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Books

  1. "Negative Differential Resistance and Instabilities in 2-D Semiconductors" Edts. N. Balkan, B. K. Ridley and A. J. Vickers (Plenum Publishing 1993)  ISBN: 0306444909 9780306444906
  2. "Hot Electrons in Semiconductors: Physics and Devices" Edt. N. Balkan (Oxford Univ. Press, 1997) ISBN-10: 0-19-850058-0, ISBN-13: 978-0-19-850058-2 (Details from Amazon) (Details from OUP)
  3. "Cevremizdeki Fizik" ("Physics Around Us" in Turkish) III Edition with A. Erol (TUBITAK Press, Ankara, Turkey 2005) ISBN 975-403-355-2
  4. "Semiconductor Research: Experimental Techniques" Edts: A. Patane and N. Balkan (Springer Publishers, 2012) ISBN 978-3-642-23350-0
  5. "Semiconductor Modeling Techniques" Edts: N. Balkan and X. Marie (Springer Publishers, 2012) ISBN 978-3-642-27511-1
  6. "Yari Iletkenler Fizigi ve Optoelektronik Uygulamalari (in Turkish), N. Balkan and A. Erol, Seckin kitap evi, Ankara (2013) ISBN 9789750222917

Book Chapters

  1. "Hot Electron Capture in GaAs MQW: Photo emission and NDR", N. Balkan and B. K. Ridley, in "Properties of Impurity States in Superlattice Semiconductors", (editors I. Batra, S. Ciraci, C. Y. Fong) Plenum Publishing, pp. 229-245 (1988) ISBN: 0306430096 9780306430091
  2. "Hot Electron Instabilities and Light Emission in GaAs Quantum Wells" " A. da Cunha, A. Straw and N. Balkan, in NATO ASI Series "NDR and Instabilitiess in 2-D Semiconductors (editors: N.Balkan, B. K. Ridley, A. J. Vickers) Plenum Publishing, Chapter 19, pp. 283-304 (1993)
    3. ISBN: 0306444909 9780306444906
  3. "Hot Electron Instabilities in Quantum Wells: Acoustoelectric Effect and Two Stream Instability" R. Gupta, N. Balkan and B. K. Ridley, in NATO ASI Series - ibid. Chapter 8, pp. 127-141 (1993)
    4. ISBN: 0306444909 9780306444906
  4. "NDR High Field Domains and Microwave Emission in GaAs Quantum Wells" with A. Straw, A. da Cunha, N. Balkan and B. K. Ridley, NATO ASI Series - ibid. Chapter 19, pp. 251-261 (1993)
    5. ISBN: 0306444909 9780306444906
  5. "Non-equilibrium Phonons and Instabilities in Quantum Wells" N. Balkan, Chapter 10 in "Hot Electrons in Semiconductors: Physics and Devices", edited by N. Balkan, Oxford Univ. Press (1997)
    6. ISBN-10: 0-19-850058-0, ISBN-13: 978-0-19-850058-2
  6. "Lateral Biasing in p-n Junction Light Emitters: HELLISH Devices" J. Y. Wah and N. Balkan in Frontiers in Optical Technology: Materials and Devices, Edits. P. K. Choudhury and O. N. Singh, Nova Science Publisher 2006 (USA) ISBN: 1-60021-084-8
  7. "Hot Carrier Transport" N. Balkan in "Semiconductor Research: Experimental Techniques" Edts: A. Patane and N. Balkan (Springer Publishers, 2012) ISBN 978-3-642-23350-0

Journal Editor

  1. Issue Editor: N. Balkan with H Çelik "Scattering Mechanisms and Device Performance" Turk Journal of Physics, TUBITAK Press, Ankara, 1999
  2. Special Issue Editor IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics 2003, Volume 150(1) "Physics and Technology of Dilute Nitrides for Optical Communications"
  3. Special Issue Editor Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2004, "Dilute Nitrides"
  4. Co-Editor of Special Issue IEE: Optoelectronics "Dilute Nitride and Related Mismatched Semiconductor Alloys" Eoin P. O'Reilly, Naci Balkan, Irina Buyanova, Xavier Marie and Henning Riechert, Volume 151, No 5, 2004
  5. Leading Co-Editor of Physica Status Solidi(a) 204 No 2 467-546 and PSS(c) Volume 4 No 2 229-688 (2007) "Proceedings of Int Conference on Superlattices Nanostructures and Nanodevices", N. Balkan, A. Erol, M.J. Adams, M.C. Arikan and A.J. Vickers
  6. Co-Guest Editor of Physica Status Solidi (b) 248 No 5 (2011) and Physica Status Solidi (c) 8 No 5 (2011) Proceedings of EMRS Symposium on "The Physics and Applications of Novel Gain Materials Based on III-V-N Compounds - Strasbourg 2010" Dimitris Alexandropoulos, Judy Rorison, N Balkan, A Erol and X Marie.
  7. Member of the Editorial Board: "Anadolu University Journal of Science and Technology: applied Science and Engineering"
  8. Co-Guest Editor of Physica Status Solidi (b) and Physica Status Solidi (c) Proceedings of EMRS Symposium on "The Physics and Applications of Novel Gain Materials Based on Nitrogen and Bismituh containing III-V Compounds - Strasbourg 2012" S. Calvez, D. Alexandropoulos, J. Rorison, N. Balkan and M. Guina (2012)

International Journal Papers

  1. "AC Loss in Amorphous Germanium", A. R. Long and N. Balkan, Philosophical Magazine, Volume  B41, pp. 287-305 (1980)
  2. "AC Loss in Amorphous Germanium", A. R. Long and N. Balkan, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, Vol. 35-36, pp. 415-420 (1980)
  3. "AC Loss in Amorphous Germanium at Low Temperatures", A. R Long, W.R. Hogg, N. Balkan and R. P. Ferrier, Journal of Physics Volume 42, pp. 107-110 (1981)
  4. "AC Loss in Sputtered Hydrogenated Amorphous Germanium, Measurements at Around Liquid Nitrogen Temperatures" A. R. Long, N. Balkan, W. R. Hogg and R. P. Ferrier, Philosophical Magazine Volume (B45), pp. 497-518 (1982)
  5. "The Effect of Hydrogen on AC and DC Conduction in Sputtered Amorphous Germanium Films: A Temperature Shift", A. R. Long, W. R. Hogg and N. Balkan, Philosophical Magazine Volume B48, L55-L60 (1983)
  6. "Frequency Dependent Loss in Sputtered Amorphous Germanium Films: Measurements at Low Temperatures", A. R. Long, W. R. Hogg, M. C. Holland, N. Balkan and R. P. Ferrier, Philosophical Magazine Volume B51, pp. 39-54 (1985)
  7. "Analysis of Frequency Dependent Loss Data in Amorphous Germanium and Silicon" N. Balkan, P. N. Butcher, W. R. Hogg, A. R. Long and S. Summerfield, Philosophical Magazine Volume B51, L7-L12 (1985)
  8. "Free and Bound Excitons in p-type GaAs MQW" N. Balkan, B. K. Ridley and I. Goodridge, Semiconductor Science and Technology Volume 1, pp. 338-342 (1986)
  9. "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Luminescence in GaAs/GaAlAs MQW" N. Balkan, B. K. Ridley, J. Frost, D. Andrews, I. Goodridge and J. Roberts, Superlattice and Microstructures Volume 2, pp. 357-361 (1986)
  10. "Hot Electron Capture in GaAs MQW: NDR and Persistent Effects" N. Balkan, B. K. Ridley and J. Roberts, Solid State Electronics Volume 31, pp. 799-803 (1988)
  11. "The Application of the Extended Pair Approximation to Hopping Conduction in R.F. Sputtered Amorphous Silicon" A. R. Long, J. McMillan, N. Balkan and S. Summerfield‚ Philosophical Magazine Volume 58, pp. 153-169 (1988)
  12. "Electrical Instabilities in GaAs/GaAlAs Quantum Wells: Acoustoelectric Effects" N. Balkan and B. K. Ridley, Semiconductor Science and Technology Volume 3, pp. 507-510 (1988)
  13. "Current Instabilities in GaAs/GaAlAs Single and Multiple Quantum Wells" N. Balkan, B. K. Ridley and J. S. Roberts, Superlattices and Microstructures Volume 5, No. 4, pp. 539-544 (1989)
  14. "Hot Electron Energy Relaxation in GaAs/GaAlAs Structures" N. Balkan, B. K. Ridley, M. Emeny and I. Goodridge, Semiconductor Science and Technology Volume 4, pp. 852-857 (1989)
  15. "Hot Phonons and Instabilities in GaAs/GaAlAs Structures" N. Balkan, R. Gupta, B. K. Ridley, M. Emeny, J. Roberts and I. Goodridge, Solid State Electron Volume 32, pp. 1641-1646 (1989)
  16. "Hot Electron Transport in GaAs Quantum Wells: Non-Drifting Hot Phonons" N. Balkan, R. Gupta, M. E. Daniels, B. K. Ridley and M. Emeny, Semiconductor Science and Technology Volume 5, pp. 986-990 (1990)
