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127
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Loren Pfeiffer publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Loren Pfeiffer sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,596 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Loren Pfeiffer D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Loren Pfeiffer sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 127 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1994 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the growth of ultrahigh mobility semiconductor materials, the innovative use of molecular beam epitaxy, and the physics of lowdimensional electronic systems

Overview

Loren Pfeiffer is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Engineering. Within these areas, their work focuses extensively on several subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

Key topics covered in their research include:

  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Strong Light-Matter Interactions
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design

Loren Pfeiffer has contributed to a significant number of scientific papers published in high-impact journals and conferences. Frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • Physical Review Letters
  • Physical Review B
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature

Their recent published papers exemplify the focus and breadth of their research. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Measurement of the quantum geometric tensor and of the anomalous Hall drift" (2020), published in Nature
  • "Polariton Bose-Einstein condensate from a bound state in the continuum" (2022), published in Nature
  • "Ultra-high-quality two-dimensional electron systems" (2021), published in Nature Materials
  • "Observation of spontaneous ferromagnetism in a two-dimensional electron system" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Topological phase transition in an all-optical exciton-polariton lattice" (2021), published in Optica

Loren Pfeiffer collaborates frequently with several researchers, forming productive partnerships over many papers. Their most frequent coauthors include:

  • K. W. West
  • K. W. Baldwin
  • M. Shayegan
  • Yoon Jang Chung
  • Adbhut Gupta

The scientist's career achievements include recognition by professional bodies. Loren Pfeiffer became a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1994, acknowledged for contributions to the growth of ultrahigh mobility semiconductor materials, molecular beam epitaxy techniques, and the physics of low-dimensional electronic systems. In 2011, they were inducted as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides in SiO2‐Si multilayer structures

    M. A. Duguay;Y. Kokubun;T. L. Koch;Loren Pfeiffer

  • Evidence for an Anisotropic State of Two-Dimensional Electrons in High Landau Levels

    M. P. Lilly;K. B. Cooper;J. P. Eisenstein;L. N. Pfeiffer

  • N -electron ground state energies of a quantum dot in magnetic field

    RC Ashoori;HL Stormer;JS Weiner;LN Pfeiffer

  • Optically pumped NMR evidence for finite-size skyrmions in GaAs quantum wells near Landau level filling nu =1.

    S. E. Barrett;G. Dabbagh;L. N. Pfeiffer;K. W. West

  • Evidence for a new dissipationless effect in 2D electronic transport.

    M. A. Zudov;R. R. Du;L. N. Pfeiffer;K. W. West

  • Near-Field Spectroscopy of the Quantum Constituents of a Luminescent System

    H. F. Hess;E. Betzig;T. D. Harris;L. N. Pfeiffer

  • Single-electron capacitance spectroscopy of discrete quantum levels.

    R. C. Ashoori;H. L. Stormer;J. S. Weiner;L. N. Pfeiffer

  • New fractional quantum Hall state in double-layer two-dimensional electron systems.

    J. P. Eisenstein;G. S. Boebinger;L. N. Pfeiffer;K. W. West

  • Resonantly enhanced tunneling in a double layer quantum hall ferromagnet.

    I. B. Spielman;J. P. Eisenstein;L. N. Pfeiffer;K. W. West

  • Nonuniversal conductance quantization in quantum wires

    A. Yacoby;H. L. Stormer;Ned S. Wingreen;L. N. Pfeiffer

  • Formation of a high quality two-dimensional electron gas on cleaved GaAs

    Loren Pfeiffer;K. W. West;H. L. Stormer;J. P. Eisenstein

  • Real-time detection of electron tunnelling in a quantum dot

    Wei Lu;Wei Lu;Zhongqing Ji;Loren Pfeiffer;K. W. West

  • Spin-charge separation and localization in one dimension.

    O. M. Auslaender;O. M. Auslaender;O. M. Auslaender;H. Steinberg;H. Steinberg;H. Steinberg;A. Yacoby;A. Yacoby;A. Yacoby;Y. Tserkovnyak;Y. Tserkovnyak;Y. Tserkovnyak

  • Many-body integer quantum Hall effect: Evidence for new phase transitions.

    S. Q. Murphy;J. P. Eisenstein;G. S. Boebinger;L. N. Pfeiffer

  • Electron mobilities exceeding 107 cm2/V s in modulation‐doped GaAs

    Loren Pfeiffer;K. W. West;H. L. Stormer;K. W. Baldwin

  • Controlling the sign of quantum interference by tunnelling from quantum wells

    Jérôme Faist;Federico Capasso;Carlo Sirtori;Ken W. West

  • Evidence for Skyrmions and Single Spin Flips in the Integer Quantized Hall Effect.

    A. Schmeller;J. P. Eisenstein;L. N. Pfeiffer;K. W. West

  • Quasi-particle properties from tunneling in the v = 5/2 fractional quantum Hall state.

    Iuliana P. Radu;J. B. Miller;C. M. Marcus;M. A. Kastner

  • Scanning Single Electron Transistor Microscopy: Imaging Individual Charges

    M. J. Yoo;T. A. Fulton;H. F. Hess;R. L. Willett

  • Lasing from excitons in quantum wires

    W Wegscheider;LN Pfeiffer;MM Dignam;A Pinczuk

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken W. West
Ken W. West Princeton University
H. L. Stormer
H. L. Stormer Columbia University
Vittorio Pellegrini
Vittorio Pellegrini Italian Institute of Technology
Amir Yacoby
Amir Yacoby Harvard University
Werner Wegscheider
Werner Wegscheider Solid State Physics Laboratory
Arthur C. Gossard
Arthur C. Gossard University of California, Santa Barbara
Brian Dennis
Brian Dennis University of Idaho
Charles Marcus
Charles Marcus University of Copenhagen
Bennett B. Goldberg
Bennett B. Goldberg Northwestern University
Jagdeep Shah
Jagdeep Shah Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

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