General: I was born and raised in Colorado--Colorado Springs, to be exact. I had never really been to the pacific northwest before I finished my Ph.D. and moved to Vancouver, B.C. for a post-doctoral research post in 1991. I first came to Western in 1994. I spent one year as a professor at the University of New Mexico in 1996-97 before returning to Western in the fall of 1997. I enjoy flying small airplanes--an expensive hobby.

Final Approach to runway 16, Eastsound, Orcas Island

Research: My research interests are focussed generally on the quantum mechanics of electron transport through very small devices. I have also done work on molecular orbitals (specifically, optical excitations), fluids, and collective excitations of superlattices.

Chronological Publication list:

  • B.L.Johnson, J. Weiler, R.E. Camley, "Bulk and Surface Plasmons and Localization Effects in Finite  Superlattices"; Phys. Rev. B 32, 6544-6553 (1985).
  • B.L.Johnson and R.E. Camley, "Collective Excitations in Random-Layered Superlattices", Solid State Comm. 59, 595-599 (1986).
  • B.L. Johnson and R. E Camley, "Non-reciprocal Propagation and Localization of Plasmons by a Magnetic Field in Finite Semiconductor  n-i-p-i Superlattices", Phys. Rev.  B 38, 3311-3317 (1988).
  • R.L. Stamps, B.L. Johnson, and R.E. Camley, "Non-reciprocal Reflection from Semi-Infinite Antiferromagnets" Phys. Rev. B 43, 3626-3636 (1991).
  • B.L. Johnson and R.E. Camley, "Bulk and Surface Polaritons in Semi-Infinte Superlattices in a Magnetic Field: Dispersion Relations, Optical Reflection, and Attenuated Total Reflection" Phys. Rev. B 43, 6554-6568  (1991).
  • B.L. Johnson and R.E. Camley, "Nonreciprocal Propagation of Surface Waves in Quasi-Periodic Superlattices" Phys. Rev. B 44, 1225-1231 (1991).
  • B.L. Johnson and R.E. Camley, “Theory of Giant Magnetoresistance Effects in Fe/Cr Multilayers: Spin Dependent Scattering from Impurities” Phys. Rev. B 44, 9997-10002 (1991).
  • B.L. Johnson, R.E Camley, and D.R. Tilley,”Theory of Far-Infrared Reflectivity and Surface Polaritons of Two-Component Plasmas” Phys. Rev. B 44, 8837-8842 (1991).
  • B.L. Johnson and R.E. Camley, "The Effect of Spin-Dependent Scattering from Impurities on Giant Magnetoresistance and Thermal Conductivity in Fe/Cr Multilayers”, MRS proceedings 231, 261-265 (1992)
  • B.L Johnson and G. Kirczenow, “Quantum Dot Arrays: A New Picture of the Quantum Hall Effect in Two-Dimensional Crystals” Phys. Rev. Lett. 69, 672-675 (1992).
  • B.L Johnson, C. Barnes, and G. Kirczenow, “Theory of the Hall Effect in Two-Dimensional Qauntum Dot Arrays” Phys. Rev. B 46, 15302-15308 (1992).
  • C. Barnes, B.L.Johnson, and G. Kirczenow,”Quantum Railroads: Introducing Directionality to Anderson Localization” Phys. Rev. Lett. 70,  1159-1162 (1993).
  • R.Akis, C.Barnes, B.L.Johnson, and G.Kirczenow, “Computer Simulations and Edge State Analysis of the Hall Effect in Two-Dimensional Quantum Dot Arrays Connected to Phase Randomizing Reservoirs” Phys. Rev. B. 47, 16382-16390 (1993).
  • G.Kirczenow, B.L.Johnson, C.Barnes and R.Akis,”Novel Quantum Hall Phenomena in Arrays of Quantum Dots”  J. Nanostructured Mat. 3, 125-128 (1993).
  • B.L.Johnson and G.Kirczenow,”Electrons in Quantum Dots: A Comparison of Interaction Energies”  Phys. Rev. B. 47, 10563-10566 (1993).
  • B.L.Johnson and S.A.Langer,”Magnetic Field Confinement Effects in a Classical Two-dimensional Interacting Electron Gas,” Phys. Rev. B 49, 7511-7514 (1994).
  • C. Barnes, B.L.Johnson, and G.Kirczenow, ”Introducing Directionality to Anderson Localization: The Transport Properties of Quantum Railroads,” Can. J. Phys. 72, 559-568 (1994).
  • B.L.Johnson and G. Kirczenow,”Can Distributed Currents be Measured?” Phys. Lett. A 193, 409-413 (1994). 
