Bio

Born April 26, 1930 in Flushing, New York. Grew up in Toledo, Ohio, then to Cornell University for Engineering Physics, B of EP in 1953. Married to Lucille Carley (Lucky) in 1954. PhD in Physics with Frederick Seitz as advisor, in 1956. Nine years in the Physical Metallurgy Section of the General Electric Research Laboratory. Four sons, Richard, John, William, and Robert. Professor of Ap[plied Physics at Stanford University from 1965 to 2001, then Emeritus. Employed by Acorn Technologies, Inc.

Academic Appointments

Honors & Awards

  • Fellow of the American Physical Society Guggenheim Award, Humboldt Fellow, APS

Contact

  • Academic
    WALT@STANFORD.EDU
    University - Emeritus faculty Department: Applied Physics Position: Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council
    • GLAM/McCullough Bldg., Room 321
    • Stanford,  California  94305-4045 
    (650) 725-2189 (fax)

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Theory of metal-semiconductor interfaces and field-effect transistors

2023-24 Courses

All Publications

  • Effective-mass theory of metal-semiconductor contact resistivity APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Harrison, W. A., Goebel, A., Clifton, P. A. 2013; 103 (8)

    View details for DOI 10.1063/1.4818265

    View details for Web of Science ID 000323788100012

  • Effects of matching conditions in effective-mass theory: Quantum wells, transmission, and metal-induced gap states JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS Harrison, W. A. 2011; 110 (11)

    View details for DOI 10.1063/1.3665716

    View details for Web of Science ID 000298254800065

  • Origin of Sr segregation at La1-xSrxMnO3 surfaces PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A. 2011; 83 (15)

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.155437

    View details for Web of Science ID 000291642400007

  • Oxygen atoms and molecules at La1-xSrxMnO3 surfaces PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A. 2010; 81 (4)

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.045433

    View details for Web of Science ID 000277186000012

  • Finding the Energy Bands of Silicon PHYSICS IN PERSPECTIVE Harrison, W. A. 2009; 11 (2): 198-208

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s00016-008-0397-z

    View details for Web of Science ID 000267297600004

  • Tight-binding theory of manganese and iron oxides PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A. 2008; 77 (24)

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.245103

    View details for Web of Science ID 000257289700016

  • Heisenberg exchange in the magnetic monoxides PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A. 2007; 76 (5)

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.054417

    View details for Web of Science ID 000249155100088

  • Origin of charge density at LaAlO3 on SrTiO3 heterointerfaces: Possibility of intrinsic doping PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Siemons, W., Koster, G., Yamamoto, H., Harrison, W. A., Lucovsky, G., Geballe, T. H., Blank, D. H., Beasley, M. R. 2007; 98 (19)

    Abstract

    As discovered by Ohtomo and Hwang, a large sheet charge density with high mobility exists at the interface between SrTiO3 and LaAlO3. Based on transport, spectroscopic, and oxygen-annealing experiments, we conclude that extrinsic defects in the form of oxygen vacancies introduced by the pulsed laser deposition process used by all researchers to date to make these samples is the source of the large carrier densities. Annealing experiments show a limiting carrier density. We also present a model that explains the high mobility based on carrier redistribution due to an increased dielectric constant.

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.196802

    View details for Web of Science ID 000246413200040

    View details for PubMedID 17677645

  • A semiclassical model of dielectric relaxation in glasses JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS Jameson, J. R., Harrison, W., Griffin, P. B., Plummer, J. D., Nishi, Y. 2006; 100 (12)

    View details for DOI 10.1063/1.2397323

    View details for Web of Science ID 000243157900069

  • Valence-skipping compounds as positive-U electronic systems PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A. 2006; 74 (24)

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.245128

    View details for Web of Science ID 000243195800043

  • Tight-binding theory of the dielectric susceptibilities and transverse charges of insulators PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A. 2006; 74 (20)

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.205101

    View details for Web of Science ID 000242409400011

  • Simple calculation of Madelung constants PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A. 2006; 73 (21)

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.212103

    View details for Web of Science ID 000238696200003

  • STRUCTURAL STABILITY AND INTERATOMIC INTERACTIONS IN COVALENT SYSTEMS 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONF ON THE PHYSICS OF SEMICONDUCTORS Harrison, W. A. WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD. 1990: 1731–1734

    View details for Web of Science ID A1990BS85G00391

  • TIGHT-BINDING THEORY OF MOLECULES AND SOLIDS PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY Harrison, W. A. 1989; 61 (12): 2161-2169

    View details for Web of Science ID A1989CD53800011

  • CONSEQUENCES OF FERMI-SURFACE GEOMETRY INTERNATIONAL CONF ON MATERIALS AND MECHANISMS OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY : HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS 2 Harrison, W. A. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 1989: 769–770

    View details for Web of Science ID A1989CG48900361

  • LATTICE-RELAXATION AROUND SUBSTITUTIONAL DEFECTS IN SEMICONDUCTORS PHYSICAL REVIEW B Bechstedt, F., Harrison, W. A. 1989; 39 (8): 5041-5050

