Area of Interest:

  • Meta-Materials
  • Microwave Antennas
  • Microwave Metamaterial Absorbers
  • Microwave Metamaterial Cloaking
  • Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FD-TD) Technique
  • Electromagnetics

Dean of Administration

    Prof. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava has taken charge as Dean of Administration, IIT Kanpur with effect from 4th July 2024.

Awards

    2024 IEEE AP-S Fellowship

    Ms. Baisakhi Bandyopadhyay has received 2024 IEEE AP-S Fellowship by IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. The grant carries a prize money of $5000 for pursuing research in area of Antennas and Propagation.

    2024 AP-S Mojgan Daneshmand Grant

    Ms. Baisakhi Bandyopadhyay has received 2024 AP-S Mojgan Daneshmand Grant by IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society at 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INTC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, held during July 14–19, 2024, in Florence, Italy. The grant carries a prize money of $1500 and is awarded to 12 women researchers globally every year.

    2024 TICRA-EurAAP Travel Grant

    Ms. Baisakhi Bandyopadhyay has received 2024 TICRA-EurAAP Travel Grant for “the author's potential and demonstrated aptitude for research”, at 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2024), held during March 17–22, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland. The grant carries a prize money of $1000 and is awarded to 8 researchers globally every year.

Patent

    An Indian Patent with Patent Number 552260 has been granted to Prof. Srivastava group. The title of patent is “A Metamaterial based Wearable and a Method Thereof.” The inventors are Mr. Gaganpreet Singh, Ms. Kajal Chaudhary, Prof. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, Prof. Janakarajan Ramkumar and Prof. S. Anantha Ramakrishna.

    An Indian Patent with Patent Number 485957 has been granted to Prof. Srivastava group. The title of patent is “Controlled Micro-texturing of Transparent Conducting Oxide Thin Films for Uniform Transparency.” The inventors are Mr. Gaganpreet Singh, Prof. S. Anantha Ramakrishna, Prof. Janakarajan Ramkumar and Prof. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava.

    An Indian Patent with Patent Number 445111 has been granted to Prof. Srivastava group. The title of patent is “Protective Layer for Microwave Metamaterial Absorbers and Method Thereof.” The inventors are Ms. Kajal Chaudhary, Prof. Janakarajan Ramkumar, Prof. S. Anantha Ramakrishna, Prof. Praveen C. Ramamurthy and Prof. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava.

