Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Chapter · We have initiated a SPIE membership drive for a week starting from 8th of May, 2016 to 15th of May, 2016, within our institute

Annual Report

2015 - 2016

Indian Institute of Technology

Guwahati Chapter

SPIE IIT Guwahati Student Chapter

Dept. of Physics, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati-781039

E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.iitg.ernet.in/spie/

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CONTENTS

TOPICS PAGE NO.

1: INTRODUCTION 2

1.1 Objective 2

1.2 Elected Officers 2

1.3 SPIE Members

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2: ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT DURING 2015 - 2016 5

2.1 Feel the Light – on Optics Outreach 5

2.2 Membership Drive 9

2.3 Optics Teaching 12

2.4 SPIE Invited Lecture

2.5 Enjoy Physics – an Optics Outreach

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2.6 Light: not a Light Matter – a Students’ Symposium 21

3: MEMBERS ACHIEVEMENT DURING 2015 - 2016 27

3.1 Achievements/Awards/Honours of the SPIE Members 27

3.2 Patents/Journal/Conference Publications of SPIE Members 28

3.3 Conference/Workshop/School Visit of the SPIE Members 31

4: FINANCIAL STATEMENT

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4.1 Settlement of Activity Grant Received 33

5: MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

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5.1 SPIE Officer Travel Grant 34

5.2 SPIE IITG Student Chapter Foundation Day Celebration 35

5.3 Pizza Party 37

5.4 Future Plans 38




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1. INTRODUCTION

The SPIE IIT Guwahati student chapter came into existence officially on 30th of October, 2015 at

the premises of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati due to a proposal brought forward by

some like-minded research scholars of the Department of Physics. The chapter was initially

started with 21 student members and gradually the number increased to 30. The primary aim of

the chapter is to popularise the field of optics among undergraduate students of the north-east

India. The students of most of the colleges and universities of north-east India are quite unaware

of the various scopes and developments in the field of optics, as they rarely get the opportunity to

explore the field. Moreover, they do not have a core course on optics as they have for the other

fields.

1.1 Objective

The SPIE IITG student chapter is first of its kind in north-eastern part of India. We take this

opportunity to inspire the students of the north-eastern part of India towards the field of optics

through some events or awareness drive at various schools, colleges, institutes and universities,

so that they are driven towards the field of optics or related areas. We aim in highlighting the

various scopes, researches, developments, inventions, etc. in the field of optics and its related

areas. Every year we plan to organize membership drive to enrol more number of UG/PG

students into our chapter and work with some definite objectives, so that we can make our

presence feel in the national arena.

1.2 Elected Officers (2015-2016)

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Amarendra K. Sarma (3181931)

E-mail: [email protected]

http://www.iitg.ernet.in/aksarma/




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President

Mr. Biswajit Pathak (3580038)


Vice – President

Mr. Koushik Paul (3709510)


Secretary

Mr. Prahlad K. Baruah (3709473)


Treasurer

Mr. Rahul Kesarwani (3648685)


Co – Secretary

Mr. Santanu Konwar (3702555)


Outreach – Coordinator

Ms. Bijita Sarma (3709471)


mailto:[email protected]









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1.3 SPIE Members Currently the chapter has 30 student members.

Sl No Member’s Name SPIE ID Webmail ID (@iitg.ernet.in)

1. Rahul Kesarwani 3648685 r.kesarwani

2. Gyan Prakash Bharti 3634298 b.gyan

3. Ranjan Kalita 3626254 ranjan.kalita

4. Biswajit Pathak 3580038 p.biswajit

5. S S Goutam Buddha 3708748 satya.buddha

6. Santanu Konwar 3702555 k.santanu

7. Indu Kalpa Dihingia 3709374 i.dihingia

8. Md. Gaffar 3654042 gaffar

9. Bijita Sarma 3709471 s.bijita

10. Sasmita Behera 3709474 behera.s

11. Eshita Mal 3709500 m.eshita

12. Prahlad K. Baruah 3709473 prahladkb

13. Koijam Monika Devi 3709498 koijam

14. Koushik Paul 3709510 p.koushik

15. Sandeep Sharma 3709511 Sandeep.sharma

16. Partha Pratim Dey 3646018 dey.partha

17. Subhadeep Chakraborty 3709884 c.subhadeep

18. Khwairakpam Shantakumar Singh 3710025 s.khwairakpam

19. Jagan Mohan Rao 3710056 sjagan

20. Jyoti Prasad Deka 3710576 jyoti.deka

21. Samit Kumar Gupta 3656482 samit.gupta

22. Darpan Mishra (EEE) 3770419 m.darpan

23. Karuna S. Malik 3771260 karuna.malik

24. Sumit Goswami 3771258 sumit.goswami

25. Deepak Kumar 3771304 [email protected]

26. Nagendra Kumar 3771804 nagendra.2015

27. Gobinda Pradhan 3709508 p.gobinda

28. Kousik Makur 3771805 kousik

29. Indrajeet Kumar 3772005 kumar.i

30. Purusottam Ghosh 3772310 p.ghosh




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2. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT DURING 2015-2016

Since inception, the chapter is actively involved in a number of activities. The following is a

brief report on the activities of the chapter carried out during 2015-2016.

