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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
  • 1983 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Michael Pepper is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within physics and engineering. Their work has concentrated on areas such as quantum and electron transport phenomena, semiconductor quantum structures and devices, advancements in semiconductor devices and circuit design, semiconductor materials and devices, topological materials and phenomena, physics of superconductivity and magnetism, and photonic and optical devices.

The scientist has published extensively in several key fields of study, including:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering

Within these fields, they have contributed to various specialized subfields such as:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Artificial Intelligence

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Selected Applications of Terahertz Pulses in Medicine and Industry (2022), published in Applied Sciences
  • Activated and Metallic Conduction in p-Type Modulation-Doped Ge-Sn Devices (2020), published in Physical Review Applied
  • Interactions and non-magnetic fractional quantization in one-dimension (2021), published in Applied Physics Letters
  • Single-electron pump with highly controllable plateaus (2021), published in Applied Physics Letters
  • Investigations of the optical and electronic effects of silicon and indium co-doping on ZnO thin films deposited by spray pyrolysis (2020), published in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B

Michael Pepper has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • D. A. Ritchie (12 collaborations)
  • Y. Gul (9 collaborations)
  • S. N. Holmes (9 collaborations)
  • I. Farrer (7 collaborations)
  • Harvey E. Beere (6 collaborations)

Their work has been published multiple times in prominent venues such as:

  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B (4 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (4 publications)
  • Applied Physics Letters (3 publications)
  • Physical Review Materials (2 publications)
  • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics (2 publications)

Recognition in the field includes several awards and honors, such as:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (2012)
  • Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (2009)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (1983)

Best Publications

  • New Method for High-Accuracy Determination of the Fine-Structure Constant Based on Quantized Hall Resistance

    K. v. Klitzing;G. Dorda;M. Pepper

  • One-dimensional transport and the quantisation of the ballistic resistance

    D. A. Wharam;Trevor Thornton;R. Newbury;M. Pepper

  • Electrically Driven Single-Photon Source

    Zhiliang Yuan;Beata E. Kardynal;R. Mark Stevenson;Andrew J. Shields

  • Possible Spin Polarization in a One-Dimensional Electron Gas.

    K. J. Thomas;J. T. Nicholls;M. Y. Simmons;M. Pepper

  • Terahertz pulse imaging in reflection geometry of human skin cancer and skin tissue

    Ruth M Woodward;Bryan E Cole;Vincent P Wallace;Richard J Pye

  • Measurements of Coulomb blockade with a noninvasive voltage probe.

    M. Field;C. G. Smith;M. Pepper;D. A. Ritchie

  • One-Dimensional Conduction in the 2D Electron Gas of a GaAs-AlGaAs Heterojunction

    T. J. Thornton;M. Pepper;H. Ahmed;D. Andrews

  • Terahertz pulsed spectroscopy of freshly excised human breast cancer

    Philip C. Ashworth;Emma Pickwell-MacPherson;Elena Provenzano;Sarah E. Pinder

  • Terahertz pulse imaging of ex vivo basal cell carcinoma.

    Ruth M Woodward;Vincent P Wallace;Richard J Pye;Bryan E Cole

  • Terahertz Frequency Sensing and Imaging: A Time of Reckoning Future Applications?

    D.L. Woolard;R. Brown;M. Pepper;M. Kemp

  • In vivo study of human skin using pulsed terahertz radiation

    E. Pickwell;B.E. Cole;A.J. Fitzgerald;M. Pepper

  • Terahertz pulsed spectroscopy and imaging in the pharmaceutical setting--a review.

    J Axel Zeitler;J Axel Zeitler;J Axel Zeitler;Philip F Taday;Philip F Taday;David A Newnham;Michael Pepper;Michael Pepper

  • Gigahertz quantized charge pumping

    M. D. Blumenthal;M. D. Blumenthal;B. Kaestner;B. Kaestner;L. Li;L. Li;S. Giblin

  • Using Terahertz Pulsed Spectroscopy to Quantify Pharmaceutical Polymorphism and Crystallinity

    Clare J. Strachan;Philip F. Taday;David A. Newnham;Keith C. Gordon

  • Using Terahertz pulse spectroscopy to study the crystalline structure of a drug: a case study of the polymorphs of ranitidine hydrochloride.

    P.F. Taday;I.V. Bradley;D.D. Arnone;M. Pepper

  • High-frequency single-electron transport in a quasi-one-dimensional GaAs channel induced by surface acoustic waves.

    J M Shilton;V I Talyanskii;M Pepper;D A Ritchie

  • Magnetic depopulation of 1D subbands in a narrow 2D electron gas in a GaAs:AlGaAs heterojunction.

    K. F. Berggren;T. J. Thornton;D. J. Newson;M. Pepper

  • Terahertz Pulsed Imaging of Skin Cancer in the Time and Frequency Domain

    R.M. Woodward;Vincent Wallace;D.D. Arnone;E.H. Linfield

  • All-electric all-semiconductor spin field-effect transistors

    Pojen Chuang;Sheng-Chin Ho;Luke Smith;F Sfigakis

  • The Anderson transition

    Nevill Francis Mott;Michael Pepper;S. Pollitt;R. H. Wallis

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Ritchie
David A. Ritchie University of Cambridge
Edmund H. Linfield
Edmund H. Linfield University of Leeds
Andrew J. Shields
Andrew J. Shields Toshiba (Japan)
Haroon Ahmed
Haroon Ahmed University of Cambridge
Thomas Rades
Thomas Rades University of Copenhagen
J. Axel Zeitler
J. Axel Zeitler University of Cambridge
Douglas J. Paul
Douglas J. Paul University of Glasgow
Keith C. Gordon
Keith C. Gordon University of Otago
Clare J. Strachan
Clare J. Strachan University of Helsinki
Luis Martín-Moreno
Luis Martín-Moreno University of Zaragoza

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