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Celebrating 50 Years of Applied Physics Letters!

This collection represents the most highly cited papers ever published in Applied Physics Letters. These articles stand as a testament to the hard work and outstanding contributions of you, our authors, to the applied physics field and to the scientific community at large. We invite you to browse these papers and more as we celebrate our first 50 years of providing highly relevant, highly cited work to the world of physics. We know the next 50 years will be just as exciting!

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Nanoindentation of silicon nitride: A multimillion-atom molecular dynamics study
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Nanopropeller arrays of zinc oxide
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Photonic bands in two-dimensionally patterned multimode GaN waveguides for light extraction
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Growth of ZnO nanotetrapods with hexagonal crown
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Formation of single crystalline ZnO nanotubes without catalysts and templates
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Lensless focusing with subwavelength resolution by direct synthesis of the angular spectrum
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High-symmetry ZnS hepta- and tetrapods composed of assembled ZnS nanowire arrays
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Reliable low-power control of ultrafast vortex-core switching with the selectivity in an array of vortex states by in-plane circular-rotational magnetic fields and spin-polarized currents
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Small divergence edge-emitting semiconductor lasers with two-dimensional plasmonic collimators
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Semiconductor lasers with integrated plasmonic polarizers
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120 μW peak output power from edge-emitting photonic crystal double-heterostructure nanocavity lasers
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Single DNA molecule detection in an optical trap using surface-enhanced Raman scattering
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Hemispherical resonators with embedded nanocrystal quantum rod emitters
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Plasmonic coupling of SiO2–Ag “post-cap” nanostructures and silver film for surface enhanced Raman scattering
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Differential responses of human liver cancer and normal cells to atmospheric pressure plasma
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Flexible distributed-feedback colloidal quantum dot laser
 

Top 50 Most Cited Papers from 50 Years of Applied Physics Letters

Organic electroluminescent diodes
C. W. Tang and S. A. VanSlyke
Appl. Phys. Lett. 51, 913 (1987)

Silicon quantum wire array fabrication by electrochemical and chemical dissolution of wafers
L. T. Canham
Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 1046 (1990)

Electronic analog of the electro-optic modulator
Supriyo Datta and Biswajit Das
Appl. Phys. Lett. 56, 665 (1990)

Multidimensional quantum well laser and temperature dependence of its threshold current
Y. Arakawa and H. Sakaki
Appl. Phys. Lett. 40, 939 (1982)

Submicrosecond bistable electro‐optic switching in liquid
Noel A. Clark and Sven T. Lagerwall
Appl. Phys. Lett. 36, 899 (1980)

A highly processable metallic glass: Zr41.2Ti13.8Cu12.5Ni10.0Be22.5
A. Peker and W. L. Johnson
Appl. Phys. Lett. 63, 2342 (1993)

Reversible conductivity changes in discharge‐produced amorphous Si
D. L. Staebler and C. R. Wronski
Appl. Phys. Lett. 31, 292 (1977)

Tunneling in a finite superlattice
R. Tsu and L. Esaki
Appl. Phys. Lett. 22, 562 (1973)

Single- and multi-wall carbon nanotube field-effect transistors
R. Martel, T. Schmidt, H. R. Shea, T. Hertel, and Ph. Avouris
Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 2447 (1998)

(Ga,Mn)As: A new diluted magnetic semiconductor based on GaAs
H. Ohno, A. Shen, F. Matsukura, A. Oiwa, A. Endo, S. Katsumoto, and Y. Iye
Appl. Phys. Lett. 69, 363 (1996)

Two‐layer organic photovoltaic cell
C. W. Tang
Appl. Phys. Lett. 48, 183 (1986)

2.5% efficient organic plastic solar cells
Sean E. Shaheen, Christoph J. Brabec, N. Serdar Sariciftci, Franz Padinger, Thomas Fromherz, and Jan C. Hummelen
Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 841 (2001)

Imprint of sub‐25 nm vias and trenches in polymers
Stephen Y. Chou, Peter R. Krauss, and Preston J. Renstrom
Appl. Phys. Lett. 67, 3114 (1995)

Magnetic and electric properties of transition-metal-doped ZnO films
Kenji Ueda, Hitoshi Tabata, and Tomoji Kawai
Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 988 (2001)

Resonant tunneling in semiconductor double barriers
L. L. Chang, L. Esaki, and R. Tsu
Appl. Phys. Lett. 24, 593 (1974)

