O. Brafman

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

O. Brafman is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, O. Brafman has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 34 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 31 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in O. Brafman's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (17 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (14 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (13 papers). O. Brafman is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (17 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (14 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (13 papers). O. Brafman collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. O. Brafman's co-authors include Z. Valy Vardeny, S. S. Mitra, E. Ehrenfreund, B. Horovitz, W. B. Daniels, R.K. Crawford, I. T. Steinberger, Fred Wudl, Alan J. Heeger and M. Holtz and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

O. Brafman

76 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Photogeneration of confined soliton pairs (bipolarons) in... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 50 100 150
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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. Photogeneration of confined soliton pairs (bipolarons) in polythiophene
    1986 199 citations Z. Valy Vardeny, E. Ehrenfreund et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
O. Brafman Israel 26 1.3k 1.3k 946 552 415 76 2.6k
D. S. Boudreaux United States 25 1.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 543 0.6× 1.0k 1.8× 283 0.7× 45 2.9k
K. Mizoguchi Japan 27 684 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 711 0.8× 1.0k 1.9× 315 0.8× 175 2.7k
H. B. Brom Netherlands 27 897 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 629 0.7× 883 1.6× 670 1.6× 164 2.8k
N. Karl Germany 26 949 0.7× 1.7k 1.3× 825 0.9× 440 0.8× 677 1.6× 60 2.7k
E.J. Sämuelsen Norway 24 1.0k 0.7× 849 0.7× 594 0.6× 924 1.7× 765 1.8× 69 2.6k
F. Willig Germany 35 2.3k 1.7× 1.6k 1.2× 1.3k 1.4× 313 0.6× 199 0.5× 137 4.6k
Aldo Brillante Italy 30 1.1k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 1.0k 1.1× 342 0.6× 1.1k 2.7× 160 3.4k
G. Harbeke United States 32 2.2k 1.6× 2.0k 1.6× 1.3k 1.4× 337 0.6× 717 1.7× 70 3.7k
M. J. Rice United States 23 880 0.7× 724 0.6× 625 0.7× 342 0.6× 844 2.0× 67 2.2k
D. F. Williams Canada 27 1.8k 1.3× 1.5k 1.1× 851 0.9× 297 0.5× 493 1.2× 131 3.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of O. Brafman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Holtz, M., et al.. (1999). Excitation intensity dependence of photoluminescence from narrow 〈100〉- and 〈111〉A-grownInxGa1−xAs/GaAssingle quantum wells. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 59(7). 5049–5055. 18 indexed citations
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Seon, M., et al.. (1998). Effect of hydrostatic pressure on the Raman spectrum ofGenSimmultiple quantum wells withn<~4andm<~7. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 58(8). 4779–4784. 14 indexed citations
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Brafman, O., et al.. (1995). Raman line asymmetry in alloys and in ion-implanted polar crystals. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 51(11). 6940–6946. 25 indexed citations
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Holtz, M., R. Zallen, & O. Brafman. (1988). Resonant Raman-active acoustic phonons in ion-implanted GaAs. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 38(9). 6097–6106. 14 indexed citations
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Vardeny, Z. Valy, E. Ehrenfreund, & O. Brafman. (1987). Spectroscopy of trans polyacetylene with broken symmetry. Synthetic Metals. 17(1-3). 349–354. 12 indexed citations
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Vardeny, Z. Valy, et al.. (1987). Resonant Raman scattering from amplitude modes in trans polyacetylene: Temperature effects. Synthetic Metals. 17(1-3). 331–336. 3 indexed citations
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Livescu, G. & O. Brafman. (1986). Raman study of the mixed crystals CuxAg1-xI. Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics. 19(15). 2663–2673. 7 indexed citations
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Horovitz, B., Z. Valy Vardeny, E. Ehrenfreund, & O. Brafman. (1986). Raman scattering from charge-density waves and application to polyacetylene. Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics. 19(36). 7291–7305. 24 indexed citations
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Vardeny, Z. Valy, E. Ehrenfreund, O. Brafman, et al.. (1986). Photogeneration of confined soliton pairs (bipolarons) in polythiophene. Physical Review Letters. 56(6). 671–674. 199 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chan, C. K., et al.. (1985). Resonance Raman scattering study of azulene. II. Nonzero temperature multimode model calculations. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 82(11). 4813–4830. 42 indexed citations
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Vardeny, Z. Valy, et al.. (1985). Resonant Raman Scattering of Trans Polyacetylene Under Pressure. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 117(1). 373–376. 3 indexed citations
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Vardeny, Z. Valy, E. Ehrenfreund, & O. Brafman. (1985). Photoinduced Absorption Spectroscopy of Gap States in Polyacetylene. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 117(1). 245–249. 20 indexed citations
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Ashkenazi, J., E. Ehrenfreund, Z. Valy Vardeny, & O. Brafman. (1985). First Principles Three-Dimensional Band-Structure of Trans-Polyacetylene. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 117(1). 193–196. 17 indexed citations
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Vardeny, Z. Valy & O. Brafman. (1979). Disorder-induced TA Raman lines in mixed Cu-halide crystals. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 19(6). 3290–3298. 20 indexed citations
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Vardeny, Z. Valy & O. Brafman. (1979). Phonon anomalies in Cu halides. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 19(6). 3276–3289. 41 indexed citations
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Brafman, O., M. Cardona, & Z. Valy Vardeny. (1977). Raman-scattering study of pressure-induced phase transitions in CuI. Physical review. B, Solid state. 15(2). 1081–1086. 20 indexed citations
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Furman, Eugene, O. Brafman, & J. Makovsky. (1976). Approximation to long-wavelength lattice dynamics of SbSI-type crystals. Physical review. B, Solid state. 13(4). 1703–1710. 33 indexed citations
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Mardix, S., E. Alexander, O. Brafman, & I. T. Steinberger. (1967). Polytype families in zinc sulphide crystals. Acta Crystallographica. 22(6). 808–812. 21 indexed citations
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Brafman, O. & I. T. Steinberger. (1966). Optical Band Gap and Birefringence of ZnS Polytypes. Physical Review. 143(2). 501–505. 73 indexed citations
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Brafman, O., G. Shachar, & I. T. Steinberger. (1965). Field Inhomogeneities in ZnS Crystals. Journal of Applied Physics. 36(2). 668–669. 12 indexed citations

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