Quantum Engineered Systems & Technology

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Peer Review Journal Publications

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[2010]	[2009]	[2008]
[2007]	[2006]	[2005]
[2004]	[2003]	[2002]
[2001]	[Before 2001]

2015

Tela Favaloro, Je-Hyeong Bahk, and Ali Shakouri, "Characterization of the temperature dependence of the thermoreflectance coefficient for conductive thin films," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 86, 024903, 2015.
Bjorn Vermeersch, Amr M. S. Mohammed, Gilles Pernot, Yee Rui Koh, and Ali Shakouri, "Superdiffusive heat conduction in semiconductor alloys. II. Truncated Lévy formalism for experimental analysis," Phys. Rev. B 91, 085203, 2015.
Amr M.S. Mohammed, Yee Rui Koh, Bjorn Vermeersch, Hong Lu, Peter G. Burke, Arthur C. Gossard, and Ali Shakouri, "Fractal Lévy Heat Transport in Nanoparticle Embedded Semiconductor Alloys," Nano Lett., Article ASAP, Feb. 5, 2014. (DOI: 10.1021/nl5044665)
Haoran Yang, Je-Hyeong Bahk, Tristan W Day, Amr Mohammed, G Jeffrey Snyder, Ali Shakouri, and Yue Wu, “Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties in Bulk Nanowire Heterostructure-based Nanocomposites through Minority Carrier Blocking,” Nano Lett. 15, 1349, 2015. (DOI: 10.1021/nl504624r)

2014

Bjorn Vermeersch, Amr M. S. Mohammed, Gilles Pernot, Yee Rui Koh, and Ali Shakouri, "Thermal interfacial transport in the presence of ballistic heat modes,"" Phys. Rev. B 90, 014306, 2014.
Haoran Yang, Je-Hyeong Bahk, Tristan Day, Amr M. S. Mohammed, Bokki Min, G. Jeffrey Snyder, Ali Shakouri, and Yue Wu, “Composition modulation of Ag2Te nanowires for tunable electrical and thermal properties,” Nano Lett. 14, 5398, 2014. (DOI: 10.1021/nl502551c)
Je-Hyeong Bahk and Ali Shakouri, “Enhancing the thermoelectric figure of merit through the reduction of bipolar thermal conductivity with heterostructure barriers,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 052106, 2014.
Tela Favaloro, Amir Ziabari, Je-Hyeong Bahk, Peter Burke, Hong Lu, John Bowers, Art Gossard, Zhixi Bian and Ali Shakouri, “High temperature thermoreflectance imaging and transient Harman characterization of thermoelectric energy conversion devices,” J. Appl. Phys. 116, 034501, 2014.
Hongchao Wang, Je-Hyeong Bahk, Chanyoung Kang, Junphil Hwang, Kangmin Kim, Jungwon Kim, Peter Burke, John E. Bowers, Arthur C. Gossard, Ali Shakouri, and Woochul Kim,, “Right sizes of nano- and microstructures for high-performance and rigid bulk thermoelectrics,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. vol. 111, no. 30, pp. 10949-10954 (2014).
Scott W. Finefrock, Genqiang Zhang, Je-Hyeong Bahk, Haiyu Fang, Haoran Yang, Ali Shakouri, and Yue Wu, “Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of Spark Plasma Sintered Ultrathin PbTe Nanowires,” Nano Lett. 14, 3466 (2014). (DOI: 10.1021/nl500997w)
Kazuaki Yazawa, Menglong Hao, Bin Wu, Armin K. Silaen, Chenn Qian Zhou, Timothy S. Fisher, Ali Shakouri, “Thermoelectric topping cycles for power plants to eliminate cooling water consumption“, Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 84, August 2014, Pages 244-252, ISSN 0196-8904, DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.04.031.
Amirkoushyar Ziabari, Ephraim Suhir, Ali Shakouri, “Minimizing thermally induced interfacial shearing stress in a thermoelectric module with low fractional area coverage,” Microelectronics Journal, Available online 17 January 2014, ISSN 0026-2692, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mejo.2013.12.004.
Ziabari, Amirkoushyar; Park, Je-Hyoung; Ardestani, Ehsan K.; Renau, Jose; Kang, Sung-Mo; Shakouri, Ali,”Power Blurring: Fast Static and Transient Thermal Analysis Method for Packaged Integrated Circuits and Power Devices,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, 2014; ISSN: 10638210; DOI: 10.1109/TVLSI.2013.2293422.
Je-Hyeong Bahk, Zhixi Bian, and Ali Shakouri, “Electron transport modeling and energy filtering for efficient thermoelectric Mg₂Si_1-xSn_x solid solutions,” Phys. Rev. B 89, 075204 (2014).
Yichi Zhang, Je-Hyeong Bahk, Joun Lee, Christina S. Birkel, Matthew L. Snedaker, Deyu Liu, Hongmei Zeng, Martin Moskovits, Ali Shakouri, and Galen D. Stucky, “Hot Carrier Filtering in Solution Processed Heterostructures: A Paradigm for Improving Thermoelectric Efficiency,” Adv. Mater. 26, 2755 (2014). (DOI: 10.1002/adma.201304419)