  17. "Energy and Momentum Relaxation of Electrons in GaAs/GaAlAs HEMT Structures" N. Balkan, R. Gupta, Z. Ciechanowska, B. K. Ridley, D. Ritchie, D. Peacock, J. Frost and G. Jones, Semiconductor Science and Technology Volume 6(3) pp. 175-180 (1991)
  18. "Acoustic and Optic Phonon Energy Relaxation in Non-Degenerate GaAs/GaAlAs Multiple Quantum Wells" A. Straw, A. J. Vickers, N. Balkan and J. S. Roberts, Superlattices and Microstructures Volume 10(2), pp. 203-206 (1991)
  19. "Hot Electron Transport in GaAs Quantum Wells: Effect of Non-Drifting Hot Phonons and Interface Roughness" R. Gupta, N. Balkan and B. K. Ridley, Semiconductor Science and Tech. Volume 7, pp. 274-278 (1992)
  20. "Energy and Momentum Relaxation of Hot Electrons in GaAs/ Ga1xAlxAs Quantum Wells: Effect of Hot Phonon Lifetime " E. Oztürk, A. Straw, N. Balkan, D. Ritchie, D. Peacock and G. Jones, Semiconductor Science and Tech. Volume 7, pp. 1417-1421(1992)
  21. "Hot Electron Transport in GaAs/Ga1xAlxAs Quantum Wells" R. Gupta, N. Balkan and B. K. Ridley, Phys. Rev. Volume 46, pp. 7745-7754 (1992)
  22. "Warm Electron Energy Loss in GaInAs/AlInAs HEMT Structures" M. C. Arikan, A. Strawand N. Balkan, Journal of Applied Phys. Volume 74, pp. 6261-6265 (1993)
  23. "Imaging of Domains and Current Filaments in GaAs/GaAlAs MQW" A. Straw, P. T. Guerreiro and N. Balkan, Semiconductor Science and Tech. Volume 8, pp.1303-1309 (1993)
  24. " In-plane Photoconductive Processes in GaAs Quantum Wells" M. C. Arikan,Y. Ergün, N. Balkan and B. K. Ridley, Semiconductor Science and Tech. Vol. 8, pp. 1337-1347 (1993)
  25. "Longitudinal Transport in Ga1-xAlxAs p-n Junctions incorporating GaAs Quantum Wells: Hot Electron Light Emitters" A. da Cunha, R. Gupta, A. Straw, N. Balkan and B. K. Ridley, Semiconductor Science and Tech. Volume 9, pp. 677-680 (1994)
  26. "Self-Generated Nonlinear Oscillations in Single and Multilayered Heterostructures" R. Döttling, O. Rudzick, E. Schöll, A. Straw, A. J. Vickers, N.Balkan and A. da Cunha, Semiconductor Science and Tech. Volume 9, pp. 611-614 (1994)
  27. "Electric Field Profiling in 2D Semiconductors exhibiting Electrical Instabilities" A. Straw, A. da Cunha, N. Balkan and A. J. Vickers, Semiconductor Science and Tech.Volume 9, pp. 619-622 (1994)
  28. "Hot Electron Relaxation via the Emission of GaAs Optical Modes and AlAs Interface Modes in GaAs/AlAs MQW " E. Ozturk, N. C. Constantinou, A. Straw, N. Balkan, B. K. Ridley and D. A. Ritchie, Semiconductor Science and Tech. Volume 9, pp. 782-785 (1994)
  29. "Nonlinear Spatio-Temporal Dynamics in GaAlAs P-N junctions incorporating Quantum Wells" A. Straw, A. Da Cunha, R. Gupta, N. Balkan and B. K. Ridley, Superlattices and Microstructures Volume 16, No. 2, pp. 173-177 (1994)
  30. "Hot Electron Energy and Momentum Relaxation in GaAs/Ga1-xAlxAs and GaAs/AlAs" E. Ozturk, A. Straw and N. Balkan, Superlattices and Microstructures Volume 15, pp.165-169 (1994)
  31. "A Tunable Wavelength hot electron Light Emitter" N. Balkan, A. Teke, A. Straw, R. Gupta, J. H. Wolter and W. van der Vleuten, Applied Physics Letters, Volume 67(7), pp. 935-937 (1995)
  32. "Hot Electron Light Emitting and Lasing Semiconductor Heterostructures - Type 1" A. Straw, N. Balkan, A. da Cunha, R. Gupta, and Ç. Arikan, Superlattices and Microstructures Volume 18, pp. 34-53 (1995)
  33. "Hot Electron Light Emitting and Lasing Semiconductor Heterostructure Device - Type 2" R. Gupta, N. Balkan, A. Teke, A.Straw and A. da Cunha, Superlattices and Microstructures Volume18, pp. 45-51 (1995)
  34. "Warm Electron Power Loss in GaAs/ GaAlAs Quantum Wells" N. Balkan, H. Celik, M. Cankurtaran and A.J.Vickers, Phys. Rev. B Volume 52, pp. 17210-17222 (1995)
  35. "Tunable Hot Electron Light Emitter" A. Teke, R. Gupta, N. Balkan, W. van der Vleuten and J.H. Wolter, Semiconductor Science and Tech. Volume 12(3), pp. 314-320 (1997)
  36. "Ultrabright Surface Emission From a Distributed Bragg reflector hot electron light emitter" A. O'Brien, N. Balkan and J. Roberts, Applied Physics Letters Volume 70, pp. 366-368 (1997)
  37. "Well Width Dependence of In-plane Effective Mass and Quantum Lifetime of Electrons in GaAs/GaAlAs Multiple Quantum Wells" H. Celik, M. Cankurtaran, A. Bayrakli, E. Tiras and N. Balkan, Semiconductor Science and Tech.Volume 12, pp. 389-395 (1997)
  38. "Well Width Dependence of Interface Roughness Scattering in GaAs/GaAlAs Quantum wells" N. Balkan, R. Gupta, C. Arikan, H. Celik, M. Cankurtaran, A. Bayrakli and E. Tiras, Superlattices and Microstructures Volume 30, pp. 263-271 (1997)
  39. "Photo-induced Transient Spectroscopy in GaAs/GaAlAs Quantum wells" C. Arikan, S. Cenk and N. Balkan, Journal of Applied Physics 82(10), pp. 4896-4899 (1997)
  40. " Quantum and Transport Mobilities in GaAs/GaAlAs Multiple Quantum Wells." H. Celik, M. Cankurtaran, A. Bayrakli, E. Tiras and N. Balkan, Physica Status Solidi Vol. 207, pp. 139-146 (1998)
  41. " The Static and Dynamic Screening of Power Loss of a Two Dimensional Electron Gas" C. Bennett, N. Balkan, B. Tanatar, H. Celik and M. Cankurtaran, Superlattices Microstructures Volume 24, pp. 25-32 (1998)
  42. "Temperature Dependence of 1.55 µ m VCSEL" J. Masum, N. Balkan and M. Adams, Optics Communication Volume 154, pp. 43-46 (1998)
  43. "Super-radiant Emission From a Quasi-vertical Cavity Hot Electron Light Emitter" A. O'Brien, N. Balkan, A. Boland-Thoms, M. Adams, A. Bek, A. Serpenguzel, A. Aydinli, and J. Roberts, Optical and Quantum Electronics Vol. 31, pp. 183-190 (1999)
  44. "Electric Field Dependence of Excitonic Properties in Graded Double Quantum Wells", H. Sari, Y. Ergun, I. Sokmen, S. Elagoz and N. Balkan, Semiconductor Science and Tech. Volume 14, pp 412-418 (1999)
  45. "Temperature Dependence of Spontaneous Emission in VCSELs", J. Masum, D. Ramoo, N. Balkan and M.J. Adams, IEE Proc: Optoelectronics Volume 146, pp 245-251 (1999)
  46. "Tunable Wavelength Light Emission from longitudinally biased p-GaAs/n-GaA1As Junction containing GaAs quantum wells: Non-linear dynamics", N. Balkan, A. Teke and R. Gupta, Physica E Volume 4, pp 300-315 (1999)
  47. "Non-linear carrier dynamics in hot electron vertical cavity surface emitting laser", N. Balkan, Physica B Volume 272, pp 480-483 (1999)
  48. "Transient studies of light emission from travelling space charge domains in GaAs and GaA1As", N. Balkan and M. Hostut, Physica B Volume 272, pp 291-294 (1999)
  49. "Binding energies of excitons in symmetric and asymmetric coupled double quantum wells in magnetic fields" E. Kasapoglu, H. Sari, N. Balkan, I. Sokmen and Y. Ergun, Semiconductor Science and Technology Volume 15 (2), pp. 219-224 (2000)
  50. "VCSEL Structure Hot Electron Light Emitter" N. Balkan, A. Sepenguzel, A. O'Brien-Davies, I Sokmen, C. Hepburn, R. Potter, J. Roberts, M. J. Adams and J. S. Roberts, Materials Science &Engineering Volume B74, pp. 96-100 (2000)
  51. "The Effects of Spacer Layer Thickness on the Transport Properties of Modulation Doped GaInAs/AlInAs HEMT structures" S. Altinoz, E. Tiras, A. Bayrakli, H. Celik, M. Cankurtaran and N. Balkan, Physica Status Solidi (a) Volume 182, pp. 717-726 (2000)
  52. "Hot Electron Light Emission from a GaInAsP/InP structure" R. Sceats, A. Dyson, A. R. Potter, A Boland-Thoms, N. Balkan, M. J. Adams and C. Button, IEE Proc: Optoelectronics Volume 148, pp. 1-5 (2001) 
