Resume

Education:

• PhD from University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. (2006 - 2011).
  
• M.Eng degree (by research) from National University of Singapore, Singapore (2003-2005)
• B.Tech degree in Electronics Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University, Chennai, India (1996-2000)

Technical Skill set:

• Silicon photonics - SOI based Microring structures (WDM filters) - theory, simulation (Matlab), fabrication.

• Knowledge and experience in silicon photonics fabrication tools - Raith 150 E-beam lithography, Photo lithography, STS ICP RIE for precision silicon deep etching, PECVD, Sputtering deposition, Wet desk processing for substrate cleaning, photo resist spinning and developing.

• Knowledge and experience in metrology tools like SEM imaging, Filmetrics thin film measurement, Photonic and electronic measurement techniques - optical instruments like tunable laser, optical spectrum analyzer, erbium doped fiber amplifier etc. and electronic instruments like PRBS generators, oscilloscopes, pulse generators etc.

• Knowledge in Radio over Fiber (ROF) systems, RF/Microwave circuit design - (modelling tools ADS, Vipec, Rfsim99)

• High-speed digital system design - Signal Integrity, timing, power analysis etc.

• Knowledge in Micro controllers, DSP processors and PCB layout design process.
  

Work Experience:

1) Nano fabrication researcher
Applied Nano Tools Inc (Nov 2011 - present)

2) Part-time fabrication engineer
Applied Nano Tools Inc (Jun 2011 - Nov 2011)

3) Graduate research assistant in Silicon photonics
NPRL, University of Alberta (Jan 2006 - Oct 2011)

4) Lab instructor / Teaching assistant
University of Alberta (Jan 2007 - April 2011)

5) Member Technical Staff - Temporary
Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore (Jun 2005 – Sep 2005)

6) Graduate research assistant in RF optics
Institute for Infocomm Research & National University of Singapore (Jan 2003 – May 2005)

7) Engineer - VLSI / System design
Wipro Technologies, Bangalore, India (Aug 2000 – Dec 2002)

Publications:

Refereed journal papers:

D. Bachman, Z. Chen, A. M. Prabhu, R. Fedosejevs, Y. Y. Tsui, and V. Van, “Femtosecond Laser Tuning of Silicon Microring Resonators”, Optics Letters, Vol. 36, Issue 23, 2011.

A. M. Prabhu, A. Tsay, Z. Han and V. Van, “Extreme Miniaturization of Silicon Add-Drop Microring Filters for VLSI Photonics Applications”, IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol. 2, pp. 436-444, April 2010.

A. M. Prabhu, A. Tsay, Z. Han and V. Van, “Ultra-Compact SOI microring add-drop filter with wide bandwidth and wide FSR”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 21, Issue 10, pp. 651-653, May 2009.

A. M. Prabhu, V. Van, W. N. Herman and P.-T. Ho,  “Compact Silicon Microring-Assisted Directional Couplers for WDM and Optical Signal Processing Applications”, Optics Letters, Vol. 34, Issue 8, pp. 1249-1251, April 2009.

A. M. Prabhu, H.L.Liew, V. Van, "Experimental determination of coupled-microring filter parameters via pole-zero extraction", Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 19, pp. 14588-14596, Sep 2008.

A. M. Prabhu, H.L.Liew, V. Van, "Generalized Parallel-Cascaded Microring Networks for Spectral Engineering Applications", Journal of optical society of America B, Vol. 25, Issue 9, pp. 1505-1514, Sep 2008.

A. M. Prabhu and V. Van, "Predistortion Techniques for Synthesizing Coupled Microring Filters with Loss", Optics Communications, Vol. 281, Issue 10, pp. 2760-2767, May 2008.

A. M. Prabhu and V. Van, "Realization of asymmetric optical filters using asynchronous coupled-microring resonators", Optics Express, Vol. 25, no. 15, pp. 9645, July 2007.

 Book Chapter:

• A. M. Prabhu and V. Van, "Coupling matrix technique for synthesizing direct-coupled microring resonator filters", Optical Information Processing, Research Signpost, ISBN: 978-81-308-0236-7.

D. Bachman, Z. Chen, A. M. Prabhu, R. Fedosejevs, Y. Tsui and V. Van, “Post-Fabrication Tuning of Silicon Microring Resonators by Femtosecond Laser Modification”, Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nano Photonics (IPR), Toronto, June 2011.

A. M. Prabhu, Z. Han, A. Tsay and V. Van, “Extreme Miniaturization Of Silicon Add-drop Microring Filters For WDM Applications”, Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nano Photonics (IPR), Monterey, July 2010.

A. M. Prabhu and V. Van, “A Method For Direct Synthesis Of Optimal Microring Ladder Filters”, Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nano Photonics (IPR), Monterey, July 2010.

A. M. Prabhu, Z. Han, A. Tsay and V. Van, “Wideband 1.5μm-Radius SOI Add-Drop Microring Filter for WDM on-Chip Interconnects”, CLEO-IQEC , Baltimore, June 2009.

A. M. Prabhu, V. Van, W. N. Herman and P.-T. Ho,  "Compact silicon microring-assisted directional couplers for optical signal processing applications", Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC/NFOEC), San Diego, Mar 2009.

V. Van and A. M. Prabhu, “Electrical network approach to synthesizing coupled-cavity optical devices”, OSA IPNRA Topical Meeting, Boston, July 2008.

A. M. Prabhu,  H. L. Liew, V. Van, "Elliptic Optical Filters with All-Positive Couplings Based on the Double-Microring Ladder Architecture", CLEO-QELS, San Jose, May 2008.

V. Van and A. M. Prabhu, "Multiple coupled microresonator devices for advanced spectral shaping applications", SPIE photonics west, San Jose, Jan 2008.  

H. L. Liew, A. M. Prabhu, V. Van, "Dual-mode microresonators for high-order spectral filtering", LEOS Topical Meeting, Florida, Oct 2007.

A. M. Prabhu and V. Van, "Asymmetric Optical Filters based on Asynchronous Coupled Microring Resonators", CLEO-PR, Seoul, Aug 2007.

A. M. Prabhu and V. Van, "General two-dimensional coupled-cavity microring filter architectures", CLEO-QELS, Baltimore, May 2007.

Scholarships and Awards:

NUS Research scholarship – (2003 to 2005)
UofA Provost Doctoral Entrance Award – (2006)
SPIE scholarship – (2008)
SPIE scholarship – (2009)
UofA Graduate Student Association Professional Development Grant for conference travel (2009)
UofA Leonard E. Gads Teaching Assistant Award (2010)
University of Alberta 2010 Graduate Student Teaching Award (2010)
Profiling Alberta’s Graduate Students Travel Award (2010)

Techinal Activities:

Reviewer for Optics Express journal, JOSA, Optics letter
Student member of IEEE LEOS, OSA

Other technical projects:

References:

Upon request

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