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

Annual Report (October 2010 to September 2011) This year Cochin University SPIE Student chapter is celebrating its 6th year of active

research related activities since its inspection in 2005. At present the chapter has 17 members. The

chapter members are currently 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 and Conducting Polymers. All the

members of the chapter are actively participating in the programs organized by the chapter and

Dept. of Physics. Current year the following activities were carried out by the SPIE CUSAT student

chapter.

Academic Training

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

University of Science and Technology conducts an Academic Training for Graduate/Post graduate

Students of various institutions in Kerala. Nine students have completed their academic projects in

the areas of Optoelectronic Devices, Non-linear Optics and Thin films for bio medical applications,

this year. This year the students were trained in the following areas.

1) Preparation of P-type tin oxide thin films and fabrication of heterojunction - Anshad .A 2) Growth and Characterization of ZnO Nanorods by Electrodeposition - Aravind.P.B

3) Structural and optical characterization of Zn1-xNixO thin films prepared by pulsed laser

deposition - Reshma.V.R

4) Growth and characterization of ZnO and ZnO2 nanostructures - Vinod. R

5) Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanorods – Neethu Anand , BS-MS Dual degree,

IISER thiruvananthapuram

6) Recording and Analysis of various spectra – Dhanya.S.R , BS-MS Dual degree, IISER

Thiruvananthapuram

7) Recording and Analysis of various spectra – Aswathy.V.G , BS-MS Dual degree, IISER

Pune

8) Spectroscopic studies on laser ablated PZT plume- Sheethal.N.J, Msc,Physics,

M.G.University, Kottayam

9) Growth and characterization of Barrium strontium titanate thinfilms by PLD for

optoelectronic applications- Roshni, Sacred Heart college, Thevara

10) Transparent thin film transistors. Amurtha Joseph, Gopika Gopan, Janice George, TocH

Institute of Science and technology.

Workshop for School students Chapter also organized student outreach programs to attract talented students to the

fascinating world of Science and Technology. The Chapter organized a ten day workshop "Physics:

Scope and Awareness" for school children from institutions across Kerala during 25th - 30th of April

2010.

Students and teachers during Workshop for school students

Open House Programme This year SPIE CUSAT Chapter members actively participated in the open house program

which has been organized by Department of Physics CUSAT. It was a two day programme. Around

2000 people attended the program. The Openhouse program was aimed to give an outlook to the

public about various research works that are undergoing in the department. It is an one time chance

for the students in different institutions to have a more closer look at different sophisticated

instruments that are used in research purpose. The students from various institutes and public got

chance to familiarize various current research activities.

Participants of Openhouse with SPIE members

The SPIE chapter members actively participated in organizing this program, and they are the

members who took effort in explaining the research areas and equipments to the public. Around

thousand people visited the department in these days. They gave good feedback on the program.

The different photographs shown here demonstrate the active participation of the public. This

program is schduled to be conducted every year due to the increased popularity.

National Workshop on Recent Trends in Theoretical Physics

Pro-Vice Chancellor of Cochin University of Science and Technology honoring to Prof. M. Sabir, during the

inaugural ceremony of work shop.

Department of Physics in collaboration with SPIE CUSAT Student Chapter organized a

national work shop on recent trends in theoretical physics during 19th to 21st March 2011. Hundreds

of students and academicians attended the workshop.

Lectures presented in the workshop

• An Invitation of Biological Physics Prof. K. L. Sebastian, Department of Inorganic and

Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India

• DGP cosmology with Bulk Scalar Field Dr. P. K. Suresh, School of Physics, University of

Hyderabad, India

• Cosmic Relativity: The new Physics of Dynamics, Relativity and Propagation of Light Dr.

Unnikrishnan C. S, Gravitation Group, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai,

India.

• Nascent field of Gravitational wave astronomy- Dr. Gopakumar A, Tata Institute of

Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India

• Astronomy part of Jysthadeva’s ukthibhasa (c. 1530) Dr. M. S. Sriram, Department of

Theoretical Physics, University of Madras, Chennai, India

• Perturbative QCD for the LHC Physics, Dr. Prakash Mathews, Saha Institute of Nuclear

Physics, Calcutta, India.

• Nonclassical correlations in quantum states Dr. Anil Shaji, School of Physics, Indian

Institute of Science and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, India

Inauguration of Facilities in Nanophotonic&Optoelectronic Devices Laboratory Prof. C N R Rao, FRS (Chairman to Scientific Advisory Committee to Prime Minister of

India, Honorary President and Linus Pauling Research Professor, JNCASR Bangalore) visited the

Department of Physics and Inaugurated the new facilities of Nanophotonics and Optoelectronic

Devices Laboratory. He also delivered a talk on ‘Graphene’.

