Progress on Tunable Lasers for Ultrafast Processes and Applications

Editor
Prem B. Bisht

Supercontinuum Generation and its Applications
D. Narayana Rao

Ultrafast Tunable Optical Pulse Generation
P.K. Datta, S. Mukhopadhyay, S.K. Das and A. Ray

Ultrafast Optical Pulses for Physics and Application
Achanta Venu Gopal, S.S. Prabhu and A.S. Vengurlekar

Tunable Pico Second Energy Transfer Distributed Feedback Dye Laser
P.K. Palanisamy and M.Basheer Ahamed

Comparision of White Light Continuum Generation Under Femtosecond and Picosecond Pumping
R. Sailaja, S. Lochbrunner, E. Riedle and P.B. Bisht

Characterisation of Ultrashort Optical Pulses using Frequency Resolved Optical Gating (FROG) Technique: Simulations and Experiments
M. Vaishakh, S.S. Narayanan, M. Das, R. Sailaja, A. Nautiyal and P.B. Bisht

Numerical Studies on Optically Pumped Liquid Oxygen: A New Candidate for Ultra-Fast Laser Medium
R. Rajesh, Gaurav Singhal, R.K. Tyagi and Anil Kumar

Third Order Optical Nonlinearity of Aniline Blue Dye Measured by Z-Scan Technique
G.Vinitha, A.Ramalingam, P.K.Palanisamy

Investigation of Spectral and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Azo Dyes
C. Gayathri and A. Ramalingam

PC Interfacing of a Picosecond Autocorrelator by Labview Software
Adi Lakshmi, Madhulita Das, R. Sailaja and P.B. Bisht

Femtosecond Autocorrelator based on Reflective Optics
R. Sailaja, Madhulita Das and P. B. Bisht

Optical Bistability at Low Laser Powers in a Dye-Embedded Polymer using a Distributed Coupler
K. Sathiyamoorthy, C. Vijayan and M.P. Kothiyal

Noncollinear Optical Parametric Amplification of Vacuum Fluctuations, CW Light and Continua
M. Breuer, C. Homann, C. Elsner, S. Lochbrunner and E. Riedle

Ti: Sapphire Harmonic Pumped NOPA in Several New Nonlinear Optical Crystals
P. Kumbhakar and T. Kobayashi

Some New Techniques for Increasing Conversion Efficiency of Nonlinear Frequency Conversion Processes
Udit Chatterjee and Sudipta Gangopadhyay

Temperature Tuned Mid-Infrared Light Source based on Difference Frequency Generation in Periodically-Poled LiNbO₃
Nilesh J. Vasa

Chirped Mirrors without Dispersion Oscillations by Brewster's Angle Incidence
P. Baum, M. Breuer, P. Krok, E. Riedle and G. Steinmeyer

Generation of Tunable Femtosecond Pulses with the Noncollinear Optical Parametric Amplifier (NOPA) Fabricated at IIT Madras
Ambika Nautiyal, K.S. Bindra, S.M. Oak and P.B. Bisht

Sum Frequency Generation and Parametric Amplification of White Light Continuum Generated from Water-D₂O Mixture Under Picosecond Pumping
Ambika Nautiyal and P.B. Bisht

Estimation of Critical Parameters for a KTA Based Tunable Mid Infrared OPO
Yogesh Kumar, Bharat Bhushan, Purnima Malhotra, A.T. Reghunath and Anil Kumar

Tunable Lasers for Infrared and Tera Hertz Applications
Gopal C. Bhar

Low-Frequency Spectra of Silica Glasses Studied by Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy
Kohji Yamamoto, Takashi Uchino and Keisuke Tominaga

Study of First Order Hyperpolarizibility and Terahertz Generation in 3-Nitroaniline
V. Krishnakumar and R. Nagalakshmi

Generation of Squeezed Laser Using Sum and Difference Frequency Raman Process
P.S. Gupta and Dilip Kumar Giri

Novel Devices using Surface and Localized Plasmons in Nano Layers
S. Dutta Gupta

Generation of Terahertz Radiation by Photoconduction Mechanism
V. Subramanian

LED based Optical Fiber Sensor for Trace Detection of Fe⁺² ion in Water
Rajesh Kumar, M. Kailasnath, V.P.N. Nampoori and C.P.G. Vallabhan

Ultrafast Optical Nonlinearities in Semiconductor Nanoparticles
K.S. Bindra

Resonance Raman Scattering from Semiconductor Nanocrystals
A.K. Arora

Optical Limiting Properties of CDTe Nanorods
Pushpa Ann Kurian and C. Vijayan

Calibration Curve for Quantitative Determination of Lead
Shiwani Pandhija and A.K. Rai

Photoacoustic Study of Rare Earth Double Titanates
K.R. Dayas, Bindu Krishnan, N.P Prasanth, Lyjo K. Joseph and K. Krishnankutty

Laser Spectroscopy of H-X System of Silicon Dimer
K.S. Ojha, Subhash C. Singh and R. Gopal

Tunable Short Pulse Laser for LIDAR
Anil Kumar

Understanding Atmosphere Through Lidar Experiments (Optical Remote Sensing)-
V.S. Murty

LIF Technique Offers the Potential for the Detection of Environmental Stress in Triticum Astivum
Renu Maurya and R. Gopal

