John Simon

3k citations

87 papers · 2.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 25

Impact in

Condensed Matter Physics top 1%
- GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 5%
- solar cell performance optimization
- Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies
- Semiconductor materials and devices
- Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials
- Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design

Papers in

Electrical and Electronic Engineering 67
- solar cell performance optimization 65
- Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies 8
- Semiconductor materials and devices 7
Condensed Matter Physics 21
- GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials 21

Co-authors: Huili Grace Xing (8 shared papers)Debdeep Jena (8 shared papers)Vladimir V Protasenko (3 shared papers)Chuanxin Lian (2 shared papers)Aaron J. Ptak (49 shared papers)Kevin L. Schulte (40 shared papers)David L. Young (19 shared papers)Debdeep Jena (7 shared papers)
Journals: IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics (14 papers)Applied Physics Letters (13 papers)Journal of Applied Physics (5 papers)Journal of Crystal Growth (4 papers)Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Nanotechnology and Microelectronics Materials Processing Measurement and Phenomena (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Spain

In The Last Decade

John Simon

86 papers receiving 2.5k citations

John Simon's Hit Papers

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Polarization-Induced Hole Doping in Wide–Band-Gap Uniaxial Semiconductor Heterostructures 2009 · 731 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

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1	Polarization-Induced Hole Doping in Wide–Band-Gap Uniaxial Semiconductor Heterostructures Science ·John Simon, Vladimir V Protasenko, Chuanxin Lian, Huili Grace Xing, Debdeep Jena Hit paper breakdown →	2009	731
2	AlN/GaN Insulated-Gate HEMTs With 2.3 A/mm Output Current and 480 mS/mm Transconductance IEEE Electron Device Letters ·Tom Zimmermann, David A. Deen, Yu Cao, John Simon, Patrick Fay, Debdeep Jena, Huili Grace Xing	2008	157
3	Polarization-Induced Zener Tunnel Junctions in Wide-Band-Gap Heterostructures Physical Review Letters ·John Simon, Ze Zhang, Kevin Goodman, Huili Grace Xing, Thomas Kosel, Patrick Fay, Debdeep Jena	2009	121
4	Kinetically limited growth of GaAsBi by molecular-beam epitaxy Journal of Crystal Growth ·Aaron J. Ptak, Ryan M. France, Daniel A. Beaton, Kirstin Alberi, John Simon, Angelo J. Mascarenhas, Chun‐Sheng Jiang	2011	104
5	Polarization‐engineering in group III‐nitride heterostructures: New opportunities for device design physica status solidi (a) ·Debdeep Jena, John Simon, Albert Wang, Yu Cao, Kevin Goodman, Jai Kishan Verma, Satyaki Ganguly, Guowang Li	2011	76
6	Gallium arsenide solar cells grown at rates exceeding 300 µm h−1 by hydride vapor phase epitaxy Nature Communications ·Wondwosen Metaferia, Kevin L. Schulte, John Simon, Steven Wade Johnston, Aaron J. Ptak	2019	71
7	The fabrication of large-area, free-standing GaN by a novel nanoetching process Nanotechnology ·Yu Zhang, Qian Sun, Benjamin Leung, John Simon, Minjoo Larry Lee, Jung Woo Han	2010	68
8	Controlled exfoliation of (100) GaAs-based devices by spalling fracture Applied Physics Letters ·Cassi A. Sweet, Kevin L. Schulte, John Simon, Myles A. Steiner, Nikhil Jain, David L. Young, Aaron J. Ptak, Corinne E. Packard	2016	65
9	N-polar III-nitride quantum well light-emitting diodes with polarization-induced doping Applied Physics Letters ·Jai Kishan Verma, John Simon, Vladimir V Protasenko, Thomas Kosel, Huili Grace Xing, Debdeep Jena	2011	61
10	Germanium-on-Nothing for Epitaxial Liftoff of GaAs Solar Cells Joule ·Sang-Hyun Park, John Simon, Kevin L. Schulte, Aaron J. Ptak, Jung‐Sub Wi, David L. Young, Jihun Oh	2019	58
11	Development of High-Bandgap AlGaInP Solar Cells Grown by Organometallic Vapor-Phase Epitaxy IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·Emmett E. Perl, John Simon, John F. Geisz, Waldo J. Olavarria, Michelle S. Young, A. Duda, D. J. Friedman, Myles A. Steiner	2016	54
12	III-V-Based Optoelectronics with Low-Cost Dynamic Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy Crystals ·John Simon, Kevin L. Schulte, Kelsey A. W. Horowitz, Timothy Remo, David L. Young, Aaron J. Ptak	2018	50
13	Carrier transport and confinement in polarization-induced three-dimensional electron slabs: Importance of alloy scattering in AlGaN Applied Physics Letters ·John Simon, Albert Z. Wang, Huili Grace Xing, Siddharth Rajan, Debdeep Jena	2006	49
14	Measurements and Modeling of III-V Solar Cells at High Temperatures up to 400 ${}^{\circ}$ C IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·Emmett E. Perl, John Simon, John F. Geisz, Minjoo Larry Lee, D. J. Friedman, Myles A. Steiner	2016	43
15	Optical study of hot electron transport in GaN: Signatures of the hot-phonon effect Applied Physics Letters ·Kejia Wang, John Simon, Niti Goel, Debdeep Jena	2006	38
16	GaAs Solar Cells Grown by Hydride Vapor-Phase Epitaxy and the Development of GaInP Cladding Layers IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·John Simon, Kevin L. Schulte, David L. Young, N. M. Haegel, Aaron J. Ptak	2015	38
17	Upright and Inverted Single-Junction GaAs Solar Cells Grown by Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·John Simon, Kevin L. Schulte, Nikhil Jain, Steven Wade Johnston, Michelle S. Young, Matthew R. Young, David L. Young, Aaron J. Ptak	2016	38
18	Lattice-Mismatched 0.7-eV GaInAs Solar Cells Grown on GaAs Using GaInP Compositionally Graded Buffers IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·Ryan M. France, Iván García, William E. McMahon, Andrew G. Norman, John Simon, John F. Geisz, D. J. Friedman, Manuel J. Romero	2013	37
19	Identification of the limiting factors for high-temperature GaAs, GaInP, and AlGaInP solar cells from device and carrier lifetime analysis Journal of Applied Physics ·Emmett E. Perl, Darius Kuciauskas, John Simon, D. J. Friedman, Myles A. Steiner	2017	33
20	Effect of dislocation scattering on the transport properties of InN grown on GaN substrates by molecular beam epitaxy Applied Physics Letters ·Kejia Wang, Yu Juan Cao, John Simon, Jing Zhang, Alexander M. Mintairov, James L. Merz, Douglas C. Hall, Thomas Kosel	2006	32

About John Simon

John Simon is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials, having authored 87 papers that have together received 2.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include solar cell performance optimization (65 papers), GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (21 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (11 papers), Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (8 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (7 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (3 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (2 papers) and Solidification and crystal growth phenomena (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Condensed Matter Physics (1.3k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (1.1k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (259 citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (81 citations) and Structural Biology (10 citations). John Simon has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Huili Grace Xing, Debdeep Jena, Vladimir V Protasenko, Chuanxin Lian, Aaron J. Ptak, Kevin L. Schulte, David L. Young, Debdeep Jena, Patrick Fay and Myles A. Steiner. Their work appears in journals such as IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Crystal Growth and Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Nanotechnology and Microelectronics Materials Processing Measurement and Phenomena.

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