Benjamin Lax

6.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
101 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Lax is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Lax has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 49 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 15 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Lax's work include Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (42 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (29 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (10 papers). Benjamin Lax is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (42 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (29 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (10 papers). Benjamin Lax collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Benjamin Lax's co-authors include Laura M. Roth, Kenneth Button, S. Zwerdling, R. N. Dexter, H. J. Zeiger, H. J. Hagger, R. L. Aggarwal, T. R. Hart, J. G. Mavroides and D.R. Cohn and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Lax

100 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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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.

Theory of Optical Magneto-Absorption Effects in Semiconductors

1959 521 citations Laura M. Roth, Benjamin Lax et al. Physical Review profile →
Microwave Ferrites and Ferrimagnetics

1963 485 citations Benjamin Lax, Kenneth Button et al. profile →
Temperature Dependence of Raman Scattering in Silicon

1970 467 citations Benjamin Lax et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Output behavior of electronic spin-flip Raman lasers 1974 ·Optics Communications ·Shiu Yin Yuen, Benjamin Lax, P. A. Wolff	2
2	Cyclotron resonance breakdown with submillimeter lasers 1973 ·Applied Physics Letters ·Benjamin Lax, D.R. Cohn	26
3	Topics in solid state and quantum electronics 1972 ·Wiley eBooks ·Benjamin Lax, W. D. Hershberger	6
4	Anomalous far infrared magnetoabsorption in n-CdS 1971 ·Solid State Communications ·D.R. Cohn, Benjamin Lax, Kenneth Button, Wolfgang Dreybrodt	7
5	Cyclotron resonance and impurity transitions in the valence band of tellurium 1970 ·Solid State Communications ·Wolfgang Dreybrodt, Kenneth Button, Benjamin Lax	14
6	Physics of quantum electronics : conference proceedings 1966 ·McGraw-Hill eBooks ·Paul Kelley, Benjamin Lax, P. E. Tannenwald	19
7	Two-Band Model for Bloch Electrons in Crossed Electric and Magnetic Fields 1966 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), Benjamin Lax	52
8	Multiphoton Magneto-Optical Resonance in PbTe and InSb 1966 ·Physical Review Letters ·Kenneth Button, Benjamin Lax, (unknown), M. B. Reine	31
9	High field magnetoabsorption of the indirect transition exciton in germanium at 1⋯7°K 1966 ·Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids ·(unknown), Benjamin Lax	8
10	Magnetoabsorption of the indirect transition in germanium 1965 ·Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids ·(unknown), Benjamin Lax	14
11	Cross-Field Magnetoabsorption in Semiconductors 1964 ·Physical Review Letters ·Q. H. F. Vrehen, Benjamin Lax	17
12	Oscillatory Interband Faraday Rotation and Voigt Effect in Semiconductors 1962 ·Physical Review Letters ·Y. Nishina, J. Kołodziejczak, Benjamin Lax	11
13	Nonlinear Interband and Plasma Effects in Solids 1962 ·Physical Review Letters ·Benjamin Lax, J. G. Mavroides, David F. Edwards	31
14	Cyclotron Resonance Maser 1961 ·Benjamin Lax	7
15	[111] Direct Transition Exciton and Magnetoreflection in Germanium 1960 ·Physical Review Letters ·Benjamin Lax	5
16	Fine Structure in the Zeeman Effect of Excitons in Germanium 1959 ·Physical Review Letters ·Kenneth Button, Laura M. Roth, W. H. Kleiner, S. Zwerdling, Benjamin Lax	19
17	Magnetoresistance of Holes in Germanium and Silicon with Warped Energy Surfaces 1957 ·Physical Review ·J. G. Mavroides, Benjamin Lax	34
18	Infrared Cyclotron Resonance in Bi, InSb, and InAs with High Pulsed Magnetic Fields 1956 ·Physical Review ·R. J. Keyes, S. Zwerdling, S. Foner, Henry H. Kolm, Benjamin Lax	66
19	Statistics and Galvanomagnetic Effects in Germanium and Silicon with Warped Energy Surfaces 1955 ·Physical Review ·Benjamin Lax, J. G. Mavroides	126
20	Effective Masses of Holes in Silicon 1954 ·Physical Review ·R. N. Dexter, Benjamin Lax	49

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