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Dr. UMESH KUMAR TIWARI

Sr. Principal Scientist, Micro and Nano Optics Centre (µ-NOC)

Fiber optic sensors ( FBG/LPG), Bio-photonics, Opto-electronics

Current Work Area

Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) and long period grating (LPG) based sensors, DFG/DBR structures for sensing applications, FBG for precision mechanical components, FBG based accelerometer and acoustic sensing, LPG based bio-sensing (bacteria, pesticides, bio-marker, and antigen ).

Qualification

(i) Ph.D. (Fiber Optics & Optical Communication) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi 2013-14, Topic: “Studies on Hybrid Optical Amplifiers and Fiber Gratings for Applications in the 1550 nm Wavelength Window”, Thesis Supervisor: Prof. K. Thyagarajan and Prof. M.R. Shenoy, Fiber Optics Group.
(ii) M.Tech. (Opto-electronics specialization in optical communication) from SGSITS, Indore. 2002-2004.
(iii) M.Sc. (Electronics & communication) from Institute of Physics and Electronics, Bhopal Univ., Bhopal, 1997-1999.
(iv) B.Sc. (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, from Bhopal Univ., Bhopal, 1994-1997

R&D Interest

Fiber Grating Sensors (FBG/LPG), High power fiber laser, Bio-sensors, Femtosecond laser based photonic devices, Plasmonics, Terahertz photonics, Optical fiber amplifiers, DWDM communication

