I am a researcher working in the area of thin film magnetism, studying nanoscale structural/magnetic/electrical properties using synchrotron radiation, scanning probe techniques and neutrons. My interest is to understand new phenomena and science of nano-scale structures and their dynamics (faster time scales) for basic research and possible applications.

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Current Research Topics:

• Ultrafast and Nanoscale magnetism
• Micromagnetic Simulations
  
• Coherent Magnetic scattering studies of magnetic thin films  and multilayers 
• Charge and Orbital ordering in Manganites 
• Metal-Insulator Transition 
• Charge Density Wave in Solid
  

Research Interests: (for details visit Research Section)

• Ferromagnetic Semiconductor & Spintronics
• Scanning Probe (AFM, C-AFM, EFM, MFM)
• Magnetic Imaging (MFM, field & Temperature dependent MFM)
• Synchrotron Experiments (XMCDPEEM, LEEM)
• MBE Sample growth and Sputtering
  
• Exchange bias System
• Neutron Reflectivity
• Superconductor-Ferromagnet Hybrid
• Coherent Scattering
• Micro and Nano-diffraction 
• Charge Density Wave in Solid
  

Education:

• Research Scientist: Dept. of Physics Technical University Berlin, Germany.
  
• Post-doctoral Researcher in Physics at University of California, San Diego, California, USA. 
  
• Post-doctoral Researcher:  Physics Department at Katholieke University, Leuven, Belgium. 
•  Ph.D : Paul-Drude Institute/Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. Thesis:  "Micromagnetic investigation of MnAs thin films on GaAs surfaces". 
• Master of Technology (M. Tech) in Solid State Materials from IIT, Delhi, India. 

Selected Publications:

• T. Plake, T. Hesjedal, J. Mohanty et al., "Temperature-dependent magnetic force microscopy investigation of epitaxial MnAs films on GaAs (001)" Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 2308 (2003)

• J. Mohanty et al., "Variable-temperature micromagnetic study of epitaxially grown MnAs films on GaAs(001)" Appl. Phys. A 77, 739 (2003)

• J. Mohanty et al., "Effect of strain on the local phase transition temperature of MnAs/GaAs(001)" Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 2829 (2003)

• J. Mohanty et al., "Variable magnetic field and temperature magnetic force microscopy" Appl. Phys. A 81, 1359 (2005)

• J. Mohanty et al., "Selective etching of epitaxial MnAs films on GaAs (001): Influence of structure and strain" J. Appl. Phys. 98, 013907 (2005)

• R. Engel-Herbert, T. Hesjedal, J. Mohanty et al., "Magnetization reversal in MnAs films: Magnetic force microscopy, SQUID magnetometry, and micromagnetic simulations" Phys. Rev. B. 73, 104441 (2006).....More>>>>>