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Manoj Kesaria  BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA

Dr Manoj Kesaria

(he/him)

BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA

Senior Lecturer
Condensed Matter and Photonics Group

School of Physics and Astronomy

Users
Available for postgraduate supervision

Overview

M.IN.D (Manoj Infrared Detector's) Foundry  (Est: 2020)

Research and development of detectors with Low-dimensional Heterostructures 

MIND Foundry - A team of researchers and scientists developing novel GaN- and GaSb-based compound semiconductor detectors.

If you want to collaborate with the MIND foundry, don't hesitate to contact me...

News: 

 Open position in MIND foundry:

Publication

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Research

M.I.N.D (Manoj Infrared Detector's) foundry is a team of:

Crystal growers: Utilize the state-of-the-art Veeco Gen 930 Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) for developing the epitaxy of novel Compound Semiconductors materials and devices.

Device fabrication experts: Design, simulate, model and fabricate detectors in single-pixel and array format using  a class 10, 100 and 1000 cleanroom.

MIND team perform epitaxy, theoretical simulation, fabrication/processing of low dimensional hetero-structures, quantum 1D wires, dots (QD), Quantum well (QW), Complex Quantum Wells CQW -Type-II strained layer super-lattice (T2SL) and Digital alloys (ES). Fabricate detectors working in NIR to LWIR wavelength regime for sensing, detection, thermal imaging.

Ongoing research projects:

1)  EPSRC  Monolithic On-chip Integration of Electronics & Photonics Using III-nitrides for Telecoms

2) Innovate UK - Quantum Electro-optic Detector Technology (QuEoD)

3) Horizon 2020 EU- MSCA-ITN-2020- Innovative Training Network - QUANTIMONY-Quantum Semiconductor Technologies Exploiting Antimony

4. DASA (ACC20244551) Type-II superlattice Photodiode array for infrared sensing

Facilities:

a) A.D.E (Advanced Detectors Epitaxy) Laboratory

ADE laboratory has state-of-the-art Veeco Gen 930 MBE reactors dedicated to III-As(Sb) epitaxy with triple-zone valve group V crackers equipped with 3" substrate heater with 12000C  temperature operation and ~ 2-degree control. The reactors also ideally suited for undertaking the growth of novel Bi, N containing dilute bismides, dilute Nitrides and highly mismatch alloys (HMA). A Pananlytical XPert high-resolution x-ray diffractometer (HRXRD) with fast 8-inch wafers reciprocal space maps (RSM) capability.

b) A.D.C (Advanced Detector Characterisation) Laboratory

ADC laboratory host a complete detector characterisation facility with electrical characterisation tools (picoammeter, LCR meter, semiconductor device analyser, spectrum, and network analysers, noise figure meters and 50 GHz network analyser), FTIR-PL and photo-response set-up and a cryogenic probe station.

Teaching

I am a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK.

Module Organiser (MO) 2019/20 onward 

Low dimensional Semiconductor Devices (MPhys PX4221 + MSc PXT 126 ) - L7

Module Organiser (DMO), 2024/25 onward 

Laser Physics and Non-Linear Optics (PX 3243) -  L6

Year 4 ( MPhys)/MSc Research Project (PX4310/PXT999)

Year 3 undergraduate physics project (PX3315)

Year 1 Tutor

Biography

Current roles in the School of Physics and Astronomy

 

Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS) (2023 onward)

Member of School Research Ethic Committee (SREC) (2023 onward) 

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor (August 2021 onward)

Member of PSE Indian Engagement group (2020 onward)

Group leader of the M.IN. D foundry (2020 onward)

Outreach representative - Condensed Matter Physics (CMP) group (2019 onward)

My Expertise:

Since 2006, I have used ultra-high vacuum techniques and state-of-the-art Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) techniques to band-engineer GaN and GaSb-based low-dimensional nanostructures and heterostructures with underlying quantum phenomena.

From 2014 onward, I expanded my expertise into device fabrication in class 100 cleanrooms. I have fabricated muti-quantum well-based light-emitting diodes, double barrier resonant tunnelling diodes, photodiodes, avalanche photodiodes, and their arrays.

Honours and awards

2021 –  Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), U.K., awarded by Advanced Higher Education Academy, UK.

