M. Pepper

27.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
640 papers, 21.2k citations indexed

About

M. Pepper is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Pepper has authored 640 papers receiving a total of 21.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 534 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 389 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 148 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in M. Pepper's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (464 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (289 papers) and Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design (187 papers). M. Pepper is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (464 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (289 papers) and Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design (187 papers). M. Pepper collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. M. Pepper's co-authors include D. A. Ritchie, J. E. F. Frost, M. Y. Simmons, E. H. Linfield, Vincent P. Wallace, Philip F. Taday, G. A. C. Jones, G. A. C. Jones, A. J. Shields and D. G. Hasko and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

M. Pepper

625 papers receiving 20.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

One-dimensional transport and the quantisation of the ballistic resistance

1988 1.5k citations M. Pepper, D. A. Ritchie et al. profile →
Electrically Driven Single-Photon Source

2002 851 citations A. J. Shields, D. A. Ritchie et al. profile →
Terahertz pulse imaging in reflection geometry of human skin cancer and skin tissue

2002 538 citations Ruth M. Woodward, Bryan E. Cole et al. Physics in Medicine and Biology profile →
Possible Spin Polarization in a One-Dimensional Electron Gas

1996 533 citations K. J. Thomas, M. Y. Simmons et al. profile →
Measurements of Coulomb blockade with a noninvasive voltage probe

1993 444 citations C. G. Smith, M. Pepper et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
M. Pepper	14.5k	13.1k	3.2k	2.9k	2.3k	640	21.2k
E. H. Linfield	9.5k 0.7×	13.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	2.4k 1.0×	663	18.4k
J. E. Cunningham	9.5k 0.7×	10.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	484	14.6k
Keith A. Nelson	11.7k 0.8×	7.3k 0.6×	5.8k 1.8×	676 0.2×	4.0k 1.7×	479	22.7k
Alfred Leitenstorfer	7.8k 0.5×	5.8k 0.4×	2.4k 0.7×	496 0.2×	2.1k 0.9×	248	11.3k
Jérôme Faist	14.6k 1.0×	19.6k 1.5×	1.7k 0.5×	660 0.2×	3.4k 1.5×	650	28.5k
David A. B. Miller	18.9k 1.3×	21.4k 1.6×	4.7k 1.5×	1.3k 0.5×	4.3k 1.8×	549	29.9k
Lianhe Li	5.6k 0.4×	6.2k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	690 0.2×	2.0k 0.9×	489	10.2k
S. W. Koch	18.0k 1.2×	11.0k 0.8×	4.9k 1.5×	2.6k 0.9×	2.8k 1.2×	658	22.6k
Abraham Nitzan	13.8k 1.0×	10.8k 0.8×	5.6k 1.7×	597 0.2×	4.1k 1.8×	382	24.2k
D. E. Aspnes	14.2k 1.0×	14.5k 1.1×	9.1k 2.8×	3.3k 1.2×	5.0k 2.1×	437	26.2k

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Holmes, S. N., et al.. (2025). Nonmagnetic fractional conductance in high mobility InAs quantum point contacts. Physical review. B.. 112(7). 1 indexed citations

Hernandez-Serrano, A. I., et al.. (2024). Exploring Porosity in Battery Electrodes: Terahertz Technology Unveiling Remote Sensing. 1–2. 1 indexed citations

Blumenthal, M. D., et al.. (2023). Multiple electron pumping. EPJ Quantum Technology. 10(1). 1 indexed citations

Blumenthal, M. D., et al.. (2021). Single-electron pump with highly controllable plateaus. Applied Physics Letters. 119(15). 5 indexed citations

Holmes, S. N., K. J. Thomas, I. Farrer, et al.. (2019). Conductance quantisation in patterned gate In _0.75 Ga _0.25 As structures up to 6 × (2 e ² / h ). Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 31(10). 104002–104002. 2 indexed citations

Holmes, S. N., et al.. (2018). Self-organised fractional quantisation in a hole quantum wire. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 30(9). 09LT01–09LT01. 16 indexed citations

Ho, Louise, Frank Müller, Jyrki Heinämäki, et al.. (2007). Analysis of tablet film coating quality using terahertz pulsed imaging. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

Danneau, R., O. Klochan, W. R. Clarke, et al.. (2007). Anisotropic Zeeman Splitting In Ballistic One-Dimensional Hole Systems. AIP conference proceedings. 893. 699–700. 1 indexed citations

Nemutudi, R., Chi‐Te Liang, I. Farrer, et al.. (2006). Coulomb Blockade Oscillations as a Noninvasive Probe of Screening. Journal of the Korean Physical Society. 48(6). 1312–1315. 1 indexed citations

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Pickwell, E., Anthony J. Fitzgerald, Bryan E. Cole, et al.. (2005). Simulating the response of terahertz radiation to basal cell carcinoma using ex vivo spectroscopy measurements. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 10(6). 64021–64021. 106 indexed citations

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Pickwell, E., Bryan E. Cole, Anthony J. Fitzgerald, Vincent P. Wallace, & M. Pepper. (2004). Simulation of terahertz pulse propagation in biological systems. Applied Physics Letters. 84(12). 2190–2192. 160 indexed citations

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Woodward, Ruth M., Vincent P. Wallace, Danilo Arnone, E. H. Linfield, & M. Pepper. (2003). Terahertz Pulsed Imaging of Skin Cancer in the Time and Frequency Domain. Journal of Biological Physics. 29(2-3). 257–259. 247 indexed citations

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Woodward, Ruth M., Vincent P. Wallace, R.J. Pye, et al.. (2003). Terahertz Pulse Imaging of ex vivo Basal Cell Carcinoma. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 120(1). 72–78. 348 indexed citations

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Pulizzi, Fabio, D. Sanvitto, Peter C. M. Christianen, et al.. (2003). Optical imaging of trion diffusion and drift in GaAs quantum wells. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 68(20). 13 indexed citations

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Crawley, David A., et al.. (2003). Three-dimensional terahertz pulse imaging of dental tissue. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 8(2). 303–303. 111 indexed citations

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Pepper, M., et al.. (2003). Semiconductor Light Sources for Applications in Quantum Optics. Journal of the Spectroscopical Society of Japan. 52(5). 271–280. 1 indexed citations

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Woodward, Ruth M., Bryan E. Cole, Vincent P. Wallace, et al.. (2002). Terahertz pulse imaging in reflection geometry of human skin cancer and skin tissue. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 47(21). 3853–3863. 538 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liang, Chi‐Te, M. Pepper, M. Y. Simmons, et al.. (2001). Transport in a Modulated One-Dimensional Ballistic Channel. Chinese Journal of Physics. 39(6). 533–544. 2 indexed citations

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Pepper, M.. (1988). Review lecture - Quantum processes in semiconductor structures. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 420(1858). 1–19. 9 indexed citations

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Pepper, M.. (1977). The Anderson transition in silicon inversion layers: the origin of the random field and the effect of substrate bias. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 353(1673). 225–246. 63 indexed citations

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