Nidhi Adhlakha

Designation: 

Assistant Professor

Date of Joining at NITK: 

Thursday, December 5, 2024

Professional Experience: 

1. Postdoctoral Researcher at Solid State Physics Group, Department of Physics, University of Turin, Turin, Italy (2014-2015)
2. Postdoctoral Researcher (with TRIL Fellowship from ICTP-UNESCO) at Free Electron Laser Facility, Elettra Sincrotrone Light Source, Trieste, Italy (2016- 2017)
2. Postdoctoral Researcher at Free Electron Laser Facility, Elettra Sincrotrone Light Source, Trieste, Italy (2017- 2020)

Additional Affiliation:
1. Visiting Researcher (short term) at “Synchrotron Related Theory Group” at The International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy (2016)
2. Associate Member, INFN, Section of Turin, Turin (2014-2015)

Contact Details

E-mail: 

adlakha.nidhi@gmail.com
nidhi@nitk.edu.in

Google Scholar: 

https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=roYlGAUAAAAJ&hl=en
Academic Background

B.Sc (Physics) Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (2007)
M.Sc (Physics) Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (2009)
Ph.D. (Physics) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India (2014)

Areas of Interest

Low Dimensional Materials
Topological Insulators
Ferroelectrics/Multiferroics Ceramics
Magnetoelectric composites for device applications
Ultrafast Terahertz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS)

Significant Publications

Papers Published in Journals:

1. Nidhi Adhlakha, Zeinab Ebrahimpour, Paola Di Pietro, Johannes Schmidt, Federica Piccirilli, Daniele Fausti, Angela Montanaro, Emmanuele Cappelluti, Stefano Lupi,
Andrea Perucchi, “Terahertz saturable absorption from relativistic high-temperature thermodynamics in black phosphorus”, Physical Review Applied 20 (2023) 054039;

2. Eleonore Roussel, Christophe Szwaj, Paola Di Pietro, N. Adhlakha, Paolo Cinquegrana, Marco Veronese, Clément Evain, Simone Di Mitri, Andrea Perucchi, Serge
Bielawski, “Single-shot terahertz time-domain spectrometer using 1550 nm probe pulses and diversity electro-optic sampling” Optics Express 31 (2023) 31072;

3. J. Vít, D. Repček, C. Kadlec, F. Kadlec, N. Adhlakha, P. Di Pietro, F. Picirilli, S. Kovalev, J. C. Deinert, I. Ilyaov, N. Awari, M. Chen, J. Buršík, C. B. Park, K. H. Kim, M.
Gensch, A. Perucchi, S. Kamba “Search for Nonlinear THz Absorption by Electromagnons in Multiferroic Hexaferrites” Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 91
(2022) 104703

4. F. Novelli, C.Y. Ma, N. Adhlakha, E.M. Adams, T. Ockelmann, D. Das Mahanta, P. Di Pietro, A. Perucchi, M. Havenith, “Nonlinear TeraHertz Transmission by Liquid Water at
1 THz”, Applied Sciences 10 (2020) 5290.

5. P. Di Pietro, N. Adhlakha, F. Piccirilli, A. Di Gaspare, J. Moon, S. Oh, S. Di Mitri, S. Spampinati, A. Perucchi, and S. Lupi, “Terahertz tuning of Dirac Plasmons in Bi2Se3
topological insulator” Physical Review Letters 124 (2020) 226403.

6. Nidhi Adhlakha, Paola Di Pietro, Federica Picirrilli, Paolo Cinquegrana, Simone Di Mitri, Paolo Sigalotti, Simone Spampinati, Marco Veronese, Stefano Lupi and Andrea
Perucchi, “The TeraFERMI Electro-Optic Sampling Set-Up for Fluence-Dependent Spectroscopic Measurement” Condensed Matter 5(1), 8 (2020).

7. S. Di Mitri, A. Perucchi, N. Adhlakha, P. Di Pietro, S. Nicastro, E. Roussel, S. Spampinati, M. Veronese, E. Allaria, L. Badano, I. Cudin, G. De Ninno, B. Diviacco, G. Gaio, D.
Gauthier, L. Giannessi, S. Lupi, G. Penco, F. Piccirilli, P. Rebernik, C. Spezzani, M.Trovò, “Coherent THz Emission Enhanced by Coherent Synchrotron Radiation Wakefeld”,
Scientific Reports 8 (2018) 11661-11668.

8. Paola Di Pietro, Nidhi Adhlakha, Federica Piccirilli, Luca Capasso, Cristian Svetina, Simone Di Mitri, Marco Veronese, Flavio Giorgianni, Stefano Lupi, Andrea Perucchi,
“TeraFERMI: A Superradiant Beamline for THz Nonlinear Studies at the FERMI Free Electron Laser Facility”, Synchrotron Radiation News 30 (2017) 36-39.