Optical stethoscopy: Image recording with resolution λ/20
D. W. Pohl, W. Denk, and M. Lanz
Appl. Phys. Lett. 44, 651 (1984)

Blue‐green laser diodes
M. A. Haase, J. Qiu, J. M. DePuydt, and H. Cheng
Appl. Phys. Lett. 59, 1272 (1991)

Transmission of stationary nonlinear optical pulses in dispersive dielectric fibers. I. Anomalous dispersion
Akira Hasegawa and Frederick Tappert
Appl. Phys. Lett. 23, 142 (1973)

Magnetoresistance in magnetic manganese oxide with intrinsic antiferromagnetic spin structure
Ken‐ichi Chahara, Toshiyuki Ohno, Masahiro Kasai, and Yuzoo Kozono
Appl. Phys. Lett. 63, 1990 (1993)

Calculation of critical layer thickness versus lattice mismatch for GexSi1−x/Si strained‐layer heterostructures
R. People and J. C. Bean
Appl. Phys. Lett. 47, 322 (1985)

Load transfer and deformation mechanisms in carbon nanotube-polystyrene composites
D. Qian, E. C. Dickey, R. Andrews, and T. Rantell
Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 2868 (2000)

Metalorganic vapor phase epitaxial growth of a high quality GaN film using an AlN buffer layer
H. Amano, N. Sawaki, I. Akasaki, and Y. Toyoda
Appl. Phys. Lett. 48, 353 (1986)

Ideal hydrogen termination of the Si (111) surface
G. S. Higashi, Y. J. Chabal, G. W. Trucks, and Krishnan Raghavachari
Appl. Phys. Lett. 56, 656 (1990)

Organic electroluminescent devices with improved stability
S. A. Van Slyke, C. H. Chen, and C. W. Tang
Appl. Phys. Lett. 69, 2160 (1996)

Spontaneous emission of localized excitons in InGaN single and multiquantum well structures
S. Chichibu, T. Azuhata, T. Sota, and S. Nakamura
Appl. Phys. Lett. 69, 4188 (1996)

Unusual properties of the fundamental band gap of InN
J. Wu, W. Walukiewicz, K. M. Yu, J. W. Ager, E. E. Haller, Hai Lu, William J. Schaff, Yoshiki Saito, and Yasushi Nanishi
Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 3967 (2002)

Current‐voltage characteristics of Josephson junctions
W. C. Stewart
Appl. Phys. Lett. 12, 277 (1968)

Features of gold having micrometer to centimeter dimensions can be formed through a combination of stamping
with an elastomeric stamp and an alkanethiol ‘‘ink’’ followed by chemical etching

Amit Kumar and George M. Whitesides
Appl. Phys. Lett. 63, 2002 (1993)

Kelvin probe force microscopy
M. Nonnenmacher, M. P. O’Boyle, and H. K. Wickramasinghe
Appl. Phys. Lett. 58, 2921 (1991)

Porous silicon formation: A quantum wire effect
V. Lehmann and U. Gösele
Appl. Phys. Lett. 58, 856 (1991)

Self‐organized growth of regular nanometer‐scale InAs dots on GaAs
J. M. Moison, F. Houzay, F. Barthe, L. Leprince, E. André, and O. Vatel
Appl. Phys. Lett. 64, 196 (1994)

First observation of an extremely large‐dipole infrared transition within the conduction band of a GaAs quantum well
L. C. West and S. J. Eglash
Appl. Phys. Lett. 46, 1156 (1985)

Resonant tunneling through quantum wells at frequencies up to 2.5 THz
T. C. L. G. Sollner, W. D. Goodhue, P. E. Tannenwald, C. D. Parker, and D. D. Peck
Appl. Phys. Lett. 43, 588 (1983)

Whispering‐gallery mode microdisk lasers
S. L. McCall, A. F. J. Levi, R. E. Slusher, S. J. Pearton, and R. A. Logan
Appl. Phys. Lett. 60, 289 (1992)

Combined shear force and near‐field scanning optical microscopy
E. Betzig, P. L. Finn, and J. S. Weiner
Appl. Phys. Lett. 60, 2484 (1992)

Photosensitivity in optical fiber waveguides: Application to reflection filter fabrication
K. O. Hill, Y. Fujii, D. C. Johnson, and B. S. Kawasaki
Appl. Phys. Lett. 32, 647 (1978)

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