L. N. Pfeiffer

57.8k total citations · 17 hit papers
1.2k papers, 44.1k citations indexed

About

L. N. Pfeiffer is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, L. N. Pfeiffer has authored 1.2k papers receiving a total of 44.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1.1k papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 475 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 434 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in L. N. Pfeiffer's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (880 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (527 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (430 papers). L. N. Pfeiffer is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (880 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (527 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (430 papers). L. N. Pfeiffer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Israel. L. N. Pfeiffer's co-authors include K. W. West, J. P. Eisenstein, H. L. Störmer, K. W. Baldwin, K. W. West, D. C. Tsui, R. L. Willett, Ken West, A. Pinczuk and Rui-Rui Du and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

L. N. Pfeiffer

1.2k papers receiving 43.0k citations

Hit Papers

Bose-Einstein Condensation of Microcavit... 1986 2026 1999 2012 2007 1999 1986 1993 1995 250 500 750
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. Bose-Einstein Condensation of Microcavity Polaritons in a Trap
    2007 905 citations V. Hartwell, David W. Snoke et al. Science profile →
  2. Evidence for an Anisotropic State of Two-Dimensional Electrons in High Landau Levels
    1999 493 citations L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  3. Antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides in SiO2-Si multilayer structures
    1986 490 citations L. N. Pfeiffer et al. profile →
  4. N-electron ground state energies of a quantum dot in magnetic field
    1993 481 citations L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. Baldwin et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  5. Optically Pumped NMR Evidence for Finite-Size Skyrmions in GaAs Quantum Wells near Landau Level Fillingν=1
    1995 434 citations L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  6. Evidence for a New Dissipationless Effect in 2D Electronic Transport
    2003 423 citations L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  7. Mutual friction between parallel two-dimensional electron systems
    1991 403 citations L. N. Pfeiffer et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  8. Near-Field Spectroscopy of the Quantum Constituents of a Luminescent System
    1994 394 citations L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West et al. Science profile →
  9. Single-electron capacitance spectroscopy of discrete quantum levels
    1992 363 citations R. C. Ashoori, L. N. Pfeiffer et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  10. Nonuniversal Conductance Quantization in Quantum Wires
    1996 324 citations Amir Yacoby, L. N. Pfeiffer et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  11. Formation of a high quality two-dimensional electron gas on cleaved GaAs
    1990 293 citations L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West et al. profile →
  12. Quantum liquid versus electron solid around ν=1/5 Landau-level filling
    1990 288 citations L. N. Pfeiffer et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  13. Electron mobilities exceeding 107 cm2/V s in modulation-doped GaAs
    1989 285 citations L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West et al. profile →
  14. How real are composite fermions?
    1993 276 citations L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. Baldwin et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  15. Experimental evidence for new particles in the fractional quantum Hall effect
    1993 271 citations L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  16. Measurement of the quantum geometric tensor and of the anomalous Hall drift
    2020 178 citations Antonio Gianfrate, Milena De Giorgi et al. Nature profile →
  17. Polariton Bose–Einstein condensate from a bound state in the continuum
    2022 128 citations Fabrizio Riminucci, Antonio Gianfrate et al. Nature profile →

