Conference papers and Invited talks

2010

1. National Laser Symposium (NLS-2009), Mumbai, Jan 13-16, 2010, “Experimental analysis of nonlinear resonance phenomena of a doped fiber laser under cavity-loss modulation” by Aditi Ghosh, B.K.Goswami and R.Vijaya (poster presentation)
2. National Laser Symposium (NLS-2009), Mumbai, Jan 13-16, 2010, “Spectral narrowing of emission from ZnO inverse photonic crystals” by Sunita Kedia, R.Vijaya, A.K.Ray, Sucharita Sinha and K.Dasgupta (Selected for the Best Poster award)
3. Invited talk, “Advanced optical functionalities in Photonic crystals”, Monash University, Australia (Feb 3, 2010)
4. International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICONSAT), Mumbai, Feb 17-20, 2010, “Fabrication of SU-8 ridge waveguides by optical lithography and their characterization” by Diksha Makwani and R.Vijaya (poster presentation)
5. Invited Plenary Lecture, “The fascinating world of Lasers”, 5th Laser Optics for Young Scientists Symposium (LOYS 2010) as part of 14th International Conference “Laser Optics”, St.Petersburg, Russia, June 28 – July 02, 2010  (visit sponsored by SPIE, USA)
6. Invited lectures,  “Photonic crystals – I, II and III”, SERC School on Nano-Optics, NIT Hamirpur, 21-22 Sept, 2010
7. Ninth International Conference on Photonic and Electromagnetic Crystal Structures (PECS 2010), Granada, Spain, Sept 26-30, 2010, “Laser emission from functionalized opal photonic crystal” by Sunita Kedia, R.Vijaya, A.K.Ray and Sucharita Sinha (poster presentation)
8. Ninth International Conference on Photonic and Electromagnetic Crystal Structures (PECS 2010), Granada, Spain, Sept 26-30, 2010, “Templated growth of Zinc oxide photonic crystal heterostructure” by Sunita Kedia and R.Vijaya (poster presentation)
9. Invited talk, SPIE Visiting Lecture on “Fiber Optics and its present relevance in Communication”, B.P.Poddar Institute of management and Technology, Kolkata, Oct. 29 (2010)
10. National Laser Symposium, Indore, Dec. 1-4, 2010, “Dye-doped photonic crystal microcavities and study of spontaneous and stimulated emission characteristics” by Sunita Kedia, R.Vijaya, A.K.Ray and Sucharita Sinha (Poster presentation)
11. National Laser Symposium, Indore, Dec. 1-4, 2010, “Experimental study of linear and nonlinear resonance features of fiber ring laser under cavity loss modulation” by Aditi Ghosh and R.Vijaya (Poster presentation)
12. Photonics Global Conference, Singapore, Dec. 14-16, 2010, “Photonic crystal dye laser using self-assembly” by Sunita Kedia, R.Vijaya, A.K.Ray and Sucharita Sinha (Oral presentation)
13. Invited talk, PHOTONICS 2010, Guwahati, Dec. 11-15, 2010, “Laser emission from self-assembled photonic crystals”
14. PHOTONICS 2010, Guwahati, Dec. 11-15, 2010, “Investigation of stability of continuous wave broadband output from a fiber laser” by Aditi Ghosh, Deepa Venkitesh and R.Vijaya (Poster presentation)
15. PHOTONICS 2010, Guwahati, Dec. 11-15, 2010, “Continuous wave broadband generation using specialty fibers in fiber laser cavity” Aditi Ghosh, Deepa Venkitesh and R.Vijaya (Poster presentation)
16. PHOTONICS 2010, Guwahati, Dec. 11-15, 2010, “Experimental study of the dynamics of fiber ring laser under cavity-loss modulation” by Aditi Ghosh and R.Vijaya (Poster presentation)
17. PHOTONICS 2010, Guwahati, Dec. 11-15, 2010, “Density functional study of frequency-dependent polarizability of gold clusters” by Diksha Makwani and R.Vijaya (Poster presentation)
18. PHOTONICS 2010, Guwahati, Dec. 11-15, 2010, “Fabrication and optical characterization of SU-8 waveguides and distributed Bragg structures” by Diksha Makwani, R.Vijaya, Arun Mallik and Anuj Bhatnagar (Poster presentation)
19. PHOTONICS 2010, Guwahati, Dec. 11-15, 2010, “Fabrication, characterization and band structure of 2-dimensional photonic crystal” by Diksha Makwani, M.Srinivas Reddy, Jemy James and R.Vijaya (Oral presentation)
20. PHOTONICS 2010, Guwahati, Dec. 11-15, 2010, “Waveguide patterning on self-assembled photonic crystals” by Diksha Makwani, Sunita Kedia, Jemy James and R.Vijaya (Poster presentation)
21. PHOTONICS 2010, Guwahati, Dec. 11-15, 2010, “Emission studies in novel photonic crystal microcavities” by Sunita Kedia, R.Vijaya, A.K.Ray and Sucharita Sinha (Oral presentation)
      