2013

B. Vermeersch, G. Pernot, H. Lu, J.-H. Bahk, A. Gossard, and A. Shakouri. “Picosecond Joule heating in photoconductive switch electrodes,” Phys. Rev. B 88, 214302 (2013).
H. Wang, J.-H. Bahk, C. Kang, J. Hwang, K. Kim, A. Shakouri, and W. Kim, “Large enhancement in the thermoelectric properties of Pb_0.98Na_0.02Te by optimizing the synthesis conditions,” J. Mater. Chem. A, 1, 11269, 2013. (DOI: 10.1039/C3TA11825H)
B. Vermeersch, J.-H. Bahk, J. Christofferson, and A. Shakouri, “Thermoreflectance imaging of sub 100ns pulsed cooling in high-speed thermoelectric microcoolers“, J. Appl. Phys. 113, 104502, 2013.
K. Yazawa, Yee Rui Koh and A. Shakouri, “Optimization of TE Topping Rankine Cycles for Energy Economy“, Applied Energy, vol. 109, pp. 1-9, 2013.
K. Yazawa and A. Shakouri, “Cost–Performance Analysis and Optimization of Fuel-Burning Thermoelectric Power Generators“, Journal of Electronic Materials, DOI 10.1007/s11664-013-2480-8 (5 pages), 2013.
J.-H. Bahk, Z. Bian, and A. Shakouri, “Electron energy filtering by a non-planar potential to enhance the thermoelectric power factor in bulk materials“, Phys. Rev. B 87, 075204, 2013.

2012

R. Chavez, S. Angst, K. Maize, A. Gondorf, G. Schierning, D. E. Wolf, A. Lorke, and A. Shakouri, "Thermoreflectance imaging of percolation effects and dynamic resistance in indium tin oxide nanoparticle layers," Journal of Applied Physics 112, 083705 (2012).
K. Yazawa and A. Shakouri, “Cost-effective waste heat recovery using thermoelectric systems“, Invited Feature Paper, Journal of Material Research, Vol. 27 (09), pp. 1211 – 1217, March 2012.

K. Yazawa and A. Shakouri, “Scalable Cost/Performance Analysis for Thermoelectric Waste Heat Recovery Systems, Journal of Electronic Materials“, Vol. 41 (6), pp. 1845-1850, 2012.

M. B. Blarke, K. Yazawa, A. Shakouri, and C. Carmo, “Thermal battery with CO2 compression heat pump: Techno-economic optimization of a high-efficiency Smart Grid option for buildings“, Energy and Buildings, Volume 50, Pages 128–138, July 2012.

J-H. Bahk, R.B. Sadeghian, Z. Bian, A. Shakouri, “Seebeck enhancement through miniband conduction in III-V semiconductor superlattices at low temperatures“, Journal of Electronic Materials, Published online Feb 8, 2012.

K. Yazawa, A. Shakouri, “Optimization of power and efficiency of thermoelectric devices with asymmetric thermal contacts“, Journal of Applied Physics 111, Art. No. 024509, 2012.

J-H. Bahk, P. Santhanam, Z. Bian, R. Ram, A. Shakouri, “Resonant carrier scattering by core-shell nanoparticles for thermoelectric power factor enhancement“, Applied Physics Letters 100, Art. No. 012102, 2012.

2011

R.B. Sadeghian, J-H. Bahk, Z. Bian, A. Shakouri, “Calculations of nonlinear thermoelectric coefficients of InAs(1-x)Sb(x) using Monte Carlo method“, Journal of Electronic Materials, published online Dec 28, 2011.

Y. Ezzahri, K. Joulain, A. Shakouri, “Transient energy and heat transport in Metals: Effect of the discrete character of the lattice“, Journal of Heat Transfer Vol. 133, pp. 072401 (14 pages), July 2011.

R. Ranjan, S.V. Garimella, J.Y. Murthy, K. Yazawa, “Assessment of nanostructured capillary wicks for passive two-phase heat transport“, Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering Vol. 15(3), pp. 179-194, 2011.

A. Shakouri, “Recent developments in semiconductor thermoelectric physics and materials“, Annual Review of Materials Research Vol. 41, pp. 399-431, 2011.

J-H. Bahk, Z. Bian, M. Zebarjadi, P. Santhanam, R. Ram, A. Shakouri, “Thermoelectric power factor enhancement by ionized nanoparticle scattering“, Applied Physics Letters Vol. 99, Art. No. 072118, 2011.

K. Yazawa, A. Shakouri, “Cost-efficiency trade-off and the design of thermoelectric power generators“, Environmental Science and Technology, – Journal of American Chemical Society, Vol. 45, Issue 17, pp. 7548–7553, DOI: 10.1021/es2005418, 2011.

C.M. Bacon, D. Mulvaney, T.B. Ball, E.M. Dupuis, S.R. Gliessman, R.D. Lipshutz, A. Shakouri, “The creation of an integrated sustainability curriculum and student praxis projects“, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education Vol. 12(2), pp. 193-208, 2011.

K. Yazawa, A. Shakouri, “Ultrafast submicron thermoreflectance imaging“, Electronics Cooling Magazine, Vol. 3, pp. 10-15, March 2011.

L.E. Cassels, T.E Buehl, P.G. Burke, C.J. Palmstrom, A.C. Gossard, G. Pernot, A. Shakouri, C.R. Haughn, M.F. Doty, J.M.O. Zide, “Growth and characterization of TbAs:GaAs nanocomposites“, J. Vacuum Science & Technology B, Vol. 29(3), Article No. 03C114, 5pp., 2011.

M. Zebarjadi, K. Esfarjani, Z. Bian, A. Shakouri, “Low-temperature thermoelectric power factor enhancement by controlling nanoparticle size distribution“, Nano Letters, Vol. 11, pp. 225-230, 2011.

2010

C.J. Vineis, A. Shakouri, A. Majumdar, M.G. Kanatzidis, “Nanostructured Thermoelectrics: Big Efficiency Gains from Small Features“, Advanced Materials, Vol. 22, pp. 3970–3980, 2010.

