Ph.D. PROGRAMMES/RESEARCH THRUST AREAS
Faculty members of the department have been involved in the following thrust area research activities:

• Laser-plasma interaction, plasma filled high power coherent radiation sources, free electron laser (FEL), short pulse laser, parametric instabilities and dusty plasmas.
• Intense relativistic plasma, microwave electronics, free electron lasers, theoretical studies of ultra short, ultra-intense, laser-plasma interaction, high-harmonic generation, attosecond pulse generation, wake-field acceleration of charged particles, self-focusing of laser beams.
• Structural, Optical and magnetic properties of High temperature Superconductors and Spintronics material, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XANES & EXAFS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation.
• Compton scattering measurements using gamma-rays and synchrotron radiations, ab-initio calculation using linear combination of atomic orbitals and full potential linearized augmented plane wave approaches, etc.
• Electronic, structural and optical properties of doped and undoped binary semiconductors using experimental and ab-initio techniques, synthesis and characterization of Zn, Cd and Pb based nano wires for potential applications.
• Renewable and sustainable energy specifically solar thermal, solar buildings, photovoltaics, hybrid systems, energy efficiency and management, heat losses through the collectors, composite layers, development of technology for mini appliances, material development etc.