Photonics News

VOLUME 10

ISSUE 01

FEBRUARY 2008

ANNUAL PHOTONICS WORKSHOP 2007

Inside this issue:

The Annual Photonics

His lecture was followed

In brief...

Workshop (APW- 2007) was

by

a

lecture

on

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held during 27-28 February

"Fluorescence

Tech-

2007. The focal theme of the

niques

to

probe

New VC for CUSAT 2

Workshop was "Recent Trends

Photonic Materials" by

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From ISP labs

in  Nonlinear  Optics".  The

Prof. V Ramakrishnan

Work shop was inaugurated by

from Madurai Kamaraj

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Alumni column

the Vice Chancellor Dr. P K

University.  Prof.  K

Abdul Azis. About 40 partici-

Porsezian  from  the

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Invited article

pants from various parts of the

Pondicherry University

country participated in the

spoke  on  "Nonlinear

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We hear that....

programme. Prof. V P N Nam-

Properties  of  Optical

Lighting the innovation...

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Sound success

poori spoke on "Nonlinear

Fibre".  "Fundamentals

Inaugural session of APW 2007

optics and optical computing".

of  Nonlinear  Optics"

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ISP-SPIE student

was introduced by Dr. N

chapter column

"Cavity QED", and Dr. K G K War-

V

Unnikrishnan,

rier

from R.R.L, Thiruvananthapu-

M.G.University.

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In the lime light

ram on "Mesoporous silica aerogels".

On the second day

In the evening the Science Day Lecture

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Recent publications

there were four lectures.

was delivered by Prof. V Unnikrish-

Commodore Nambiar of

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Picture parlare

nan Nair, Dean Faculty of Science,

Indian Navy (retd.) gave

CUSAT. There was one session for

a lecture on "Lasers and

poster presentation. The event came

Applications",  Dr.  T

to a close with Karnatic musical pro-

Ramesh Babu, Physics

gram and other cultural activities.

Dept.,

CUSAT

on

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Distinguished visitor

properties and applications". He is

Dr. Sajeev John , Department of

Physics , University of Toronto,

the current holder of the C. V. Raman

Canada. Raman Chair Professor.

Chair Professorship of the Indian

Academy of Sciences.

as "photonic crystals". The

Prof. Sajeev John delivered a

⇒  Released in

basic concept was developed

special lecture on "Photonic Band

association with:

in a series of papers by Pro-

Gap Materials ­ Semiconductors of

fessor John during 1980's. Dr.

Light" on 29th October 2007. The lec-

Centre of Excellence

Professor Sajeev Sajeev is the winner of the Insti-

ture was sponsored by SPIE, The In-

inAbout tandbulle-

Lasers his

John is one of the world's  "engineering of

ternational Society for Optical Engi-

Optoelectronic

leading Condensed Matter  the fundamen-

neering.

Sciences, Photonics

Physicists whose work on  tal properties of

Photonic Band Gap (PBG)

Society of India,

electro mag-

Localization of Light in  netic waves"

materials are artificial, periodic, di-

ISP-SPIE student

Random media similar to

electrics that enable engineering of the

chapter &  ISP-OSA

Anderson Localization of tute of Electrical and Elec-

most fundamental properties of elec-

student chapter.

electrons has led to what is tronics  Engineers  (IEEE)

tromagnetic waves.  PBG materials

known as Semi Conductors LEOS International Quantum

are of great practical importance for

⇒  For private

of Light or Photonic Band Electronics Award in 2007 for

all-optical communications, informa-

circulation only.

Gap Materials. His name is "the invention and develop-

tion processing, and the use of lasers

synonymous with the field ment of light- trapping crys-

in clinical medicine.

that has come to be known  tals and elucidation of their

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