  53. "Magnetotransport in Modulation Doped InGaAs/InAlAs Heterojunctions: In-plane Effective Mass and Transport and Quantum Mobilities of 2D Electrons", E. Tiras, M. Cankurtaran, H. Celik, A. Boland-Thoms and N. Balkan, Superlattices and Microstructures Volume 29, pp. 147-167 (2001)
  54. "The effect of In/N ratio on the Lasing Threshold in GaInAsN/GaAs Quantum Well Lasers" R. Potter, S. Mazzucato, N. Balkan, M. J. Adams, P. R. Chalker, T. B. Joyce and T.J Bullough, Superlattices and Microstructures Volume 29, pp. 169-186 (2001)
  55. "An Alternative Method for The Exact Calculation of Wannier-Stark Localization in Superlattices" Y. Ergün, R. Amca, I. Sökmen, H. Sari, S. Elagöz and N. Balkan, Superlattices and Microstuctures Volume 29, No. 1, pp. 73-81 (2001)
  56. "Amplification of Ultrasonic Waves in Bulk GaN and 2D AlGaN/ GaN Structures" S. Abdelraheem, D. P. Blyth and N. Balkan, Physica Status Solidi (a) Volume 185, No. 2, 247-256 (2001)
  57. "Hot electron energy relaxation via acoustic phonon emission in modulation-doped In0.53Ga0.47As/In0.52Al0.48As heterojunctions with double-subband occupancy" E. Tras, M. Cankurtaran, H. Celik and N. Balkan, Phys. Rev B Volume 64 No 8, pp 1-11 (2001)
  58. "Determination of in-plane effective mass and quantum life-time of 2D electrons in modulation doped InGaAs/InAlAs heterojunctions from the quantum oscillations in Hall resistance" E. Tiras, M. Cankurtaran, H. Celik and N. Balkan, Physica Status Solidi Volume 186, No 1, pp. 123-134 (2001)
  59. "Interaction Strength between the highly localised Nitrogen states and the extended semiconductor matrix states in GaInNAs" R. J. Potter, N. Balkan, X. Marie, H. Carrere, E. Bedel and G. Lacoste, Physica Status Solidi Volume 187 No 2, pp 623-632 (2001)
  60. "Compositional Variation in as Grown GaInAsN/GaAs Quantum Well Structures" P. R. Chalker, H. Davock, S. Thomas, T. B. Joyce, T. J.Bullough, R. Potter and N. Balkan, Journal of Crystal Growth Volume 233 (1,2), pp 1-4 (2001)
  61. "Electron Energy and Momentum Loss Rates in 2-D GaN" N. Balkan, M. C. Arikan, S. Gokden, V. Tilak, R. J. Shealy and W. Schaff, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Volume 14 (13), 3457-3468 (2002)
  62. "Electron Energy Relaxation via Acoustic Phonon Emission in Gaas/GaA1As MQWs: Effect of Base Lattice temperature" M. Cankurtaran, H. Celik and N. Balkan, Physica Status Solidi Volume 229, No 3, 1191-1204 (2002)
  63. "Hot Electron Capture and Power Loss in 2D GaN" S. Mazzucato, M. C. Arikan, N. Balkan, B. K. Ridley, R. J. Shealy, B. Schaff, Physica B Volume 314 No 1-4, 55-58 (2002)
  64. "Hot Electron Energy Relaxation via Acoustic Phonon Emission in GaAs/GaAlAs MQW: Well Width Dependence" H. Celik, M. Cankurtaran, A. Bayrakli and N. Balkan, Semiconductor Science and Tech. Volume 17, 18-29 (2002)
  65. "Discussions of Suitable Modulation Schemes for a bi-directional Hot Electron Light Emitter and Absorber" Jing-Yeh Wah, Rifat Yenidünya, A. Boland-Thoms, R. M. Demirer and N. Balkan, IEE Proc: Optoelectronics Volume 149 (5/6), 197-201 (2002)
  66. "Photo induced transient spectroscopy and In-plane photovoltage in GaInAsN/GaAs Quantum Wells" S Mazzucato, A Erol, A Teke, M C Arikan, R J Potter, N Balkan, X Marie, A Boland-Thoms, H Carrere, E Bedel, G Lacoste, A Arnoult and C Fontaine, Physica E Volume 17, 250-251 (2003)
  67. "Band structure and optical gain in GaInAsN quantum wells" H Carrere, A Arnoult, X Marie, T Amand, E Bedel-Pereira, R J Potter and N Balkan, Physica E Volume 17, 245-246 (2003)
  68. "Comparison of theoretical models for interband transitions in dilute nitrides and experimental measurement" R J Potter, D Alexandropoulos, A Erol, S Mazzucato, N Balkan, M J Adams, X Marie, H Carrere, A Arnoult, E Bedel, G Lacoste and C Fontaine,  Physica E Volume 17 (1-4), 245-246 (2003)
  69. "Hot Electron Light Emission and Absorption Processes in a Top Hat Structured bi-directional Wavelength Converter/Amplifier" Jing-Yeh Wah, A Boland-Thoms, N Balkan and J S Roberts.  Physica E Volume 17, 610-612 (2003)
  70. "S-shape behaviour of the temperature dependent energy gap in dilute nitrides" S Mazzucato, R J Potter, A Erol, N Balkan, P R Chalker, T B Joyce, T J Bullough, X Marie, H Carrere, A Arnoult, E Bedel, G Lacoste and C Fontaine.  Physica E Volume 17, 242-244 (2003)
  71. "Hot Electron Light Emission from GaInAs/InP structures with distributed Bragg reflectors" R Sceats, A Dyson, C J Hepburn, R J Potter, A Boland-Thoms, N Balkan, Geoff Hill, C Button and S Pinches.  Physica E Volume 17, 607-609 (2003)
  72.  "Time Resolved PL Study of GaInAsN Quantum Wells" R J Potter, N Balkan, X Marie, H Carrere and C Fontaine, IEE: Proc: Optoelectronics Volume 150(1), 75-77 (2003)
  73. "Bi-directional field effect light emitter and absorber heterojunction with GaInAsN at 1250 nm" J-Yeh Wah, N Loubert, S Mazzucato and N Balkan, IEE Proc: Optoelectronics Volume 150(1), 72-75 (2003)
  74. "Physics and Technology of Dilute Nitrides for Optical Communications" IEE Proc: Optoelectronics Volume 150(1), 1 (2003)
  75. “The operation of a Wavelength Converter based on Field Effect Light emitter and absorber heterojunction” J-Yeh Wah, N Balkan and J S Roberts, Physica Status Solidi (a) 196(2), 496-503 (2003)
  76. “Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of the Temperature Dependent Operation of GaInAsP/InP VCSELs” C J Hepburn, D Ramoo, R Sceats, Boland-Thoms, N Balkan, M J Adams, A J Dann, S D Perrin, I Read, J Reed, P Cannard, MA Fisher, DJ Elton, & MJ Harlow, Superlattices and Microstructures Volume 32 (2/3), 103-116 (2002)
  77. “In-plane photovoltage and Photoluminescence Studies in  Sequentially grown GaInAsN and GaInAs  quantum wells” S Mazzucato, N Balkan, A Teke, A Erol, R J Potter, M C Arikan, X Marie, C Fontaine, H Carrere, E Bedel, G Lacoste, Journal of Applied Physics Volume 93 (5): 2440-2448 (2003)
  78. “Hot Electron Light Emission at 1.3 μm from a GaInAsP/InP structure with distributed Bragg reflectors” R Sceats and N Balkan, Physica Status Solidi A Volume 197, 1-8 (2003)
  79.  “Effect of Non-drifting hot phonons on high field drift velocity in GaN/AlGaN” S Gokden, N Balkan and BK Ridley, Semiconductor Science and Tech. Volume 18(4), 206-211 (2003)
  80. “Optical Properties of GaInAsN QWs”, S Mazzucato, A Erol, R J Potter, N Balkan, P R Chalker, S Thomas, T B Joyce, T J Bullough, Solid State Electron Volume 47, 483-487 (2003)
  81. “Medium Energy Ion Scattering studies of as-grown and anneled GaInNAs/GaAs Quantum Wells” with SL White, S Thomas, TB Joyce, TJ Bullough PR Chalker,T CQ Noakes, S Mazzucato and N Balkan, Solid State Electron Volume 47, 425-429 (2003)
  82. “Temperature Dependence of the Threshold Electric Field in Hot Electron VCSELs” A Erol, N Balkan, M C Arikan, A Serpenguzel and J Roberts.  IEE Proc: Optoelectronics Volume 150, 535-540 (2003)
  83.  “The effect of nitrogen fraction upon the temperature dependence of GaNAs/GaAs quantum well emission” R J Potter, N Balkan, H Carrère, A Arnoult, E Bedel, X Marie, Applied Physics Letters Volume 82, 3400-3402 (2003)
  84. “Intense field effects on shallow donor impurities in graded quantum wells” H Sari, E Kasapoglu, I Sokmen and N Balkan, Semiconductor Science and Tech. Volume 18, 470-474 (2003)
