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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
USA
2025
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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Australia
2023

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
95
Citations
34313
World Ranking
241
National Ranking
122

Materials Science

D-Index
100
Citations
36234
World Ranking
1057
National Ranking
350

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to epitaxial growth of compound semiconductor materials and their applications.

Overview

James S. Harris is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has made contributions primarily in the fields of engineering and physics and astronomy. Their research encompasses various topics related to photonics, materials science, and neuroscience.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Ga2O3 and related materials
  • Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications

James S. Harris's work spans subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, atomic and molecular physics and optics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and biomedical engineering.

They have authored several recent papers, including:

  • "Vertical-junction photodiodes for smaller pixels in retinal prostheses," 2021, published in Journal of Neural Engineering
  • "Growth mode control for direct-gap core/shell Ge/GeSn nanowire light emission," 2020, published in Materials Today
  • "Web3 Challenges and Opportunities for the Market," 2022, published in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Low-loss GaOx-core/SiO2-cladding planar waveguides on Si substrate," 2020, published in Optics Express
  • "Silicon nitride waveguide as a power delivery component for dielectric laser accelerators," 2020, published in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Their frequent co-authors include Karel Urbánek, Robert L. Byer, Si Tan, Huiyang Deng, and Yu Miao. The most frequent venues for their publications are Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Journal of Neural Engineering, Materials Today, Optics Express, and arXiv (Cornell University).

James S. Harris was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2011 for contributions to epitaxial growth of compound semiconductor materials and their applications.

Best Publications

  • Strong quantum-confined Stark effect in germanium quantum-well structures on silicon

    Yu-Hsuan Kuo;Yong Kyu Lee;Yangsi Ge;Shen Ren

  • Solar water splitting by photovoltaic-electrolysis with a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency over 30

    Jieyang Jia;Linsey Christine Seitz;Jesse D. Benck;Yijie Huo

  • Vertically aligned and electronically coupled growth induced InAs islands in GaAs.

    G. S. Solomon;J. A. Trezza;A. F. Marshall;J. S. Harris

  • Room temperature operation of a single electron transistor made by the scanning tunneling microscope nanooxidation process for the TiOx/Ti system

    K. Matsumoto;M. Ishii;K. Segawa;Y. Oka

  • Highly spin-polarized room-temperature tunnel injector for semiconductor spintronics using MgO(100).

    X. Jiang;X. Jiang;R. Wang;R. Wang;R. M. Shelby;R. M. Macfarlane

  • Centrality dependence of charged particle production at large transverse momentum in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

    Johan Alme;Hege Austrheim Erdal;Håvard Helstrup;Kristin Fanebust Hetland

  • Measurement of isotype heterojunction barriers by C‐V profiling

    H. Kroemer;Wu‐Yi Chien;J. S. Harris;D. D. Edwall

  • Neural stimulation with a carbon nanotube microelectrode array.

    Ke Wang;Harvey A. Fishman;Hongjie Dai;James S. Harris

  • Ultralow-threshold electrically pumped quantum-dot photonic-crystal nanocavity laser

    Bryan Ellis;Marie A. Mayer;Marie A. Mayer;Gary Shambat;Tomas Sarmiento

  • Photovoltaic retinal prosthesis with high pixel density

    Keith Mathieson;James Loudin;Georges Goetz;Philip Huie

  • Improved dispersion relations for GaAs and applications to nonlinear optics

    T. Skauli;P. S. Kuo;K. L. Vodopyanov;T. J. Pinguet

  • Ti-catalyzed Si nanowires by chemical vapor deposition: Microscopy and growth mechanisms

    T. I. Kamins;R. Stanley Williams;D. P. Basile;T. Hesjedal

  • Photovoltaic restoration of sight with high visual acuity

    Henri Lorach;Georges Goetz;Richard Smith;Xin Lei

  • Observation of Stark shifts in quantum well intersubband transitions

    Alex Harwit;J. S. Harris

  • Alignment of the ALICE Inner Tracking System with cosmic-ray tracks

    K. Aamodt;N. Abel;U. Abeysekara;A. Abrahantes Quintana

  • Incorporation of nitrogen in nitride-arsenides: Origin of improved luminescence efficiency after anneal

    Sylvia G. Spruytte;Christopher W. Coldren;James S. Harris;William Wampler

  • Increased photoluminescence of strain-reduced, high-Sn composition Ge1−xSnx alloys grown by molecular beam epitaxy

    Robert Chen;Hai Lin;Yijie Huo;Charles Hitzman

  • All-epitaxial fabrication of thick, orientation-patterned GaAs films for nonlinear optical frequency conversion

    L. A. Eyres;P. J. Tourreau;T. J. Pinguet;C. B. Ebert

  • Optical parametric oscillation in quasi-phase-matched GaAs

    K.L. Vodopyanov;O. Levi;P.S. Kuo;T.J. Pinguet

  • Electrically driven subwavelength optical nanocircuits

    Kevin C. Y. Huang;Kevin C. Y. Huang;Min-Kyo Seo;Min-Kyo Seo;Tomas Sarmiento;Yijie Huo

  • Observation of the antimatter helium-4 nucleus

    H. Agakishiev;M. M. Aggarwal;Z. Ahammed;A. V. Alakhverdyants

  • GaInNAs long-wavelength lasers: progress and challenges

    J S Harris

  • Ultra-low Threshold electrically pumped quantum dot photonic crystal nanocavity laser

    Bryan Ellis;Marie A. Mayer;Gary Shambat;Tomas Sarmiento

Frequent Co-Authors

Theodore I. Kamins
Theodore I. Kamins Stanford University
Martin M. Fejer
Martin M. Fejer Stanford University
Mark A. Wistey
Mark A. Wistey Texas State University
Seth R. Bank
Seth R. Bank The University of Texas at Austin
Jelena Vuckovic
Jelena Vuckovic Stanford University
Darrell G. Schlom
Darrell G. Schlom Cornell University
Eric F. Morand
Eric F. Morand Monash University
Byung-Gook Park
Byung-Gook Park Seoul National University
Konstantin L. Vodopyanov
Konstantin L. Vodopyanov University of Central Florida
Shanhui Fan
Shanhui Fan Stanford University

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