Last updated: October 6, 2023
Krushna R. Mavani
​Professor at Department of Physics, IIT Indore
Earlier positions:
Postdoctoral Researcher at Kyoto University, Japan
Postdoctoral Researcher at Osaka Universiry, Japan
Postdoctoral Researcher at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
Ph.D. from Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India
Ph.D. (PHYSICS)
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Editorial Board Member of 'Pramana: Journal of Physics' - an international science journal published by Indian Academy of Sciences (Since Jan 2022)
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Editorial Board Member of ‘Heliyon’- an international science journal by Elsevier (Since 2016).
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Member, Expert committee for grants under WOS-A and WISE-KIRAN under Department of Science and Technology (DST), India Since Jan. 2022.
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Member, Expert committee for National Postdoctoral Fellowship (NPDF) and Startup Research Grants (SRG) under Science Education and Research Board (SERB), India, Since Aug. 2021
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Member, Gender in physics working group, Indian Physics Association (IPA), Since 2023.
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Member, Board of Studies of Applied Physics and Optoelectronics, Shri G. S. Institute of Technology & Science, Indore, From May 2022 to December 2024.
Research interests :
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
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Thin films, multilayers and nanostructures grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition technique.
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Terahertz Spectroscopy
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Structural, Electronic, Magnetic and Optical properties in functional materials
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Device making for optoelectronics and spintronics
We strive to expand the horizons of Applied Condensed Matter Physics. Our work is on thin films and nanostructures deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) technique. PLD can produce thin films of a variety of materials with high adhesion, including semiconductors, metals, and insulators. We study the strong correlations and related phenomenon in thin films and nanostructured oxides. By modifying the strain, structure and the doping, we modify the properties of materials. Recently we have initiated research using Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. We study low-energy dynamics in thin films of functional oxides. THz time-domain spectroscopy can be used for understanding the low-energy (4 – 40 meV) carrier dynamics (via calculation of complex optical specta) in solid electronic and magnetic materials. This is a non-contact method which has several advantages over other traditional methods.