NANDIGANA KRISHNA MOHAN

Senior Scientific Officer Gr.-1
Applied Optics Laboratory
Department of Physics,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai - 6000 036, India
E-mail: nkmohan@iitm.ac.in
              mohannk@physics.iitm.ac.in
Phone: +91-44-22578689
Fax     : +91-44-22570509

Education Background

M.Sc(Tech.)	Applied Physics, Andhra University, Waltair,1974
M.S(Engg.)	Department of Mechanical Engineering IIT Madras,1982 “Design and fabrication of a Nitrogen Laser”
Ph.D	Department of Mechanical Engineering IIT Madras,1989 “ White Light Speckle Photography and Holo-speckle Techniques in Engineering Metrology”

Award/ Honor : SPIE - Fellow (2003)

In Recognition of Distinguished and Valuable Contributions to the field of OPTICAL ENGINEERING

SPIE - SOCIETY OF PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS
(THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING) P.O.Box 10, Bellingham, Washington, USA.

Research Area : Applied Optics

Field of Specialization : Optical Metrology, Interferometry and Non Destructive Testing, Photo-refractive materials, Image subtraction

1. Holography and speckle techniques,    
   • TV holography and shearography (ESPI/ESSPI)
2. Photo-refractive materials
   • characterization studies
      
   • dynamic holography, phase shifting techniques, speckle and speckle shear photography
      
   • information storage in multi-channel two wave mixing
3. Phase reversal interferometric techniques for     
   • image subtraction and speckle metrology
4. Digital speckle photography (DSP)
5. Holographic optical elements fabrication & testing
6. White light speckle photography
7. Color holography for Display
8. Non Destructive Testing (NDT).

List of Research Publications : 86
(Published/Communicated and Presented).

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Dr. Nandigana Krishna Mohan, Department of Physics, IITM, Chennai - 36.