2026 David A. Ritchie: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	109	1195	1130	105	99	1798	56728

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Overview

David A. Ritchie is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields primarily within physics and engineering.

The main fields of study for David A. Ritchie include:

Physics and Astronomy
Engineering

Within these broad areas, their work focuses on several subfields:

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Chemistry

The research topics covered by David A. Ritchie show a strong emphasis on experimental and theoretical studies relevant to electronic, quantum, and optical phenomena. These include:

Quantum and electron transport phenomena
Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
Terahertz technology and applications
Quantum Information and Cryptography
Photonic and Optical Devices
Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides

They have contributed articles to journals and conferences in venues such as:

Applied Physics Letters
Physical review. B./Physical review. B
arXiv (Cornell University)
Nature Communications
ACS Nano

Some recent publications illustrate the range of their research interests and collaboration:

A general approach for hysteresis-free, operationally stable metal halide perovskite field-effect transistors, 2020, Science Advances
Quantum teleportation using highly coherent emission from telecom C-band quantum dots, 2020, npj Quantum Information
A Terahertz Chiral Metamaterial Modulator, 2020, Advanced Optical Materials
Integrated, Portable, Tunable, and Coherent Terahertz Sources and Sensitive Detectors Based on Layered Superconductors, 2020, Proceedings of the IEEE
Geometric Control of Universal Hydrodynamic Flow in a Two-Dimensional Electron Fluid, 2021, Physical Review X

David A. Ritchie collaborates frequently with several researchers, indicating ongoing partnerships in their scientific work. Frequent co-authors include:

Harvey E. Beere
I. Farrer
Stephan Hofmann
A. R. Hamilton
Wladislaw Michailow

Best Publications

Terahertz semiconductor-heterostructure laser

Rüdeger Köhler;Alessandro Tredicucci;Fabio Beltram;Harvey E. Beere

3618
Citations
One-dimensional transport and the quantisation of the ballistic resistance

D. A. Wharam;Trevor Thornton;R. Newbury;M. Pepper

2982
Citations
Electrically Driven Single-Photon Source

Zhiliang Yuan;Beata E. Kardynal;R. Mark Stevenson;Andrew J. Shields

1576
Citations
A semiconductor source of triggered entangled photon pairs

R. M. Stevenson;R. J. Young;R. J. Young;P. Atkinson;K. Cooper

1183
Citations
Possible Spin Polarization in a One-Dimensional Electron Gas.

K. J. Thomas;J. T. Nicholls;M. Y. Simmons;M. Pepper

952
Citations
Measurements of Coulomb blockade with a noninvasive voltage probe.

M. Field;C. G. Smith;M. Pepper;D. A. Ritchie

851
Citations
Gigahertz quantized charge pumping

M. D. Blumenthal;M. D. Blumenthal;B. Kaestner;B. Kaestner;L. Li;L. Li;S. Giblin

485
Citations
High-frequency single-electron transport in a quasi-one-dimensional GaAs channel induced by surface acoustic waves.

J M Shilton;V I Talyanskii;M Pepper;D A Ritchie

441
Citations
An entangled-light-emitting diode

C. L. Salter;C. L. Salter;R. M. Stevenson;I. Farrer;C. A. Nicoll

433
Citations
All-electric all-semiconductor spin field-effect transistors

Pojen Chuang;Sheng-Chin Ho;Luke Smith;F Sfigakis

410
Citations
Two-photon interference of the emission from electrically tunable remote quantum dots

Raj B. Patel;Raj B. Patel;Anthony J. Bennett;Ian Farrer;Christine A. Nicoll

402
Citations
Electrically pumped photonic-crystal terahertz lasers controlled by boundary conditions

Y. Chassagneux;R. Colombelli;W. Maineult;S. Barbieri

376
Citations
On-demand single-electron transfer between distant quantum dots

R. P. G. McNeil;M. Kataoka;M. Kataoka;C. J. B. Ford;C. H. W. Barnes

350
Citations
INTERACTION EFFECTS IN A ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONSTRICTION

K. J. Thomas;J. T. Nicholls;N. J. Appleyard;M. Y. Simmons

348
Citations
Metal-Insulator Transition at B = 0 in a Dilute Two Dimensional GaAs-AlGaAs Hole Gas

M. Y. Simmons;A. R. Hamilton;M. Pepper;E. H. Linfield

348
Citations
THz and sub-THz quantum cascade lasers

Giacomo Scalari;Christoph Walther;Milan Fischer;Romain Terazzi

344
Citations
Low-threshold terahertz quantum-cascade lasers

Michel Rochat;Lassaad Ajili;Harald Willenberg;Jérôme Faist

341
Citations
Improved fidelity of triggered entangled photons from single quantum dots

Robert J Young;R Mark Stevenson;Paola Atkinson;Ken Cooper

339
Citations
Terahertz quantum cascade lasers

A Tredicucci;R Köhler;F Beltram;H.E Beere

19
Citations
Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers

JérÔme Faist;Lassaad Ajili;Giacomo Scalari;Marcella Giovannini

4
Citations