Faculty Details

team

Ganesan, AR

Professor

MSB 331

Ph.D. IIT Madras

  •  044 - 2257 4891
  •  arg@iitm.ac.in

Areas of Interest

Current Research

Students

Current PhD Students

  • PH20D022    LAXMAN MANDAL
  • PH20D032    JASPAL SINGH

Recent Publications

  • Effect of visibility of the fringes on the tilt measurement using a cyclic interferometer and polarization phase shifting. V. C. Pretheesh Kumar; C. Joenathan; A. Bernal; A. R. Ganesan . Proceedingsof SPIE- Optical Fabrication, Testing, and Metrology VI. 10692 . 2018. 2018.
  • Nanoscale Tilt Measurement using A Cyclic Interferometer with Polarization Phase Stepping and Multiple Reflections. C. Joenathan, T. Naderishahab, A. Bernal, A. B. Krovetz, V. C. Pretheesh Kumar and A. R. Ganesan . Applied Optics. 57 . B52-B58. 2018.
  • Quantitative assessment of soft issue deformation using digital speckle pattern interferometry: studies on phantom breast models. Udayakumar Karuppanan, Sujatha Narayanan Unni, Ganesan R. Angarai . Journalof Medical Imaging. 5 .
    DOI: 10.1117/1. 2017.
  • Analysis of blue light pixels for detection of preferred retinal locus . V Kalikivayi, K Kannan and AR Ganesan,. Ophthalmology Case Reports . 2017.
  • Investigation of magnetic, dielectric and ethanol sensing properties of poly(o-phenylenediamine)/NiFe2O4 nanocomposites. 18. Kannapiran Nagarajan; Athianna Muthusamy, Ph.D.,; Renganathan B.; Ganesan A. R, Jayaprakash Rajan . Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 29 . 3135–3145. 2017.
  • Experimental investigation of natural convection in a rectangular cavity with two protruded half cylinders using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Akhil Krishnan Maliackal, A. R. Ganesan, Annamalai Mani . Proceeding of SPIE. 10373 . .
    DOI: 10.1117/12.2273716. 2017.
  • Effect of beam quality on tilt measurement using cyclic interferometer . V.C. Preetheesh Kumar, A.R. Ganesan, C. Joenathan, and U. Somasundaram. Proceedings of SPIE. 9960 .
    DOI: 10.1117/12.2240623. 2016.
  • Increasing the Sensitivity for tilt measurement using a cyclic interferometer with multiple reflections . V.C. Preetheesh Kumar, C. Joenathan, A.R. Ganesan and U. Somasundaram. Optical Engineering. 55 .
    DOI: 10.1117/1.OE.55.8.084103. 2016.
  • Fiber Optic Vapor Sensor using Nanocrystalline Al2O3 coated modified cladding . B. Renganathan and A.R. Ganesan. International conference on Optics and Photonics held at Univ. of Calcutta, India. 2015.
  • Tolerance analysis of misalignment in an Optical System using Shack Hartmann Wavefront Sensor . K. Venkatramana, V.C. Preetheesh Kumar, K. Kannan and A.R. Ganesan. An experimental study Optical Engineering 54(7), 075104 (2015). 54. 2015.
  • Influence of Annealing on Optical Fiber Gas Sensing Properties of TiO2 . Nanomateria B. Renganathan and A.R.. International Journal of Chemical Technology. 47. 878-883. 2015.
  • Daylight enhancement using laser cut panels integrated with a profiled Fresnel Collector . M G Nair, A.R. Ganesan and K Ramamurthy. Lighting Research & Technology. 47 . 1017-1018.
    DOI: 10.1177/1477153514556524. 2015.
  • Digital speckle pattern interferometry based anomaly detection in breast mimicking phantoms: A pilot study . K. Udayakumar, N. Sujathaa and A. R. Ganesan . Proc. SPIE 9417, Medical Imaging 2015: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging.
    DOI: 10.1117/12.2081594. 2015.
  • Study on decentration-induced optical aberrations in an optical system using Shack Hartmann wavefront sensor . K. Venkatramana and A.R. Ganesan. Optical System Alignment, Tolerancing, and Verification VIII, SPIE Optics + Photonics conference, San Diego, California, 16-20 Aug.( 2014). 2014.
  • Nanocrystalline Samarium Oxide Coated Fiber Optic Gas Sensor . B. Renganathan, D. Sastikumar, R. Srinivasan and A.R. Ganesan . Material Science & Engineering B . 186. 122-127. 2014.
  • Conceptual Design and Assessment of Profiled Fresnel Lens Daylight Collector . M G Nair, A.R. Ganesan and K Ramamurthy. Lighting Research & Technology.
    DOI: 10.1177/1477153514535421. 2014.
