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Physics D-index 82 Citations 39,665 418 World Ranking 2094 National Ranking 180

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Awards & Achievements

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

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Condensed matter physics

Laurens W. Molenkamp mostly deals with Condensed matter physics, Quantum mechanics, Magnetic field, Topological insulator and Quantum well. His studies deal with areas such as Spin Hall effect, Quantum spin Hall effect, Quantum Hall effect and Magnetization as well as Condensed matter physics. Laurens W. Molenkamp focuses mostly in the field of Quantum Hall effect, narrowing it down to topics relating to Quantum wire and, in certain cases, Quantum anomalous Hall effect.

He has included themes like Quantum dot, Vortex and Seebeck coefficient in his Magnetic field study. The various areas that Laurens W. Molenkamp examines in his Topological insulator study include Superconductivity and Josephson effect. His Quantum well study combines topics in areas such as Electronic structure, Thermal conduction, T-symmetry and Electron, Landau quantization.

His most cited work include:

  • Quantum Spin Hall Insulator State in HgTe Quantum Wells (3367 citations)
  • Fundamental obstacle for electrical spin injection from a ferromagnetic metal into a diffusive semiconductor (1540 citations)
  • Injection and detection of a spin-polarized current in a light-emitting diode (1466 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Laurens W. Molenkamp mainly investigates Condensed matter physics, Quantum well, Magnetic semiconductor, Magnetic field and Topological insulator. He works in the field of Condensed matter physics, focusing on Ferromagnetism in particular. His Quantum well study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Ion, Quantum spin Hall effect and Electronic band structure.

His studies in Magnetic semiconductor integrate themes in fields like Molecular beam epitaxy, Spintronics, Relaxation and Magnetization. His Topological insulator course of study focuses on Josephson effect and Bound state. His Spin polarization study incorporates themes from Spin and Spin-½.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Condensed matter physics (69.39%)
  • Quantum well (16.64%)
  • Magnetic semiconductor (14.60%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Condensed matter physics (69.39%)
  • Topological insulator (14.13%)
  • Superconductivity (4.71%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Laurens W. Molenkamp mostly deals with Condensed matter physics, Topological insulator, Superconductivity, Josephson effect and Magnetic field. His research on Condensed matter physics focuses in particular on Ferromagnetism. His Topological insulator study also includes fields such as

  • Quantum Hall effect and related Topological order,
  • Heterojunction, which have a strong connection to Lattice constant.

His Superconductivity research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Fermion, Quantum and Conductance. His Josephson effect research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Bound state and Magnetic flux. Laurens W. Molenkamp combines subjects such as Field and Polarization with his study of Magnetic field.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Topolectrical-circuit realization of topological corner modes (419 citations)
  • Topolectrical circuits (187 citations)
  • Gapless Andreev bound states in the quantum spin Hall insulator HgTe (151 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Semiconductor

His primary scientific interests are in Condensed matter physics, Topological insulator, Superconductivity, Josephson effect and Magnetic field. Laurens W. Molenkamp works in the field of Condensed matter physics, focusing on Conductance in particular. The Topological insulator study combines topics in areas such as Quantization and Quantum spin Hall effect, Quantum Hall effect, Quantum anomalous Hall effect.

His work deals with themes such as Symmetry protected topological order, Topological degeneracy and Quantum spin liquid, which intersect with Quantum Hall effect. His work in the fields of Superconductivity, such as MAJORANA, overlaps with other areas such as Edge states and Thesaurus. His study looks at the relationship between Josephson effect and topics such as Bound state, which overlap with Emission spectrum, Coherence time, Quantum information and Gapless playback.

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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.
Science (2007)

5819 Citations

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

G. Schmidt;D. Ferrand;L. W. Molenkamp;A. T. Filip.
Physical Review B (2000)

2504 Citations

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

R. Fiederling;M. Keim;G. Reuscher;W. Ossau.
Nature (1999)

2415 Citations

Nonlocal Transport in the Quantum Spin Hall State

Andreas Roth;Christoph Brüne;Hartmut Buhmann;Laurens W. Molenkamp.
Science (2009)

920 Citations

The Quantum Spin Hall Effect: Theory and Experiment

Markus König;Hartmut Buhmann;Laurens W. Molenkamp;Taylor Hughes.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan (2008)

864 Citations

The Quantum Spin Hall Effect: Theory and Experiment

Markus Koenig;Hartmut Buhmann;Laurens W. Molenkamp;Taylor L. Hughes.
arXiv: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (2008)

602 Citations

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

C. Gould;C. Rüster;T. Jungwirth;T. Jungwirth;E. Girgis.
Physical Review Letters (2004)

480 Citations

Topolectrical-circuit realization of topological corner modes

Stefan Imhof;Christian Berger;Florian Bayer;Johannes Brehm.
Nature Physics (2018)

434 Citations

Suppression of the persistent spin Hall current by defect scattering

Jun Ichiro Inoue;Gerrit E.W. Bauer;Laurens W. Molenkamp.
Physical Review B (2004)

429 Citations

Resonant Tunneling Through Two Discrete Energy States.

N. C. van der Vaart;S. F. Godijn;Y. V. Nazarov;C. J. P. M. Harmans.
Physical Review Letters (1995)

332 Citations

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