D. E. Aspnes

32.6k total citations · 12 hit papers
437 papers, 26.2k citations indexed

About

D. E. Aspnes is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, D. E. Aspnes has authored 437 papers receiving a total of 26.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 260 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 225 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 125 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in D. E. Aspnes's work include Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (123 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (88 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (66 papers). D. E. Aspnes is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (123 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (88 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (66 papers). D. E. Aspnes collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Germany. D. E. Aspnes's co-authors include A. A. Studna, J. B. Theeten, L. T. Florez, J. P. Harbison, J. D. E. McIntyre, R. Bhat, F. Hottier, S. M. Kelso, J. E. Rowe and Hans Arwin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

D. E. Aspnes

428 papers receiving 24.4k citations

Hit Papers

Dielectric functions and optical parameters of Si, Ge, Ga... 1967 2026 1986 2006 1983 1982 1967 1973 1979 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. Dielectric functions and optical parameters of Si, Ge, GaP, GaAs, GaSb, InP, InAs, and InSb from 1.5 to 6.0 eV
    1983 3.2k citations D. E. Aspnes, A. A. Studna profile →
  2. Optical properties of thin films
    1982 1.3k citations D. E. Aspnes Thin Solid Films profile →
  3. Static Phenomena Near Critical Points: Theory and Experiment
    1967 1.2k citations D. E. Aspnes et al. profile →
  4. Third-derivative modulation spectroscopy with low-field electroreflectance
    1973 1.0k citations D. E. Aspnes profile →
  5. Investigation of effective-medium models of microscopic surface roughness by spectroscopic ellipsometry
    1979 860 citations D. E. Aspnes et al. profile →
  6. Differential reflection spectroscopy of very thin surface films
    1971 731 citations D. E. Aspnes et al. profile →
  7. Optical properties of AlxGa1−x As
    1986 698 citations D. E. Aspnes, S. M. Kelso et al. Journal of Applied Physics profile →
  8. Local-field effects and effective-medium theory: A microscopic perspective
    1982 563 citations D. E. Aspnes profile →
  9. High Precision Scanning Ellipsometer
    1975 523 citations D. E. Aspnes, A. A. Studna profile →
  10. Schottky-Barrier Electroreflectance: Application to GaAs
    1973 506 citations D. E. Aspnes, A. A. Studna Physical review. B, Solid state profile →
  11. Application of reflectance difference spectroscopy to molecular-beam epitaxy growth of GaAs and AlAs
    1988 450 citations D. E. Aspnes, J. P. Harbison et al. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films profile →
  12. GaAs lower conduction-band minima: Ordering and properties
    1976 367 citations D. E. Aspnes Physical review. B, Solid state profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. E. Aspnes United States 72 14.5k 14.2k 9.1k 5.0k 3.3k 437 26.2k
G. Ertl Germany 112 8.4k 0.6× 22.8k 1.6× 25.3k 2.8× 6.3k 1.3× 3.7k 1.1× 616 47.8k
D. R. Hamann United States 70 8.7k 0.6× 16.2k 1.1× 13.8k 1.5× 3.0k 0.6× 4.8k 1.4× 170 29.0k
Eli Yablonovitch United States 75 25.7k 1.8× 23.6k 1.7× 8.2k 0.9× 9.4k 1.9× 1.3k 0.4× 383 40.1k
Klaus Kern Germany 93 12.8k 0.9× 16.1k 1.1× 17.1k 1.9× 9.4k 1.9× 4.0k 1.2× 608 35.9k
P. M. Petroff United States 76 14.0k 1.0× 19.6k 1.4× 8.9k 1.0× 2.8k 0.6× 2.4k 0.7× 357 24.4k
Heng Fan China 60 7.4k 0.5× 15.2k 1.1× 11.1k 1.2× 2.8k 0.6× 3.4k 1.0× 411 29.7k
Uzi Landman United States 93 5.6k 0.4× 15.2k 1.1× 18.6k 2.0× 3.1k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 425 32.5k
Evelyn L. Hu United States 64 10.4k 0.7× 12.1k 0.9× 5.2k 0.6× 3.9k 0.8× 4.8k 1.4× 406 19.5k
J. Tersoff United States 87 16.9k 1.2× 20.9k 1.5× 24.0k 2.6× 10.2k 2.0× 2.9k 0.9× 251 41.4k
James R. Chelikowsky United States 72 7.5k 0.5× 10.0k 0.7× 11.1k 1.2× 2.1k 0.4× 1.7k 0.5× 388 19.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wright, Kate, et al.. (2025). The case for denoising/smoothing X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data by Fourier analysis. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 43(3).