Y. Gao, A.M. Marconnet, M.A. Panzer, S. Leblanc, S. Dogbe, Y. Ezzahri, A. Shakouri, K.E. Goodson, “Nanostructured Interfaces for Thermoelectrics”, Journal of Electronic Materials, June 2010.

B. Vermeersch, G. De Mey, “A shortcut to inverse Fourier transforms: Approximate reconstruction of transient heating curves from sparse frequency domain data“, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol. 46, pp. 1319-1332, 2010.

Je-Hyeong Bahk, Zhixi Bian, Mona Zebarjadi, Joshua M. O. Zide, Hong Lu, Dongyan Xu, Joseph P. Feser, Gehong Zeng, Arun Majumdar, Arthur C. Gossard, Ali Shakouri, and John E. Bowers, “Thermoelectric figure of merit of In0.53Ga0.47As)0.8(In0.52Al0.48As)0.2 III-V semiconductor alloys,” Phys. Rev. B 81, 235209, 2010.

Je-Hyeong Bahk, Gehong Zeng, Joshua M. O. Zide, Hong Lu, Rajeev Singh, Di Liang, Ashok T. Ramu, Peter Burke, Zhixi Bian, Arthur C. Gossard, Ali Shakouri and John E. Bowers, “High-Temperature Thermoelectric Characterization of III–V Semiconductor Thin Films by Oxide Bonding,” Journal of Electronic Materials, May 22, 2010.

2009

Jason Baxter, Zhixi Bian, Gang Chen, David Danielson, Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Andrei G. Fedorov, Timothy S. Fisher, Christopher W. Jones, Edward Maginn, Uwe Kortshagen, Arumugam Manthiram, Arthur Nozik, Debra R. Rolison, Timothy Sands, Li Shi, David Sholl and Yiying Wu, “Nanoscale design to enable the revolution in renewable energy”, Energy Environ. Sci. 2, 559 (2009)
Y. Ezzahri, J. Christofferson, G. Zeng and A. Shakouri, “Short time transient thermal behavior of solid-state microrefrigerators“, J. Appl. Phys, 106, 114503, (2009).
Zebarjadi M, Esfarjani K, Shakouri A, Bahk JH, Bian ZX, Zeng G, Bowers JE, Lu H, Zide JMO, Gossard A. “Effect of nano-particle scattering on thermoelectric power factor“. Applied Physics Letters 2009 May; 94: 202105.
Zeng G, Bahk JH, Bowers JE, Lu H, Gossard AC, Singer SL, Majumdar A, Bian ZH, Zebarjadi M, Shakouri A. “Thermoelectric power generator module of 16×16 Bi2Te3 and 0.6% ErAs:(InGaAs)1?x(InAlAs)x segmented elements“. Applied Physics Letters 2009 Aug; 95: 083503.
Zebarjadi M, Bian ZX, Singh R, Shakouri A, Wortman R, Rawat V, Sands T. “Thermoelectric transport in a ZrN/ScN Superlattice“. Journal of Electronic Materials 2009 Jan; 38(7): 960-963.
Xi Wang, Younes Ezzahri, James Christofferson and Ali Shakouri, “Bias-dependent MOS transistor thermal resistance and non-uniform self-heating temperature“, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42 (2009) 075101 (5pp)
Y. Ezzahri, and A. Shakouri,”Ballistic and Diffusive Transport of Energy and Heat in Metals“, Physical review B, 79, 184303, (2009).
Y. Ezzahri and A. Shakouri, “Application of network identification by deconvolution method to the thermal analysis of the pump-probe transient thermoreflectance signal“, Review of Scientific Instruments, 80, 074903, (2009).
R. Singh and A. Shakouri, “Thermostat for high temperature and transient characterization of thin film thermoelectric materials“, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2009 Feb; 80: 025101.
R. Singh, Z. Bian, A. Shakouri, G. Zeng, J.H. Bahk, J.E. Bowers, J.M.O Zide, A.C. Gossard, “Direct measurement of thin-filmed thermoelectric figure of merit“, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2009 May; 94: 212508.
R. Sing, J. Nurnus, Z. Bian, J. Christofferson, A. Shakouri, “Temperature Profile Inside Microscale Thermoelectric Module Acquired Using Near-Infared Thermorefectance“, IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies 2009 June; 32(2): 447-452.
M. Zebarjadi, K. Esfarjani, A. Shakouri, Z. Bian, J.-H. Bahk, G. Zeng, J. E. Bowers, H. Lu, J. Zide, A. Gossard. “Effects of Nanoparticles on Electron and Thermoelectric Transport“. Journal of Electronic Materials. 2009 Jan; 38, Online First (66).

