Biography
Rappal Sangameswara Krishnan, Indian physicist (Rappal, Kerala 23 September 1911 – 02 October 1999)
ACHIEVEMENTS
Discovered a new optical effect (Krishnan effect) in 1937
Demonstrated the existence of deuteron-tritium reaction
First established the deuteron-induced fission in uranium and thorium
Developed the ultraviolet technique of excitation for Raman spectroscopy and successfully recorded for the first time the second-order Raman spectra of diamond and alkali halides
First made Brillouin scattering experiments in diamond, quartz, alumina and alkali halides
