RRCAT Newsletter - Issue 2 of 2007
 Contents

  From the Director's Desk
  From the Editorial Board

 Accelerator Programme:
  A.1: Development, testing and installation of new 31.613 MHz RF cavity for Indus-1
  A.2: TL-2 optics design for the CTF-3(CERN)
  A.3: Imaging of dynamics of a first order magneta-structural transition using magnetic force microscopy
  A.4: Magnetocaloric effect in MnSi
  A.5: Qualification of gold foil mirrors for soft x-ray Telescope by x-ray reflectivity
  A.6: Effect of Si layer thickness on structural properties of Co/Si multiplayer system
  A.7: Indigenous development of turbo molecular pumps
  A.8: Sextople magnets with skew quadrupole component for Indus-2

 Laser Programme:
  L.1: Laser cutting of fuel subassembly of FBTR at IGCAR
  L.2: Novel laser surface treatment to enhance Inter-granular corrosion resistance of type 304 stainless steel
  L.3: Precision processing of silicon with copper vapour laser
  L.4: Generation of super-Gaussian beam in a high power transverse flow CO2 laser
  L.5: A novel Nd: glass laser sub-nanosecond oscillator
  L.6: Development of an efficient cw Nd:YAG laser
  L.7: Development and characterization of highly efficient diode side-pumped cw Nd:YAG laser
  L.8: Development of a sealed-off copper bromide laser
  L.9: Development of Red Diode Lasers
  L.10: MOVPE growth of quantum dots Structures on GaAs substrate
  L.11: Ab inition study of the electronics and geometric structures of ultra-small single-walled nanotubes
  L.12: Development of zinc sulphide blanks and domes using chemical vapour deposition technique
  L.13: Nonlinear optical studies in neutral red dye under nanosecond laser pulse excitation
  L.14: Polarization dependence of quadratic photocurrent in light emittings diodes
  L.15: Long distance optical guiding of colloidal particles inside the focal region of a holographic axilens
  L.16: Narrow band x-ray emission in the water-window spectral region
  L.17: Sub-MeV bremsstrahlung x-ray emission from intense laser-plasma interaction
  L.18: DSP based motion control system with fully digital PWM AC servo motor drive

 Infrastructure:
  I.1: Computing and Information Management development at RRCAT
  I.2: Developments in Networking and Communication at RRCAT

 Theme Articles:
  T.1: Research scenario of nanostructured materials at Thin Film Laboratory
  T.2: The CUTE-FEL Project
  T.3: High energy short pulse laser systems and ultrashort pulse diagnostics

 Publications:
Publications from RRCAT during Jan. 2007 to June 2007

 News:
  N.1: Technology Day celebration at RRCAT
  N.2: Dr. V.C. Sahni gets M.M. Chugani Award
  N.3: Young Scientist Research Programme(YSRP-07) at RRCAT
  N.4: Graduation Function of 7th batch of RRCAT Training school
  N.5: RRCAT bags “Best Bio-diversity Concentration Award – 2007
  N.6: Five RRCAT scientists presented gold medals by Prime Minister

RRCAT Newsletter - Issue 2 of 2007



Editorial Board:
  • Dr. P. A. Naik
  • Dr. S. B. Roy
  • Dr. G. S. Lodha
  • Sh. Anil Banerji
  • Smt. Alpana Rajan
  • Dr. Vinit Kumar
  • Dr. S. K. Majumdar
  • Sh. J. K. Pattnaik
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