DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE
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Biplab Sarkar
Associate Professor
bsarkar[at]ece.iitr.ac.in
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Research Interests
Wide bandgap semiconductors: Power Schottky Diodes, HEMTs, LEDs and Photodetectors.
BioSketch
Educational Details
NC State University
2015
PhD, Electrical Engineering
IIT Bombay
2012
M. Tech, Electrical Engineering
NERIST
2010
B. Tech, Electronics and Communication Engineering
Professional Background
Associate Professor
11 Mar 2024 - Present
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Assistant Professor
10 Dec 2018 - 11 Mar 2024
Dept. of ECE, IIT Roorkee
Assistant Professor
20 Nov 2017 - 01 Dec 2018
Dept. of ECE, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
Postdoctoral Research Scholar - Dept. of MSE
16 Nov 2015 - 14 Nov 2017
NC State University
Temporary Research Scholar
16 Aug 2015 - 15 Nov 2015
Dept. of EE, NC State University
R&D Engineer (summer intern)
12 May 2014 - 14 Aug 2014
Intel Corporation
Research
Projects
TOPIC START DATE FIELD DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL OUTLAY FUNDING AGENCY OTHER OFFICERS
Monolithically integrated Vertical GaN JFET with JBS diode for kilovolt class power converters 01 Jun 2024 (SPARC) 56.88 Lakhs SPARC, India
Vertical GaN junction field effect transistor JFET technology for emerging high-power electronics 01 Jun 2024 (DST) Indo-Japan Cooperative Science Program 2023. N/A DST-JSPS, India
Development of InAlN/GaN high electron mobility transistor prototype for mm-wave electronic applications 01 Jul 2020 (DST) INR 5.64 Lakhs DST-JSPS, India
Thermal Analysis and Modelling of Multi-finger AlGaN/GaN HEMT for RF Applications 26 Dec 2019 (SERB) 31.56 Lakhs SERB




Collaborations
Ga2O3 based power electronic devices
Carnegie Mellon University
Advanced solid state light emitters
North Carolina State University
Nitride Semiconductor based high speed devices
Nagoya University
Publications

 

1. J. Wang, W. Cai, W. Lu, S. Lu, E. Kano, V. Agulto, B. Sarkar, H. Watanabe, N. Ikarashi, T. Iwamoto, M. Nakajima, Y. Honda, H. Amano, “Observation of 2D-magnesium-intercalated gallium nitride superlattices,” Nature 631, 67, 2024.

 

2. H. Cao, M. Nong, J. Li, X. Tang, T. Liu, Z. Liu, B. Sarkar, Z. Lai, Y. Wu and X. Li, “Low contact resistivity at the 10-4 Ω.cm2 level fabricated directly on n-type AlN,” Applied Physics Letters 125, 081602, 2024.

 

3. J. M. T. Vasquez, A. Mukherjee, S. Singh, V. Khandelwal, S. Yuvaraja, G. Garcia, M. Rajbhar, X. Li and B. Sarkar, “Field management in NiOx/β-Ga2O3 merged-PIN Schottky diodes: simulation studies and experimental validation,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 57, 445105, 2024.

 

 

4. B. Sarkar, J. Wang, H. Watanabe and H. Amano, “Improving the Barrier Height of N-polar GaN Schottky Diodes Using Mg-Diffusion Process,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 1416-1420, 2024.

 

5. J. Patel, T. Pramanik and B. Sarkar, " Analytical Model of Center Potential in GaN Vertical Junctionless Power Fin-MOSFETs for Fast Device-Design Optimization," IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 99-106, 2024.

 

6. Z. Yu, Y. Dai, K. Tang, T. Luo, S. Qi, S. Singh, L. Huang, J. Ye, B. Sarkar and W. Guo, “Comparative Study on Schottky Contact Behaviors between Ga- and N-Polar GaN with SiNx Interlayer,” Electronics 13, 1679, 2024.

 

7. A. Ashai, A. Jadhav, A. Behera, S. Roy, A. Dasgupta and B. Sarkar, “Deep Learning Based Fast BSIM-CMG Parameter Extraction for General Input Dataset,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 70, no. 7, pp. 3437-3441, 2023.

 

8. B. Sarkar, J. Wang, O. Badami, T. Pramanik, W. Kwon, H. Watanabe and H. Amano, “Ga-polar GaN Camel Diode Enabled by a Low-cost Mg-Diffusion Process” Applied Physics Express 16, 121002, 2023.