2.1 Feel the Light – on Optics Outreach

The event entitled ‘Feel the Light’ – on Optics Outreach was organized at the Dept. of Physics,

Cotton College, one of the most premier seat of higher learning in Northeast India on 6th of

February, 2016. At ‘Feel the Light’, the budding physicists gained an unique experience and

background in commonly used optical devices, like lasers, optical fibers, holograms, LEDs, etc.

Students were given guidance on developing a deeper understanding of how these technologies

use light and also how optics interfaces with other disciplines. This was an excellent opportunity

for the students to learn about optics and optical engineering through a mixture of expert

lectures, tutorials, optics quiz and an introduction to SPIE that may boost their career in optics.

The target participants were mainly the students from all the major schools, engineering

institutes/colleges near to Guwahati city.

Programme Highlights:

Expert Lectures on Optics/Photonics

Tutorials on Optics/Photonics

Quiz on Optics/Photonics

Invited Delegates:

Prof. Poulose Poulose (HoD, Physics, IITG), Dr. Santanu Kumar Baishya (HoD, Physics, Cotton

College), Dr. Nirada Devi (Principal, Cotton College), Prof. Alika Khare (HAG, Prof., IITG),

Prof. A. G. Barua (HoD, Physics, G.U.), Dr. Pabitra Nath (Assoc. Prof., T.U.) and 10+ faculty

members of Cotton College, Physics Dept.

Invited Speakers:

Prof. Alika Khare delivered an expert talk on ‘Atto second laser: towards ultrafast

physics at a new frontier’.

Prof. A. G. Barua delivered an invited talk on ‘Bioluminescence emissions of the firefly’

Dr. Pabitra Nath delivered an invited talk on ‘Optical fiber for communication and

sensing applications’.

Dr. Pabitra Nath conducted a tutorial class on ‘SERS-an effective technique for detection

and analysis of different elements’.




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Target Participants:

The target participants were mainly the students from all the major schools, engineering

institutes/colleges near to Guwahati city.

School/UG/PG students who have keen interest and want to explore more on optics and

photonics were encouraged to apply.

The quiz competition was open for 11th, 12th, B. Sc/B.S., B. Tech/B. E. and M. Sc

Students.

Outcome:

A total of more than 350 participants from various schools and colleges in and around

Guwahati city participated in the event.

Received positive feedback from the participants and the faculty members of the host

institute. Requested to organize such events in near future.

The news of this activity was published in a reputed local newspaper, Asomiya Pratidin

on 7th of Feb, 2016.

The winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd) of quiz competition for the both lower and the higher levels

were awarded with a trophy, medal and certificate.

Glimpses of the Event:

a) During registration b) Participants




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c) Participants d) Prizes (quiz competition)

e) Felicitation (invited delegates) f) Lighting of the lamp

g) Welcome address (HoD, Physics, Cotton College) h) SPIE introductory talk (President)




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i) Prof. A. G. Barua (delivered invited talk) j) During high tea

k) Prof. Alika Khare (delivered expert talk) l) Dr. Pabitra Nath (delivered invited talk)

m) During refreshment n) Quiz master




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o) During quiz competition (LL) p) Quiz competition winner (LL)

q) Group photo (organizing committee)

2.2 Membership Drive

We have initiated a SPIE membership drive for a week starting from 8th of May, 2016 to 15th of

May, 2016, within our institute. The drive was quite successful with the inclusion of nine new

members to our chapter.

Objectives:

To enhance the strength of our chapter.

To involve more and more emerging researchers in student activities.

To enable the budding scientists to interact with a greater scientific community.




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Official Circular:




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Outcome:

The membership drive has resulted in the inclusion of nine new members into our chapter

Sl. No. Name SPIE ID E-mail ID (@iitg.ernet.in)

1. Darpan Mishra 3770419 m.darpan

2. Karuna S. Malik 3771260 karuna.malik

3. Sumit Goswami 3771258 sumit.goswami

4. Deepak Kumar 3771304 [email protected]

5. Nagendra Kumar 3771804 nagendra.2015

6. Gobinda Pradhan 3709508 p.gobinda

7. Kousik Makur 3771805 kousik

8 Indrajeet Kumar 3772005 kumar.i

9. Purusottam Ghosh 3772310 p.ghosh




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2.3 Optics Teaching

We have organized an Optics Teaching event on 20th of August, 2016 in some of the village

schools near to IIT Guwahati campus, with an aim to ignite the young minds with the knowledge

on optics and its related areas. In this teaching programme we have mainly focused on three

chapters from the physics syllabus of class X related to optics, namely, Reflection, Refraction

and Human Eye. The classes were a culmination of theory as well as practical demonstrations

from the aforementioned topics for the benefit of the students.

