Dr Rajeev N Kini
Assistant Professor
Physics
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram
India
Biography
PhD (Physics), University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK: 2005 Advisor: Prof. Anthony J Kent Thesis: Generation and detection of propagating acoustic phonons using GaAs/AlAs superlattices. MSc (Physics), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India: 2001 BSc (Physics), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India: 1999 EXPERIENCE: Assistant Professor: IISER, Thiruvananthapuram, India (June 2010 - ) Postdoctoral Researcher: NREL, Colorado, USA (June 2007 – May 2010) Area of Research: Isoelectronic doping of III-V semiconductors. Postdoctoral Associate: Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA (March 2006 – May 2007) Area of Research: Narrow-gap semiconductors for spintronics
Research Interest
Terahertz spectroscopy and imaging Ultrafast optical studies of semiconductor nanostructures III-V semiconductors for high-efficiency solar cells Light-matter interaction in the quantum regime
Publications
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B Fluegel, R N Kini, A. J Ptak, D. Beaton, K. Alberi and A Mascarenhas, “Shubnikov-de Haas Measurement of Electron Effective Mass in GaAs1-xBixâ€, Appl. Phys. Lett. (accepted, 2011) R N Kini, A. J Ptak, B Fluegel, R France, R C Reedy and A Mascarenhas, “Efect of Bi alloying on the hole transport in the dilute bismide alloy GaAs1-xBixâ€, Phys. Rev. B. 83, 075307 (2011) R N Kini, L Bhusal, A J Ptak, R France, and A Mascarenhas, “Electron Hall mobility in GaAsBiâ€, J. Appl. Phys. 106, 043705 (2009) R N Kini, A J Kent, and M Henini, “Phonon-assisted tunneling in a superlattice in an applied magnetic fieldâ€, Phys. Rev. B 80, 035335 (2009) (EDITORS’ SUGGESTION) A Mascarenhas, R N Kini, Y Zhang, R France and A J Ptak, “Comparison of the dilute Bismide and Nitride alloys GaAsBi and GaAsNâ€, (INVITED) Phys. Stat. Sol. (B) 246, 504 (2008) R N Kini, K Nontapot, G A Khodaparast, R E Welser, and L J Guido, “Time resolved measurements of spin and carrier dynamics in InAs filmsâ€, J. Appl. Phys. 103, 064318 (2008) M Frazier, R N Kini, K Nontapot, G A Khodaparast, T Wojtowicz, X Liu, and J K Furdyna, “Time resolved magneto-optical studies of ferromagnetic InMnSb filmsâ€, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 061911 (2008) K Nontapot, R N Kini, A Gifford, T R Merritt, G A Khodaparast, T Wojtowicz, X Liu and J K Furdyna, “Relaxation of Photoinduced Spins and Carriers in Ferromagnetic InMnSb Filmsâ€, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 143109 (2007) A J Kent, R N Kini, N M Stanton, M Henini, B A Glavin, V A Kochelap and T L Linnik, â€Acoustic phonon emission from a weakly-coupled superlattice under vertical electron transport: observation of phonon resonanceâ€, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 215504 (2006) This work was reported in The Economist, Physics News Update and Laser Focus World R N Kini, A J Kent, N M Stanton and M Henini, “Generation and detection of THz coherent transverse-polarized acoustic phonons by ultrafast optical excitation of GaAs/AlAs superlatticesâ€, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 134112 (2006) R N Kini, A J Kent, N M Stanton and M Henini, “Angle dependence of the phonon assisted tunnelling in a weakly coupled superlattice - evidence for terahertz phonon amplificationâ€, J. Appl. Phys. 98, 033514 (2005)