  85. "Photo-induced transient spectroscopy of defect levels in GaInAsN" with A Erol, MC Arikan, S Mazzucato, H Carrere, A Arnoult, E Bedel and N Balkan, Semiconductor Science and Tech. Volume 18(11) pp968-972 (2003)
  86. "Momentum relaxation of Electrons in n-type 3D GaN" D Zanato, S Gokden, N Balkan, B K Ridley and W J Schaff, Superlattices and Microstructures 34(1-2), 77-85 (2003)
  87. "Tilted Magnetic Field effect on the Subbands of a GaAIAs diode with a GaAs QW" A Turkoglu, R Amca, Y Ergun, I Sokmen and N Balkan, Superlattices and Microstructures Volume 33, 235-245 (2003)
  88. "Light Emission with High Spectral Purity from Propagating Space Charge Domains in GaAlxAs1-x (0<x<0.38)" with S Chung, A Boland-Thoms, J Y Wah, N Balkan and B K Ridley, Semiconductor Science and Tech. Volume 19, S400-S402 (2004)
  89. "Spectral Photoconductivity and In-Plane Photovoltage studies of as grown and annealed GaInNAs/GaAs and GaInAs/GaAs QW Structures" A Erol, N Akcay, M C Arikan, S Mazzucato and N Balkan, Semiconductor Science and Technology Volume 19, 1-6 (2004)
  90. "The effect of interface roughness and dislocation scattering on low field mobility of 2D electrons in GaN/A1GaN structures" D Zanato, S Gokden, N Balkan, B K Ridley, W Schaff, Semiconductor Science and Tech Volume 19(3), 427-432 (2004)
  91. "Optical Properties of GaInNAs and GaNAs QWs" R J Potter and N Balkan, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Volume 16, 3387-3412 (2004)
  92. "The Physics and Technology of Dilute Nitrides" N Balkan, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Volume 16, Preface (2004)
  93. "Hot Electron Cooling Rates via the Emission of LO Phonons in InN" D Zanato, N Balkan, B K Ridley, G Hill and W J Schaff, Semiconductor Science and Technology Volume 19(8), 1024-1028 (2004)
  94. "The effect of interface roughness scattering on low field mobility of 2D electron gas in GaN/A1GaN heterostructures" Physica E Volume 24, 249-256 (2004)
  95. "The effect of scattering mechanisms on the low field mobility in GaN/A1GaN heterostructures" S Gokden, A Ilgaz, N Balkan and S Mazzucato, Physica E Volume 25(1) 86-92 (2004)
  96. "Effect of fast thermal annealing on the optical Spectroscopy in MBE and CBE grown GaInNAs/GaAs QWs: Blue shift versus red shift" N Balkan, S Mazzucato, A Erol, C J Hepburn, R J Potter, A Boland-Thoms, A J Vickers, P R Chalker, T B Joyce and T J Bullough, IEE Proc: Optoelectronics Volume 151, 284-289 (2004)
  97. "Dilute Nitride and Related Mismatched Semiconductor Alloys" E P O'Reilly, N Balkan, I Buyanova, X Marie and H Reichert, IEE Proc: Optoelectronics Volume 151, 245-246 (2004)
  98. "In Plane Photovoltage Measurements in MBE grown InN" E Tiras, D Zanato, S Mazzucato, N Balkan and W J Schaff, Superlattices and Microstructures Vol 36, 473-485 (2004)
  99. "Energy and Momentum Relaxation of Electrons in Bulk and 2D GaN" D Zanato, N Balkan, W J Schaff and G Hill, Superlattices and Microstructures Vol 36, 455-463 (2004)
  100. "Photoconductivity and in plane photovoltage studies in GaInNAs QWs" S Mazzucato, A Erol, A Boland-Thoms and N Balkan, Physica Scripta Volume T114, 236-239 (2004)
  101. "Low field operation of hot electron light emitting devices: Quasi-flat-band model" J Y Wah and N Balkan, IEE Proc: Optoelectronics 151(6), 482-485 (2004)
  102. "A Fabry-Perot Gunn Laser" S H Chung and N Balkan, Applied Physics Letters Volume 86, 211111 (2005)
  103. "Determination of the alloy scattering potential in modulation-doped In0.53Ga0.47As/In0.52A10.48As heterojunctions from magneto-transport measurements" E Tiras, S Altinoz, S M Cankurtaran, H Celik and N Balkan, Journal of Materials Science Volume 40 (24), 6391-6397 (2005)
  104. "Micro-cavity surface emitting Gunn laser" S H Chung and N Balkan, IEE Proc: Optoelectronics Volume 153, 84-86 (2006)
  105. "Lasing from GaAs Gunn devices" S H Chung and N Balkan, Optical and Quantum Electronics Volume 38 (4-6), 513-521 (2006)
  106. "Effect of cavity length on stimulated emission from Fabry-Perot Gunn lasers" A Agarwal, S Chung, N Balkan and G Hill, Journal of Applied Physics Volume 101, 013110 (2007)
  107. "Modelling of real space transfer optical emitters" C J Hepburn, N A Zakhleniuk, M J Adams and N Balkan, Physica Status Solidi (a) Volume 204, 531-535 (2007)
  108. "Inhibition of negative differential resistance in modulation doped n-type GaxIn1-xNyAs1-y/GaAs quantum wells" Y Sun, M Vaughan, A Agarwal, M Yilmaz, B Ulug, A Ulug, N Balkan, M Sopanen, O Reentilä, M Mattila, C Fontaine and A Arnoult, Physical Rev B Volume 75, 205316 (2007)
  109. "Optical and electrical properties of modulation-doped n and p type GaxIn1-xNyAs1-y/GaAs quantum wells for 1.3 um laser applications" Y Sun, A Erol, M Yilmaz, M C Arikan, B Ulug, A Ulug, N Balkan, M Sopanen, O Reentilä, M Mattila, C Fontaine and A Arnoult, doi: 10.1007/s11082-007-9163-8 Optical and Quantum Electronics (2007)
  110. "Electronic transport in n- and p-type modulation doped GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells" Y Sun, A Erol, N Balkan and M C Arikan, doi: 10.1016/j.mejo.2008.06.010 Microelectronics Journal (2008)
  111. "A Simple Parallel Conduction Extraction Method (SPCEM) for MODFETs and Undoped GaN-based HEMTs" S B Lisesivdin, N Balkan and E Ozbay, doi: 10.1016/j.mejo.2008.06.006 Microelectronics Journal (2008)
  112. "Dilute Nitride N-I-P-I Solar Cells" B Royall and N Balkan, doi: 10.1016/j.mejo.2008.06.011 Microelectronics Journal (2008)
  113. "Photoluminescence in n and p Modulation Doped GaInNAs/GaAs Quantum Wells" M Yilmaz, Y Sun, N Balkan, B Ulug, A Ulug, M Sopanen, O Reentilä, M Mattila, C Fontaine and A Arnoult, doi: 10.1016/j.mejo.2008.06.003 Microelectronics Journal (2008)
  114. "The Anatomy of the Gunn Laser" S Chung and N Balkan, Journal of Appl. Phys. Volume 104 Issue 6 (2008)
  115. "Electronic Transport in n- and p-type modulation doped GaxIn1-xNyAs1-y/GaAs quantum wells" Y Sun, N Balkan, M Aslan, S B Lisesivdin, H Carrere, M C Arikan and X Marie, Invited paper J Phys: Condens Matter 21, 174210 (2009)
  116. "A comparative study of electrical and optical properties of InN and In0.48Ga0.52N" M Gunes, N Balkan, D Zanato and W J Schaff, Microelectronics Journal (2009) doi:10.1016/j.mejo.2008.11.020
  117. "Superconductivity in heavily compensated Mg-doped InN" E Tiras, M Gunes, N Balkan, R Airey, W J Schaff, APL 94, 1 (2009)
  118. "Large zero-field spin splitting in A1GaN/A1N/GaN/A1N heterostructures" S B Lisesivdin, N Balkan, O Makarovsky, A Patane, A Yildiz, M D Caliskan, M Kasap, S Ozcelik, E Ozbay, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol 105, Issue 9, Article Number 093701, Published 1 May 2009
  119. "Energy and Momentum Relaxation Dynamics of Hot Holes in Modulation Doped GaInNAs/GaAs Quantum Wells" Y Sun and N Balkan, Journal of Appl. Phys. 106, 073704_2009
  120. "In Rich In1_xGaxN: Composition Dependence of Longitudinal Optical Phonon Energy" E Tiras1,2, M Gunes1, N Balkan*1 and W J Schaff3, Phys. Status Solidi B, 1-5 (2009) / DOI 10.1002/ pssb.200945144
  121. "Investigation of low-temperature electrical conduction mechanisms in highly resistive GaN bulk layers extracted with Simple Parallel Conduction Extraction Method" A Yildiz, S B Lisesivdin, M Kasap, S Ozcelik, E Ozbay, N Balkan, Applied Physics A Volume 98: 557-563 (2010) DOI 10.1007/s00339-009-5507-5
