Progress in Optomechatronics / Springer Proceedings in Physics Bd.249 (PDF)

Dr. Indrani Bhattacharya is presently associated as a postdoctoral researcher with the Institute of Photonics, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu and and a project coordinator in JFK Photonics Education Path under PREIN, the Finnish Flagship Program of Academy of Finland. She was previously associated with Prof. Ayan Banerjee of Light-Matter Interaction Lab, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, IISER, Kolkata and Prof. Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan of School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo, Canada as a freelance postdoctoral researcher. She received Ph.D. in Technology from the Department of Applied Optics and Photonics, University of Calcutta. Dr. Bhattacharya has 20 years of Industry and 10 years of Academic experiences. Her research areas include point spread function engineering, optical tweezers, diffractive optics, biomimetics in-vivo and in-vitro biomedical applications and optical fiber devices. She is a life member of the Optical Society of India and member of International Society of Optics and Photonics (SPIE), European Optical Society (EOS) and the International Society of Optomechatronics (ISOM).
Prof. Yukitoshi Otani is a professor at the Center for Optical Research and Education (CORE), Utsunomiya University, JAPAN. He received his doctorate degree from the University of Tokyo in 1995. He was a visiting professor at College of Optical Sciences, the University of Arizona from 2004 to 2005. He joined CORE in April 2010. He is also a technical adviser at Imaging Div, Photron Limited since 2011. His current interests include polarimetry and optomechatronics. He is a fellow of the SPIE since 2010.Prof. Yukitoshi Otani is currently chair and technical advisor of several international and national conferences like the International Symposium of Opto-mechatronic Technologies (ISOT) and several SPIE conferences related to Dimensional Optical Metrology, Inspection and Interferometry. He has been director of the Japanese