Plenary Talks

November 14, 2002 : Thursday (10:00 to 11:00 hrs.)

J 1. Dr. D. D. Bhawalkar, CAT Keynote Address

November 15, 2002 : Friday

J 2. Prof. K. O. Greulich, Germany ( 9:00 to 10:00 hrs.)

Lasers in Single Molecule Research

J 3. Prof. G. Doehler, Erlangen (10:00 to 11:00 hrs.)

From Block Oscillating Electrons to the Quantum Cascade Laser

November 16, 2002 : Saturday

J 4. Prof. A. K. Sood, IISc. Banglore (9:00 to 10:00 hrs.)

Raman Spectroscopy of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes

J 5. Prof. R.S. Sirohi , IIT Delhi (10:00 to 11:00 hrs.)

Optics in Laser Technology

Note: To know the schedule of the talk in the time table please use the talk no. (J 1, J 2… etc.) .

Parallel Sessions

Following are the Parallel Theme Sessions. To know the schedule of a particular Session please use the number (S1, S2… etc.) and refer to the time table. Please note that duration of each invited talk (IT) will be 30 min. and that of the oral presentation (OP), 15 min. These sessions will be held between 11:30 and 13:30 hrs every day in different lecture rooms which will be made known through announcements and notices at the venue.

Nov.14, 2002 (Thursday)

S1. Physics & Technology of Lasers

S2. Lasers in Material Science

S3. Nonlinear & Quantum Optics

Nov.15, 2002 (Friday)

S4. Mini Symposium on Lasers in Medicine & Biology

S5. Laser Materials & Components

S6. Laser Plasma Interactions

Nov.16, 2002 (Saturday)

S7. Laser Instrumentation & Communication

S8. Lasers in Industry

S9. Laser Spectroscopy & Photochemistry

Invited Talks (IT) and Oral Presentations (OP) of

Parallel Sessions

S1. Physics & Technology of Lasers

S1.1 Dr. V.M. Nandakumaran, CUSAT (IT)

Chaos and its synchronisation in Semiconductor Lasers

S1.2 Dr. Jogy George, CAT (IT)

Diode Pumped Solid State Laser

S1.3 Dr. A. L. Dawar, LASTEC, (IT)

High Power Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser Development

S1.4 Dr. Om Prakash ,CAT (OP)

A 146 W diffraction limited beam copper vapor laser (CVL) Master Oscillator-Power Amplifier (MOPA) chain with Generalized diffraction filtered master oscillator and generation of 2.3 W average UV (255.3 nm) power from frequency doubling of 1^st stage CVL MOPA output

S1.5 Dr. K.K. Jain ,IPR (OP)

Millimeter Wave Free-Electron Laser Experiment at The Institute for

Plasma Research

S2. Lasers in Material Science

S2.1 Prof. R.K.Thareja, IITK (IT)

Pulsed Laser Deposited ZnO films for UV Laser and Nonlinear Medium

S2.2 Dr. M.K. Jayaraj, CUSAT (IT)

Pulsed Laser Deposition of p-type Transparent Conducting Oxides

S2.3 Dr. P. Misra ,CAT (OP)

Temperature Dependent Photoluminescence from ZnO Thin Films Grown

by Pulsed Laser Deposition

S2.4 Dr. Amit Saraiya ,IUC (OP)

Mossbauer Study of ⁵⁷Fe Nanoparticles Grown by Pulsed Laser

Deposition

S2.5 Dr. S. Thakur ,BARC (OP)

Corelationships of optical and microstructural stabilities in multilayer

optical coatings

S3. Nonlinear & Quantum Optics

S3.1 Prof. Sasanka Ghosh, IITG (IT)

Construction of Logic Gates using optical solitons

S3.2 Dr. S.S.Prabhu, TIFR (IT)

THz Radiation Spectroscopy

S3.3 Dr. Hari Prakash , Allahabad University (OP)

Semi-Polarized light

S3.4 Dr. Alka Ingale ,CAT (OP)

Coherent Control of Phonons in Quantum Dots

S3.5 Dr. Sheetal Kapoor , SGSITS (OP)

Optical coherent transient effects in a strongly magnetoactive

semiconductor quantum well structure exhibiting multiple valence bands

S4. Mini Symposium on Lasers in Medicine & Biology

Since NLS-2002 is being held at a Medical Institute, special importance is being attached to this session. This session will be held on Nov. 15, 2002 i.e. Friday, in two parts. One between 11:30 to 13:30 before lunch and the other one after the lunch between 14:30 to 16:30. Lectures in this session will be as follows:

S4.1 Prof. G. Sockalingum, Reims Univ. France (IT)

Laser Raman (micro) Spectroscopy of Cells and Tissues

S4.2 Prof. A.K.Gupta, SCTIMST (IT)

