akis publications 2016

Publication List
J. RICHARD AKIS, PH.D.
Book Chapters
1) David K. Ferry and Richard Akis, “Physics of Silicon Nanodevices”. Chapter 1 of “Nanoscale Silicon
Devices” (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, 2016).
2) Richard Akis, David K. Ferry, Matthew J. Gilbert and Stephen M. Goodnick, “Quantum Transport at
the Nanoscale,” Chapter 5 of “The Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering, and Technology, 3rd
Edition”
(CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, 2012).
3) Richard Akis, Matthew Gilbert, Gil Speyer, Aron Cummings, and David Ferry; “Simulating Transport
in Nanodevices Using the Usuki Method,” Chapter 6 of “Nano-Electronic Devices: Semiclassical and
Quantum Transport Modeling” (Springer, New York, 2011)
4) G. Speyer, R. Akis, and D.K. Ferry, “Complexities of the Molecular Conductance Problem”. Chapter
21 of “The Nano and Molecular Electronics Handbook” (CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, Boca
Raton, 2007).
5) D.K. Ferry, R. Akis, M.J. Gilbert and S.M. Ramey, “Physics of Silicon Nanodevices,” Chapter 1 of
“Silicon Nanoelectronics” (Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, 2005).
6) R. Akis, J.P. Bird, D. Vasileska, D.K. Ferry, A.P.S deMoura and Y.-C. Lai, “ On the Influence of
Resonant States on Ballistic Transport in Open Quantum Dots: Spectroscopy and Tunneling in the Presence
of Multiple Conducting Channels,” Chapter 6 of “Electron Transport in Quantum Dots” (Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Boston, 2003).
Invited review articles
1) N. Aoki, C. R. da Cunha, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry and Y. Ochiai, “Conductance fluctuations in
semiconductor nanostructures,” Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, Volume 26, art. No. 193202
(2014).
2) R. Brunner, D. K. Ferry, R. Akis, R. Meisels, F. Kuchar, A. M. Burke, and J. P. Bird, “Open Quantum
dots—II. Probing the classical to quantum transition,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Volume
24, art. No. 343202 (2012).
3) D. K. Ferry, R. Akis, A. M. Burke, I. Knezevic, R. Brunner, R.Meisels, F. Kuchar, and J. P. Bird, and
B. R. Bennett, “Open Quantum Dots: Physics of the Non-Hermitian Hamiltonian,” Fortschritte der
Physik, article published online May 9, 2012, DOI: 10.1002.
4) D. K. Ferry, A. M. Burke, R. Akis, R. Brunner, T. E. Day, R. Meisels, F. Kuchar, J. P. Bird, and B. R.
Bennett, “Open quantum dots—probing the quantum to classical transition,” Semiconductor Science
and Technology, Volume 26, art. No. 043001 (2011).
5) R. Akis and D. K. Ferry, “Scattering matrix approach to direct solution of the Schrödinger equation,”
Journal of Computational Electronics, Volume 9, 232-236 (2010).
6) Liang Huang, Ying-Cheng Lai, David K Ferry, Richard Akis and Stephen M Goodnick, “Transmission
and scarring in graphene quantum dots,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Volume 21, art. No.
344203 (2009).
7) Shinya Yamakawa, Richard Akis, Nicolas Faralli, Marco Saraniti and Stephen M Goodnick, “Rigid
ion model of high field transport in GaN,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Volume 21, art. No.
174206 (2009).
8) Richard Akis, Jason S. Ayubi-Moak, Nicolas Faralli, David K. Ferry, Stephen M. Goodnick, and
Marco Saraniti, “Full-band Cellular Monte-Carlo Simulations of Terahertz HEMTs,” Journal of
Physics: Condensed Matter, Volume 20, art. No. 384201 (2008).
9) R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Simulations of Spin Filtering Effects in a Quantum Point Contact,” Journal
of Physics: Condensed Matter, Volume 20, art. No. 164201 (2008).
10) D. K. Ferry, R. Akis, and J. P. Bird, “Einselection and the quantum to classical transition in quantum
dots,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Volume 17, S1017-S1036 (2005) (chosen by the IOP
Editors as an IOP select article for its novelty, significance and potential impact on future
research).
11) J.P. Bird, R. Akis, D.K. Ferry, A.P.S deMoura, Y.-C. Lai and K.M. Indlekofer, “Interference and
interactions in open quantum dots,” Reports On Progress In Physics, Volume 66, 583–632 (2003).

12) D.K. Ferry, R. Akis and J. Harris, “Quantum wave processing,” Superlattices and Microstructures,
Volume 30, 81-94 (2001).
13) J.P. Bird, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, and M. Stopa, “Magnetotransport as a probe of electron dynamics is
open quantum dots,” Advances in Imaging & Electron Physics, Volume 107, 1-71, (1999).
14) D.K. Ferry, R. Akis, D. Vasileska, N. Holmberg, F. Badrieh, and J.P. Bird, “Theoretical considerations
of electron transport in single and multiple quantum dots,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics,
Volume 38, 303-307 (1999).
15) D.K. Ferry, R. Akis and J.P. Bird, “Transmission in ballistic quantum dots,” Superlattices and
Microstructures, Volume 23, 611-618 (1998).
16) D.K. Ferry, J.P. Bird, R Akis, D. P. Pivin, K. M. Connolly, S. Udipi, D. Vasileska, K Ishibashi, Y.
Aoyagi, T. Sugano and Y. Ochiai, “Quantum transport in single and multiple quantum dots,” Japanese
Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 36, 3944-3950 (1997).
17) J.P. Bird, R Akis, D. K. Ferry, D.P. Pivin, K.M. Connolly, R.P. Taylor, R. Newbury, D.M. Olatona, K.
Ishibashi, M. Stopa, Y. Ochiai, Y. Aoyagi and T. Sugano, “Quantum transport in open mesoscopic
cavities,” Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, Volume 8, 1299-1324 (1997).
18) G. Kirczenow, B.L. Johnson, C. Barnes and R. Akis, ``Novel quantum hall phenomena in arrays of
quantum dots,” Journal of Nanostructured Materials, Volume 3, 125-136, (1993).
Letters and rapid communications
1) G. Bohra, R. Somphonsane, N. Aoki, Y. Ochiai, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, and J. P. Bird, “Non-Ergodicity
& Microscopic Symmetry Breaking of the Conductance Fluctuations in Disordered Mesoscopic
Graphene,” Physical Review B (rapid communication), Volume 86, 161405-1-4 (2012).
2) N. Aoki, R. Brunner, A. M. Burke, R. Akis, R. Meisels, D. K. Ferry, and Y. Ochiai, “Direct Imaging of
Electron States in Open Quantum Dots,” Physical Review Letters, Volume 108, art. No. 136804
(2012).
3) Diego Guerra, Richard Akis, Fabio A. Marino, David K. Ferry DK (Ferry, Stephen M. Goodnick,
Marco Saraniti, “Aspect Ratio Impact on RF and DC Performance of State-of-the-Art Short-Channel
GaN and InGaAs HEMTs,” Electron Device Letters, Volume: 31, 1217-1219 (2010).
4) A. M. Burke, R. Akis, T. E. Day, G. Speyer, D. K. Ferry, and B.R. Bennett, “Periodic scarred states in
open quantum dots as evidence of quantum Darwinism,” Physical Review Letters, Volume 104, art.
No. 176801 (2010).
5) A M Burke, R Akis, T Day, G Speyer, D K Ferry and B R Bennett, “Imaging scarred states in quantum
dots,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (fast track communication), Volume 21, art. No. 212201
(2009).
6) Liang Huang, Ying-Cheng Lai, David K. Ferry, and Richard Akis, “Relativistic quantum scars,”
Physical Review Letters, Volume 103, art. No. 054101 (2009).