Inauguration of new facilities in Nanophotonics and Optoelectronic Devices Laboratory by Prof. C N R Rao

Regular Seminar Series Chapter organizes a series of seminars for the benefit of research and masters student

community of the department. Along with the lectures interactive session with the experts were also

arranged. The List of Seminars conducted is given below.

• GRAVITATIONAL WAVE ASTRONOMY :Opening a new window onto the Universe,

Dr. P. Ajith, California Institute of Technology, USA, on January 10, 2011

• The 21st century astronomy: Gravitational Wave Astronomy, PROF. Sanjeev Dhurandhar,

IUCAA, Pune July 19, 2011

• Patterns and Kinetics of Phase Separation in Binary Mixtures, Dr. Ebie M Sam, Max Plank

Institute for Polymer Research, MINZ, Germany, June 6, 2011

• Nano & Optical engineering in Silicon thin film Solar cells, Dr. Aldrin Antony, Department

de Física Aplicada i Òptica, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, August 25, 2011

Advanced Training on HRXRD

Advanced application training session on HRXRD was held in Dept. of Physics. Application

Scientist Koichi Seo from Japan, visited Nanophotonic & Optoelectronic Devices Laboratory for

giving the training. SPIE members from CUSAT Chapter and members form other chapters

attended the program.

Visit of Dr. Raveendranathan Thampi

Dr. Raveendranathan Thampi, a famous scientist in the field of solar energy, visited Cochin

University of Science and Technology and Nanophotonic & Optoelectronic Devices Laboratory,

and delivered a series of lectures relating to renewable energy with emphasize on Dye-sensitized

solar cells. An interactive session was also arranged for the research scholars and students of Dept.

of Physics with Dr. Raveendranathan Thampi.

CTMS -11

SPIE Cochin University chapter extends its support to other institutions also. The

Department of Physics, Christian College, Chengannur, Kerala, in collaboration with SPIE CUSAT

Chapter, organized a three day national seminar on “Current Trends in Materials Science”.

New Office Barers (2010-2011) Staff Advisor : Dr. M. K. Jayaraj (email: mkj@cusat.ac.in)

President : Subha Perumpallikkathil (email: subhapp8@gmail.com)

Vice President : Sasidharan Sasankakumar (email: sasanksiva@gmail.com)

Secretary : Vikas Lawrence Sylaja (email: lsvikas.tvm@gmail.com)

Treasurer : K. Hasna (email: hasnaprovidence@gmail.com)

Other members • Saritha Alookaran

• Arun Aravind

• K. Hasna

• Saji Joseph

• Priyesh K. V.

• Sanal Kozhiparambil

• Rakhy Kuriamparambil

• James Kuruthukulangara

• Vanaja Kuzhikattil Achuthan

• Vikas Lawrence Sylaja

• Aneesh Pacheri Madathil

• Krishna Prasad Pazhampillisseril

• Subha Perumpallikkathil

• Sreeja Rajeswari

• Manoj Ramachandran

• Reshmi Raman

• Sasidharan Sasankakumar

SPIE Annual meeting

SPIE member Mr. Arun Aravind participated in the SPIE Annual meeting held at San Diego, USA on 20th August 2011. He is the winner of SPIE officer travel grant for the year 2011. He also participated in the Optics and Photonics 2010 conference held at San Diego during 20th to 25th of Augst 2011. Mr Arun presented a paer on “Defect induced Raman active modes in Mn doped ZnO thin films” in this conference.

Mr. Arun Aravind with SPIE Student Activities Coordinator Mr. Dirk Fabian

Student Services Lead, at the SPIE Optics and Photonics 2011 conference.

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.

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

post-graduate students will be continued.

Open house program will be conducted in February 2011 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 2011.

Special training programs for competitive exams like NET, GATE will be provided to the

MSc students.

Financial statement

Initial balance 5691/- SPIE Grant 2011 47904/-

Total income 53595/-

Expense for National Conference 20000/-

Expense for Invited Talks 8500/-

Conference collaboration with colleges 10000/-

Expense for monthly seminar 5000/-

Total expense 43500/-

Balance in hand 10095/-

Major Publications of Members in the year of 2010-11 1. Defect induced Raman active modes in Mn doped ZnO thin films, Arun Aravind, K.

Hasna, M. K. Jayaraj, Proceedings of SPIE Volume 8100, 81001L-1(2011).

