Abbas Semnani
- Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science , College of Engineering
Overview
overview
- Abbas Semnani is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Director of the Adaptive Radiofrequency and Plasma Lab (ARPL) at the University of Toledo. Before joining UToledo in 2019, he spent seven years at Purdue University, focusing on the physics and applications of plasma–electromagnetic interactions. His research interests include high-power microwaves, tunable and compact antennas, reconfigurable RF electronics, and microwave plasma sources and applications. Dr. Semnani received the 2019 IEEE MTT-S ‘Tatsuo Itoh’ Award, the NASA Glenn Faculty Fellowship in 2022, and the NSF CAREER Award in 2024.
Publications
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Article (Faculty180)
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2024A Plasma-Loaded Resonator for Integrated Filter-Limiter Applications. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.
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2024An Atmospheric Plasma Jet Array Based on the Evanescent-Mode Cavity Resonator Technology. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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2024Anapole source based on electric dipole interactions over a low-index dielectric. Physical Review Applied. 21:054051.
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2024High-speed schlieren and particle image velocimetry of a highly-efficient atmospheric plasma jet. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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2024Highly Efficient Resonant Microwave Plasma Jets. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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2024Nonradiating Resonances: Anapoles Enabling Highly Efficient Plasma Jets Within Dielectric Structures. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.
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2024Scaling laws for AC gas breakdown in microscale gaps. Journal of Applied Physics. 135.
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2024Synergies of Plasma-Electromagnetic Interaction in RF Electronic Applications. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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2023A Dielectric Resonator-Based Microwave Plasma Jet. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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2023A Microwave Anapole Source Based on Electric Dipole Interactions Over a Low-Index Dielectric. arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.15554.
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2023A Plasma-Based Frequency-Selective Limiting Reflectarray. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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2023An EVA Cavity-Based Frequency-Selective Plasma Limiter. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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2023An Efficient Atmospheric Pressure Resonant Microwave Plasma Line. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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2023Design and Analysis of a Plasma-Based Reconfigurable and Frequency-Selective Rasorber. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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2023Evaluation of Reactive Species in a Frequency-Tunable Resonant Microwave Plasma Jet. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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2023Gas Breakdown for Nano-and Microscale Gaps: Linking Electron Emission and Avalanche Theories. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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2023High-speed schlieren imaging of a highly-efficient atmospheric plasma jet. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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2023Impedance Matching in Small Antennas through Capacitively-Coupled Plasma Technique. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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2023Resonant Impedance Tuners: Theory, Design, Power Handling, and Repeatability. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.
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2023Theory and Design of Frequency-Selective Absorptive Plasma Limiters. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.
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2023Tuning of Radio-Frequency (RF) Plasmas by a Perpendicular Magnetic Field. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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2022A Highly Efficient Microwave Plasma Jet Based on Evanescent-Mode Cavity Resonator Technology. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
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2022A Highly Efficient Microwave Plasma Jet Based on Evanescent-Mode Cavity Resonator Technology. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 50:3516.
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2021A comprehensive circuit modeling approach for self-sustained capacitively coupled microwave plasmas. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 49:2690.
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2020Experimental and numerical studies of a tunable plasma antenna sustained by RF power. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 48:3524.
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2020Fast optimization algorithm for evanescent-mode cavity tuner optimization and timing reduction in software-defined radar implementation. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 56:2762.
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2020Microwave wireless powering of sensored agricultural tile drainages. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 69:2913.
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2020Nanodiamond ensemble-based temperature measurement in living cells and its limitations. Measurement Science and Technology. 32:015701.
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2020Plasma-Based Power Limitation for Highly Linear MEMS Switch Protection and Isolation Enhancement. IEEE Access. 8:173103.
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2019An evanescent-mode cavity-backed high-power tunable slot antenna. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 67:3712.
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2019High-power impedance tuner utilising substrate-integrated evanescent-mode cavity technology and external linear actuators. IET Microwaves, Antennas \& Propagation. 13:2067.
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2018A quasi-absorptive microwave resonant plasma switch for high-power applications. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 66:3798.
