Milestone-Proposal:First Millimeter-wave Communication Experiments by J.C. Bose, 1894-96
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Docket #:2009-05
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Did the achievement provide a meaningful benefit for humanity?
Was it of at least regional importance?
Has an IEEE Organizational Unit agreed to pay for the milestone plaque(s)?
Has the IEEE Section(s) in which the plaque(s) will be located agreed to arrange the dedication ceremony?
Has the IEEE Section in which the milestone is located agreed to take responsibility for the plaque after it is dedicated?
Has the owner of the site agreed to have it designated as an IEEE Milestone?
Yes
Year or range of years in which the achievement occurred:
1894-96
Title of the proposed milestone:
First Millimeter-wave Communication Experiments by J.C. Bose, 1894-96
Plaque citation summarizing the achievement and its significance; if personal name(s) are included, such name(s) must follow the achievement itself in the citation wording: Text absolutely limited by plaque dimensions to 70 words; 60 is preferable for aesthetic reasons.
200-250 word abstract describing the significance of the technical achievement being proposed, the person(s) involved, historical context, humanitarian and social impact, as well as any possible controversies the advocate might need to review.
IEEE technical societies and technical councils within whose fields of interest the Milestone proposal resides.
In what IEEE section(s) does it reside?
IEEE Calcutta Section
IEEE Organizational Unit(s) which have agreed to sponsor the Milestone:
IEEE Organizational Unit(s) paying for milestone plaque(s):
Unit: IEEE CALCUTTA SECTION
Senior Officer Name: KALYAN K MALLIK
IEEE Organizational Unit(s) arranging the dedication ceremony:
Unit: IEEE CALCUTTA SECTION
Senior Officer Name: KALYAN K MALLIK
Unit: IEEE CALCUTTA SECTION
Senior Officer Name: SANJAY KAR CHOWDHURY
IEEE section(s) monitoring the plaque(s):
IEEE Section: IEEE CALCUTTA SECTION
IEEE Section Chair name: KALYAN K MALLIK
Milestone proposer(s):
Proposer name: PRADIP K SAHA
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Street address(es) and GPS coordinates in decimal form of the intended milestone plaque site(s):
Calcutta, India
Describe briefly the intended site(s) of the milestone plaque(s). The intended site(s) must have a direct connection with the achievement (e.g. where developed, invented, tested, demonstrated, installed, or operated, etc.). A museum where a device or example of the technology is displayed, or the university where the inventor studied, are not, in themselves, sufficient connection for a milestone plaque.
Please give the address(es) of the plaque site(s) (GPS coordinates if you have them). Also please give the details of the mounting, i.e. on the outside of the building, in the ground floor entrance hall, on a plinth on the grounds, etc. If visitors to the plaque site will need to go through security, or make an appointment, please give the contact information visitors will need. The Presidency college Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, where he developed,invented tested the Millimeter wave communication system or his residence where he had worked mostly, now converted to BOSE INSTITUTE
Are the original buildings extant?
Yes
Details of the plaque mounting:
How is the site protected/secured, and in what ways is it accessible to the public?
Both are Government Academic and ResearchInstitutions. In the Bose Institute all his works are preserved.
Who is the present owner of the site(s)?
Government/Scientific Research Organization
What is the historical significance of the work (its technological, scientific, or social importance)? If personal names are included in citation, include detailed support at the end of this section preceded by "Justification for Inclusion of Name(s)". (see section 6 of Milestone Guidelines)
In 1895, Jagadis Chunder Bose first demonstrated here in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, transmission and reception of electromagnetic waves at 60 GHz over a distance of 23 meters through two intervening walls by remotely ringing a bell and detonating some gunpowder. For his communication system, Bose pioneered development of a host of millimeter-wave components that included: spark transmitter, coherer, dielectric lens, polarizer, horn antenna and cylindrical diffraction grating.
What obstacles (technical, political, geographic) needed to be overcome?
The reason for the choice of millimeter wave by Sir J.C. Bose was primarily due to the advantage of studies of quasioptical properties of the radio waves within his laboratory of limited size, that was available to him at the Presidency College. However, the components and systems developed by Sir J.C. Bose, initially at millimeter wave and subsequently at microwave, were outstanding discoveries made more than 100 years ago, in Calcutta, India, most of which are now being utilised, in a modernised form for Earth/space links and remote sensing
What features set this work apart from similar achievements?
For his communication system, Bose pioneered development of a host of millimeter-wave components that included: spark transmitter, coherer, dielectric lens, polarizer, horn antenna and cylindrical diffraction grating.Bose chose quasi optical Millimeter wave frequency range.The wavelengths he used ranged from 2.5 cm to 5 mm. Ref:1. TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, VOL. 45, NO. 12, DECEMBER 1997 2267 The Work of Jagadis Chandra Bose: 100 Years of Millimeter-Wave Research - Darrel T. Emerson 2. PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE, VOL. 86, NO. 1, JANUARY 1998 p.235 Centennial of the Semiconductor Diode Detector DIPAK L. SENGUPTA, TAPAN K. SARKAR 3. PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE, VOL. 86, NO. 1, JANUARY 1998 p.229 Detector for Electrical Disturbances Patent JAGADIS CHUNDER BOSE 4. PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE, VOL. 86, NO. 1, JANUARY 1998 p.225 On the Selective Conductivity Exhibited by Certain Polarising Substances JAGADIS CHUNDER BOSE 5. PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE, VOL. 86, NO. 1, JANUARY 1998 p.244 On a Self-Recovering Coherer and the Study of the Cohering Action of Different Metals JAGADIS CHUNDER BOSE 6. MTT Microwave Symposium 1998 Dedicated to Sir J C bose and 100 years of millimeter wave
Why was the achievement successful and impactful?
IEEE Calcutta Section
Supporting texts and citations to establish the dates, location, and importance of the achievement: Minimum of five (5), but as many as needed to support the milestone, such as patents, contemporary newspaper articles, journal articles, or chapters in scholarly books. 'Scholarly' is defined as peer-reviewed, with references, and published. You must supply the texts or excerpts themselves, not just the references. At least one of the references must be from a scholarly book or journal article. All supporting materials must be in English, or accompanied by an English translation.
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