 

9. C. Wang, X. Xu, S. Tyagi, P.C. Rout, U. Schwingenschlögl, B. Sarkar, V. Khandelwal, X. Liu, L. Gao, M.N. Hedhili, H.N. Alshareef and X. Li, “Ti3C2TX MXene van der Waals Gate Contact for GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors,” Advanced Materials 35, 2211738, 2023.

 

10. J. M. T. Vasquez, A. Ashai, Y. Lu, V. Khandelwal, M. Rajbhar, M. Kumar, X. Li and B. Sarkar, “A self-powered and broadband UV PIN photodiode employing a NiOx layer and a β-Ga2O3 heterojunction,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 56, 065104, 2023.

 

11. H. Pal, S. Singh, C. Guo, W. Guo, O. Badami, T. Pramanik and B. Sarkar, “Lateral P-N junction Photodiodes using Lateral Polarity Structure GaN Films: A Theoretical Perspective,” Journal of Electronic Materials 52, 2148, 2023.

 

12. V. Khandelwal, M. Rajbhar, G. Garcia, X. Tang, B. Sarkar and X. Li, “Demonstration of β-Ga2O3 Nonvolatile Flash Memory for Oxide Electronics,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 62, 060902, 2023.

 

13. A. Mukherjee, J. M. T. Vasquez, A. Ashai, S. Yuvaraja, M. Rajbhar, B. Sarkar and X. Li, “On Band-to-Band Tunneling and Field Management in NiOx/β-Ga2O3 PN and PiN Diodes,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 56, 475104, 2023.

 

14. C. Guo, J. Zhang, S. Xia, L. Deng, K. Liu, Z. Yang, B. Cheng, B. Sarkar, W. Guo and J. Ye, “Self-powered MSM solar-blind AlGaN photodetector realized by in-plane polarization modulation,” Optics Letters 48, 4769, 2023. 

 

15. S. Mukhopadhyay, L. Lyle, H. Pal, K. Das, L. Porter and B. Sarkar, “Evidence of thermionic emission in forward biased β-Ga2O3 Schottky diodes at Boltzmann doping limit,” Journal of Applied Physics 131, 025702, 2022.

 

16. A. Jadhav, T. Ozawa, A. Baratov, J. T. Asubar, M. Kuzuhara, A. Wakejima, S. Yamashita, M. Deki, S. Nitta, Y. Honda, H. Amano, S. Roy and B. Sarkar, “An Accurate Approach to Develop Small Signal Circuit Models for AlGaN/GaN HEMTs Using Rational Functions and Dependent Current Sources” IEEE Journal of the Electron Device Society, vol. 10, pp. 797-807, 2022.

 

17. A. Jadhav, P. Bagheri, A. Klump, D. Khachariya, S. Mita, P. Reddy, S. Rathkanthiwar, R. Kirste, R. Collazo, Z. Sitar, and B. Sarkar, “On Electrical Analysis of Al-rich p-AlGaN films for III-nitride UV light emitters,” Semiconductor Science and Technology 37, 015003, 2022.

 

18. P. Bagheri, A. Klump, S. Washiyama, M. Breckenridge, J. Kim, Y. Guan, D. Khachariya, C. Quinones-Garcia, B. Sarkar, S. Rathkanthiwar, P. Reddy, S. Mita, R. Kirste, R. Collazo and Zlatko Sitar. “Doping and compensation in heavily Mg doped Al-rich AlGaN,” Applied Physics Letters 120, 082102, 2022.

 

19. A. Jadhav, T. Ozawa, A. Baratov, J. T. Asubar, M. Kuzuhara, A. Wakejima, S. Yamashita, M. Deki, S. Nitta, Y. Honda, H. Amano, S. Roy and B. Sarkar, “Modified Small Signal Circuit of AlGaN/GaN MOS-HEMTs using Rational Functions” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 68 no. 12, pp. 6059-6064, 2021.

 

20. A. Jadhav, T. Ozawa, A. Baratov, J. T. Asubar, M. Kuzuhara, A. Wakejima, S. Yamashita, M. Deki, Y. Honda, S. Roy, H. Amano and B. Sarkar, “Generalized Frequency Dependent Small Signal Model for High Frequency Analysis of AlGaN/GaN MOS-HEMTs,” IEEE Journal of the Electron Device Society, vol. 9, pp. 570-581, 2021.

