P. C. Main

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

P. C. Main is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, P. C. Main has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 49 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 39 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in P. C. Main's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (90 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (70 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (37 papers). P. C. Main is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (90 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (70 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (37 papers). P. C. Main collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Russia and Japan. P. C. Main's co-authors include L. Eaves, M. Henini, S. P. Beaumont, Peter H. Beton, C.D.W. Wilkinson, A. K. Geǐm, Tim Foster, Alain Nogaret, M. W. Dellow and B. L. Gallagher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

P. C. Main

122 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Two Dimensional Electrons in a Lateral Magnetic Superlattice

1995 224 citations Humberto A. Carmona, A. K. Geǐm et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
P. C. Main United Kingdom	27	2.1k	915	609	594	131	126	2.3k
X. L. Lei China	27	2.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	492 0.8×	643 1.1×	80 0.6×	164	2.6k
D. C. Ralph United States	15	1.7k 0.8×	643 0.7×	357 0.6×	890 1.5×	317 2.4×	20	2.0k
Daniela Pfannkuche Germany	26	2.6k 1.2×	721 0.8×	353 0.6×	702 1.2×	221 1.7×	67	2.7k
Alex Matos-Abiague Germany	28	2.2k 1.1×	543 0.6×	789 1.3×	865 1.5×	265 2.0×	77	2.5k
L. W. Engel United States	29	2.8k 1.4×	759 0.8×	471 0.8×	1.7k 2.9×	165 1.3×	83	3.1k
A. F. Otte Netherlands	20	2.0k 1.0×	877 1.0×	609 1.0×	633 1.1×	442 3.4×	43	2.4k
Charles Stafford United States	29	2.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	623 1.0×	369 0.6×	103 0.8×	74	2.6k
E. V. Anda Brazil	22	1.3k 0.6×	677 0.7×	259 0.4×	407 0.7×	110 0.8×	139	1.5k
S. A. Tarasenko Russia	25	2.2k 1.1×	854 0.9×	866 1.4×	482 0.8×	136 1.0×	90	2.5k
C. R. Proetto Argentina	24	1.4k 0.7×	399 0.4×	497 0.8×	484 0.8×	151 1.2×	103	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. C. Main

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Makarovsky, O., Alexander Neumann, A. Martin, et al.. (2003). Nonlinear hole transport through a submicron-size channel. Applied Physics Letters. 82(6). 925–927. 1 indexed citations

Polimeni, A., A. Patanè, R. K. Hayden, et al.. (2002). Linewidth broadening of excitonic luminescence from quantum wells in pulsed magnetic fields. Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 13(2-4). 349–352. 4 indexed citations

Hong, Jinki, K. W. Edmonds, Alexander Neumann, et al.. (2002). Quasi-ballistic transport of 2D electrons through magnetic barriers. Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 12(1-4). 229–232. 3 indexed citations

Hamaguchi, Chihiro, et al.. (2001). Numerical Studies of Miniband Conductionin Quasi‐One‐Dimensional Superlattices. VLSI design. 13(1-4). 45–50. 2 indexed citations

Itskevich, I. E., S.T. Stoddart, S. I. Rybchenko, et al.. (2000). Electroluminescence from Individual InAs Self-Assembled Quantum Dots. physica status solidi (a). 178(1). 307–311. 4 indexed citations

Stoddart, S.T., R. Hill, Alexander Neumann, et al.. (2000). Phase coherence and size effects in double quantum well mesoscopic wires. Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 6(1-4). 672–675. 1 indexed citations

Ihn, Thomas, P. C. Main, Alain Nogaret, et al.. (1998). Size-effects and tuning of phase coherence in a double quantum well mesoscopic wire. Physica B Condensed Matter. 249-251. 162–165. 2 indexed citations

Ihn, Thomas, et al.. (1998). Many-body effects in a quantised 2DES probed by discrete-level tunnelling spectroscopy. Physica B Condensed Matter. 249-251. 689–692. 8 indexed citations

Neves, Bernardo R. A., T.J. Foster, L. Eaves, et al.. (1996). Tunneling spectroscopy of hole plasmons in a valence-band quantum well. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 54(16). R11106–R11109. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Jiannong, Peter H. Beton, Nobuya Mori, et al.. (1995). A novel approach in fabrication and study of laterally quantum-confined resonant tunnelling diodes. Materials Science and Engineering B. 35(1-3). 192–197. 2 indexed citations

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Omling, P., Heiner Linke, Knut Deppert, et al.. (1994). Randomly distributed ultrasmall metal particles on the surface of high mobility 2DEG samples. Superlattices and Microstructures. 15(3). 367–367.

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Geǐm, A. K., P. C. Main, Rafael Taboryski, et al.. (1994). Reflection of ballistic electrons from diffusive regions. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 49(3). 2265–2268. 8 indexed citations

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Beton, Peter H., M. W. Dellow, P. C. Main, et al.. (1992). Edge effects in a gated submicron resonant tunneling diode. Applied Physics Letters. 60(20). 2508–2510. 20 indexed citations

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Geǐm, A. K., P. C. Main, Peter H. Beton, et al.. (1992). Breakdown of universal scaling of conductance fluctuations in high magnetic fields. Physical Review Letters. 69(8). 1248–1251. 34 indexed citations

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Main, P. C., Peter H. Beton, L. Eaves, et al.. (1990). Ballistic magnetoresistance and the Hall effect in a restricted geometry. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 2(31). 6541–6546. 7 indexed citations

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Beton, Peter H., P. C. Main, M. W. Dellow, et al.. (1990). Temperature dependence of magnetoresistance oscillations in a two-dimensional electron gas subjected to a periodic potential. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 42(15). 9689–9692. 37 indexed citations

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Main, P. C.. (1990). Chaos in quantum billiards. Nature. 348(6302). 584–585. 1 indexed citations

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Main, P. C., L. Eaves, J. R. Owers-Bradley, et al.. (1986). Single impurity-assisted tunnelling in sub-micron n+n−n+ multilayers. Superlattices and Microstructures. 2(4). 385–389. 2 indexed citations

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Main, P. C., et al.. (1978). DIRECT OBSERVATION OF ORBITAL DISSIPATION AND SUPERFLOW COLLAPSE IN ³He-A. Le Journal de Physique Colloques. 39(C6). C6–13. 3 indexed citations

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Main, P. C., et al.. (1978). Direct observation of orbital dissipation and superflow collapse in³He-A. Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics. 11(17). L729–L733. 3 indexed citations

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