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About me

Experimental Physicist in the area of Optics, Lasers and Terahertz.

Work Experiences
    | 2019 - Current | Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.

    | 2018 - 2019 | Assistant Professor, Central University of Karnataka, Karnataka, India.

    | 2013 - 2018 | Post-doctoral researcher, Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology Graduate University, Japan
Bala Murali Krishna Mariserla
"We work with smallest & finest materials to capture the fastest dynamics".

Research

The objective of the research in our group is exploring novel physics in quantum and 2D materials, which also lead to future nano-electronics and photonic applications. Particularly, our group focuses on 2D van der Waals materials, intense luminescence materials, and materials for THz applications. Our strength is studying the fast dynamics using high intense and ultrafast lasers with broad spectral range, including UV-VIS, IR and THz. Nonlinear optical effects in the materials due to high-intensity laser pulses drive the research towards a deep understanding of light-matter interactions.

Doctoral Students

Group Members

Ravina

ravina @iitj.ac.in

{2019-}

I hailed from Haryana and completed Bachelor’s with Physics, Chemistry, and Maths at C. M. K. College, Sirsa, Haryana. I have completed M. Sc. Physics from Ch. Devi Lal University, Sirsa, Haryana.

My interest in the research drove me to join as a Ph. D student at UPG(Ultrafast Physics Group), IITJ, in Dec 2019 with UGC-JRF. I would like to pursue my research in the dreamland of 2D materials for photonic applications. Also, my interests extend to the fields of Nonlinear Optics, Ultrafast Spectroscopy, and Light-Matter Interactions at Nanoscale.

Debasish

debasish.1@iitj.ac.in

{2020-}

I have done my Bachelors from Odisha and subsequently completed my masters in Physics at Berhampur University.

The fascinating field of Optics gave me an excellent opportunity to join the Ultrafast Physics Group (UPG) at the Department of Physics, IIT Jodhpur, in August 2020 as a Ph.D. student. I would like to explore the emerging research directions in ultrafast lasers, Nonlinear Optics, and 2D materials for their optical and optoelectronic applications, both in experimental and theoretical aspects.

M.Sc. Project Students



Cinque Terre

"I joined the UPG group for the M.Sc. project thesis on Fabrication of Ultra-Thin Materials for Optical Measurements."

- Mahima Chowdary [M19PH017]

"I joined the UPG group for the M.Sc. project thesis on Electronic and Optical properties of stable MoSe2/WSe2 Heterostructure."

- Harshita [M19PH014]

Selected for Ph.D. at the University of Konstanz, Germany

"I joined the UPG group for the M.Sc. project thesis on Nonlinear optical properties of suitable materials for optical limiting."

-Chandra Prabha [M19PH009]

Hands-on Students



Cinque Terre

"I joined the UPG group for Hands-on as a part of the M.Sc program."

- Mahima Chowdary [M19PH017]

"I joined the UPG group for Hands-on as a part of the M.Sc program."

- Manisha [M19PH018]

"I joined the UPG group for Hands-on as a part of the M.Sc program."

- Vipul Kumar [M19PH030]

Previous Group members

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M.Sc. Hands-on Students (Past)

"I have done hands-on project in this group from Aug 2019 to Nov 2019."

- Harshita [M19PH014]

"I have done hands-on project in this group from Aug 2019 to Nov 2019."

- Debraj Kundu [M19PH011]

"I have done hands-on project in this group from Aug 2019 to Nov 2019."

- Sourav Paul [M19PH028]




Ultrafast Physics Group Research publications.

Ultrafast Physics Group Research publications.

Journal Publications

 ▒ 2021

 ⟿Core modified freebase porphyrins in glass matrix for nonlinear optical properties

 Ravina Beniwal, Pratiksha Gawas, Chandra Prabha Charan, Venkatramaiah Nutalapati, Bala Murali Krishna Mariserla
Materials Letters 303,130453 (2021)

 ▒ 2020

 ⟿Directly visualizing the momentum-forbidden dark excitons and their dynamics in atomically thin semiconductors

 J. Madeo, M. K. L. Man, C. Sahoo, M. Campbell, V. Pareek, E L Wong, A. Al Mahboob, N. S. Chan, A. Karmakar, Bala Murali Krishna Mariserla, Xiaoqin Li, Tony F. Heinz, Ting Cao, and Keshav M. Dani
Science 370,1199 (2020)

 ⟿Broadband optical power limiting with the decoration of TiO2 nanoparticles on Graphene oxide

Bala Murali Krishna Mariserla*, K. Shadak Alee, S. Kasthuri, Pratiksha Gawas, D. Narayana Rao,Venkatramaiah Nutalapati*
Optical Materials 109,110366 (2020)

