James Nakamura
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
33
Citations
906
Est. group size
~3
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
55
Publishing since 1971
James Nakamura studies the behavior of electrons in extremely cold, low-dimensional semiconductor systems, particularly in the quantum Hall regime where electrons form exotic collective states. His work uses devices called Fabry-Pérot interferometers to detect 'anyons,' theoretical particles that are neither fermions nor bosons, by observing their unusual statistical braiding behavior. This research contributes to the experimental foundations of topological quantum physics, which has potential relevance to future quantum computing technologies.
Publication output has declined over the past decade, dropping from a peak of 7 papers in 2017 to roughly 1-2 per year in recent years, with a gap in 2024.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Single electron interference and capacitive edge mode coupling generates ϕ0/2 flux periodicity in Fabry-Pérot interferometers
Nature Communications · 2025
- Fabry-Pérot Interferometry at the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mo>/</mml:mo><mml:mn>5</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:mrow></mml:math> Fractional Quantum Hall State
Physical Review X · 2023
- Half-Integer Conductance Plateau at the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mo>/</mml:mo><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:math> Fractional Quantum Hall State in a Quantum Point Contact
Physical Review Letters · 2023
- Impact of bulk-edge coupling on observation of anyonic braiding statistics in quantum Hall interferometers
Nature Communications · 2022
- Observation of anyonic statistics through quantum Hall interferometry
Bulletin of the American Physical Society · 2021
- Direct observation of anyonic braiding statistics
Nature Physics · 2020
- Electronic Fabry-Perot Interferometry of Quantum Hall Edge States
Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University) · 2020
- Bulletin of the American Physical Society×9
- Nature Physics×3
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B×3
- Nature Communications×2
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×2
- Saeed Fallahi
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Geoffrey C. Gardner
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Shuang Liang
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Michael J. Manfra
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Meng Wu
Physics and Astronomy · The Ohio State University
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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