W. H. Butler

13.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
195 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

W. H. Butler is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. H. Butler has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 66 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 56 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in W. H. Butler's work include Magnetic properties of thin films (90 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (52 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (41 papers). W. H. Butler is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic properties of thin films (90 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (52 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (41 papers). W. H. Butler collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. W. H. Butler's co-authors include T. C. Schulthess, J. M. MacLaren, X.-G. Zhang, G. M. Stocks, X.-G. Zhang, Arunava Gupta, F. J. Pinski, Hunter Sims, Roman V. Chepulskii and Philip B. Allen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

W. H. Butler

192 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

Spin-dependent tunneling conductance ofFe|MgO|Fesandwiches

2001 1.6k citations W. H. Butler, X.-G. Zhang et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
Basic principles of STT-MRAM cell operation in memory arrays

2013 412 citations Dmytro Apalkov, Steven Watts et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. H. Butler United States	54	7.1k	4.2k	3.9k	2.8k	2.5k	195	10.4k
P. H. Dederichs Germany	50	5.2k 0.7×	6.3k 1.5×	5.9k 1.5×	3.0k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	150	11.3k
M. Fähnle Germany	44	5.3k 0.7×	2.7k 0.6×	3.2k 0.8×	3.3k 1.2×	1.0k 0.4×	316	8.6k
Lars Nordström Sweden	45	3.4k 0.5×	2.9k 0.7×	4.1k 1.1×	3.5k 1.3×	903 0.4×	140	7.3k
G. M. Stocks United States	57	5.1k 0.7×	5.3k 1.3×	2.4k 0.6×	2.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	263	12.6k
E. Bücher Germany	60	3.9k 0.6×	4.3k 1.0×	5.1k 1.3×	7.6k 2.7×	3.1k 1.2×	395	13.0k
G. A. Prinz United States	43	8.8k 1.2×	3.8k 0.9×	5.1k 1.3×	3.5k 1.3×	2.5k 1.0×	182	11.6k
B. Abeles United States	48	3.4k 0.5×	6.5k 1.5×	1.7k 0.4×	2.1k 0.8×	5.2k 2.1×	144	10.9k
I. Turek Czechia	39	3.8k 0.5×	2.9k 0.7×	3.3k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.4×	208	6.8k
F. Pétroff France	47	10.6k 1.5×	5.6k 1.3×	6.4k 1.6×	4.1k 1.5×	3.9k 1.6×	171	14.4k
J. A. C. Bland United Kingdom	52	10.0k 1.4×	2.9k 0.7×	5.5k 1.4×	4.3k 1.6×	2.1k 0.8×	394	11.6k

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Kudin, Konstantin N., et al.. (2018). Prism waves for imaging steep geologic features and sediment terminations against salt flanks: Examples from the Gulf of Mexico. The Leading Edge. 37(3). 223–229. 6 indexed citations

Sims, Hunter, et al.. (2012). 磁性酸化物の光学バンドギャップ階層構造 NiFe 2 O 4 の電子構造. Physical Review B. 86(20). 1–205106. 7 indexed citations

Butler, W. H., et al.. (2012). Co-Ptナノ粒子のL1 0 原子秩序の調整 Ab initio洞察. Physical Review B. 86(15). 1–155401. 4 indexed citations

Butler, W. H., Tim Mewes, Claudia Mewes, et al.. (2012). Switching Distributions for Perpendicular Spin-Torque Devices Within the Macrospin Approximation. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 48(12). 4684–4700. 119 indexed citations

Sims, Hunter, W. H. Butler, Manuel Richter, et al.. (2012). Theoretical investigation into the possibility of very large moments in Fe16N2. Physical Review B. 86(17). 34 indexed citations

Apalkov, Dmytro, Zhuo Diao, A. Driskill-Smith, et al.. (2010). Advances and Future Prospects of Spin-Transfer Torque Random Access Memory. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 46(6). 1873–1878. 288 indexed citations

Gupta, Arunava, et al.. (2008). Half-metallic electronic structures of quaternary ferromagnetic chalcospinels: CdxCu1−xCr2S4 and CdxCu1−xCr2Se4. Applied Physics Letters. 92(6). 36 indexed citations

Chopdekar, Rajesh V., M. Liberati, Mairbek Chshiev, et al.. (2007). Magnetism and transport of CuCr2Se4 thin films. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 318(1-2). 65–73. 33 indexed citations

Kalitsov, Alan, Ioannis Theodonis, Nicholas Kioussis, et al.. (2006). Spin-polarized current-induced torque in magnetic tunnel junctions. Journal of Applied Physics. 99(8). 32 indexed citations

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Butler, W. H., et al.. (2005). Theory of tunneling magnetoresistance for epitaxial systems. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 41(10). 2645–2648. 22 indexed citations

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Brown, G., Haeng‐Ki Lee, T. C. Schulthess, et al.. (2002). Model of Fe nanostripes on Cu(111). Journal of Applied Physics. 91(10). 7056–7058. 5 indexed citations

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Schulthess, T. C., M. Benakli, P. B. Visscher, et al.. (2001). On the role of magnetostatic interactions in assemblies of Fe nanoparticles. APS.

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Schulthess, T. C., M. Benakli, P. B. Visscher, et al.. (2001). Role of magnetostatic interactions in assemblies of Fe nanoparticles. Journal of Applied Physics. 89(11). 7594–7596. 10 indexed citations

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Butler, W. H., X.-G. Zhang, T. C. Schulthess, & J. M. MacLaren. (2001). Reduction of electron tunneling current due to lateral variation of the wave function. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 63(9). 38 indexed citations

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Brown, Randall H., D. M. Nicholson, W. H. Butler, et al.. (1998). Giant-magnetoresistance calculation for {111} Co/Cu/Co spin valves. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 58(17). 11146–11149. 12 indexed citations

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Butler, W. H., et al.. (1995). First Principles Calculation of Electrical Conductivity and Giant Magnetoresistance of ColCu Multilayers. MRS Proceedings. 384. 2 indexed citations

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Swihart, James C., et al.. (1992). Boson linewidth in high-temperature superconductors. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 46(9). 5861–5863. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Xindong, et al.. (1992). Relativistic-multiple-scattering theory for space-filling potentials. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 46(15). 9352–9358. 31 indexed citations

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Stocks, G. M., D. M. Nicholson, F. J. Pinski, et al.. (1986). Ab Initio Theory of the Ground State Properties of Ordered and Disordered Alloys and the Theory of Ordering Processes in Alloys. MRS Proceedings. 81. 5 indexed citations

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Stocks, G. M. & W. H. Butler. (1982). Mass and Lifetime Enhancement due to Disorder onAgcPd1−cAlloys. Physical Review Letters. 48(1). 55–58. 43 indexed citations

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