Title - not yet received

S4.3 Prof. Dr. B Krishna Rau, Chennai (IT)

Laser and the Surgeon

S4.4 Dr. Phillip Augustine (IT) --- Tentative

S4.5 Dr. Ashok Bajpai, Indore (IT) ---- Tentative

S4.6 Dr. K.P.R.S Nair (IT) --- Tentative

S4.7 Dr. A.Dube ,CAT (OP)

Effect of Nitrogen Laser (337 nm) Irradiation on Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

S4.8 Dr. S.K. Mohanty , CAT (OP)

Membrane damage kinetics of cells under Nd: YAG laser trapping

S4.9 Dr. R. Jyothi Lakshmi ,MAHE (OP)

Mandibular Osteradionecrosis: A Laser Spectroscopic Study

S5. Laser Materials & Components

S5.1 Dr. V.K.Wadhawan, CAT (IT)

The Laser Crystals and Ceramics Programme of CAT, Indore

S5.2 Prof. H.L.Bhat, IISc (IT)

Recent Studies on the growth of certain organic and semiorganic crystals

S5.3 Dr. R. Rajasekaran , Anna University (OP)

Effects of pH on the growth and characteristics of Metal Organic Thiourea Chloride (ZTC) Single Crystals

S5.4 Dr.C.K. Jayashankar ,SV University, Tirupati (OP)

Compositional dependence on fluorescence properties of Eu³⁺: Lithium-Zinc-Lead Borate and Flouroborate glasses

S5.5 Dr. U Chatterjee ,Burdwan University (OP)

Walk-off compensated enhanced UV laser generation in a new crystal

Li₂B₄O₇

S6. Laser Plasma Interactions

S6.1 Dr. P.A.Naik, CAT (IT)

Studies of Laser Plasma Interaction in Long and Short Pulse Regimes

S6.2 Dr. G Ravindra Kumar, TIFR (IT)

Dynamics of Intense, Femtosecond Laser-Solid Interactions

S6.3 Dr. S. Sailaja , CAT (OP)

Characterisation of sonic and hypersonic nozzles for cluster formation in gas puff and interferometric determination of gas density and measurements of cluster spatial profile in gas jet targets for laser plasma experiments

S6.4 Dr. Dilina S , CUSAT (OP)

Spatial distribution of Cu₂ and CUII species in laser produced plasma from brass

Note: Owing to only two OPs, the duration of ITs can be 40 min. each in this session.

S7. Laser Instrumentation & Communication

S7.1 Dr. Satyanarayana M, VSSC (IT)

Air-borne Lidar System for Environmental and Oceanographic

Applications

S7.2 Dr. Suresh Nair, NEST (IT)

Optical Communication

S7.3 Dr. Sendhil Raja S, CAT (OP)

Sensor head design for a Laser based two axis alignment system for INDUS-2

magnets

S7.4 Dr.C. Rameshkumar ,Anna University (OP)

Femtosecond Soliton in single and multi channel system

S7.5 Dr. R Dinesh Kumar, CUSAT (OP)

Fabrication and characterization of Long Period Grating in

Telecommunication and Photosensitive Fibers

S8. Lasers in Industry

S8.1 Dr. Rakesh Kaul, CAT (IT)

Laser- an emerging tool for the development of graded materials

S8.2 Dr. V.U.Nayar, Kerala Univ. (IT)

Holographic Non-destructive Evaluation of Materials

S8.3 Dr. G. Mundra, CAT (OP)

Irradiation capsule Laser Welding Machine and Hand- operated Laser Manipulator for Coolant Channel to Feeder Coupling Bolts Cutting (For- PHWR)

S8.4 Dr.M. Ushamani ,CUSAT (OP)

A new Methylene Blue Doped Polymer Blend for Holographic Applications

S8.5 Dr. C. Bhan , IRDE (OP)

Reconstruction of Real-Orthoscopic Image from Laser Holograms with White

Light Source

S9. Laser Spectroscopy & Photochemistry

S9.1 Dr. V Parthasarthy, BARC (IT)

IR Laser Enrichment of Light Element Isotopes: Challenges and

Prospects

S9.2 Dr. K.P.R.Nair, CUSAT (IT)

Microwave and Laser Spectroscopy of Small Molecules

S9.3 Dr. Vas Dev, BARC (OP)

Single color photoionisation optogalvanic spectroscopy of uranium in hollow

cathode discharge tube

S9.4 Dr. V.B.Tiwari ,CAT (OP)

A comparative study of frequency stabilization techniques based on the Zeeman-effect and Saturation absorption spectroscopy

S9.5 Dr. S. Prusty ,IIT Delhi (OP)

Raman spectroscopy and Self phase modulation in Nematic Liquid Crystals