2. Synthesis and characterization of of titanium dioxide nanotube arrays by anodization, L.

S. Vikas, P P Subha and M. K.Jayaraj, Proc. of National review and coordination meeting

of nano mission council,138,( 2011)

3. Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanotubes, K. Hasna, R. Sreeja, P P Subha, Proc. of

National review and coordination meeting of nano mission council, 129, ( 2011)

4. Photoluminescence syudies of ZnO nanorods synthesised by hydrothermal method, P. P

Subha, L. S. Vikas, K. Hasna and M. K. Jayaraj, Proc. of Cochin Nano- 2011, 83, (2011)

5. SERS studies of carbon nanostructures with attached gold nanoparticles, K. Hasna, R.

Sreeja, P.P. Subha,K. Rajeev Kumar and M.K.Jayaraj, Proc. of Cochin Nano- 2011, 93,

(2011

6. Metal and metal oxide nanostructures for optoelectronic applications, M.K. Jayaraj, P.P

Subha, L. S. Vikas and K. Hasna, Proc. of National seminar on emerging trends in

optoelectronic and solar energy nanomaterials, 23-24, (2011)

7. Oxide nanostructures for luminescence applications, M. K. Jayaraj, P. P. subha, P. M.

Aneesh, L.S. Vikas and K. Hasna, Proc. of National seminar on lasing and luminescent

materials, 19-21,(2011)

8. Characteristics of A.C Electro luminescence in ZnGa2O4:Mn2+ Thin film Devices

G.Anoop, B.Mini Krishna and M.K.Jayaraj J. Electrochem Soc 158 (2011) J269-J272

9. Sensitized luminescence of SrS: Dy, Cu, Cl phosphor E.I Anila and M.K.Jayaraj

Philosophical Magazine 91, ( 2011) 3641–3648

10. Influence of oxygen to argon ratio on the properties of RF magnetron sputtered

Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3 thin films R.Reshmi. M.T.Sebastien, M.K.Jayaraj J Electrochemical Soc

158,(2011) . G124-G127 (2011)

11. High tunability of pulsed laser deposited Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3 thin films on perovskite oxide

electrode, R. Reshmi, A. S. Asha, P. S. Krishnaprasad and M. K. Jayaraj, M. T. Sebastian,

Journal of Alloys and Compounds 509 (2011) 6561–6566

12. Formation of hydroxyapatite coating on titanium at 200°C through pulsed laser deposition

followed by hydrothermal treatment, Manoj Komath, P. Rajesh, C. V. Muraleedharan, H.

K. Varma, R. Reshmi and M. K. Jayaraj, Bulletin of material Science 34,( 2011) 389–

399.

13. Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes with

Attached Gold Nanoparticles R. Sreeja, P. M. Aneesh, K. Hasna, M. K. Jayaraj, Journal

of The Electrochemical Society, 158 (10) K187-K191 (2011)

14. Effect of Buffer Layer on the Properties of Laser Ablated PZT Thin Films, R Reshmi, V

Natarajan, and M K Jayaraj, Integrated Ferroelectrics, 117, 104 (2010)Violet

luminescence from ZnO nanorods grown by room temperature pulsed laser deposition,

R.S Ajimsha, R. Manoj, P. M. Aneesh and M. K. Jayaraj, Current Applied Physics, 10

(2), 693 (2010)

15. Effect of Dysprosium doping on the optical properties of SrS:Dy,Cl phosphor, E.I. Anila

and M.K. Jayaraj, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 504, 257 (2010)

16. Growth of vertically aligned ZnO nanorods on various substrates by hydrothermal method,

P. M. Aneesh, P. P. Subha, L. S. Vikas, Sonima Mohan and M. K. Jayaraj,Proceedings of

SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering,7766, 776606 ( 2010)

17. Low temperature deposition of SrS:Cu,F ACTFEL device by electron beam evaporation,

E.I. Anila, M.K.Jayaraj, Journal of Luminescence 130, 2180, (2010)

18. Photoluminescence of Eu3+ doped Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3 thin film for optoelectronic application,

R. Reshmi, M. K. Jayaraj, K. Jithesh and M. T. Sebastian, Journal of Electrochemical

society, 157 (7), H783 (2010)

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

Thomas Cherian, M.K. Jayaraj and T. Endo, J. Ceramic. Soc. Japan 118, 333 (2010)

20. Growth of ITO thin films on polyamide substrate by bias sputtering, M. Nisha, K. A.

Vanaja, K. C. Sanal, K. J. Saji, P. M. Aneesh and M. K Jayaraj, Materials Science in

Semiconductor Processing, 13, 64 (2010)

21. 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, 283, 2908 (2010)

22. Spatial investigations of ion and electron time of flight in laser ablated ZnO plasma, N V

Joshy and M K Jayaraj, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 208, 012131 (2010)

23. Red luminescence from hydro thermally synthesized Eu doped ZnO nanoparticles under

visible excitation, P. M. Aneesh and M. K. Jayaraj, Bulletin of Materials Science 33, 1

(2010)