JJAP Highlights

The following ten articles are among the most heavily-cited and have been influential papers published in JJAP since the first volume (1962) and have been selected from the various fields of applied physics by the JJAP Editorial Board.

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First report of the realization of p-type nitride and GaN p–n junction LED

P-Type Conduction in Mg-Doped GaN Treated with Low-Energy Electron Beam Irradiation (LEEBI)
by H. Amano, M. Kito, K. Hiramatsu, I. Akasaki
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 28 (1989) L2112

First report of a nitride p–n junction laser

InGaN-Based Multi-Quantum-Well-Structure Laser Diodes
by S. Nakamura, M. Senoh, S. Nagahama, N. Iwasa, T. Yamada, T. Matsushita, H. Kiyoku, Y. Sugimoto
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 35 (1996) L74

Fundamental method of obtaining extremely low-defect-density GaN substrates

Thick GaN Epitaxial Growth with Low Dislocation Density by Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy
by A. Usui, H. Sunakawa, A. Sakai, A. A. Yamaguchi
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 36 (1997) L899

Seminal work on rubbing-free alignment of liquid crystals

Surface-Induced Parallel Alignment of Liquid Crystals by Linearly Polymerized Photopolymers
by M. Schadt, K. Schmitt, V. Kozinkov, V. Chigrinov
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 31 (1992) 2155

Discovery of a Bi-based high-Tc (>100K) superconductor applicable for practical use

A New High-Tc Oxide Superconductor without a Rare Earth Element
by H. Maeda, Y. Tanaka, M. Fukutomi, T. Asano
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 27 (1988) L209

Pioneering work on CVD synthesis of artificial diamonds

Vapor Deposition of Diamond Particles from Methane
by S. Matsumoto, Y. Sato, M. Kamo, N. Setaka
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 21 (1982) L183

Celebrated paper on proposal of quantum wire FETs

Scattering Suppression and High-Mobility Effect of Size-Quantized Electrons in Ultrafine Semiconductor Wire Structures
by H. Sakaki
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 19 (1980) L735

Report on the invention of the high electron mobility transisitor (HEMT)

A New Field-Effect Transistor with Selectively Doped GaAs/n-AlxGa1-xAs Heterojunctions
by T. Mimura, S. Hiyamizu, T. Fujii, K. Nanbu
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 19 (1980) L225

Highly influential work demonstrating the usefulness of RHEED in surface structure studies

Some New Techniques in Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction (RHEED) Application to Surface Structure Studies
by S. Ino
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 16 (1977) 891

A basic work that prompted the recent rapid development in ZnO research

Nonohmic Properties of Zinc Oxide Ceramics
by M. Matsuoka
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 10 (1971) 736