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Dr. Gopal Rao           
D.V.G.L.N. Rao
 

Distinguished Professor of Physics

Department of Physics
University of Massachusetts at Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd
Boston, MA 02125

Homepage
Office: S–3–76
Email: here
Phone: 617 287 6065
Fax: 617 287 6053



Research Interests
Experimental Laser Physics: Nonlinear Optics; Medical Image Processing; Nano and Bio Photonics; Optical Data Storage; Optical Power Limiting & Laser Eye Protection

Research Group
Dr. Chandra S Yelleswarapu 
Dr. Yuanliang Chu
Dr. Truong Thi Anh Dao 
Dr. Francisco J Aranda

Mr. Samir Laoui 
Mr. Kiran Shrestha
Mr. Yi Tang
Mr. Aditya Desai
Mr. George Ross
Mr. Lawrence Luke
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Part-time)

Graduate Assistant, Ph.D Candidate
Graduate Assistant
Graduate Assistant
Graduate Assistant
Graduate Assistant
Undergraduae Student
 
Classes
Physics 602: Laser Optics Laboratory
Physics 481: Advanced Projects Laboratory

Selected Publications 
Optical Fourier techniques for medical image processing and phase contrast imaging
C. S. Yelleswarapu, S.-R. Kothapalli, and D. V. G. L. N. Rao
Invited review article, Optics Communications 281 , 1876 (2008).

Slow light in bacteriorhodopsin solution using coherent population oscillations
C. S. Yelleswarapu, R. Philip, F. J. Aranda, B. R. Kimball, and D. V. G. L. N. Rao
Optics Lett. 32 , 1788 (2007)

Phase contrast imaging using photo-thermally induced phase transitions in liquid crystals
C.S. Yelleswarapu, S.-R. Kothapalli, Y. Vaillancourt, F.J. Aranda, B. Kimball and D. V. G. L. N. Rao
Applied Physics Letters 89, 2111161 (2006)  

All-optical spatial filtering with power limiting materials
C.S. Yelleswarapu, P.F. Wu, S.R. Kothapalli, D.V.G.L.N. Rao, B.R. Kimball, S.S.S. Sai, R. Gowrishankar and S. Sivaramakrishnan
Optics Express 14, 1451 (2006)  

Nonlinear optical image processing with bacteriorhodopsin polymer films
C.S. Yelleswarapu, P.F. Wu, S.-R. Kothapalli and D.V.G.L.N. Rao
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 446, 273 (2006)  

Controllable snail-paced light in biological bacteriorhodopsin
P.F.Wu and D.V.G.L.N. Rao
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 253601 (2005)  

Nonlinear optical Fourier filtering technique for medical image processing
S.-R. Kothapalli, P. Wu, C.S. Yelleswarapu and D.V.G.L.N. Rao
J. Biomedical Optics 10, 044028 (2005)  

Light scattering of periodic beta-aligned carbon nanotubes
P. Wu, B. Kimball, J. Carlson and D.V.G.L.N. Rao
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 013902 (2004)  

Photonic crystals based on periodic arrays of aligned carbon nanotubes
K. Kempa, B.R. Kimball, J. Rybczynski, Z.P. Huang, P.F. Wu, D. Steeves, M. Sennett, M. Giersig, D.V.G.L.N. Rao, D.L. Carnahan, D.Z. Wang, J.Y. Lao, W.Z. Li, Z.F. Ren
Nano. Lett. 3, 13 (2003)