  • B.L.Johnson, A.Sachrajda, G.Kirczenow, Y.Feng, R.Taylor, L.Henning, J.Wang, P.Zawadzki, P.Coleridge,  “Quantum Hall Effect and Inter-edge State Tunneling  Within a Barrier”  Phys. Rev. B. 51, 7650-7654 (1995)
  • J.Bechoefer, V.Ego, S.Manneville and B.L.Johnson,”An Experimental Study of the Onset of Parametrically Pumped Surface Waves in Viscous Fluids” J. Fluid Mech. 288, 325-336 (1995)
  • B.L.Johnson and G.Kirczenow, “Electronic Correlations in the Excited States of the Hubbard Model on a Tetrahedron” Phys. Rev. B. 51, 13074-13078 (1995)
  • G. Kirczenow and B.L.Johnson, "Composite Fermions, Edge Currents, and the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect,” Phys. Rev. B 51, 17579-17590 (1995)
  • G. Kirczenow and B.L. Johnson, "Composite Fermion Theory in the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect"  Surf. Science 361/362, 13-16 (1996).
  • B.L. Johnson and G. Kirczenow,"A Model for the Optical Excitations of Molecules: Interactions and Electron-pairing Effects" Phys. Rev. A 54, 241-249 (1996)
  • J.Bechhoefer and B.L.Johnson, "A Simple Model for Faraday Waves," Amer. J. of Phys. 64, 1482-1488 (1996)
  • B.L.Johnson and G.Kirczenow, “Composite Fermions and the Quantum Hall Effect,” Rep. Prog. Phys. 60, 889-939 (1997)
  • A.S.Sachrajda, C.Gould, G.Kirczenow, B.L.Johnson, Y.Feng, P.Kelly,and A.Delage, "The Two-antidot System in the Ballistic Regime," Physica E 1, 248-251 (1997)
  • G. Kirczenow, B.L.Johnson, P.Kelley, C.Gould, A.Sachrajda, Y.Feng, and A.Delage, “Resonance Patterns of an Anti-dot Cluster: From Classical to  Quantum Ballistics,” Phys. Rev. B 56, 7503-7507 (1997)
  • J.S.Moon, J.A.Simmons, J.L.Reno, B.L.Johnson, “Multi-Terminal Capacitance Tensor Elements of Composite Fermions and Anomalous Capacitance Peaks at Even Denominator Fillings,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 4457-4460 (1997)
  • G Kirczenow and B.L.Johnson, “Composite  Fermion Approach to Edge-state  Transport;" a chapter of the book ‘Composite Fermions: A Unified View of the Quantum Hall Regime,’ ed. O. Heinonen, World Scientific (London) 1998, pp 307-348
  • B.L.Johnson and G. Kirczenow, "Systematic Study of Persistent Current in Small Systems: Geometry and Interactions" Can. J. Phys.  76, 173-177 (1998)
  • B.L.Johnson , “Inertial Forces and the Hall effect,” Amer. J. Phys. 68, 649-653 (2000)        
  • B.L.Johnson and G.Kirczenow, "Enhanced Dynamical Symmetries  and Quantum Degeneracies in Mesoscopic Quantum Dots: Role of the Symmetries of Closed Classical Orbits," Europhys. Lett. 51, 367-373 (2000).
  • B.L.Johnson and G.Kirczenow, "Origin of Degeneracies and Self-Similar Structure in the spectrum of  Quantum Dots," Physica E 6, 474-478 (2000)
  • J.S.Moon, J.A.Simmons, B.L.Johnson, and J.L.Reno, "Edge-state Propagation Direction in the FractionalQuantum Hall Regime: Multi-terminal Magnetocapacitance Experiment," Physica E 6, 95-99 (2000)
  • B.L.Johnson and J.A.Hayes, "Relaxation of two-dimensional interacting charged particles under magnetic confinement," Phys. Rev. B 63, 235312-1 (2001)
  • M.A.Gilmore and B.L.Johnson, "The role of layer-thickness deviation in dispersion and structure of plasmons in finite superlattices," Europhys. J. B 23, 297-305 (2001)
  • B.L.Johnson, “Understanding the Laughlin Wavefunction for the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect,” Amer. J. Phys. 70, 401-405 (2002)
  • B.L.Johnson, P.B.Kohl, and D.M.Retzlaff, "Numerical Eigenstates for a Two-Antidot Channel Under a Magnetic Field," Phys. Rev. B 66, 153311(1-4) (2002)
  • M.A.Gilmore and B.L.Johnson,"Forbidden Guided-Wave Polaritons in Coupled Thin Films," J. Appl. Phys. 93, 4497 (2003)
  • S.T.Rittenhouse and B.L.Johnson,"Physical Interpretation of Orthogonal Hilbert-Space Transformations in Tight-Binding Systems with Nonorthogonal Bases." Phys. Rev. B 71, 035118(1-7) (2005)