K. Hess

13.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
373 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

K. Hess is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Hess has authored 373 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 286 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 255 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 45 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in K. Hess's work include Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (169 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (163 papers) and Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design (144 papers). K. Hess is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (169 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (163 papers) and Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design (144 papers). K. Hess collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Germany. K. Hess's co-authors include I.C. Kizilyalli, N. Holonyak, Kevin F. Brennan, Massimo Macucci, J. J. Coleman, Joseph W. Lyding, H. Shichijo, J. Y. Tang, G. J. Iafrate and B. G. Streetman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

K. Hess

366 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

Disorder of an AlAs-GaAs superlattice by impurity diffusion 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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. Disorder of an AlAs-GaAs superlattice by impurity diffusion
    1981 482 citations N. Holonyak, K. Hess et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K. Hess United States 51 7.6k 6.8k 1.4k 691 412 373 9.7k
Carlo Jacoboni Italy 33 5.2k 0.7× 3.7k 0.5× 1.6k 1.1× 378 0.5× 532 1.3× 162 7.0k
H. Haug Germany 46 3.1k 0.4× 6.5k 1.0× 1.5k 1.1× 613 0.9× 542 1.3× 270 7.8k
C.A. Burrus United States 44 7.4k 1.0× 6.5k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 628 0.9× 545 1.3× 295 10.0k
E. O. Göbel Germany 40 4.0k 0.5× 4.7k 0.7× 1.8k 1.3× 424 0.6× 397 1.0× 185 6.9k
A. F. J. Levi United States 43 5.2k 0.7× 4.9k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 967 1.4× 1.1k 2.6× 240 7.1k
Jagdeep Shah United States 57 6.4k 0.8× 10.6k 1.6× 2.5k 1.8× 904 1.3× 863 2.1× 236 12.4k
H. Kroemer United States 58 8.0k 1.0× 8.5k 1.2× 2.4k 1.7× 1.4k 2.0× 1.2k 2.9× 272 11.0k
M. Jaroš United Kingdom 31 3.5k 0.5× 4.9k 0.7× 1.6k 1.2× 578 0.8× 397 1.0× 234 5.8k
J. P. Kotthaus Germany 46 4.7k 0.6× 8.3k 1.2× 1.7k 1.2× 1.2k 1.7× 969 2.4× 193 9.2k
Serge Luryi United States 37 3.9k 0.5× 3.5k 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 451 0.7× 611 1.5× 197 5.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. Hess

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hess, K.. (2023). Einstein-Local Counter-Arguments and Counter-Examples to Bell-Type Proofs. Journal of Modern Physics. 14(2). 89–100. 1 indexed citations
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Hess, K.. (2023). Malus-Law Models for Aspect-Type Experiments. Journal of Modern Physics. 14(8). 1167–1176. 3 indexed citations
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Hess, K.. (2023). Logical Conflict between Bell’s Locality and Probability Theory. Journal of Modern Physics. 14(13). 1762–1770. 1 indexed citations
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Hess, K.. (2021). What Do Bell-Tests Prove? A Detailed Critique of Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt Including Counterexamples. Journal of Modern Physics. 12(9). 1219–1236. 8 indexed citations
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Michielsen, Kristel, Hans De Raedt, & K. Hess. (2011). Boole and Bell inequality. AIP conference proceedings. 429–433.
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Hess, K. & Walter Philipp. (2006). Der Satz von Bell und das Konsistenzproblem gemeinsamer Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilungen. Mathematische Semesterberichte. 53(2). 152–183.
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Hess, K., et al.. (2005). Ion Channel Simulations Using the TR-PNP Model and the Excess Chemical Potential Approach. TechConnect Briefs. 1(2005). 556–559.
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Lee, Jae Sung, Joseph W. Lyding, & K. Hess. (2004). Hydrogen-related extrinsic oxide trap generation in thin gate oxide film during negative-bias temperature instability stress. 685–686. 1 indexed citations
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McMahon, William E., A. Haggag, & K. Hess. (2003). Reliability scaling issues for nanoscale devices. IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. 2(1). 33–38. 73 indexed citations
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Städele, M. & K. Hess. (2000). Effective-mass enhancement and nonparabolicity in thin GaAs quantum wells. Journal of Applied Physics. 88(11). 6945–6947. 14 indexed citations
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Witzigmann, Bernd, Fabiano Oyafuso, & K. Hess. (1998). Quasi-three-dimensional simulation of carrier dynamics in quantum well DFB lasers. IEE Proceedings - Optoelectronics. 145(6). 339–343. 2 indexed citations
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Sotirelis, Paul & K. Hess. (1994). Electron capture in GaAs quantum wells. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 49(11). 7543–7547. 22 indexed citations
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Register, Leonard F. & K. Hess. (1994). Numerical simulation of electron transport in mesoscopic structures with weak dissipation. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 49(3). 1900–1907. 18 indexed citations
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Hess, K.. (1991). Monte Carlo Device Simulation: Full Band and Beyond. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 192 indexed citations
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Hess, K., Jean‐Pierre Leburton, & Umberto Ravaioli. (1991). Computational electronics : semiconductor transport and device simulation. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 24 indexed citations
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Hess, K. & G. J. Iafrate. (1988). Theory and applications of near ballistic transport in semiconductors. Proceedings of the IEEE. 76(5). 519–532. 41 indexed citations
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Higman, J.M. & K. Hess. (1986). Comment on the use of the electron temperature concept for nonlinear transport problems in semiconductor p-n junctions. Solid-State Electronics. 29(9). 915–918. 11 indexed citations
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Shichijo, H., K. Hess, & G. E. Stillman. (1980). Orientation dependence of ballistic electron transport and impact ionisation. Electronics Letters. 16(6). 208–210. 6 indexed citations
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Chin, R., N. Holonyak, G. E. Stillman, J. Y. Tang, & K. Hess. (1980). Impact ionisation in multilayered heterojunction structures. Electronics Letters. 16(12). 467–469. 162 indexed citations
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Hess, K.. (1975). On the magnetoresistance of silicon surface inversion layers. physica status solidi (a). 31(1). 159–164. 3 indexed citations

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