PSTL

Research Interests

• Modelling and simulation of low temperature and complex plasmas

• Design, construction, and characterization of plasma and ion sources

• Plasma and ion beam deposition of functional thin films and nanostructures (Current Focus: Optical Filters)

• Plasma and ion beam processing for microfabrication of photonic and electronic devices

Research Experience

2022 – present : IUST

• Simulation of humid air corona discharge for brine desalination

• Design and fabrication of a multilayer dielectric anti-reflective coating within the visible wavelength range using ion beam deposition (supported by the optics and quantum technologies development headquarters, vice presidency for science and technology of Iran)

• Design, simulation, and construction of novel vacuum plasma sources, ion sources, and electron guns

• Electron dynamics in the E×B devices (magnetron sputtering and hall thruster)

2016 – 2021 : PlasmaParto

• Consultant and supervisor of the project of the design and construction of the vacuum coating system for the Iran National Observatory

• Design and simulation of a 532 nm edge filter for Raman spectroscopy

• Design and construction of the ion beam deposition system (IONEX)

• Design and construction of commercial versions of the FCP and ICP ion sources

2016-2019 : IPM

• Simulation of the plasma lens

• Simulation of the ECR ion source

• Study on the photocathode RF electron gun

• Installation of the electron gun of the IPM electron linear accelerator

• Installation of the vacuum system of the IPM electron linear accelerator

2015-2016 : ACECR

• Design and construction of a Faraday cup and measurement of the beam current density profile

• Simulation of the ion beam extraction in a broad beam ion source

• Design and construction of an ICPRIE etching system

• Design and construction of an RF ICP ion source

• Optimization of the DC broad beam ion source

2010-2015 : SBU

• Electromagnetic spectrum of complex plasma in g×B configurations (PhD thesis) Supervisor: Professor Ali Reza Niknam

2007-2012 : ACECR

• Design and construction of a prototype DC broad beam ion source

• Design and construction of a 2-inch magnetron sputtering cathode

• Design and construction of a glow discharge plasma cleaning source

• Simulation of electrons motions in an electron beam evaporation source

• Optimization of a 3-inch magnetron sputtering cathode

2005-2008 : SBU

• Design and simulation of an ECR plasma source (Master thesis) Supervisor: Professor Babak Shokri