 ▒ 2019

 ⟿Improving Signal and Photobleaching Characteristics of Temporal Focusing Microscopy with the Increase in Pulse Repetition Rate

 Viktoras Lisicovas, Bala Murali Krishna Mariserla, Chakradhar Sahoo, Reuben T. Harding, Michael K. L. Man, E Laine Wong, Julien Madéo and Keshav M. Dani.
Methods and Protocols, 2, 65 (1-13) (2019)

 ⟿Nonlinear Optical Switching in Regioregular Porphyrin Covalent Organic Frameworks

 B. P. Biswal,V. Sreeramulu, M. Wang, T. Banerjee, N. A. Saad, Bala Murali Krishna Mariserla, N. Chandrasekhar, D. Becker, M. Addicoat, I. Senkovska,R. Berger, D. Narayana Rao, S. Kaskel, X. Feng.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58, 6896 (2019)

 ▒ 2018

 ⟿Directly photoexcited Dirac and Weyl fermions in ZrSiS and NbAs

 C. P. Weber, L. M. Schoop, S. S. Parkin, R. C. Newby, Alex Nateprov, Bettina Lotsch, Bala Murali Krishna Mariserla, J. Matthew Kim, Keshav M. Dani, Hans A. Bechtel, Ernest Arushanov, and Mazhar Ali.
Applied Physics Letters, 113 (22), 221906 (2018)

 ⟿Terahertz photoconductivity and photocarrier dynamics in few-layer hBN/WS2 van der Waals heterostructure laminates

M. Bala Murali Krishna , Julien Madeo, Joel Perez Urquizo, Xing Zhu, Soumya Vinod, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Keshav M. Dani.
Semicond. Sci. Technol., 33 084001 (2018)

 ▒ 2017

 ⟿Imaging electrons in motion across semiconductor heterojunctions

 M.K.L. Man, A. Margiolakis, S.D. Jones, T. Harada, E Laine Wong, M. Bala Murali Krishna , J. Madéo, A. Winchester, S. Lei, R. Vajtai, P. M. Ajayan, K. M. Dani.
Nature Nanotechnology, 12 36 (2017)

 ⟿Terahertz-frequency magnetodielectric effect in Ni-doped CaBaCo4O7

 Shukai Yu, C. Dhanasekhar, Venimadhav Adyam, Skylar Deckoff-Jones, Michael K. L. Man, Julien Madeo, E. Laine Wong, Takaaki Harada, M. Bala Murali Krishna , Keshav M. Dani, and Diyar Talbayev.
Physical Review B, 96 094421 (2017)

 ▒ 2016

 ⟿Ultrafast Charge Transfer and Enhanced Absorption in MoS2–Organic van der Waals Heterojunctions Using Plasmonic Metasurfaces

 C.E. Petoukhoff, M. Bala Murali Krishna , D. Voiry, I. Bozkurt, S. Deckoff-Jones, M. Chhowalla, D.M. O’Carroll, Keshav M. Dani.
ACS Nano, 10 (11), 9899 (2016)

 ⟿Jahn-Teller-induced femtosecond electronic depolarization dynamics of the nitrogen-vacancy defect in diamond

 R. Ulbricht, S. Dong, I-Ya Chang, M. Bala Murali Krishna , K.M. Dani, K.H. Deuk, Zhi-Heng Loh.
Nature communications, 7, 13510 (2016)

 ⟿Oxidation of Planar and Plasmonic Ag Surfaces by Exposure to O2/Ar Plasma for Organic Optoelectronic Applications

 Christopher E. Petoukhoff, Catherine Antonicka, M. Bala Murali Krishna , Keshav M. Dani and Deirdre M. O'Carroll.
MRS Advances, 1(14), 943 (2016)

 ▒ 2015

 ⟿Engineering Photophenomena in Large, 3D Structures Composed of Self-Assembled van der Waals Heterostructure Flakes

M. Bala Murali Krishna , Michael K. L. Man, Soumya Vinod, Catherine Chin, Takaaki Harada, Jaime Taha-Tijerina, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Patrick Nguyen, Patricia Chang, Tharangattu N. Narayanan, Angel Rubio, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Saikat Talapatra and Keshav M. Dani.
Advanced Optical Materials, 3, 1551 (2015)

 ⟿Ultrafast intrinsic photoresponse and direct evidence of sub-gap states in liquid phase exfoliated MoS2 thin films

 S. Ghosh, A. Winchester, B. Muchhaarla, M. Wasala, S. Feng, A. L. Elias, M. Bala Murali Krishna , T. Harada, C. Chin, K. M. Dani, S. Kar, M. Terrones, and S. Talapatra.
Scientific Reports, 5, 11272 (2015)