Programme Highlights

Optics Teaching

Tutorials on Optics

Simple Experimental Demonstrations

Venue:

A. K. H. S. Institute, North Guwahati, Assam - 781039 and

Govt. Girls High School, North Guwahati, Assam - 781039

Outcome:

Around 150 students from three schools, namely, Auniaiti Kamaladeu Higher Secondary

Institute, Srimanta Sankardev Sishu Niketan and Govt. Girls' North Guwahati School

participated in the event.

Students were very interested to learn something new and they also enjoyed the

experimental demonstration part a lot.

Teachers of the schools appreciated our effort and requested such teaching event in their

schools in near future.

Glimpses of the event:

a) Students during the class b) Principal addressing the students




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c) Students with the diffraction glasses d) Bijita explaining human eye chapter

e) Indu and Deepak explaining refraction chapter f) Joy explaining reflection chapter

g) Prahlad demonstrating focusing of light using lens h) Sunayana explaining refraction chapter




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i) Biswajit explaining reflection chapter j) Ranjan explaining human eye chapter

k) Santanu explaining human eye chapter l) Handed over some optical materials for future

use to the principal of the school

m) Group photo (organizing team)




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2.4 SPIE Invited Lecture

We have organized the first SPIE invited lecture at IIT Guwahati in association with Dept. of

Physics, IIT Guwahati on 3rd of October, 2016 (9:30 am - 10:30 am). The lecture was delivered

by one of the eminent personality in the field of optics and photonics, Prof. Prasanta Kumar

Datta, Department of Physics, IIT Kharagpur.

Brief Bio-sketch of the Invited Speaker:

Prof. P. K. Datta, joined the Department of Physics, IIT Kharagpur in 2000 and developed a

laboratory for ultrafast nonlinear optics with funding from various Government agencies in India

and international Collaboration projects funded by JSPS, Japan, Ministry of Education, Italy and

ICTP, Italy. Presently he is working on ultrafast science by developing femtosecond pump-

probe, THz Spectroscopy, Z-scan and time-resolved MOKE facility in his laboratory. He

received his undergraduate and post graduate degree from Calcutta University, and PhD from

Burdwan University. Before joining IIT Kharagpur, Prof. Datta worked in various scientific

positions at Centre for Advanced Technology (DAE), Indore, DRDO, Pune and Physical

Research Laboratory (ISRO), Ahmedabad. He did his postdoctoral research work on different

aspects of nonlinear optics at Pavia University, Italy and Strathclyde University Scotland, Heriot-

Watt University, Scotland, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy, University of Michigan,

USA, INRS, Montreal, Canada and Universita Cattolica, Brescia, Italy. He has 62 publications in

internationally refereed journals and have produced 8 PhDs so far.

Title of the Talk:

Optimized generation of terahertz radiation for phonon spectroscopy of doped GaSe Crystal.

Abstract:

Introducing the different methods of THz generation and their pros and cons, the optical

rectification applied in a ZnTe crystal with a femtosecond optical pulse at 800nm for the

generation of efficient and wide band-width THz radiation will be described. The effect of pulse

shape and its chirping on the efficiency and bandwidth of the generated THz radiation will be

presented. The generated THz radiation is used to obtain time domain THz absorption

spectroscopy in doped GaSe to identify the combinational phonon modes.

Outcome:

The event was quite successful and about 45+ research scholars along with faculty

members of the department attended the talk.

Being a regular member of SPIE for years, Prof. P. K. Datta also shared some important

information about SPIE.




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a) President introducing the speaker b) Prof. P. K. Datta during the talk

c) Prof. P. K. Datta during the talk d) Prof. P. K. Datta during the talk

e) Group photo (SPIE Members along with faculty members)




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2.5 Enjoy Physics – an Optics Outreach

The event ‘Enjoy Physics’, was the first outreach camp that was held outside Guwahati, i.e. at

Dhemaji which is about 500 Km east of Guwahati. The event was organized by SPIE IITG

student chapter in association with Outreach Education Programme, IIT Guwahati on 28th and

29th of October, 2016. It was an attempt to develop an interest on science and its related areas

among the student community through some simple science models and experiments. Students

were taught how they can implement the concepts they learn in their classes and were also told

about different career opportunities.


Science Model Exhibitions

Carrier Oriented Lectures

Tutorials on Light

Eligibility Criteria:

Science Model Exhibition is open to all.

Carrier Oriented Lectures are mainly for class XI, XII and college students.

Tutorials are mainly for Class XI and XII.

