C. W. Litton

5.8k citations

94 papers · 4.8k · 2 hit papers · h-index 26

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 1%
- Ga2O3 and related materials
Materials Chemistry top 1%
- ZnO doping and properties
- Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
- Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
- Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

Papers in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 55
- Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices 44
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena 13
- Semiconductor materials and interfaces 9
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 47
- Semiconductor materials and devices 17
- Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials 9

Co-authors: D. C. Reynolds (38 shared papers)D. C. Look (14 shared papers)G. Cantwell (12 shared papers)Robert Jones (6 shared papers)W.C. Harsch (4 shared papers)T. C. Collins (17 shared papers)D. B. Eason (5 shared papers)D. C. Reynolds (13 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Applied Physics (12 papers)Applied Physics Letters (10 papers)Solid State Communications (9 papers)Physical review. B, Condensed matter (5 papers)Journal of Electronic Materials (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan Italy

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C. W. Litton

91 papers receiving 4.6k citations

C. W. Litton's Hit Papers

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Characterization of homoepitaxial p-type ZnO grown by molecular beam epitaxy 2002 · 1.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2002 Applied Physics Letters
1998 Solid State Communications

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1	Characterization of homoepitaxial p-type ZnO grown by molecular beam epitaxy Applied Physics Letters ·D. C. Look, D. C. Reynolds, C. W. Litton, Robert Jones, D. B. Eason, G. Cantwell Hit paper breakdown →	2002	1138
2	Electrical properties of bulk ZnO Solid State Communications ·D. C. Look, D. C. Reynolds, J. R. Sizelove, Robert Jones, C. W. Litton, G. Cantwell, W.C. Harsch Hit paper breakdown →	1998	705
3	Valence-band ordering in ZnO Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·D. C. Reynolds, D. C. Look, B. Jogai, C. W. Litton, G. Cantwell, W.C. Harsch	1999	451
4	Neutral-donor–bound-exciton complexes in ZnO crystals Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·D. C. Reynolds, D. C. Look, B. Jogai, C. W. Litton, T. C. Collins, W.C. Harsch, G. Cantwell	1998	409
5	Role of near-surface states in ohmic-Schottky conversion of Au contacts to ZnO Applied Physics Letters ·H. L. Mosbacker, Yuri M. Strzhemechny, B. D. White, P. E. Smith, D. C. Look, D. C. Reynolds, C. W. Litton, L. J. Brillson	2005	218
6	Zeeman Effects in the Edge Emission and Absorption of ZnO Physical Review ·D. C. Reynolds, C. W. Litton, T. C. Collins	1965	159
7	Remote hydrogen plasma doping of single crystal ZnO Applied Physics Letters ·Yuri M. Strzhemechny, H. L. Mosbacker, D. C. Look, D. C. Reynolds, C. W. Litton, N. Y. Garces, N. C. Giles, L. E. Halliburton, Shigeru Niki, L. J. Brillson	2004	117
8	Zinc oxide materials for electronic and optoelectronic device applications Wiley eBooks ·C. W. Litton, D. C. Reynolds, T. C. Collins	2011	103
9	Growth of InSb and InAs1−xSbx on GaAs by molecular beam epitaxy Applied Physics Letters ·J.‐I. Chyi, Ş. Kalem, N. S. Kumar, C. W. Litton, H. Morkoç̌	1988	102
10	Direct evidence for the site of substitutional carbon impurity in GaAs Applied Physics Letters ·W. M. Theis, K. K. Bajaj, C. W. Litton, W. G. Spitzer	1982	100
11	Some Optical Properties of Group II–VI Semiconductors (II) physica status solidi (b) ·D. C. Reynolds, C. W. Litton, T. C. Collins	1965	99
12	Polarized photoreflectance spectra of excitonic polaritons in a ZnO single crystal Journal of Applied Physics ·Shigefusa F. Chichibu, T. Sota, G. Cantwell, D. B. Eason, C. W. Litton	2002	90
13	Free-exciton energy spectrum in GaAs Physical review. B, Solid state ·Sang Boo Nam, D. C. Reynolds, C. W. Litton, Robert J. Almassy, T. C. Collins, C. M. Wolfe	1976	88
14	Optical properties of GaN grown on ZnO by reactive molecular beam epitaxy Applied Physics Letters ·F. Hamdani, A. Botchkarev, W. Kim, H. Morkoç̌, M. Yeadon, J. M. Gibson, S.-C. Y. Tsen, David J. Smith, D. C. Reynolds, D. C. Look, K. R. Evans, C. W. Litton, W. C. Mitchel, P. M. Hemenger	1997	81
15	Solar-blind UV region and UV detector development objectives Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Peter J. Schreiber, Tuoc Dang, Thad Pickenpaugh, Gary A. Smith, Paul Gehred, C. W. Litton	1999	73
16	High-quality, melt-grown ZnO single crystals Journal of Applied Physics ·D. C. Reynolds, C. W. Litton, D. C. Look, J. E. Hoelscher, B. Claflin, T. C. Collins, Jeff Nause, Bill Nemeth	2004	56
17	Exciton–polariton spectra and limiting factors for the room-temperature photoluminescence efficiency in ZnO Semiconductor Science and Technology ·Shigefusa F. Chichibu, Akira Uedono, Atsushi Tsukazaki, Takeyoshi Onuma, Marian Zamfirescu, A. Ohtomo, A. V. Kavokin, G. Cantwell, C. W. Litton, T. Sota, M. Kawasaki	2005	53
18	Optical properties of ZnO crystals containing internal strains Journal of Luminescence ·D. C. Reynolds, D. C. Look, B. Jogai, Robert Jones, C. W. Litton, W.C. Harsch, G. Cantwell	1999	35
19	Double-Carrier Injection and Negative Resistance in CdS Physical Review ·C. W. Litton, D. C. Reynolds	1964	34
20	Excited States of Bound Exciton Complexes in CdS Physical Review ·D. C. Reynolds, C. W. Litton, T. C. Collins	1968	32

About C. W. Litton

C. W. Litton is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, having authored 94 papers that have together received 4.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (44 papers), ZnO doping and properties (33 papers), GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (32 papers), Ga2O3 and related materials (27 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (17 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (13 papers), Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials (9 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (2.0k citations), Materials Chemistry (3.9k citations), Condensed Matter Physics (594 citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2.7k citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.0k citations). C. W. Litton has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Italy. Frequent co-authors include D. C. Reynolds, D. C. Look, G. Cantwell, Robert Jones, W.C. Harsch, T. C. Collins, D. B. Eason, D. C. Reynolds, B. Jogai and J. R. Sizelove. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Applied Physics Letters, Solid State Communications, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Journal of Electronic Materials.

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