7) R. Brunner, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, F. Kuchar, and R. Meisels, “Coupling-Induced Bipartite-Pointer
States in Arrays of Electron Billiards: Quantum Darwinism in Action?,” Physical Review Letters,
Volume 101, art. No. 024102 (2008).
8) Richard Akis, Jason S. Ayubi-Moak, Nicolas Faralli, David K. Ferry, Stephen M. Goodnick, and
Marco Saraniti, “The Upper Limit of the Cut-off Frequency in Ultra-Short Gate Length InAs/InAlAs
HEMTs: a New Definition of Effective Gate Length,” Electron Device Letters, Volume 29, 306-308
(2008).
9) R. Brunner, R. Meisels, and F. Kuchar, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, and J. P. Bird, “Draining of the Sea of
Chaos: Role of Resonant Transmission and Reflection in an Array of Billiards,” Physical Review
Letters, Volume 98, art. No. 204101 (2007).
10) Carlo R. da Cunha, Nobuyuki Aoki, Takahiro Morimoto, Richard Akis, David K. Ferry, and Yuichi
Ochiai, “Imaging of quantum interference patterns within a quantum point contact,” Applied Physics
Letters, Volume 89, art. No. 242109 (2006).
11) A. W. Cummings, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Electron spin filter based on Rashba spin-orbit
coupling,” Applied Physics Letters, Volume 89, art. No. 172115 (2006).
12) N. Aoki, C. R. da Cunha , R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, and Y. Ochiai, “Scanning gate microscopy
investigations on an InGaAs quantum point contact,” Applied Physics Letters, Volume 87, art. No.
223501 (2006).
13) M. Elhassan, J. P. Bird, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, T. Ida, and K. Ishibashi, “Dephasing Due to Coupling to
the External Environment in Open Quantum-Dot Arrays,” Journal of Physics, Condensed Matter(letter

to the editor), Volume 17, L351–L357 (2005). (chosen by the JPCM editors as one of the top
papers of 2005).
14) D. K. Ferry, R. Akis, and J. P. Bird, “Einselection in action: Decoherence and pointer states in open
quantum dots,” Physical Review Letters, Volume 93, art. No. 026803 (2004).
15) M. J. Gilbert, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Dual Computational Basis Qubit in Semiconductor
Hetrostructures,” Applied Physics Letters, Volume 83, 1453-1455 (2003).
16) K. M. Indlekofer, J. P. Bird R. Akis, D. K. Ferry and S.M. Goodnick, “Interaction corrections to
transport due to quasibound states in open quantum dots,” Applied Physics Letters, Volume 81, 3861-
3863 (2002).
17) R.Akis, J. P. Bird, and D. K. Ferry, “The persistence of eigenstates in open quantum dots,” Applied
Physics Letters, Volume 81, 129-131 (2002).
18) R.Akis, D. Vasileska, and D. K. Ferry, “Adiabatic switching in coupled quantum dot systems
facilitated by the coexistence of ‘molecular’ and ‘atomic’ states,” Applied Physics Letters, Volume 80,
4440-4442 (2002).
19) R. Akis, and D.K. Ferry, “Response to Comment on 'Quantum waveguide array generator for
performing Fourier transforms: Alternate route to quantum computing' ” Applied Physics Letters,
Volume 80, 2420-2420 (2002).
20) A.P.S. de Moura, Y.-C. Lai, R. Akis, J. Bird, and D.K. Ferry, “Tunneling and nonhyperbolicity in
quantum dots,” Physical Review Letters, Volume 88, art. No. 236804 (2002).
21) R. Akis, and D.K. Ferry, “Quantum waveguide array generator for performing Fourier transforms:
Alternate route to quantum computing,” Applied Physics Letters, Volume 79, 2823-2825 (2001).
22) J. Harris, R. Akis, and D.K. Ferry, “Magnetically switched quantum waveguide qubit,” Applied
Physics Letters, Volume 79, 2214-2215 (2001).
23) L. Shifren, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Correspondence between quantum and classical motion:
comparing Bohmian mechanics with a smoothed effective potential approach,” Physics Letters A,
Volume 274,75-83 (2000).
24) J. P. Bird, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, D. Vasileska, J. Cooper, Y. Aoyagi, and T. Sugano, “Lead orientation
dependent wave function scarring in open quantum dots,” Physical Review Letters, Volume 82, 4691-4
(1999).
25) P. Debray, O. E. Raichev, M. Rahman, R. Akis, and W. C. Mitchel, “Longitudinal Reflection
Resonances of Ballistic Electrons in T-Shaped Quantum Waveguides,” Applied Physics Letters,
Volume 74, 768-770 (1999).
26) R. Akis, D. K. Ferry and J.P. Bird “reply to comment on 'Wave function scarring in open stadium
shaped quantum dots,” Physical Review Letters, Volume 81, 1745 (1998).
27) J. P. Bird, A. P. Micholich, H. Linke, D. K. Ferry, R. Akis, Y. Ochiai, Y. Aoyagi, and T. Sugano,
“Enviromental coupling and phase breaking in open quantum dots,” Journal of Physics, Condensed
Matter, Volume 10, L55-L61 (1998) (letter to the editor).
28) Y. Okubo, Y. Ochiai, D. Vasileska, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, J.P. Bird, K. Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi, and T.
Sugano, “Stability of regular orbits in ballistic quantum dots,” Physics Letters A, Volume 236, 120-
124 (1997).
29) R. Akis, D. K. Ferry and J. P. Bird, “Wave function scarring in open stadium shaped quantum dots,”
Physical Review Letters, Volume 79, 123-127 (1997).
30) R. Akis, J. P. Bird, D.K. Ferry, “The effects of inelastic scattering in open quantum dots: reduction of
conductance fluctuations and disruption of wave-function ‘scarring’,” Journal of Physics, Condensed
Matter, Volume 8, L667-L674 (1996) (letter to the editor).
31) J.P. Bird, D.K. Ferry, R. Akis, Y. Ochiai, K. Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi, T. Sugano, “Periodic conductance
fluctuations and stable orbits in mesoscopic semiconductor billiards,” Europhysics Letters, Volume 38,
529-534 (1996).
32) P. Debray, R.Akis, J. Blanchet and P. Vasilopoulos, “Ballistic electronic stub tuners as active
components in flash analog-to-digital converters,” Applied Physics Letters, Volume 66, 3137-3140
(1995).
33) F. Marsiglio, J.P. Carbotte, R. Akis, M.Poirier and D. Achkir, “Eliashberg treatment of the microwave
conductivity of Niobium,” Physical Review B, Volume 50, 7203-7206, (1994) (rapid communication).
34) R. Akis and J.P. Carbotte, “Isotope effect for a very large coulomb pseudopotential,” Physical Review
B, Volume 41,11661-11664, (1990) (rapid communication).

Refereed journal articles
1) Da Guo, Tian Fang, Andrew Moore, Daniel Brinkman, Richard Akis, Dmitry Krasikov, Igor Sankin,
Christian Ringhofer, and Dragica Vasileska, “Numerical Simulation of Copper Migration in Single
Crystal CdTe,” IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, in press.
2) Bobo Liu, Richard Akis, David K Ferry, Girish Bohra, Ratchanok Somphonsane, Harihara
Ramamoorthy and Jonathan P Bird, “Conductance fluctuations in graphene in the presence of long-
range disorder,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Volume 28, art. No. 135302 (2016).
3) Daniel Brinkman, Da Guo, Richard Akis, Christian Ringhofer, Igor Sankin, Tian Fang, and Dragica
Vasileska, “Self-consistent simulation of CdTe solar cells with active defects,” Journal of Applied
Physics, Volume 118, art. No. 035704 (2015).
4) D K Ferry, R Akis and R Brunner, “Probing the quantum–classical connection with open quantum
dots,” Physica Scripta, Volume T165, art. No. 014010 (2015) (chosen by the PS editor as the paper
of the week).