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L. N. Pfeiffer
Comparison fields: 5 of 122
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 39.4k
  • Condensed Matter Physics 15.8k
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14.4k
  • Materials Chemistry 8.4k
  • Biomedical Engineering 3.1k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Anomalous Acoustocurrent within Quantum Hall Plateaus
2025 ·Physical Review Letters ·Renfei Wang, Xiao Liu, (unknown), Yoon Jang Chung, (unknown), K. W. Baldwin, M. Shayegan, L. N. Pfeiffer, Xi Lin, Yang Liu
0
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Exciton-polariton ring Josephson junction
2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Dimitrios Trypogeorgos, Milena De Giorgi, Kirk Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, D. Sanvitto, Dario Ballarini
1
3
Emerging supersolidity in photonic-crystal polariton condensates
2025 ·Nature ·Dimitrios Trypogeorgos, Antonio Gianfrate, Manuele Landini, (unknown), Dario Gerace, Iacopo Carusotto, Fabrizio Riminucci, Kirk Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, Giovanni I. Martone, Milena De Giorgi, Dario Ballarini, D. Sanvitto
6
4
Topological phase transition between Jain states and daughter states of the ν = 1/2 fractional quantum Hall state
2024 ·Nature Physics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christopher S. Calhoun, K. A. Villegas Rosales, (unknown), (unknown), K. W. Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, M. Shayegan
9
5
Time, momentum, and energy resolved pump-probe tunneling spectroscopy of two-dimensional electron systems
2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), K. W. West, L. N. Pfeiffer, (unknown), R. C. Ashoori
2
6
Next-generation even-denominator fractional quantum Hall states of interacting composite fermions
2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Siddharth Singh, Yoon Jang Chung, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. Baldwin, M. Shayegan
8
7
Anomalous quantized plateaus in two-dimensional electron gas with gate confinement
2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Yijia Wu, Shuai Yuan, Xiao Liu, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Yang Liu, Hailong Fu, X. C. Xie, Xi Lin
2
8
Large composite fermion effective mass at filling factor 5/2
2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), K. W. West, L. N. Pfeiffer, G. Gervais
1
9
Reanalysis of experimental determinations of polariton-polariton interactions in microcavities
2023 ·Physical review. B. ·David W. Snoke, V. Hartwell, (unknown), Shouvik Mukherjee, Yoseob Yoon, (unknown), Mark Steger, Zheng Sun, Keith A. Nelson, L. N. Pfeiffer
9
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Extended Bose–Hubbard model with dipolar excitons
2022 ·Nature ·(unknown), Utso Bhattacharya, (unknown), Ravindra W. Chhajlany, (unknown), Kirk Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, Maciej Lewenstein, Markus Holzmann, François Dubin
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Dual-density waves with neutral and charged dipolar excitons of GaAs bilayers
2022 ·Nature Materials ·(unknown), Stéphan Suffit, Kirk Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, François Dubin
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12
Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction in the p-AlGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs structure with a square quantum well: Surface acoustic wave study
2021 ·Physical review. B. ·(unknown), (unknown), A. V. Suslov, K. W. Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West
4
13
Mott insulator of strongly interacting two-dimensional semiconductor excitons
2021 ·Nature Physics ·(unknown), Stéphan Suffit, Kirk Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, François Dubin
22
14
Transport in helical Luttinger liquids in the fractional quantum Hall regime
2021 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), V. V. Ponomarenko, Zhong Wan, Kenneth West, K. W. Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, Yuli Lyanda-Geller, Leonid P. Rokhinson
9
15
Edge-State Wave Functions from Momentum-Conserving Tunneling Spectroscopy
2020 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yaroslav Tserkovnyak, J. Carlos Egues, Gilad Barak, Amir Yacoby, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Dominik M. Zumbühl
2
16
Acoustoelectric Study of Microwave-Induced Current Domains
2020 ·Physical Review Letters ·Benedikt Frieß, И. А. Дмитриев, V. Umansky, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, K. von Klitzing, J. H. Smet
6
17
Electronic band structure in n -type GaAs/AlGaAs wide quantum wells in tilted magnetic field
2019 ·Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ·(unknown), (unknown), A. V. Suslov, M. O. Nestoklon, D. Kamburov, K. W. Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, L. E. Golub
1
18
Full momentum- and energy-resolved spectral function of a 2D electronic system
2017 ·Science ·Joonho Jang, (unknown), L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, K. W. Baldwin, R. C. Ashoori
22
19
Measurements of quasiparticle tunneling in the υ=5/2 fractional quantum Hall state
2012 ·DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·Xi Lin, (unknown), M. A. Kastner, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West
3
20
Log-periodic antennas for pulsed terahertz radiation
1991 ·Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference ·D. R. Dykaar, B. I. Greene, John F. Federici, A. F. J. Levi, L. N. Pfeiffer, R. F. Kopf, M. Anzlowar, K. W. West
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