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Heriot-Watt University SPIE Student Chapter
Progress Report submitted by Student Chapter at Heriot-Watt University
Date: 31st March 2015
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Contents
Member and Officer List ..................................................... 3
Dr H. Philip Stahl’s lecture .................................................. 4
Professor Dirk Bouwmeester’s Visit ................................... 8
SPIE Student Chapter Meeting at Photonics West 2015 . 10
EPS Photography Contest Winning Photos ...................... 12
Future Planned (in progress) Events ................................. 13
Finances ............................................................................... 13
Member and Officer List
Current Officers
Pragati Kumar, President, Member Number: 3270440
New Officers from April 2015
1. Puneet S Chhabra, President, Member Number: 3592594
2. Luis Acevedo, Treasurer, Member Number: 3171001
3. Pragati Kumar, Chair, Member Number: 3270440
Current List of Members
1. Puneet S Chhabra [email protected]
2. Ning Ma [email protected]
3. David Webb [email protected]
4. David MacLachlan [email protected]
5. Aurora Maccarone [email protected]
6. Luis Acevedo [email protected]
7. Pragati Kumar [email protected]
Dr H. Philip Stahl’s lecture
President of SPIE, Dr Phil Stahl paid a visit to newly formed Heriot-Watt
University student chapter on 11th June, 2014 which attracted a huge crowd
from the university.
Advertisement posters were designed by the chapter and put on notice boards
around the campus for Dr Phil Stahl’s visit to Heriot-Watt University.
Dr Phil Stahl had a guided visit to several optics labs at Heriot-Watt University.
In the above picture, Dr Stahl looks at an experimental demonstration of
obtaining single photons from quantum dot devices placed in a liquid helium
cryostat at 4K.
Dr Phil Stahl gave a talk on optical testing and gave examples from his
experience while working on James Webb Space Telescope.
The talk was followed by coffee and lunch session with several academics from
Heriot-Watt University and members of SPIE Student chapter at the university.
Dr Phil Stahl had a picture taken with the members of SPIE Student chapter at
Heriot-Watt University.
Karin Burger joined Dr Phil Stahl in this visit to HWU. Professor Daniele
Faccio, Professor Duncan Hand can be seen in the pictures too.
Professor Dirk Bouwmeester’s Visit
Professor Dirk Bouwmeester was invited by the chapter for a talk on Solid State
cavity quantum electrodynamics on September 19th, 2014. Professor
Bouwmeester had won the prestigious Spinoza prize in the Netherlands in July
2014 and the chapter was privileged to host him for this event.
Advertisement posters were designed by the members of the chapter and put up
on notice boards around the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at
Heriot-Watt University.
Professor Bouwmeester gave an inspiring talk on quantum optics, inertial
confined plasma chamber designs and twisted light.
Professor Brian Gerardot had a discussion with Professor Bouwmeester about
quantum optics after visiting his Quantum Photonics lab.
Professor Bouwmeester had a visit to Quantum Digital Signatures lab after
meeting with Professor Erika Anderson.
SPIE Student Chapter Meeting at Photonics West 2015
Pragati Kumar, president of SPIE Student Chapter at HWU, joined the Student
Chapter Meeting event at Photonics West in San Francisco from 6th February to
12th February, 2015. He met >40 chapter officers from around the world and
learnt about activities and grants that SPIE provides to chapters around the
world.
Dirk Fabian provides information to new chapters about FOCUS Conference
Grant.
EPS Photography Contest Winning Photos Our student member Shraddha Rao and Aurora Maccarone won the prize for
best pictures in the contest. They were later awarded by the chapter as well with
Amazon vouchers worth £ 20 each.
Picture: Shraddha Rao
Plasma channel and microbubbles in water
The image shows a plasma channel (seen in the center of the image) of
dimension less than 0.5 mm, produced by focusing femtosecond pulses in water
and the subsequent production of micro-bubbles. The colouration of bubbles is
due to the laser-light scattered by them.
Picture: Dr Ryan Warburton/Aurora Maccarone
"The Matrix" © Ryan Ellis Warburton (http://autopictography.com).
Testing how different wavelengths were attenuated as they passed through
water in a tank with a target at the end. Due to the side of the tank and the
water/ air interface at the top, there are many reflections, contributing to this
photo. It is a single photo.
Future Planned (in progress) Events
Focus Conference – TBD (Probably together with NUI Galway, Imperial
College, KU Leuven)
Industrial Trip - TBD
Visiting Guest Lecturer - TBD
Recruitment of new members – Advertise to new postgraduate students
Student Social events – Laser Tag etc.
Finances
Grants Received:
1. Student Chapter Officer Travel Grant : Used: $1800
2. Visiting Lecturer Program 2014: Unused
3. Activity Grant 2014
Activity Grant received: + £430.00 Spent on EPS Poster prize winners: -£ 40.00
Spent on lunch meetings: -£ 30.00
Remaining: +£ 360.00