1995 – Fellowship in Physical Sciences, awarded by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India.

Professional memberships

Member of IOP

Member of IEEE

Academic positions

2018– 2021: Lecturer/Assistant Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University.

2013–2018: Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University & University of Sheffield.

2012–2013: Research Scientist, University of Houston, Texas and Integrated Micro Sensors Inc (Houston)

2008–2012: Senior Research Fellow and Research Associate, International Centre for Material Science, JNCASR, Bangalore, India

2006–2008: Junior Research Fellow, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India

I have worked as a senior research assocate on EPSRC projects (prior to 2018)

EP/J015849/1 "InAsNSb Dilute Nitride Materials for Mid-infrared Devices & Applications"

EP/M013707/1 "TPVs for Waste Heat Recovery in Energy Resilient Manufacturing".

EP/N020715/1 "Realising a solid-state photomultiplier and infrared detectors through bismide containing semiconductors".

http://www.physics.lancs.ac.uk/promis/news/002534/lancaster-to-help-plug-photonics-skills-gap-thanks-to-4-million-grant

Speaking engagements

1.  Invited Speaker at IQARUS, San Sebastian, Spain.03-07-2024 (in-person).

IQARUS - International Workshop on Quantum Antimonides Research & Upscaling - Kursaal Donostia - San Sebastián Kursaal Donostia – San Sebastián

Quantimony’s Final Workshop @San Sebastian (Spain) · Quantimony

2. Invited speaker- QUNTIMONY- 2nd AAB review Meeting, Lancaster, April 19 to 21.(in-person).

2nd AAB Meeting & Transferable Skills Training · Quantimony

3. Invited as a speaker at IOP, Industry Technology Programme- Photon 2022, Nottingham (August 30 to September 2) 

Photon 2022

4. Invited speaker- XXI International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD) 2021, New Delhi (online).

5. Invited speaker-  International Conference on Emerging Electronics (ICEE-2020), New Delhi 26-28 Nov. 2020. (online)

  Outreach talks at Schools-

 1. The Technology Behind Our Technology- Exploration into the World of Compound Semiconductors, 28-06-2024 (Cardiff)

2.  Llanwern High School, Newport, 27-04-2023

 3. Howell's School, Cardiff 16-02-2023

College Lecture: Dr Manoj Kesaria | Howell's Co-ed College (gdst.net)

 

Committees and reviewing

Guest editor - Scientific Reports - Collection - "Superlattices" Superlattices (cardiff.ac.uk)

Editorial board Member- Nanotechnology- Scientific Reports. Editors | Scientific Reports (cardiff.ac.uk)

Co-guest editor: IET special issue on " Semiconductor Integrated Opto-Electronics 2022 (SOE 2022)

Reviewer Grant, EPSRC (2018 onward)

Jounral reviewer (2013 onward):

  1. Nature research journal: Scientific reports (Editorial Board Member- Physics- Nanotechnology)
  2. AIP journals: Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, AIP Advances, Journal of Vaccum Science and Technology (B),
  3. IOP journals: Materials Research Express and Semiconductor Science and Technology
  4. Springer journals: Journal of Material Science, Nanoscale Research Letters and
  5. Wiley's Physics Status Solidi B: Basic Solid State Physics.

Supervisions

I am interested in supervising PhD students who are interested in

UV-VIS to LWIR III-Nitrides, III-Antimonides and novel dilute materals.for-

i) Detectors - Photodiodes, Avalanche Photodiode (APD), Single Photon Avalanche Photodiodes (SPAD)   

ii)  Low dimensional quantum hetero-structures

iii) Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) and solar thermophotovoltaic (SPTV)

 

Current supervision

Ali Al Amri

Ali Al Amri

Research student

Paradeisa O'Dowd Phanis

Paradeisa O'Dowd Phanis

Graduate Demonstrator

Chen Liu

Chen Liu

Research student

Alfie Ross

Alfie Ross

Graduate Demonstrator

Contact Details

Email KesariaM@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone +44 29208 75255
Campuses Translational Research Hub, Room TRH 1.05 , Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
Queen's Buildings - North Building, Room N0.09, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA

Research themes

Specialisms

  • Compound semiconductors
  • Thermophotovoltaics (TPV)
  • Light Emitting Diodes (LED)
  • Detectors