Venue, Date and Time:

Residential Higher Secondary School Silapathar: 28-10-2016 (9 am – 12 noon)

Moridhal College: 28-10-2016 (2 pm – 5 pm)

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Dhemaji: 29-10-2016 (9 am – 12 noon)

Outcome:

The event was conducted at three (i.e. Residential Higher Secondary School Silapathar,

Moridhal College and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Dhemaji) venues.

The event was quite successful in the sense that more than 200 students from various

schools and colleges were present in each of the three venues.

The teachers of the host institutes appreciated our effort and requested such events in

their schools in the near future.

The students enjoyed the programmes and showed their enthusiasm to know and learn

something new.

A token of appreciation in the form of a certificate from our chapter, was given to two

students of class IX from Residential Higher Secondary School Silapathar, for their

innovative idea of developing a mobile charger using a rotating wheel (jotor).




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a) Principal addressing the students b) During model demonstration (RHSS)

c) Aditya explaining the physics d) Two students from RHSS designed

behind the model demonstrated a mobile charger using rotating wheel (jotor)

e) Faculty (moridhal college) f) Participants at moridhal college

delivering welcome address




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g) Dr. Sidananda Sarma delivering h) Participants at moridhal college

career oriented lecture

i) Participants at moridhal college j) Rahul conducting tutorial class

k) Aditya demonstrating water thermometer l) Group photo with some participants




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m) Participants of JNV, Dhemaji n) Aditya demonstrating science model

o) Participants of JNV Dhemaji p) Dr. Sidananda demonstrating science models

q) Santanu demonstrating Tyndall effect r) Interaction with the participants




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s) During science model demonstration t) Santanu conducting tutorial class

r) Group photo of the organizers

2.6 Light: not a Light Matter – a Students’ Symposium

The event named as ‘Light: not a Light Matter - a Students' Symposium (LLM-2016)’, is in

the form of an optics outreach camp in one of the premier institute of upper Assam, with an aim

to ignite the young minds with the knowledge on optics and its related areas. ‘LLM – 2016’ was

organized on 12th of November, 2016 at Dibrugarh University (DU) in association with

Department of Physics, DU, Outreach Education Programme, IIT Guwahati and Department of

Physics, IIT Guwahati. It was a window of opportunities for all budding physicists from the

beautiful town of Dibrugarh to nurture their scientific skills and gain a unique experience and

background in commonly used optical devices. The symposium offered myriad of opportunities

to the students in the form of lectures by eminent physicists, tutorials, optics quiz, science model

exhibition, etc.




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Plenary Talk - by Prof. Ajay Ghatak

Invited Lectures on Optics/Photonics

Tutorials on Optics/Photonics

Quiz on Optics/Photonics

Science Model Exhibitions

Eligibility Criteria:

School/UG/PG students who have keen interest and want to explore more on optics and

photonics were encouraged to apply.

The quiz competition was open for 11th, 12th, B.Sc/B.S., B. Tech/B. E. and M. Sc

Students.

The Science Model Exhibition was open for all.

Invited Delegates: Prof. L. K. Nath (Dean, School of Science and Engineering, Dibrugarh

University), Prof. M. N. Dutta (Registrar, Dibrugarh University), Dr. K. Bhuyan (HoD, Physics,

Dibrugarh University).

Plenary Talk: Prof. Ajoy Ghatak delivered a plenary talk on ‘Experiments with Light’.

Brief Bio-sketch of the Plenary Speaker:

Prof. Ajoy Ghatak is currently Professor Meghnad Saha Fellow of NASI (The National Academy

of Sciences, India). He received his B. Sc from Agra College, M. Sc from Delhi University and

PhD from Cornell University. After a short tenure as a Research Associate at Brookhaven

National Laboratory, he joined IIT Delhi in 1966. Professor Ghatak has research interests in

Fiber Optics & Quantum Mechanics. He has authored several books including his undergraduate

text on OPTICS which has been translated to Chinese and Persian, the 6th edition of this book

has been published recently. His other books include Quantum Mechanics: Theory &

Applications (co-authored with Prof. S. Lokanathan), Fiber Optics, Lasers (both coauthored with

Prof. K. Thyagarajan) and a popular book on Albert Einstein: A Glimpse of His Life, Philosophy

& Science. He is recipient of the 2008 SPIE Educator award in recognition of “his unparalleled

global contributions to the field of fiber optics research, and his tireless dedication to optics

education worldwide…”; the 2003 Esther Hoffman Beller award (instituted by The Optical

Society of America) in recognition of his “outstanding contributions to optics education…”;

International Commission for Optics 1998 Galileo Galilei award and also the CSIR 1979 S. S.

Bhatnagar award for “outstanding contributions in physical sciences”.

Invited Talk: Dr. Amarendra K. Sarma delivered an invited talk on ‘A Tale of two Recent

Optics Marvels: Negative Refractive Index and Gravitational Wave Detection (LIGO)’.

Tutorial: Dr. Kanhaiya Pandey conducted a tutorial class on ‘Laser Cooling of Atoms’.