Research Publications

1. THAWANY PRIYANKA, KHANNA ASHIMA, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DEEP AKASH. L-cysteine/MoS2 modified robust surface plasmon resonance optical fiber sensor for sensing of Ferritin and IgG. Scientific Reports. 31-03-2023, 13, 5297
2. VAIRAGI KAUSHAL, GUPTA POOJA, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, MONDAL SAMIR K. Reflective axicon based energy-efficient extended depth of focus quasi-Bessel beam probe for common-path optical coherence tomography. Applied Optics. 10-01-2023, ,
3. NEGI VIPENDER SINGH, GARG HARRY, R.R. SHRAVANA KUMAR, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, KARAR VINOD. Random adaptive tool path for zonal optics fabrication. Optics Express. 01-08-2022, 30(16), 29295-29309
4. PANDEY PURNENDU SHEKHAR, RAGHUWANSHI SANJEEV KUMAR, SHADAB AZHAR, ANSARI MD TAUSEEF IQBAL, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR. SPR Based Biosensing Chip for COVID-19 Diagnosis—A Review. IEEE Sensors Journal. 14-06-2022, 22(14), 13800 - 13810
5. RAJESH, KISHORE RAM, PRASAD PRIYANKA, AULAKH N S, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, KUMAR BIRENDRA. Radio-frequency (RF) room temperature plasma treatment of sweet basil seeds (Ocimum basilicum L.) for germination potential enhancement by immaculation. Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. 01-02-2022, 26, 100350
6. SHRIVASTAV VISHAL, SUNDRIYAL SHASHANK, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, KIM KI HYUN, DEEP AKASH. Metal-organic framework derived zirconium oxide/carbon composite as an improved supercapacitor electrode. Energy. 15-11-2021, 235, 121351
7. SHRIVASTAV VISHAL, SUNDRIYAL SHASHANK, GOEL PRIYANSHU, SAHA AVISHEK, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DEEP AKASH. A novel zinc sulfide impregnated carbon composite derived from zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 for sodium-ion hybrid solid-state flexible capacitors. Nanoscale Advances. 07-09-2021, 3(21), 6164-6175
8. SHRIVASTAV VISHAL, SUNDRIYAL SHASHANK, SHRIVASTAV VAISHALI, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DEEP AKASH. WS2/Carbon Composites and Nanoporous Carbon Structures Derived from Zeolitic Imidazole Framework for Asymmetrical Supercapacitors. Energy & Fuels. 02-09-2021, 35(18), 15133–15142
9. MODI KESHAV SAMRAT, SINGH SATYA PRATAP, KAUR JASLEEN, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. All dielectric metasurface based tunable optical modulator: Design and analysis. Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications. 01-02-2021, 43, 100881
10. SHRIVASTAV VISHAL, SUNDRIYAL SHASHANK, KAUR ASHWINDER, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, MISHRA SUNITA, DEEP AKASH. Conductive and porous ZIF-67/PEDOT hybrid composite as superior electrode for all-solid-state symmetrical supercapacitors. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 30-11-2020, 843, 155992
11. NEGI VIPENDER SINGH, GARG HARRY, R.R. SHRAVANA KUMAR, KARAR VINOD, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, KIM DAE WOOK. Parametric removal rate survey study and numerical modeling for deterministic optics manufacturing. Optics Express. 31-08-2020, 28(18), 26733-26749
12. SHRIVASTAV VISHAL, SUNDRIYAL SHASHANK, KI-HUN KIM, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DEEP AKASH. Metal-organic frameworks-derived titanium dioxide–carbon nanocomposite for supercapacitor applications. International Journal of Energy Research. 25-06-2020, 44(8), 6269-6284
13. SHRIVASTAV VISHAL, SUNDRIYAL SHASHANK, GOEL PRIYANSHU, SHRIVASTAV VAISHALI, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DEEP AKASH. ZIF-67 derived Co3S4 hollow microspheres and WS2 nanorods as a hybrid electrode material for flexible 2V solid-state supercapacitor. Electrochimica Acta. 10-06-2020, 345, 136194
14. MODI KESHAV SAMRAT, KAUR JASLEEN, SINGH SATYA PRATAP, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. Extremely high figure of merit in all-dielectric split asymmetric arc metasurface for refractive index sensing. Optics Communications . 01-05-2020, 462, 125327
15. SINGH SATYA PRATAP, KAUR JASLEEN, MODI KESHAV SAMRAT, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. Temperature-assisted broadly tunable supercontinuum generation in chalcogenideglass-based capillary optical fiber. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 01-04-2020, 37(4), 1133-1139
16. SHRIVASTAV VISHAL, SUNDRIYAL SHASHANK, GOEL PRIYANSHU, KAUR HARMEET, TUTEJA SATISH K, KUMAR VIKRANT, KI-HUN KIM, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DEEP AKASH. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their composites as electrodes for lithium battery applications: Novel means for alternative energy storage. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 15-08-2019, 393, 48-78
17. KAUSHIK SIDDHARTH, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DEEP AKASH, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides assisted biofunctionalized optical fiber SPR biosensor for efficient and rapid detection of bovine serum albumin. Scientific Reports. 06-05-2019, 9, 6987
18. KAUSHIK SIDDHARTH, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, NILIMA, PRASHAR SHIVENDU, DAS BHARGAB, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. Label-free detection of Escherichia?coli bacteria by cascaded chirped long period gratings immunosensor. Review of Scientific Instruments. 11-02-2019, 90, 025003
19. KAUSHIK SIDDHARTH, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, PAL SUDIPTA SARKAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. Rapid detection of Escherichia coli using fiber optic surface plasmon resonance immunosensor based on biofunctionalized Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanosheets. Biosensors & Bioelectronics. 01-02-2019, 126, 501-509
20. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SAINI THAN SINGH, NEGI VIPENDER SINGH, PANDEY AMIT, GARG HARRY, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. Design and development of a field deployable packaged fiber Bragg grating-based accelerometer. Optical Engineering . 12-01-2019, 58(1), 014104
21. KAUSHIK SIDDHARTH, PANDEY AMIT, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. A label-free fiber optic biosensor for Salmonella Typhimurium detection. Optical Fiber Technology. 01-12-2018, 46, 95-103
22. VAIRAGI KAUSHAL, PANDEY AMIT, GUPTA POOJA, MINZ RASHMI A, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, FICK JOCHEN, MONDAL SAMIR K. Common-Path Optical Coherence Tomography Using the Bessel Beam From Negative Axicon Optical Fiber Tip. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 11-06-2018, 25(1), 7100606
23. SAINI THAN SINGH, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. Design and Analysis of Dispersion Engineered Rib Waveguides for On-Chip Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 15-05-2018, 36(10), 1993 - 1999
24. SRIVASTAVA DEEPA, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DAS BHARGAB. Interferometric interrogation of p-phase shifted fiber Bragg grating sensors. Optics Communications . 01-03-2018, 410, 88-93
25. SAINI THAN SINGH, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. Rib waveguide in Ga-Sb-S Chalcogenide glass for on-chip mid-IR supercontinuum sources: Design and analysis. Journal of Applied Physics. 01-08-2017, 122, 053104
26. VAIRAGI KAUSHAL, MINZ RASHMI A, KAUR SARABJEET, KUMBHAKAR DHARAMADAS, PAUL SAMBHAV, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR, FICK JOCHEN, MONDAL SAMIR K. Deep Seated Negative Axicon in Selective Optical Fiber Tip and Collimated Bessel Beam. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 15-05-2017, 29(10), 786 - 789
27. VAIRAGI KAUSHAL, MINZ RASHMI A, KAUR SARABJEET, KUMBHAKAR DHARMDAS, PAUL SAMBHAV, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR, FICK JOCHEN, MONDAL SAMIR K. Deep Seated Negative Axicon in Selective Optical Fiber Tip and Collimated Bessel Beam. IEEE Photonics Journal. 01-03-2017, 29(10),
