Research Areas
We carry out multidisciplinary, fundamental and applied research in physics. Our current research are in the following areas :
(A) Compact plasmas confined by a dipole magnet
(B) Plasmas created at cryogenic temperatures: Cryo-plasmas
(C) Plasma-based creation of focused ion beams
Earlier Research
Threshold energy, hysteresis, and high current ion beam guiding through a micro-glass capillary
Ion energy distribution near a plasma meniscus
Rapid measurement of charged particle by a current flux grating
Microwave guiding and intense plasma generation at subcutoff dimensions
(D) Modification of electrical and surface properties of matter by plasma-based low-energy ion beams
Earlier Research
Wetting in atomically heterogeneous systems
Micro-resistive patterning through sub-Debye length plasma apertures
Sheet resistance and Debye temperatures in atomically heterogeneous systems
Micron-focused ion beamlets
(E) Atmospheric pressure microplasmas
(F) Wave interaction with multicusp plasmas
Earlier Research
Wave penetration and screening in bounded supercritical plasmas
Dispersion and waves in bounded plasma with subwavelength inhomogeneities
Birefringence and the Couton Mouton effect
Electron plasma waves in large amplitude electromagnetic pulses
Electron trapping in electromagnetic standing waves
Interpulse plasma versus conventional afterglows
Evidence of ion heating and the Buneman instability
Physics of plasmas containing negative ions
(G) Wave induced plasma initiation
Earlier Research
Evolution of electron energy distribution during genesis of breakdown plasma
Electron random walk and the collisional cross over in presence of em waves and magnetostatic fields
Electron random walk in presence of em waves and the difference with classical diffusion
(H) Charged particle transport in nano-gaps
Earlier Research
Coexistence of tunelling and displacement currents in nanogaps driven with ac fields
Transition from Fowler-Nordhiem field emission to space charge limited flows
Space charge limited flows and quantum Child-Langmuir's law