Research on photonics, fiber optics and education in India
Awards
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize OSA Fellow OSA Esther Hoffman Beller Award ICO Galileo Galilei Award SPIE educator award
Scientific career
Fields
Physics
Institutions
Indian Institute of Technology National Academy of Sciences, India
Thesis
Non linear prompt neutron kinetics in multigroup diffusion theory(1964)
Doctoral advisor
Mark Nelkin
Notable students
Anurag Sharma, Sasikanth Manipatruni
Ajoy Kumar Ghatak is an Indian physicist and author of physics textbooks.
Ghatak has written over 170 research papers and more than 20 books. His undergraduate textbook on Optics[1] has been translated to Chinese and Persian and his monograph on Inhomogeneous Optical Waveguides[2] (coauthored with Professor Sodha) has been translated to Chinese and Russian.[3]
In 1995, he was elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America "for distinguished service to optics education and for his contribution to the understanding of propagation characteristics of gradient index media, fibers and integrated optical devices".[4]
^Ghatak, Ajoy (23 March 2009). Optics. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 978-0-07-338048-3.
^Sodha, M. S.; Ghatak, Ajoy (1977). Inhomogeneous Optical Waveguides. New York NY: Springer. ISBN 978-0-306-30916-8.
^Miranda House events(PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011, retrieved 8 November 2010
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