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Kim, Tae Jung, et al.. (2022). Decoding ‘Maximum Entropy’ Deconvolution. Entropy. 24(9). 1238–1238. 4 indexed citations
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Lê, Van Long, et al.. (2019). External removal of endpoint-discontinuity artifacts in the reciprocal-space analysis of spectra. Current Applied Physics. 20(1). 232–236. 8 indexed citations
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Aspnes, D. E., et al.. (2014). Dielectric functions and interband transitions of In Al1 − P alloys. Current Applied Physics. 14(9). 1273–1276. 12 indexed citations
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Aspnes, D. E., et al.. (2003). Study of the dielectric function of ZnS by spectroscopic ellipsometry. Journal of the Korean Physical Society. 42. 2 indexed citations
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Choi, S. G., Young Dong Kim, Seunghyun Yoo, et al.. (2000). Optical properties of AlxGa1−xP (0⩽x⩽0.52) alloys. Journal of Applied Physics. 87(3). 1287–1290. 25 indexed citations
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Choi, Suk‐Ho, Young Dong Kim, Seunghyun Yoo, et al.. (1997). Ellipsometric studies of Cd1−xMgxTe (0⩽x⩽0.5) alloys. Applied Physics Letters. 71(2). 249–251. 15 indexed citations
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Aspnes, D. E.. (1993). New developments in spectroellipsometry: the challenge of surfaces. Thin Solid Films. 233(1-2). 1–8. 41 indexed citations
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Kamiya, Itaru, D. E. Aspnes, Hitoshi Tanaka, et al.. (1993). Surface reconstruction of GaAs (001) during OMCVD growth. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 344(1673). 443–452. 7 indexed citations
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Aspnes, D. E., R. Bhat, C. Caneau, et al.. (1992). Optically monitoring and controlling epitaxial growth. Journal of Crystal Growth. 120(1-4). 71–77. 25 indexed citations
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Aspnes, D. E. & M. K. Kelly. (1989). Optical properties of high T c superconductors. Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. 3 indexed citations
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Aspnes, D. E., J. P. Harbison, A. A. Studna, & L. T. Florez. (1988). Reflectance-difference spectroscopy system for real-time measurements of crystal growth. Applied Physics Letters. 52(12). 957–959. 85 indexed citations
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Arwin, Hans & D. E. Aspnes. (1986). Determination of optical properties of thin organic films by spectroellipsometry. Thin Solid Films. 138(2). 195–207. 58 indexed citations
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Aspnes, D. E.. (1985). Recent progress in the nondestructive analysis of surfaces, thin films, and interfaces by spectroellipsometry. Applied Surface Science. 22-23. 792–803. 1 indexed citations
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Aspnes, D. E.. (1982). Optical properties of thin films. Thin Solid Films. 89(3). 249–262. 1312 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aspnes, D. E., S. M. Kelso, C. G. Olson, & D. W. Lynch. (1982). Direct Determination of Sizes of Excitations from Optical Measurements on Ion-Implanted GaAs. Physical Review Letters. 48(26). 1863–1866. 66 indexed citations
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Aspnes, D. E.. (1974). Effects of component optical activity in data reduction and calibration of rotating-analyzer ellipsometers. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 64(6). 812–812. 118 indexed citations
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Aspnes, D. E. & J. E. Rowe. (1972). Resonant Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility: Electroreflectance in the Low-Field Limit. Physical review. B, Solid state. 5(10). 4022–4030. 148 indexed citations
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Aspnes, D. E., Paul Handler, & Daniel F. Blossey. (1968). Interband Dielectric Properties of Solids in an Electric Field. Physical Review. 166(3). 921–933. 81 indexed citations
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Handler, Paul & D. E. Aspnes. (1967). Electric-Field-Induced Spectral Shifts of the OH Vibrational Absorption Line in Alcohols. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 47(2). 473–475. 7 indexed citations

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