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Outcome:

More than 250 participants from various schools and colleges in and around Dibrugarh

town participated in the event.

Students were very excited about the science model demonstration and showed curiosity

to know the physics behind it.

Received positive feedback from the participants and the faculty members of the host

institute. Requested to organize such events in near future.

The winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd) of quiz competition for the both lower and the higher levels

were awarded with a trophy, medal and certificate.


a) During registration b) Lighting of the lamp

c) Welcome address d) Felicitation of the invited delegates




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e) SPIE introductory talk f) Prof. Ghatak delivering plenary talk

g) Prof. Ghatak delivering plenary talk h) Prof. Ghatak delivering plenary talk

i) Participants j) Presented momento to Prof. Ghatak




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k) Participants in a queue during high tea l) Dr. A. K. Sarma delivering invited talk

m) Dr. A. K. Sarma delivering invited talk n) Dr. K. Pandey conducting tutorial class

o) Dr. K. Pandey conducting tutorial class p) Higher level quiz competition




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q) Lower level quiz competition r) Maintaining quiz score board

s) During science model demonstration t) During science model demonstration

u) During science model demonstration v) Winners of higher level quiz competition




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w) Winners of lower level quiz competition x) Offering vote of thanks

y) Group photo (organizing team)

3. ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE MEMBERS (2015 – 2016)

3.1 Achievements/Award/Honours of SPIE Members

Samit K. Gupta received OSA (Optical Society of America) Best Student Poster Award (including 500

USD and a citation) for the presentation "Parity-time (PT)-symmetric closed-form quadrimer waveguides

with focusing and defocusing nonlinearity”, at ICOP-2015 International conference held at the University

of Calcutta, 19-21 February, 2015




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Samit K. Gupta has been an invited reviewer for a research article in the Journal of Modern Optics

(Taylor & Francis). The review has been submitted successfully.

Biswajit Pathak got selected for the prestigious “Newport Spectra-Physics Research Excellence Travel

Awards” to attend “SPIE Photonics West-2016” at San Francisco, California, USA from 13-18 Feb, 2016,

organized by SPIE.

Biswajit Pathak received “SPIE Student Officer Travel Grant” (USD 3190) to attend “SPIE Photonics

West-2016” at San Francisco, California, USA from 13-18 Feb, 2016, organized by SPIE.

Biswajit Pathak won cash prize of Rs. 20, 000/- for the innovative project proposal entitled

“Development of a Bio-speckle Analyser with an Edge-detector Operator” in the “GBP`s Talent Search

Contest On Innovative Research Ideas Leading To Entrepreneurial Venture In Biotechnology And Allied

Areas” in the Assam Biotech Conclave, organised by Guwahati Biotechnology Park, during, 20-21

November, 2015.

Ranjan Kalita got certificate of merit in the poster competition organized by IIT Patna OSA Student

Chapter (during the DST-SERB School on "Modern Optics & Its Applications") organized by the

Department of Physics, IIT Patna, December, 2015.

Koushik Paul received the 1st best poster award (IITG category) in the TE-QIP Symposium to celebrate

the 2015 International Year of Light held, at the Department of Physics, IIT Guwahati, October, 2015.

Prahlad K. Baruah received the 2nd best poster award (IITG category) in the TE-QIP Symposium to

celebrate the 2015 International Year of Light held, at the Department of Physics, IIT Guwahati, October,

2015.

Md. Gaffar and Ranjan Kalita received the 3rd best poster award (IITG category) in the TE-QIP

Symposium to celebrate the 2015 International Year of Light held, at the Department of Physics, IIT

Guwahati, October, 2015.

3.2 Patents/Journal/Conference Publications of the SPIE Members

Biswajit Pathak and Bosanta R. Boruah, “Zonal Wavefront Sensing with Enhanced Spatial Resolution”,

Optics Letters, Vol. 41 (23), 2016.

Biswajit Pathak, Suraj Kumar and Bosanta R. Boruah, “Zonal Wavefront Sensing Using a Grating Array

Printed on a Polyester Film”, Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 86 (12), 2015.

Biswajit Pathak and Bosanta R. Boruah, “Investigation of algorithm discretization error in a zonal

wavefront estimation process”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 9739, 2016.




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Biswajit Pathak and Bosanta R. Boruah, “Binary hologram based high speed zonal wavefront sensing

with reduced estimation time”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 9741, 2016.

Biswajit Pathak and Bosanta R. Boruah, “Reduction in the Amount of Crosstalk with Reduced Number

of Focal Spot Rows in a Grating Array Based Zonal Wavefront Sensor”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 9654, 2015.

Biswajit Pathak, Rahul Kesarwani, Bosanta R. Boruah and Alika Khare, “System, Apparatus and

Method for Monitoring of Surface Profile Thickness Measurement”, Patent, Application No.:

4088/DEL/2015, 2015.

