Annual Report (August 2008-september 2009)

SPIE CUSAT Student Chapter was started in 2005. Presently the Chapter has

twenty five student members and two regular members working in the areas of

Nanophosphors and Quantum wells, Transparent Thin Film Transistors, Oxide Phosphors

and Thin Film Electroluminescent Devices, Hydrothermal Growth of Nanoparticles,

Spintronics, Transparent Conducting Oxides, Plasma studies, Ferroelectric Random

Access memories, Holography, Batteries and Conducting Polymers. SPIE members in

our chaprter actively participate in various science oriented and career development

programmes at the Department of Physics, CUSAT. Chapter conducts lectures on

selected topics at regular intervals. Experts from the field of optics and optoelectronics

are invited to deliver the lectures. Chapter also organizes student outreach programs to

attract talented students to the fascinating world of Science and Technology.

The annual meeting of the SPIE CUSAT student chapter held on 13/12/2007 has elected

the new office bearers of the same for the year 2007-2008. The following members were

present on the occasion.

1. Dr. M.K.Jayaraj Adviser

2. Dr. S.Jayalekshmi Regular Member

3. Arun Aravind

4. Satish Balakrishnan

5. Sanal Kozhiparambil

6. James Kuruthukulangara

Cochin University of Science and Technology

SPIE Student Chapter

Optoelectronic Devices Laboratory, Department of Physics Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi - 682 022, India

Phone: 91-484-2577404 Extn 33

Fax +91-484-2577595 E-Mail cusatspie@gmail.com

Web: http://physics.cusat.ac.in/spie.htm

7. Vanaja Kuzhikattil Achuthan

8. Aneesh Pacheri Madathil

9. Krishna Prasad Pazhampillisseril

10. Sreeja Rajeswari

11. Manoj Ramachandran

12. Reshmi Raman

13. Sasidharan Sasankakumar

14. SreeRoop Sasidharan Pillai

15. Subramanyan Varanakkottu

16. Pramitha Vayalamkuzhi

17. T.V. Vimalkumar

18. Anita Warrier

New Office Bearers for 2009-2010

Staff Advisor : Dr. M. K. Jayaraj email: mkj@cusat.ac.in

President : Mr. Aneesh. P.M email: aneeshpm@cusat.ac.in

Vice President : Mr. Sreeroop email: sreeroopss@gmail.com

Secretary : Mr. P S Krishnaprasad email: pskrishnaprasu@gmail.com

Treasurer : Ms. Sreeja email: sreekrishna07@yahoo.co.in

Other Members:

Arun Aravind

Satish Balakrishnan

Ragitha Ellathparambil

Md.Anowarul Habib

Saji Joseph

Sanal Kozhiparambil

Anil Kumar

Rakhy Kuriamparambil

James Kuruthukulangara

Vanaja Kuzhikattil Achuthan

Vinayaraj Ozhukil Kollath

Aneesh Pacheri Madathil

Krishna Prasad Pazhampillisseril

Subha Perumpallikkathil

Francis Xavier Puthampadath

Sreeja Rajeswari

Manoj Ramachandran

Reshmi Raman

Sasidharan Sasankakumar

SreeRoop Sasidharan Pillai

Subramanyan Varanakkottu

Pramitha Vayalamkuzhi

Lawrence Vikas

T.V. Vimalkumar

Anita Warrier

Monthly Lectures

SPIE CUSAT student chapter organizes monthly lectures on various topics on

optics, optoelectronics and other advanced topics. Experts in the areas were invited from

various universities and industries from inside and outside country. Invited speakers and

the subject are listed below

Date Orator Subject

3rd September 2008 G. Raja Ram, University

of Hydrabad

Multilayer films for electronic

applications

3rd September 2008 M.K. Radhakrishnan,

Nanorel, Singapore

Advances in nanoelectronic devices and challenges in analysis, metrology and

characterization

12th November 2008 M.S. Ramachandra Rao,

IIT Madras

Oxide nanostructures for

electronic and optical device

applications

14th December 2008 Dr. Aldrin Antony

Departament de Física

Aplicada i Òptica

Universitat de Barcelona,

Barcelona (Spain)

