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Norman Horing

Dr. Horing’s research includes analysis of, Quantum Field Theoretic Green's Function Methods in Many-Body Problems, Solid State and Surface Physics, Correlation Phenomena Collective Modes in Low Dimensional Systems, Quantum Transport in Semiconductor Nanostructures, Superlattices and High Magnetic Field Phenomena.

He is director of Quantum Electron Physics and Technology research in the Physics Department, which studies quantum field theory of many-body systems; nonequilibrium and thermal Green's function methods in solid state and semiconductor physics and response properties; open quantum systems; nonequilibrium fluctuations; surface interactions; quantum plasma; high magnetic field phenomena; low dimensional systems; dynamic, nonlocal dielectric properties, and collective modes in quantum wells, wires, dots, and superlattices; nanostructure electrodynamics and optical properties; nonlinear quantum transport theory; magnetotransport, miniband transport, hot electrons, and hot phonons in submicron devices; mesoscopic systems; spintronics; relaxation and decoherence in semiconductor nanostructures; nanoelectrical mechanical systems (NEMS); and device analysis for quantum computations.

Dr. Horing is a member of professional societies such as the American Physical Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Society of the Sigma Xi: Vice President of Stevens Chapter, IEEE, Materials Research Society, and European Physical Society. He has contributed to multiple journals and conference proceedings, and is responsible for two books entitled, “Fundamentals of Semiconductor Physics and Devices”, World Scientific, 771 pages (1997), and “Advanced Quantum Mechanics of Coupled Quantum Systems: Schwinger’s Approach with Applications to Condensed Matter (Semiconductors, Nanostructures, Superconductivity and Superfluidity).”

His awards and honors include the M. Engr. (Honorary Degree) Stevens Inst. Tech., Jess H. Davis Research Prize, Stevens Inst. of Tech., Advisory Comm., Phys. & Astron. Sect., NY Acad. of Sci., Research Recognition Award, Stevens Inst. of Tech, Henry Morton Distinguished Teaching Professor Award, Referee for Physical Review/Letters, J. Phys. C., J. Appl. Phys., and Referee for International Science Foundation.

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Selected Publications:

N.J.M. Horing. (2010). Aspects of the Theory of Graphene, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Royal Society Publishing Org. ,. A 368 5525-5556

N.J.M. Horing. (2010). Quantum Effects in Plasma Dielectric Response: Plasmons and Shielding in Normal Systems and Graphene, Eds: M. Bonitz, N.J.M. Horing & P. Ludwig, Introduction to Complex Plasmas (Book), Springer,. 109-132

S.Y. Liu, N.J.M. Horing, & X.L. Lei. (2010). Dynamic Conductivity of Graphene in a Terahertz AC Electric Field, IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE. 10 681

B. Dong B, H.Y. Fan, X.L. Lei, N.J.M. Horing. (2009). Counting statistics of tunneling through a single molecule: Effect of distortion and displacement of vibrational potential surface, J. Appl. Phys. . 105 113702

N.J.M. Horing, and S.Y. Liu. (2009). Green's functions for a graphene sheet and quantum dot in a normal magnetic field, J. Phys. A. (42), 225301

S.Y. Liu, X.L. Lei, N.J.M. Horing. (2008). Diffusive Transport in Graphene: The Role of Interband Correlation, J. Appl. Phys., 104 043705

X. L. Lei and N. J. M. Horing. (1992). Balance Equation Approach to Hot-Carrier Transport in Semiconductors, Editor C. S. Ting, Physics of Hot Electron Transport in Semiconductors (Book), World Scientific Press, Singapore. 1-132

N. J. M. Horing , H. L. Cui & X. L. Lei. (1992). Recent Developments in Hot Electron Magnetotransport Theory, Editor C. S. Ting, Physics of Hot Electron Transport in Semiconductors (Book), World Scientific Press, Singapore. 133-169

X. L. Lei, N. J. M. Horing & Hl Cui. Theory of Negative Differential Conductivity In a Superlattice Miniband, Physical Review Letters 66 (25), 3277, AIP (1991)

N.J.M. Horing, M.M. Yildiz. Quantum-Theory of Longitudional Dielectric Response Properties of a 2-Dimensional Plasma in a Magnetic-Field, Annals of Physics (NY) 97, 216 (1976)

H.L. Cui, V. Fessatidis & N.J.M. Horing. Commensurability Oscillations in Magnetoplasmons of a Density-Modulated Two-Dimensional Electron-Gas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 63, 2598, AIP (1989)

N.J.M. Horing, T. Yu. Bagaeva & V.V. Popov. Excitation of Radiative Polaritons in a 2D Excitonic Layer by a Light Pulse, J. Optical Soc. America, B24, 2428 , AIP (2007)

N.J.M. Horing & L.Y. Chen. Inverse Dielectric Function of a Lateral Quantum Wire Superlattice Parallel to the Interface of a Plasma-Like Semiconductor, Phys. Rev. B 74, 195336, AIP (2006) :[Also reprinted in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science of Technology, Dec. 11, 2006]

N. J. M. Horing, M. L. Glasser & B. Dong. Dynamic & Statistical Thermodynamic Properties of Electrons in a Thin Quantum Well in a Parallel Magnetic Field, J. Phys. C: Condensed Matter, 18, p. 2573, IOP (2006)

N. J. M. Horing & L. Y. Chen. Magneto-Image Effects in the van der Waals Interaction of an Atom and a Bounded Dynamic Nonlocal Plasma-like Medium, Phys. Rev. A66, p. 042905, AIP (2002)

S.Y. Liu, N.J.M. Horing & X.L. Lei. Inverse Spin Hall Effect by Spin Injection, Applied Physics Letters 91, 122508, AIP (2007)

B. Dong, N.J.M. Horing and X.L. Lei. Qubit Measurement by a Quantum Point Contact: a Quantum Langevin Equation Apporach, Phys. Rev. B 74, 033303, AIP (2006): [Also reprinted in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, July 18, 2006; and in the Virtual Journal of Quantum Information, July 2006]

B. Dong, N. J. M. Horing & H. L. Cui. Inelastic Cotunneling-Induced Decoherence & Relaxation, Charge & Spin Currents in an Interacting Quantum Dot Under a Magnetic Field, Physical Review B72, 165326, AIP (2005); [Also reprinted in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, October 31, 2005]

N.J.M. Horing. Quantum Theory of Electron Gas Plasma Oscillations in a Magnetic Field, Annals of Physics (NY) 31, 1 (1965)

N.J.M.Horing with R. Enderlein. Fundamentals of Semiconductor Physics and Devices, World Scientific Press, 771 pages (1997). Get the book here

N. J. M. Horing, H. L. Cui & X. L. Lei. Recent Developments in Hot Electron Magnetotransport Theory, Physics of Hot Electron Transport in Semiconductors, Editor: C. S.Ting, pp. 133ff, World Scientific Press, Singapore (1992)

X. L. Lei & N. J. M. Horing. Balance Equation Approach to Hot-Carrier Transport in Semiconductors, Physics of Hot Electron Transport in Semiconductors, Editor: C. S. Ting, pp.1ff, World Scientific Press, Singapore (1992)

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520A Burchard
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