Contact Information
- Email: dpatel@strw.leidenuniv.nl
Research
Exploring Metasurfaces to Develop Coronagraphs
Supervisor: Dr. Sebastiaan Haffert
Explored the use of metasurfaces for simultaneous coronagraphy and wavefront-sensing using a single focal plane optic.
High-Efficiency Immersion Meta-Gratings
Co-Supervisors: Dr. Ralf Kohlhaas, Prof. Bernhard Brandl
Designed immersed meta-gratings to improve high-order diffraction efficiencies and reduce polarization sensitivity for SWIR-3 band applications.
Photonic Adaptive Optics
Co-Supervisors: Dr. Momen Diab, Prof. Suresh Sivandanam
Worked on photonic-integrated solution for adaptive optics and wavefront correction. This included simulations of photonic components such as phase correctors, beam combiners, performance estimation for single-mode fiber coupling and in-lab work.
- End-to-end simulations of photonic phase correctors for adaptive optics systems, Optics Express 32, 27459–27472 (2024)
- Performance estimation of photonic integrated wavefront corrector for single-mode fiber coupling, Proc. SPIE 13097 (2024)