RRCAT Newsletter - Issue 2 of 2011
 Contents

  From the Director's Desk
  From the Editorial Board

 Accelerator Programme:
  
A.1: Enhancement in Indus-2 performance 
A.2: Development of 15 kW Solid State RF Amplifiers for Indus-2 SRS
A.3: Studies, analysis and cure of beam instabilities due to HOMs in Indus-2 RF cavities up to beam current of 150 mA
A.4: Soft and Deep X-Ray Lithography beamline on Indus-2: Commissioning And Test Structure Fabrication
A.5: Fabrication of ferrofluid based micro fluidic device using X-ray lithography beamline (BL-07)
A.6: A Microprobe XRF beamline (BL-16) on Indus-2 Synchrotron Source
A.7: Indus-2 Microprobe XRF beamline helps analyzing Chandravaan-1 data.
A.8: Ion assisted growth study on molybdenum thin film at RRCAT
A.9: Automation of betatron tune measurement system of Indus-2
A.10: Study on brazing of GLIDCOP® to OFE copper for Indus-2 photon absorber
A.11: Forming of 650 MHz SRF cavity half-cell
A.12: Ventilation system for Indus-2 Power conditioning system
A.13: Irradiation of Lexan film by DC Accelerator

 Laser Programme:
  
L.1: Study of shock wave propagation in silicon crystal by Picosecond time- resolved X-ray diffraction
L.2: Diode pumped Nd:YAG laser for selection laser melting and its application
L.3: Development of a sensitive and high dynamic range laser energy meter
L.4: Femtosecond pulse generation from mode-locked Ytterbium doped fiber laser
L.5: Swept source based fiber-optic polarization sensitive optical coherence Tomography setup for near real-time imaging of tissue birefringence
L.6: Orientation and rotation of red blood cells with Laguerre-Gaussian trap beams
L.7: 5 kW CW CO2 Laser for material processing
L.8: Effect of volume fraction on the third and fifth order Nonlinearity of nanoplatelet colloids
L.9: Development of laser cutting and welding technique for secondary Shutdown system standpipe bellow repair of pressurized heavy water reactors
L.10: Investigation of glass to metal seal on ambient oxidized Kovar surface


 Infrastructure:
  
I.1: Scientific computing and software development at RRCAT
I.2: Development of information systems at RRCAT
I.3: Development in networking and communication at RRCAT
I.4: Construction and services


 Theme Articles:

T.1: Indigenous development of high power microwave systems, line type and solid state advanced pulse modulators, microwave amplifiers and associated technologies for self reliance in particle accelerators
T.2: Research and development activities on optoelectronic materials and devices at SCLS
T.3: Investigations on higher order modes in RF cavities of accelerator

 Publications:Publications from RRCAT during January 2011-June 2011

 News:

N.1: RRCAT celebrated 27th foundation day
N.2: National Science Day at RRCAT
N.3: Interaction meet on utilization of laser technology in industry and medicine at RRCAT
N.4: Prestigious MRSI medal conferred on Dr. Kukreja
N.5: RRCAT family wishes happy and healthy life on superannuation
N.6: राजा रामन्‍ना प्रगत प्रौद्योगिकी केन्‍द्र द्वारा जनवरी, 2011 से आयोजित हिन्‍दी की विभिन्‍न गतिविधियां

 

RRCAT Newsletter - Issue 2 of 2011



Chief Editor:
  • Dr. Shovan K. Majumder

Editorial Board:
  • Dr. Vinit Kumar
  • Dr. Tapas Ganguly
  • Dr. C. P. Paul
  • Sh. Shailendra S. Tomar
  • Sh. J. K. Pattnaik
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