Roll-to-roll processes for thin

film silicon solar cells

14th January 2008 Dr.S.Jayalekshmi,

CUSAT

Excerpts from a “Chandrayaan

Dream”

28th February 2009

Prof. K P Vijayakumar, CUSAT

Third Generation Solar Cell:

Physics and Materials

11th March, 2009

Dr.Joel Oswalt

Introduction to Raman

Spectroscopy, Instrumentation

and its Applications

20th April, 2009

Dr. V C Kuriakose,

CUSAT

Impact of Astronomy in Society

9 May, 2009

Dr. L M Kukreja

RRCAT, Indore

ZnO Nanorod Lasers

18th June 2009

Senoy Thomas, CUSAT

Magnetostriction in amorphous alloys and its measurement

employing an optical fiber long period grating

12th July 2009

Prof. Aaron Lewis

Nanonics Imaging Ltd

Confining, Manipulating and

Analyzing Light in

Nanodomains

Prof. K P Vijayakumar, CUSAT in SPIE monthly seminar series

Dr. M S R Rao, IIT Madras in SPIE montly seminar series

National Conference on Nanophotonic Materials

In the previous year we were the winner of the SPIE-Collaborative Conference

Grant. We conducted a national conference “National Conference on Nanophotonic

Materials-NCNM 08” during October 10-12, 2008. The conference was conducted in

collaboration with SPIE-IIT Madras Student Chapter. The theme of the conference was to

introduce new developments in the field of nanophotonic materials and thin film devices.

Students and faculties from IIT Madras SPIE Student chapter were actively participated

in the conference.

The inaugural ceremony of “National conference on Nanophotonic

materials”

There are about 50 contributed papers. The presentations are made under two

categories: oral and poster. Due to limitations of the time available, more number of

papers are placed under poster presentation category. The SPIE CUSAT student chapter

sponsored best poster awards and best presentation awards to aspiring researchers. The

conference was mainly focused on post graduate students and research scholars. Almost

150 students from different parts of the country were participated in the event and experts

from across the country were invited to deliver lectures on topics related to nano

technology, photonic band gap materials, nonlinear optics and thinfilm devices. As a part

of the conference two sessions were conducted exclusively for professional development

training. This includes How to make good presentation and Statistical methods for error

analysis. Cultural programmes conducted on the eve of the conference added colors to

the conference. Some of the invited speakers are listed below

Speaker Subject

Dr.K.R.Dayas Introduction to Nano technology and its

applications

Shanti Bhattacharya, IIT Madras

An Introduction to Fiber interferometry

M.S. Ramachandra Rao, IIT Madras

Oxide nanostructures for electronic and

optical device applications

P. S. Anil Kumar, IISc Bangalore

Towards spin injection into semiconductors

M.K. Radhakrishnan, Nanorel, Singapore Advances in nanoelectronic devices and

challenges in analysis, metrology and

characterization

M. Abdul Khadar, Kerala University

Optical properties of

nanoparticles/nanostructures

Reji Philip, RRI Bangalore

Photonic applications of metal

nanostructures

Joby Joseph, IIT Delhi

Introduction to photonic bandgap materials

G. Raja Ram, University of Hydrabad

Multilayer films for electronic applications

C. Vijayan, IIT Madras

Nonlinear optical processes in

semiconductor nanomaterials

S. Achuth Shankar, Kerala University

Making powerful presentations

N. Balakrishna, Cochin University of

Science and Technology

Statistical methods for the error analysis

Prem Ballabh Bisht, IIT Madras

Whispering gallery modes of nanocoated

single microspheres

Invited Talks in “National Conference on Nanophotonic Materials

NCNM-09”

Oral and Poster presentations during NCNM-09

Cultural programmes in NCNM-09

Academic Training

The SPIE-CUSAT Student Chapter in association with, Department of Physics,

Cochin University of Science and Technology conducts an Academic Training for Post

graduate Students of various institutions in Kerala. As a part of these, five students have

completed their academic projects in the areas of Optoelectronic Devices, Non-linear

Optics and Nano photonics. Also SPIE conduct professional development programmes

for the post graduate students in the Department of Physics, CUSAT. Thirty students are

participating in this 3 month programme.

