R. Lai

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
266 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

R. Lai is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Lai has authored 266 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 254 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 135 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 71 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in R. Lai's work include Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design (206 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (125 papers) and Microwave Engineering and Waveguides (91 papers). R. Lai is often cited by papers focused on Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design (206 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (125 papers) and Microwave Engineering and Waveguides (91 papers). R. Lai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Taiwan. R. Lai's co-authors include W.R. Deal, X. B. Mei, V. Radisic, Stephen Sarkozy, D.C. Streit, K.M.K.H. Leong, Lorene Samoska, Wayne Yoshida, A. Fung and T. Gaier and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

R. Lai

254 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

First Demonstration of Amplification at 1 THz Using 25-nm InP High Electron Mobility Transistor Process

2015 309 citations X. B. Mei, Wayne Yoshida et al. IEEE Electron Device Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Lai United States	32	3.8k	1.7k	1.1k	520	258	266	4.1k
Lorene Samoska United States	29	2.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	794 0.7×	220 0.4×	137 0.5×	138	2.8k
A. Fung United States	27	1.8k 0.5×	701 0.4×	647 0.6×	310 0.6×	130 0.5×	91	2.1k
Hiroshi Itô Japan	35	4.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.4×	569 0.5×	276 0.5×	250 1.0×	303	5.0k
Erich Schlecht United States	25	2.1k 0.5×	714 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	188 0.4×	297 1.2×	111	2.7k
M.W. Pospieszalski United States	23	1.8k 0.5×	628 0.4×	773 0.7×	249 0.5×	201 0.8×	77	2.1k
K. A. McIntosh United States	26	2.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	647 0.6×	193 0.4×	262 1.0×	65	2.5k
Iwao Hosako Japan	27	2.3k 0.6×	743 0.4×	246 0.2×	85 0.2×	227 0.9×	213	2.7k
José V. Siles United States	19	1.1k 0.3×	340 0.2×	686 0.6×	150 0.3×	94 0.4×	80	1.4k
Paul von Allmen United States	24	982 0.3×	818 0.5×	364 0.3×	130 0.3×	267 1.0×	75	2.1k
P. M. Echternach United States	19	514 0.1×	929 0.6×	309 0.3×	255 0.5×	276 1.1×	71	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Lai

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Woods, Joshua J., et al.. (2025). Room temperature crystal field splitting of curium resolved by circularly polarized luminescence spectroscopy. Chemical Science. 16(11). 4815–4820. 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Diansong, Hua Wei, Jean Cheung, et al.. (2022). Acalabrutinib CYP3A‐mediated drug–drug interactions: Clinical evaluations and physiologically based pharmacokinetic modelling to inform dose adjustment strategy. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 88(8). 3716–3729. 8 indexed citations

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Tang, Adrian, Theodore Reck, Ruiwen Shu, et al.. (2016). A W-Band 65nm CMOS/InP-hybrid radiometer & passive imager. Espace ÉTS (ETS). 1–3. 11 indexed citations

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Fung, A., Theodore Reck, Mikko Varonen, et al.. (2013). Low noise amplifier modules from 220–270 GHz. European Microwave Integrated Circuit Conference. 224–227. 2 indexed citations

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Varonen, Mikko, R. Reeves, Pekka Kangaslahti, et al.. (2013). A 75–116-GHz LNA with 23-K noise temperature at 108 GHz. 1–3. 32 indexed citations

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Tuček, J., David A. Gallagher, K.E. Kreischer, et al.. (2012). A 100 mW, 0.670 THz power module. 31–32. 56 indexed citations

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Radisic, V., K.M.K.H. Leong, X. B. Mei, et al.. (2010). A 50 mW 220 GHz power amplifier module. 2010 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium. 45–48. 26 indexed citations

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Lai, R. & Stephen Sarkozy. (2010). HEMT MMW MMICs for radiometer sensor applications. 2010 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium. 832–835. 3 indexed citations

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Hon, Philip W. C., et al.. (2009). InP, W-band, oscillator stabilized with a resonant cavity created by Wafer Level Packaging. 282–285. 1 indexed citations

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Scott, D., D. Sawdai, V. Radisic, et al.. (2008). InP double heterojunction bipolar transistor technology for 311 GHz oscillator and 255 GHz amplifier. 1–4. 2 indexed citations

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Gaier, Todd, Lorene Samoska, A. Fung, et al.. (2007). Measurement of a 270 GHz Low Noise Amplifier With 7.5 dB Noise Figure. IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters. 17(7). 546–548. 26 indexed citations

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Lai, R., G.P. Li, R. Grundbacher, et al.. (2003). Innovative nitride passivation of 0.1 μm InGaAs/InAlAs/InP HEMTs using high-density inductively coupled plasma CVD (HD-ICP-CVD). 5. 315–318. 2 indexed citations

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Sharma, Arvind Kumar, et al.. (2002). A high power and high efficiency monolithic power amplifier at V-band using pseudomorphic HEMTs. 73–76. 4 indexed citations

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Samoska, Lorene, et al.. (2002). Monolithic power amplifiers covering 70-113 GHz. NTUR (臺灣機構典藏). 39–42. 9 indexed citations

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Aust, M., et al.. (2002). Ultra low noise Q-band monolithic amplifiers using InP- and GaAs-based 0.1 μm HEMT technologies. 89–92. 9 indexed citations

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Lai, R., et al.. (2002). 3-watt Q-band waveguide PHEMT MMIC power amplifier module. 2. 539–542. 1 indexed citations

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Oki, A.K., D.C. Streit, R. Lai, et al.. (2002). InP HBT and HEMT technology and applications. 7–8. 1 indexed citations

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Ingram, D. L., et al.. (1997). A 6-W Ka-band power module using MMIC power amplifiers. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 45(12). 2424–2430. 23 indexed citations

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Streit, D.C., R. Lai, J. Cowles, et al.. (1997). An InP-based HEMT and HBT MMIC production line. AMS Acta (University of Bologna). 2 indexed citations

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Wójtowicz, M., R. Lai, D.C. Streit, et al.. (1994). 0.10 /spl mu/m graded InGaAs channel InP HEMT with 305 GHz f/sub T/ and 340 GHz f/sub max/. IEEE Electron Device Letters. 15(11). 477–479. 70 indexed citations

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