 

21. A. Jadhav, Y. Dai, P. Upadhyay, W. Guo and B. Sarkar, “Role of Interface Induced Gap States in Polar AlxGa1−xN (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) Schottky Diodes,” Journal of Electronic Materials 50, 3731, 2021.

 

22. A. Jadhav, L. A. M. Lyle, Z. Xu, K. K. Das, L. M. Porter and B. Sarkar, “Temperature Dependence of Barrier Height Inhomogeneity in β-Ga2O3 Schottky Barrier Diodes,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 39, 040601, 2021.

 

23. S. Mukhopadhyay, H. Pal, S. R. Narang, C. Guo, J. Ye, W. Guo and B. Sarkar, “Self-powered ultraviolet photodiode based on lateral polarity structure GaN films” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 39, 052206, 2021.

 

24. M. Breckenridge, P. Bagheri, Q. Guo, B. Sarkar, D. Khachariya, S. Pavlidis, J. Tweedie, R. Kirste, S. Mita, P. Reddy, R. Collazo and Z. Sitar, “High n-type conductivity and carrier concentration in Si-implanted homoepitaxial AlN,” Applied Physics Letters 118, 112104, 2021.

 

25. R. Kirste; B. Sarkar; P. Reddy; Q. Guo; R. Collazo and Z. Sitar, “Status of the Growth and Fabrication of AlGaN based UV laser diodes for near and mid UV wavelength,” Journal of Materials Research 36, 4638, 2021.

 

26. B. Sarkar and R. Collazo, “Ch.7 - Doping of AlGaN” in H. Amano, et. al. “The 2020 UV Emitter Roadmap” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 50, 503001, 2020.

 

27. H. Xu, J. Jiang, Y. Dai, M. Cui, K. Li, X. Ge, J. Hoo, L. Yan, S. Guo, J. Ning, H. Sun, B. Sarkar, W. Guo and J. Ye, “Polarity Control and Nanoscale Optical Characterization of AlGaN-based Multiple Quantum Wells for Ultraviolet C emitters,” ACS Applied Nano Materials 3, 5335. 2020.

 

28. P. Bagheri, R. Kirste, P. Reddy, S. Washiyama, S. Mita, B. Sarkar, R. Collazo, and Z. Sitar, “The nature of the DX state in Ge-doped AlGaN,” Applied Physics Letters 116, 222102, 2020.

 

29. M. H. Breckenridge, Q. Guo, A. Klump, B. Sarkar, Y. Guan, J. Tweedie, R. Kirste, S. Mita, P. Reddy, R. Collazo and Z. Sitar, “Shallow Si donor in ion-implanted homoepitaxial AlN,” Applied Physics Letters 116, 172103, 2020.

 

30. P. Reddy, D. Khachariya, D. Szymanski, M. H. Breckenridge, B. Sarkar, S. Pavlidis, R. Collazo, Z. Sitar and E. Kohn, “Role of polarity in SiN on Al/GaN and the pathway to stable contacts,” Semiconductor Science and Technology 35, 055007, 2020.

 

31. A. Ray, S. Bordoloi, B. Sarkar, P. Agarwal and G. Trivedi, “Numerical Simulation of Enhanced-Reliability Filleted-Gate AlGaN/GaN HEMT,” Journal of Electronic Materials 49, 2018, 2020.

 

32. S. Washiyama, P. Reddy, B. Sarkar, M. H. Breckenridge, Q. Guo, P. Bagheri, A. Klump, R. Kirste, J. Tweedie, S. Mita, Z. Sitar and R. Collazo, “The role of chemical potential in compensation control in Si: AlGaN,” Journal of Applied Physics 127, 105702, 2020.

 

33. B. Sarkar, P. Reddy, A. Klump, F. Kaess, R. Rounds, R. Kirste, S. Mita, E. Kohn, R. Collazo and Z. Sitar, “On Ni/Au alloyed contacts to Mg-doped GaN,” Journal of Electronic Materials 47, 305, 2018.

 

34. B. Sarkar, S. Mills, B. Lee, W. S. Pitts, V. Misra and P. D. Franzon, “On Using the Volatile Mem-capacitive Effect of TiO2 RRAM to Mimic the Synaptic Forgetting Process,” Journal of Electronic Materials 47, 994, 2018.