2008

Kerry Maize, Xi Wang, Je-Hyoung Park, James Christofferson, Sung-Mo Kang and Ali Shakouri, “High Speed Transient Thermal Characterization and Simulation of Integrated Circuits “, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, June , (2008) .
J. Christofferson, K. Maize, Y. Ezzahri, J. Shabani, X. Wang, and A. Shakouri, “Microscale and Nanoscale Thermal Characterization Techniques“, in J. Electronic Packaging, Dec 2008, Vol. 130, Issue 4, 041101 (6 pages)
Y. Ezzahri, G. Zeng, K. Fukutani, Z. Bian, A. Shakouri, A comparison of thin film microrefrigerators based on Si/SiGe superlattice and bulk SiGe, Microelectronics Journal Volume 39, Issue 7, , Thermal Challenges in Next Generation Electronic Systems (THERMES II 2007), July 2008, Pages 981-991.
G. Zeng, J.-H. Bahk, J. E. Bowers, H. Lu, J. M.O. Zide, A. C. Gossard, R. Singh, Z. Bian, A. Shakouri, S. L. Singer, W. Kim & A. Majumdar., “Power Generator Modules of Segmented Bi2Te3 and ErAs:(InGaAs)1? x (InAlAs) x.“ Journal of Electronic Materials.vol. 37, Mar. 2008
Je-Hyoung Park, Xi Wang, Ali Shakouri, and Sung-Mo Kang, “Fast Computation of Temperature Profiles of VLSI ICs with High Spatial Resolution,“ Semiconductor Thermal Measurement, Modeling, and Management Symposium (Semi-Therm 24), San Jose, Mar. 16-20, 2008.
Je-Hyoung Park, Ali Shakouri, and Sung-Mo Kang, “Fast Evaluation Method for Transient Hot Spots in VLSI ICs in Packages,“ 9th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED’08), San Jose, Mar. 17-19, 2008.
Masters, J., Madhyastha, T. & Shakouri, A., “ExplaNet: A Collaborative Learning Tool and Hybrid Recommender System for Student-Authored Explanations.“ Journal of Interactive Learning Research. 19 (1), pp. 51-74. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.; 2008

2007

Bian Z,Zebarjadi M et al.,Cross-plane Seebeck Coefficient and Lorenz number in Superlattices, Phys. Rev. B76, 205311 (2007)
Zebarjadi M, Esfarjani K. and Shakouri A., “Enhanced Cooling Power Due to Nonlinear Peltier Effect”, in Thermoelectric Power Generation, edited by T.P. Hogan, J. Yang, R. Funahashi, and T. Tritt (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1044, Warrendale, PA, 2007)
Zebarjadi M, Esfarjani K, Shakouri A, “Nonlinear Peltier effect in semiconductors“, Appl. Phys. Lett.912785154 (2007)
Zhixi Bian, Hongyun Wang, Qiaoer Zhou, and Ali Shakouri, “Maximum cooling temperature and uniform efficiency criterion for inhomogeneous thermoelectric materials“, Physical Review B 75, 245208 (2007).
Qiaoer Zhou, Zhixi Bian, and Ali Shakouri, “Pulsed cooling of graded thermoelectric materials“, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40, 4376-4381 (2007).
Dominik G. Rabus, Zhixi Bian, and Ali Shakouri, “Ring resonator lasers using passive waveguides and integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers“, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 13, 1249 (2007).
Gehong Zeng, Je-Hyeong Bahk, John E. Bowers, Joshua M. O. Zide, Arthur C. Gossard, Zhixi Bian, Rajeev Singh, Ali Shakouri, Woochul Kim, Suzanne L. Singer, and Arun Majumdar, “ErAs:(InGaAs)1-x(InAlAs)x alloy power generator modules“, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 263510 (2007).
Je-Hyoung Park, Virginia Martin Heriz, Ali Shakouri, and Sung-Mo Kang, “Ultra Fast Calculation of Temperature Profiles of VLSI ICs in Thermal Packages Considering Parameter Variations“, IMAPS 40th International Symposium on Microelectronics, San Jose, Nov. 11-15, 2007.
Je-Hyoung Park, Ali Shakouri, and Sung-Mo Kang, “Thermal07_StudentExtAbs.pdf Fast Evaluation of Transient Hot Spots in VLSI Chip Packages“, IMAPS Advanced Technology Workshop (ATW) on Thermal Management, San Jose, Sep. 24-27, 2007.
Virginia Martin Heriz, Je-Hyoung Park, Ali Shakouri, and Sung-Mo Kang, “Method of Images for the Fast Calculation of Temperature Distributions in Packaged VLSI Chips“, Proceedings of 13th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs (THERMINIC), Hungary, Sep. 17-19, 2007.
S. Farsiu, J. Christofferson, B. Eriksson, P. Milanfar, B. Friedlander, A. Shakouri, R. Nowak, “Statistical Detection and Imaging of Objects Hidden in Turbid Media Using Ballistic Photons“, Applied Optics, vol. 46, no. 23, pp. 5805-5822, Aug. 2007
X. Wang, A. Shakouri, B. Yu, X. Sun, M. Meyyappan, Study of phonon modes in germanium nanowires, Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 102. Publisher: AIP, 24 May 2007.
Y. Ezzahri, S. Grauby, J. M. Rampnoux, H. Michel, G. Pernot, W. Claeys, S. Dilhaire, G. Zeng, A. Shakouri, “Coherent phonons in Si/SiGe superlattices“, Physical Review B, Vol.75, No.19, 15 May 2007
Vashaee D. Shakouri A., “Thermionic power generation at high temperatures using SiGe/Si superlattices“, Journal of Applied Physics, vol.101, no.5, , pp. 53719-1-5. Publisher: AIP, 1 March 2007
Zebarjadi M, Bulutay C, Esfarjani K, Shakouri A., “Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport in degenerate and inhomogeneous semiconductors“, Applied Physics Letters, vol.90, no.9, pp. 92111-1-3. Publisher: AIP, 26 Feb. 2007
Gehong Zeng, Zide JMO, Woochul Kim, Bowers JE, Gossard AC, Zhixi Bian, Yan Zhang, Shakouri A, Singer SL, Majumdar A. , “Cross-plane Seebeck coefficient of ErAs:InGaAs/InGaAlAs superlattices“, Journal of Applied Physics, vol.101, no.3, pp. 34502-1-5. Publisher: AIP, 1 Feb. 2007
Y. Ezzahri, S. Dilhaire, LD. Patino-Lopez, S. Grauby, W. Claeys, Z. Bian, Y. Zhang, and A. Shakouri, “Dynamical behavior and cut-off frequency of Si/SiGe microcoolers“, Superlattices and Microstructures, Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 7-16, January 2007.
Zebarjadi M, Esfarjani K, Shakouri A, “Nonlinear Peltier effect in semiconductors”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91 2785154(2007)