Ten day workshop for School Children-“Physics: Scope and awareness”

SPIE CUSAT Student chapter also organized a ten day workshop for school

children in collaboration with Department of physics, CUSAT. The workshop

commenced on 20th April 2009. The inaugural address was delivered by Dr. N.

Chandramohanakumar, Registrar, Cochin University of Science and Technology. Prof.

Godfrey Louis, HOD, Dept. of Physics, CUSAT presided the function, Prof V C

Kuriakose, welcomed the gathering and Dr. M K Jayaraj proposed the vote of thanks.

The workshop intended to providing the budding youths, hands on experience on

various experiments in and out of their curriculum. The students participated in the

workshop are also be exposed to the technical knowledge behind the making of telescope

for distant observations. They got a chance to familiar with the research atmosphere at

the Department of Physics and are also introduced to the frontier areas in physics. Classes

are being conducted by eminent teachers to improve their basic understanding of the

subject.

One complete day was spent in c-SiS (Center for Science in Society), an auxiliary

institution established in the University campus to create scientific awareness among the

public, where students got acquaintance with different scientific principles through

SCIENCE-in-ACTION working models and “See and Believe” experiments. The students

were also given a chance to use the library facilities during these days.

The workshop was being successfully organized by SPIE CUSAT Student chapter

for the fourth year. UNESCO and International Union of Astronomy had decided to

observe and celebrate the year 2009 as International Year of Astronomy. The year 2009

make the four hundredth anniversary of the first astronomical observation through a

telescope by Galileo Galilei. SPIE CUSAT Student Chapter is also celebrating this by

organizing various programmes through out the year 2009. The Physics: Scope and

Awareness was the first in this series.

Prof. M Sabir, Department of Physics CUSAT, inaugurated the valedictory

function and distributed the certificates for the students who participated in the workshop,

Prof. Godfrey Louis, HOD, Dept of Physics, CUSAT presided the function, Dr. M K

Jayaraj, welcomed the gathering and Mr. P S Krishnaprasad proposed the vote of thanks.

Dr. N. Chandramohanakumar, Registrar, Cochin University of Science

and Technology inaugurating the “Physics: Scope and awareness”.

The audience for the inaugural session of “Physics: Scope and

awareness”.

School students during the telescope making session of the ten day

workshop.

Participants during the theory classes and attending Lab visit sessions

Participants during the spectroscope making (left) and attending the

practical classes (right).

Prof. M Sabir, CUSAT distributing the certificates for the students

participated in the workshop.

Science day celebrations We in association with Departments of Physics celebrated National Science day

on February 28th. National Science day is celebrated in memory of Dr. C V Raman. We

celebrated the science day by conducting various seminars. Sky watching was also

conducted on the evening.

Dr. S Jayalekshmi, SPIE Regular member, CUSAT during the Science

day celebration Seminar series (above) and the audience (below).

Open house program The Department of Physics is regularly contributing to the advancement of

science and society by sharing their knowledge and expertise with public. In order to

provide a platform for interaction, the department organized an open house program to

show its facility for the public as well as for the students and teachers of the state.

Members of SPIE CUSAT actively participated in the open house program

SPIE Student member explaining pulsed laser deposition for students

SPIE Student member explaining sputter deposition for students

SPIE Annual meet and Leader ship workshop

Mr. K C Sanal with Mr. Dirk Fabian during Optics & Photonics-09

Conference held at San Diego, USA

Future plans Monthly lecture programs which help a lot to the scholarly improvement of

research and post-graduate students will be continued.

Physics quiz for graduate students from various colleges in Kerala will be

organized in December 2010 in association with Department of Physics, CUSAT.

