Fifth DAE-BRNS

NATIONAL LASER SYMPOSIUM  (NLS – 5)

 

Programme Schedule

 

Wednesday, 7th December 2005

►  Session – I:                  Inaugural session                                                                     09:30 - 10:45 hrs.

                        Inauguration of ILA Exhibition & Tea                          10:45 - 11:45 hrs.

►  Session – II:                   Laser Technology & Lasers in                                              11:45 - 13:15 hrs.

                        Nuclear & Plasma Science

A. K. Nath, CAT, Indore

Recent studies on high power CO2 lasers and their material processing applications

 

V. N. Fedosseev, CERN, Switzerland

Production of Radioactive Ion Beams and Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy with the Laser Ion Source at On-Line Isotope Separator ISOLDE

 

N. K. Gupta, BARC, Mumbai

Hydrodynamics with femto-second Petta Watt lasers  

 

Lunch: 13:15 - 14:15 hrs.

 

►  Session – III:                              Poster Session - I & Tea                                                    14:15 - 16:15 hrs.

►  Session – IV:                              Laser in study of Fundamental Physics                           16:15 - 17:45 hrs.

S. Dutta Gupta, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

Broken symmetries with whispering gallery modes in an eccentric bisphere system

 

B. V. R. Tata, IGCAR, Kalpakkam

Quasi-elastic Light Scattering of Phonons in Charged Colloidal Crystals

 

C. S. Unnikrishnan, TIFR, Mumbai

Exploring short-range interactions with ultra-cold atoms: A brief review

 

 

Tea 17:45 - 18:15 hrs.

 

Lectures on Nobel Prize in Physics 2005                                                18:15-19:15 hrs.

 

Subhash Chaturvedi, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

Quantum theory of optical coherence

 

K.C.Rustagi, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai

Laser based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb

technique

                                                                Dinner: 20:00 hrs.

 

 

 

Thursday, 8th December 2005

 

►  Session – V:                  Laser Technology & Lasers in Spectroscopy                      09:00 -10:30 hrs.

      R.P. Mildren, Macquarie University, Australia

Visible Solid-State Raman lasers

 

Klaus Blaum, GSI, Germany, & Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany

Laser spectroscopy and mass spectrometry, a fruitful combination to study nuclear ground state properties

 

H. S. Vora, CAT, Indore

Software solutions for various laser based experiments

 

 

Tea: 10:30 - 11:00 hrs.

 

►  Session – VI:                  Lasers in Medical & Chemical Applications                        11:00 -12:30 hrs.

 

P. K. Gupta, CAT, Indore

Laser Manipulation of Microscopic Objects

 

Alok Dube, CAT, Indore

Photo physical, Photochemical And Photo biological Characterization Of Chlorin p6, A Potential Photosensitizer For Photodynamic Therapy Of Cancer

 

P. Ramamurthy, NCUFP, University of Madras, Chennai

NADH Derivatives for Metal Ion and Anion Fluorescence Sensors

 

 

Lunch: 12:30 - 13:30 hrs.

 

►  Session – VII:                  Poster Session - II & Tea                                                 13:30 -16:00 hrs.

►  Session – VIII: Non Linear Optics                                                                       16:00 -17:30 hrs.

 

S. Anantha Ramakrishna, IIT, Kanpur

Meta-materials and Negative Refractive Index

 

S. Sivaprakasam, IIT, Kanpur

Semiconductor Lasers and Secure Communication

 

V. P. N.  Nampoori, CUSAT, Cochin

Polymer Based Photonic Materials and Devices

 

 

Tea: 17:30 - 18:00 hrs.

      ILA Meeting                                                                                                                                            18:00 -19:00 hrs.  

Cultural Programme 19:00 - 20:00 hrs.

 

Dinner 20:00 hrs.

 

 

 

Friday, 9th December 2005

 

►  Session – IX:                  Laser Applications                                                                              09:00 -10:30 hrs.

S. P. Gaba, IRDE, Dehradun

LADAR: An Overview

 

Wolfgang Schade, Technische Universitaet Clausthal, Germany

Mid-infrared laser sensors for explosive detection

 

      Bruno Godard, SOPRA, France

        Surface processing by high energy excimer laser

 

 

 

Tea:  10:30 - 11:00 hrs.

 

►  Session – X:                  Lasers in Studies of Ultra Fast Phenomena                          11:00 -12:30 hrs.

        Achanta Venu Gopal, TIFR, Mumbai

        Ultrafast and efficient all-optical switch for optical communication networks

Avnish K. Sharma, CAT, Indore

Ultrashort Laser Pulse diagnostics: Recent Advances

 

A.K Dharmadhikari, TIFR, Mumbai

White light continuum generation using strong ultrashort pulses in condensed media

 

Lunch: 12:30 - 13:30 hrs.

 

►  Session – XI:                  Poster Session - III & Tea                                                13:30 -16:00 hrs.

►  Session – XII:                  Lasers in Spectroscopy                                                                            16:00 -17:30 hrs.

 

G. K. Bhowmik, BARC, Mumbai

Time resolved laser induced fluorescence of uranium: Application in  nuclear fuel cycle

 

Gottfried Dohler, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

What can be learnt about self assembled InAs quantum dots from studies of 

 polarization-resolved absorption?

 

S. Mohan,  Pondicherry University, Pondichery

Recent Advances in Laser Spectroscopy

 

Dinner: 20:00 hrs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 10th December 2005

 

►  Session – XIII: Laser Technology                                                                                09:00 -10:00 hrs.

G.S.Evtushenko, Tomsk, Russia

Metal vapor lasers with Modified kinetics

 

Alok Ray, BARC, Mumbai

Role of Stimulated Emission Rate on Photostability of Dye Lasers

 

Tea: 10:00 - 10:15 hrs.

 

►  Session – XIV:                  Thesis Presentation                                                                               10:15-12:00 hrs.

 

Tea: 12:00 - 12:30 hrs.

 

►  Session – XV:                  Concluding Session & Awards                                                12:30-13:30 hrs.

                        for Thesis & Posters                                                                                                          

 

 

Lunch 13:30-14:30

 

 

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