2006

Fukutani K, Shakouri A., “Design of bulk thermoelectric modules for integrated circuit thermal management“, IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, vol.29, no.4, pp. 750-7. Publisher: IEEE, Dec. 2006
Ali Shakouri, “Nanoscale Thermal Transport and Microrefrigerators on a Chip“, Proceedings of IEEE, Volume 94, Issue 8, Page(s):1613-1638, August 2006.
Zhixi Bian, Shakouri A., “Beating the maximum cooling limit with graded thermoelectric materials“, Applied Physics Letters, vol.89, no.21, pp. 212101-1-3. Publisher: AIP, 20 Nov. 2006
Zebarjadi M, Shakouri A, Esfarjani K., “Thermoelectric transport perpendicular to thin-film heterostructures calculated using the Monte Carlo technique“, Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), vol.74, no.19, pp. 195331-1-6. Publisher: APS through AIP, 15 Nov. 2006
Zide JMO, Vashaee D, Bian ZX, Zeng G, Bowers JE, Shakouri A, Gossard AC., “Demonstration of electron filtering to increase the Seebeck coefficient in In0.53Ga0.47As/In0.53Ga 0.28Al0.19As superlattices“ Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), vol.74, no.20, , pp. 205335-1-5. Publisher: APS through AIP, 15 Nov. 2006
Vashaee D, Yan Zhang, Shakouri A, Gehong Zeng, Yi-Jen Chiu, “Cross-plane Seebeck coefficient in superlattice structures in the miniband conduction regime“, Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), vol.74, no.19, pp. 195315-1-7. Publisher: APS through AIP, 15 Nov. 2006
Zhang, Y.; Zeng, G.; Shakouri, A.; “Silicon Microrefrigerator“ IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page(s):570 – 576, Sept. 2006
Peng Wang, Bar-Cohen A, Bao Yang, Solbrekken GL, Shakouri A., “Analytical modeling of silicon thermoelectric microcooler“, Journal of Applied Physics, vol.100, no.1, pp. 14501-1-13. Publisher: AIP, 1 July 2006
Yan Zhang; Christofferson, J.; Shakouri, A.; Gehong Zeng; Bowers, J.E.; Croke, E.T.; “On-chip high speed localized cooling using superlattice microrefrigerators“ Components and Packaging Technologies, IEEE Transactions on Volume 29, Issue 2, Page(s):395 – 401, June 2006.
Gehong Zeng, Joshua M. O. Zide, Woochul Kim, John E. Bowers, Arthur C. Gossard, Zhixi Bian, Yan Zhang, Ali Shakouri, Suzanne L. Singer and Arun Majumdar, “Cross-plane Seebeck Coefficient of ErAs:InGaAs/InGaAlAs Superlattices“ accepted by JAP on 12 April 06.
Vashaee D, Shakouri A., “HgCdTe superlattices for solid-state cryogenic refrigeration“, Applied Physics Letters, vol.88, no.13, pp. 132110-1-3. Publisher: AIP, 27 March 2006
G. Zeng, J. E. Bowers, J. M. O. Zide, A. C. Gossard, W. Kim, S. Singer, A. Majumdar, R. Singh, Z. Bian, Y. Zhang, and A. Shakouri, “ErAs:InGaAs/InGaAlAs superlattice thin-film power generator array“, Applied Physics Letters 88, pp 113502-1-3, 13 March, 2006
Vashaee D, Shakouri A, Goldberger J, Kuykendall T, Pauzauskie P, Peidong Yang., “Electrostatics of nanowire transistors with triangular cross sections“, Journal of Applied Physics, vol.99, no.5, pp. 54310-1-5. Publisher: AIP, 1 March 2006
Woochul Kim, Joshua Zide, Gossard A, Klenov D, Stemmer S, Shakouri A, Majumdar A., “Thermal conductivity reduction and thermoelectric figure of merit increase by embedding nanoparticles in crystalline semiconductors“, Physical Review Letters, vol.96, no.4, pp. 045901/1-4. Publisher: APS, 3 Feb. 2006
Yan Zhang , James Christofferson, Ali Shakouri, Deyu Li, Aurun Majumdar, Yiying Wu, Rong Fan and Peidong Yang, “Characterization of heat transfer along a silicon nanowire using thermoreflectance technique“, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 5 (1), P.67-74, 1 Jan. 2006.
Kim, W., Singer, S., Majumdar, A., Vashaee, D., Zhixi, B., Shakouri, A., Zeng, G., Bowers, J. E., Zide, J. M. O., and Gossard, A. C., “Cross-plane lattice and electronic thermal conductivities of ErAs:InGaAs/InGaAlAs superlattices“ Appl. Phys. Lett., 88, 242107, 2006
Zhixi Bian and Ali Shakouri, “Enhanced solid-state thermionic emission in non-planar heterostructures“ Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, pp 0121021-3, 2 Jan. 2006
Kazuhiko Fukutani, Yan Zhang and Ali Shakouri, “Solid-state microrefrigerator on a chip“, Electronics Cooling, Vol.12, No.3, pp.18-26, 2006