5) B. Liu, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Conductance fluctuations in graphene subjected to short-range
disorder,” : Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, Volume 33, art. No. 04E101 (2015).
6) B. Liu, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Conductance fluctuations in graphene nanoribbons,” Journal of
Computational Electronics, Volume 13, 950-959 (2015).
7) B. Liu, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Conductance fluctuations in semiconductor nanostructures,” Journal
of Physics Condensed Matter, Volume 25, art. No. 95802 (2013).
8) R Brunner, D K Ferry, R Akis, R Meisels, F Kuchar, A M Burke, and J P Bird, “Conductance
fluctuations in semiconductor nanostructures,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Volume 25, art.
No. 395802 (2013).
9) D.K. Ferry, R. Akis, A.M. Burke, I. Knezevic, R. Brunner, R. Meisels, F. Kuchar, and J. P. Bird,
“Open quantum dots: Physics of the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian,” Fortschritte der Physik, Volume 61,
291–304, (2013).
10) R. Akis · D.K. Ferry, “Use of the scattering matrix for device simulations,” Journal of Computational
Electronics, Volume 12, 356–362 (2013).
11) A. W. Cummings, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Anisotropic intrinsic spin Hall effect in quantum wires,”
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, Volume 23, Art. No. 465301 (2011).
12) Bozidar Novakovica, Richard Akis and Irena Knezevic, “Transport in curved nanoribbons in magnetic
field,” Physical Review B, Volume 84, art. No. 195419 (2011).
13) R. Akis, N. Faralli, S. M. Goodnick, D. K. Ferry, and M. Saraniti, “Optimizing performance to achieve
multi-terahertz operating frequencies in pseudomorphic HEMTs,” Physica Status Solidi C, Volume 7,
2502–2505 (2010)
14) R. Brunner, R. Akis, R. Meisels, F. Kuchar, and D. K. Ferry, “Indication for quantum Darwinism in
electron billiards,” Physica E, Volume 42, 1208-1211 (2010).
15) Richard Akis, Nicolas Faralli, David K. Ferry, Stephen M. Goodnick, Kunal A. Phatak, and Marco
Saraniti, “Ballistic Transport in InP-Based HEMTs,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Volume
56, 2935 - 2944 (2009).
16) R. Akis, D. K. Ferry and M.J. Gilbert, “A method for performing fully quantum mechanical
simulations of gated silicon quantum wire structures,” Journal of Computational Electronics, Volume
8, 78-89 (2009).
17) J. Jacob, G. Meier, S. Peters, T. Matsuyama, U. Merkt, A. W. Cummings, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry,
“Generation of highly spin-polarized currents in cascade InAs spin filters,” Journal of Applied Physics,
Volume 105, Art. No. 093714 (2009).
18) A. W. Cummings, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Subband anticrossing and the spin Hall effect in quantum
wires,” Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, Volume 21, Art. No. 055502 (2009).
19) D. K. Ferry, M. Gilbert, and R. Akis, “Some Considerations on Nanowires in Nanoelectronics,” IEEE
Transactions on Electron Devices, Volume 58, 2820-2826 (2008).
20) D. K. Ferry and R. Akis, “Nonlocal effects in semiconductor nanostructure transport,” Journal of
Physics Condensed Matter, Volume 20, Art. No. 454201 (2008).
21) A. W. Cummings, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, T. Jacob, T. Matsuyama, U. Merkt, and G. Meier, “Cascade of
Y-shaped spin filters in InGaAs/InAs/InGaAs quantum wells,” Journal of Applied Physics, Volume
104, Art. No. 066106 (2008).

22) D. K. Ferry, R. Akis, R. Brunner, R. Meisels, F. Kuchar, and J.P. Bird, “Transport in open quantum
systems: comparing classical and quantum phase space dynamics,” Journal of Computational
Electronics, Volume 7, 259-262 (2008).
23) J. Ayubi-Moak, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, S. M. Goodnick, N. Faralli, and M. Saraniti, “Towards the global
modeling of InGaAs-based pseudomorphic HEMTs,” Journal of Computational Electronics, Volume 7,
187-191 (2008).
24) A. M. Burke, N. Aoki, R. Akis, Y. Ochiai, and D. K. Ferry, “Imaging classical and quantum structures
in an open quantum dot using scanning gate microscopy,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology
B Volume 26,1488-91 (2008).
25) Roland Brunner, Ronald Meisels, Friedemar Kuchar, Richard Akis, David K. Ferry, and Jon P. Bird,
“Classical and Quantum Dynamics in an Array of Electron Billiards,” Physica E, Volume 40, 1315-
1318, (2008).
26) H. Kothari, R. Akis, S. M. Goodnick, D. K. Ferry, J. L. Reno, and J. P. Bird, “Linear & Non-Linear
Conductance of Ballistic Quantum Wires with Hybrid Confinement,” Journal of Applied Physics,
Volume 103, art. No. 013701 (2008).
27) Jason S. Ayubi-Moak, David K. Ferry, Stephen M. Goodnick, Richard Akis, and Marco Saraniti,
“Simulation of Ultra-Submicron-Gate In0.52Al0.48As/In0.75Ga 0.25As/In0.52Al 0.48As/InP Pseudomorphic
HEMTs using a Full-band Monte Carlo Simulator,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Volume
54, 2327-2338 (2007).
28) A. W. Cummings , R. Akis and D. K. Ferry, “The Rashba effect and non-Abelian phases in quantum
wire devices,” Journal of Computational Electronics, Volume 6, 101-104 (2007).
29) Roland Brunner, Ronald Meisels, Friedemar Kuchar, Richard Akis, David K. Ferry and Jonathan P.
Bird, “Classical and quantum mechanical transport simulations in open quantum dots,” Journal of
30) D. K. Ferry, R.Akis, and J.P. Bird, “Edge States And Trajectories In Quantum Dots: Probing The
Quantum-Classical Transition,” International Journal of Modern Physics B, Volume 21, 1278-1287
(2007).
31) R. Brunner, R. Meisels, F. Kuchar , R.Akis, D. K. Ferry and J.P. Bird, “Magneto-Transport In
Quantum Dot Arrays At the Transition From Low To High Magnetic Fields: Regularity and Chaos,”
International Journal of Modern Physics B, Volume 21, 1288-1296 (2007).
32) R. Akis and D. K. Ferry, “Simulations of Germanium Epitaxial Growth on the Silicon,” Journal of
33) A. Ramamoorthy, R.Akis, and J.P. Bird, “Influence of Realistic Potential Profile of Coupled Electron
Waveguide on Electron Switching Characteristics,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, Volume 5,
712-715 (2006).
34) C. R. da Cunha, N. Aoki, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, and Y. Ochiai, “Imaging of quantum interference
patterns within a quantum point contact,” Physica E, Volume 34, 682 - 685 (2006).
35) R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Spectral Statistics of Pointer States in Open Quantum Dots,” Physica E,
Volume 34, 460 - 463 (2006).
36) A. Shailos, A. Ashok, J. P. Bird, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, S. M. Goodnick, M. P. Lilly, J. L. Reno & J. A.
Simmons, “Linear Conductance of Quantum Point Contacts with Deliberately-Broken Symmetry,”
Journal of Physics, Condensed Matter, Volume 18, 1715-1724 (2006).
37) R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Simulations of Germanium Epitaxial Growth on the Silicon (100) Surface
Incorporating Intermixing,” Physica E, Volume 32, 207-210 (2006).
38) A. Ashok, R. Akis, D. Vasileska, and D.K. Ferry, “Spin polarization in GaAs/Al0.24Ga0.76As
heterostructures,” Molecular Simulation, Volume 31, 797-800 (2005).
39) M.J. Gilbert, R. Akis, and D.K. Ferry, “Phonon-assisted ballistic to diffusive crossover in silicon
nanowire transistors,” Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 98, art. No. 094303 (2005).