28. BALIYAN ANJLI, SITAL SHIVANI, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, GUPTA RANI, SHARMA ENAKSHI K.. Long period fiber grating based sensor for the detection of triacylglycerides.. Biosensors & Bioelectronics. 15-05-2016, 79, 693–700
29. CHANDRA VIKASH, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DAS BHARGAB. Elimination of Light Intensity Noise Using Dual-Channel Scheme for Fiber MZI-Based FBG Sensor Interrogation. IEEE Sensors Journal. 06-01-2016, 16(8), 2431 - 2436
30. GREWAL NAVNEET, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR. Comparative evaluation of shock absorption ability of custom-fit mouthguards with new-generation polyolefin self-adapting mouthguards in three different maxillary anterior teeth alignments using Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors. Dental Traumatology. 01-08-2015, 31(4), 294–301
31. NIDHI, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, MISHRA VINOD, KALER R S, JAIN SUBHASH C, SINGH N, KAPUR PAWAN. Fiber Bragg Grating Based Technique for Sensing Current. Experimental Techniques. 01-07-2015, 39(4), 9-12
32. KESAVAN K, RAVISANKAR K, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR. Performance assessment of indigenously developed FBG strain sensors under short-term and long-term loadings. Sadhana. 01-04-2015, 40(2), 577–590
33. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR. Civil Structural Health Monitoring Using FBG Sensors: Trends and Challenges. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science. 01-09-2014, 94(3), 341-348
34. MANDAL SOUMEN, MISHRA VINOD, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, HANUMAIAH NAGA, RAMAGOPAL S V. Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor for Temperature Measurement in Micro Turning of Optical Surfaces with High Surface Integrity. International Journal of Optomechatronics. 12-02-2014, 7(4), 244-252
35. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, THYAGARAJAN K, SHENOY M R. Strain and temperature discrimination technique by use of A FBG written in erbium doped fiber. Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optic. 01-01-2014, 125(1), 235–237
36. NIDHI, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, PANWAR NISHTHA, KALER R S, BHATNAGAR RANDHIR, KAPUR PAWAN. Long Period Fiber Grating Humidity Sensor With Gelatin/Cobalt Chloride Coating. IEEE Sensors Journal. 01-11-2013, 13(11),
37. PANWAR NISHTHA, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, BHATNAGAR RANDHIR, JAIN SUBHASH C. A low loss mechanical splice for gas sensing using Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibre. Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optic. 02-09-2013, 124(18), 3671–3673
38. MONDAL SAMIR K, PAL SUDIPTA SARKAR, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR. Evanescent wave assisted nanomaterial coating. Applied Optics. 01-08-2013, 52(22), 5455-5459
39. BHALLA ASHISH, GREWAL NAVNEET, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, MISHRA VANDANA, MEHLA N S, RAVIPRAKASH SURYANARAIN, KAPUR PAWAN. Shock absorption ability of laminate mouth guards in two different malocclusions using fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor. Dental Traumatology. 01-06-2013, 29(3), 218-225
40. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, THYAGARAJAN K, SHENOY M R, JAIN SUBHASH C. EDF-Based Edge-Filter Interrogation Scheme for FBG Sensors. IEEE Sensors Journal. 01-04-2013, 13(4), 1315-1319
41. SRIVASTAVA DEEPA, BHATNAGAR RANDHIR, KUMAR ASHA, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, JAIN SUBHASH C, KAPUR PAWAN. Edge Based Fiber Bragg Grating Interrogator. Journal of Instrument Society of India. 01-12-2012, 42(4), 217-219
42. NIDHI, KALER R S, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, MISHRA VANDANA, MEHLA N S, KAPUR PAWAN. Investigation of Long Period Grating as refractive index sensor. Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optic. 01-06-2012, 123(12), 1071–1073
43. REDDY PARNE SAIDI, PRASAD RLNS, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR. Method for Enhancing and Controlling Temperature Sensitivity of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Based on Two Bimetallic Strips. IEEE Photonics Journal. 01-06-2012, 4(3), 1035-1041
44. DEEP AKASH, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, KUMAR PARVEEN, MISHRA VANDANA, JAIN SUBHASH C, MEHLA N S, KAPUR PAWAN, BHARADWAJ LALIT M. Immobilization of enzyme on long period grating fibers for sensitive glucose detection. Biosensors & Bioelectronics. 01-03-2012, 33(1), 190-195
45. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, TRIPATHI SAURABH MANI, THYAGARAJAN K, SHENOY M R, MISHRA VANDANA, JAIN SUBHASH C, MEHLA N S, KAPUR PAWAN. Tunable wavelength division multiplexing channel isolation filter based on dual chirped long-period fiber gratings. Optics Letters. 01-10-2011, 36(19), 3747-3749
46. PAL SUDIPTA SARKAR, MONDAL SAMIR K, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SWAMY P. VENU GOPALA, KUMAR MANISH, MEHLA N S, BAJPAI P P, KAPUR PAWAN. Etched multimode microfiber knot-type loop interferometer refractive index sensor. Review of Scientific Instruments. 01-09-2011, 82(9), 095107-4
47. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, MISHRA VANDANA, BHALLA ASHISH, MEHLA N S, JAIN SUBHASH C, GARG HARRY, RAVIPRAKASH SURYANARAIN, GREWAL NAVNEET, KAPUR PAWAN. Fiber Bragg grating sensor for measurement of impact absorption capability of mouthguards. Dental Traumatology. 01-08-2011, 27(4), 263-268
48. MISHRA VANDANA, MEHLA N S, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, KAPUR PAWAN. Fiber grating sensors in medicine: Current and emerging applications. Sensors and Actuators A-Physical . 01-06-2011, 167(2), 279-290
49. REDDY PARNE SAIDI, PRASAD RLNS, GUPTA D SEN, SHANKAR M S, SRIMANNARAYANA K, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, MISHRA VANDANA. A Simple FBG Sensor for Strain Temperature Discrimination. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 01-05-2011, 53(5), 1021-1024
50. MISHRA VANDANA, MEHLA N S, RAI D V, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, PODDAR G C, JAIN SUBHASH C, MONDAL SAMIR K, KAPUR PAWAN. Fiber Bragg grating sensor for monitoring bone decalcification. Orthopaedics & traumatology-surgery & research. 01-10-2010, 96(6), 646-651
51. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, MISHRA VANDANA, JAIN SUBHASH C, KESAVAN K, RAVISANKAR K, MEHLA N S, PODDAR G C, KAPUR PAWAN. Health monitoring of steel and concrete structures using fiber Bragg grating sensors. Current Science. 01-12-2009, 97(11), 1539-42
52. MONDAL SAMIR K, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, PODDAR G C, MISHRA VANDANA, MEHLA N S, JAIN SUBHASH C, SARKAR S N, CHATTOPADHYAY K D, KAPUR PAWAN. Single fiber Bragg grating sensor with two sections of different diameters for longitudinal strain and temperature discrimination with enhanced strain sensitivity. Review of Scientific Instruments. 01-10-2009, 80(10), 103-106
53. MONDAL SAMIR K, MISHRA VANDANA, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, PODDAR G C, MEHLA N S, JAIN SUBHASH C, SARKAR S N, KAPUR PAWAN. Embedded dual fiber Bragg grating sensor for simultaneous measurement of temperature and load (strain) with enhanced sensitivity . Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 01-07-2009, 51(7), 1621-1624
54. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, THYAGARAJAN K, SHENOY M R. Simulation and experimental characterization of Raman/EDFA hybrid amplifier with enhanced performance. Optics Communications . 15-04-2009, 282(8), 1563-1566
55. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, THYAGARAJAN K. Multi-channel gain and noise figure evaluation of Raman/EDFA hybrid amplifiers. Optics Communications . 15-03-2008, 281(6), 1593-1597