  122. "Simulation of dilute nitride GaInNAs doping superlattice solar cells" B Royall, N Balkan, IET Optoelectronics Volume 3: Issue 6, Pages: 296-299 (2009)
  123. "In rich In1-xGaxN: Composition dependence of longitudinal optical phonon energy", E Tiras, M Gunes, N Balkan, W Y Schaff, Physica Status Solidi B: Volume 247(1) pp 189-193 (2010)
  124. "Scattering analysis of two-dimensional electrons in AIGaN/GaN with bulk related parameters extracted by simple parallel conduction extraction method" S B Lisesivdin, A Yildiz, N Balkan, M Kasap, S Ozcelik and E Ozbay, Journal of Applied Physics 108, 013712 (2010)
  125. "Dilute nitride vertical-cavity gate for all-optical logic at 1.3 µm", G de Valicourt, C Porzi, M Guina, N Balkan, IET, Optoelectronics, Volume 4, pp 201-209 (2010)
  126. "Superconductivity in MBE grown InN" M Gunes, N Balkan, E Tiras, S Ardali, A O Ajagunna, E Iliopoulos, A Georgakilas, Physica Status Solidi C, 8, No 5 1637-1640 (2011)
  127. "Comparative Study of GaAs and GaInNAs/GaAs Multi-Quantum Well Solar Cells" B Royall, N Balkan, S Mazzucato, H Khalil, M Hugues, J S Roberts, Phys. Status Solidi B, 248, No 5, 1191-1194 (2011)
  128. "Modelling of Multi-Junction Solar Cells with Dilute Nitride n-i-p-i Junctions" B Royall, N Balkan, Phys. Status Solidi B, 248, No 5, 1203-1206 (2011)
  129. "Longitudinal polar optical phonons in InN/GaN single and double heterostructures" S Ardali, E Tiras, M Gunes, N Balkan, A O Ajagunna, E Iliopoulos, Physica Status Solidi C, 8, No 5, 1620-1624 (2011)
  130. "Hot carrier relaxation process in InGaN epilayers" D Lagarde, H Carrère, P M Chassain, A Balocchi, X Marie, N Balkan, W J Schaff, Physica Status Solidi B, 248, No 5, 1180-1182 (2011)
  131. "Quantum lifetimes and momentum relaxation of electrons and holes in Ga0.7In0.3N0.015As0.985/GaAs quantum wells" E Tiras, N Balkan, S Ardali, M Gunes, C Fontaine, A Arnoult, Philosophical Magazine, 91(4) 628-639 (2011)
  132. "GaInNAs-based Hellish-vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifier for 1.3 µm operation" FAI Chaqmaqchee, S Mazzucato, M Oduncuoglu, N Balkan, Y Sun, M Gunes, M Hugues, M Hopkinson, Nanoscale Research Letters 6:104 (2011)
  133. "Nonlinear dynamics of non-equilibrium holes in p-type modulation-doped GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells" H M Khalil, Y Sun, N Balkan, A Amann, M Sopanen, Nanoscale Research Letters 6:191 (2011)
  134. "High Carrier Concentration induced Effects on the Bowing Parameter and the Temperature Dependence of the Band Gap of GaxIn1-xN" O Donmez, M Gunes, (A Erol), M C Arikan, (N Balkan), JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS Volume: 110 Issue: 10 Article Number: 103506 DOI: 10.1063/1.3660692 (2012)
  135. "Temperature and Magnetic Field Effect on Oscillations Observed in Gainnas/Gaas Multiple Quantum Wells Structures" H M Khalil, S Mazzucato, S Ardali, O Celik, S Mutlu, B Royall, E Tiras, N Balkan, J Puustinen, V M Korpijarvi, V M Guina. Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials Volume: 177 Issue: 10 Special Issue: SI pages: 729-733 DOI: 10.1016/J.Mseb.2011.12.022 (2012)
  136. "Electrical Characterisation of P-Doped Distributed Bragg Reflectors in Electrically Pumped Gainnas Vcsoas for 1.3 Mu M Operation" F A Chaqmaqchee, S Mazzucato, Y Sun, N Balkan, E Tiras, M Hugues, M Hopkinson, Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials, Volume: 177 Issue: 10 Special Issue: SI Pages: 739-743 DOI: 10.1016/J.Mseb.2011.12.035 (2012)
  137. "1.3 to 1.55 Mu M All-Optical Wavelength Conversion for VCSEL-to-VCSEL Inversion and Logic" S Mazzucato, K Schires, A Hurtado, M J Adams, I D Henning, N Balkan, IEEE Photonics Journal Volume: 4 Issue: 3 Pages 817-824 DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2198803 (2012)
  138. "Determination of the Carrier Density Dependent Electron Effective Mass in InN using Infrared and Raman Spectra", E Tiras, M Tanisli, N Balkan, S Ardali, E Iliopoulos, A Georgakilas, Physica Status Solidi B-Basic Solid State Physics, Volume: 249 Issue: 6 Pages: 1235-1240 DOI: 10.1002/Pssb.201147500 (2012)
  139. "Determination of Dislocation Densities in InN" S Ardali, E Tiras, M Gunes, N Balkan, A O Ajagunna, E Iliopoulos, A Georgakilas, Physica Status Solidi C: Current Topics in Solid State Physics, Vol 9, No 3-4 Book Series: Physica Status Solidi C-Current Topics in Solid State Physics Volume: 9 Issue: 3-4 Pages: 997-1000 DOI: 10.1002/pssc.201100079 (2012)
  140. "Solution of the 1D Schrodinger Equation in Semiconductor Heterostructures using the Immersed Interface Method" E Momox, N Zakhleniuk, N Balkan, Journal of Computational Physics Volume: 231 Issue: 18 Pages: 6173-6180 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jcp.2012.05.017 (2012)
  141. "The role of dislocation-induced scattering in electronic transport in GaxIn1-xN alloys" O Donmez, M Gunes, A Erol, M C Arikan, N Balkan, W J Schaff, Nanoscale Research Letters Volume: 7, Article Number: 490 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-490 (2012)
  142. "Top-Hat HELLISH-VCSOA for optical amplification and wavelength conversion for 0.85 to 1.3 mu m operation" F A I Chaqmaqchee, N Balkan, J M Ulloa Herrero, Nanoscale Research Letters Volume: 7, Article Number: 525 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-525 (2012)
  143. "Gain Studies of 1.3-mu m dilute nitride HELLISH-VCSOA for optical communications", F A I Chaqmaqchee, N Balkan, Nanoscale Research Letters Volume: 7, Article Number: 526 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-526 (2012)
  144. "Photoconductivity and photoluminescence under bias in GaInNAs/GaAs MQW p-i-n structures" H M Khalil, B Royall, S Mazzucato, N Balkan, Nanoscale Research Letters Volume: 7, Article Number: 539 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-539 (2012)
  145. "Acceptor formation in Mg-doped, indium-rich GaxIn1-xN: evidence for p-type conductivity" N Balkan, E Tiras, A Erol, M Gunes, S Ardali, M C Arikan, M Cetin, D Lagarde, H Carrere, X Marie, C Gumus, Nanoscale Research Letters Volume: 7, Article Number: 574 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-574 (2012)
  146. "1.55 µ m distributed feedback (DFB) lasers subject to strong 1.4 µ m optical injection" S Mazzucato, M J Adams, N Balkan, Optics Communications Volume: 285, Issue 24, Pages: 5313-5318 DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2012.07.059 (2012)
  147. "Dilute nitride and GaAs n-i-p-i solar cells" S Mazzucato, B Royall, R Ketlhwaafetse, N Balkan, J Salmi, J Puustinen, M Guina, A Smith, R Gwilliam, Nanoscale Research Letters Volume: 7, Article Number: 631 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-631 (2012)
  148. "Overshoot mechanism in transient excitation of THz and Gunn oscillations in wide-bandgap semiconductors" E Momox, N Zakhleniuk, N Balkan, Nanoscale research letters Volume: 7 Pages:1-13 Article Number: 647 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-64 (2012)
  149. "GaAs n-i-p-i solar cells with ion implanted selective contacts" B Royall, S Mazzucato, R M Ketlhwaafetse, N Balkan, J Puustinen, M Guina, A J Smith, Physica Status Solidi C-Current Topics in Solid State Physics Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Pages: 581-584 DOI: 10.1002/pssc.201200481 (2013)
