RESEARCH AREAS Manipulation of Photons Slow light in photonic structures Optical cloaking and invisibility Zero-index media Inverse design of nanophotonic structures Efficient light detection in photonic structures Graded index media Photonic nanojets Optical interconnects and nanophotonic wires Optical filters, DEMUX designs Arrayed waveguides and optical power distributions Transformation optics Plasmonics Bio-inspired photonics, Bio-sensor Specific beam generations (Bessel, Airy, Vortex, etc.) One-way light propagation Micro-ring resonators Renewable solar energy & Concentrated solar energy