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Abbas Semnani

Invited Talks

  1. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Microwave microplasma: From destructive power-limiting effects to promising high-power tuning applications,” 9th International Symposium on Plasma Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (iPlasmaNano-IX), New Buffalo, MI, August 2018.
  2. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Low-temperature plasma for high-power microwave tuning,” IEEE International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes (IMWS-AMP), Pavia, Italy, September 2017.
  3. A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “Cold plasma-enabled tunable RF devices,” IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), Clearwater, FL, April 2016.
  4. A. Semnani, “From graduate school to the job market; My story as an IEEE MTT Member,” Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Session, IEEE International Microwave symposium (IMS), Tampa, FL, June 2014.
  5. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “Radio frequency gas breakdown and micro/nano-plasma formation in high-power evanescent-mode cavity resonators,” General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI-GASS), Beijing, China, August 2014.
  6. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “High frequency gas breakdown and microplasma formation in evanescent-mode cavity resonators,” Annual Meeting of the Electrostatics Society of America (ESA), Notre Dame, IN, June 2014.
  7. D. Peroulis and A. Semnani, “RF discharges phenomena in miniaturized RF MEMS cavity-based filters,” 66th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC), Princeton, NJ, 2013.
  8. A. Semnani, “Time Domain Inverse Scattering,” Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 2008.

Book Chapters

  1. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “A hybrid method for solving 2-D inverse scattering problems,” Ultra-Wideband, Short Pulse Electromagnetics 9, Eds.: F. Sabath, D. V. Giri, F. Rachidi, and A. Kaelin, Springer, Germany, pp. 89-99, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-387-77844-0.
  2. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “Solving inverse scattering problems using truncated cosine Fourier series expansion method,” Advanced Microwave Circuits and Systems, Ed.: V. Zhurbenko, In-Tech, Croatia, pp. 455-470, 2010, ISBN: 978-953-307-087-2.

Journal Papers

  1. Semnani, M. D. Sinanis, and D. Peroulis, “An evanescent-mode cavity-backed high-power tunable slot antenna,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. (under review)
  2. Semnani, G. S. Shaffer, Y.-C. Wu, and D. Peroulis, “A high-power impedance tuner utilizing substrate-integrated evanescent-mode cavity technology and external linear actuators,” IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation. (under review)
  3. A. Dockendorf, E. Langley, A. Egbert, C. Calabrese, J. Alcala-Medel, S. Rezayat, Z. Hays, A. Martone, E. Viveiros, K. Gallagher, A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “Reconfigurable, frequency-agile amplifier matching circuit for radar spectrum sharing,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. (under review)
  4. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “A quasi-absorptive microwave resonant plasma switch for high-power applications,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 3798-3806, August 2018.
  5. C. Qu, P. Tian, A. Semnani, M. J. Kushner, “Properties of arrays of microplasmas: application to control of electromagnetic waves,” Plasma Sources Science and Technology, vol. 26, no. 10, 105006, 2017.
  6. A. Semnani, M. A. Khater, Y. C. Wu, and D. Peroulis, “An electronically-tunable high-power impedance tuner with integrated closed-loop control,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 754-756, August 2017.
  7. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “A high-power widely-tunable limiter utilizing an evanescent-mode cavity resonator loaded with a gas discharge tube,” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol. 44, no. 12, pp. 3271-3280, December 2016.
  8. A. Semnani, D. Peroulis, and S. Macheret, “Plasma-enabled tuning of a resonant RF circuit,” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 1396-1404, August 2016.
  9. S. Tholeti, A. Semnani, D. Peroulis, and A. Alexeenko, “Dark-to-arc transition in field emission dominated atmospheric microdischarges,” Physics of Plasmas, 22, 083508, 2015.
  10. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “Contribution of ions in radio frequency properties of atmospheric pressure microgaps,” Applied Physics Letters, 105, 253105, 2014.
  11. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “Evaluation of RF micro-discharge regimes in the performance of evanescent-mode cavity resonators,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 50, no. 17, pp. 1244-1246, August 2014.
  12. S. Ebadi and A. Semnani, “Mutual coupling reduction in waveguide slot array antennas using electromagnetic band-gap (EBG) structures,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 68-79, June 2014.
  13. A. Semnani, K. Chen, and D. Peroulis, “Microwave gas breakdown in tunable evanescent-mode cavity resonators,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 351-353, May 2014.
  14. A. Semnani, A. Venkattraman, A. Alexeenko, and D. Peroulis, “Frequency response of atmospheric pressure gas breakdown in micro/nanogap,” Applied Physics Letters, 103, 063102, 2013.
  15. A. Semnani, A. Venkattraman, A. Alexeenko, and D. Peroulis, “Pre-breakdown evaluation of gas discharge mechanisms in microgaps,” Applied Physics Letters, 102, 174102, 2013.
  16. D. Oloumi, S. Ebadi, A. Kordzadeh, A. Semnani, P. Mousavi, and X. Gong, “Miniaturized reflectarray unit cell using fractal-shaped patch-slot configuration,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 11, pp. 10-13, 2012.
  17. A. Semnani, I. T. Rekanos, M. Kamyab, and M. Moghaddam, “Solving inverse scattering problems based on truncated cosine Fourier and cubic B-spline expansions,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 60, no. 12, pp. 5914-5923, Dec. 2012.
  18. A. Semnani, I. T. Rekanos, M. Kamyab, and T. G. Papadopoulos, “Two-dimensional microwave imaging based on hybrid scatterer representation and differential evolution,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 58, no. 10, pp. 3289-3298, Oct. 2010.
  19. A. Semnani, M. Kamyab, and I. T. Rekanos, “Reconstruction of one-dimensional dielectric scatterers using differential evolution and particle swarm optimization,” IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 671-675, Oct. 2009.
  20. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “An enhanced hybrid method for solving inverse scattering problems,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 1534-1537, March 2009.
  21. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “Truncated cosine Fourier series expansion method for solving 2-D inverse scattering problems,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research, vol. 81, pp. 73–97, 2008.
  22. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “An Enhanced Method for Inverse Scattering Problems using Fourier Series Expansion in Conjunction with FDTD and PSO,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research, vol. 76, pp. 45-64, 2007.
  23. A. Mahmoudi, A. Semnani, R. Alizadeh, and R. Adeli, “Negative refraction of a three-dimensional metallic photonic crystal,” European Physical Journal Applied Physics, vol. 39, pp. 27-32, 2007.