  150. "GaInNAs/GaAs MQW pin photodetector for the 1.3 mu m optical communications window" H Khalil, S Mazzucato, N Balkan, Physica Status Solidi C-Current Topics in Solid State Physics Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Pages: 577-580 DOI: 10.1002/pssc.201200288 (2013)
  151. "Gain charactistic of dilute nitride HELLISH-VCSOA for 1.3 mu m wavelength operation" F Chaqmaqchee, S Mazzucato, N Balkan, M Hugues, M Hopkinson, Physica Status Solidi C-Current Topics in Solid State Physics Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Pages: 564-566 DOI: 10.1002/pssc.201200195 (2013)
  152. "Experimental investigation and numerical modelling of photocurrent oscillations in lattice matched Ga1-xInxNyAs1-y/GAAs quantum well p-i-n photodiodes" B Royall, H Khalil, S Mazzucato, A Erol, N Balkan, Nanoscale Research Letters DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-84 Article Number: UNSP 84 Volume: 9 (2014)
  153. "Ga0.35In0.65 N0.02As0.08/GaAs bidirectional light-emitting and light-absorbing heterojunction operating at 1.3 mu m" F Chaqmaqchee and N Balkan, Nanoscale Research Letters DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-37 Article Number: 37 Volume: 9 (2014)
  154. "Carrier trapping and escape times in p-i-n GaInNAs MQW structures" H Khalil and N Balkan, Nanoscale Research Letters DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-21 Article Number: 21 Volume: 9 (2014)
  155. "Optical gain in 1.3-mu m electrically driven dilute nitride VCSOAs" SB Lisesivdin, Sefer Bora, NA Khan, S Mazzucato, N Balkan, MJ Adams, Michael VM Korpijarvi, M Guina, G Mezosi, M Sorel, Nanoscale Research Letters DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-22 Article Number: 22 Volume: 9 (2014)
  156. "Energy Relaxation of electrons in InGaN quantum wells" B Sarikavak-Lisesivdin, SB Lisesivdin, N Balkan, G Atmaca, P Narin, H Cakmak, E Ozbay, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 46A, 1565 (2015)

Refereed International Conference Papers

  1. "Hot phonons and instabilities in GaAs/GaA1As structures" N Balkan, R Gupta, B K Ridley, M Emeny, J Roberts and I Goodridge, 6th International Conference on Hot Carriers in Semiconductors, 23-28 Jul 1989, Solid State Electron Volume 32, 16411646 (1989)
  2. "Hot Electron Instabilities and Light Emission in GaAs Quantum Wells" N Balkan and B. K. Ridley, Conference on Physical Concepts of Materials for Novel Optoelectronic Device Applications 28 Oct - 2 Nov 1990, Physical Concepts of Materials for Novel Optoelectronic Device Applications I: Materials Growth and Characterization, Pts 1 and 2: 927-934 (1991)
  3. "Energy and Momentum Relaxation of Electrons in Quantum Wells - Effect of Non-drifting Hot Phonons and Interface Roughness" R. Gupta, N Balkan, B. K Ridley and M. Emeny, Conference on Physical Concepts of Materials for Novel Optoelectronic Device Applications 28 Oct - 2 Nov 1990, Physical Concepts of Materials for Novel Optoelectronic Device Applications II: Device Physics and Applications, Parts 1 and 2: 798-803 (1991)
  4. "Hot Electron transport in GaAs quantum wells: effect of non-drifting hot phonons and inface roughness" 7th International Conference on Hot Carriers in Semiconductors (HCIS-7), 1-5 Jul 1991, Semiconductor Science and Technology 7 (3B): B274-B278 Mar (1992)
  5. "NDR, hot-electron instabilities and light emission in LDS" A Da Cunha, A Straw and N Balkan, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Negative Differential Resistance and Instabilities in 2-D Semiconductors, 20-25 Sep 1992, Negative Differential Resistance and Instabilities in 2-D Semiconductors: 283-304 (1993)
  6. "Negative Differential Resistance, high field domains and microwave emission in GaAs multiple quantum wells" A Straw, A Da Cunha, N Balkan and B K Ridley, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Negative Differential Resistance and Instabilities in 2-D Semiconductors 20-25 Sep 1992, Negative Differential Resistance and Instabilities in 2-D Semiconductors: 251-260 (1993)
  7. "Hot Electron Instabilities in quantum wells: Acoustoelectric effect and two-stream plasma instability" R Gupta, N Balkan and B K Ridley, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Negative Differential Resistance and Instabilities in 2-D Semiconductors, 20-25 Sep 1992, Negative Differential Resistance and Instabilities in 2-D Semiconductors: 127-139 (1993)
  8. "Hot electron relaxation via the emission of GaAs optical modes and A1As interface modes in GaAs MQWs" E Ozturk, N C Constantinou, A Straw, N Balkan B K Ridley, D A Ritchie, E H Linfield, A C Church and G A C Jones, 8th International Conference on Hot Carriers in Semiconductors, 16-20 Aug 1993, Semiconductor Science and Technology 9 (5): 782-785, Suppl S May (1994)
  9. "Self generated nonlinear oscillations in multilayer semiconductor heterostructures" G R Dottling, R Rudzick, E Scholl, A Straw, A J Vickers, N Balkan and A Da Cunha, 8th International Conference on Hot Carriers in Semiconductors, 16-20 Aug 1993, Semiconductor Science and Technology 9 (5): 611-614, Suppl S May (1994)
  10. "Electric Field profiling in 2D semiconductors exhibiting electrical instabilities" A Straw, A Da Cunha, N Balkan and A J Vickers, 8th International Conference on Hot Carriers in Semiconductors, 16-20 Aug 1993, Semiconductor Science and Technology 9 (5): 619-622, Suppl S May (1994)
  11. "Longitudinal Transport in GaA1As p-n junctions incorporating GaAs quantum wells - hot electron light emitters" A Da Cunha, R Gupta, A Straw, N Balkan and B K Ridley, 8th International Conference on Hot Carriers in Semiconductors, 16-20 Aug 1993, Semiconductor Science and Technology 9 (5): 677-680, Suppl S May (1994)
  12. "Hot electron light emitting semiconductor heterojunction devices (HELLISH) - Type-1 and Type-2" N Balkan, A Da Cunha, A. O'Brien, R. Gupta, A. Straw, A. Teke and M C Arikan, 9th International Conference on Hot Carriers in Semiconductors (HCIS-9), 31 Jul - 4 Aug 1995, Hot Carriers in Semiconductors: 603-607 (1996)
  13. "Acoustic Phonon Assisted Energy Relaxation of 2D Electron Gases" N Balkan, H. Celik, M. Cankurtaran and A, J, Vickers, 9th International Conference on Hot Carriers in Semiconductors (HCIS-9), 31 Jul - 4 Aug 1995, Hot Carriers in Semiconductors: 437-439 (1996)
  14. "Electron light emission from Gunn Domains in longitudinally biased GaAs p-n junctions and in n-GaAs epilayers" N Balkan, M Hostut, T deKort and A. Straw, 9th International Conference on Hot Carriers in Semiconductors (HCIS-9), 31 Jul - 4 Aug 1995, Hot Carriers In Semiconductors: 599-602 (1996)
  15. "The operation of a novel hot electron Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser" Balkan N, O'Brien A, Thoms AB, Potter R, Poolton N, Adams M, Masum J, Bek A, Serpenguzel A, Aydinli A, Roberts J,  SPIE Conference on Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, 26-30 Jan 1998, PHYSICS AND SIMULATION OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES VI, PTS 1 AND 2: 162-170 (1998)
  16. "Light emission from Gunn domains" M. Hostut and N. Balkan, International research workshop on low dimensional semiconductors: physics and devices 8- 11 September 1998 Antalya, Turkey, Turkish Journal of Physics Volume 23, 799-803 (1999)
  17. "Optimisation of the tunable wavelength hot electron light emitter" A. Teke and N. Balkan, International research workshop on low dimensional semiconductors: physics and devices, 8-11 September 1998 Antalya, Turkey, Turkish Journal of Physics Volume 23, pp. 751-763 (1999)