Journal

  1. Sudeb Bhattacharya, Kajal Chaudhary, Aakash, J. Ramkumar, and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, “Selective Etching of ITO–PET using a Dry Film Photoresist for Large Area Metamaterial Fabrication,” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2024 (accepted).
  2. Rahul Vishwakarma, Aakash, Jyoti Yadav, Amit Verma, and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, “Experimental Demonstration of Op-Amp-Based Negative Inductor in Microwave Regime,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters, 2024 (accepted).
  3. Nitish Kumar Gupta, Sudeb Bhattacharya, Abhinav Bhardwaj, Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, Harshawardhan Wanare, Janakarajan Ramkumar, and S. Anantha Ramakrishna, “Harmonic Engineering in Sub-Wavelength Cavities & Design of Ultrabroadband Microwave Absorbers by Reflection Phase Manipulation,” IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 1079-1086, 2024.
  4. Jyoti Yadav, Rahul Vishwakarma, Mondeep Saikia, Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, and Janakrajan Ramkumar “3D Printed All-Dielectric Ultra-Broadband Microwave Absorber,” IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2024 (accepted).
  5. KPS Mann, Rahul Vishwakarma, Mondeep Saikia, and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, “Design and Experimental Demonstration of Time Modulated FSS in Broad Frequency Range for Radar Countermeasure,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2024 (accepted).
  6. Abhishek Mishra, Rahul Kumar Jaiswal, Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, Yogesh Singh Chauhan, and Amit Verma, “Switchable and Tunable Salisbury Screen Microwave Absorber based on a Uniform Vanadium Dioxide Film,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2024 (accepted).
  7. Aakash, Sudeb Bhattacharya, Rahul Kumar Jaiswal, and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, “Analysis of Antenna Arrays using Equivalent Sources for Increase in Computational Efficiency for 5G and Beyond,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. e34177, 2024.
  8. Rahul Kumar Jaiswal, Aakash, Anuj Kumar Ojha, Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava and Chow-Yen-Desmond Sim, “Wideband Low-Profile Endfire Antenna with Polarization Reconfigurability,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 1984-1988, 2024.
  9. Kajal Chaudhary, Sudha Malik, Gaganpreet Singh, Sudeb Bhattacharya, J Ramkumar, S Anantha Ramakrishna, and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, “Flexible Dielectric Spacer with Tunable Dielectric Properties for Metamaterial Absorber Application,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 055101, 2023.
  10. Baisakhi Bandyopadhyay, Sudeb Bhattacharya, Rahul Kumar Jaiswal, Mondeep Saikia, and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, “Wideband RCS Reduction of a Linear Patch Antenna Array using AMC Metasurface for Stealth Applications,” IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 127458-127467, 2023.
  11. Jyoti Yadav, Mondeep Saikia, Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, and J. Ramkumar, “Three-Dimensional Rotation of FSS Unit Cell in Broadband Microwave Absorber for Large Oblique Incidence Response,” IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 1320-1328, 2023.
  12. Ranjit Kumar Dutta, Rahul Kumar Jaiswal, Mondeep Saikia, and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, “A Two-Stage Beam-Forming Antenna Using Butler Matrix and Reconfigurable Frequency Selective Surface for Wide Angle Beam-Tilting,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 22, no. 10, pp. 2342-2346, 2023. doi: 10.1109/LAWP.2023.3286819.
  13. Praneet Jain, Rahul Kumar Jaiswal, Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, and Saptarshi Ghosh, “An Improvised Four-Port Multifunctional MIMO Antenna for Integrated Cognitive Radio System,” IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 66201-66211, 2023.
  14. Anju Kumari Rai, Rahul Kumar Jaiswal, Kahani Kumari, Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, and Chow-Yen-Desmond Sim, “Wideband Monopole Eight-Element MIMO Antenna for 5G Mobile Terminal,” IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 689-696, 2023.
  15. Mondeep Saikia and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, “A Time Modulated Polarization Rotating Frequency Selective Surface,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 1506-1515, 2023.
  16. Rahul Kumar Jaiswal, Ranjit Kumar Dutta, Gourab Das, Anuj Kumar Ojha, and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, “Circularly polarized three-element MIMO antenna with diversity and polarization reconfigurability techniques,” AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications, vol. 162, pp. 154566, 2023.
  17. Ayushi Dhumal, Mahesh Singh Bisht, Abhinav Bhardwaj, Mondeep Saikia, Sudha Malik, and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, “Screen Printed Polarization Independent Microwave Absorber for Wideband RCS Reduction,” IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 96-103, 2023.
  18. Nitish Kumar Gupta, Gaganpreet Singh, Sapireddy Srinivasu, Harshawardhan Wanare, Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, J. Ramkumar, and S. Anantha Ramakrishna, “Singular-Phase Characteristics of Electromagnetic Absorbers and a Framework for Low-RCS Target Detection,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 134-138, 2023.
  19. Abhinav Bhardwaj, Dheeraj Pratap, Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava and S. Anantha Ramakrishna, “Analytical analysis of Inhomogeneous and Anisotropic Metamaterial Cylindrical Waveguide using Transformation Matrix Method,” Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 53-68, 2023.

