Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Chapter

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1 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Chapter Annual Report

2 CONTENTS TOPICS PAGE NO. 1: INTRODUCTION Objective Elected Officers SPIE Members 4 2: ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT DURING Feel the Light on Optics Outreach Membership Drive Optics Teaching SPIE Invited Lecture 2.5 Enjoy Physics an Optics Outreach Light: not a Light Matter a Students Symposium 21 3: MEMBERS ACHIEVEMENT DURING Achievements/Awards/Honours of the SPIE Members Patents/Journal/Conference Publications of SPIE Members Conference/Workshop/School Visit of the SPIE Members 31 4: FINANCIAL STATEMENT Settlement of Activity Grant Received 33 5: MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION SPIE Officer Travel Grant SPIE IITG Student Chapter Foundation Day Celebration Pizza Party Future Plans 38 1

3 1. INTRODUCTION The SPIE IIT Guwahati student chapter came into existence officially on 30 th 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 ( ) Faculty Advisor Dr. Amarendra K. Sarma ( ) aksarma@iitg.ernet.in 2

4 President Mr. Biswajit Pathak ( ) Vice President Mr. Koushik Paul ( ) Secretary Mr. Prahlad K. Baruah ( ) Treasurer Mr. Rahul Kesarwani ( ) Co Secretary Mr. Santanu Konwar ( ) Outreach Coordinator Ms. Bijita Sarma ( ) 3

5 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 r.kesarwani 2. Gyan Prakash Bharti b.gyan 3. Ranjan Kalita ranjan.kalita 4. Biswajit Pathak p.biswajit 5. S S Goutam Buddha satya.buddha 6. Santanu Konwar k.santanu 7. Indu Kalpa Dihingia i.dihingia 8. Md. Gaffar gaffar 9. Bijita Sarma s.bijita 10. Sasmita Behera behera.s 11. Eshita Mal m.eshita 12. Prahlad K. Baruah prahladkb 13. Koijam Monika Devi koijam 14. Koushik Paul p.koushik 15. Sandeep Sharma Sandeep.sharma 16. Partha Pratim Dey dey.partha 17. Subhadeep Chakraborty c.subhadeep 18. Khwairakpam Shantakumar Singh s.khwairakpam 19. Jagan Mohan Rao sjagan 20. Jyoti Prasad Deka jyoti.deka 21. Samit Kumar Gupta samit.gupta 22. Darpan Mishra (EEE) m.darpan 23. Karuna S. Malik karuna.malik 24. Sumit Goswami sumit.goswami 25. Deepak Kumar deepakkumarvashista@gmail.com 26. Nagendra Kumar nagendra Gobinda Pradhan p.gobinda 28. Kousik Makur kousik 29. Indrajeet Kumar kumar.i 30. Purusottam Ghosh p.ghosh 4

6 2. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT DURING 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 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 6 th of February, 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. 5

7 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 11 th, 12 th, 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 7 th of Feb, The winners (1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd ) 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 6

8 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) 7

9 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 8

10 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 8 th of May, 2016 to 15 th 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. 9

11 Official Circular: 10

12 Outcome: The membership drive has resulted in the inclusion of nine new members into our chapter Sl. No. Name SPIE ID ID 1. Darpan Mishra m.darpan 2. Karuna S. Malik karuna.malik 3. Sumit Goswami sumit.goswami 4. Deepak Kumar Nagendra Kumar nagendra Gobinda Pradhan p.gobinda 7. Kousik Makur kousik 8 Indrajeet Kumar kumar.i 9. Purusottam Ghosh p.ghosh 11

13 2.3 Optics Teaching We have organized an Optics Teaching event on 20 th 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 Venue: Optics Teaching Tutorials on Optics Simple Experimental Demonstrations A. K. H. S. Institute, North Guwahati, Assam and Govt. Girls High School, North Guwahati, Assam 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 12

14 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 13

15 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) 14

16 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 3 rd 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 pumpprobe, 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. 15

17 Glimpses of the event: 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) 16

18 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 28 th and 29 th of October, 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. Programme Highlights: 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: (9 am 12 noon) Moridhal College: (2 pm 5 pm) Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Dhemaji: (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). 17

19 Glimpses of the event: 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 18

20 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 19

21 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 20

22 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 12 th 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. 21

23 Programme Highlights: 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 11 th, 12 th, 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 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. 22

24 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 (1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd ) 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) Lighting of the lamp c) Welcome address d) Felicitation of the invited delegates 23

25 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 24

26 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 25

27 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 26

28 w) Winners of lower level quiz competition x) Offering vote of thanks y) Group photo (organizing team) 3. ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE MEMBERS ( ) 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, February,