 

35. B. Sarkar, S. Washiyama, M. H. Breckenridge, A. Klump, J. N. Baker, P. Reddy, J. Tweedie, S. Mita, R. Kirste, D. L. Irving, R. Collazo and Z Sitar, "(Invited) N- and P- type Doping in Al-rich AlGaN and AlN," ECS Transactions, vol. 86, no. 12, pp. 25-30, 2018.

 

36. R. Rounds, B. Sarkar, T. Sochacki, M. Bockowski, M. Imanishi, Y. Mori, R. Kirste, R. Collazo and Z. Sitar, “Thermal Conductivity of GaN single crystals: Influence of impurities incorporated in different growth processes,” Journal of Applied Physics 124, 105106, 2018.

 

37. R. Rounds, B. Sarkar, D. Alden, Q. Guo, A. Klump, C. Hartmann,T. Nagashima, R. Kirste, A. Franke, M. Bickermann, Y. Kumagai, Z. Sitar and R. Collazo, “The influence of point defects on the thermal conductivity of AlN crystals,” Journal of Applied Physics 123, 185107, 2018.

 

38. R. Kirste, Q. Guo, J. H. Dycus, A. Franke, S. Mita, B. Sarkar, P. Reddy, J. M. LeBeau, R. Collazo and Z. Sitar, "6 kW/cm2 UVC laser threshold in optically pumped lasers by controlling point defect formation," Applied Physics Express 11, 082101, 2018.

 

39. I. Bryan, Z. Bryan, S. Washiyama, P. Reddy, B. E. Gaddy, B. Sarkar, M. H. Breckenridge, Q. Guo, M. Bobea, J. Tweedie, S. Mita, D. L. Irving, R. Collazo and Z. Sitar, “Doping and compensation in Al-rich AlGaN grown on single crystal AlN and sapphire by MOCVD,” Applied Physics Letters 112, 062102, 2018.

 

40. R. Rounds, B. Sarkar, A. Klump, C. Hartmann, T. Nagashima, R. Kirste, A. Franke, M. Bickermann, Y. Kumagai, Z. Sitar and R. Collazo, “The thermal conductivity of single crystalline AlN,” Applied Physics Express 11, 071101, 2018.

 

41. P. Reddy, S. Washiyama, W. Mecouch, L. Hernandez-Balderrama, F. Kaess, M. H. Breckenridge, B. Sarkar, B. Haidet, A. Franke, E. Kohn, R, Collazo and Z. Sitar, “Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition of SiO2 and SiNX on AlGaN: Band offsets and interface states as a function of Al composition,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 36, 061101, 2018.

 

42. B. Sarkar, S. Mita, P. Reddy, A. Klump, F. Kaess, J. Tweedie, I. Bryan, Z. Bryan, R. Kirste, E. Kohn, R. Collazo and Z. Sitar, “High free carrier concentration in p-GaN grown on AlN substrates,” Applied Physics Letters 111, 032109, 2017.

 

43. B. Sarkar, B. B. Haidet, P. Reddy, R. Kirste, R. Collazo and Z. Sitar, “Performance improvement of ohmic contacts on Al-rich n-AlGaN grown on single crystal AlN substrate by reactive ion etching surface treatment,” Applied Physics Express 10, 071001, 2017.

 

44. B. Sarkar, P. Reddy, F. Kaess, B. B. Haidet, J. Tweedie, S. Mita, R. Kirste, E. Kohn, R. Collazo and Z. Sitar, “(Invited) Material considerations for the development of III-nitride power devices,” ECS Transactions, vol. 80, no. 7, pp. 29-36, 2017.

 

45. B. B. Haidet, B. Sarkar, P. Reddy, I. Bryan, Z. Bryan, R. Kirste, R. Collazo and Z. Sitar, “Nonlinear analysis of Vanadium- and Titanium-based contacts to Al-rich n-AlGaN,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 56, 100302, 2017.

 

46. P. Reddy, B. Sarkar, F. Kaess, M. Gerhold, E. Kohn, R. Collazo and Z. Sitar, “Defect-free Ni/GaN Schottky barrier behavior with high temperature stability,” Applied Physics Letters, 110 011603, 2017.

