Dr. Subhendu Sarkar

Biography

Dr. Sarkar is an Assistant Professor of Physics, working in the area of surface and interface physics. He works on surface patterning using various physical and chemical means. He has experience in working with low energy ion beams as well as chemical etching techniques. After obtaining his doctoral degree from the Surface Physics Division of Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, Dr. Sarkar worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Inter-University Microelectronic Centre (IMEC), Belgium. He was a visiting scientist at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam before joining IIT Ropar. He is the author of several publications in his areas of research and is a recipient of the MRSI Award.

Research Interest

Investigation of non linear effects in low energy ion beam bombardment for the generation of self-organized ordered semiconductor nanostructures. Theoretical and experimental investigation of the onset time of nanostructure formation by low energy ion beam methods. Chemical effects vital to nanostructure formation under low energy beams. Self organization in ion bombarded alloy surfaces Dynamic scaling studies on early stage etching of semiconductor surfaces