  • Nanocrystalline Cerium Oxide Coated Fiber Optic Gas Sensor . B. Renganathan, D. Sastikumar, A. Chandra Bose, R. Srinivasan and A.R. Ganesan. Current Applied Physics. 14 . 467-471. 2014.
  • Classification of Daylight enhancement systems . M G Nair, K Ramamurthy and A R Ganesan. Lighting Research and Technology.. 46 . 245-267.
    DOI: 10.1177/1477153513483299.. 2014.
  • Effect of annealing on toxic gas sensing using samarium oxide as optical fiber cladding . B. Renganathan and A.R. Ganesan. Presented at Photonics 2014, International conference on Optics & Photonics held at IIT Kharagpur, India. 2014.
  • Performance studies of anidolic concentrator with light pipes for daylighting in buildings . Manju G Nair, A R Ganesan and K Ramamurthy . International Conference on Materials Mechanics and Management, College of Engineering Trivandrum, India.. 2014.
  • Fiber optic gas sensors with vanadium oxide and tungsten oxide nanoparticle coated claddings . B. Renganathan, D.Sastikumar, S.GokulRaj and A.R.Ganesan. Opt. Commun.. 315 . -7874. 2014.
  • Fiber optic gas sensor with nanocrystalline ZnO . B. Renganathan and A.R. Ganesan. Optical & Fiber technology. 20 . 48-52. 2014.
  • Characterization of Fresnel lens as daylight concentrator . Manju G Nair, A R Ganesan and K Ramamurthy. International Conference , Advances in Building Sciences, IIT Madras, India. 71-80. 2013.
  • Nanocrystalline Aluminum Oxide Coating Fiber Optic Vapour Sensors . B. Renganathan, D. Sastikumar, R. Srinivasan, A. Chandra bose and A.R. Ganesan. Nanocrystalline Aluminum Oxide Coating Fiber Optic Vapour Sensors. 25 . 373-377. 2013.
  • Novel Adaptive Optics Deformable Mirrors using Magnet-Polymer Composite membranes . A.R. Ganesan, V.M. Murukeshan, V. Q. Nguyen and R. V. Ramanujan . J. of Adv. Sci. Engg & Med. Vol.5, no.5., 449-454 (2013). 5 . 449-454. 2013.
  • Nanocrystalline wo3coated fiber optic sensor for toxic gas detection, . B.Renganathan,D.Sastikumar,G,Gobi,S.Gokulraj, A.R.Ganesan. OSI Conference, Pondicherry, India, 2013. 2013.
  • Metal-Dielectric composite for Dispersion-free Optics . M Balasubrahmaniyam, Anuradha Patra, A R Ganesan, S Kasiviswanathan. AIP Proceedings. 1512 . 252. 2013.
  • A novel method for detection of preferred retinal locus (PRL) through simple image processing using MATLAB . K. Venkatramana , A.R. Ganesan. presented at SPIE Optics + Photonics conference held at San Diego, California. 2013.
  • Metal-Dielectric composite medium for Dispersion-free Optics . M Balasubrahmaniyam, Anuradha Patra, A R Ganesan, S Kasiviswanathan. DAE conference, Mumbai, Dec.(2012). 2012.
  • Adaptive Optics in Vision Science . A. R. Ganesan. Proc. of the International Conf. on “Contemporary Trends in Optics and Optoelectronics, held at IISc Trivandrum. 2011.
  • Optical response of Asymmetrically sandwiched AuNPs:TCO effective medium . M Balasubrahmaniyam, Anuradha Patra, A R Ganesan, S Kasiviswanathan,. ICANN 2011, International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, held at IIT Guwahati, India, Dec. 8-10 (2011). 2011.
  • Adaptive Optics in Imaging and Vision Science . A.R. Ganesan. Proc. of the OSI conference on Frontiers in Optics and Photonics (FOP11), held at IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India. 2011.
  • Holographic and Laser Speckle methods in Non-Destructive Testing . A.R. Ganesan. Proc. of NDE 2009, National conference on NDE, Trichy, India. 2009.
  • How significant are Optical Aberrations in Young Adulthood, Proc.of the XVIII International Congress of Eye Research . A.R. Ganesan, M. Jesson. Proc.of the XVIII International Congress of Eye Research, held at Beijing, China. 2008.
  • Wavefront Estimation and Compensation for Adaptive Optics applications . A.R. Ganesan. Proc. of NCOL-2007, National Conference on Recent Trends in optoelectronics and Laser Technology, Trivandrum, 9-11 April, 2007. 2007.
  • Wavefront Estimation and Compensation for Adaptive Optics applications 1. . A.R. Ganesan. Proc. of NCOL-2007, National Conference on Recent Trends in optoelectronics and Laser Technology. 2007.
  • Analysis of Refractive Errors in the eyes of Young Indians . M. Jesson and A.R. Ganesan. Journal of Modern Optics 54 7-9, 1349-59 (2007). 2007.
