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Laurens W. Molenkamp

Laurens W. Molenkamp

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Physics

D-Index
89
Citations
42159
World Ranking
2274
National Ranking
202

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Stern–Gerlach Medal, German Physical Society
  • 2013 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2012 - Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society
  • 2009 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the field of semiconductor spintronics

Overview

Laurens W. Molenkamp is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Materials Science. Molenkamp's expertise spans several specialized subfields, including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's work focuses on a range of advanced topics in contemporary physics and material science. These include Topological Materials and Phenomena, Graphene research and applications, Quantum and electron transport phenomena, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum many-body systems, 2D Materials and Applications, and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides.

Molenkamp has published extensively, with frequent contributions to venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review B, Nature Communications, Nano Letters, and Physical Review Materials. Their recent papers demonstrate an active engagement with current issues in condensed matter physics and topological materials.

  • "Absence of evidence for chiral Majorana modes in quantum anomalous Hall-superconductor devices" (2020, Science)
  • "Milliwatt terahertz harmonic generation from topological insulator metamaterials" (2022, Light Science & Applications)
  • "Any axion insulator must be a bulk three-dimensional topological insulator" (2021, Physical Review B)
  • "2024 roadmap on 2D topological insulators" (2024, Journal of Physics Materials)
  • "Efficiency of ultrafast optically induced spin transfer in Heusler compounds" (2020, Physical Review Research)

Molenkamp collaborates frequently with a consistent group of researchers, reflecting ongoing partnerships within their field. Their most frequent co-authors include H. Buhmann, C. Gould, S. Schreyeck, Wouter Beugeling, and Johannes Kleinlein.

The scientist's contributions have been recognized through several awards. These include the Stern-Gerlach Medal from the German Physical Society in 2017, election to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013, the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize from the American Physical Society in 2012, and a Fellowship of the American Physical Society awarded in 2009 with a citation for contributions to semiconductor spintronics.

Best Publications

  • Quantum Spin Hall Insulator State in HgTe Quantum Wells

    Markus König;Steffen Wiedmann;Steffen Wiedmann;Christoph Brüne;Christoph Brüne;Andreas Roth;Andreas Roth

  • Fundamental obstacle for electrical spin injection from a ferromagnetic metal into a diffusive semiconductor

    G. Schmidt;D. Ferrand;L. W. Molenkamp;A. T. Filip

  • Injection and detection of a spin-polarized current in a light-emitting diode

    R. Fiederling;M. Keim;G. Reuscher;W. Ossau

  • Nonlocal Transport in the Quantum Spin Hall State

    Andreas Roth;Christoph Brüne;Hartmut Buhmann;Laurens W. Molenkamp

  • The Quantum Spin Hall Effect: Theory and Experiment

    Markus König;Hartmut Buhmann;Laurens W. Molenkamp;Taylor Hughes

  • Topolectrical-circuit realization of topological corner modes

    Stefan Imhof;Christian Berger;Florian Bayer;Johannes Brehm

  • Generalized bulk–boundary correspondence in non-Hermitian topolectrical circuits

    T. Helbig;T. Hofmann;S. Imhof;M. Abdelghany

  • The Quantum Spin Hall Effect: Theory and Experiment

    Markus Koenig;Hartmut Buhmann;Laurens W. Molenkamp;Taylor L. Hughes

  • Topolectrical circuits

    Ching Hua Lee;Stefan Imhof;Christian Berger;Florian Bayer

  • Tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance: a spin-valve-like tunnel magnetoresistance using a single magnetic layer.

    C. Gould;C. Rüster;T. Jungwirth;T. Jungwirth;E. Girgis

  • Suppression of the persistent spin Hall current by defect scattering

    Jun Ichiro Inoue;Gerrit E.W. Bauer;Laurens W. Molenkamp

  • Hanbury-Brown and Twiss exchange and non-equilibrium-induced correlations in disordered, four-terminal graphene-ribbon conductor.

    Z. B. Tan;T. Elo;A. Puska;J. Sarkar

  • 4π-periodic Josephson supercurrent in HgTe-based topological Josephson junctions.

    J. Wiedenmann;E. Bocquillon;R. S. Deacon;S. Hartinger

  • Band structure of semimagnetic Hg 1 − y Mn y Te quantum wells

    E. G. Novik;A. Pfeuffer-Jeschke;T. Jungwirth;V. Latussek

  • Spin polarization of the quantum spin Hall edge states

    Christoph Brüne;Andreas Roth;Hartmut Buhmann;Ewelina M. Hankiewicz

  • Hydrodynamic electron flow in high-mobility wires.

    M. J. M. de Jong;L. W. Molenkamp

  • Resonant Tunneling Through Two Discrete Energy States.

    N. C. van der Vaart;S. F. Godijn;Y. V. Nazarov;C. J. P. M. Harmans

  • Single valley Dirac fermions in zero-gap HgTe quantum wells

    B. Büttner;C. X. Liu;G. Tkachov;E. G. Novik

  • Voltage-controlled spin selection in a magnetic resonant tunneling diode.

    A. Slobodskyy;C. Gould;T. Slobodskyy;C. R. Becker

  • Observation of bulk boundary correspondence breakdown in topolectrical circuits

    Tobias Helbig;Tobias Hofmann;Stefan Imhof;Mohamed Abdelghany

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg Schmidt
Georg Schmidt Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Andreas Waag
Andreas Waag Technische Universität Braunschweig
Alfred Forchel
Alfred Forchel University of Würzburg
C.T. Foxon
C.T. Foxon University of Nottingham
Shou-Cheng Zhang
Shou-Cheng Zhang Stanford University
Christopher P. Ames
Christopher P. Ames University of California, San Francisco
Jairo Sinova
Jairo Sinova Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Tomas Jungwirth
Tomas Jungwirth Czech Academy of Sciences
Manfred Bayer
Manfred Bayer TU Dortmund University
C. W. J. Beenakker
C. W. J. Beenakker Leiden University

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