29 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 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 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, November, 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, Koushik Paul received the 1 st 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, Prahlad K. Baruah received the 2 nd 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, Md. Gaffar and Ranjan Kalita received the 3 rd 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, 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), 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), Biswajit Pathak and Bosanta R. Boruah, Investigation of algorithm discretization error in a zonal wavefront estimation process, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 9739,

30 Biswajit Pathak and Bosanta R. Boruah, Binary hologram based high speed zonal wavefront sensing with reduced estimation time, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 9741, 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, 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, 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), Md. Gaffar, Ranjan Kalita, and Bosanta R. Boruah, "Experimental demonstration of a light beam with superior aberration resilience ", Optics Letters, Vol. 41(19), 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), 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), Ranjan Kalita, and Bosanta R. Boruah, "Confocal imaging with orthogonally polarized illumination beams " Proc. SPIE, Vol , 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 , 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, 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, 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, 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), 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,

31 Koushik Paul and Amarendra K. Sarma, "High-Fidelity Entangled Bell States via Shortcuts to Adiabaticity", Physical Review A, Vol. 94, , Koushik Paul and Amarendra K. Sarma, "Efficient shortcut techniques in evanescently coupled waveguides", Journal of Physics: Conference series (IOP), Vol. 759, p , Koushik Paul and Amarendra K. Sarma, "Shortcut to adiabatic passage in a waveguide coupler with complex hyperbolic sectant scheme", Physical Review A 91, , 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, 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, , 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 , 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, 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: /S 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 , 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, , 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, , K. S. Singh and A. K. Sharma, Multi-structured temporal behavior of neutral copper transitions in laserproduced plasma in presence of variable transverse static magnetic field, Phys. Plasmas, Vol. 23, ,

32 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, Gyan Prakash Bharti and Alika Khare, Structural and linear and nonlinear optical properties of Zn 1- xal xo ( 0x0.10) thin films fabricated via pulsed laser deposition technique, Optical Material Exp. Vol. 6, Mahesh Peddigari, Gyan Prakash Bharti, Alika Khare and Pamu Dobbidi, Nonlinear optical properties of pulsed laser deposited Gd 2O 3 and Dy 2O 3 doped K 0.5Na 0.5NbO 3 thin films, Optical Materials, Vol. 58, Mahesh Peddigari, Gyan Prakash Bharti, Alika Khare and Pamu Dobbidi, Optical and dielectric studies on radiofrequency sputtered Gd 2O 3 doped K 0.5Na 0.5NbO 3 thin films for nonlinear photonics and microwave tunable device applications, J. Alloys and Compunds, Vol. 682, 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, Indrajeet Kumar and Alika Khare, Optical Non linearity in nanostructured carbon thin films fabricated by pulsed laser deposition technique, Thin Solid Films, Vol. 611, 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: /s 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 , California, USA (February, 2016). 31

33 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 , 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). 32

34 4.1 Settlement of Activity Grant 4. FINANCIAL STATEMENT 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 33 ACTIVITY GRANT SETTLEMENT 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 Optics Teaching Sl. No. Budget Head Amount (in INR) 1. Miscellaneous + last year over balance 3,940/- 2. Local Transportation 770/- 3. Publicity 1,657/- 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/-

35 4. Enjoy Physics an Optics Outreach Sl. No. Budget Head Amount (in INR) 1. Miscellaneous 199/- 2. Local Transportation 540/- 3. Refreshment 620/- Total Expenditure 1,359/- 5. Light: not a Light Matter - a Student Symposium Sl. No. Budget Head Amount (in INR) 1. Miscellaneous 2,532/- 2. Travelling Allowance + Local Transportation 5,249/- 3. Publicity 4,650/- 4. Certificates 9,710/- 5. Prizes + Felicitation 4,640/- 6. Refreshment 26,333 Total Expenditure 53,114/- Total Expenditure (Activity Grant ) 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 conference and at SPIE Officer Leadership Workshop. 34

36 a) With SPIE Student Chapter Activities Coordinator b) SPIE Officer Leadership Workshop (representing ASIA) 5.2 SPIE IITG Student Chapter Foundation Day Celebration On 30 th of October, 2016, the chapter has completed 1 year. On this occasion, the chapter celebrated its 1 st 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. 35

37 a) Faculty advisor cutting the anniversary cake b) Group photo (SPIE Members) 36

38 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 37

39 5.4 Future Plans (Tentative) Organize SPIE visiting lecture Organize hands-on workshop Organize optics awareness programme Organize industrial talk Conduct SPIE membership drive 38