40) N. Aoki, C. R. da Cunha , R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, and Y. Ochiai, “Imaging of integer quantum Hall edge
state in a quantum point contact via scanning gate microscopy,” Physical Review B, Volume 72, art.
No. 155327 (2005).
41) R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Kinetic Lattice Monte Carlo Simulations of Germanium Epitaxial Growth
on the Silicon (100) Surface Incorporating Si-Ge Exchange,” Journal of Vacuum Science &
Technology B, Volume 23, 1821-1825 (2005) .
42) G. Speyer, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Conductance Investigations of Stretched Molecules,” IEEE
Transactions on Nanotechnology, Volume 4, 403 - 405 (2005).

43) R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Kinetic Lattice Monte Carlo Simulations of Silicon and Germanium
Epitaxial Growth on the Silicon (100) Surface,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, Volume 3,
345 - 348 (2005).
44) A. Ashok, R. Akis, D. Vasileska and D. K. Ferry , “Theoretical Evidence of Spontaneous Spin
Polarization in GaAs/AlGaAs Split-Gate Heterostructures,” Journal of Computational Electronics,
Volume 4, 125-128 2005.
45) A. Ashok, R. Akis, D. Vasileska and D. K. Ferry, “Spontaneous spin polarization in GaAs/AlGaAs
split-gate heterostructures,” Microelectronics Journal, Volume 36, 460-462, (2005).
46) M. Elhassan, R. Akis, J. P. Bird, D. K. Ferry, T. Ida, and K. Ishibashi, “Magnetically induced Bragg
scattering of Electrons in Quantum-Dot Crystals,” Physical Review B, Volume 70, art. No. 085444
(2004).
47) D. K. Ferry, J. P. Bird, and R. Akis, “Quantum dots: applications in technology and in quantum
physics,” Physica E, Volume 25, 298-302 (2004).
48) M. J. Gilbert, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Stability of a reflective coupling diode with the inclusion of
thermal effects in narrow band-gap materials,” Semiconductor Science and Technology, Volume 19,
S481-S482 (2004).
49) G. Speyer, R. Akis R, and D. K. Ferry, “Self-consistent conductance calculations on molecular calipers
using a transfer matrix method,” Superlattices and Microstructures, Volume 34, 429-432 (2003).
50) R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Kinetic Lattice Monte Carlo Simulations of Ad-Dimer Diffusion on the
Silicon (100) Surface,” Journal of Computional Electronics, Volume 2, 497-500 (2003).
51) M. J. Gilbert, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry , “Modeling Fully Depleted SOI MOSFETs in 3D Using
Recursive Scattering Matrices,” Journal of Computional Electronics, Volume 2, 329-334 (2003).
52) R.Akis , A. Ramamoorthy, D.K. Ferry, and J.P. Bird, “Signatures of a Discrete Level Spectrum and
Dynamical Tunneling in the Conductance of a Large Open Quantum Dot,” Journal of Computational
Electronics, Volume 2, 281-284 (2003).
53) M. J. Gilbert, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Thermal Degradation of Semiconductor Qubit Inverter
Operation in Narrow Band-Gap Materials,” Physica E, Volume 19, 251-256 (2003).
54) K. M. Indlekofer, J. P. Bird, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, and S. M. Goodnick, “A Model For Interaction
Corrections to Transport Through Open Quantum Dots,” Physica E, Volume 19, 206-209 (2003).
55) R. Akis, A. Ramamoorthy, J. P. Bird, T. Maemoto, D. K. Ferry, and M. Inoue, “Landau-Level
Depopulation & High-Field Magneto-Resistance of Open Quantum Dots,” Physica E, Volume 19, 197-
201 (2003).
56) R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, and C.B. Musgrave, “Kinetic Lattice Monte Carlo Simulations of Growth and
Other Processes on the Silicon (100) Surface,” Physica E, Volume 19, 183-187 (2003).
57) G. Speyer, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Rapid Molecular Conductance Calculations Using Transfer
Matrix Method,” Physica E, Volume 19, 145-148 (2003).
58) M. J. Gilbert, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Semiconductor Waveguide Inversion in Disordered Narrow
Band-Gap Materials,” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, Volume 21, 1924-1927 (2003).
59) D. K. Ferry R. Akis, J.P. Bird, M. Elhassan, I. Knezevic, C. Prasad, A. Shailos, “Generalized
Interfaces,” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, Volume 21, 1891-1895 (2003).
60) A. Ramamoorthy, R. Akis, J.P. Bird, T. Maemoto, D.K. Ferry, and M. Inoue, “Signatures of dynamical
tunneling in semiclassical quantum dots,” Physical Review E, Volume 68, art. No. 026221 (2003).
61) M. J. Gilbert, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Demonstration of a reflective coupling diode in a coupled
waveguide structure,” Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 93, 6402-6404 (2003).
62) K. M. Indlekofer, J. P. Bird, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry and S.M. Goodnick, “A model for many-body
interaction effects in open quantum dot systems,” Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, Volume 15,
147-158 (2003).
63) R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, and J. P. Bird, “Eigenstate selection in open quantum dot systems: on the true
nature of level broadening,” Journal of Computational Electronics, Volume 1, 9-16 (2002).
64) J. P. Bird, A. Shailos, M. Elhassan, C. Prasad, K. M. Indlekofer, L. Shifren, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, L.H.
Lin, N. Aoki, Y. Ochiai, K. Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi, “Can Kondo-like behavior occur in open quantum
dots?,”Microelectronic Engineering, Volume 63, 277-286 (2002).
65) R. Akis, J. P. Bird and D. K. Ferry, “Eigenstate selection in open quantum dot systems: using the
Landauer formalism as a spectroscopic probe,” Microelectronic Engineering, Volume 63, 241-245
(2002).

66) D. Vasileska, R. Akis, I. Knezevic, S. N. Milicic, S. S. Ahmed, and D. K. Ferry, “The role of the
quantization effects on the operation of ultrasmall MOSFETs, FIBMOS devices and the SOI device
structure,” Microelectronic Engineering, 63, 233-240 (2002).
67) J. M. Barker, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, S. M. Goodnick, T. J. Thornton, D. D. Koleske, A. E. Wickenden,
and R.L. Henry, “High-field transport studies of GaN” Physica B, Volume 314, 39-41 (2002).
68) R. Akis, M. Dür, and S. M. Goodnick, “The electron-phonon scattering rate of zinc blende GaN,”
Physica B, Volume 314, 42-46 (2002).
69) M. J. Gilbert, J. P. Bird JP, T. Sugaya, R. Akis, “Application of narrow band-gap materials in
nanoscale spin filters,” Physica B, Volume 314, 230-234 (2002).
70) I. Knezevic, D. Vasileska, R. Akis, J. Kang J, X. He, D.K. Schroder, “Monte Carlo particle-based
simulation of FIBMOS: impact of strong quantum confinement on device performance,” Physica B,
Volume 314, 386-390 (2002).
71) J. M. Barker, R. Akis, T. J. Thornton, D. K. Ferry, S. M. Goodnick, “High field transport studies of
GaN,” Physica Status Solidi A, Volume 190, 263-270 (2002).
72) A. Shailos, C. Prasad, M. Elhassan, J. P. Bird, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, L. H. Lin, N. Aoki, Y. Ochiai, K.
Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi, “Non-weak-localization signature in the average conductance of open quantum-
dot arrays,” Physica E, Volume 12, 630-633 (2002).
73) M. Elhassan, J. P. Bird, A. Shailos, C. Prasad, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry , L.-H. Lin, N. Aoki,Y. Ochiai, K.
Ishibashi, and Y. Aoyagi, “Transition from molecular- to atomic-like interference in open quantum-
dot arrays,” Physical Review B, Volume 64, 5325-5330 (2001).
74) R. Akis L. Shifren, D. K. Ferry, and D. Vasileska, “The effective potential and its use in simulation,”
Physica Status Solidi (b), Volume 226, 1-8 (2001).