2005

Yan Zhang, Gehong Zeng, Piprek J, Bar-Cohen A, Shakouri A., “Superlattice microrefrigerators fusion bonded with optoelectronic devices“, IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, vol.28, no.4, pp. 658-66. Publisher: IEEE, Dec. 2005
Kozodoy P, Strand TA, Akulova YA, Fish G, Schow C, Ping-Chiek Koh, Zhixi Bian, Christofferson J, Shakouri A., “Thermal effects in monolithically integrated tunable laser transmitters“, IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, vol.28, no.4, pp. 651-7. Publisher: IEEE, , Dec. 2005
Mohseni K, Shakouri A, Ram RJ, Abraham MC, “Electron vortices in semiconductors devices“, The Physics of Fluids, vol.17, no.10, pp.100602-1-7. Publisher: AIP, Oct. 2005
Zide JM, Klenov DO, Stemmer S, Gossard AC, Zeng G, Bowers JE, Vashaee D, Shakouri A. “Thermoelectric power factor in semiconductors with buried epitaxial semimetallic nanoparticles“. Applied Physics Letters, vol.87, no.11, 12 Sept. 2005, pp.112102-1-3. Publisher: AIP, USA.
Ezzahri Y, Dilhaire S, Grauby S, Rampnoux JM, Claeys W, Zhang Y, Zeng G, Shakouri A. “Study of thermomechanical properties of Si/SiGe superlattices using femtosecond transient thermoreflectance technique“. Applied Physics Letters, vol.87, no.10, 5 Sept. 2005, pp.103506-1-3. Publisher: AIP, USA.
Rabus DG, Zhixi Bian, Shakouri A. “A GaInAsP-InP double-ring resonator coupled laser“. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol.17, no.9, Sept. 2005, pp.1770-2. Publisher: IEEE, USA.
Zhixi Bian, Shakouri A, Li Shi, Ho-Ki Lyeo, Shih CK. “Three-dimensional modeling of nanoscale Seebeck measurements by scanning thermoelectric microscopy“. Applied Physics Letters, vol.87, no.5, 1 Aug. 2005, pp.53115-1-3. Publisher: AIP, USA.
Masters J, Madhyastha TM, Shakouri A. “Educational Applets for active learning in properties of electronic materials“. IEEE Transactions on Education, vol.48, no.1, Feb. 2005, pp.29-36. Publisher: IEEE, USA.
Christofferson J, Shakouri A. “Thermoreflectance based thermal microscope“. Review of Scientific Instruments, vol.76, no.2, Feb. 2005, pp.24903-1-6. Publisher: AIP, USA.
Daryoosh Vashaee, James Christofferson, Yan Zhang, Ali Shakouri, Gehong Zeng, Chris LaBounty, Xiaofeng Fan, Joachim Piprek, John E. Bowers, Edward Croke, “Modeling and optimization of single-element bulk SiGe thin-film coolers“ Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, Vol. 9 (1) pp. 99-118, 2005
James Christofferson and Ali Shakouri, “Thermoreflectance based thermal microscope“, Review of Scientific Instruments, 76, 024903-1-6, Jan., 2005
Mohseni K, Shakouri A, Ram RJ, Abraham MC. “Electron vortices in semiconductors devices“, The Physics of Fluids , vol.17, No.10, , pp.100602-1-7, Oct. 2005

2004

Ali Shakouri and Yan Zhang, “On Chip Solid State Cooling for Integrated Circuits“, IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies accepted for publication, 2004
Yan Zhang, James Christofferson, Ali Shakouri, Gehong Zeng, John Bowers and Ed Croke, “On-chip High Speed Localized Cooling using Superlattice Microrefrigerators“ IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, accepted for publication, 2004
Yan Zhang, Gehong Zeng and Ali Shakouri, “High-Power-Density Spot Cooling Using Bulk Thermoelectric“, accepted by Applied Physics Letters, schedule publication on Sept., 2004;
Solbrekken, G.L.; Yan Zhang; Bar-Cohen, A.; Shakouri, A.; “Use of superlattice thermionic emission for “hot spot” reduction in convectively-cooled chip” Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, 2004. ITHERM ’04. The Ninth Intersociety Conference on, Volume: 2, June 1-4, 2004, Pages: 610 – 616
Zhixi Bian, Shakouri A, Bin Liu. “High-power limitation of passive ring-resonator-coupled lasers in the presence of material nonlinearity“. Journal of Applied Physics, vol.95, no.7, 1 April 2004, pp.3816-18. Publisher: AIP, USA.
Vashaee D, Shakouri A. “Improved thermoelectric power factor in metal-based Superlattices“. Physical Review Letters, vol.92, no.10, 12 March 2004, pp.106103/1-4. Publisher: APS, USA.
Ho-Ki Lyeo, Khajetoorians AA, Li Shi, Pipe KP, Ram RJ, Shakouri A, Shih CK. “Profiling the thermoelectric power of semiconductor junctions with nanometer resolution“. Science, vol.303, no.5659, 6 Feb. 2004, pp.816-18. Publisher: American Assoc. Adv. Sci, USA.
Vashaee D, Shakouri A. “Electronic and thermoelectric transport in semiconductor and metallic superlattices“. Journal of Applied Physics, vol.95, no.3, 1 Feb. 2004, pp.1233-45. Publisher: AIP, USA.
Ho-Ki Lyeo, A.A. Khajetoorians, Li Shi, Kevin P. Pipe, Rajeev J. Ram, Ali Shakouri, and C.K. Shih Profiling the Thermoelectric Power of Semiconductor Junctions with Nanometer Resolution, Science Feb 6 2004: 816-818
D. Vashaee and A. Shakouri, Improved Thermoelectric Power Factor is Metal-Based Superlattices, Physical Review Letters, 92 (10) 106103, 12 March 2004.