1. THAWANY PRIYANKA, KHANNA ASHIMA, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DEEP AKASH. L-cysteine/MoS2 modified robust surface plasmon resonance optical fiber sensor for sensing of Ferritin and IgG. Scientific Reports. 31-03-2023, 13, 5297

2. VAIRAGI KAUSHAL, GUPTA POOJA, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, MONDAL SAMIR K. Reflective axicon based energy-efficient extended depth of focus quasi-Bessel beam probe for common-path optical coherence tomography. Applied Optics. 10-01-2023, ,

3. NEGI VIPENDER SINGH, GARG HARRY, R.R. SHRAVANA KUMAR, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, KARAR VINOD. Random adaptive tool path for zonal optics fabrication. Optics Express. 01-08-2022, 30(16), 29295-29309

4. PANDEY PURNENDU SHEKHAR, RAGHUWANSHI SANJEEV KUMAR, SHADAB AZHAR, ANSARI MD TAUSEEF IQBAL, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR. SPR Based Biosensing Chip for COVID-19 Diagnosis—A Review. IEEE Sensors Journal. 14-06-2022, 22(14), 13800 - 13810

5. RAJESH, KISHORE RAM, PRASAD PRIYANKA, AULAKH N S, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, KUMAR BIRENDRA. Radio-frequency (RF) room temperature plasma treatment of sweet basil seeds (Ocimum basilicum L.) for germination potential enhancement by immaculation. Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. 01-02-2022, 26, 100350