9. Nidhi Adhlakha, K.L.Yadav, Marco Truccato, Manjusha, Piyu Rajak, Alfio Battiato and Ettore Vittone, “Multiferroic and magnetoelectric properties of BiFeO3-CoFe2O4-poly
(vinylidene-flouride) composite films”, European Polymer Journal 91 (2017)100-110;

10. Manjusha, K.L. Yadav, Nidhi Adhlakha, Jyoti Shah and R.K. Kotnala, “Strain Mediated Magnetoelectric Coupling Induced in (x)Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-(1−x)MgFe2O4
composites”, Physica B: Condensed Matter 514 (2017) 41-50.

11. Nidhi Adhlakha, K.L. Yadav, Marco Truccato and Manjusha, “Reduced leakage current and improved multiferroic properties of 0.5((1-x)BLPFO-xPZT)-0.5PVDF composite
films”, Ceramics International 42 (2016) 18238-18246.

12. Marco Truccato, Angelo Agostino, Elisa Borfecchia, Lorenzo Mino, Eleonora Cara, Alessandro Pagliero, Nidhi Adhlakha, Lise Pascale, Lorenza Operti, Emanuele Enrico,
Natascia De Leo, Matteo Fretto, Gema Martinez-Criado and Carlo Lamberti, “Direct-write X-ray nano-patterning: a proof of concept Josephson device on
Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ superconducting oxide”, Nano Letters 16 (2016) 1669-1674.

13. Nidhi Adhlakha, K. L. Yadav and Ripandeep Singh, “BiFeO3-CoFe2O4-PbTiO3 composites: Structural, multiferroic and optical characteristics”, Journal of Materials
Science 50 (2015) 2073-2084.

14. Nidhi Adhlakha, K.L. Yadav and Ripandeep Singh, “Effect of BaTiO3 addition on structural, multiferroic and magnetodielectric properties of 0.3CoFe2O4-0.7BiFeO3
ceramics”, Smart Materials and Structures 23 (2014) 105024-105042;

15. Nidhi Adhlakha and K.L. Yadav, “Structural, dielectric, magnetic and optical properties of Ni0.75Zn0.25Fe2O4-BiFeO3 composites”, Journal of Materials Science 49
(2014) 4423–4438.

16. Jyoti Rani, Piyush Kumar Patel, Nidhi Adhlakha, Hemant Singh, K. L. Yadav and Satya Prakash, “Mo6+ modified (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 lead free ceramics: Structural,
electrical and optical properties”, Journal of Materials Science and Technology 30 (2014) 459-465.

17. Nidhi Adhlakha and K. L. Yadav, “Study of dielectric, magnetic and magnetoelectric behaviour of (x)NZF-(1-x)PLSZT multiferroic composites”, IEEE transaction on
dielectric and electrical insulation 21 (2014) 2055-2061.

18. Nidhi Adhlakha, K.L. Yadav and Ripandeep Singh, “Implications of La and Y codoping on structural, multiferroic, magnetoelectric and optical properties of BiFeO3”,
Science of Advanced Materials 5 (2013) 947-959;

19. Piyush Kumar Patel, Jyoti Rani, Nidhi Adhlakha, Hemant Singh and K. L. Yadav, “Enhanced Dielectric properties of doped Barium Titanante Ceramics”, Journal of
Physics and Chemistry of Solids 74 (2013) 545–549;

20. Nidhi Adhlakha, K.L. Yadav, “Study of structural, dielectric and magnetic behaviour of Ni0.75Zn0.25Fe2O4-Ba(Ti0.85Zr0.15)O3 composites”, Smart Materials and
Structures 21 (2012) 115021-115029;

21. Nidhi Adhlakha, K.L. Yadav, Amit Kumar, Piyush Kumar Patel, Jyoti Rani and Meera Rawat, “Structural, optical and magnetic study of (1-x)ZnO–xMgO composite
prepared through solid state reaction method”, Physica B: Condensed Matter 407 (2012) 3427-3433.

22. Meera Rawat, K. L. Yadav, Amit Kumar, Piyush Kumar Patel, Nidhi Adhlakha, Jyoti Rani, “Structural, dielectric and conductivity properties of Ba2+ doped
(Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3) ceramics”, Advanced Material Letter 3 (4) (2012) 286-292.

Papers Published as Conference Proceedings:

1. Nonlinear THz studies at the TeraFERMI beamline, N. Adhlakha, P. Di Pietro, F. Picirrilli, S. Lupi, A. Perucchi, 9th International THz-BioWorkshop, Technical Digest, 2021,
pp. 29.

