Heterostructure Integrated Thermionic Coolers
Photothermal Imaging
Electron Vortices in Semiconductor Devices
Photonic Switching
Semiconductor lasers and modulators
Quantum well infrared photodetectors
 

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SiGeC/Si Superlattice Micro Cooler, Xiaofeng Fan, Gehong Zeng, Edward Croke, Chris LaBounty, Channing C. Ahn, Ali Shakouri, and John E. Bowers, , Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 78, No.11, 12 March 2001.

High cooling power density SiGe/Si micro coolers, X. Fan, G. Zeng, C. LaBounty, E.Croke, D. Vashaee, A. Shakouri, C. Ahn, J.E. Bowers, Elec. Lett., Vol. 37, No. 2, 18 January 2001. 

Design and Characterization of Thin Film Micro-Coolers, Chris LaBounty, Ali Shakouri, and John E. Bowers, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 89, No. 7, 1 April 2001

Monolithic integration of thin film coolers with optoelectronic devices, Chris LaBounty, Ali Shakouri, Patrick Abraham, and John E. Bowers, Optical Engineering, November 2000. 

SiGe/Si Superlattice Coolers, Xiaofeng Fan, Gehong Zeng, Edward Croke, Gerry Robinson, Chris LaBounty, Ali Shakouri, and John E. Bowers, Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures, no.5-6, 2000, pp.1-9. 

Thermal Conductivity of Indium Phosphide Based Superlattices, Scott T. Huxtable, Chris LaBounty, Ali Shakouri, Patrick Abraham, Yi-Jen Chiu, Xiaofeng Fan, John E. Bowers, and Arun Majumdar, Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, Vol.4, No. 3 (2000). 

SiGe micro-cooler, Gehong Zeng; Shakouri, A.; Bounty, C.L.; Robinson, G.; Croke, E.; Abraham, P.; Xiafeng Fan; Reese, H.; Bowers, J.E. Electronics Letters, vol.35 (24), 25 Nov. 1999. p.2146-7 

Thermionic Emission Cooling in Single Barrier Heterostructures, Ali Shakouri, Chris Labounty, Joachim Piprek, Patrick Abraham, and John E. Bowers, Applied Physics Letters, 74(1), January 1999, pp. 88-89. 

Transferred-Substrate InGaAsP-based thermionic emission coolers, Chris LaBounty, Gerry Robinson, Patrick Abraham, Ali Shakouri, John E. Bowers, IMECE 2000 Conference Proceedings (ASME), Orlando, FL, November 2000.

Monolithic integration of solid state thermionic coolers with semiconductor lasers, Chris LaBounty, David Oberle, Joachim Piprek, Patrick Abraham, Ali Shakouri, John E. Bowers, Laser and Electro Optics Society Annual Meeting (LEOS ), Porte Rico, November 2000. 

P-type InGaAs/InGaAsP Superlattice Coolers, Chris LaBounty, Daryoosh Vashaee, Xiaofeng Fan, Gehong Zeng, Patrick Abraham, Ali Shakouri, John E. Bowers , 19th International Conference on Thermoelectrics, Cardiff, Wales, August 2000.

Sb-based III-V Cooler, Chris LaBounty, Guihem Almuneau, Ali Shakouri, John E. Bowers, 19th International Conference on Thermoelectrics, Cardiff, Wales, August 2000.

N- and p-type SiGe/Si superlattice coolers, Xiaofeng Fan, Gehong Zeng, Edward Croke, Gerry Robinson, Chris LaBounty, Ali Shakouri, and John E. Bowers, , the Seventeenth Intersociety Conference on Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm 2000), Vol. 1, pp. 304-307, Las Vegas, NV, May 2000. 

Two Stage Monolithic Thin Film Coolers, Chris LaBounty, Ali Shakouri, Patrick Abraham, and John E. Bowers, ITherm 2000 Conference Proceedings, Las Vegas, NV, May 2000. 

P-type SiGe/Si Superlattice Cooler, Xiaofeng Fan, Gehong Zeng, Edward Croke, Gerry Robinson, Chris LaBounty, Channing C. Ahn, Ali Shakouri, and John E. Bowers, , Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 626, San Francisco, CA, April 2000.

Experimental Investigation of Thin Film Coolers, Chris LaBounty, Ali Shakouri, Gerry Robinson, Luis Esparza, Patrick Abraham, and John E. Bowers, Material Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2000. 

Integrated Cooling for Optoelectronic Devices, Chris LaBounty, Ali Shakouri, Patrick Abraham, and John E. Bowers, Photonics West (SPIE) Conference Proceedings, San Jose, CA, January 2000. 