  18. "GaInAs /InP vertical cavity surface emitting laser for 1.5 µm operation" R. Sceats, N. Balkan, M. J. Adams, J. Masum. A. J. Dann, S. D. Perrin, I. Reid, J.Reed, P. O. Cannard, M. A. Fisher, D. J. Elton, M. J. Harlow, International research workshop on low dimensional semiconductors: physics and devices, 8-11 September 1998 Antalya, Turkey, Turkish Journal of Physics Volume 23, 781-787 (1999)
  19. "Well width dependence of warm electron relaxation and interface roughness scattering" M. Cankurtaran, H. Celik, E. Tiras, A. Bayrakli, N. Balkan, International research workshop on low dimensional semiconductors: physics and devices, 8-11 September 1998 Antalya, Turkey, Turkish Journal of Physics Volume 23, 565-575 (1999)
  20. "Binding energies of excitons in asymmetric coupled double quantum well structures" E. Kasapoglu, H. Sari, Y. Ergun, S. Elagoz, N. Balkan and I. Sokmen, International research workshop on low dimensional semiconductors: physics and devices, 8-11 September 1998 Antalya, Turkey, Turkish Journal of Physics Volume 23, 765-769 (1999)
  21. "HELLISH - VCSEL: A Hot Electron Laser" A O'Brien-Davies, N. Balkan, A. Boland-Thoms, M. J. Adams, and J. Roberts, International research workshop on low dimensional semiconductors: physics and devices, 8-11 September 1998 Antalya, Turkey, Turkish Journal of Physics Volume 23, 681-687 (1999)
  22. "Hot electron VCSEL" Balkan N, Sokmen I, O'Brien-Davies A, Potter R, Hepburn C, Boland-Thoms A, Adams MJ, Roberts J,  Conference on Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices VII, 25-29 Jan 1999, PHYSICS AND SIMULATION OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES VII : 336-345 (1999)
  23. "GaInAsP/InP vertical cavity surface emitting laser for 1.5 μm operation" R Sceats, D Ramoo, J Masum, N Balkan, MJ Adams, AJ Dann, SD Perrin, I Reid, J Reed, P Cannard, MA Fisher, DJ Elton, M Harlow, Conference on Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices VII, 25-29 Jan 1999, PHYSICS AND SIMULATION OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES VII : 315-323, (1999)
  24. "Transient studies of light emission from travelling space charge domains in GaAs and Ga1-x Alx As" N Balkan, M Hostut, 11th International Conference on Non-equilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Semiconductors (HCIS 11), 19-23 Jul 1999, PHYSICA B 272 (1-4): 291-294, DEC (1999)
  25.  "Non-linear carrier dynamics in hot electron vertical cavity surface emitting laser" Balkan N, 11th International Conference on Non-equilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Semiconductors (HCIS 11), 19-23 Jul 1999, PHYSICA B 272 (1-4): 480-483, DEC (1999)
  26. "VCSEL structure hot electron light emitter" Balkan N, Serpenguzel A, O'Brien-Davies A, Sokmen I, Hepburn C, Potter R, Adams MJ, Roberts JS, 3rd International Conference on Low Dimensional Structures and Devices (LDSD 99), 15-17 Sep 1999, MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-SOLID STATE MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 74 (1-3): 96-100, MAY 1 (2000)
  27. "Photoluminescence in Ga0.85In0.15As0.99N0.01/GaAs single quantum wells: Effect of low temperature heat treatment in N2" Potter RJ, Balkan N, Adams MJ, Chalker PR, Joyce TB, Bullough TJ, Conference on Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices VIII, 24-28 Jan 2000, PHYSICS AND SIMULATION OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES VIII, PTS 1 AND 2 : 900-909 (2000)
  28. "Hot electron GaInASP/InP surface emitter" R Sceats, A Dyson, A Boland-Thoms, N Balkan, MJ Adams, CC Button, Conference on Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices VIII, 24-28 Jan 2000, PHYSICS AND SIMULATION OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES VIII, PTS 1 AND 2 : 882-893 (2000)
  29. "Light emission and absorption processes in a bi-directional wavelength converter/emitter" JY Wah, R Yenidünya, A Dyson, A Boland-Thoms, N Balkan and M Adams, Conference on Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices IX, 22-26 Jan 2001, PHYSICS AND SIMULATION OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES IX : 733-743 (2001)
  30. "1.5 mμ m surface emission from GaInAsP/InP HELLISH structures" R Sceats, CJ Hepburn, R Potter, A Dyson, N Balkan and MJ Adams, Conference on Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices IX, 22-26 Jan 2001, PHYSICS AND SIMULATION OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES IX : 723-732 (2001)
  31. "Hot electron light emission from a GaInAsP/InP structure" R Sceats, A Dyson, R Potter, A Boland-Thoms, N Balkan, MJ Adams and CC Button, Conference on Semiconductor Optoelectronics, 2000, IEE PROCEEDINGS-OPTOELECTRONICS 148 (1): 60-64, FEB (2001)
  32. "Non-linear dynamics in a graded quantum well placed in a GaAlAs p-n junction" N Balkan, H Sari, A Schroeder, Y Ergun, I Sokmen, J Roberts, Conference on Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices IX, 22-26 Jan 2001, PHYSICS AND SIMULATION OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES IX : 676-686 (2001)
  33. "Temperature dependent operation of GaInAsP/InP VCSELs" CJ Hepburn, R Sceats, A Boland-Thoms, N Balkan, AJ Dann, SD Perrin, I Read, J Reed, P Cannard, Fisher MA, Elton DJ and Harlow M, Conference on Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices IX, 22-26 Jan 2001, PHYSICS AND SIMULATION OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES IX : 645-653 (2001)
  34. "Optical characterization of GaInNAs" RJ Potter, S Mazzucato, N Balkan, MJ Adams, PR Chalker, TB Joyce, TJ Bullough, Conference on Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices IX, 22-26 Jan 2001, PHYSICS AND SIMULATION OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES IX : 638-644 (2001)
  35. "Hot electron capture and power loss in 2D GaN" S Mazzucato, MC Arikan, N Balkan, BK Ridley, N Zakhleniuk, RJ Shealy, B Schaff,  12th International Conference on Nonequilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Semiconductors (HCIS-12), AUG 2001, PHYSICA B 314 (1-4): 55-58, MAR (2002)
  36. "Comparison of theoretical models for interband transitions in dilute nitrides and experimental measurement" RJ Potter, D Alexandropoulos, A Erol, S Mazzucato, N Balkan, MJ Adams, X Marie, H Carrere, E Bedel, G Lacoste, A Arnoult, C Fontaine, International Conference on Superlattices Nano-Structures and Nano-Devices (ICSNN-02), 22-26 Jul 2002, PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES 17 (1-4): 240-241, APR (2003)
  37. "S-shaped behaviour of the temperature-dependent energy band gap in dilute nitrides" S Mazzucato, RJ Potter, A Erol, N Balkan, PR Chalker, TB Joyce, TJ Bullough, X Marie, H Carrere, E Bedel, G Lacoste, A Arnoult, C Fontaine, International Conference on Superlattices Nano-Structures and Nano-Devices (ICSNN-02), 22-26 Jul 2002, PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES 17 (1-4): 242-244, APR (2003)
  38. "Band structure and optical gain in GaInAsN quantum wells" Carrere H, Arnoult A, Marie X, Amand T, Bedel-Pereira E, Potter RJ, Balkan N, International Conference on Superlattices Nano-Structures and Nano-Devices (ICSNN-02), 22-26 Jul 2002, PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES 17 (1-4): 245-246, APR (2003)
