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Ultrafast Optics and Spectroscopy

By Dr. Atanu Bhattacharya   |   IISc Bangalore
Learners enrolled: 389
Plane wave and phase velocity, Representation of short pulses in time and frequency domain, General construction of laser, Ultrafast Laser System: Oscillator and Amplifier, Gaussian Beam characteristics, Polarization and Birefringence in ultrafast optics, Pulse Measurements in frequency and time domains, Nonlinear Ultrafast Optics: second order, third order, higher order, Dispersion in Ultrafast Optics, Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Ultrafast Dynamics through Conical Intersections, Ultrafast Processes in gas, liquid, and solids

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Senior UG, MSc and PhD Students
PREREQUISITES : Nil
INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Optic Industries and Spectrometer
Summary
Course Status : Completed
Course Type : Elective
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Chemistry
Credit Points : 3
Level : Postgraduate
Start Date : 29 Jul 2019
End Date : 18 Oct 2019
Exam Date : 17 Nov 2019 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.


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Course layout

Week 1 : Introduction and Mathematical Representation of Ultrafast Pulse
Week 2,3,4 : Propagation of Ultrafast Pulse, Part I: Nonlinear Optical Effects
Week 5,6 : Propagation of Ultrafast Pulse, Part II: Dispersion Effects
Week 7 : Construction of Ultrafast Laser
Week 8 : Measurement of Ultrafast Pulses
Week 9 : Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Part I: Measurement Techniques
Week 10: Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Part II: Kinetic and Quantum Model
Week 11: Ultrafast Processes, Part I: Molecular Photophysics and Photochemistry, Gas Phase Reaction Dynamics
Week 12: Ultrafast Processes, Part II: Metals, Semiconductors, Biomolecules and Transition Metal Complexes.

Books and references

Book written by the instructor: 
Atanu Bhattacharya, Ultrafast Optics and Spectroscopy in Physical Chemistry, World Scientific-IISc Press

Instructor bio





Dr. Atanu Bhattacharya was born at Matiari (Nadia, West Bengal, India), in 1983. He received the BSc degree in Chemistry from R. K. Mission Vidyamandira (Calcutta University, India) and the MSc degree in Physical Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (India), in 2003 and 2005, respectively. He received the PhD degree in Physical Chemistry from Colorado State University (USA) in 2010. His doctoral research involved the time and frequency resolved spectroscopy of energetic molecules in molecular beam under supervision of Prof. Elliot R. Bernstein. In 2010, he joined Department of Chemistry, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA) as post-doctoral fellow for studying catalytic reaction dynamics in femtosecond to picosecond time domain under supervision of Dr. Nicholas Camillone III. Then in 2012 he joined Kyoto University (Japan) as program specific researcher to work on liquid beam time resolved photoelectron spectroscopy and liquid beam X-ray absorption spectroscopy under supervision of Prof. Toshinori Suzuki. In 2013, he joined Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore, India) as assistant professor at the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry. Currently, he is specializing in Attosecond Chemistry, Femtosecond Chemistry of Catalysis and Explosives and Femtosecond X-ray Spectroscopy. He has been teaching “ultrafast optics and spectroscopy in physical chemistry” course at Indian Institute of Science for several years.


Course certificate

  • The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
  • The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
  • Date and Time of Exams: 17th November 2019 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
  • Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
  • The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
  • Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE
  • Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course. 
  • Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
  • Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75
  • If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
  • Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IISc Bangalore. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
  • Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies are being discontinued from July 2019 semester and will not be dispatched


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