Md. Gaffar, Ranjan Kalita, and Bosanta R. Boruah, "Experimental observation of the aberration effects

on a radially polarized beam ", Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Vol. 33(11), 2016.

Md. Gaffar, Ranjan Kalita, and Bosanta R. Boruah, "Experimental demonstration of a light beam with

superior aberration resilience ", Optics Letters, Vol. 41(19), 2016.

Md. Gaffar and B. R. Boruah, "Poynting vector profile of a tightly focused radially polarized beam in the

presence of primary aberrations ", Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 32 (4), 2015.

Ranjan Kalita, Md. Gaffar, and Bosanta R. Boruah, "Generation of arbitrary vector beams using a

division of wavefront based setup ", Journal of Optics (IOP), Vol. 18(7), 2016.

Ranjan Kalita, and Bosanta R. Boruah, "Confocal imaging with orthogonally polarized illumination

beams " Proc. SPIE, Vol. 971316, 2016.

Santanu Konwar, and Bosanta R. Boruah, "Observation of thermally induced movement of a beam

deflected by a liquid crystal spatial light modulator” Proc. SPIE, Vol. 976915, 2016.

Santanu Konwar, and Bosanta R. Boruah "Free space optical communication system apparatus and a

method thereof ", Santanu Konwar and B R Boruah, Patent Application No.: 2153/DEL/2015, 2015.

Samit Kumar Gupta and Amarendra K. Sarma, "Peregrine Rogue Wave dynamics in the continuous

nonlinear Schrodinger system with parity-time symmetric Kerr nonlinearity" Communications in

Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation Vol. 36, p.141, 2016.

Samit Kumar Gupta, Jyoti P. Deka and Amarendra K. Sarma,"Nonlinear Parity-Time (PT) symmetic

closed-form optical quadrimer waveguides: Attractor perspective", European Physical Journal D, Vol.

69, p. 199, 2015.

Samit Kumar Gupta and Amarendra K. Sarma, “Dynamics of interactions of two Peregrine solitons in

the continuous Schrödinger system with parity-time (PT)-symmetric nonlinearity”, Progress in Quantum

Physics with Non-Hermitian Operators (PHHQP16), 08-12 August 2016, Yukawa Institute of Theoretical

Physics, Kyoto University, Japan.

Samit Kumar Gupta and Amarendra K. Sarma, "Parity-time symmetric closed-form quadrimer

waveguides with focusing and defocusing nonlinearity", Proc. SPIE, Vol. 9654, 2015.

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Koushik Paul and Amarendra K. Sarma, "High-Fidelity Entangled Bell States via Shortcuts to

Adiabaticity", Physical Review A, Vol. 94, 052303, 2016.

Koushik Paul and Amarendra K. Sarma, "Efficient shortcut techniques in evanescently coupled

waveguides", Journal of Physics: Conference series (IOP), Vol. 759, p. 012056, 2016.

Koushik Paul and Amarendra K. Sarma, "Shortcut to adiabatic passage in a waveguide coupler with

complex hyperbolic sectant scheme", Physical Review A 91, 053406, 2015.

Bijita Sarma and Amarendra K. Sarma, “Controllable optical bistability in a hybrid optomechanical

system", Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Vol. 33, 1335, 2016.

Bijita Sarma and Amarendra K. Sarma, "Ground-state cooling of micromechanical oscillators in the

unresolved sideband regime induced by a quantum well", Physical Review A, Vol. 93, 033845, 2016.

Bijita Sarma and Amarendra K. Sarma, "Atom assisted cavity cooling of a micromechanical oscillator in

the unresolved sideband regime" Journal of Physics: Conference series (IOP), Vol. 759, p. 012059, 2016.

Subhadeep Chakraborty and Amarendra K. Sarma, "Optical trap potential control in N-type four level

atoms by femtosecond Gaussian pulses", Journal of Optical Society of America B, Vol. 32, p. 270 , 2015.

Jyoti Prasad Deka, Samit Kumar Gupta and Amarendra K. Sarma, "Controlling the dynamical

behaviour of fiber ring resonators with balanced loss and gain" Nonlinear Dynamics (2016). DOI:

10.1007/S11071-016-3102-9.

Koijam Monica Devi, Amarendra K. Sarma and Gagan Kumar,"Enhanced terahertz transmission through

a periodic array of tapered rectagular apertures" Journal of Physics: Conference series (IOP, Vol. 759, p.

012052, 2016.

Sandeep Sharma, Bimalendu Deb and Tarak N. Dey, “Subluminal light propagation through an ultracold

atom-molecule coupled resonant medium”, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics,

48, 1775502, 2015.

K. S. Singh and A. K. Sharma, “Effect of lens focusing distance on laser-produced copper plasma in air

in the presence of static transverse magnetic field”, Phys. Plasmas, [Accepted, 2016].

K. S. Singh and A. K. Sharma, “Spatially-resolved behavior of laser-produced copper plasma along

expansion direction in the presence of static uniform magnetic field”, Phys. Plasmas, [Accepted, 2016].