6. SHRIVASTAV VISHAL, SUNDRIYAL SHASHANK, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, KIM KI HYUN, DEEP AKASH. Metal-organic framework derived zirconium oxide/carbon composite as an improved supercapacitor electrode. Energy. 15-11-2021, 235, 121351

7. SHRIVASTAV VISHAL, SUNDRIYAL SHASHANK, GOEL PRIYANSHU, SAHA AVISHEK, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DEEP AKASH. A novel zinc sulfide impregnated carbon composite derived from zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 for sodium-ion hybrid solid-state flexible capacitors. Nanoscale Advances. 07-09-2021, 3(21), 6164-6175

8. SHRIVASTAV VISHAL, SUNDRIYAL SHASHANK, SHRIVASTAV VAISHALI, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DEEP AKASH. WS2/Carbon Composites and Nanoporous Carbon Structures Derived from Zeolitic Imidazole Framework for Asymmetrical Supercapacitors. Energy & Fuels. 02-09-2021, 35(18), 15133–15142

9. MODI KESHAV SAMRAT, SINGH SATYA PRATAP, KAUR JASLEEN, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. All dielectric metasurface based tunable optical modulator: Design and analysis. Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications. 01-02-2021, 43, 100881

10. SHRIVASTAV VISHAL, SUNDRIYAL SHASHANK, KAUR ASHWINDER, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, MISHRA SUNITA, DEEP AKASH. Conductive and porous ZIF-67/PEDOT hybrid composite as superior electrode for all-solid-state symmetrical supercapacitors. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 30-11-2020, 843, 155992

11. NEGI VIPENDER SINGH, GARG HARRY, R.R. SHRAVANA KUMAR, KARAR VINOD, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, KIM DAE WOOK. Parametric removal rate survey study and numerical modeling for deterministic optics manufacturing. Optics Express. 31-08-2020, 28(18), 26733-26749

12. SHRIVASTAV VISHAL, SUNDRIYAL SHASHANK, KI-HUN KIM, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DEEP AKASH. Metal-organic frameworks-derived titanium dioxide–carbon nanocomposite for supercapacitor applications. International Journal of Energy Research. 25-06-2020, 44(8), 6269-6284

13. SHRIVASTAV VISHAL, SUNDRIYAL SHASHANK, GOEL PRIYANSHU, SHRIVASTAV VAISHALI, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DEEP AKASH. ZIF-67 derived Co3S4 hollow microspheres and WS2 nanorods as a hybrid electrode material for flexible 2V solid-state supercapacitor. Electrochimica Acta. 10-06-2020, 345, 136194

14. MODI KESHAV SAMRAT, KAUR JASLEEN, SINGH SATYA PRATAP, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. Extremely high figure of merit in all-dielectric split asymmetric arc metasurface for refractive index sensing. Optics Communications . 01-05-2020, 462, 125327

15. SINGH SATYA PRATAP, KAUR JASLEEN, MODI KESHAV SAMRAT, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. Temperature-assisted broadly tunable supercontinuum generation in chalcogenideglass-based capillary optical fiber. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 01-04-2020, 37(4), 1133-1139

16. SHRIVASTAV VISHAL, SUNDRIYAL SHASHANK, GOEL PRIYANSHU, KAUR HARMEET, TUTEJA SATISH K, KUMAR VIKRANT, KI-HUN KIM, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DEEP AKASH. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their composites as electrodes for lithium battery applications: Novel means for alternative energy storage. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 15-08-2019, 393, 48-78

17. KAUSHIK SIDDHARTH, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DEEP AKASH, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides assisted biofunctionalized optical fiber SPR biosensor for efficient and rapid detection of bovine serum albumin. Scientific Reports. 06-05-2019, 9, 6987

18. KAUSHIK SIDDHARTH, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, NILIMA, PRASHAR SHIVENDU, DAS BHARGAB, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. Label-free detection of Escherichia?coli bacteria by cascaded chirped long period gratings immunosensor. Review of Scientific Instruments. 11-02-2019, 90, 025003

19. KAUSHIK SIDDHARTH, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, PAL SUDIPTA SARKAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. Rapid detection of Escherichia coli using fiber optic surface plasmon resonance immunosensor based on biofunctionalized Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanosheets. Biosensors & Bioelectronics. 01-02-2019, 126, 501-509

20. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SAINI THAN SINGH, NEGI VIPENDER SINGH, PANDEY AMIT, GARG HARRY, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. Design and development of a field deployable packaged fiber Bragg grating-based accelerometer. Optical Engineering . 12-01-2019, 58(1), 014104

21. KAUSHIK SIDDHARTH, PANDEY AMIT, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. A label-free fiber optic biosensor for Salmonella Typhimurium detection. Optical Fiber Technology. 01-12-2018, 46, 95-103