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2017An electronically tunable high-power impedance tuner with integrated closed-loop control. IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters. 27:754.
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2017Properties of arrays of microplasmas: Application to control of electromagnetic waves. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 26:105006.
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2017Tuning of AC sheath thickness by varying plasma excitation frequency. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 62.
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2016A high-power widely tunable limiter utilizing an evanescent-mode cavity resonator loaded with a gas discharge tube. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 44:3271.
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2016Plasma-enabled tuning of a resonant RF circuit. IEEE transactions on Plasma Science. 44:1396.
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2015Dark-to-arc transition in field emission dominated atmospheric microdischarges. Physics of Plasmas. 22:083508.
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2015Dark-to-arc transition in field emission dominated atmospheric microdischarges. Physics of Plasmas. 22.
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2014Contribution of ions in radio frequency properties of atmospheric pressure microgaps. Applied Physics Letters. 105:253105.
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2014Contribution of ions in radio frequency properties of atmospheric pressure microgaps. Applied Physics Letters. 105.
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2014Evaluation of RF micro-discharge regimes in performance of evanescent-mode cavity resonators. Electronics letters. 50:1244.
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2014Microwave gas breakdown in tunable evanescent-mode cavity resonators. IEEE microwave and wireless components letters. 24:351.
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2014Mutual coupling reduction in waveguide-slot-array antennas using electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structures. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. 56:68.
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2013Frequency response of atmospheric pressure gas breakdown in micro/nanogaps. Applied Physics Letters. 103:063102.
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2013Frequency response of atmospheric pressure gas breakdown in micro/nanogaps. Applied Physics Letters. 103.
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2013Pre-breakdown evaluation of gas discharge mechanisms in microgaps. Applied Physics Letters. 102:174102.
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2013Pre-breakdown evaluation of gas discharge mechanisms in microgaps. Applied Physics Letters. 102.
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2012Solving inverse scattering problems based on truncated cosine Fourier and cubic B-spline expansions. IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation. 60:5914.
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2011Miniaturized reflectarray unit cell using fractal-shaped patch-slot configuration. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 11:10.
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2010A Hybrid Method for Solving 2-D Inverse Scattering Problems. Ultra-Wideband, Short Pulse Electromagnetics 9. 79.
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2010Two-dimensional microwave imaging based on hybrid scatterer representation and differential evolution. IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation. 58:3289.
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2009An enhanced hybrid method for solving inverse scattering problems. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 45:1534.
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2009Reconstruction of one-dimensional dielectric scatterers using differential evolution and particle swarm optimization. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 6:671.
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2008Truncated cosine Fourier series expansion method for solving 2-D inverse scattering problems. Progress In Electromagnetics Research. 81:73.
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2007An enhanced method for inverse scattering problems using fourier series expansion in conjunction with FDTD and PSO. Progress In Electromagnetics Research. 76:45.
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2007Negative refraction of a three-dimensional metallic photonic crystal. The European Physical Journal- Applied Physics. 39:27.
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Solving 2-D Inverse Scattering Problems Using Truncated Cosine Fourier and Cubic B-spline Expansions. Session 2P5 Emerging Strategies and Innovative Algorithms for the Solution of Inverse Scattering Problems 2. 538.
