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Geoffrey C. Gardner

Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1970

Publications

168

Citations

3,098

Est. group size

~5

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

56

Publishing since 1970

Research summary
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Geoffrey C. Gardner's research focuses on the physics of ultra-clean semiconductor devices, especially GaAs-based quantum wells and heterostructures used to study the fractional quantum Hall effect—a phenomenon where electrons in very cold, high-magnetic-field conditions behave collectively in exotic ways. Much of the work involves growing high-purity materials by molecular beam epitaxy and building nanoscale devices (like interferometers and quantum point contacts) to detect subtle quantum effects such as anyonic braiding statistics, where particle-like excitations exhibit unusual quantum behavior when swapped. The work bridges materials growth, device fabrication, and low-temperature quantum transport measurements.

Fractional quantum Hall effectSemiconductor heterostructure growth (MBE)Quantum Hall interferometry and anyon braidingQuantum device fabrication and noise reductionLow-temperature electron transport physics

Publication output rose to a peak around 2019-2021 and has declined markedly in the last few years, from around 30 papers annually to just a few by 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.0/year recently
2017: 18 publications172018: 15 publications182019: 31 publications31192020: 17 publications202021: 29 publications212022: 11 publications222023: 9 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Bulletin of the American Physical Society×42
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×27
  • Physical Review Letters×13
  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B×9
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×9
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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