22. VAIRAGI KAUSHAL, PANDEY AMIT, GUPTA POOJA, MINZ RASHMI A, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, FICK JOCHEN, MONDAL SAMIR K. Common-Path Optical Coherence Tomography Using the Bessel Beam From Negative Axicon Optical Fiber Tip. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 11-06-2018, 25(1), 7100606

23. SAINI THAN SINGH, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. Design and Analysis of Dispersion Engineered Rib Waveguides for On-Chip Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 15-05-2018, 36(10), 1993 - 1999

24. SRIVASTAVA DEEPA, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DAS BHARGAB. Interferometric interrogation of p-phase shifted fiber Bragg grating sensors. Optics Communications . 01-03-2018, 410, 88-93

25. SAINI THAN SINGH, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR. Rib waveguide in Ga-Sb-S Chalcogenide glass for on-chip mid-IR supercontinuum sources: Design and analysis. Journal of Applied Physics. 01-08-2017, 122, 053104

26. VAIRAGI KAUSHAL, MINZ RASHMI A, KAUR SARABJEET, KUMBHAKAR DHARAMADAS, PAUL SAMBHAV, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR, FICK JOCHEN, MONDAL SAMIR K. Deep Seated Negative Axicon in Selective Optical Fiber Tip and Collimated Bessel Beam. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 15-05-2017, 29(10), 786 - 789

27. VAIRAGI KAUSHAL, MINZ RASHMI A, KAUR SARABJEET, KUMBHAKAR DHARMDAS, PAUL SAMBHAV, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR, FICK JOCHEN, MONDAL SAMIR K. Deep Seated Negative Axicon in Selective Optical Fiber Tip and Collimated Bessel Beam. IEEE Photonics Journal. 01-03-2017, 29(10),

28. BALIYAN ANJLI, SITAL SHIVANI, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, GUPTA RANI, SHARMA ENAKSHI K.. Long period fiber grating based sensor for the detection of triacylglycerides.. Biosensors & Bioelectronics. 15-05-2016, 79, 693–700

29. CHANDRA VIKASH, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DAS BHARGAB. Elimination of Light Intensity Noise Using Dual-Channel Scheme for Fiber MZI-Based FBG Sensor Interrogation. IEEE Sensors Journal. 06-01-2016, 16(8), 2431 - 2436

30. GREWAL NAVNEET, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR. Comparative evaluation of shock absorption ability of custom-fit mouthguards with new-generation polyolefin self-adapting mouthguards in three different maxillary anterior teeth alignments using Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors. Dental Traumatology. 01-08-2015, 31(4), 294–301

31. NIDHI, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, MISHRA VINOD, KALER R S, JAIN SUBHASH C, SINGH N, KAPUR PAWAN. Fiber Bragg Grating Based Technique for Sensing Current. Experimental Techniques. 01-07-2015, 39(4), 9-12

32. KESAVAN K, RAVISANKAR K, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR. Performance assessment of indigenously developed FBG strain sensors under short-term and long-term loadings. Sadhana. 01-04-2015, 40(2), 577–590

33. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR. Civil Structural Health Monitoring Using FBG Sensors: Trends and Challenges. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science. 01-09-2014, 94(3), 341-348

34. MANDAL SOUMEN, MISHRA VINOD, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, HANUMAIAH NAGA, RAMAGOPAL S V. Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor for Temperature Measurement in Micro Turning of Optical Surfaces with High Surface Integrity. International Journal of Optomechatronics. 12-02-2014, 7(4), 244-252

35. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, THYAGARAJAN K, SHENOY M R. Strain and temperature discrimination technique by use of A FBG written in erbium doped fiber. Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optic. 01-01-2014, 125(1), 235–237

36. NIDHI, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, PANWAR NISHTHA, KALER R S, BHATNAGAR RANDHIR, KAPUR PAWAN. Long Period Fiber Grating Humidity Sensor With Gelatin/Cobalt Chloride Coating. IEEE Sensors Journal. 01-11-2013, 13(11),

37. PANWAR NISHTHA, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, BHATNAGAR RANDHIR, JAIN SUBHASH C. A low loss mechanical splice for gas sensing using Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibre. Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optic. 02-09-2013, 124(18), 3671–3673

38. MONDAL SAMIR K, PAL SUDIPTA SARKAR, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR. Evanescent wave assisted nanomaterial coating. Applied Optics. 01-08-2013, 52(22), 5455-5459

39. BHALLA ASHISH, GREWAL NAVNEET, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, MISHRA VANDANA, MEHLA N S, RAVIPRAKASH SURYANARAIN, KAPUR PAWAN. Shock absorption ability of laminate mouth guards in two different malocclusions using fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor. Dental Traumatology. 01-06-2013, 29(3), 218-225

40. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, THYAGARAJAN K, SHENOY M R, JAIN SUBHASH C. EDF-Based Edge-Filter Interrogation Scheme for FBG Sensors. IEEE Sensors Journal. 01-04-2013, 13(4), 1315-1319

41. SRIVASTAVA DEEPA, BHATNAGAR RANDHIR, KUMAR ASHA, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, JAIN SUBHASH C, KAPUR PAWAN. Edge Based Fiber Bragg Grating Interrogator. Journal of Instrument Society of India. 01-12-2012, 42(4), 217-219

42. NIDHI, KALER R S, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, MISHRA VANDANA, MEHLA N S, KAPUR PAWAN. Investigation of Long Period Grating as refractive index sensor. Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optic. 01-06-2012, 123(12), 1071–1073

43. REDDY PARNE SAIDI, PRASAD RLNS, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR. Method for Enhancing and Controlling Temperature Sensitivity of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Based on Two Bimetallic Strips. IEEE Photonics Journal. 01-06-2012, 4(3), 1035-1041

44. DEEP AKASH, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, KUMAR PARVEEN, MISHRA VANDANA, JAIN SUBHASH C, MEHLA N S, KAPUR PAWAN, BHARADWAJ LALIT M. Immobilization of enzyme on long period grating fibers for sensitive glucose detection. Biosensors & Bioelectronics. 01-03-2012, 33(1), 190-195

45. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, TRIPATHI SAURABH MANI, THYAGARAJAN K, SHENOY M R, MISHRA VANDANA, JAIN SUBHASH C, MEHLA N S, KAPUR PAWAN. Tunable wavelength division multiplexing channel isolation filter based on dual chirped long-period fiber gratings. Optics Letters. 01-10-2011, 36(19), 3747-3749

46. PAL SUDIPTA SARKAR, MONDAL SAMIR K, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, SWAMY P. VENU GOPALA, KUMAR MANISH, MEHLA N S, BAJPAI P P, KAPUR PAWAN. Etched multimode microfiber knot-type loop interferometer refractive index sensor. Review of Scientific Instruments. 01-09-2011, 82(9), 095107-4

47. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, MISHRA VANDANA, BHALLA ASHISH, MEHLA N S, JAIN SUBHASH C, GARG HARRY, RAVIPRAKASH SURYANARAIN, GREWAL NAVNEET, KAPUR PAWAN. Fiber Bragg grating sensor for measurement of impact absorption capability of mouthguards. Dental Traumatology. 01-08-2011, 27(4), 263-268

48. MISHRA VANDANA, MEHLA N S, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, KAPUR PAWAN. Fiber grating sensors in medicine: Current and emerging applications. Sensors and Actuators A-Physical . 01-06-2011, 167(2), 279-290

49. REDDY PARNE SAIDI, PRASAD RLNS, GUPTA D SEN, SHANKAR M S, SRIMANNARAYANA K, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, MISHRA VANDANA. A Simple FBG Sensor for Strain Temperature Discrimination. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 01-05-2011, 53(5), 1021-1024

50. MISHRA VANDANA, MEHLA N S, RAI D V, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, PODDAR G C, JAIN SUBHASH C, MONDAL SAMIR K, KAPUR PAWAN. Fiber Bragg grating sensor for monitoring bone decalcification. Orthopaedics & traumatology-surgery & research. 01-10-2010, 96(6), 646-651

51. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, MISHRA VANDANA, JAIN SUBHASH C, KESAVAN K, RAVISANKAR K, MEHLA N S, PODDAR G C, KAPUR PAWAN. Health monitoring of steel and concrete structures using fiber Bragg grating sensors. Current Science. 01-12-2009, 97(11), 1539-42

52. MONDAL SAMIR K, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, PODDAR G C, MISHRA VANDANA, MEHLA N S, JAIN SUBHASH C, SARKAR S N, CHATTOPADHYAY K D, KAPUR PAWAN. Single fiber Bragg grating sensor with two sections of different diameters for longitudinal strain and temperature discrimination with enhanced strain sensitivity. Review of Scientific Instruments. 01-10-2009, 80(10), 103-106

53. MONDAL SAMIR K, MISHRA VANDANA, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, PODDAR G C, MEHLA N S, JAIN SUBHASH C, SARKAR S N, KAPUR PAWAN. Embedded dual fiber Bragg grating sensor for simultaneous measurement of temperature and load (strain) with enhanced sensitivity . Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 01-07-2009, 51(7), 1621-1624

54. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, THYAGARAJAN K, SHENOY M R. Simulation and experimental characterization of Raman/EDFA hybrid amplifier with enhanced performance. Optics Communications . 15-04-2009, 282(8), 1563-1566

55. TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, THYAGARAJAN K. Multi-channel gain and noise figure evaluation of Raman/EDFA hybrid amplifiers. Optics Communications . 15-03-2008, 281(6), 1593-1597

Patents

Patent(s) Filed
1. A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING MICRO HOT PROBE FOR HEATING HOT ZONE BETWEEN MICRO HOT PROBE AND CHIRPED BRAG GRATING OPTICAL FIBER Country Filed: WO Application Number: PCT/IN2020/050755 Date of Filing: 31-08-2020 Inventor(s): TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DAS SUPANKAR, DAS BHARGAB, MONDAL SAMIR K, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR
2. COMMON PATH FREQUENCY DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY USING NEGATIVE AXICON /MODIFIED OPTICAL FIBER TIP Country Filed: IN Application Number: 201811001388 Date of Filing: 12-01-2018 Inventor(s): MONDAL SAMIR K, VAIRAGI KAUSHAL, MINZ RASHMI A, PANDEY AMIT, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR
3. A DIRECT AND EFFICIENT PROCESS FOR PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION ON OPTICAL FIBERS Country Filed: IN Application Number: 201711030710 Date of Filing: 30-08-2017 Inventor(s): DEEP AKASH, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, KUMAR PARVEEN, KUKKAR MANIL, KAUSHIK SIDDHARTH, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR

Patent(s) Filed

1. A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING MICRO HOT PROBE FOR HEATING HOT ZONE BETWEEN MICRO HOT PROBE AND CHIRPED BRAG GRATING OPTICAL FIBER
Country Filed: WO
Application Number: PCT/IN2020/050755 Date of Filing: 31-08-2020
Inventor(s): TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, DAS SUPANKAR, DAS BHARGAB, MONDAL SAMIR K, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR

2. COMMON PATH FREQUENCY DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY USING NEGATIVE AXICON /MODIFIED OPTICAL FIBER TIP
Country Filed: IN
Application Number: 201811001388 Date of Filing: 12-01-2018
Inventor(s): MONDAL SAMIR K, VAIRAGI KAUSHAL, MINZ RASHMI A, PANDEY AMIT, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR

3. A DIRECT AND EFFICIENT PROCESS FOR PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION ON OPTICAL FIBERS
Country Filed: IN
Application Number: 201711030710 Date of Filing: 30-08-2017
Inventor(s): DEEP AKASH, TIWARI UMESH KUMAR, KUMAR PARVEEN, KUKKAR MANIL, KAUSHIK SIDDHARTH, SINHA RAVINDRA KUMAR

Significant recognition: Awards, Honours and Fellowships

(i) Received prestigious CSIR Young Scientist Award for the year 2012 in Physical Sciences (including instrumentation) by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi.
(ii) Best Paper Award at National Symposium on New Horizons in Avionics Display Systems (NHADS-2010), CSIO, Chandigarh.
(iii) Pyrodynamics Scientist Best Paper Award International Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP 2009), CSIO, Chandigarh.
(iv) SPIE Best Paper Award at International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, Photonics-2008, IIT Delhi.
(v) Main Author in OSA best paper award (first prize) in the student category at International Conference in Optics and Photonics (ICOP-2015) organized by University of Calcutta, India, 20-22 February 2015.
(vi) Fellow IETE, New Delhi, India from 2015

Other Information

Assistant Professor in AcSIR: Courses taught in Graduate Level (M. Tech. level): Optics & Optoelectronics, and Photonic Devices and Systems)

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

Project(s) Ongoing

1. Development of Fiber Bragg Grating based Distributed Strain Sensor System for Concerete Bridges Project Number: GAP0304 Project Investigator: UMESH KUMAR TIWARI
2. Innovative Technologies for Health Assessment and Damage Mitigation of Structures (I-HEAL) Project Number: ESC0110 Project Investigator: UMESH KUMAR TIWARI
3. Study and Development of Fiber Lasers Based in Erbium doped Optical Fibers Project Number: EMR0001 Project Investigator: UMESH KUMAR TIWARI

1. Development of Fiber Bragg Grating based Distributed Strain Sensor System for Concerete Bridges
Project Number: GAP0304 Project Investigator: UMESH KUMAR TIWARI

2. Innovative Technologies for Health Assessment and Damage Mitigation of Structures (I-HEAL)
Project Number: ESC0110 Project Investigator: UMESH KUMAR TIWARI

3. Study and Development of Fiber Lasers Based in Erbium doped Optical Fibers
Project Number: EMR0001 Project Investigator: UMESH KUMAR TIWARI

Project(s) Completed

Contact

Email:

umeshtiwari[at]csio[dot]res[dot]in

Telephone:

2672282

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