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Article (Web of Science)
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2021Nanodiamond ensemble-based temperature measurement in living cells and its limitations. MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 32.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/1361-6501/abace7
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2021A Comprehensive Circuit Modeling Approach for Self-Sustained Capacitively Coupled Microwave Plasmas. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE. 49:2690-2699.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/tps.2021.3105642
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2021Microwave Wireless Powering of Sensored Agricultural Tile Drainages. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION. 69:2913-2920.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/tap.2020.3030901
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2020Experimental and Numerical Studies of a Tunable Plasma Antenna Sustained by RF Power. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE. 48:3524-3534.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/tps.2020.3023422
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2020Fast Optimization Algorithm for Evanescent-Mode Cavity Tuner Optimization and Timing Reduction in Software-Defined Radar Implementation. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS. 56:2762-2778.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/taes.2020.2981234
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2020Plasma-Based Power Limitation for Highly Linear MEMS Switch Protection and Isolation Enhancement. IEEE ACCESS. 8:173103-173111.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/access.2020.3024760
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2019An Evanescent-Mode Cavity-Backed High-Power Tunable Slot Antenna. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION. 67:3712-3719.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/tap.2019.2905738
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2019High‐power impedance tuner utilising substrate‐integrated evanescent‐mode cavity technology and external linear actuators. IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation. 13:2067-2072.Full Text via DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2018.5761
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2018A Quasi-Absorptive Microwave Resonant Plasma Switch for High-Power Applications. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 66:3798-3806.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/tmtt.2018.2834925
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2017An Electronically Tunable High-Power Impedance Tuner With Integrated Closed-Loop Control. IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters. 27:754-756.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/lmwc.2017.2723949
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2017Properties of arrays of microplasmas: application to control of electromagnetic waves. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 26:105006.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/aa8d53
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2016A High-Power Widely Tunable Limiter Utilizing an Evanescent-Mode Cavity Resonator Loaded With a Gas Discharge Tube. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE. 44:3271-3280.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/tps.2016.2629463
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2016Plasma-Enabled Tuning of a Resonant RF Circuit. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE. 44:1396-1404.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/tps.2016.2588480
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2015Dark-to-arc transition in field emission dominated atmospheric microdischarges. Physics of Plasmas. 22:083508.Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.4928566
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2014Contribution of ions in radio frequency properties of atmospheric pressure microgaps. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS. 105:253105.Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.4905082
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2014Evaluation of RF micro‐discharge regimes in performance of evanescent‐mode cavity resonators. ELECTRONICS LETTERS. 50:1244-1246.Full Text via DOI: 10.1049/el.2014.1790
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2014Microwave Gas Breakdown in Tunable Evanescent-Mode Cavity Resonators. IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters. 24:351-353.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/lmwc.2014.2306897
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2014Mutual coupling reduction in waveguide-slot-array antennas using electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structures. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. 56:68-79.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/map.2014.6867683
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2013Frequency response of atmospheric pressure gas breakdown in micro/nanogaps. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS. 103:063102.Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.4817978
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2013Pre-breakdown evaluation of gas discharge mechanisms in microgaps. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS. 102:174102.Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.4803179
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2012Miniaturized Reflectarray Unit Cell Using Fractal-Shaped Patch-Slot Configuration. IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS. 11:10-13.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/lawp.2011.2181478
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2012Solving Inverse Scattering Problems Based on Truncated Cosine Fourier and Cubic B-Spline Expansions. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION. 60:5914-5923.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/tap.2012.2214751
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2010Two-Dimensional Microwave Imaging Based on Hybrid Scatterer Representation and Differential Evolution. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION. 58:3289-3298.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/tap.2010.2055793
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2009An Enhanced Hybrid Method for Solving Inverse Scattering Problems. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS. 45:1534-1537.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/tmag.2009.2012735
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2009Reconstruction of One-Dimensional Dielectric Scatterers Using Differential Evolution and Particle Swarm Optimization. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 6:671-675.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/lgrs.2009.2023246
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2008TRUNCATED COSINE FOURIER SERIES EXPANSION METHOD FOR SOLVING 2-D INVERSE SCATTERING PROBLEMS. Progress In Electromagnetics Research. 81:73-97.Full Text via DOI: 10.2528/pier07122404
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Chapter (Faculty180)
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2010A Hybrid Method for Solving 2-D Inverse Scattering Problems. Ultra-Wideband, Short Pulse Electromagnetics 9. Springer, New York, NY. 79.
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2010Solving inverse scattering problems using truncated cosine fourier series expansion method. Advanced Microwave Circuits and Systems. IntechOpen.
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Other Scholarly Work (Faculty180)
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Proceedings (Faculty180)
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Proceedings Paper (Web of Science)
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2007Cosine fourier series expansion method for 2-D inverse scattering problemsFull Text via DOI: 10.1109/eumc.2007.4405305
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