C. Colvard

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

C. Colvard is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Colvard has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in C. Colvard's work include Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (19 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (8 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (7 papers). C. Colvard is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (19 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (8 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (7 papers). C. Colvard collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. C. Colvard's co-authors include A. C. Gossard, R. Merlín, M. V. Klein, H. Morkoç̌, M. V. Klein, T. A. Gant, R. Fischer, D.E. Ackley, M. Fritze and A. V. Nurmikko and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

C. Colvard

24 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Folded acoustic and quantized optic phonons in (GaAl)As s... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Folded acoustic and quantized optic phonons in (GaAl)As superlattices
    1985 429 citations C. Colvard, M. V. Klein et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. Colvard United States 11 834 523 459 219 106 25 1.1k
Ralph Bray United States 18 737 0.9× 513 1.0× 231 0.5× 308 1.4× 181 1.7× 54 1.0k
P. A. Knipp United States 21 1.3k 1.5× 714 1.4× 260 0.6× 311 1.4× 29 0.3× 47 1.4k
Masatoshi Nakayama Japan 15 450 0.5× 384 0.7× 175 0.4× 98 0.4× 64 0.6× 67 832
W.T. Lindley United States 18 559 0.7× 843 1.6× 349 0.8× 98 0.4× 110 1.0× 31 1.1k
Toshiyuki Ninomiya Japan 14 337 0.4× 277 0.5× 476 1.0× 67 0.3× 103 1.0× 35 797
B. A. Glavin Ukraine 14 474 0.6× 285 0.5× 188 0.4× 212 1.0× 62 0.6× 41 672
R. Azoulay France 19 708 0.8× 756 1.4× 332 0.7× 83 0.4× 33 0.3× 71 1.1k
C. Kadow United States 18 563 0.7× 695 1.3× 139 0.3× 122 0.6× 42 0.4× 48 909
Peter Mayer United States 10 397 0.5× 475 0.9× 320 0.7× 103 0.5× 98 0.9× 28 819
N.G. Nilsson Sweden 15 428 0.5× 515 1.0× 178 0.4× 81 0.4× 47 0.4× 28 754

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kopf, R. F., et al.. (1993). Band offset determination in parabolic and triangular quantum wells of GaAs/AlGaAs and GaInAs/AlInAs. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 11(3). 813–816. 21 indexed citations
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Fritze, M., et al.. (1990). Magnetic field induced quenching of excitons in modulation doped InGaAs quantum wells. Surface Science. 228(1-3). 318–321. 1 indexed citations
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Tu, Yung‐Yi, et al.. (1990). AlGaAs/GaAs double-heterojunction high electron mobility transistors grown by low-pressure organometallic vapor phase epitaxy. Journal of Applied Physics. 67(1). 550–552. 4 indexed citations
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Fritze, M., et al.. (1990). Interaction of magnetoexcitons and two-dimensional electron gas in the quantum Hall regime. Physical Review Letters. 64(20). 2434–2437. 114 indexed citations
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Colvard, C., et al.. (1989). Comparison of RHEED during MBE growth and the quality of AlGaAs:Si grown on (100) and misoriented GaAs substrates. Journal of Crystal Growth. 95(1-4). 292–295. 1 indexed citations
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Kasemset, D., et al.. (1989). Design and process development of a novel multi-wafer OMVPE reactor for growing very uniform GaAs and AlGaAs epitaxial layers. Journal of Electronic Materials. 18(5). 603–609. 2 indexed citations
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Colvard, C., et al.. (1989). Localization-dependent thermalization of excitons inGaAs/AlxGa1−xAsquantum wells. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 39(5). 3419–3422. 17 indexed citations
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Ackley, D.E., et al.. (1989). Excitonic behavior in pseudomorphic InGaAs/(Al,Ga)As quantum wells grown by molecular-beam epitaxy. Journal of Applied Physics. 66(6). 2746–2749. 2 indexed citations
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Colvard, C., et al.. (1989). Optical investigations of the high-density electron gas in pseudomorphicInxGa1−xAs quantum-well structures. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 39(11). 8033–8036. 35 indexed citations
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Theis, W. M., G. D. Sanders, D. C. Reynolds, et al.. (1989). Excited states of the light- and heavy-hole free excitons observed in photoreflectance. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 39(2). 1442–1445. 16 indexed citations
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Colvard, C., et al.. (1989). Measurement of 2DEG Parameters by Low‐Magnetic‐Field Hall Techniques. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 136(11). 3463–3466. 10 indexed citations
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Reynolds, D. C., K. K. Bajaj, Godefridus J. Peters, et al.. (1988). Deconvolution of the light- and heavy-hole free exciton fine structure in AlxGa1−xAsGaAs multi quantum wells using photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy. Superlattices and Microstructures. 4(6). 723–728. 2 indexed citations
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Colvard, C., et al.. (1988). Sheet Density and Well Thickness Effects on Photoluminescence from Pseudomorphic HEMT Structures. MRS Proceedings. 144. 2 indexed citations
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Reynolds, D. C., K. K. Bajaj, Godefridus J. Peters, et al.. (1988). Well-resolved higher excited states of the light- and heavy-hole free excitons in a 225-AAlxGa1−xAs-GaAs multi-quantum-well structure. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 37(6). 3117–3119. 39 indexed citations
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Ackley, D.E., et al.. (1988). AlGaAs doping superlattices grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Applied Physics Letters. 52(22). 1883–1885. 1 indexed citations
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Colvard, C.. (1987). Raman Scattering Characterization Of Quantum Wells And Superlattices. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 794. 209–209.
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Klein, M. V., C. Colvard, R. Fischer, & H. Morkoç̌. (1984). RAMAN PROBING OF PHONONS AND INTERFACES IN SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES. Le Journal de Physique Colloques. 45(C5). C5–131. 1 indexed citations
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Colvard, C., R. Merlín, M. V. Klein, & A. C. Gossard. (1981). LIGHT SCATTERING FROM PHONONS IN GaAs-AlAs SUPERLATTICES. Le Journal de Physique Colloques. 42(C6). C6–631. 6 indexed citations
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Colvard, C., R. Merlín, M. V. Klein, & A. C. Gossard. (1980). Observation of Folded Acoustic Phonons in a Semiconductor Superlattice. Physical Review Letters. 45(4). 298–301. 296 indexed citations
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Merlín, R., C. Colvard, M. V. Klein, et al.. (1980). Raman scattering in superlattices: Anisotropy of polar phonons. Applied Physics Letters. 36(1). 43–45. 86 indexed citations

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