11-2020, 255, 123569
7. KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, DEEP AKASH, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Chemoresistive Room-Temperature Sensing of Ammonia Using Zeolite Imidazole Framework and Reduced Graphene Oxide (ZIF-67/rGO) Composite. ACS Omega. 13-10-2020, 5(42), 27492-27501
8. KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Optical and morphological studies of aluminium oxide films fabricated at different leaning angles using ion assisted E-Beam deposition technique. Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optic. 01-08-2020, 222, 165376
9. SHARMA NANCY, KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, DEEP AKASH, GOSWAMY J. K., SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Tantalum oxide thin films for electrochemical pH sensor. Material Research Express. 16-03-2020, 7(3), 036405
10. SHARMA NANCY, KUMAR VSRS PRAVEEN, KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, KARAR VINOD, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, GOSWAMY J. K.. Fabrication and estimation of optical constants of hydrophobic Ta2O5 thin films. Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optic. 01-02-2020, 202, 163697
11. KUMAR VSRS PRAVEEN, KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Design and development of an optical reflective notch filter using the ion-assisted deposition technique with stepwise modulated thickness for avionics applications. Applied Optics. 10-01-2020, 59(2), 564-571
12. KUMAR VSRS PRAVEEN, KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Spectroscopic and morphological studies of SiO2 graded index thin films fabricated at oblique incidence angles. Optical Materials. 01-01-2020, 99, 109560
13. KUMAR MUKESH, TEWARY SUMAN, KUMARI NEELAM, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KARAR VINOD. Optical characterization of silicon dioxide thin films prepared by ion-assisted electron beam deposition. Optical Engineering . 27-06-2019, 58(6), 065104
14. PARINAM SUNITA, KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, KARAR VINOD, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. An improved optical parameter optimisation approach using Taguchi and genetic algorithm for high transmission optical filter design. Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optic. 01-04-2019, 182, 382-392
15. KUMAR VSRS PRAVEEN, KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Fabrication of Al2O3/SiO2 multilayer reflective filters with excellent uniformity for demanding optical interference filters. Vacuum. 22-03-2019, 6(6), 066410
16. KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KARAR VINOD. Ion assisted deposition of Silica-Titania multilayer optical filter for beam steering of Nd:YAG laser. Vacuum. 01-09-2018, 155, 142-146
17. KUMAR MUKESH, KARAR VINOD, BAJPAI P P. MEMS Display: Emerging Technology for Next Generation Avionics Display. International Journal of Computer Applications. 01-05-2012, 45(4), 1-6

Patents

Patent(s) Filed


Patent(s) Granted

Significant recognition: Awards, Honours and Fellowships

• Recipient of CSIR-Quick Hire Scientist Fellowship from 2010-2012
• Optical Society of India (OSI) Award for the research work titled "Multilayer dielectric thin-film optical filters for beam folding applications" in the OSI-Best Paper Category presented in International Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP)- 2015 held during February 20-22, 2015 in University of Calcutta.
• Springer Best Presentation Award during International Conference on Thin Films (ICTF-17) organised by Indian Vacuum Society during 13-17 November 2017 at NPL, New Delhi.
• Best Paper Award at the 4th National Conference on Nanoscience and Instrumentation Technology (NCNIT) held at National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India, 2016 for the paper titled “Design of Optical Multilayer Band Pass Filter Using Genetic Algorithm”.
• Best Paper Award at the First International Conference on Advanced Materials for Power Engineering (ICAMPE-2015) held on December 11-13, 2015 at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala organized by Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland and International Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IIUCNN), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, for the paper entitled ''Study of Optical and Surface characteristics of E-beam deposited TiO2 thin films''.
• 1st Prize in ‘Best Poster category’ for paper titled Design of Optical Multilayer Band Pass Filter Using Genetic Algorithm, in 4th National Conference on Nanoscience and Instrumentation Technology (NCNIT-2016)” organised by Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra during 04 - 05 June, 2016, Haryana, India.
• 1st Prize in ‘Best Poster category’ for paper titled Design and fabrication of Titania–Hafnia multilayer filter for optical display applications, in Second annual meeting of CRIKC Nanoscience group on 2nd CRIKC Nanoscience Day” organized by Institute of Nanoscience and Technology (INST) on 08 August, 2016, Mohali, Punjab.
• Best Paper Award for the paper titled 'Design and Fabrication of Angle Dependent Dielectric Mirror' in 6th National Conference on Nano-science & Instrumentation Technology' organised during 29-30 March, 2018 at NIT, Kurukshetra
• University Gold Medallist across all engineering streams in the Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha for the batch 2006 - 2010

Other Information

Book Chapter
Parinam Sunita, Vemuri Srs Praveen Kumar, Kumar Mukesh, Kumari Neelam, Parinam Krishna Rao, Karar Vinod, Sharma Amit L, “Optical Thin Film Filters: Design, Faurication, and Characterization ”, “High-Performance Materials and Engineered Chemistry”, ISBN: 9781771885980, Apple Academic Press, USA & Taylor and Francis Group

Technology (Developed/Transfered/Commercialised) / Software Applications, Algorithms designed/developed/deployed and implemented

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