Dr. Saisudha B. Mallur

Dr. Saisudha B. MallurInstructor, Department of Physics
Office Location: Currens Hall 527
Phone Number: (309) 298-1375
E-mail: SB-Mallur@wiu.edu
Personal Web Page: faculty.wiu.edu/SB-Mallur/

Education

  • Ph.D. – Indian Institute of Science, Banglore, India, 1996

Courses

  • Phys 114 and Physics 124 Labs
  • Applied Physics I Labs - PHYS 114
  • Applied Physics II Labs - PHYS 115
  • General Physics I Labs - PHYS 124
  • General Physics II Labs - PHYS 125
  • Analytical Mechanics - PHYS 311

Research Interests

Experimental AMO Physics

Current research interests:

  • Synthesis and characterization of glasses doped with nano particles .
  • Study their electronic and optical properties using optical absorption and fluorescence experiments.
  • Investigating the effect of nanoparticles on the optical properties of rare earth ions in glasses.

Selected Publications

  • "The effect of host glass on the optical properties of Nd3+, Sm3+ and Dy3+ in lead borate glasses", M.B. Saisudha and J. Ramakrishna, Phys. Rev. B53, 6186 (1996).
  • "The fluorescence of Nd3+ in lead borate and bismuth borate glasses with large stimulated emission cross-section", M.B. Saisudha, K.S.R. Koteshwara Rao, H.L. Bhat and J. Ramakrishna, J. Appl. Phys. 80, 4845 (1996).
  • "Optical absorption of Nd3+ in bismuth borate glasses with large radiative transition probabilities", M.B. Saisudha and J.Ramakrishna, Optical Materials, 18(4),403-417 (2002).