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C. W. J. Beenakker

C. W. J. Beenakker

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Physics

D-Index
98
Citations
52148
World Ranking
1730
National Ranking
34

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For definitive contributions to the theory of quantum transport and outstanding service to the international scientific community
  • 2002 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

C. W. J. Beenakker is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands and specializes in the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Artificial Intelligence, and Mathematical Physics. The scientist's research encompasses various topics including Topological Materials and Phenomena, Quantum and Electron Transport Phenomena, Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Quantum Many-Body Systems, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics, Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, and Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics.

Beenakker's recent publications include research articles such as Phase-shifted Andreev levels in an altermagnet Josephson junction (2023) published in Physical Review B, Localization landscape for Dirac fermions (2020) published in Physical Review B, Generalized eigenproblem without fermion doubling for Dirac fermions on a lattice (2021) in SciPost Physics, and Tangent Fermions: Dirac or Majorana Fermions on a Lattice Without Fermion Doubling (2023) in Annalen der Physik. Other works include Voltage staircase in a current-biased quantum-dot Josephson junction (2021) appearing in Physical Review B.

Frequent publication venues for Beenakker's work include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review B
  • Physical Review Research
  • New Journal of Physics
  • Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

Co-authorship is a notable aspect of Beenakker's research activity. Frequent collaborators include:

  • G. Lemut
  • M. J. Pacholski
  • J. Tworzydło
  • A. Donís Vela
  • Vladimir A. Zakharov

Beenakker has received recognition through awards such as the Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2020, cited for contributions to the theory of quantum transport and service to the international scientific community. Additionally, membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences was granted in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Quantized conductance of point contacts in a two-dimensional electron gas.

    van Bart Wees;H. van Houten;C.W.J. Beenakker;J.G. Williamson

  • Random-matrix theory of quantum transport

    C. W. J. Beenakker

  • Theory of Coulomb-blockade oscillations in the conductance of a quantum dot

    C. W. J. Beenakker

  • Quantum Transport in Semiconductor Nanostructures

    C.W.J. Beenakker;H. van Houten

  • Valley filter and valley valve in graphene

    A. Rycerz;A. Rycerz;J. Tworzydło;C. W. J. Beenakker

  • Search for Majorana Fermions in Superconductors

    C. W. J. Beenakker

  • Colloquium: Andreev reflection and Klein tunneling in graphene

    C. W. J. Beenakker

  • Sub-Poissonian Shot Noise in Graphene

    Jakub Tworzydlo;Björn Trauzettel;M. Titov;Adam Rycerz;Adam Rycerz

  • Specular Andreev reflection in graphene.

    C. W. J. Beenakker

  • Universal limit of critical-current fluctuations in mesoscopic Josephson junctions.

    C. W. J. Beenakker

  • Andreev Reflection in Ferromagnet-Superconductor Junctions

    M. J. M. de Jong;M. J. M. de Jong;C. W. J. Beenakker

  • Electrically detected interferometry of Majorana fermions in a topological insulator.

    A. R. Akhmerov;Johan Nilsson;C. W. J. Beenakker

  • Josephson current through a superconducting quantum point contact shorter than the coherence length

    C. W. J. Beenakker;H. van Houten

  • Suppression of shot noise in metallic diffusive conductors

    C. W. J. Beenakker;M. Büttiker

  • Splitting of a Cooper Pair by a Pair of Majorana Bound States

    Johan Nilsson;A. R. Akhmerov;C. W. J. Beenakker

  • Quantum transport in semiconductor-superconductor microjunctions

    C. W. J. Beenakker

  • Boundary conditions for Dirac fermions on a terminated honeycomb lattice

    A. R. Akhmerov;C. W. J. Beenakker

  • Majorana fermions emerging from magnetic nanoparticles on a superconductor without spin-orbit coupling

    Ting Pong Choy;Jonathan M. Edge;Anton R. Akhmerov;Carlo W.J. Beenakker

  • Coherent electron focusing with quantum point contacts in a two-dimensional electron gas

    H. van Houten;C.W.J. Beenakker;J.G. Williamson;M.E.I. Broekaart

  • Guiding-center-drift resonance in a periodically modulated two-dimensional electron gas.

    C. W. J. Beenakker

Frequent Co-Authors

C.T. Foxon
C.T. Foxon University of Nottingham
Laurens W. Molenkamp
Laurens W. Molenkamp University of Würzburg
Leo P. Kouwenhoven
Leo P. Kouwenhoven Delft University of Technology
Markus Büttiker
Markus Büttiker University of Geneva
Christian Schönenberger
Christian Schönenberger University of Basel
Alberto F. Morpurgo
Alberto F. Morpurgo University of Geneva
Miro Zeman
Miro Zeman Delft University of Technology
Joachim N. Burghartz
Joachim N. Burghartz University of Stuttgart
Pasqualina M. Sarro
Pasqualina M. Sarro Delft University of Technology

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