75) J. P. Bird, R. Akis and D. K. Ferry, “Experimental signatures of wavefunction scarring in open
semiconductor billiards,” Physica Scripta, Volume T90, 50-53 (2001).
76) S. N. Miličić, R. Akis, D. Vasileska, A. Gunther, and S. M. Goodnick, “3D modeling of discrete
impurity effects in silicon quantum dots: energy level spacing and Scarring effects,” Superlattices and
Microstructures, Volume 28, 461-467 (2001).
77) J. R. Barker, R. Akis and D. K. Ferry, “On the use of Bohm trajectories for interpreting quantum flows
in quantum dot structures,” Superlattices and Microstructures, Volume 27, 319-326 (2000).
78) R. Akis and D. K. Ferry, “Eigenstates in quantum dots confined by an inhomogeneous magnetic field,”
Superlattices and Microstructures, Volume 27, 331-336 (2000).
79) F. Badrieh, R. Akis and D. K. Ferry, “Temperature dependent conductance in single and multiple
quantum dots: the role of the disorder,” Superlattices and Microstructures, Volume 27, 337-341
(2000).
80) R. Akis, J. P. Bird, D. K. Ferry, and D. Vasileska, “Nonuniform energy level broadening in open
quantum dots: the influence of the closed dot eigenstates on transport,” Physica E, Volume 7, 745-749
(2000).
81) R. Akis, J. P. Bird, D. K. Ferry, D. Vasileska, J. Cooper, Y. Aoyagi and T. Sugano, “Selecting
Wavefunction States in Open Quantum Dots,” Physica E, Volume 7, 740-744 (2000).
82) L.-H. Lin, N. Aoki, K. Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi, T. Sugano, N. Holmberg, D. Vasileska, R. Akis, J. P.
Bird, D. K. Ferry, and Y. Ochiai, “Magneto-transport in corrugated quantum wires,” Physica E,
Volume 7, 750-755 (2000).
83) D. P. Pivin, Jr., A. Andresen, J. P. Bird, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Magnetotransport spectroscopy of a
quantum dot: effects of lead opening and phase coherence,” Physica E, Volume 6, 404-408 (2000).
84) J. P. Bird, R. Akis and D. K. Ferry, “Magneto-probing of the discrete level spacing of open quantum
dots,” Physical Review B, Volume 60, 13676-13681 (1999).
85) R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, J. P. Bird, and D. Vasileska, “On weak localization in ballistic quantum dots,”
Physical Review B, Volume 60, 2680-2690 (1999).
86) R. Akis, D. Vasileska, D. K. Ferry and J.P. Bird, “Zero field magnetoresistance peaks in open
quantum dots: weak localization of a fundamental property?,” Journal of Physics, Condensed Matter,
Volume 11, 4657-4664 (1999).
87) R. Akis and D. K. Ferry, “Ballistic transport and scarring effects in coupled quantum dots,” Physical
Review B, Volume 59, 7529-7536 (1999).
88) D. P. Pivin, R. Akis, A. Andresen, J. P. Bird, D. Vasileska and D. K. Ferry, “Weakly open quantum
dots: magnetotransport spectroscopy and zero-field resistance peaks,” Microelectronic Engineering,
Volume 47, 89-93 (1999).

89) N. L. Holmberg, D. Vasileska, R. Akis, Y. Ochiai and D. K. Ferry, “Backscattering of electrons in a
periodically corrugated quantum wire modelled with a self-consistent potential,” Microelectronic
Engineering, Volume 47, 151-153 (1999).
90) L.-H Lin, Y. Ochiai, K. Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi, T. Sugano, J. P. Bird, N. Holmberg, D. Vasileska, R.
Akis and D. K. Ferry, “Focused multi-peaks in gated ballistic wires,” Microelectronic Engineering,
Volume 47, 155-157 (1999).
91) R. Akis, D.Vasileska, D. K. Ferry, J. P. Bird, “ Zero field magnetoresistance peaks in open quantum
dots: weak localization or a fundamental property?,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 38,
328-331 (1999).
92) J. P. Bird, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, J. Cooper, Y. Aoyagi, T. Sugano, “Probing the level spectrum of open
quantum dots,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 38, 322-324 (1999).
93) Y. Ochiai, L.-H. Lin, K. Yamamoto, K. Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi, T. Sugano, J.P. Bird, D. Vasileska, R.
Akis, and D.K. Ferry, “Zero field magneto-resistance peaks in quantum dots and wires,” Japanese
Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 38, 325-327 (1999).
94) R. Akis and D. K. Ferry, “Wave function scarring in open ballistic quantum cavities,” Journal of VLSI
design, Volume 8, 307-312 (1998).
95) D.K. Ferry, R. Akis, D.P. Pivin, Jr., J.P. Bird, N. Holmberg, F. Badrieh, and D. Vasileska, “Quantum
transport in ballistic quantum dots,” Physica E, Volume 3, 137-144, (1998).
96) R. Akis and D. K. Ferry, “Closed versus open: to what extent do leads influence the magnetotransport
in square quantum dots?,” Semiconductor Science and Technology, Volume 13, A18-A20, (1998).
97) J. P. Bird, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, J. Cooper, K. Ishibashi, Y. Ochiai, Y. Aoyagi & T. Sugano, “Intrinsic
stable orbits in open quantum dots,” Semiconductor Science and Technology, Volume 13, A4-A6,
(1998).
98) N. Holmberg, R. Akis, D. P. Pivin, Jr., J. P. Bird and D. K. Ferry, “Size dependent effects on the
magneto-transport fluctuations of square quantum dots,” Semiconductor Science and Technology,
Volume 13, A21-A23, (1998).
99) D. P. Pivin, Jr., J. P. Bird, R. Akis and D. K. Ferry “The effect of mode coupling on conductance
fluctuations in ballistic quantum dots,” Semiconductor Science and Technology, Volume 13, A11-
A14, (1998).
100) Y. Ochiai, L.-H. Lin, K. Yamamoto, K. Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi, T. Sugano, J. P. Bird, D. Vasileska,
R. Akis and D. K. Ferry,”Low-temperature magnetotransport in ballistic quantum dots and wires,”
Semiconductor Science and Technology, Volume 13, A15-A17, (1998).
101) R. Akis and D. K. Ferry, “Wave function scarring effects in Sinai billiard cavities,” Physica B,
Volume 249-251, 358-363 (1998).
102) R. Akis, D. Vasileska, D. K. Ferry, J. P. Bird, Y. Okubo, Y. Ochiai, K. Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi and
T. Sugano “ Stability of regular orbits in ballistic quantum dots ,” Physica B, Volume 249-251, 368-
372 (1998).
103) Y. Ochiai, Y. Okubo, N. Sasaka, J. P. Bird, K. Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi, T. Sugano, A. P. Micolich, R.
P. Taylor, R. Newbury, D. Vasileska, R. Akis and D. K. Ferry, “ Effect of wave function scarring on
magnetotransport of quantum dots ,” Physica B, Volume 249-251, 353-357 (1998).
104) R. Akis and D. K. Ferry, “The role of periodic orbits in coupled, open ballistic quantum dots,”
Solid State Electronics, volume 42, 1297-1302 (1998).
105) R. Akis, P. Vasilopoulos, and P. Debray, “Transmission antiresonances and novel bound states in
cross structures at weak magnetic fields,” Solid State Electronics, volume 42, 1087-1092 (1998).
106) J. P. Bird, A. P. Micholich, D. K. Ferry, R. Akis, Y. Ochiai, Y. Aoyagi and T. Sugano, “
Enviromental coupling and phase breaking in open ballistic quantum dots,” Solid State Electronics,
volume 42, 1281-1286 (1998).
107) Y. Ochiai, K. Yamamoto, J. P. Bird, K. Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi, T. Sugano, R. Akis and D. K. Ferry,
“ Wavefunction scarring and classical commensurability in corrugated quantum wires,” Solid State
Electronics, volume 42, 1125-1130 (1998).