K. S. Singh and A. K. Sharma, “Effect of variation of magnetic field on laser ablation depth of copper

and aluminum targets in air atmosphere”, J. Appl. Phys. Vol. 119, 183301, 2016.

K. S. Singh and A. K. Sharma, “Multi-structured temporal behavior of neutral copper transitions in laser-

produced plasma in presence of variable transverse static magnetic field”, Phys. Plasmas, Vol. 23,

013304, 2016.

http://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.052303

http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/759/1/012056/pdf

http://journals.aps.org/pra/accepted/f607bNe6P3b1261412b8460621cc94dca1295d400

https://www.osapublishing.org/josab/home.cfm

http://journals.aps.org/pra/


http://link.springer.com/journal/11071

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11071-016-3102-9

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11071-016-3102-9


http://iopscience.iop.org/0953-4075/48/17/175502/article

http://iopscience.iop.org/0953-4075/48/17/175502/article




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P. K. Baruah, A. K. Sharma and Alika Khare, “Dependence of laser energy on the size of copper

nanoparticles synthesized by pulsed laser ablation in liquid”, Adv. Mater. Proc., [Accepted, 2016].

Partha P. Dey and Alika Khare, “Effect of substrate temperature on structural and linear and nonlinear

optical properties of nano structures PLD a-SiC thin films”, Mat. Res. Bull., Vol. 84, 2016.

Gyan Prakash Bharti and Alika Khare, “Structural and linear and nonlinear optical properties of Zn1-

xAlxO ( 0x0.10) thin films fabricated via pulsed laser deposition technique”, Optical Material Exp. Vol.

6, 2016.

Mahesh Peddigari, Gyan Prakash Bharti, Alika Khare and Pamu Dobbidi, “Nonlinear optical properties

of pulsed laser deposited Gd2O3 and Dy2O3 doped K 0.5Na 0.5NbO3 thin films”, Optical Materials, Vol. 58,

2016.

Mahesh Peddigari, Gyan Prakash Bharti, Alika Khare and Pamu Dobbidi, “Optical and dielectric

studies on radiofrequency sputtered Gd2O3 doped K0.5Na0.5NbO3 thin films for nonlinear photonics and

microwave tunable device applications”, J. Alloys and Compunds, Vol. 682, 2016.

Mukesh Singh, Indrajeet Kumar, Alika Khare and Pratima Agarwal, "Third order optical nonlinear

studies on highly conducting vertically aligned carbon nanoflakes", Materials Research Express,

[Accepted, 2016].

Rasmi Ranjan Behera, M. Ravi Sankar, Indrajeet Kumar Ashwini Kumar Sharma, Alika Khare, and J.

Swaminathan, “Experimental Investigation of Under Water Laser Beam Micromachining (UW-LBµM)

on 304 Stainless Steel”, Int. J. Adv Manu. Tech, Vol. 85, 2016.

Indrajeet Kumar and Alika Khare, “Optical Non linearity in nanostructured carbon thin films fabricated

by pulsed laser deposition technique”, Thin Solid Films, Vol. 611, 2016.

S. Jagan Mohan Rao, Deepak Kumar, Gagan Kumar and Dibakar Roy Chowdhury, “Modulating the

near field coupling through resonator displacement in planar terahertz metamaterials”, Journal of

Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, (October, 2016), DOI:10.1007/s10762-016-0324-3.

3.3 Conference/Workshop/School Visit of SPIE Members

Samit K. Gupta participated and presented his research work on “Dynamics of interactions of two

Peregrine solitons in the continuous Schrödinger system with parity-time (PT)-symmetric nonlinearity,”

in the Progress in Quantum Physics with Non-Hermitian Operators (PHHQP16), Kyoto University, Japan

(August 2016).

Biswajit Pathak attended and presented his research work on “Investigation of Algorithm Discretization

Error in a Zonal Wavefront Estimation Process” at SPIE Photonics West - 2016, California, USA

(February, 2016).




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Biswajit Pathak attended and presented his research work on “Binary Hologram Based High Speed

Zonal Wavefront Sensing with Reduced Estimation Time” at SPIE Photonics West - 2016, California,

USA (February, 2016).

Prahlad K. Baruah attended and presented a paper in the International Conference on Materials Science

& Technology (ICMTech), University of Delhi, Delhi, India (March, 2016).

Deepak Kumar presented his research work on “Engineering the near field coupling in planar coupled

terahertz meta materials, at the International Conference on Frontiers of Physics and Plasma Science,

Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India (November, 2016).

Santanu Konwar presented his research work on “Observation of a peculiar movement in the beam

diffracted by a Liquid Crystal Spatial Light Modulator” at the National Seminar on Advances in

Electronics and Allied Science & Technology (NaSAEAST-2016), Gauhati University, India (November,

2016).