 ▒ 2014

 ⟿Mimicking subsecond neurotransmitter dynamics with femtosecond laser stimulated nanosystems

 T. Nakano, C. Chin, D. M. A. Myint, E. W. Tan, P. J. Hale, M. Bala Murali Krishna , John N. J. Reynolds, J. Wickens and K. M. Dani
Scientific Reports, 4, 5398 (1-6), (2014)

 ⟿Optical transmission control in graphene oxide and its organic composites with ultra-short pulses

M. Bala Murali Krishna , N. Venkatramaiah and D. Narayana Rao.
Journal of Optics, 16,015205 (1-6), (2014)

 ▒ 2013

 ⟿Influence of solvent contribution on nonlinearities of NIR absorbing croconate and squaraine dyes with ultrafast laser excitation

M. Bala Murali Krishna , D. Narayana Rao
Journal of Applied Physics, 114, 133103 (1-8), (2013)

 ▒ 2012

 ⟿Synthesis, Structural, Spectroscopic and nonlinear optical measurements of graphene and its organic composites

M. Bala Murali Krishna, N. Venkatramaiah, R. Venkatesan and D. Narayana Rao
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22, 3059 (2012)

 ⟿Nanosecond, Picosecond, and Femtosecond nonlinear optical properties of a water soluble zinc octacarboxy phthalocyanine

M. Bala Murali Krishna, L. Giribabu and D. Narayana Rao.
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 16, 10159 (2012)

 ⟿Experimental verification of enhanced electromagnetic field intensities at the band edge of 3D polystyrene photonic crystals using Z-Scan technique

 K. Shadak Alee, M. Bala Murali Krishna, B. Ashok and D. Narayana Rao.
Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications, 10, 236 (2012)

 ⟿Supramolecular assemblies of organotellurium (IV) dithiocarbamates and third order nonlinear optical susceptibility (χ3) of C4H7(CH3)Te[S2CN(C2H5)2]2

 Prakash C. Srivastava, Shrinkhal Dwivedi, Vikas Singh, Tripurari Pujan, Arun K. Bhuj, Ray J. Butcher, M. Bala Murali Krishna and D. Narayan Rao.
Inorganica chimica acta, 388, 175 (2012)

 ⟿Synthesis, crystal structure, supramolecular associations and third-order nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of some organotellurium (IV) derivatives

 Prakash C. Srivastava, Vikas Singh, Shrinkhal Dwivedi, Tripurari Pujan, Arun K. Bhuj, Ray J. Butcher, M. Bala Murali Krishna and D. Narayana Rao.
Polyhedron, 42, 36 (2012)

 ▒ 2011

 ⟿Nonlinear optical properties of covalently linked graphene-metal porphyrin composite materials

M. Bala Murali Krishna, V. Praveen Kumar, N. Venkatramaiah, R. Venkatesan and D. Narayana Rao.
Applied Physics Letters, 98, 081106 (2011) {appeared in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, Volume 23, Issue 9, 2011}

 ⟿Biosynthesis of silver Nanoparticles using Moringa Oleifera leaf extract and its application to optical limiting

 R. Sathyavathi, M. Bala Murali Krishna and D. Narayana Rao.
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 11, 2031 (2011)

 ▒ 2010

 ⟿Third Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Squaraine Dyes Having Absorption below 500 nm: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Closed Shell Oxyallyl Derivatives

 Prabhakar, Ch., Bhanuprakash, K. Rao, V.J., M. Bala Murali Krishna, Rao, D.N.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114, 6077 (2010)

 ⟿Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Coriandrum Sativum Leaf Extract and Their Application in Nonlinear Optics

 R.Sathyavathi, M. Bala Murali Krishna, S.VenugopalRao, R.Saritha, and D.Narayana Rao.
Advanced Science Letters, 3, 138 (2010)

 ⟿Enhanced optical limiting performance through nonlinear scattering in nanoparticles of CdS, co-doped Ag-Cu, and BSO

 Kiran, P.P., Rao, S.V., Ferrari, M., B.M. Krishna, Sekhar, H., Alee, S., Rao, D.N.
Nonlinear Optics Quantum Optics, 40, 223 (2010)

 ⟿Anomalous nonlinear absorption behavior in an unsymmetrical phthalocyanine studied near 800 nm using femtosecond and picosecond pulses

 Rao, S.V., Kiran, P.P., Giribabu, L., Ferrari, M., Kurumurthy, G., B.M. Krishna, Sekhar, H., Rao, D.N.
Nonlinear Optics Quantum Optics, 40, 183 (2010)

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  • Department of Physics
    IIT Jodhpur, NH65,
    Nagaur Road, Karwar,
    Jodhpur, Rajasthan,
    India-342037.
  • +91 291280 1614
  • bmkrishna@iitj.ac.in

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