Open house program will be conducted in March 2010 in association with

Department of Physics.

SPIE Discussion Forum - Monthly informal discussion on various current

research topics by the students.

Industry- Academia interaction will be conducted.

“Physics-Scope and awareness”- A ten day workshop for School children will be

conducted on April 2010.

National Conference on “New technology and materials” will be conducted in

January 14-16, 2009.

Special training programs for compitatve exams like NET, GATE will be

provided to the MSc students.

Financial statement

Initial balance 27965/-

SPIE Conference Grant for NCNM 126787/-

Amount got from conference registration A 48800/-

Financial support from Dept of Physics, CUSAT 21660/-

SPIE Grant 2009 39185/-

Total income 264397/- (5287.94 USD)

Expense for NCNM 166899/- *Travel grant 43900/-

*Bag and proceedings 53050/-

*Food and accommodation 53199/-

*Prizes 6000/-

*Cultural programmes 5000/-

*Accessories 5750/-

Expense for workshop 55394/- *Telescope 31500/-

*Tea and snacks 22894/-

*Banner and postage 1000/-

Expense for Science day celebrations 11000/-

Expense for Seminars 13659/-

Total expense 246952/- (4939.00 USD)

Balance in hand 17445/- (349.00 UDS)

A word of gratitude We express our heartfelt gratitude to the International Society for Optical

engineering for financial assistance, conference grant, officer’s travel

grant and knowledge imparted.

Major Publications of Members in the year of 2007-08

Co2+ Doped ZnO Nanoflowers Grown by Hydrothermal Method, P.M. Aneesh,

Christie Thomas Cherian, M.K. Jayaraj and T. Endo, J. Ceramic. Soc. Japan (In

press)

Linear and nonlinear optical properties of rare earth doped of BST thin films, R.

Reshmi, R. Sreeja, M. K. Jayaraj, J. James and M. T. Sebastian, Applied Physics

B: Lasers and Optics, 96, 433 (2009)

Size dependent optical nonlinearity of Au nanocrystals, R. Sreeja, P.M. Aneesh,

Arun Aravind, R. Reshmi, Reji Philip and M. K. Jayaraj, Journal of

Electrochemical society, 156 (10), K167 (2009)

Violet luminescence from ZnO nano rods grown by room temperature pulsed

laser deposition, R. S. Ajimsha, R. Manoj, P. M. Aneesh and M. K. Jayaraj,

Current Applied Physics (Accepted)

Mg1.96−1.96xZn1.96xGeO4:Mn0.04 phosphors for electroluminescent display

applications, G. Anoop, K. Mini Krishna and M. K. Jayaraj, Journal of Alloys and

Compounds 468, 512 (2009)

Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of undoped and Eu doped ZnGa2O4

nanoparticles, P. M. Aneesh, K. Mini Krishna and M. K. Jayaraj, Journal of

Electrochemical society 156(3), K33 (2009)

Dependence of Size of Liquid Phase Pulsed Laser Ablated ZnO Nanoparticles on

pH of the Medium, P.M. Aneesh, Arun Aravind, R. Reshmi, R. S. Ajimsha and

M. K. Jayaraj, MRS- J (Accepted)

Characterisation of pulsed laser deposited ZnO:Al thin films, R. Manoj and M. K.

Jayaraj, Current Applied Physics (Under review)

Linear and nonlinear optical properties of luminescent ZnO nanoparticles

embedded in PMMA matrix, R. Sreeja, Jobina John, P. M. Aneesh and M. K.

Jayaraj, Optics Communications (Under review)

Fabrication of a low cost automated setup for measuring Thermopower, R. Manoj,

Johny Isaac and M. K. Jayaraj, Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics

(Under review)

Red luminescence from hydrothermally synthesized Eu doped ZnO nanoparticles

under visible excitation, P. M. Aneesh and M. K. Jayaraj, Bulletin of Materials

Science (Under review)

P-AgCoO2/n-ZnO heterojunction diode grown by rf magnetron sputtering, K. A.

