Current Vacancy - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Current Vacancy - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research


Designation : JRF

Job Description :

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), inviting application for the post of JRF

Sr No : 01

Post Name  : JRF

Project Title  : “Spin resolved photoemission spectroscopy”.

Qualifications  : - M.Sc (Ag) in Entomology/ Apiculture or M.Sc in Zoology with specialization in entomology.M.Sc (Ag) or M.Sc (Horticulture) with specialization in Vegetable Crops or Agronomy or Plant Breeding or M.Sc in Life Science with experience of working with Horticultural Crops

Company Profile :

To a layperson, the term LASER brings to the mind images of Luke Skywalker battling Darth Vader, with guns emitting resplendent red, green or blue beams of powerful light, which can cut through steel and shoot exactly in the direction the gunner wants. Power and directionality, precisely the two virtues that make the laser a laser, originate from a physical attribute called coherence, which essentially states that all light waves emitted by the laser are made of electromagnetic fields that oscillate in phase. Notwithstanding the Hollywoodish brouhaha, the term "laser" technically comes down to light with coherence; both power and directionality are the consequences thereof. However, to achieve this coherence in the laser device, a sophisticated amount of engineering has to go in, with precise alignments, ultrasmooth mirrors, exactly machined sizes etc required to make the laser. The precision engineering basically aims to create a mirror-based device (technically, a resonator) that can trap light into the material (the amplifier) that is emitting it in the first place. The trapping and amplification together creates the bright beam of laser light.

The term "random laser" elicits a response of disbelief and curiosity in the minds of people. Why random? Where are the mirrors? Where has the precision engineering gone? It turns out that, when optical gain is added to a medium with a random variation in its refractive index, a fascinating synergy of coherent amplification and multiple scattering occurs within the medium. (Note the sketch of scatterers in an amplifier.) This concoction approximately imitates a laser, but the coherence that it generates is very real. The result is a drastic change in the emission characteristics of the system, which originates from the novel gain dynamics realized by the inhomogeneous structure.

Desired Profile :

How to apply: Applications in the prescribed formnat. Send application preferably by Email to Prof. Kalobaran Maiti : kbmaiti@tifr.res.in , Department of Condensed Matter Physics & Material Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai – 400 005. Last Date of receipt of application is 15th June 2011.

Last Date : 15-06-2011

Education: B.Sc,M.Sc

Location  : Mumbai


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