  39. "Medium energy ion scattering studies of as-grown and annealed GaInNAs/GaAs quantum well" White SL, Thomas S, Joyce TB, Bullough TJ, Chalker PR, Noakes TCQ, Bailey P, Mazzucato S, Balkan N, Spring Meeting of the European-Materials-Research-Society (E-MRS), 18-21 Jun 2002, SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICS 47 (3): 425-429, MAR (2003)
  40. "Hot electron light emission and absorption processes in a Top Hat structured bi-directional wavelength converter/amplifier" Wah JY, Balkan N, Boland-Thoms A, Roberts JS, International Conference on Superlattices Nano-Structures and Nano-Devices (ICSNN-02), 22-26 Jul 2002, PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES 17 (1-4): 610-612, APR (2003)
  41. "Hot electron light emission from GaInAsP/InP structures with distributed Bragg reflectors" Sceats R, Dyson A, Hepburn CJ, Potter RJ, Boland-Thoms A, Balkan N, Hill G, Button CC, Pinches S, International Conference on Superlattices Nano-Structures and Nano-Devices (ICSNN-02), 22-26 Jul 2002, PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES 17 (1-4): 607-609, APR (2003)
  42. "Photo-induced transient spectroscopy and in-plane photovoltage in GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells" Mazzucato S, Erol A, Teke A, Arikan MC, Potter RJ, Balkan N, Marie X, Boland-Thoms A, Carrere H, Bedel E, Lacoste G, Fontaine C, Arnoult, International Conference on Superlattices Nano-Structures and Nano-Devices (ICSNN-02), 22-26 Jul 2002, PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES 17 (1-4): 250-251, APR (2003)
  43. "Compositional non-uniformity in CBE grown InGaAsN/GaAs quantum wells" Gass MH, Bullough TJ, Papworth A, Thomas S, Joyce TB, Chalker PR, Mazzucato S, Hepburn C, Balkan N, Conference on Microscopy of Semi-conducting Materials, 31 Mar 2003, MICROSCOPY OF SEMI-CONDUCTING MATERIALS 2003 : 225-228 (2003)
  44. "Optical properties of GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells" Mazzucato S, Erol A, Potter RJ, N. Balkan, P. R. Chalker, S. Thomas, TB Joyce and TJ Bullough, Spring Meeting of the European-Materials-Research-Society (E-MRS), 18-21 Jun 2002, SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICS 47 (3): 483-487, MAR (2003)
  45. "Energy and momentum relaxation of electrons in bulk and 2D GaN" Zanato D, Balkan N, Hill G and WJ. Schaff, Meeting of the European-Materials-Research-Society, 24-28 May 2004, SUPERLATTICES AND MICROSTRUCTURES 36 (4-6): 455-463, OCT-DEC (2004)
  46. "In-plane photovoltage measurements on MBE grown InN" Tiras E, Zanato D, Mazzucato S, Balkan N, Schaff WJ, Meeting of the European-Materials-Research-Society, 24-28 May 2004, SUPERLATTICES AND MICROSTRUCTURES 36 (4-6): 473-485, OCT-DEC (2004)
  47. "Effect of fast thermal annealing on the optical spectroscopy in MBE- and CBE-grown GaInNAs/GaAs QWs: blue shift versus red shift" Balkan N, Mazzucato S, Erol A, Hepburn CJ, Potter RJ, Boland-Thoms A, Vickers AJ, Chalker PR, Joyce TB, Bullough TJ, Symposium on Dilute Nitride and Related Mismatched Semiconductor Alloys held at the 2004 Spring Meeting of the EMRS, 24-28 May 2004, IEE PROCEEDINGS-OPTOELECTRONICS 151 (5): 284-289, OCT (2004)
  48. "Light emission with high spectral purity from propagating space charge domains in GaAlxAs1-x (0 < x < 0.38)" S Chung, A Boland-Thoms, JY Wah, N Balkan, BK Ridley, 13th International Conference on Nonequilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Semiconductors (HCIS-13), 21 Jul -1 Aug 2003, SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 19 (4): S400-S402, Sp. Iss. SI APR (2004)
  49. "Temperature dependence of the threshold electric field in a hot electron VCSEL" Serpenguzel A, Balkan N, Erol A, Arikan MC, Roberts J, Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructure Materials IX, 24-27 Jan, 2005, ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA IN SEMICONDUCTORS AND NANOSTRUCUTRE MATERIALS IX : 194-201, (2005)
  50. "Micro-cavity surface emitting Gunn laser" N Balkan, Chung SH, 7th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, 3-7 Jul 2005, 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSPARENT OPTICAL NETWORKS, VOL 2, PROCEEDINGS : 97-101 (2005)
  51. "Lasing from GaAs Gunn devices" Chung SH, Balkan N, Workshop on Physics and Applications of Semiconductor Lasers (PHASE), 29-30 Mar 2006, OPTICAL AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS 38 (4-6): 513-521, MAR (2006)
  52. "The operation of a novel optically modulated vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifier with wavelength converting functionality" J. Y. Wah, A. Boland-Thoms and N. Balkan, International Conference on Superlattices, Nano-Structures and Nano-Devices, 19-23 Jul 2004,
    Physica Status Solidi (c) Volume 2, 3100-3103 (2005)
  53. "GaInNAs and GaAs, top-hat vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifier (VCSOA) based on longitudinal current transport" C. J. Hepburn, J. Y. Wah, A. Boland-Thoms and N. Balkan, International Conference on Superlattices, Nano-Structures and Nano-Devices, 19-23 Jul 2004, Physica Status Solidi (c) Volume 2, 3096-3099 (2005)
  54. "Momentum relaxation of electrons in InN" D. Zanato, E. Tiras, N. Balkan, A. Boland Thoms, J. Y. Wah and G. Hill, International Conference on Superlattices, Nano-Structures and Nano-Devices, 19-23 Jul 2004, Physica Status Solidi (c) Volume 2, 3077- 3081 (2005)
  55. "Stimulated emission from a Fabry-Perot cavity GaAs/GaAlAs Gunn laser" S. Chung, A. Boland-Thoms, J.Y. Wah, N. Balkan, B. K. Ridley, and J. S. Roberts, International Conference on Superlattices, Nano-Structures and Nano-Devices, 19-23 Jul 2004, Physica Status Solidi (c) Volume 2, 3010-3014 (2005)
  56. "Modelling of real space transfer optical emitters" Hepburn CJ, Zakhleniuk NA, Adams MJ and N. Balkan, 2nd International Workshop on Modulation Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Structures, 29 Jun - 1 Jul 2006, PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 204 (2): 531-535, FEB (2007)
  57. "Performance study of SQW GaInNAs Fabry-Perot lasers" E. Tiras, C. J. Hepburn, N. Balkan ,M. Saarinen, M. Pessa and T.Jouhti, International Conference on Superlattices, Nano-Structures and Nano-Devices, 30 Jul - 4 Aug 2006, Physica Status Solidi (c) Volume 4, 678-681 (2007)
  58. "Time-resolved photoluminescence studies of GaInNAs single quantum well" Y. Sun, L. Lombez, N. Balkan, X. Marie, H. Carrere and A. Arnoult, International Conference on Superlattices, Nano-Structures and Nano-Devices, 30 Jul - 4 Aug 2006, Physica Stat. Sol (C) Volume 4, 667-670 (2007)
  59. "Photoluminescence studies in modulation doped GaInNAs/GaAs multiple quantum wells" M Yilmaz, B. Ulug, A. Ulug, A. Cicek, N. Balkan, M. Sopanen, O.Reentilä, M. Mattila C. Fontaine and A. Arnoult, International Conference on Superlattices, Nano-Structures and Nano-Devices, 30 Jul - 4 Aug 2006, Physica Status Solidi (C) Volume 4, 682-685 (2007)
  60. "Applications of Gunn Lasers" N Balkan and S H Chung, Photonics Europe (2008), Proceedings of SPIE Volume 6997, 699706-1 (2008)
  61. "A study of optical and electrical properties of In-rich In1-XGaXN" M Gunes, N Balkan, M Yilmaz, B Ulug, A Ulug, W J Schaff, Emerging trends and novel materials in photonics: Book series: AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 1288 pp 178-183 (2010)

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