B. F. Levine

12.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
158 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

B. F. Levine is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, B. F. Levine has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 107 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 39 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in B. F. Levine's work include Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (86 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (47 papers) and Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials (39 papers). B. F. Levine is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (86 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (47 papers) and Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials (39 papers). B. F. Levine collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Sweden. B. F. Levine's co-authors include C. G. Bethea, R. J. Malik, K. K. Choi, J. Walker, Sarath D. Gunapala, G. Hasnain, John F. Walker, J. M. Kuo, R. T. Lynch and C. D. Thurmond and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

B. F. Levine

154 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

Quantum-well infrared photodetectors 1973 2026 1990 2008 1993 1973 1975 1973 1987 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Quantum-well infrared photodetectors
    1993 1.3k citations B. F. Levine Journal of Applied Physics profile →
  2. Bond susceptibilities and ionicities in complex crystal structures
    1973 539 citations B. F. Levine The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  3. Second and third order hyperpolarizabilities of organic molecules
    1975 461 citations B. F. Levine, C. G. Bethea The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  4. Bond-Charge Calculation of Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities for Various Crystal Structures
    1973 422 citations B. F. Levine Physical review. B, Solid state profile →
  5. New 10 μm infrared detector using intersubband absorption in resonant tunneling GaAlAs superlattices
    1987 420 citations B. F. Levine, K. K. Choi et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →
  6. An organic crystal with an exceptionally large optical second-harmonic coefficient: 2-methyl-4-nitroaniline
    1979 368 citations B. F. Levine, C. G. Bethea et al. Journal of Applied Physics profile →

Peers

B. F. Levine
C. G. Bethea United States
F. J. Bartoli United States
Sumner P. Davis United States
C. L. Tang United States
Daniele Brida Italy
T. M. Klapwijk Netherlands
G. D. Watkins United States
Cristian Manzoni Italy
R. W. Terhune United States
R. W. Schoenlein United States
C. G. Bethea United States
B. F. Levine
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. F. Levine

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gunapala, Sarath D., K. M. S. V. Bandara, B. F. Levine, et al.. (1994). High performance InGaAs/GaAs quantum well infrared photodetectors. Applied Physics Letters. 64(25). 3431–3433. 15 indexed citations
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Sarusi, Gabby, et al.. (1994). Design and performance of very long-wavelength GaAs/AlxGa1−xAs quantum-well infrared photodetectors. Journal of Applied Physics. 76(10). 6001–6008. 24 indexed citations
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Gunapala, Sarath D., B. F. Levine, D. Ritter, R. A. Hamm, & M. B. Panish. (1992). Lattice-matched InGaAsP/InP long-wavelength quantum well infrared photodetectors. Applied Physics Letters. 60(5). 636–638. 46 indexed citations
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Gunapala, Sarath D., B. F. Levine, D. Ritter, R. A. Hamm, & M. B. Panish. (1991). InGaAs/InP multiple quantum-well long-wavelength photodetectors. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations
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Gunapala, Sarath D., B. F. Levine, & Naresh Chand. (1991). Bound to continuum superlattice miniband long wavelength GaAs/AlxGa1−xAs photoconductors. Journal of Applied Physics. 70(1). 305–308. 29 indexed citations
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Hasnain, G., et al.. (1990). Mid-infrared detectors in the 3–5 μm band using bound to continuum state absorption in InGaAs/InAlAs multiquantum well structures. Applied Physics Letters. 56(8). 770–772. 65 indexed citations
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Levine, B. F., G. Hasnain, C. G. Bethea, & Naresh Chand. (1989). Broadband 8–12 μm high-sensitivity GaAs quantum well infrared photodetector. Applied Physics Letters. 54(26). 2704–2706. 91 indexed citations
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Levine, B. F., C. G. Bethea, K. K. Choi, J. Walker, & R. J. Malik. (1988). Bound-to-extended state absorption GaAs superlattice transport infrared detectors. Journal of Applied Physics. 64(3). 1591–1593. 63 indexed citations
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Choi, K. K., B. F. Levine, N. Jarosik, J. Walker, & R. J. Malik. (1988). Anisotropic magnetotransport in weakly coupled GaAs-AlxGa1−xAs multiple quantum wells. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 38(17). 12362–12368. 26 indexed citations
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Levine, B. F., C. G. Bethea, G. Hasnain, John F. Walker, & R. J. Malik. (1988). High Detectivity D* = 1.0 X 10 10 cm√Hz/W GaAs/AlGaAs Multiquantum Well λ = 8.3 µm Infrared Detector. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 930. 114–114. 2 indexed citations
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Choi, K. K., B. F. Levine, R. J. Malik, John F. Walker, & C. G. Bethea. (1987). Periodic negative conductance by sequential resonant tunneling through an expanding high-field superlattice domain. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 35(8). 4172–4175. 220 indexed citations
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Bethea, C. G., B. F. Levine, L. Marchut, V. D. Mattera, & L. J. Peticolas. (1986). Photon-counting optical time-domain reflectometer using a planar InGaAsP avalanche detector. Electronics Letters. 22(6). 302–303. 2 indexed citations
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Levine, B. F. & C. G. Bethea. (1980). Ultrahigh sensitivity stimulated Raman gain spectroscopy. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 16(1). 85–89. 41 indexed citations
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Levine, B. F. & C. G. Bethea. (1980). Frequency-modulated shot noise limited stimulated Raman gain spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters. 36(4). 245–247. 22 indexed citations
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Levine, B. F., et al.. (1976). Nonlinear optical susceptibility of HgGa<inf>2</inf>S<inf>4</inf>. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 12(6). 367–368. 33 indexed citations
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Levine, B. F. & C. G. Bethea. (1976). Second order hyperpolarizability of a polypeptide α-helix: Poly-γ-benzyl-L glutamate. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 65(5). 1989–1993. 67 indexed citations
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Levine, B. F.. (1974). Origin of the unusual dependence of the nonlinear optical susceptibility on bond length for ionic ferroelectrics. Physical review. B, Solid state. 10(4). 1655–1664. 36 indexed citations
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Levine, B. F. & Isaac Freund. (1971). Double quantum scattering of X rays. Optics Communications. 3(4). 197–200. 4 indexed citations
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Levine, B. F. & Isaac Freund. (1970). Parametric down conversion of X-rays. Optics Communications. 1(9). 419–422. 10 indexed citations
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Levine, B. F.. (1969). Electrodynamical Bond-Charge Calculation of Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities. Physical Review Letters. 22(15). 787–790. 143 indexed citations

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