Thermoelectric Power Factor for Electrically Conductive Polymers, Ali Shakouri, Suquan Li,, International Conference on Thermoelectrics, pp. 402-406, Baltimore, MD, August 1999. 

Material Optimization for Heterostructure Integrated Thermionic Coolers, Ali Shakouri, Chris Labounty, Invited Paper, International Conference on Thermoelectrics, pp. 35-39, Baltimore, MD, August 1999. 

Design of integrated thin film coolers, Chris Labounty, A. Shakouri, Patrick Abraham, J. E. Bowers, International Conference on Thermoelectrics, pp. 23-26, Baltimore, MD, August 1999. 

Thermal conductivity of indium phosphide-based superlattices, S. Huxtable, A. Shakouri, P. Abraham, Y. Chiu, X. Fan, J. E. Bowers, and A. Majumdar, International Conference on Thermoelectrics, pp. 594-597, Baltimore, MD, August 1999. 

Indium Phosphide Based Thermonic Coolers, Ali Shakouri, Chris LaBounty, Patrick Abraham, Joachim Piprek and John E. Bowers, Induim Phosphide and Related Materials(IPRM'99), Davos, Switzerland, May 1999.

Thermoelectric Power Factor for Electrically Conductive Polymers, Ali Shakouri, Suquan Li, International Conference on Thermoelectrics, Baltimore, MD, August 1999. 

Material Optimization for Heterostructure Integrated Thermionic Coolers , Ali Shakouri, Chris Labounty, Invited Paper, International Conference on Thermoelectrics, Baltimore, MD, August 1999. 
 

Thermionic Emision Cooling in Single Barrier Heterostructures , Ali Shakouri, Chris LaBounty, Joachim Piprek, Patrick Abraham, and John E. Bowers, Applied Physics Letters 74(1) p. 88, 4 January 1999. 

Enhanced Thermionic Emission Cooling in High Barrier Superlattice Heterostructures, A. Shakouri, C. LaBounty, P. Abraham, J. Piprek, and J. Bowers, Materials Research Society Proc. Vol. 545, ed. T.M.Tritt, M.G. Kanatzidis, G.D.Mahan, and H.B.Lyon, pp. 449 - 458, Dec. 1998. 

Thermoelectric Effects in Submicron Heterostructure Barriers, Ali Shakouri, Edwin Y. Lee, D. L. Smith, Venky Narayanamurti, and John E. Bowers, Microscale Thermophysical Engineering 2(1) p.37-47, January-March 1998. 

Heterostructure Integrated Thermionic Coolers , Ali Shakouri and John E. Bowers, Applied Physics Letters 71(9) p. 1234, 1 September 1997. 

Thermionic emission cooling in single barrier and superlattice heterostructures, Ali Shakouri, Chris LaBounty, Patrick Abraham, and John E. Bowers, Invited Presentation, Second Microtherm Workshop, Albuquerque, June 1998. III-V 

Based Heterostructure Integrated Thermionic coolers, Ali Shakouri, Patrick Abraham, and John E. Bowers, Proceedings International Conference on Thermoelectrics, Nagoya, Japan, May 1998. 

Heterostructure Integrated Thermionic Refrigeration, Ali Shakouri and John E. Bowers, Proceedings International Conference on Thermoelectrics, Dresden, Germany, August 1997. 

Micro Coolers for Integrated Applications , Lance Rushing, Ali Shakouri, Patrick Abraham, and John E. Bowers, International Conference on Thermoelectrics, Dresden, Germany, August 1997.

Thermoreflectance Imaging of Superlattice Micro Refrigerator, James Christofferson, Daryoosh Vashaee, Ali Shakouri, Philip Melese, Xiaofeng Fan, Gehong Zeng, Chris Labounty, and John E. Bowers, Edward T. Croke III, SEMITHERM XVII symposium proceedings, San Jose, Ca, March 2001

Sub micron thermal imaging microscope for integrated circuits, James Christofferson, Ali Shakouri, Technical Report prepared for Patent application, UC Case No. 2001-161-1, October. 2000..

Thermal characterization of thin film superlattice micro refrigerators, J. Christoffrson, D. Vashaee, A. Shakouri, X. Fan, G. Zeng, C. LaBounty, J. E. Bowers, and E. Croke, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors, October 2000. 

Electron Vortices in Semiconductor Devices, Kamran Mohseni, Ali Shakouri and Rajeev Ram, Third International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, San Diego, CA, March 2000.

