Thejesh N. Bandi

Associate Professor

Education

  • PhD, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, 2013

Research Areas

  • Precision Timing

Bio

Thejesh N. Bandi is the Principal Investigator of the Precision Navigation, Time and Frequency (PNTF) group at the University of Alabama. His research interests span from basic atomic and ion spectroscopy to its novel implementation methods with the atomic clocks, and the related metrological studies. He is involved in the space clocks R & D for the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), time scales, precision frequency and time synchronization schemes and related applications. He has interests in compact lasers and laser manipulation of atoms and ions, including the trapping and manipulating schemes, interferometric studies and atomic magnetometers.

Dr. Bandi earned a PhD degree in Physics from the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at JPL-NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, where he worked on compact mercury ion clock. He was the head of the clocks division at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), where he conceptualized, designed, and lead the successful research and development of the advanced indigenous space clock for the Indian navigation program. At ISRO, he also established a class 10k and 100k clean room laboratory for the space clocks development. Dr. Bandi joined the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Alabama in 2022.

Office Hours

By appointment

 

Selected Publications

1. T. N. Bandi, V. G. Minogin and S. N. Chormaic, Atom microtraps based on near-field Fresnel diffraction, Vol. 78, 013410, 2008.

2. T. Bandi, C. Affolderbach, C. E. Calosso, and G. Meliti, High-performance laser-pumped rubidium frequency standard for satellite navigation, Electronics Letters, Vol. 47, 12, 2011.

3. T. Bandi, C. Affolderbach and G. Mileti, Laser-pumped paraffin-coated cell rubidium frequency standard, Vol. 111, 12, 124906, 2012.

4. T. Bandi, C. Affolderbach, C. Stefanucci, F. Merli A. K. Skrivervik and G. Mileti, Compact high-performance continuous-wave double-resonance rubidium standard with 1.4 × 10−13τ−1/2stability, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 61, 11, 2014.

5. T. Bandi, J. Prestage, S. Chung, T. Le and N. Yu, Demonstration of long vacuum integrity lifetime of a trapped-ion clock package, The Interplanetary Network Progress Report, Vo. 42, 204, 2016.

6. J. Kaintura, A. Ghadiya, S. Soni and T. N. Bandi, Optics integrated compact cavity for rubidium atomic frequency standards, Rev. Sci. Instrum. Vol 90, 084701, 2019.

7. P. Jain, P. Priya, T. V. S. Ram, K. S. Parikh and T. N. Bandi, Digital lock-in amplifier for space rubidium atomic clock, Rev. Sci. Instrum. Vol 92, 124705, 2021.

8. T. N. Bandi et. al. Advanced space rubidium atomic frequency standard for satellite navigation, accepted for publication in GPS solutions, 2022.