108) Y. Okubo, N. Sasaki, Y. Ochiai, J.P. Bird, K. Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi, T. Sugano, D. Vasileska, R.
Akis, and D.K. Ferry, “Periodically recurring wavefunction scarring and magneto-transport in quantum
dots,” Physica B, Volume 246, 266-9 (1998).
109) Y. Ochiai, A. W. Widjaja, K. Yamamoto, J. P. Bird, K. Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi, T. Sugano, “Phase
Coherent and incoherent backscattering of electron waves in corrugation gated quantum wires,”
Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures, Volume 1/2, 109-116 (1998).

110) J.P. Bird, H. Linke, J. Cooper, A.P. Micolich, D.K. Ferry, R. Akis, Y. Ochiai, R.P. Taylor, R.
Newbury, P. Omling, Y. Aoyagi & T. Sugano, “Phase breaking as a probe of the intrinsic level
spectrum of open quantum dots,” Physica Status Solidi (b), Volume 204, 314 (1997).
111) R. Akis, P. Vasilopoulos, P. Debray, “Bound states and transmission antiresonances in
parabolically confined cross structures: influence of weak magnetic fields,” Physical Review B,
Volume 56, 9594-9602, (1997).
112) Y. Ochiai, A. W. Widjaja, N. Sasaki, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, J. P. Bird, K. Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi, and
T. Sugano, “Backscattering of ballistic electrons in a corrugated quantum wire,” Physical Review B,
Volume 56, 1073-1076 (1997).
113) J.P. Bird, R Akis, D. K. Ferry, Y. Aoyagi, and T. Sugano, “Periodic conductance fluctuations and
lead induced scarring in open quantum dots,” Journal of Physics, Condensed Matter, Volume 9, 5935-
5950 (1997).
114) R. Akis and P. Vasilopoulos, “Transmittance antiresonances, longitudinal resonances, and large
photonic band gaps in periodically modulated waveguides,” Superlattices and Microstructures, Volume
22, 127-131 (1997).
115) R. Akis, D.K. Ferry and J.P. Bird, “Wave-function scarring in open ballistic quantum dots,”
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 36, 3981-3985 (1997).
116) J.P. Bird, A. Micolich, R. Akis, D.K. Ferry, R. Newbury, R.P. Taylor, R. Wirtz, D.M. Olatona, Y.
Ochiai, K. Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi and T. Sugano, “The role of phase coherence in quantum transport
through open ballistic cavities,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 36, 3968-3970 (1997).
117) D.K. Ferry, R. Akis, S. Udipi, D. Vasileska, D.P. Pivin, K.M. Connoly, J.P. Bird, K. Ishibashi, Y.
Aoyagi, T. Sugano and Y. Ochiai, “Carrier transport in nanoscale structures,” Japanese Journal of
Applied Physics, Volume 36, 1841-1845 (1997).
118) R. Akis, D.K. Ferry, J. P. Bird, “Magneto-transport fluctuations in 'regular' semiconductor ballistic
quantum dots,” Physical Review B, Volume 54, 17705-17715 (1996).
119) R. Akis, D.K. Ferry, J.P. Bird, “Numerical simulation of quantum dots: quasi-periodic
conductance fluctuations and 'scarred' wave-functions,” Superlattices and Microstructures, Volume 20,
323-329 (1996).
120) J.P. Bird, D.K. Ferry, R. Akis, R. Newbury, R.P. Taylor, D.M. Olatona, Y. Ochiai, K. Ishibashi,
Y. Aoyagi and T. Sugano, “The role of lead openings in regular mesoscopic billiards,” Superlattices
and Microstructures, Volume 20, 287-297 (1996).
121) R. Akis and P. Vasilopoulos, “Large photonic band gaps and transmittance antiresonances in
periodically modulated quasi one-dimensional waveguides,” Physical Review E, Volume 53, 5369-
5374 (1996).
122) R. Akis, P. Vasilopoulos and P. Debray, “Ballistic transport in electron stub tuners: shape and
temperature dependence, tuning of the conductance output, and resonant tunneling,” Physical Review
B, Volume 52, 2805-2813 (1995).
123) R. Akis, C. Barnes and G. Kirczenow, “Edge states, band structure and the Hall effect in two-
dimensional lattice structures: quantum dot arrays and the tight-binding model,” the Canadian
Journal of Physics, Volume 73, 147-162, (1995).
124) R.Akis, P. Vasilopoulos and P. Debray, “Ballistic transport in electron stub tuner superlattices,”
Superlattices and Microstructures, Volume 16, 101-104, (1995).
125) R. Akis, C. Barnes and G. Kirczenow, “A generalized Hofstadter picture for lattices with more
than one degree of Freedom per site,” Physical Review A, Volume 50, 4930-4940 (1994).
126) R. Akis, C. Barnes, B. Johnson and G. Kirczenow, “Computer simulations and edge state
analysis of the hall effect In two-dimensional quantum dot arrays connected to phase randomizing
reserviors,” Physical Review B, Volume 47,16382-16390, (1993).
127) F. Marsiglio, R. Akis and J.P. Carbotte, “Phonon self-energy effects due to superconductivity: a
real axis formulation,” Physical Review B, Volume 45,9865-9871, (1992).
128) J.P. Carbotte and R. Akis, “A large isotope effect is consistent with a mainly electronic
mechanism in the oxides,” Solid State Communications, Volume 82, 613-617, (1992).
129) R. Akis and J.P. Carbotte, “Strong coupling effects on the low frequency conductivity of
superconductors,” Solid State Communications, Volume 79, 577-581, (1991).
130) R. Akis, C. Jiang and J.P. Carbotte, “Quasiparticle damping, anisotropy and Fermi liquid
corrections to NMR in superconductors,” Physica C, Volume 176,485-495, (1991).

131) R. Akis and J.P. Carbotte, “Damping effects on NMR in superconductors,” Solid State
Communications, Volume 78, 393-396, (1991).
132) R. Akis, J.P. Carbotte and T. Timusk, “Superconducting optical conductivity for arbitrary
temperature and mean free path,” Physical Review B, Volume 43,12804-12808, (1991).
133) R. Akis and J.P. Carbotte, “Properties of a superconductor with a combined phonon-high energy
boson mechanism,” Bulletin of Materials Science, Volume 14, 1015-1018, (1991).
134) R. Akis and J.P. Carbotte, “DC Josephson current for very strong coupling,” Physical Review B,
Volume 42,920-922, (1990).
135) R. Akis and J.P. Carbotte, “Isotope effect with a large coulomb pseudopotential in an electron-
phonon superconductor,” Physica B, Volume 165-166,1069-1070, (1990).
136) R. Akis, F. Marsiglio, and J.P. Carbotte, “Slope of the specific heat jump at Tc in a very strong
coupling superconductor,” Physical Review B, Volume 39,2722-2725, (1989).
137) R. Akis, and J.P. Carbotte, “Spectral shape dependence in the very strong coupling regime of
Eliashberg theory,” Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Volume 76,65-74, (1989).
138) R. Akis, and J.P. Carbotte, “On the specific heat of strong coupling superconductors,” Physica C,
Volume 159,395-405, (1989).
139) R. Akis and J.P. Carbotte, “Properties of a 96 K superconductor with a combined phonon-high
energy boson mechanism ,” Physica C, volume 162-164, 1493-1494 (1989).
140) J. Blezius, R. Akis, F. Marsiglio, and J.P. Carbotte, “Penetration of magnetic field in a high Tc
superconductor,” Physical Review B, Volume 38,179-185, (1988).
141) R. Akis, F. Marsiglio, E. Schachinger and J.P. Carbotte, “Upper bound on strong coupling
corrections to the second upper critical field,” Physical Review B, Volume 37,9318-9324, (1988).