2003

Zhixi Bian, Christofferson J, Shakouri A, Kozodoy P. “High-power operation of electroabsorption modulators“. Applied Physics Letters, vol.83, no.17, 27 Oct. 2003, pp.3605-7. Publisher: AIP, USA.
Zhixi Bian, Bin Liu, Shakouri A. “InP-based passive ring-resonator-coupled lasers“. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol.39, no.7, July 2003, pp.859-65. Publisher: IEEE, USA.

2002

J. M. O. Zide, G. Zeng, J. H. Bahk, W. Kim, S. Singer, D. Vashaee, Z. X. Bian, R. Singh, J. E. Bowers, A. Majumdar, A. Shakouri, and A. C. Gossard, “Nanocomposites of Semimetallic ErAs Nanoparticles Epitaxially Embedded Within InGaAIAs-based Semiconductors for Thermoelectric Materials“. ICT 6 Aug, 2006.
K. P. Pipe, R. J. Ram, and A. Shakouri, “Bias-dependent Peltier coefficient and internal cooling in bipolar devices“ Phys. Rev. B 66, 125316, 27 Sept. 2002, pp. 1-11.
Sung-Chan Cho, Byung-Min Jung, Boo-Gyoun Kim, Hyun Ha Hong, Shakouri A. “A novel vertical directional coupler switch with switching-operation-induced section and extinction-ratio-enhanced section“. Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol.20, no.9, Sept. 2002, pp.1773-8.
Bin Liu, Shakouri A, Bowers JE. “Wide tunable double ring resonator coupled lasers“ IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol.14, (no.5), May 2002, pp.600-2.
Pipe, K.P.; Ram, R.J.; Shakouri, A. “Internal cooling in a semiconductor laser diode“ IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol.14, (no.4), April 2002. p.453-5.
Chen, G.; Shakouri, A. “Heat transfer in nanostructures for solid-state energy conversion,“ Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Heat Transfer, vol.124, (no.2), ASME, April 2002. p.242-52.
Huxtable, S.T.; Abramson, A.R.; Chang-Lin Tien; Majumdar, A.; LaBounty, C.; Xiaofeng Fan; Gehong Zeng; Bowers, J.E.; Shakouri, A.; Croke, E.T. “Thermal conductivity of Si/SiGe and SiGe/SiGe superlattices“ Applied Physics Letters, vol.80, (no.10), AIP, 11 March 2002. p.1737-9.

2001

Bin Liu; Shakouri, A.; Bowers, J.E. “Passive microring-resonator-coupled lasers“ Applied Physics Letters, vol.79, (no.22), 26 Nov. 2001. p.3561-3.
Sung-Chan Cho; Boo-Gyoun Kim; Yong Moon; Shakouri, A. “Ultra short two-section vertical directional coupler switches with high extinction ratios“ Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1 (Regular Papers, Short Notes & Review Papers), vol.40, (no.6A), Japan Soc. Appl. Phys, June 2001. p.4045-50.
Arunava Majumdar; Jay Hickman; Konstantin Likharev; Ali Shakouri, “Report on UC Berkeley Nanoengineering Workshop August 4 & 5, 2000“ Microscale Thermophysical Engineering 5(2) pp.131-154, April-June 2001.
Ali Shakouri, Bin Liu, Maura Raburn and John Bowers, “Integration in 3-D“, OE Magazine, April 2001, pp.40-43
Chris LaBounty, Ali Shakouri, and John E. Bowers, “Design and Characterization of Thin Film Micro-Coolers“ Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 89, No. 7, 1 April 2001
Xiaofeng Fan, Gehong Zeng, Edward Croke, Chris LaBounty, Channing C. Ahn, Ali Shakouri, and John E. Bowers, “SiGeC/Si superlattice microcoolers“, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 78, No.11, 12 March 2001.
X. Fan, G. Zeng, C. LaBounty, E.Croke, D. Vashaee, A. Shakouri, C. Ahn, J.E. Bowers, “High cooling power density SiGe/Si micro coolers“ Elec. Lett., Vol. 37, No. 2, 18 January 2001.

