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Michael J. Manfra

Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1981
Quantum and electron transport phenomenaSemiconductor Quantum Structures and DevicesPhysics of Superconductivity and MagnetismGaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsSemiconductor materials and devices

Publications

662

Citations

14,018

Est. group size

~21

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

46

Publishing since 1981

Research summary
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Michael J. Manfra's research focuses on the physics of quantum materials and devices, particularly ultra-clean semiconductor structures like gallium arsenide (GaAs) quantum wells and hybrid superconductor-semiconductor systems. His work explores exotic electronic states of matter, including topological superconductivity (a phase relevant to fault-tolerant quantum computing), light-matter coupling effects (polaritons), and terahertz light emission from engineered nanostructures. This research bridges materials growth, device fabrication, and fundamental quantum physics, with some recent applications to dark matter detection.

Semiconductor quantum devices and materials growthTopological superconductivity and quantum computing hardwareQuantum Hall physics and 2D electron systemsLight-matter interaction (polaritons, terahertz gain)Quantum transport phenomena

Publication output has been relatively high but somewhat variable over the past decade, with a gradual decline in recent years from a peak of over 50 papers in 2019 to around 24 per year in 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 26.0/year recently
2017: 37 publications172018: 34 publications182019: 51 publications51192020: 35 publications202021: 44 publications212022: 28 publications222023: 45 publications232024: 24 publications242025: 24 publications252026: 9 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Bulletin of the American Physical Society×80
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×69
  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B×36
  • Physical Review Letters×27
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×22
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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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