Publications 2006

Published Papers

• M. K. Sharma, B. K. Saikia, A. Phukan and B. Ganguli: Plasma nitriding of austenitic stainless steel in N2 and N2-H2 dc pulsed discharge, Surf. Coat. Technol. 201 (2006) 2407-2413.
• H. R. Yousefi, S. R. Mohanty, Y. Nakada, H. Ito and K. Masugata: Compression and neutron and ion beams emission mechanisms within a plasma focus, Phys. Plasmas 13 (2006) 114506.
• S. R. Mohanty, T. Sakamoto, Y. Kobayashi, N. Izuka, N. Kishi, I. Song, M. Watanabe, T. Kawamura, A. Okino, K. Hoioka and E. Hotta: Influence of electrode separation and gas curtain on EUV emission of a gas jet z-pinch source, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 (2006) 041502.
• S. M. Hassan, T. Zhang, A. Patran, R. S. Rawat, S. V. Springham, T. L. Tan, D. Wong, W. Wang, S. Lee, V. A. Gribkov, S. R. Mohanty and P. Lee: Pinching Evidences in a miniature plasma focus with fast pseudospark switch, Plasma Sources Sci. & Tech. 15 (2006) 614.
• S. R. Mohanty, T. Sakamoto, Y. Kobayashi, I. Song, M. Watanabe, T. Kawamura, A. Okino, K. Hoioka and E. Hotta: A miniature hybrid plasma focus extreme ultraviolet source driven by ten kilo-ampere fast current pulse, Rev. Scientific Instruments 77 (2006) 043506.
• I. Song, K. Iwata, Y. Honma, S. R. Mohanty, M. Watanabe, T. Kawamura, A. Okino, K. Yasuoka, K. Hoioka and E. Hotta: A comparative study on performance of a xenon capillary Z-pinch EUV lithography light source using a pinhole camera, Plasma Sources Sci. & Tech. 15 (2006) 322.
• I. Song, Y. Kobayashi, T. Sakamoto, S. R. Mohanty, M. Watanabe, A. Okino, T. Kawamura, K. Yasuoka, K. Horioka and E. Hotta: Performance of gas jet type Z-pinch light source for EUV lithography, Microelectronic Engineering. 83 (2006) 710.
• N. K. Neog, S. R. Mohanty and E. Hotta: Anode length optimization in a modified plasma focus for optimal x-ray yield, J. Appl. Phys. 99 (2006) 013302.
• S.R. Mohanty, P. Lee, T. L. Tan, S. V. Springham, A. Patran, R. V. Ramanujan, and R. S. Rawat: Effect of deposition parameters on morphology and size of FeCo nanoparticles synthesized by pulsed laser ablation deposition, Appl. Surface Sci. 252 (2006) 2806.
• A. D. Handokoa, P. S. Lee, P. Lee, S. R. Mohanty and R. S. Rawat: Time resolved emission spectroscopy investigations of pulsed laser ablated plasmas of ZrO2 and Al2O3, J. Phys. Conference Series. 28 (2006) 100-4.
• S. R. Mohanty, N. K. Neog, B. B. Nayak, B. S. Acharya, P. Lee, T. L. Tan and R. S. Rawat: Energetic ion irradiation of American diamond in a plasma focus device and characterization of irradiated material, Nuclear Instr. Methods Phys. Res. B 113 (2006) 113.
• U. Deka, C. B. Dwivedi and H. Ramachandran: Propagation of ion-acoustic wave in the presheath region of a plasma sheath system, Phys. Scr. 73 (2006) 87-97.
• P. K. Karmakar and C. B. Dwivedi: Analytical integrability and physical solutions of k-dV equation, J. Math. Phys. 47 (2006) 032901.
• T. Zhang, S. R. Mohanty, S. M. Hassan, A. Patran, T. L. Tan, S. V. Springham, P. Lee and S. R. Rawat: Optical Emission Spectroscopy to Study FeCo Thin Film Deposition Using Plasma Focus, AIP Conference Proc. 808 (2006) 231-4.
• M. Watanabe, I. Song, T. Sakamoto, Y. Kobayashi, A. Okino, S. R. Mohanty, K. Horioka and E. Hotta: Extreme ultraviolet light emission from Z-pinch discharge plasma source, AIP Conference Proc. 808 (2006) 267-70.
• N. K. Neog and S. R. Mohanty: Pulsed electron beam emission from a 2.2 kJ plasma focus device, Proc. of DAE-BRNS Symposium on Power Beam for Clean Environment and Processes, BARC, Mumbai, India (2006) 167.
• M. K. Mishra, A. Phukan and M. Chakraborty: Plasma parameter variation in ion beam formation mode in a double plasma device, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 45 (2006) 9216.

Thesis

• N. K. Deka: Studies of plasma maser interaction in relativistic plasma, Gauhati University, India (August, 2006).

Papers Presented at Meetings/Conferences

• National Symposium on condensed matter Science, Tezpur university, Tezpur, August 29 –31, 2006
  • M. Kakati, B. Bora, S. Sarma, C. Borgohain, B. J. Saikia, B. K. Saikia, K. S. Goswami, S. Bujarbarua and A. K. Das: A segmented plasma torch assembly for production of ultrafine ceramic particles

• International Workshop on Frontiers of Plasma Science, the Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy, August 21 – September 1, 2006
  • S. S. Kausik, M. Chakraborty and B. K. Saikia: Role of electron temperature on charging of dust grains

• International Symposium on Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography, Barcelona, October, 2006
  • N. Iizuka, N. Kishi, S. R. Mohanty, M. Watanabe, A. Okino, T. Kawamura, K. Horioka and E. Hotta: Development of a Gas Jet-Type Z pinch EUV Light Source for Lithography

• DAE-BRNS Symposium on Power Beam for Clean Environment and Processes, BARC, Mumbai, India, September 20 – 21, 2006
  • N. K. Neog and S. R. Mohanty: Pulsed electron beam emission from a 2.2 kJ plasma focus device