Before 2001

Sung-Chan Cho, Boo-Gyoun Kim, Ali Shakouri, “Improved Extinction Ratios for Both Cross and Bar States Using Two-Section Ultra Short Vertical Directional Couplers”, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, (Accepted for publication Aug. 2000).
Chris LaBounty, Ali Shakouri, Patrick Abraham, and John E. Bowers, “Monolithic integration of thin film coolers with optoelectronic devices,” Optical Engineering, November 2000.
Xiaofeng Fan, Gehong Zeng, Edward Croke, Gerry Robinson, Chris LaBounty, Ali Shakouri, and John E. Bowers, “SiGe/Si Superlattice Coolers”, Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures, no.5-6, 2000, pp.1-9.
Scott T. Huxtable, Chris LaBounty, Ali Shakouri, Patrick Abraham, Yi-Jen Chiu, Xiaofeng Fan, John E. Bowers, and Arun Majumdar, “Thermal Conductivity of Indium Phosphide Based Superlattices” Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, Vol.4, No. 3 (2000).
B. Liu, A. Shakouri, P. Abraham, and J. E. Bowers, “Optical add/drop multiplexers based on X-crossing vertical coupler filters”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 12 (6), April 2000. pp. 410-12.
B. Liu, A. Shakouri, P. Abraham, and J. E. Bowers, “A wavelength multiplexer using cascaded three-dimensional vertical couplers”, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 76 (3), 17 Jan. 2000. pp. 282-4.
Liu, B.; Shakouri, A.; Bowers, J.E. “Characteristic equations for different ARROW structures” Optical and Quantum Electronics, vol.31, (12), Dec. 1999. p.1567-76.
Gehong Zeng; Shakouri, A.; Bounty, C.L.; Robinson, G.; Croke, E.; Abraham, P.; Xiafeng Fan; Reese, H.; Bowers, J.E. “SiGe micro-cooler” Electronics Letters, vol.35 (24), 25 Nov. 1999. p.2146-7
Liu, B.; Shakouri, A.; Abraham, P.; Bowers, J.E. “Vertical coupler with separated inputs and outputs fabricated using double-sided process” Electronics Letters, vol.35, (18), 2 Sept. 1999. p.1552-4.
B. Liu, A. Shakouri, P. Abraham, and J. E. Bowers, “Push-pull Fused Vertical Coupler Switch”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 11, June 1999. pp. 662-664.
B. Liu, A. Shakouri, P. Abraham, Y. J. Chiu, and J. E. Bowers, “Fused III-V Vertical Coupler Filter with Reduced Polarisation Sensitivity”, Electronics Letters, vol. 35, Mar. 1999, pp. 481-482.
Ali Shakouri, Chris Labounty, Joachim Piprek, Patrick Abraham, and John E. Bowers “Thermionic Emission Cooling in Single Barrier Heterostructures”, Applied Physics Letters, 74(1), January 1999, pp. 88-89.
L. Bin, A. Shakouri, P. Abraham, Y. J. Chiu, S. Zhang, and J. E. Bowers, “Fused InP-GaAs Vertical Coupler Filters”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 11, Jan. 1999, pp. 93-95.
Ali Shakouri, Bin Liu, Patrick Abraham, Boo-Gyoun Kim, Andrew W. Jackson, Art Gossard, and John E. Bowers, “Wafer Fused Optoelectronics for Switching”, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 16(12), December 1998, pp. 2236-2242.
Boo-Gyoun Kim, Ali Shakouri, Bin Liu, and John E. Bowers, “Improved Extinction Ratio in Ultra Short Directional Couplers using Asymmetric Structures”, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 37 (8A,), August 1998, L930-L932.
Bin Liu, Ali Shakouri, Patrick Abraham, Boo-Gyoun Kim, Andrew W. Jackson, and John E. Bowers, “Fused Vertical Couplers”, Applied Physics Letters, 72 (21), May 1998, pp. 2637.
Ali Shakouri, Edwin Y. Lee, D. L. Smith, Venky Narayanamurti, and John E. Bowers “Thermoelectric Effects in Submicron Heterostructure Barriers”, Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 2(1), January-March 1998, pp. 37-47.
Ali Shakouri and John E. Bowers, “Based Heterostructure Integrated Thermionic coolers”, Applied Physics Letters, 71(9), September 1997, pp. 1234-1236.
Yuanjian XU, Gilad Almogy, John O’Brien, Ali Shakouri, Weihua Xu, Randal A. Salvatore, and Amnon Yariv, “Direct Measurement of Population-induced Broadening of Quantum Well Intersubband Transitions”, Applied Physics Letters, 71 (6), August 1997, pp. 838.
Yuanjian XU, Ali Shakouri, and Amnon Yariv, “The Effect of Temperature on the Resonant Tunneling and Electric Field Domain Formation in Multiple Quantum Well Superlattices”, Journal of Applied Physics, 81 (4), February 1997, pp. 2033.
Gilad Almogy, Yuanjian Xu, Andrew Tong, A. Shakouri, and A. Yariv. “Monolithic Integration of Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector and Modulator”, Applied Physics Letters, 68 (15), April 1996, p. 2088.
Yuanjian Xu, Ali Shakouri, and Amnon Yariv, “Quantum Interference Effect and Electric Field Domain Formation in Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors”, Applied Physics Letters, 66 (24), June 1995, p. 3307.
Y. Xu, A. Shakouri, A. Yariv, T. Krabach, and S. Dejewski, “Direct Measurement of Doping Density and Barrier Lowering Effect With Bias in Quantums”, Electronics Letters, 31 (4), February 1995, p. 320.
B. Zhao, T.R. Chen, L.E. Eng, Y.H. Zhuang, A. Shakouri, J. Feng and A. Yariv, “Sub-100-mA Current Operation of Strained InGaAs Quantum-well Lasers at Low Temperatures”, Applied Physics Letters, 65(14), 1994, p. 1805.
Gilad Almogy, Ali Shakouri, and Amnon Yariv, “Observation of the Birefringence Induced by Intersubband Transitions in Quantum Wells”, Applied Physics Letters, 63 (20), November 1993, p. 2720.
A. Shakouri, I. Gravé, Y. Xu, A. Ghaffari, and A. Yariv, “Control of Electric Field Domain Formation in Multiquantum Well Structures”, Applied Physics Letters, 63 (8), August 1993, p. 1101.
B. Zhao, T.R. Chen, A. Shakouri, and A. Yariv, “Performance Improvement in Quantum Well Lasers by Optimizing Band Gap Offset at Quantum Well Heterojunctions”, Applied Physics Letters, 63 (4), July 1993, p. 432.
I. Gravé, A. Shakouri, N. Kuze, and A. Yariv, “Voltage-controlled Tunable GaAs/AlGaAs Multistack Quantum Well Infrared Detector”, Applied Physics Letters, 60 (19), May 1992, p. 2362.

Contact Information

Prof. Ali Shakouri

Birck Nanotechnology Center
1205 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057

Phone: 765-496-6105
Fax: 765-496-8383
E-Mail: shakouri@purdue.edu