Almost all the chapter members attended and presented their research works at the TE-QIP Symposium

to Celebrate the 2015 International Year of Light, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India (October, 2015).

Almost all the chapter members attended and presented their research works at the South Asian

Workshop on Optics and Photonics (SAWOP-2015), IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India (November, 2015).

Most of the chapter members attended and presented their research works at the XXVII IUPAP

Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2015), IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India (December 2016).

Biswajit Pathak, Santanu Konwar, Ranjan Kalita and Samit K. Gupta attended and presented their

research work at International Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP), Calcutta, India (February,

2015).

Santanu Konwar, Ranjan Kalita, S. S. Goutam Buddha and S. Jagan Mohan Rao attended the SERB

School on Modern Optics and Its Application, at IIT Patna, Patna, India (November - December, 2015).

Santanu Konwar, Eshita Mal and Sasmita Behera attended the SERB School on Optical Metrology, at

Tezpur University, Tezpur, India (June, 2016).

Deepak Kumar attend the General Relativity Centennial organized by Centre for Theoretical Physics,

Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India (December, 2015).

Deepak Kumar attended the National workshop on Advanced Probing Techniques in TEM (APTTEM-

2016), IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India (February, 2016).

Deepak Kumar attended the 2nd National Workshop on MEMS/NEMS and Theranostic Devicec, IIT

Guwahati, Guwahati, India (March, 2016).

Deepak Kumar attended the Workshop on Advance Remote Sensing & GIS: Methods and Applications

IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India (October, 2016).




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4. FINANCIAL STATEMENT

4.1 Settlement of Activity Grant

Amount Received

1. ACTIVITY GRANT RECEIVED IN 2015 INR 57,000/-

2. ACTIVITY GRANT RECEIVED IN 2016 INR 70,389/-

TOTAL AMOUNT RECEIVED INR 1,27,389/-

Expenditures

ACTIVITY GRANT SETTLEMENT - 2015

1. Feel the Light - on Optics Outreach

Sl. No. Budget Head Amount (in INR)

1. Travelling Allowance + Local Transportation 4,835/-

2. Miscellaneous + Pizza Party 7,619/-

3. Publicity 5,220/-

4. Certificates 11,095/-

5. Prizes + Felicitation 4,596/-

6. Refreshment 21,300/-

Total Expenditure (Activity Grant – 2015) 54,665/-

ACTIVITY GRANT SETTLEMENT - 2016

2. Optics Teaching


1. Miscellaneous + last year over balance 3,940/-

2. Local Transportation 770/-


4. Optics equipment (for demonstration) 1,670/-

5. Refreshment 1,500/-

Total Expenditure 9,537/-

3. Invited Lecture

Sl .No. Budget Head Amount (in INR)

1. Publicity 370/-

2. Felicitation 250/-

3. Refreshment 167/-

Total Expenditure 787/-




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4. Enjoy Physics – an Optics Outreach


1. Miscellaneous 199/-

2. Local Transportation 540/-

3. Refreshment 620/-


5. Light: not a Light Matter - a Student Symposium


1. Miscellaneous 2,532/-

2. Travelling Allowance + Local Transportation 5,249/-


4. Certificates 9,710/-

5. Prizes + Felicitation 4,640/-

6. Refreshment 26,333


Total Expenditure (Activity Grant - 2016) 64,797/-

GRAND TOTAL EXPENDITURE 1,19,462/-

BALANCE AMOUNT

+ 7,927/-

5. MISCELLANEOUS

5.1 SPIE Officer Travel Grant

The President of SPIE IITG Student chapter, Mr. Biswajit Pathak represented the chapter at SPIE

Photonics West - 2016 conference and at SPIE Officer Leadership Workshop.




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a) With SPIE Student Chapter Activities Coordinator

b) SPIE Officer Leadership Workshop (representing ASIA)

5.2 SPIE IITG Student Chapter Foundation Day Celebration

On 30th of October, 2016, the chapter has completed 1 year. On this occasion, the chapter

celebrated its 1st anniversary by cutting a cake. A meeting was arranged where all the officers

and the faculty advisor declared release from their respective posts and shared their view points

and experience as officers/advisor for last the 1 year. A new team of officers and faculty advisor

was decided in the meeting who will replace the ex-officers/ex-advisor.




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a) Faculty advisor cutting the anniversary cake

b) Group photo (SPIE Members)




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5.3 Pizza Party

We celebrated with a small pizza party after successfully organizing our maiden activity, ‘Feel

the Light – on Optics Outreach’.

a) During pizza party

b) During pizza party




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5.4 Future Plans (Tentative)

Organize SPIE visiting lecture

Organize hands-on workshop

Organize optics awareness programme

Organize industrial talk

Conduct SPIE membership drive

Documents

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Chapter · We have initiated a SPIE membership drive for a week starting from 8th of May, 2016 to 15th of May, 2016, within our institute