  • Laser Beam Steering Control System for free-space line of sight . A.R. Ganesan, P. Arulmozhivarman, D. Mohan and A.K. Gupta. Optical Communication IETE Journal of Research 52, 6 417-424 (2006). 2006.
  • Are Optical Aberrations in Normal Young Adulthood Significant? . M. Jesson and A.R. Ganesan. Proc. of ICBPE 2006, International Conf. On Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engg., held at Singapore, 11-14 Dec. (2006). 2006.
  • Measurement of moments for Centroid estimation in Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor – a Wavelet based approach and comparison with other methods . P. Arulmozhivarman, L. Praveen Kumar and A.R. Ganesan . Optik, Intl. J. of Laser & Electro-Optics 11, 82-87 (2006). 2006.
  • Optical Fiber Interferometric Sensor for the measurement of Liquid Pressure and Concentration . G. Gobi, P. Arulmozhivarman, D. Sastikumar, A.R. Ganesan and M.J.M. Jaffar. Accepted for presentation at the National Laser Symposium (NLS-4) to be held at Mumbai, India, Jan.10-13 (2005). 2005.
  • Effect of illumination beam divergence in DSPI fringe formation . N. Sujatha, V.M. Murukeshan and A.R. Ganesan. J. of Holography and Speckle2, 1 20-25 (2005). 2005.
  • A Spot Pattern Test Chart Technique for Measurement of Geometric Aberrations caused by an intervening medium – a Novel Method . A.R. Ganesan, P. Arulmozhivarman and M. Jesson. J. of Meas. Sci. & Technol. 16 , 2534-40 (2005).. 2005.
  • Design and Development of a Closed Loop Adaptive Optics system for Wavefront Sensing and Control . A.R. Ganesan, P. Arulmozhivarman, D. Mohan, Ashok Kumar and A.K. Gupta. J. of Optics 34,2 67-81 (2005). 2005.
  • Wavelet based measurement of Moments in Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor . Praveen Kumar, P. Arulmozhivarman and A.R. Ganesan . J. of Instrum. Soc. India 35, 172-178 (2005). 2005.
  • Spot Pattern Test Chart Technique for Measurement of Geometric Aberrations caused by an Intervening Medium – a novel method . A.R.Ganesan,P.Arulmozhivarman and M.Jesson. J. of Measurement Science and Technology 16, 2534-2540 (2005). 2005.
  • Analysis of Refractive Errors in the Human Eye using Shack-. Hartmann Aberrometry M. Jesson, P. Arulmozhivarman and A.R. Ganesan . Proc. of Photonics-2004, VII International Conf. on Optoelectronics, Fiber Optics and Photonics, Dec.9-11, Cochin, India, pp.23 (2004). 2004.
  • Non-Destructive Testing Composite Specimens by Fiber Optic Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry . A.R. Ganesan and V.M.Murukeshan. J. of Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation 3,3 59-64 (2004). 2004.
  • Effect of in-plane sensitive component on speckle fringe formation on curved inner surfaces of engineering specimens . V.M. Murukeshan, N. Sujatha and A.R. Ganesan. J. of Holography and Speckle 1,2 74-79 (2004). 2004.
  • Higher Order Aberrations of the Human eye in Indian Young Population . M. Jesson, P. Arulmozhivarman and A.R. Ganesan . Asian Journal of Ophthalmology 6, 1 10-16 (2004 ). 2004.
  • Atmospheric Turbulence studies using Twyman-Green Interferometer . P.Arulmozhivarman, N.Manivannan and A.R.Ganesan. J. of the Instrument Soc. of India 32 ,1 59-65 (2002). 2002.

Teaching

  • 2017 :  (Jan - May) - PH5250 Advanced Electronics; (Jul - Nov) - PH5110 Optics & Photonics
  • 2018 :  (Jan - May) - PH5250 Advanced Electronics & Lab; (Jul - Nov) - EP2100 Introduction to Engineering Optics
  • 2019 :  (Jan - May) - PH1020 Physics II/ PH5221 Summer Project/ PH5400 Comprehensive Viva Voce II / PH5400 Viva Voce; (Jul - Nov) - EP3290 Engg Physics Lab III/ PH5040 Electronics/
  • 2020 :  (Jan - May) - PH1020 Physics II/ PH5223 Project/ PH5400+ Comprehensive Viva Voce; (Jul - Nov) - EP3290 Engg Physics Lab III/ PH5110 Optics & Photonics
  • 2021 :  (Jan - May) - PH1020 Physics II; (Jul - Nov) - EP3290 Engg Physics Lab III/ PH5110 Optics & Photonics
  • 2022 :  (Jan - May) - PH1020 Physics II ; (Jul - Nov) - EP2090 Engineering Physics Lab I / PH2050 Physics Lab III / PH5110 Optics & Photonics
  • 2023 :  (Jan - May) - PH1020 Physics II