 

47. P. Reddy, S. Washiyama, F. Kaess, M. H. Breckenridge, L. H. Hernandez-Balderrama, B. B. Haidet, D. Alden, A. Franke, B. Sarkar, E. Kohn, R. Collazo and Z. Sitar, “High temperature and low pressure chemical vapor deposition of silicon nitride on AlGaN: band offset and passivation studies,” Journal of Applied Physics 119, 145702, 2016.

 

48. B. Sarkar, B. Lee and V. Misra, “Understanding the gradual reset in Pt/Al2O3/Ni RRAM for synaptic applications,” Semiconductor Science and Technology 30, 105014, 2015.

 

49. B. Sarkar, N. Ramanan, S. Jayanti, N. D. Spigna, B. Lee, P. Franzon and V. Misra, “Dual floating gate unified MOSFET with simultaneous volatile and non-volatile operation,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol.35, no.1, pp.48-50, 2014.

 

50. B. Sarkar, B. Lee, and V. Misra, "Implications of lower zero-field activation energy of dielectric in Al2O3/HfO2 bi-layer dielectric RRAM forming process," ECS Transactions, vol. 64. pp. 43-48, 2014.

 

Honors And Awards
Honors
JSPS, Japan
2023
JSPS Fellowship
Compound Semiconductor Week
2022
New Faces in Compound Semiconductors
JSPS, Japan
2021
JSPS Fellowship
NC State University
2014
ECS conference travel grant
NERIST
2009
Gold Medal, awarded by her excellency, Smt. P. D. Patil, Ex-President of India.
NERIST
2006
North-Eastern Council Scholarship for 4 consecutive years (2006-2010).
MemberShips
IEEE
01 Dec 2023 - Present
Senior Member
IEEE
01 Apr 2021 - Present
Member
Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements
Foundations of Semiconductor Device Physics ( ECN 579 )
Autumn
Foundations of Semiconductor Device Physics ( ECN 579 )
Autumn
Fundamental of Electronics ( ECN-102 )
Spring
Fundamentals of Microelectronics ( ECN-343 )
Spring
Microelectronics Lab 1 ( ECN-575 )
Spring
Foundations of Semiconductor Device Physics ( ECN 579 )
Autumn
Digital Electronic Circuits Laboratory ( ECN 242 )
Spring
Fundamental of Electronics ( ECN-102 )
Spring
Compound Semiconductor Devices and Circuits ( ECN-359 )
Autumn
Microelectronics Lab 1 ( ECN-575 )
Autumn
Students
Associate Scholars
Ankita Mukherjee
IIT Roorkee
GaN device modelling
Aasim Ashai
IIT Roorkee
Machine Learning applied to GaN HEMTs
Simranjit Singh
IIT Roorkee
Vertical GaN Devices
Smriti Singh
IIT Roorkee
Variability aware small signal model development of RF devices
Aakash Jadhav (Graduated with PhD)
IIT Roorkee
Emerging power and RF electronic devices
Miscellaneous
Events
Faculty Development Program ---- Invited Speaker
05 Sep 2018 - Present
EICT, IIT Guwahati
Webinar Series on Compound Semiconductors ---- Invited Speaker
05 Aug 2021 - Present
SPARC, MoE
Short term course on Nanoelectronics Devices and Circuits ---- Invited Speaker
05 Jan 2021 - Present
AICTE
STTP on Design and Simulation of Semiconductor Devices ---- Invited Speaker
22 Oct 2020 - Present
AICTE
Invited Speaker ---- International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD), 2021
14 Dec 2021 - Present
Semiconductor Society of India
Invited Speaker ---- International Symposium on Advanced Plasma Science (IS-Plasma) 2022
08 Mar 2022 - Present
JSPS
Nagoya University lecture series ---- Invited Speaker
01 Jan 2018 - Present
VAIBHAV Summit 2020 ---- Invited Speaker and Panelist
25 Oct 2020 - Present
PMO, Govt. of India
Visits
Nagoya University, Japan
2023-03-01
Visiting Faculty
KAUST, Saudi Arabia
2022-06-01
Visiting Faculty
NC State University
2018-05-10
Visiting faculty during the summer vacation.
Administrative Positions
Member (DAPC, DPC, DFSC)
01 Apr 2019 - 31 Mar 2022
IIT Roorkee, India
Department Security I/C
01 Apr 2023 - 31 Mar 2025
IIT Roorkee, India
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