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2022

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
124
Citations
69439
World Ranking
51
National Ranking
28

Materials Science

D-Index
124
Citations
68492
World Ranking
423
National Ranking
156

Physics

D-Index
124
Citations
69129
World Ranking
687
National Ranking
378

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2012 - OSA Fellows For pioneering contributions to terahertz optoelectronics.
  • 2012 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1995 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his contributions to physics of ballistic transport in semiconductors

Overview

Michael Shur is affiliated with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the United States. Their research spans a variety of topics primarily in engineering and physics, with a significant focus on terahertz technology and plasmonics.

Their recent scholarly output includes notable papers such as Plasmonic Field-Effect Transistors (TeraFETs) for 6G Communications (2021, Sensors), Terahertz Plasmonic Technology (2020, IEEE Sensors Journal), Graphene based plasma-wave devices for terahertz applications (2020, Applied Physics Letters), High-brightness lasing at submicrometer enabled by droop-free fin light-emitting diodes (LEDs) (2020, Science Advances), and Collision dominated, ballistic, and viscous regimes of terahertz plasmonic detection by graphene (2021, Journal of Applied Physics).

The main areas of study encompass

  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy

More specifically, the subfields include

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

The primary research topics covered in their work are

  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Terahertz technology and applications
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
  • Superconducting and THz Device Technology
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena

Frequent collaborators include Taiichi Otsuji, M. Ryzhii, V. Ryzhii, Vladimir Mitin, and Trond Ytterdal.

The scientist's work has commonly been published in venues such as

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • ECS Transactions
  • Applied Physics Letters

Recognition for their contributions includes fellowships in several professional organizations:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2016)
  • OSA Fellows (2012) for pioneering contributions to terahertz optoelectronics
  • SPIE Fellow (2012)
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2005)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (1995) with citation for contributions to physics of ballistic transport in semiconductors

Best Publications

  • Shallow water analogy for a ballistic field effect transistor: New mechanism of plasma wave generation by dc current.

    Michael Dyakonov;Michael Shur

  • Detection, mixing, and frequency multiplication of terahertz radiation by two-dimensional electronic fluid

    M. Dyakonov;M. Shur

  • Properties of advanced semiconductor materials : GaN, AlN, InN, BN, SiC, SiGe

    M. E. Levinshteĭn;S. L. Rumyantsev;Michael Shur

  • Handbook series on semiconductor parameters

    M Levinshtein;S Rumyantsev;M Shur

  • GaAs devices and circuits

    Michael Shur

  • Threshold switching in chalcogenide-glass thin films

    D. Adler;M. S. Shur;M. Silver;S. R. Ovshinsky

  • Introduction to Solid-State Lighting

    Artūras Žukauskas;Michael Shur;Remis Gaska

  • Transient electron transport in wurtzite GaN, InN, and AlN

    Brian E. Foutz;Stephen K. O’Leary;Michael S. Shur;Lester F. Eastman

  • Sensitive Skin

    V.J. Lumelsky;M.S. Shur;S. Wagner

  • Solid-State Lighting: Toward Superior Illumination

    M.S. Shur;R. Zukauskas

  • Physics of amorphous silicon based alloy field‐effect transistors

    M. Shur;M. Hack

  • Thin film deposition and microelectronic and optoelectronic device fabrication and characterization in monocrystalline alpha and beta silicon carbide

    R.F. Davis;G. Kelner;M. Shur;J.W. Palmour

  • An experimental study of contact effects in organic thin film transistors

    D. J. Gundlach;D. J. Gundlach;L. Zhou;J. A. Nichols;T. N. Jackson

  • Microwave performance of a 0.25 μm gate AlGaN/GaN heterostructure field effect transistor

    M. Asif Khan;J. N. Kuznia;D. T. Olson;W. J. Schaff

  • AlGaN Deep-Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diodes with External Quantum Efficiency above 10%

    Max Shatalov;Wenhong Sun;Alex Lunev;Xuhong Hu

  • Nonresonant Detection of Terahertz Radiation in Field Effect Transistors

    W. Knap;V. Kachorovskii;Y. Deng;S. Rumyantsev

  • Plasma wave electronics: novel terahertz devices using two dimensional electron fluid

    M.I. Dyakonov;M.S. Shur

  • Monte Carlo calculation of velocity-field characteristics of wurtzite GaN

    Udayan V. Bhapkar;Michael S. Shur

  • AlGaN/GaN metal oxide semiconductor heterostructure field effect transistor

    M.A. Khan;X. Hu;G. Sumin;A. Lunev

  • Selective gas sensing with a single pristine graphene transistor.

    Sergey Rumyantsev;Sergey Rumyantsev;Guanxiong Liu;Michael S. Shur;Radislav A. Potyrailo

  • AlGaN/GaN metal–oxide–semiconductor heterostructure field-effect transistors on SiC substrates

    M. Asif Khan;X. Hu;A. Tarakji;Grigory Simin

Frequent Co-Authors

Remis Gaska
Remis Gaska UVTON, Inc.
Grigory Simin
Grigory Simin University of South Carolina
Sergey Rumyantsev
Sergey Rumyantsev University of California, Riverside
Victor Ryzhii
Victor Ryzhii Tohoku University
M. Asif Khan
M. Asif Khan University of South Carolina
Maxim Ryzhii
Maxim Ryzhii University of Aizu
Taiichi Otsuji
Taiichi Otsuji Tohoku University
Vladimir Mitin
Vladimir Mitin University at Buffalo, State University of New York
M.A. Khan
M.A. Khan University of South Carolina
Nezih Pala
Nezih Pala Florida International University

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