2. Recording the waveform of single THz bursts using 1550 nm chirped pulses: Towards single-shot time-domain spectrometers, E. Roussel, C. Szwaj, C. Evain, N.
Adhlakha, P. Cinquegrana, S. Di Mitri, P. Di Pietro, M. Veronese, A. Perucchi, S. Bielawsk, Real-time Measurements, Rogue Phenomena, and Single-Shot Applications VI,
2021, pp. 116710I.

3. User operation of sub- picosecond Thz coherent transition radiation parasitic to a VUV FEL, Simone Di Mitri, Nidhi Adhlakha, Enrico Allaria, Laura Badano, Giovanni De
Ninno, Paola Di Pietro, Giulio Gaio, Luca Giannessi, G Penco, A Perucchi, Primož Rebernik Ribič, FEL, 2019, pp. 621-624; DOI: 10.18429/JACoW-FEL2019-THP013.

4. TeraFERMI beamline as a powerful tool for nonlinear ultrafast studies on Dirac materials, P Di Pietro, N Adhlakha, F Piccirilli, S Lupi, A Perucchi , Terahertz Emitters,
Receivers, and Applications X, San Diego, California, USA, 111240C, 2019.

5. Nonlinear THz plasmonics in Bi2Se3 Topological Insulator, P. Di Pietro, N. Adhlakha, F. Piccirilli, A. Di Gaspare, S. Oh, A. Perucchi, S. Lupi, 2018 43rd International
Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2018.

6. TeraFERMI: Status of the beamline and pilot experiments, P. Di Pietro, S. Lupi, N. Adhlakha, F. Piccirilli, L. Capasso, S. Di Mitri, S. Spampinati, C. Svetina, G. Penco, E.
Allaria, M. Veronese, E. Roussel, D. Gauthier, M. Trovò, G. Gaio, L. Giannessi, A. Perucchi, 2017 42nd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz
Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2017.

7. Structural and ferroelectric Study of Ni0.75 Zn0.25 Fe2O4-Ba(Ti0.85 Zr0.15)O3 composite, Nidhi Adhlakha and K.L. Yadav, International Conference and Workshop on
Nanostructured Ceramics and other Nanomaterials (ICWNCN), Delhi, 2012.

8. Synthesis and characterization (1-x)ZnO-xMgO composites, Nidhi Adhlakha and K. L. Yadav, 2012, AIP Conference Proceeding pp. 523-524.

9. Magnetocapacitance and Magnetic Properties of Cr3+ Ions Doped Hematite Prepared by Sol-Gel Method at Room Temperature, Amit Kumar, K. L. Yadav, Piyush Kumar
Patel, Jyoti Rani, Nidhi Adhlakha, Meera Rawat and Hemant Singh, IEEE conference, Nanoscience, Technology and Societal Implications (NSTSI), 2011 International
Conference, 2011.

Achievements

Awards/Fellowships:

1. National Scholarship Award for outstanding performance in Matric Examination from the Government of Punjab in 2002.
2. Awarded a "Certificate of Merit" for being placed in statewise top 1% in the National Graduate Physics Examination (NGPE) 2006-2007 conducted by Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT).
3. Qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET) with Junior/Senior Research Fellowship, CSIR-UGC, India in Physical Sciences (December 2008).
4. Qualified the Graduate Aptitude Test (GATE), Physics, 2009, All India Rank: 200; Percentile: 96%.
5. "Training and Research in Italian Laboratories (TRIL)" Fellowship funded by International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy during 2016-2017.
6. Institute Fellowship, Elettra Sincrotrone Light Source, Trieste, Italy (2017- 2020).

Significant Travel Grants:

1. Travel Grant to participate and give a talk in "International conference on Nanophotonics and Micro/Nano Optics" at Munich, Germany; awarded by Elettra Sinctrotrone, Trieste, Italy (2019).
2. Financial support by European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France for performing Beamtime Experiments on “Structural and functional modulations induced by direct-writing X-ray nanolithography in technologically relevant oxides” at ESRF (2015).
3. International Travel Support Awarded by Science and Engineering Board, DST, India for giving Oral Presentation at "ICMAT 2013: International conference on materials for advanced technologies" in Suntec, Singapore (2013).

Special Hightlights:

1. Our Research on “Terahertz tuning of Dirac plasmons in Bi2Se3 Topological Insulator” mentioned in "Elettra Highlights" of Elettra Sincrotrone Light Trieste, Italy (2020, Section: Structure and Dynamics, Page: 84-85).
2. Our Research on “THz-pump/THz-probe time-resolved spectroscopy at TeraFERMI” mentioned in "Elettra Highlights" of Elettra Sincrotrone Light Trieste, Italy (2018, Section: Photon Sources and Instrumentation, pages: 132-133).
3. Our Research on “A superconducting device drawn by focused X-rays without etching the crystal”, mentioned in "ESRF Highlights" at European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France (2016, Section: X-ray Nanoprobe, Page: 35-36).

 

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