2009

1. Invited talk, “Filter-less tunable fiber lasers”, National Laser Symposium, New Delhi, Jan 7-10, 2009
2. National Laser Symposium (NLS-2008), New Delhi, Jan 7-10, 2009, “Actively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser at 10 GHz” by Aditi Ghosh, Viswas Nair, Deepa Venkitesh and R.Vijaya
3. National Laser Symposium (NLS-2008), New Delhi, Jan 7-10, 2009, “Effect of photonic stop band on the emission of Rhodamine dye” by Sunita Kedia, R.Vijaya, A.K.Ray and Sucharita Sinha (Selected for the Best Poster award by Indian Laser Association)
4. National Laser Symposium (NLS-2008), New Delhi, Jan 7-10, 2009, “Demonstration of a broadband source based on a filter-less fiber laser” by Deepa Venkitesh (Selected for the Best Thesis award by Indian Laser Association)
5. Invited talk, “Advanced optical functionalities in Photonic crystals”, Physics Colloquium at IIT Kanpur (April 16, 2009)
6. Invited talk, “Filter-less, tunable fiber lasers”, EMMP Summer school, Ghent, Belgium (June 30, 2009)
7. 14th Optoelectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), Hong Kong (13-17 Jul 2009), “Continuous-wave broadband generation in a fiber laser” by Aditi Ghosh, Deepa Venkitesh and R.Vijaya   (accepted for oral presentation; could not be presented)
8. SPIE Optics + Photonics, San Diego (2-6 Aug 2009), “Active mode-locking at high frequencies” by R.Vijaya and Deepa Venkitesh (accepted for oral presentation, could not be presented)
9. Invited talk, “Research on Experimental Photonics”, Physics dept, IIT Kanpur (Oct 6, 2009)
10. Invited talk, “Multi-wavelength and broadband optical sources for fiber-optic communication”, EE dept, IIT Kanpur (Oct 29, 2009)
11. International Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP), Chandigarh, Oct.30-Nov.1, 2009, “Laser-induced emission studies on dye-doped photonic crystals” Sunita Kedia, R.Vijaya, A.K.Ray and Sucharita Sinha  (oral presentation)
12. International Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP), Chandigarh, Oct.30-Nov.1, 2009, “Continuous wave broadband generation in fiber laser” by Aditi Ghosh, Deepa Venkitesh and R.Vijaya (oral presentation)
13. International Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP), Chandigarh, Oct.30-Nov.1, 2009, “Fabrication of waveguide structures on polymeric thin films” by Diksha Makwani, Sunita Kedia and R.Vijaya (oral presentation)
14. International conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICANN 2009), Guwahati, Dec 9-11, 2009, “Photoluminescence of ZnO inverse photonic crystal” by  Sunita Kedia and R.Vijaya  (Selected for the Best Poster award)
15. International conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICANN 2009), Guwahati, Dec 9-11, 2009, “Frequency-dependent polarizability of small silicon clusters” by Diksha Makwani and R.Vijaya (poster presentation)