142) F. Marsiglio, R. Akis and J.P. Carbotte, “Combined Phonon-Exciton Mechanism for
La1.85Sr0.15CuO4,” Physica C, volume 153-155, 227-228 (1988).
143) R. Akis, F. Marsiglio, E. Schachinger and J.P. Carbotte, “Optimum spectra for superconducting
properties,” Physica C, volume 153-155, 225-226 (1988).
144) F. Marsiglio, R. Akis and J.P. Carbotte, “Eliashberg Theory in the very strong coupling regime,”
Physica C, volume 153-155, 223-224 (1988).
145) F. Marsiglio, R. Akis and J.P. Carbotte, “Combined Phonon-Exciton Mechanism in La-Sr-Cu-O,”
Solid State Communications, Volume 64, 905-910, (1987).
146) F. Marsiglio, R. Akis and J.P. Carbotte, “Thermodynamics in very strong coupling: A possible
model for the high-Tc oxides,” Physical Review B, Volume 36, 5245-5250, (1987).
Conference proceedings
1) R. Akis, D. Brinkman, D. Guo, D. Vasileska, and C. Ringhofer, “A 2D diffusion-reaction CdTe solar
cell simulator that includes active defects and grain boundaries,” Proceedings of the 43rd
IEEE
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Portland, June 5-10, 2016.
2) D. Guo, R. Akis, D. Brinkman, A. Moore, D. Krasikov, I. Sankin, C. Ringhofer and D. Vasileska,
“Using Diffusion-Reaction Model to Study Cu in Single Crystal CdTe,” Proceedings of the 43rd
IEEE
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Portland, June 5-10, 2016.
3) D. Guo, R. Akis, D. Brinkman, D. Vasileska, A. Moore, “Predictive Simulation of Defect Migration
and Metastabilities in CdTe Solar Cells,” Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Reliability
Physics Symposium, Pasedena, April 17-21, 2016.
4) R. Akis, D. Brinkman, D. Guo, D. Vasileska, and C. Ringhofer, “Simulating Cl Diffusion in
Polycrystalline CdTe,” Proceedings of the 42th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New
Orleans, June 14-19, 2015.
5) D. Guo, R. Akis, D. Brinkman, A. Moore, T. Fang, I. Sankin, C. Ringhofer and D. Vasileska, “Cu
Migration and its Impact on the Metastable Behavior of CdTe Solar Cells,” Proceedings of the 42th
IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, June 14-19, 2015.
6) D. Guo, R. Akis, D. Brinkman, A. Moore, T. Fang, I. Sankin, D. Vasileska, C. Ringhofer and J. Sites,
“Cu Migration and its Impact on the Metastable Behavior of CdTe Solar Cells,” MRS Online
Proceedings Library, San Francisco, California, April 6-10, 2015.
7) R. Akis, D. Brinkman, I. Sankin, T. Fang, D. Guo, D. Vasileska, and C. Ringhofer, “Extracting Cu
Diffusion Parameters in Polycrystalline CdTe,” Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists
Conference, Denver, Colorado, June 8-13, 2014.

8) D. Guo, R. Akis, D. Brinkman, I. Sankin, T. Fang, D. Vasileska, and C. Ringhofer, “One-Dimensional
Reaction-Diffusion Simulation of Cu Migration in Polycrystalline CdTe Solar Cells,” Proceedings of
the 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Denver, Colorado, June 8-13, 2014.
9) R. Akis, D. Brinkman, I. Sankin, T. Fang, D. Guo, D. Vasileska, and C. Ringhofer, “Modeling Copper
Diffusion in Polycrystalline CdTe Solar Cells,” Book of Extended Abstracts IWCE 2014, Paris,
France, June 3-6, 2014.
10) D. Guo, R. Akis, D. Brinkman, I. Sankin, T. Fang, D. Vasileska and C. Ringhofer, “CdTe Solar Cells:
The Role of Copper,” Book of Extended Abstracts IWCE 2014, Paris, France, June 3-6, 2014.
11) F.A. Marino, B. Tierney, R. Akis, M. Saraniti and S. M. Goodnick, “Incorporating 2D Quantum
Effects Into Full Band Monte Carlo Simulations of QWFETs,” Proceedings of the 13th IEEE
International Conference on Nanotechnology, Beijing, China, August 5-8, 2013, 67-70, 2013.
12) R. Akis, R. Soligo, F. A. Marino, D. K. Ferry, S. M. Goodnick, and M. Saraniti, “Simulating InP-
Based Composite Channel pHEMTs With Ultrashort Gates for THz Applications,” 12th IEEE
International Conference on Nanotechnology (lEEE-NANO) 20-23 August 2012, Birmingham, United
Kingdom, edited by K. Jiang and R. E. Palmer, 1-5 (2012).
13) D. Guerra, R. Akis, F. A. Marino, D. K. Ferry, S. M. Goodnick, and M. Saraniti, "Terahertz-capability
nanoscale InGaAs HEMT Design Guidelines by means of Full-band Monte Carlo device simulations",
Proceedings of 11th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems,
Phoenix, AZ, USA, January 2011.
14) D. Guerra, F.Marino, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, S. M. Goodnick, and M. Saraniti "Cellular Monte Carlo
study of RF Short-Channel effects, Effective Gate Length, and Aspect Ratio in GaN and InGaAs
HEMTs", Proceedings of 14th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, Pisa, Italy,
October 2010.
15) D. K. Ferry, L. Huang, R. Yang, Y.-C. Lai, R. Akis, “Open Quantum Dots in Graphene: Scaling
Relativistic Pointer States,” J. of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 220, Art. No. 012015 (2010)
16) N Aoki, A Burke, R Akis, D K Ferry and Y Ochiai, “Observation of open quantum dot via low
temperature scanning gate microscopy,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 150, Art. No.
022002, (2009).
17) Gil Speyer , Natalie Freed, Richard Akis, Dan Stanzione and Eric Mack, “Paradigms for Parallel
Computation,” Proceeding of the High Performance Computing Modernization Program Users Group
Conference, Seattle, WA, July 14-17, 2008, no editor credited, 486-494 (IEEE Computer Society,
2008).
18) Richard Akis and David K. Ferry, “Using Magnetic Fields and Band Gap Engineering to Achieve
Robust Spin Filtering in Finite Quantum Dot Arrays,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume
109, Art. No. 012005, (2008).
19) D. K. Ferry , J. Ayubi-Moak, R. Akis, N. Faralli, M. Saraniti, and S. M. Goodnick, “Full-band CMC
simulations of terahertz HEMTs,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 109, Art. No.
012001, (2008).
20) N. Aoki, C. R. da Cunha, T. Morimoto, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, and Y. Ochiai, “Scanning Gate Imaging
of Transport within an InGaAs QPC,” AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 893, 715-716 (2007).
21) R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Kinetic Lattice Monte Carlo Simulations of Germanium Island Growth on
Prepatterned Silicon (100) Substrates,” AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 893, 41-42 (2007).
22) A. W. Cummings, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Spin Rotations and Non-Abelian Phases in Quantum
Wire Networks,” AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 893, 1115-1116 (2007).
23) Gil Speyer, Richard Akis, and David K. Ferry, “Using local orbitals in DFT to examine oligothiophene
conductance anomolies,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 36, 25–28 (2006).
24) N. Aoki, A. Burke, C.R. da Cunha, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, and Y. Ochiai, “Novel phenomena in one-
dimensional non-linear transport in quantum wires,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume
36, 79–82 (2006).
25) Richard Akis, Matthew. Gilbert, and David K. Ferry, “Fully quantum mechanical simulations of gated
silicon quantum wire structures:investigating the effects of changing wire cross-section on transport,”
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 36, 87–90 (2006).
26) D. K. Ferry, R. Akis, A. Cummings, M.J. Gilbert, S. M. Ramey, “Semiconductor Device Scaling:
Physics, Transport, and the Role of Nanowires,” Nanotechnology, 2006. IEEE-NANO 2006. Sixth
IEEE Conference on, Vol. 2, 415-418 (2006).

