Jay D. Sau

13.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
162 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Jay D. Sau is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Jay D. Sau has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 82 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 66 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Jay D. Sau's work include Topological Materials and Phenomena (116 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (61 papers) and Graphene research and applications (58 papers). Jay D. Sau is often cited by papers focused on Topological Materials and Phenomena (116 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (61 papers) and Graphene research and applications (58 papers). Jay D. Sau collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. Jay D. Sau's co-authors include S. Das Sarma, Roman M. Lutchyn, Sumanta Tewari, Tudor D. Stanescu, Marvin L. Cohen, Chun-Xiao Liu, Bitan Roy, Hoi-Yin Hui, David J. Clarke and P. M. R. Brydon and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Jay D. Sau

160 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Majorana Fermions and a Topological Phase Transition in Semiconductor-Superconductor Heterostructures

2010 2.5k citations Jay D. Sau, S. Das Sarma et al. profile →
Generic New Platform for Topological Quantum Computation Using Semiconductor Heterostructures

2010 1.4k citations Jay D. Sau, Sumanta Tewari et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Jay D. Sau	9.5k	5.5k	4.0k	571	453	162	10.3k
C. Brüne	7.9k 0.8×	2.4k 0.4×	5.0k 1.3×	742 1.3×	381 0.8×	53	8.3k
Jason Alicea	7.0k 0.7×	3.3k 0.6×	3.3k 0.8×	356 0.6×	374 0.8×	90	7.8k
Shoucheng Zhang	6.3k 0.7×	2.6k 0.5×	3.6k 0.9×	868 1.5×	726 1.6×	57	7.5k
H. Buhmann	10.8k 1.1×	3.1k 0.6×	6.5k 1.6×	1.5k 2.5×	431 1.0×	135	11.6k
Karsten Flensberg	8.7k 0.9×	3.9k 0.7×	3.2k 0.8×	2.0k 3.5×	369 0.8×	175	9.5k
Maia G. Vergniory	7.6k 0.8×	3.6k 0.7×	5.0k 1.2×	549 1.0×	1.3k 2.8×	142	8.7k
Hai‐Zhou Lu	5.8k 0.6×	1.9k 0.4×	4.3k 1.1×	629 1.1×	616 1.4×	124	6.5k
Biao Lian	3.9k 0.4×	1.9k 0.3×	3.4k 0.9×	987 1.7×	609 1.3×	78	5.5k
Sergey Frolov	6.3k 0.7×	3.0k 0.5×	2.6k 0.7×	1.5k 2.5×	678 1.5×	60	7.2k
Ivar Martin	4.1k 0.4×	1.8k 0.3×	1.8k 0.5×	965 1.7×	832 1.8×	141	5.3k

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Graß, Tobias, D. G. Suárez-Forero, Kevin Li, et al.. (2024). Optical pumping of electronic quantum Hall states with vortex light. Nature Photonics. 19(2). 156–161. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Rui-Xing, Jay D. Sau, & S. Das Sarma. (2023). Kitaev building-block construction for inversion-protected higher-order topological superconductors. Physical review. B.. 108(11). 5 indexed citations

Liu, Chun-Xiao, Haining Pan, F. Setiawan, Michael Wimmer, & Jay D. Sau. (2023). Fusion protocol for Majorana modes in coupled quantum dots. Physical review. B.. 108(8). 29 indexed citations

Kim, Hyunsoo, et al.. (2022). Quantum oscillations of the j=3/2 Fermi surface in the topological semimetal YPtBi. Physical Review Research. 4(3). 2 indexed citations

Thomas, Stuart, S. Das Sarma, & Jay D. Sau. (2022). Disorder suppression in topological semiconductor-superconductor junctions. Physical review. B.. 106(17). 2 indexed citations

Sau, Jay D., et al.. (2021). Symmetry-breaking signatures of multiple Majorana zero modes in one-dimensional spin-triplet superconductors. Physical review. B.. 104(10). 5 indexed citations

Sau, Jay D., et al.. (2021). On the signatures of non-topological patches on the surface of topological insulators. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

Pan, Haining, William S. Cole, Jay D. Sau, & S. Das Sarma. (2020). Generic quantized zero-bias conductance peaks in superconductor-semiconductor hybrid structures. Physical review. B.. 101(2). 55 indexed citations

Kumar, Manoranjan, et al.. (2020). Fermion parity gap and exponential ground state degeneracy of the one-dimensional Fermi gas with intrinsic attractive interaction. Physical review. B.. 102(12). 1 indexed citations

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Frolov, Sergey, Michael J. Manfra, & Jay D. Sau. (2020). Topological superconductivity in hybrid devices. Nature Physics. 16(7). 718–724. 149 indexed citations

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Setiawan, F., Chun-Xiao Liu, Jay D. Sau, & S. Das Sarma. (2017). Electron temperature and tunnel coupling dependence of zero-bias and almost-zero-bias conductance peaks in Majorana nanowires. Physical review. B.. 96(18). 52 indexed citations

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Barkeshli, Maissam & Jay D. Sau. (2016). Physical Architecture for a Universal Topological Quantum Computer based on a Network of Majorana Nanowires. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Sau, Jay D. & F. Setiawan. (2016). Detecting topological superconductivity using the Shapiro steps. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Brydon, P. M. R., S. Das Sarma, Hoi-Yin Hui, & Jay D. Sau. (2014). Odd-parity superconductivity from phonon-mediated pairing. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations

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Brydon, P. M. R., Hoi-Yin Hui, & Jay D. Sau. (2014). Topological Shiba chain from spin-orbit coupling. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

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Dumitrescu, Eugene, Jay D. Sau, & Sumanta Tewari. (2014). Magnetic field response and chiral symmetry of time-reversal-invariant topological superconductors. Physical Review B. 90(24). 40 indexed citations

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Sau, Jay D. & S. Das Sarma. (2012). Realizing a robust practical Majorana chain in a quantum-dot-superconductor linear array. Nature Communications. 3(1). 964–964. 169 indexed citations

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Sau, Jay D., et al.. (2011). Topological periodic superconductor-nanowire structures. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Sau, Jay D. & Sumanta Tewari. (2010). Diamagnetism from the 6-vertex model and implications for the cuprate superconductors. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Malone, Brad D., Jay D. Sau, & Marvin L. Cohen. (2009). Ab initio study of the optical properties of Si-XII. APS March Meeting Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

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