Raphael Tsu

14.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
166 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Raphael Tsu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Raphael Tsu has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 97 papers in Materials Chemistry and 69 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Raphael Tsu's work include Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (64 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (53 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (40 papers). Raphael Tsu is often cited by papers focused on Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (64 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (53 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (40 papers). Raphael Tsu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and France. Raphael Tsu's co-authors include L. Esaki, L. L. Chang, G.A. Sai-Halasz, M. F. Thorpe, David Beeman, Davorin Babić, Fred H. Pollak, F.W. Saris, J. A. Van Vechten and J. González‐Hernández and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Raphael Tsu

162 papers receiving 10.4k 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.

Superlattice and Negative Differential Conductivity in Semiconductors

1970 2.3k citations L. Esaki, Raphael Tsu profile →
Tunneling in a finite superlattice

1973 1.8k citations Raphael Tsu, L. Esaki Applied Physics Letters profile →
Resonant tunneling in semiconductor double barriers

1974 1.4k citations L. L. Chang, L. Esaki et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →
A new semiconductor superlattice

1977 431 citations Raphael Tsu, L. Esaki et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →
Structural information from the Raman spectrum of amorphous silicon

1985 382 citations Raphael Tsu et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Raphael Tsu United States	41	7.5k	6.6k	4.6k	1.4k	655	166	11.1k
D. V. Lang United States	39	9.5k 1.3×	6.0k 0.9×	3.2k 0.7×	808 0.6×	899 1.4×	121	11.3k
J. P. Harbison United States	54	6.9k 0.9×	6.6k 1.0×	3.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 2.1×	262	10.5k
T. C. McGill United States	49	7.1k 1.0×	7.3k 1.1×	3.1k 0.7×	741 0.5×	1.3k 2.1×	381	10.3k
A. A. Studna United States	24	4.3k 0.6×	4.1k 0.6×	2.2k 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	616 0.9×	46	6.9k
Junichi Isoya Japan	50	3.0k 0.4×	5.6k 0.8×	6.5k 1.4×	606 0.4×	369 0.6×	196	10.3k
P. D. Townsend United Kingdom	48	4.3k 0.6×	3.6k 0.5×	2.7k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	208 0.3×	388	8.7k
Richard M. Osgood United States	55	7.2k 1.0×	6.1k 0.9×	2.6k 0.6×	2.0k 1.4×	511 0.8×	323	10.9k
R. A. Logan United States	62	13.9k 1.9×	12.3k 1.9×	2.4k 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 2.2×	449	16.9k
Eoin P. O’Reilly United Kingdom	49	6.1k 0.8×	7.2k 1.1×	3.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	2.9k 4.4×	323	10.2k
H. Kurz Germany	69	11.8k 1.6×	7.3k 1.1×	5.1k 1.1×	4.4k 3.1×	543 0.8×	505	16.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tsu, Raphael, Michael A. Fiddy, & Tsing-Hua Her. (2018). High mobility and high concentration Type-III heterojunction FET. AIP conference proceedings. 1934. 20002–20002. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yong, et al.. (2012). Selective Formation of Graphene on a Si Wafer. MRS Proceedings. 1407. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Yong & Raphael Tsu. (2010). Binding Graphene Sheets Together Using Silicon: Graphene/Silicon Superlattice. Nanoscale Research Letters. 5(5). 805–808. 21 indexed citations

Yu, Yijun, Richard Greene, & Raphael Tsu. (2002). COOLING BY INVERSE NOTTINGHAM EFFECT WITH RESONANT TUNNELING. International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems. 12(4). 1083–1100. 3 indexed citations

Tsu, D. V., Stanford R. Ovshinsky, S.J. Jones, et al.. (2001). Heterogeneity in hydrogenated silicon: Evidence for intermediately ordered chainlike objects. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 63(12). 32 indexed citations

Tsu, Raphael, Davorin Babić, & L. Ioriatti. (1997). Simple model for the dielectric constant of nanoscale silicon particle. Journal of Applied Physics. 82(3). 1327–1329. 100 indexed citations

Tsu, Raphael, Haibo Shen, & Mitra Dutta. (1992). Correlation of Raman and photoluminescence spectra of porous silicon. Applied Physics Letters. 60(1). 112–114. 215 indexed citations

Tsu, Raphael, E. H. Nicollian, & Arnold Reisman. (1989). Passivation of defects in polycrystalline superlattices and quantum well structures. Applied Physics Letters. 55(18). 1897–1899. 10 indexed citations

Mahan, A. H., et al.. (1988). Why the photoconductivity decreases in a-SiC:H and a-SiGe:H when the amount of alloying increases. Solar Cells. 24(1-2). 195–203. 9 indexed citations

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McMahon, T. J., et al.. (1987). Temperature-dependent photoconductivity and light-induced changes in a-Si1−xGex:H alloys. Solar Cells. 21(1-4). 205–213. 5 indexed citations

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McMahon, T. J. & Raphael Tsu. (1987). Equilibrium temperature and related defects in intrinsic glow discharge amorphous silicon. Applied Physics Letters. 51(6). 412–414. 76 indexed citations

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Tsu, Raphael, J. González‐Hernández, S. S. Chao, & D. Martin. (1986). Dependence of grain size on the substrate temperature of Si and Ge films prepared by evaporation under ultrahigh vacuum. Applied Physics Letters. 48(10). 647–649. 18 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Kazuyoshi & Raphael Tsu. (1981). Effects of quantitative disorder on the electronic structures of Si and Ge. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 24(4). 2038–2050. 40 indexed citations

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Tsu, Raphael, et al.. (1981). THE NATURE OF INTERMEDIATE RANGE ORDER IN Si:F:H:(P) ALLOY SYSTEMS. Le Journal de Physique Colloques. 42(C4). C4–269. 6 indexed citations

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Tsu, Raphael, R. T. Hodgson, Teh Y. Tan, & J. E. E. Baglin. (1979). Order-Disorder Transition in Single-Crystal Silicon Induced by Pulsed uv Laser Irradiation. Physical Review Letters. 42(20). 1356–1358. 100 indexed citations

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Tsu, Raphael, et al.. (1978). Observation of splitting of the E2g mode and two-phonon spectrum in graphites. Solid State Communications. 27(5). 507–510. 75 indexed citations

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Chang, L. L., L. Esaki, & Raphael Tsu. (1974). Resonant tunneling in semiconductor double barriers. Applied Physics Letters. 24(12). 593–595. 1381 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tsu, Raphael, Hikaru Kawamura, & L. Esaki. (1974). Raman scattering in the depletion region of GaAs. Solid State Communications. 15(2). 321–324. 7 indexed citations

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Tsu, Raphael. (1967). Landau Damping and Dispersion of Phonon, Plasmon, and Photon Waves in Polar Semiconductors. Physical Review. 164(2). 380–383. 14 indexed citations

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Tsu, Raphael. (1960). THE THEORY AND APPLICATION OF THE SCATTERING MATRIX FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 3 indexed citations

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