Vanaja, U. M. Bhatta, R. S. Ajimsha, S. Jayalekshmi and M. K. Jayaraj, Bulletin

of Materials Science 31 (5), pp. 753-758 (2008)

Determination of third-order optical absorptive nonlinearity of ZnO nanoparticles

by Z-scan technique, R. Sreeja, R. Reshmi, Manu George and M. K. Jayaraj,

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 7155,

art. no. 715521 (2008)

Spatial and Temporal Studies of Laser Ablated ZnO Plasma, N. V. Joshy, K. J.

Saji and M. K. Jayaraj, Journal of Applied Physics, 104, 053307 (2008)

Also in Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science, Vol. 7, October 2008

Luminescence from surfactant free ZnO quantum dots prepared by laser ablation

in liquids, R. S. Ajimsha, G. Anoop, Arun Aravind and M. K. Jayaraj,

Electrochemical and Solid State Letters 11(2), K14 (2008).

Also in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, Vol. 17, January

2008

Structural and optical properties of Zn1-xMgxO films grown by pulsed laser

deposition, Krishnaprasad P. S., Ragitha E. K., Jayaraj M. K., Proc. SPIE Vol.

7067, 70670E1 (2008)

Influence of RF power and fluorine doping on the properties of sputtered ITO thin

films, M. Nisha and M. K. Jayaraj, Applied Surface Science, 255 (5 PART 1), pp.

1790-1795 (2008)

Optical and carrier transport properties of co-sputtered multicomponent

amorphous oxide, Zn-In-Sn-O, films and their application to thin film transistor,

K. J. Saji, M. K. Jayaraj, K. Nomura, T. Kamiya and H. Hosono, Journal of

Electrochemical society 155(6), H390 (2008)

Photoluminescence of SrS:Cu nanophosphor, E. I. Anila, Arun Aravind and M. K.

Jayaraj, Nanotechnology 19, 145604 (2008)

Characterization of ZnO plasma in a radio frequency sputtering system, N. V.

Joshy, Johney Isaac and M. K. Jayaraj, Journal of Applied Physics 103,

123305(2008)

Optical and electrical properties of amorphous zinc tin oxide thin films examined

for thin film transistor application, M. K. Jayaraj, K. J. Saji, K. Nomura, T.

Kamiya and H. Hosono, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B:

Microelectronics and Nanometer structures, 26(2), 495 (2008)

The effect of ZnO buffer layer on structural and optical properties of RF

magnetron sputtered Zn2GeO4:Mn2+ thin films, G. Anoop, K. Mini Krishna , K.

Rajeev Kumar and M. K. Jayaraj, Journal of Electrochemical society 155(10),

J270 (2008)

Effect of oxygen partial pressure on optical and electrical properties of co-

sputtered amorphous zinc indium tin oxide thin films, K. J. Saji and M. K.

Jayaraj, Physica Status Solidi: A 205(7), 1625 (2008)

Effect of Oxygen intercalation on the properties of sputtered CuYO2 for potential

use as p-type transparent conducting films, R. Manoj, M. Nisha, K.A. Vanaja,

M.K. Jayaraj, Bulletin of Materials Science 31(1), 49 (2008)

Synthesis of highly luminescent, bio-compatible ZnO quantum dots doped with

Na, B. Vineetha, K. Manzoor, R. S. Ajimsha, P. M. Aneesh and M. K. Jayaraj,

Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-organic and Nano-metal Chemistry

38, 126 (2008)

Electrical Characteristics of n-ZnO/p-Si Heterojunction Diodes Grown by Pulsed

Laser Deposition at Different Oxygen Pressures, R. S. Ajimsha, M. K. Jayaraj,

and L. M. Kukreja, Journal of Electronic Materials 37(5), 770 (2008)

Influence of dopant source on structural and optical properties of Mn doped

ZnGa2O4 thin films, G. Anoop, K. Mini Krishna and M. K. Jayaraj, Applied

Physics A: Materials Science and Processing 90, 711 (2008)

Pulsed Laser Deposition of p-type a-AgGaO2 thin films. K. A. Vanaja, R. S.