Conference

  1. S. Paul, R. K. Chaudhary, and K. V. Srivastava, “A Double Slotted Antipodal Vivaldi Yagi-Uda Antenna for 5G mmWave MIMO Applications,” in 2024 IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Hyderabad, India, December 9-13, 2024.
  2. A. Dileep, S. Paul, R. K. Chaudhary, and K. V. Srivastava, “Design of a Multilayer Transmissive-Reflective Frequency Selective Surface with Wide Stop-Band for mmWave Applications,” in 2024 IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Hyderabad, India, December 9-13, 2024.
  3. B. Bandyopadhyay and K. V. Srivastava, “Broadband Time-Modulated FSS for C, X, and Ku Band Radar Countermeasures,” in 2024 IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Hyderabad, India, December 9-13, 2024.
  4. A. Dileep, S. Paul, R. K. Chaudhary, and K. V. Srivastava, “Design of a Polarization Insensitive Compact Absorptive Frequency Selective Reflector with Narrow Transition Band,” in Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC-2024), Bali, Indonesia, November 17-20, 2024.
  5. S. Paul, R. K. Chaudhary, and K. V. Srivastava, “A Double Slotted Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna for 5G mmWave MIMO Applications,” in 2024 URSI Regional Conference on Radio Science (USRI-RCRS), Nainital, India, October 22-25, 2024.
  6. R. Vishwakarma, A. Rana, M. Saikia, Aakash, and K. V. Srivastava, “Design of Vertical SRR based Absorber for RCS Reduction of Aircraft Equipped with Lightning Strike Protection,” in 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INTC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Florence, Italy, July 14-19, 2024.
  7. A. Gera, R. Vishwakarma, A. Dileep, and K. V. Srivastava, “Design of Switchable AT/AR Frequency Selective Rasorber with Transmission/Reflection in X Band,” in 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INTC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Florence, Italy, July 14-19, 2024.
  8. A. K. Rai, R. K. Dutta, Aakash, and K. V. Srivastava, “mm-wave Mobile Handset Antenna with Beam Steering Capability for 5G Application,” in 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INTC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Florence, Italy, July 14-19, 2024.
  9. R. K. Dutta, S. Singh, Aakash, R. K. Jaiswal, and K. V. Srivastava, “Wideband Dual-Polarized Antenna Array for Base Station Applications,” in 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INTC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Florence, Italy, July 14-19, 2024.
  10. Aakash, A. K. Rai, and K. V. Srivastava, “77 GHz SISL based Dual-circularly Polarized Filtenna for Automotive Radar Applications,” in 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INTC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Florence, Italy, July 14-19, 2024.
  11. J. Yadav, J. Ramkumar, and K. V. Srivastava, “Transparent ITO-Coated PET based Wideband and Wideangle Microwave Absorber,” in 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INTC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Florence, Italy, July 14-19, 2024.
  12. S. Bhattacharya, K. Chaudhary, Aakash, and K. V. Srivastava, “Measurement Considerations of FSS Absorber in Free Space,” in 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INTC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Florence, Italy, July 14-19, 2024.
  13. B. Bandyopadhyay and K. V. Srivastava, “Single Layer Polarization Insensitive Wideband Time Modulated Frequency Selective Surface for Radar Countermeasure,” in 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INTC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Florence, Italy, July 14-19, 2024.
  14. A. K. Shahi, B. Bandyopadhyay, Aakash, R. K. Dutta, A. Biswas, and K. V. Srivastava, “Highly Selective Polarization Insensitive Wideband A-T-A Frequency Selective Rasorber,” in 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INTC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Florence, Italy, July 14-19, 2024.
  15. B. Bandyopadhyay, A. K. Shahi, A. Dileep, M. Saikia, and K. V. Srivastava, “Polarization Insensitive Broadband Frequency Selective Rasorber With Improved Selectivity for Stealth Applications,” in 2024 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Glasgow, United Kingdom, March 17-22, 2024.
  16. B. Bandyopadhyay, R. K. Jaiswal, R. K. Dutta, and K. V. Srivastava, “Reduction of RCS of a Series Fed Linear Array Antenna Using Artificial Magnetic Conductors,” in 2023 IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Ahmedabad, India, December 11-14, 2023.
  17. R. Vishwakarma, J. Yadav, A. Mishra, A. Verma, and K. V. Srivastava, “Thermally Switchable Wideband Metamaterial Absorber Using Vanadium Dioxide,” in 2023 IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Ahmedabad, India, December 11-14, 2023.
  18. Aakash, A. K. Rai, R. Vishwakarma, S. Bhattacharya, and K. V. Srivastava, “Dual-Circularly Polarised Antenna Array for Automatic Radar at 77 GHz based on SISL Topology,” in 2023 IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Ahmedabad, India, December 11-14, 2023.
  19. S. Bhattacharya, H. Bandhu, A. Verma, J. Ramkumar, and K. V. Srivastava, “Transparent Metamaterial Absorber Fabrication by Pulsed-DC Magnetron Sputtering,” in 2023 IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Ahmedabad, India, December 11-14, 2023.
  20. J. Yadav, R. Vishwakarma, A. Mishra, K. V. Srivastava, and J. Ramkumar “Substrate Engineering for Tuning the Absorption Response of Microwave Absorber,” in 2023 IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Ahmedabad, India, December 11-14, 2023.
  21. R. K. Dutta, B. Bandyopadhyay, R. K. Jaiswal, and K. V. Srivastava, “Beamforming of a Linear Antenna Array Using Reconfigurable Frequency Selective Surface,” in 2023 IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Ahmedabad, India, December 11-14, 2023.
  22. J. Yadav, K. Chaudhary, K. V. Srivastava, and J. Ramkumar, “Fabrication Process Development of a Three Dimensionally Rotated FSS Unit Cell for Wide-Angle Microwave Absorbers,” in 2023 All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR), Varanasi, India, December 8-10, 2023.
  23. R. K. Jaiswal, R.K. Dutta., C. Y. D. Sim, and K. V. Srivastava, “Study on Co-and Cross-Polarization Radiation Patterns of Dipole Antenna,” in 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA, July 23-28, 2023.
  24. J. Yadav, M. Saikia, K. V. Srivastava, and J. Ramkumar, “Miniaturized Metamaterial Absorber Using Lossy Effective Dielectric-Medium and Resistive Metasurface,” in International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META), Paris, France, July 18-21, 2023.
  25. R. K. Jaiswal, B. Bandyopadhyay, C. Y. D. Sim, and K. V. Srivastava, “Wideband Vertically Polarized Magnetic Dipole Antenna for MIMO Applications,” in 2023 IEEE Wireless, Antenna and Microwave Symposium (WAMS), Gandhinagar, India, June 07-10, 2023.