Improved Extinction Ratios for Both Cross and Bar States Using Two-Section Ultra Short Vertical Directional Couplers, Sung-Chan Cho, Boo-Gyoun Kim, Ali Shakouri, , Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, (Accepted for publication Aug. 2000). 

Optical add/drop multiplexers based on X-crossing vertical coupler filters, B. Liu, A. Shakouri, P. Abraham, and J. E. Bowers, , IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 12 (6), April 2000. pp. 410-12.

A wavelength multiplexer using cascaded three-dimensional vertical couplers, B. Liu, A. Shakouri, P. Abraham, and J. E. Bowers, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 76 (3), 17 Jan. 2000. pp. 282-4. 

Characteristic equations for different ARROW structures, Liu, B.; Shakouri, A.; Bowers, J.E. Optical and Quantum Electronics, vol.31, (12), Dec. 1999. p.1567-76. 

Vertical coupler with separated inputs and outputs fabricated using double-sided process, ELiu, B.; Shakouri, A.; Abraham, P.; Bowers, J.Electronics Letters, vol.35, (18), 2 Sept. 1999. p.1552-4.

Optical add/drop multiplexers based on X-crossing vertical coupler filters, B. Liu, A. Shakouri, P. Abraham, and J. E. Bowers,Trends in Optics and Photonics, vol. 37, March 2000. pp. 266-268. 

Push-pull Fused Vertical Coupler Switch, B. Liu, A. Shakouri, P. Abraham, and J. E. Bowers, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 11, June 1999. pp. 662-664. 

Fused III-V Vertical Coupler Filter with Reduced Polarisation Sensitivity, B. Liu, A. Shakouri, P. Abraham, Y. J. Chiu, and J. E. Bowers, Electronics Letters, vol. 35, Mar. 1999, pp. 481-482. 

Fused InP-GaAs Vertical Coupler Filters, B. Liu, A. Shakouri, P. Abraham, Y. J. Chiu, S. Zhang, and J. E. Bowers, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 11, Jan. 1999, pp. 93-95 

3D Photonic Integrated Circuits for WDM Applications, Ali Shakouri, Bin Liu, Patrick Abraham, Boo-Gyoun Kim, Andrew W. Jackson, Art Gossard, and John E. Bowers, Critical Reviews of Optical Science and Technology, Ed. R. T. Chen, L. S. Lome, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, CR71, January 1999, pp. 181-204. 

A Wavelength Multiplexer Using Cascaded Three-Dimensional Vertical Couplers Bin Liu; Shakouri, A.; Abraham, P.; Bowers, J.E.. Applied Physics Letters, vol.76, (no.3), AIP, 17 Jan. 2000. p.282-4. 9 references. 

Characteristic Equations for Different ARROW Structures. Optical and Quantum Electronics, Liu, B.; Shakouri, A.; Bowers, J.E., vol.31, (no.12), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dec. 1999. p.1267-76. 13 references. 

Vertical Coupler with Separated Inputs and Outputs Fabricated Using Double-sided Process, Liu, B.; Shakouri, A.; Abraham, P.; Bowers, J.E. Electronics Letters, vol.35, (18), 2 Sept. 1999. p.1552-4. 

Push-pull Fused Vertical Coupler Switch , B. Liu, A. Shakouri, P. Abraham, and J. E. Bowers, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 11, June 1999. pp. 662-664. 

Fused III-V Vertical Coupler Filter with Reduced Polarisation Sensitivity, B. Liu, A. Shakouri, P. Abraham, Y. J. Chiu, and J. E. Bowers, Electronics Letters, vol. 35, Mar. 1999, pp. 481-482. 

Wafer Fused Optoelectronics for Switching , (with Bin Liu, Patrick Abraham, and John E. Bowers), Invited Presentation, IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meeting on Broadband Optical Networks, Monterey, CA, July1998. 

Fused photonic integrated circuits for optical switching", (with Bin Liu, and John E. Bowers), Photonics in Switching '99, Santa Barbara, CA, July. 

3D Photonic Integrated Circuits for WDM Applications, Ali Shakouri, Bin Liu, Patrick Abraham, Boo-Gyoun Kim, Andrew W. Jackson, Art Gossard, and John E. Bowers, Critical Reviews of Optical Science and Technology, Ed. R. T. Chen, L. S. Lome, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, CR71, Jan 1999, pp. 181-204. 

Fused InP-GaAs Vertical Coupler Filters, L. Bin, A. Shakouri, P. Abraham, Y. J. Chiu, S. Zhang, and J. E. Bowers, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 11, Jan. 1999, pp. 93-95. 

