Photonics Colloquium hosted by OSA IITM student chapter
OSA IITM
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OSA IIT-M kick starts its Photonics Colloquium with a "Lighthouse" series (get it? photons...light? watching from home?) of talks on various domains ranging from lasers and optics to quantum and biophotonics.
OSA - IITM Student Chapter
cordially invite you to a talk on
Shrinking Optics, Expanding Possibilities
Dr. Shanti Bhattacharya
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Abstract :
Shaped light is used in a variety of applications. It has been standard practice to use spatial light modulators to shape and manipulate light. While they have the advantage of tunability, they are relatively bulky and expensive. Diffractive optics has been an attractive alternative for many decades but in the recent past, meta-optics offer another means to achieve beam manipulation. In this talk, we will look at what we mean by shrinking optics and how they can carry out tasks not always possible with conventional optics. Optics may be getting smaller and smaller but the potential these new elements have is infinite!
About the Speaker :
Shanti Bhattacharya obtained her Ph.D. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, in 1997. She was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt award in 1998 and worked at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany for several years. She subsequently joined Analog Devices, Cambridge, USA, where she worked as a design engineer. She is currently a Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras. She has served on the board of OSA and is currently an Associate Editor of Optical Engineering. Her current research interests are meta and diffractive optics, optical MEMS, and studies relating to imaging techniques. While she loves her work with light, she also loves her breaks, which more often than not involve escaping to the Himalayas for a while. She is an enthusiastic hiker and enjoys several outdoor activities.
Date : 31-07-2020
Time : 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Stream link: https://youtu.be/VYTO5H_2yMQ
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