27) R. Akis, and D.K. Ferry, “Spin filtering effects in a quantum point contact,” Proceedings of the 14th
International Conference on Nonequilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Semiconductors, Chicago, July 24-
29, 2005, Edited by M. Saraniti and U. Raviioli, 163-166 (Springer, 2006).
28) M.J. Gilbert, R. Akis, and D.K. Ferry, “Implementation of separable scattering mechanisms in three-
dimensional quantum mechanical simulations of devices,” Proceedings of the 14th International
Conference on Nonequilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Semiconductors, Chicago, July 24-29, 2005,
Edited by M. Saraniti and U. Raviioli, 121-124 (Springer, 2006).
29) M.J. Gilbert, R. Akis, and D.K. Ferry, “Scattering in quantum simulations of silicon nanowire
transistors,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 35, 219–232 (2006).
30) D.K. Ferry, R. Akis, M.J. Gilbert and G. Speyer, “Modeling of Nanoelectronic and Quantum Devices,”
Technical Proceedings of the 2004 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Boston,
Massachusetts, U.S.A., March 7-11, 2004, no editor credited (Computational Publications, 2004).
31) D. K. Ferry, R. Akis, and J. Harris, “Self-consistent modeling of open quantum devices,” Proceedings
of the Quantum Transport Nano-Hano International Workshop, Chiba, Japan, June 13th
, 2001, no
editor credited, 1-3 (Chiba University Press,2001).
32) R. Akis, J. P. Bird, and D. K. Ferry, “Ballistic conductance and state selection in open quantum dots:
the influence of the closed dot eigenstates,” Proceedings of the Quantum Transport Nano-Hano
International Workshop, Chiba, Japan, June 13th
, 2001, no editor credited, 39-42 (Chiba University
Press,2001).
33) R. Akis, M. Elhassan, J. P. Bird, A. Shailos, C. Prasad, D. K. Ferry, L.-H. Lin, N. Aoki, Y. Ochiai, K.
Ishibashi, and Y. Aoyagi, “Molecular states in quantum dot arrays,” Proceedings of the Quantum
Transport Nano-Hano International Workshop, Chiba, Japan, June 13th
, 2001, no editor credited, 43-46
(Chiba University Press).
34) S. S. Ahmed, R. Akis, and D. Vasileska, “Quantum effects in SOI devices,” Technical Proceedings of
the 2nd
International Conference on Computational Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, San Juan, Puerto
Rico, April 21-25, 2002, no editor credited, 221-224 (Computational Publications, 2002).
35) R. Akis, L. Shifren, and D. K. Ferry, “Self-consistent modeling of open quantum devices,” Technical
Proceedings of the 2nd
International Conference on Computational Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,
San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 21-25, 2002, no editor credited, 185-188 (Computational Publications,
2002).
36) J. Harris, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “Self-consistent modeling of open quantum devices,” Technical
Proceedings of the 2nd
International Conference on Computational Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,
San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 21-25, 2002, no editor credited, 231-234 (Computational Publications,
2002).
37) R. Akis, S. Miličić, D. K. Ferry and D. Vasileska, “An effective potential method for including
quantum effects into the simulation of ultra-short and ultra-narrow channel MOSFETS,” Technical
Proceedings of the 4rd
International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, Hilton
Head Island, South Carolina, March 19-21, 2001, no editor credited, 450-453 (Computational
Publications, 2001).
38) L. Shifren, R. Akis, and D. K. Ferry, “The use of Bohm trajectories and the effective potential in
probing quantum mechanical behavior in 2D and spintronic sub-micron devices,” Technical
Proceedings of the 4rd
International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, Hilton
Head Island, South Carolina, March 19-21, 2001, no editor credited, 450-453 (Computational
39) D. K. Ferry, R. Akis, and D. Vasileska, “Quantum Effects in MOSFETs: Use of an Effective Potential
in 3D Monte Carlo Simulation of Ultra-Short Channel Devices,” 2000 IEEE International Electron
Devices Meeting Technical Digest, San Francisco, CA, December 11-13, 2000, 287-290 (IEEE Press,
New York, 2000).
40) R. Akis and D. Vasileska, “Modeling artificial molecules composed of coupled quantum dots,”
Technical Proceedings of the 3rd
International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of
Microsystems, San Diego, California, March 27-29, 2000, no editor credited, 441-444 (Computational
41) S. Miličić, D. Vasileska, R. Akis, A. Gunther and S. M. Goodnick, “Discrete impurity effects in silicon
quantum dots,” Technical Proceedings of the 3rd
International Conference on Modeling and
Simulation of Microsystems, San Diego, California, March 27-29, 2000, no editor credited, 441-444
(Computational Publications, 2000).

42) R. Akis, D. Vasileska and D.K. Ferry, “An overview of the 3D simulation efforts at Arizona State
University directed towards understanding transport in the quantum dots and the ultra-small devices of
the future,” Proceedings of the 2nd
Microsystems, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 19-21, 1999, no editor credited, 373-376 (Computational
43) D.K. Ferry, J. R. Barker, and R. Akis, “Complex potentials, dissipative processes, and general quantum
transport,” Proceedings of the 2nd
Microsystems, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 19-21, 1999, no editor credited, 373-376 (Computational
44) R. Akis, D.K. Ferry and J.P. Bird, “Scarring effects in open quantum dots,” Proceedings of the Fourth
International Symposium of Quantum Confinement Nanoscale Materials, Devices, and Systems, 191st
Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Montreal , Quebec, Canada, May 8-13 1997, PV 97-11,
Edited by M. Cahay, J.P. Leburton, S. Bandyopadhyay, and D. J. Lockwood, 474-485 (1997).
45) D.K. Ferry, R. Akis, D.P. Pivin, K.M. Connolly, J.P. Bird, K. Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi, T. Sugano and Y.
Ochiai, “Quantum transport in ballistic quantum dots” in “High Magnetic Fields in Semiconductor
Physics,” Edited by G. Landwehr and W. Ossau, 299-308 (World Scientific, 1997).
46) D.K Ferry, R Akis, S. Udipi, D. Vasileska, D. P. Pivin, K. M. Connolly, J.P. Bird, K Ishibashi, Y.
Aoyagi, T. Sugano and Y. Ochiai, “Carrier transport in nanoscale devices,” Extended Abstracts of the
1996 International Solid State Device and Materials Conference, Yokahama, Japan, Aug. 26-29 1996,
749-751 (1996).
47) J.P. Bird, R. Akis, D.K. Ferry, Y. Ochiai, K. Ishibashi, Y. Aoyagi and T. Sugano, “Definitive
manifestation of wave function scarring in regular mesoscopic billiards,” in “The Physics of
Semiconductors,” edited by M Scheffler and R Zimmerman, 1553-1557 (World Scientific, 1996).
48) R. Akis, P. Vasilopoulos and F. Sezikeye, “Photonic band gaps in complex-unit systems and quasi one
dimensional waveguides,” in “Photonic Band Gap Materials,” edited by C. Soukoulis, NATO
Advanced Studies Institute, Volume 315, 507-514, (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996).
49) P. Debray, J. Blanchet, R.Akis, P. Vasilopoulos and J. Nagle, “Quantum interference in ballistic
electron stub tuners,” proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Compound
Semiconductors, Sept. 18-22, 1994, San Diego, USA, Inst. Phys. Conf. Series 141, 835-837 (1995).
50) R.Akis, P. Vasilopoulos, J. Blanchet and P. Debray, “Shape dependence, finite temperature effects, and
resonant tunnelling in electron stub tuners,” proceedings of the 22st Intl. Conf. on the Physics of
Semiconductors, Aug. 15-19, 1994, Vancouver, BC, edited by D. J. Lockwood, 1653-1656, (World
Scientific, 1995).

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