Ajmsha, A. S. Asha, K. Rajeev Kumar and M. K. Jayaraj, Thin Solid Films 516

(7), 1426 (2008)

Optical and electrical properties of co-sputtered amorphous zinc indium tin oxide,

K. J. Saji and M. K. Jayaraj, Thin solid films 516, 6002(2008)

The effect of Mg incorporation on structural and optical properties of

Zn2GeO4:Mn2+ phosphor, G. Anoop, K. Mini Krishna and M. K. Jayaraj, Journal

of Electrochemical society 155, J7 (2008).

Structural and Electrical properties of La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 thin films by rf magnetron

sputtering, A. S. Asha, M. T. Sebastian and M. K. Jayaraj, Journal of Alloys and

compounds 449 (1-2), 68 (2008).

Effect of Sealing on the diffraction efficiency of an Acrylamide based

photopolymer K.P. Nimmi, V. Pramitha, K.Sreekumar, C.Sudha Kartha, Rani

Joseph, International Conference on Advances in Polymer Technology, Cochin

University of Science and Technology, Cochin, 25-27 Sep 2008, pp 109

Peristrophic Multiplexing in a Methylene Blue Doped Acrylamide Polymer,

Pramitha. V, Nimmi. K. P, Subramanyan. N. V, Rani Joseph, Sreekumar. K,

Sudha Kartha. C, International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics-

PHOTONICS 2008, 15-17 Dec 2008, IIT Delhi, New Delhi page no: 387

Characterization of a Methylene Blue sensitized Poly (vinyl alcohol)/Acrylamide

Photopolymer for Holographic Data Storage, Pramitha. V, Nimmi. K. P, Rani

Joseph, Sreekumar. K, Sudha Kartha. C, National Laser Symposium, NLS 08,

LASTEC, New Delhi, 7-10 Jan 2009, page no: 51

Highly Efficient Silver Doped Acrylamide Photopolymer For Holographic

Applications, Pramitha. V, Rani Joseph, Sudha Kartha. C, 21st Kerala Science

Congress, 28-31 Jan 2009, Kollam, Kerala, page no: 309-311

Studies on Indigenously Developed Highly Efficient Holographic Photopolymers,

C. Sudha Kartha, Rani Joseph, K. Sreekumar, Beena Mary John, V. Pramitha,

National Conference on Emerging Areas in Thin Film Science & Technology,

Feb 12-14, 2009, Coimbatore, India

Holographic multiplexing in a silver doped acrylamide photopolymer, Pramitha.

V, Subramanyan. N. V, Rani Joseph, Sreekumar. K, and Sudha Kartha. C,

International Conference on Optoelectronics, Information and Communication

Technologies 2009 (ICOICT2009), 26-27 February 2009 at Trivandrum, Kerala,

India, page: 54-56(2009)

Fluorescence studies on Eosin doped PVA matrix for Tunable Solid State Dye

Lasers, N. Poornima, R. Jayakrishnan, Beena Mary John, V. Pramitha, C. Sudha

Kartha, 20th AGM, Feb 10-12, 2009, MRSI, Kolkata, India, page: 116

Holographic lens recorded in Eosin sensitized acrylamide based photopolymer, N.

V. Subramanyan, C. S. Rajesh, V. Pramitha, S. S. Sree Roop, Rani Joseph, K.

Sreekumar and C. Sudha Kartha , International Conference on trends in Optics

and Photonics, ICONTOP 2009, March 1-4, 2009, Kolkata, India

Silver-doped photopolymer media for holographic recording, V. Pramitha, K. P.

Nimmi, N. V. Subramanyan, Rani Joseph, K. Sreekumar and C. Sudha Kartha

Appl. Opt. Vol. 48, No. 12, 2255-2261, April 2009.

Carbon nanotube: polymer nanocomposites for possible pressure sensor

applications, Sreekanth J. Varma; S. Jayalekshmi, SPIE Optics and Photonics

2008 proc. (2008).