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Taiwan
2022

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121
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60819
World Ranking
467
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Physics in Taiwan Leader Award

Overview

K. H. Ploog is affiliated with National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan. Their research spans topics in materials science, with specific concentration in the areas of materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and condensed matter physics.

Their recent research publications include the following papers:

  • Anisotropic photoluminescence of nonpolar ZnO epilayers and ZnO/Zn1-xMgxO multiple quantum wells grown on LiGaO2 substrate, 2020, published in Optics Express
  • The Legacy of Manuel Cardona: A Bibliometric Study, 2025, published in physica status solidi (b)

Ploog's work covers several main topics, including:

  • ZnO doping and properties
  • Ga2O3 and related materials
  • GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials

The scientist frequently collaborates with peers such as Tao Yan, L. Trinkler, V. Korsaks, C.-Y.J. Lu, and B. Bērziņa. Their publications appear regularly in venues including Optics Express and physica status solidi (b).

Best Publications

  • Nitride semiconductors free of electrostatic fields for efficient white light-emitting diodes

    P. Waltereit;O. Brandt;A. Trampert;H. T. Grahn

  • Room-temperature spin injection from Fe into GaAs.

    H. J. Zhu;M. Ramsteiner;H. Kostial;M. Wassermeier

  • Magnetoresistance oscillations in a two-dimensional electron gas induced by a submicrometer periodic potential

    Dieter Weiss;Klaus von Klitzing;K. Ploog;G. Weimann

  • Resonance Raman scattering by confined LO and TO phonons in GaAs-AlAs superlattices.

    A. K. Sood;J. Menéndez;M. Cardona;K. Ploog

  • Thermal-conductivity measurements of GaAs/AlAs superlattices using a picosecond optical pump-and-probe technique

    W. S. Capinski;H. J. Maris;T. Ruf;M. Cardona

  • Landau band conductivity in a two-dimensional electron system modulated by an artificial one-dimensional superlattice potential.

    R. W. Winkler;J. P. Kotthaus;K. Ploog

  • Interface vibrational modes in GaAs-AlAs superlattices.

    A. K. Sood;J. Menéndez;M. Cardona;K. Ploog

  • Luminescence properties and defects in GaN nanocolumns grown by molecular beam epitaxy

    E. Calleja;M. A. Sánchez-García;F. J. Sánchez;F. Calle

  • Alloy broadening in photoluminescence spectra of Al x Ga 1-x As

    E. F. Schubert;E. O. Göbel;Y. Horikoshi;K. Ploog

  • Colossal magnetic moment of Gd in GaN.

    S. Dhar;O. Brandt;M. Ramsteiner;V. F. Sapega

  • Coupling of quantum dots on GaAs.

    A. Lorke;A. Lorke;J. P. Kotthaus;J. P. Kotthaus;K. Ploog

  • Direct synthesis of corrugated superlattices on non-(100)-oriented surfaces.

    R. Nötzel;N. N. Ledentsov;L. Däweritz;M. Hohenstein

  • Compositional and doping superlattices in III-V semiconductors

    Klaus Ploog;Gottfried H. Döhler

  • Two-dimensional magneto-quantum transport on GaAs-AlxGa1-xAs heterostructures under non-ohmic conditions

    G Eber;K von Klitzing;K Ploog;G Weinmann

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

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

  • Size-dependent analysis of the metal-insulator transition in the integral quantum Hall effect

    S. Koch;R. J. Haug;K. v. Klitzing;K. Ploog

  • Intersubband resonance in quasi one-dimensional inversion channels.

    W. Hansen;M. Horst;J. P. Kotthaus;U. Merkt

  • Magneto-optical determination of exciton binding energy in GaAs- Ga 1 − x Al x As quantum wells

    J.C. Maan;G. Belle;A. Fasolino;M. Altarelli

  • Semiconductor quantum-wire structures directly grown on high-index surfaces.

    R. Nötzel;N. N. Ledentsov;L. Däweritz;K. Ploog

  • Electronic band structure of wurtzite GaN under biaxial strain in the M plane investigated with photoreflectance spectroscopy

    Sandip Ghosh;P. Waltereit;O. Brandt;H. T. Grahn

  • Single-electron charging of quantum-dot atoms.

    B Meurer;D Heitmann;K Ploog

  • Raman spectroscopy—A versatile tool for characterization of thin films and heterostructures of GaAs and AlxGa1−xAs

    G. Abstreiter;E. Bauser;A. Fischer;K. Ploog

  • In‐plane‐gated quantum wire transistor fabricated with directly written focused ion beams

    A. D. Wieck;K. Ploog

  • Origin of high-temperature ferromagnetism in (Ga,Mn)N layers grown on 4H–SiC(0001) by reactive molecular-beam epitaxy

    S. Dhar;O. Brandt;A. Trampert;L. Däweritz

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver Brandt
Oliver Brandt Paul Drude Institute for Solid State Electronics
Achim Trampert
Achim Trampert Paul Drude Institute for Solid State Electronics
Karsten Horn
Karsten Horn Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Fernando Calle
Fernando Calle Technical University of Madrid
Andreas D. Wieck
Andreas D. Wieck Ruhr University Bochum
Manuel Cardona
Manuel Cardona Max Planck Society
R Richard Nötzel
R Richard Nötzel South China Normal University
Jakob Birkedal Wagner
Jakob Birkedal Wagner Technical University of Denmark
Reinhard Uecker
Reinhard Uecker Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth
Elke Arenholz
Elke Arenholz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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