About Me

My name is Rajesh Thapa and I am from Nepal. I completed M.Sc. in Physics in 1998 from Tribhuvan University, the only national university in Nepal to run a Master’s level program in Physics. I joined K-state in 2003 to pursue a higher education in Physics. I am working as a Graduate research asssistance under the assistance of Dr. Kristan Corwin. Dr Corwin earned her Ph.D. from University of Colorado, Boulder under the assistance of Nobel Laurates Carl Wieman.

I have made significant scholastic contributions to the department of physics through research and development. I have completed my Master’s degree in Physics in 2005 here at K-State and have begun a Ph.D in Physics which I am expecting to complete in 2008. I have finished all of the graduate level course requirements for this level of study and have achieved a GPA of 3.72. Currently my research work involves the combination of several scientific disciplines including nonlinear optics, fiber optics, molecular spectroscopy, and frequency metrology. To date I have five peer-reviewed publications as a principal author and have represented my research group at multiple international conferences organized by the major American affiliations including the Optical Society of America (OSA) and the American Physical Society (APS). Our work has been to develop a portable frequency reference based on nonlinear spectroscopy of molecular gases in photonic bandgap fibers. These fibers confine light in an air-filled or gas-filled region, with extraordinarily low losses. Furthermore, we have developed and employed the powerful measurement capabilities of femtosecond laser-based optical frequency combs in order to measure and characterize the narrow feature arised due to non-linear spectroscopy inside these fiber.

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