Igor Zhirkov

Principal Research Engineer

Postdoktor

Presentation

Publications

2024

Igor Zhirkov, Andrejs Petruhins, Peter Polcik, Szilard Kolozsvari, Philipp Immich, Johanna Rosén (2024) Stable DC vacuum arc plasma generation from a 100 mm TiB2 cathode Surface & Coatings Technology, Vol. 484, Article 130824 Continue to DOI
Yi-Ling Lo, Aditya Prabaswara, Jui-Che Chang, Samiran Bairagi, Igor Zhirkov, Per Sandström, Johanna Rosén, Kenneth Järrendahl, Lars Hultman, Jens Birch, Ching-Lien Hsiao (2024) Determination of effective Ga/N ratio to control GaN growth behavior in liquid-target reactive magnetron sputter epitaxy Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Vol. 176, Article 108292 Continue to DOI
Niklas Hellgren, Igor Zhirkov, Mauricio A. Sortica, Andrejs Petruhins, Grzegorz Greczynski, Lars Hultman, Johanna Rosén (2024) High-power impulse magnetron sputter deposition of TiBx thin films: Effects of pulse length and peak current density Vacuum, Vol. 222, Article 113070 Continue to DOI

2023

Igor Zhirkov, Peter Polcik, Andrejs Petruhins, Szilard Kolozsvari, Johanna Rosén (2023) A comparison of plasma generation, plasma transport, and film formation for a DC vacuum arc source with Ti-X compound cathodes (X = W, C, Al, and Si) Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 133, Article 233301 Continue to DOI

2022

Claudia Schnitter, Ivan Petrov, Igor Zhirkov, Lars Hultman, Justinas Palisaitis, Johanna Rosén, Hans Högberg (2022) Effect of low-energy ion assistance on the properties of sputtered ZrB2 films Vacuum, Vol. 195, Article 110688 Continue to DOI