Selected Conference Publications

  1. Z. Vander Missen, A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “Microwave-driven CPW microplasma generator for low-power discharge,” IEEE International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes (IMWS-AMP), Ann Arbor, MI, 2018.
  2. A. Semnani, M. D. Sinanis and D. Peroulis, “High-power and widely-tunable evanescent-mode cavity-backed slot antenna,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (AP-S), Boston, MA, 2018.
  3. Z. Vander Missen, A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “High-power wideband low-cost limiters using cold plasma,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Philadelphia, PA, 2018.
  4. Z. Vander Missen, A. Semnani, E. Viveiros, and D. Peroulis, “Interaction of high-power microwaves with low-temperature plasma in a gas-discharge-tube-loaded SIW structure,” IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), Anaheim, CA, 2018.
  5. Y. C. Wu, M. A. Khater, A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “An S-band 3-W load-reconfigurable power amplifier with 50 ~ 76% efficiency for VSWR up to 4:1,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Honolulu, HI, 2017.
  6. A. Semnani, H. J. Yang, M. Sinanis, S-J. Park, J. G. Eden, S. O. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Power limiting characteristics of a plasma-loaded evanescent-mode cavity resonator,” 46th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), London, United Kingdom, 2016.
  7. A. Semnani, M. Sinanis, G. S. Shaffer, and D. Peroulis, “Field emission mitigation in X-band silicon-etched cavity resonators,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), San Francisco, CA, 2016.
  8. A. Semnani, H. J. Yang, M. Sinanis, S-J. Park, J. G. Eden, S. O. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Low temperature plasma for tunable resonant attenuation,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), San Francisco, CA, 2016.
  9. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “A tunable VHF gas discharge tube resonator,” IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), Austin, TX, 2016.
  10. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “Electromagnetic sensitivity analysis of RF gas micro /nano-breakdown,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (AP-S), Memphis, TN, 2014.
  11. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “Nano-plasma tunable evanescent-mode cavity resonators,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Tampa, FL, 2014.
  12. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “Electromagnetic simulation of gas discharge effects in RF microgaps,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (AP-S), Orlando, FL, 2013.
  13. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “The influence of gas discharge in Nano-gap RF conductivity,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Seattle, WA, 2013.
  14. K. Chen, A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “High-power microwave gas discharge in high-Q evanescent-mode cavity resonator and its instantaneous/long-term effects,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Seattle, WA, 2013.
  15. A. Semnani, I. T. Rekanos, and M. Kamyab, “One-dimensional profile reconstruction using cosine Fourier and cubic B-spline expansions,” 40th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Paris, France, 2010.
  16. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “Comparison of Differential evolution and particle swarm optimization in one-dimensional reconstruction problems,” 20th Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Hong Kong, China, 2008.
  17. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “Cosine Fourier series expansion method for 2-D inverse scattering problems,” 37th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Munich, Germany, 2007.
  18. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “A computationally efficient method in inverse scattering using Fourier series expansion in conjunction with FDTD and PSO,” Workshop on Computational Electromagnetics in Time-Domain (CEM-TD), Perugia, Italy, 2007.