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Prof.Amitava Adak

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Physics

Email: amitavaadak[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

Contact Number: 9800038463

Office Number: +91-326-223-5382

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Research Interest: Experimental Research On High Intensity Laser-matter Interaction In Nanosecond To Femtosecond Regime. Ultrafast Laser-plasma Dynamics. Laser Ablation Study At Plane Solid And Nanostructured Surfaces. Warm-dense-matter Science And Laboratory Astrophysics. High Harmonic Generation (HHG) And Attoscience.

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List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

  1. J. Patra et al., Nonclassical plasmonic response of laser-plasma-engineered ultrasmall nearly-monodispersed clean copper nanoparticles, Optics & Laser Technology 180, 111444 (2025).
  2. B. McBennett et al., Universal behavior of highly-confined heat flow in semiconductor nanosystems: from nanomeshes to metalattices, Nano Letters 23, 2129–2136 (2023).
  3. Amit D. Lad et al., Luminous, relativistic, directional electron bunches from an intense laser driven grating plasma, Scientific Reports 21, 1-11 (2022).
  4. Joshua L. Knobloch et al., Structural and Elastic Properties of Empty-Pore Metalattices Extracted via Nondestructive Coherent Extreme UV Scatterometry and Electron Tomography, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14, 41316-41327 (2022).
  5. Amitava Adak et al., Absorption of high-intensity, high-contrast femtosecond laser pulses by a dielectric solid, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 63, 94004 (2021).
  6. Guan Gui et al., Measurement and control of optical nonlinearities in dispersive dielectric multilayers, Optics Express 29, 4947-4957 (2021).
  7. David R Blackman et al., Formation and evolution of post-solitons following a high intensity laser-plasma interaction with a low-density foam target, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 63, 74001 (2021).
  8. H. Habara et al., Micro-Optics for Ultra-Intense Lasers, AIP Advances 11, 35214 (2021).
  9. Deep Sarkar et al., Dependence of fast electron characteristics on the thickness of the nanocrystalline film target in intense, ultrashort laser–solid interaction, Applied Physics B 126, 151 (2020).
  10. Prashant Kumar Singh et al., Two-plasmon-decay induced fast electrons in intense femtosecond laser-solid interactions, Phys. Plasmas 27, 83105 (2020).
  11. C. Bevis et al., Probing thermal and acoustic dynamics of inverse silicon metallatices, Microscopy and Microanalysis 25, 2174-2175 (2019).
  12. Anuj Bisht et al., Observation of ex-situ microstructure relaxation of non-conventional misorientations post femtosecond laser shock exposure in cp-Ti, Acta Materialia 150, 161-172 (2018).
  13. Gourab Chatterjee et al., Magnetic turbulence in a table-top laser-plasma relevant to astrophysical scenarios, Nature Communications 8, 83105 (2020).
  14. Amitava Adak et al., Controlling femtosecond-laser-driven shock-waves in hot, dense plasma, Phys. Plasmas 24, 72702 (2017).
  15. Deep Sarkar et al., Silicon nanowire based high brightness, pulsed relativistic electron source, APL Photonics 2, 66105 (2017).
  16. G. Cristoforetti et al., Transition from Coherent to Stochastic electron heating in ultrashort relativistic laser interaction with structured targets, Scientific Reports 7, 1-8 (2017).
  17. I. Dey et al., Intense femtosecond laser driven collimated fast electron transport in a dielectric medium–role of intensity contrast, Optics Express 24, 66105 (2017).
  18. Amitava Adak et al., Efficient transport of femtosecond laser-generated fast electrons in a millimeter thick graphite, Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 174101, (2016).
  19. Terahertz Acoustics in Hot Dense Laser Plasmas, Amitava Adak et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 115001 (2015).
  20. Controlling two plasmon decay instability in intense femtosecond laser driven plasmas, Prashant Kumar Singh et al., Phys. Plasmas 22, 113114 (2015).
  21. Contrasting levels of absorption of intense femtosecond laser pulses by solids, Prashant Kumar Singh et al., Sci. Rep. 5, 1-7 (2016).
  22. Ultrafast dynamics of a near-solid density layer in an intense femtosecond laser-excited plasma, Amitava Adak et al., Phys. Plasmas 21, 62704 (2014).
  23. Ultrafast optics of solid density plasma using multicolor probes, Prashant Kumar Singh et al., Optics Express 22, 22320-22327 (2014).
  24. High-resolution measurements of the spatial and temporal evolution of megagauss magnetic fields created in intense short-pulse laser-plasma interactions, Gourab Chatterjee et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 13505 (2014).
  25. Direct observation of ultrafast surface transport of laser-driven fast electrons in a solid target, Prashant Kumar Singh et al., Phys. Plasmas 20, 110701 (2013).
  26. Enhanced transport of relativistic electrons through nanochannels, Prashant Kumar Singh et al., Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 16, 63401 (2013).
  27. Efficient generation and guiding of megaampere relativistic electron current by silicon nanowires, Prashant Kumar Singh et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 244104 (2012).

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

  1. Probing ultrafast dynamics in a solid-density plasma created by an intense femtosecond laser, Amitava Adak et al., J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 688, 12001 (2016).
  2. Efficient fast electron generation in an interaction of Intense, ultrashort laser with metal nanoparticle coated dielectric target, Deep Sarkar et al., J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 717, 12077 (2016).

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