Invited Talks
- 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.
- 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.
- A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “Cold plasma-enabled tunable RF devices,” IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), Clearwater, FL, April 2016.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- D. Peroulis and A. Semnani, “RF discharges phenomena in miniaturized RF MEMS cavity-based filters,” 66th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC), Princeton, NJ, 2013.
- A. Semnani, “Time Domain Inverse Scattering,” Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 2008.
Book Chapters
- 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.
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “Contribution of ions in radio frequency properties of atmospheric pressure microgaps,” Applied Physics Letters, 105, 253105, 2014.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A. Semnani, A. Venkattraman, A. Alexeenko, and D. Peroulis, “Pre-breakdown evaluation of gas discharge mechanisms in microgaps,” Applied Physics Letters, 102, 174102, 2013.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “A tunable VHF gas discharge tube resonator,” IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), Austin, TX, 2016.
- 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.
- A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “Nano-plasma tunable evanescent-mode cavity resonators,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Tampa, FL, 2014.
- 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.
- A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “The influence of gas discharge in Nano-gap RF conductivity,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Seattle, WA, 2013.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “Cosine Fourier series expansion method for 2-D inverse scattering problems,” 37th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Munich, Germany, 2007.
- 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.