Assistant Professor
9497720572
vijith.k@kannuruniv.ac.in
Qualifications : PhD
1) Plasmonics & Nanophotonics
2) van der Waals Materials
3) Nanophotonics at near-zero index
4) Quantum tunnelling junctions
Project: Integration of electrically driven plasmonic components in
high speed electronics, Funded by National Research Foundation
(NRF), Singapore.
Project: Smartening smart materials by nano-carbon incorporation,
Funded by Royal Academy of Engineering, United Kingdom.
Thesis: STM Light Emission: The Physics of a Nanoscale Plasmonic Light Source
1. Phase Matching via Plasmonic Modal Dispersion for Third Harmonic Generation; Zhe Wang, Zhe Wang, Vijith Kalathingal (co-first author), Ho Yi Wei, Thanh Xuan Hoang, Chu Hong Son, Yongxin Guo, José C. Viana-Gomes, Eda Goki, and Christian A. Nijhuis*; Advanced Science, 9, 21, 2201180 (2022) Impact Factor: 15.1
2. Coherence Between Different Propagating Surface Plasmon Polariton Modes Excited by Quantum Mechanical Tunnel Junctions; Andreea Radulescu, Vijith Kalathingal*(corresponding author), Zhe Wang, and Christian A. Nijhuis*; Advanced Optical Materials, 10, 3, 2101804 (2022) Impact Factor: 9
3. Geometric Control Over the Edge Diffraction of Surface Plasmon Polariton Excited by Tunnel Junctions; Andreea Radulescu, Vijith Kalathingal (co-first author), and Christian A. Nijhuis*; ACS Photonics, 8, 12, 3591–3598 (2021) Impact Factor: 7
4. Optical Anisotropy in van der Waals materials: Impact on Direct Excitation of Plasmons and Photons by Quantum Tunneling; Zhe Wang, Vijith Kalathingal*(corresponding author), Thanh Xuan Hoang, Chu Hong Son, and Christian A. Nijhuis*; Light: Science & Applications, 10, 230 (2021) Impact Factor: 19.1
5. Silicon-Based Quantum Mechanical Tunnel Junction for Plasmon Excitation from Low-Energy Electron Tunneling; Fangwei Wang, Yan Liu, Thorin J. Duffin, Vijith Kalathingal, Siping Gao, Wenrui Hu, Yongxin Guo, Soo-Jin Chua, and Christian A. Nijhuis*, ACS Photonics, 8, 7, 1951–1960 (2021) Impact Factor: 7
6. Geometric Control over Surface Plasmon Polariton Out-coupling Pathways in Metal-Insulator-Metal Tunnel Junctions; Andreea Radulescu, Ksenia S. Makarenko, Thanh Xuan Hoang, Vijith Kalathingal, Thorin J. Duffin, Hong-Son Chu, and Christian A. Nijhuis*, Optics Express 29, 8, 11987 (2021) Impact Factor: 3.8
7. Cavity Plasmonics in Tunnel Junctions: Outcoupling and the Role of Surface Roughness; Thorin J. Duffin, Vijith Kalathingal*(corresponding author), Andreea Radulescu, Changjian Li, Stephen J. Pennycook, and Christian A. Nijhuis*, Physical Review Applied, 14, 044021 (2020) Impact Factor: 4.6
8. Efficient Surface Plasmon Polariton Excitation and Control over Outcoupling Mechanisms in Metal-Insulator-Metal Tunneling Junctions; Ksenia S. Makarenko, Thanh Xuan Hoang, Thorin J. Duffin, Andreea Radulescu, Vijith Kalathingal, Henri J. Lezec, Hong-Son Chu, and Christian A. Nijhuis*, Advanced Science, 1900291 (2020) Impact Factor: 15.1
9. Negative Photoresponse in ZnO-PEDOT:PSS Nanocomposite and Photogating Effects; Harikrishnan G., Sesha Vempati, K. N. Prajapati, K. Bandopadhyay, Vijith Kalathingal and J. Mitra*; Nanoscale Advances, 1, 2435 (2019) Impact Factor: 4.7
10. Novel Routes to Electromagnetic Enhancement and its Characterisation in Surface- and Tip-enhanced Raman Scattering, Paul Dawson*, David Frey, Vijith Kalathingal, Reyad Mehfuz, and J. Mitra, Faraday Discussions, 205, 121-148 (2017) Selected for cover page, Impact Factor: 4.4
11. Scanning Tunnelling Microscope Light Emission: Finite Temperature Current Noise and Over Cut-off Emission; Vijith Kalathingal*(corresponding author), Paul Dawson, and J. Mitra*, Scientific Reports 7, 3530 (2017) Impact Factor: 5
12. Scanning Tunneling Microscope Light Emission: Effect of the Strong dc Field on Junction Plasmons; Vijith Kalathingal*(corresponding author), Paul Dawson, and J. Mitra*, Physical Review B 94, 035443 (2016) Impact Factor: 3.7