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Kavintheran A/L Thambiratnam

Academic Qualifications

  • Degree of Philosophy - Doctor of Philosophy, Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • Degree of Master of Science - Masters Degree, Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • Bachelor of Science - Bachelor Degree, Universiti Malaya (UM)

Kavintheran A/L Thambiratnam (Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus

KULLIYYAH OF SCIENCE

kavintheran@iium.edu.my
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Area of Specialisation


  • Natural Science ~ Material Sciences ~ Advanced Materials ~ Photonics Materials - Fiber Laser
  • Natural Science ~ Material Sciences ~ Advanced Materials ~ Photonics Materials - Fiber Sensors


Teaching Responsibilities


CLASSICAL MECHANICS 2022/2023
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNESTISM I 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM II 2025/2026 2023/2024
ENTREPRENEUR 4 (NICHE AREA) 2024/2025
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION 2024/2025
EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIC II 2024/2025 2023/2024
EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS II 2025/2026 2024/2025
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING 2023/2024
PHYSICS PROJECT 2025/2026
PHYSICS PROJECT I 2025/2026
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE: CONCEPT, PRINCIPLE & POLICY 2025/2026
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ISSUES, PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024
USRAH IN ACTION 1 2025/2026 2024/2025
USRAH IN ACTION 2 2025/2026 2023/2024
VIBRATION, WAVES AND OPTICS 2023/2024 2022/2023
VIBRATIONS AND WAVES 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024


Supervision


Microfiber Based Optical Sensor For The Detection Of Biological And Chemical Constituents .
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2023 - 2025 Optical Fiber Based Natural Daylight Transmission System for Dead Zones in Algae Cultivation Tanks
On-Going
2025 - Present Ultra-sensitive Nonlinear Fiber Optic Bio-sensor using Degenerate Four Wave Mixing Technique in D-shaped Photonic Crystal Fiber


Publications


Articles

2025 2 µm mode-locked pulse generation using nickel metal-organic framework (Ni-MOF) coated arc-shaped fiber. Optical Fiber Technology, 93 (1) pp. 1-6
2025 Discovering new uncertainties. IIUM Photonics and Quantum Centre, () pp.
2025 High-energy all-fiber Er-doped femtosecond chirped-pulse amplification system seeded by nonlinear multimodal interference mode-locked fiber laser. Optical Fiber Technology, 93 (1) pp. 1-6
2025 In-line six-mode fiber filter based millimeter-wave generation in tunable and switchable dual wavelength fiber laser for 5G networks. Journal of Physics Communications, 9 (2) pp. 1-13
2025 Performance of mode-locked pulses in thulium-holmium-doped fiber lasers induced by paraffin-layered TiO2–Nb2CTx composite. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 36 (31) pp. 1-22
2025 Ti3C2Tx/MoO3 composite as saturable absorber for dissipative soliton 1.0 μm mode-locked fiber laser. Physica Scripta, 100 (6) pp. 1-12
2025 Usage of novel Co-MOF for mode-locked pulse generation near 2 μm. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 61 (3) pp. 1-7
2024 Carbon conductive coated fiber Bragg grating sensor for voltage detection. JOURNAL OF OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS, 26 (5-6) pp. 206-212
2024 Mode-locked thulium-holmium doped fiber laser using Bi2Se3 saturable absorber deposited onto arc-shaped and side polished fibers via airbrush spraying technique. Materials Research Express, 11 () pp. 1-13
2024 Molten fluoride salt-assisted synthesis of titanium carbide (Ti2C) MXene and its application for 2 μm mode-locking in a thulium-doped fiber laser. Laser Physics Letters, 21 (8) pp. 1-13
2024 O-band femtosecond mode-locked laser by using Ni-MOF in praseodymium-doped fluoride fibre. Optical Materials, 157 () pp. 1-9
2024 Performance comparison of a 3-D printed fiber bragg grating (FBG) load cell sensor based on the influence of different infill density and pattern. IEEE Sensors Journal, 24 (8) pp. 12400-12412
2024 Tunable wide spacing all-fiber dual-wavelength holmium-doped fiber laser using a Lyot filter operating above 2 μm. Laser Physics, 34 () pp. 1-6
2024 Zn-MOF as a saturable absorber for thulium/holmium-doped fiber laser. Physica Scripta, 99 () pp. 1-10
2023 A Delphi study on technical and socio-economic perspectives of nanotechnology and ICT industries relations. Systems, 11 (4) pp.
2023 Optical fiber Bragg grating-based pressure sensor for soil monitoring applications. Optical Engineering, 62 (8) pp.
Conference or Workshop Items

2025 O-band mode-locked femtosecond praseodymium-doped fluoride fiber laser using a nickel metal-organic framework. In: 025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2025,