TV Holography for Measurements
N. Krishna Mohan, Basanta Bhaduri, U. Paul Kumar and M.P. Kothiyal

Observations of Crack Tip Openig Displacement at Different Magnifications using Microscopic TV Holographic System
U. Paul Kumar, Basanta Bhaduri, N. Krishna Mohan and M.P. Kothiyal

Purification of Gaussian States
A.B.M. Ahmed and M.V. Satyanarayana

A Quantum Description of Ultrafast Single Photon Wave Packets
M.S. Ramkarthik, Arvind and Arul Lakshminarayan

Experimental Study of Phase Step Miscalibration Error in Phase Shifting Interferometry using Spectrally Resolved White Light Interferometer
Sanjit K. Debnath and Mahendra P. Kothiyal

Ultrafast Dynamics in Organized and Biological Assemblies
Kankan Bhattacharyya

Pump-Probe Spectrsoscopy with Tunable Probe in the Visible, IR and FAR-IR Region to Study Ultrafast Chemical Reaction Dynamics
Dipak K. Palit

A New Family of Fluorescence Sensors
P. Ramamurthy

Time-Resolved Fluorescence Decay Studies: A New Insight into Aggregation of Newkome-Type Dendrimers in Aqueous Medium
S.K. Mohanty, U. Subuddhi, S. Baskaran and A.K. Mishra

Internal Conversion Dynamics in β-Carotene on a Femtosecond Time Scale: Analysis and Control
Ajay K. Singh and Sisir K. Sarkar

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Push — Pull Laser Dye Molecules for Special Applications
Y.L.N. Murthy, V. Christopher and U. Viplava Prasad

Time Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Cinchonine Dication: Temperature Dependence
Hirdyesh Mishra, Sanjay Pant, G.C. Joshi and Heera B. Tripathi

Excited State Dynamics of Aminoquinolines in Solution and Polymer Phase:- A Comparative Study
Sanjay Bisht, G.C. Joshi and Sanjay Pant

Measurement of Relaxation Times by Laser Induced Transient Grating Technique
Kailash C. Jena and Prem B. Bisht

Fiber-Based Pulsed Sources – Design Features and Applications
R. Vijaya

Fiber Lasers – The Emerging Technology
Ranjan Sen and Kamal Dasgupta

Experimental Study of Tunable and Single Frequency Fibre Laser Source
R. Deb Roy, M. Pal, A. Pal, P. Biswas, M.C. Paul, T. Ganguly, S. Bandyopadhyay, R. Sen, S.K. Bhadra and Kamal Dasgupta

Dispersion Measurement of Single-Mode Optical Fibre Using Intensity Modulators
K. Pradeep Kumar and Anil Prabhakar

Pulse Propagation Dynamics Through Nonlinearity Management of a Bragg Grating Structure Projection Operator Formalism
Ancemma Joseph and K. Porsezian

Comparison of Laser-Induced Plasma in Bulk Liquid and Liquid Jet
Nilesh K. Rai, A.K. Rai and S.N. Thakur

Experiments on Higher-Q Modes of Microcavity for the Study of the Effect on Spontaneous and Stimulated Decay Rates of Molecules
D.V. Ramanaiah and P.B. Bisht

Optical Tomography of Laser Produced Plasma using Pixel Method
V.J. Dann, Arun Anand, C.V.S. Rao, D. Sajeev and V.P.N. Nampoori

Zeeman Magnetometry Using Rubidium Saturation Spectroscopy
Nibedita Ram, M. Pattabiraman and C. Vijayan

Photophysical Properties of Some Xanthene Dyes in Polymers
J.P. Bridhkoti and Sanjay Pant

Steady and Excited State Kinetics of Endogenous Protoporphyrin — IX in Normal and Cancer Cells
S. Ganesan

Photo -Biological Responses in Plants-A Photoacoustic Study
V. Manjusha, Ritty Nedumpara and V.P.N. Nampoori

Detection of Magnesium in Human Gallstones Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
Vivek K. Singh, A.K. Rai, R. Srivastava and S.P. Singh

Initial Bone Displacement Visualization During Maxillary Protraction on a Dry Human Skull Using DSPI
R. Poornima, Basanta Bhaduri, N. Krishna Mohan and M.P. Kothiyal

Application for ND:YAG Laser in Improving the Vision in Cases of Capsular Opafication After the Cataract Surgery
Govind B. Bisht and Naveen Jha

Characteristics of Laser Induced Fluorescence on Dye Doped Biological Medium
P. Sandeep Menon, S.W. Bernard Rajeev, M. Sheeba, Sarita G.Bhat, P. Radhakrishnan1 and V.P.N Nampoori

Development of the Atom Trapping and Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy Facility in IIT Madras
M. Pattabiraman

Non-Linear Magneto Optical Effects in the Rubidium Atomic Vapour Using an External Cavity Diode Laser
M. Ummal Momeen, Nibedita Ram, G. Rangarajan, M. Pattabiraman, C. Vijayan and P.C. Deshmukh

Screening of Glycemic Elements in Ethnobotanical Plant by Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
Prashant Kumar Rai, Nilesh K. Rai, Shiwani Pandhija, A.K. Rai and Geeta Watal

Advice to Beginning Physics Speakers
James C. Garland