IN302: Classical & Quantum Optics (Basics) (3:0) (Aug.-Dec.)
PI: Partha Pratim Mondal
Keywords:
Ray Optics, Matrix Optics, Wave Optics, Diffraction, Interference, Fourier Optics, Electromagnetic Optics, Polarization Optics, Waves and Particles, Wave Particle Duality / Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, Mathematical Tools for Quantum Optics, Postulates of Quantum Mechanics/Optics, Quantum Harmonic Oscillator, Quantization of Electromagnetic Field, Quantum Theory of Radiation, Quantum States of Light (Coherent and Squeezed light), Bunching, Unbunching and Antibunching, Quantum Distribution Theory (Coherent State Distribution, Wigner Distribution and others), Representation Theory of Light, Atom Field Interaction, Casimir Effect, Hanle Effect, Quantum Lithography, Quantum Microscopy
CCT301: Fundamentals of Fluorescence & Cryoelectron Microscopy (2:1) (Aug.-Dec.)
PI: Partha Pratim Mondal and Somnath Dutta
Keywords:
Light Sources, Monochromators, Optical Filters, Photomultiplier Tubes, Polarizers, Beer-Lambart Law, Paraxial Ray Optics and System Designing, Wave Optics, Electromagnetic Theory, Fluorescence Microscopy Systems, Molecular Physics, Photophysics and Stern-Volmer Equation, Jablonski Diagram, Emission Spectra, Fluorescence Lifetime and Quantum Yield, Time-Domain Lifetime Measurements, Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy, Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy, Electric Field Effects, Point Spread Function, Single- and Multi- Photon Fluorescence Microscopy, Advanced Super Resolution Microscopy, Aperture Engineering Techniques, 3D Image Reconstruction, Markov Random Field, Maximum Likelihood Algorithm, Bayes Theorem. Cryoelectron Microscope Instrumentation, Electron Gun, Electron Lenses, Vacuum Systems, Sample Chamber, Energy Filters, Electron Detectors, Electron Scattering, Point Spread Function, Fourier Transform, Image formation. Dedicated Lab Sessions & Practical on, Fluorescence Microscopy, Light Sheet Microscopy, Single Molecule Super-resolution Microscopy and Cryoelectron Microscopy.
IN267: Fundamentals of Fluorescence Microscopy (3:0) (Aug.-Dec.)
PI: Partha Pratim Mondal
Keywords:
Light Sources, Monochromators, Optical Filters, Photomultiplier Tubes, Polarizers, Beer-Lambart Law, Paraxial Ray Optics and System Designing, Wave Optics, Electromagnetic Theory, Fluorescence Microscopy Systems, Molecular Physics, Photophysics and Stern-Volmer Equation, Jablonski Diagram, Emission Spectra, Fluorescence Lifetime and Quantum Yield, Time-Domain Lifetime Measurements, Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy, Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy, Electric Field Effects, Point Spread Function, Single- and Multi- Photon Fluorescence Microscopy, Advanced Super Resolution Microscopy, Aperture Engineering Techniques, 3D Image Reconstruction, Markov Random Field, Maximum Likelihood Algorithm, Bayes Theorem. Dedicated Lab Sessions & Practicals on General, Light Sheet and Single Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy.
CCT303: Cryoelectronics for Space Sciences (3:0) (Aug.-Dec.)
PI: Partha Pratim Mondal and K. Kasturirengen
Keywords:
Introduction and fundamentals of cryogenic technology; Properties of cryogenic fluids: nitrogen, oxygen, argon, neon, fluorine, methane; Low temperature properties of materials: mechanical, thermal, electrical and magnetic properties; Physics of liquefaction and liquefaction systems; Cryogenic fluid storage and transfer systems: cryogenic fluid storage vessels design and insulations, cryogenic fluid transfer systems; Gas liquefaction systems: thermodynamically ideal system, production of low temperatures, liquefaction systems for gases other than neon, hydrogen and helium, liquefaction systems for neon, hydrogen and helium; Cryogenic refrigeration systems: ideal refrigeration systems, refrigeration for temperature above 2 K, refrigerators for temperature below 2 K; Introduction to cryocoolers; Cryogenic safety; Cryogenic instrumentation: temperature, pressure, flow and liquid level measurements; Vacuum technology: Importance of vacuum in cryogenics, flow regimes in vacuum systems, conductance in vacuum systems, calculation of pump down time, basic components of vacuum systems, basics of vacuum pumps, gauges and valves; Application of cryogenics: space, medical, biological, food preservation and industrial applications.