Wafer Fused Optoelectronics for Switching, Ali Shakouri, Bin Liu, Patrick Abraham, Boo-Gyoun Kim, Andrew W. Jackson, Art Gossard, and John E. Bowers, Journal of Lightwave Technology 16 (12) p.2236, Dec. 1998. 

Fused Vertical Couplers, Bin Liu, Ali Shakouri, Patrick Abraham, Boo-Gyoun Kim, and John E. Bowers, Applied Physics Letters 72 (21) p. 2637, 25 May 1998. 

Improved Extinction Ratio in Ultra Short Directional Couplers Using Asymmetric Structures, Boo-Gyoun Kim, Ali Shakouri, Bin Liu, and John E. Bowers, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 37 (8A) L930, Aug. 1998. 

High Speed TDM Systems, J.E. Bowers, A.K. Petersen, M. Rodwell, N. Dagli, M. Melliar-Smith, Ali Shakouri, K. Runge, S. Beccue, and K.C. Wang Invited Paper, (PS'96) Photonics in Switching at Sendai, Japan, April 1996. 

Monolithic Integration of Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector and Modulator, Gilad Almogy, Yuanjian Xu, Andrew Tong, A. Shakouri, and A. Yariv, Applied Physics Letters 68 (15) p. 2088, 8 April 1996. 

Sub-100-mA Current Operation of Strained InGaAs Quantum-well Lasers at Low Temperatures, B. Zhao, T.R. Chen, L.E. Eng, Y.H. Zhuang, A. Shakouri, J. Feng and A. Yariv, Applied Physics Letters 65(14) p. 1805, 26 1994. 

Observation of the birefringence induced by intersubband transitions in quantum wells, Gilad Almogy, Ali Shakouri, and Amnon Yariv, Applied Physics Letters 63 (20) p. 2720 , 15 November 1993. 

Performance improvement in quantum well lasers by optimizing band gap offset at quantum well heterojunctions, B. Zhao, T.R. Chen, A. Shakouri, and A. Yariv, Applied Physics Letters 63 (4) p. 432, 26 July 1993. 

Direct Measurement of Population-induced Broadening of Quantum Well Intersubband Transitions, Yuanjian XU, Gilad Almogy, John O'Brien, Ali Shakouri, Weihua Xu, Randal A. Salvatore, and Amnon Yariv, Applied Physics Letters, 71 (6), August 1997, pp. 838. 

The Effect of Temperature on the Resonant Tunneling and Electric field Domain Formation in Multiple Quantum Well Superlattices, Yuanjian XU, Ali Shakouri, and Amnon Yariv, Journal of Applied Physics 81 (4) p. 2033, 15 February 1997. 

Electron transport, negative differential resistance and domain formation in very weakly coupled quantum wells, Ali Shakouri, Yuanjian Xu, Ilan Grave, and Amnon Yariv, Compound semiconductors 1994, Ed. Herb Goronkin, and Umesh Mishra (1995). 

Quantum Interference Effect and Electric Field Domain Formation in Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors, Yuanjian XU, Ali Shakouri, and Amnon Yariv, Applied Physics Letters 66 (24) p. 3307, 12 June 1995. 

Direct Measurement of Doping Density and Barrier Lowering Effect in Quantum Well Infrared Detectors, Y. XU, A. Shakouri, A. Yariv, T. Krabach, and S. Dejewski, Electronics Letters 31 (4) p. 320, 16 February 1995. 

Multi lambda controlled operation of quantum well infrared detectors using electric field switching and rearrangement, A. Shakouri, I. Grave, Y. Xu, and A. Yariv, NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series on the "Quantum well intersubband transitions, physics and devices" Ed. H.C. Liu, B. F. Levine, and J. Y. Andersson (1994). 

Multiquantum well integrated stacks for detection in mid infrared, I. Grave, A. Shakouri, N. Kuze, and A. Yariv, In the book:"Advances in integrated optics" Ed. S. Martellucci, A.N. Chester, and M. Bertolotti (1994). 

Control of electric field domain formation in multiquantum well structures, A. Shakouri, I. Grave, Y. Xu, A. Ghaffari, and A. Yariv, Applied Physics Letters 63 (8) p. 1101, 23 August 1993. 

Voltage-controlled Tunable GaAs/AlGaAs Multistack Quantum Well Infrared Detector, I. Gravé, A. Shakouri, N. Kuze, and A. Yariv, Applied Physics Letters, 60 (19), May 1992, p. 2362.