    View details for Web of Science ID A1989T691200023

  • SUPERCONDUCTIVITY ON A YBA2CU3O7 LATTICE PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A. 1988; 38 (1): 270-283

    View details for Web of Science ID A1988P281200034

  • CITATION CLASSIC - PSEUDOPOTENTIALS IN THE THEORY OF METALS CURRENT CONTENTS/ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY & APPLIED SCIENCES Harrison, W. A. 1988: 18-18

    View details for Web of Science ID A1988M295300001

  • CITATION CLASSIC - PSEUDOPOTENTIALS IN THE THEORY OF METALS CURRENT CONTENTS/PHYSICAL CHEMICAL & EARTH SCIENCES Harrison, W. A. 1988: 18-18

    View details for Web of Science ID A1988M295500001

  • DIELECTRIC SCREENING IN SEMICONDUCTORS PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A., Klepeis, J. E. 1988; 37 (2): 864-873

    View details for Web of Science ID A1988L976200022

  • OVERLAP INTERACTIONS AND BONDING IN IONIC SOLIDS PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A. 1986; 34 (4): 2787-2793

    View details for Web of Science ID A1986D756400087

  • THEORY OF THE MULTICENTER BOND PHYSICAL REVIEW B VANSCHILFGAARDE, M., Harrison, W. A. 1986; 33 (4): 2653-2659

    View details for Web of Science ID A1986A018700066

  • THEORY OF BAND LINE-UPS JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B Harrison, W. A. 1985; 3 (4): 1231-1238

    View details for Web of Science ID A1985APG4000065

  • COULOMB INTERACTIONS IN SEMICONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A. 1985; 31 (4): 2121-2132

    View details for Web of Science ID A1985ACB6400047

  • ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE OF BORON JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS VANSCHILFGAARDE, M., Harrison, W. A. 1985; 46 (9): 1093-1100

    View details for Web of Science ID A1985APN1900014

  • ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE AND THE PROPERTIES OF INTERFACES ULTRAMICROSCOPY Harrison, W. A. 1984; 14 (1-2): 85-87

    View details for Web of Science ID A1984TN58100012

  • THE BONDING PROPERTIES OF MERCURY CADMIUM TELLURIDE JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A Harrison, W. A. 1983; 1 (3): 1672-1673

    View details for Web of Science ID A1983RH51800069

  • INTERIONIC INTERACTIONS IN TRANSITION-METALS PHYSICAL REVIEW B Wills, J. M., Harrison, W. A. 1983; 28 (8): 4363-4373

    View details for Web of Science ID A1983RN37600034

  • NEW TIGHT-BINDING PARAMETERS FOR COVALENT SOLIDS OBTAINED USING LOUIE PERIPHERAL STATES PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A. 1981; 24 (10): 5835-5843

    View details for Web of Science ID A1981MU49900038

  • TOTAL ENERGIES IN THE TIGHT-BINDING THEORY PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A. 1981; 23 (10): 5230-5245

    View details for Web of Science ID A1981LR24700039

  • SEMICONDUCTOR PROPERTIES BASED UPON UNIVERSAL TIGHT-BINDING PARAMETERS PHYSICAL REVIEW B Ren, S. Y., Harrison, W. A. 1981; 23 (2): 762-770

    View details for Web of Science ID A1981KZ48300041

  • UNIVERSAL LINEAR-COMBINATION-OF-ATOMIC-ORBITALS PARAMETERS FOR D-STATE SOLIDS PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A., FROYEN, S. 1980; 21 (8): 3214-3221

    View details for Web of Science ID A1980JS01300022

  • ELEMENTARY PREDICTION OF LINEAR COMBINATION OF ATOMIC ORBITALS MATRIX-ELEMENTS PHYSICAL REVIEW B FROYEN, S., Harrison, W. A. 1979; 20 (6): 2420-2422

    View details for Web of Science ID A1979HQ50900026

  • 2-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC QUANTIFICATION OF INFARCT SIZE ALTERATION BY PHARMACOLOGIC AGENTS AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY Meltzer, R. S., WOYTHALER, J. N., Buda, A. J., Griffin, J. C., Harrison, W. D., Martin, R. P., HARRISON, D. C., Popp, R. L. 1979; 44 (2): 257-262

    View details for Web of Science ID A1979HE94300011

  • THEORY OF POLAR SEMICONDUCTOR SURFACES JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Harrison, W. A. 1979; 16 (5): 1492-1496

    View details for Web of Science ID A1979JC00100085

  • ELEMENTARY THEORY OF HETEROJUNCTIONS JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Harrison, W. A. 1977; 14 (4): 1016-1021

    View details for Web of Science ID A1977DN66200043

  • SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION ON SEMICONDUCTORS SURFACE SCIENCE Harrison, W. A. 1976; 55 (1): 1-19

    View details for Web of Science ID A1976BN05000001

  • EXTENSION OF GORDON-KIM OVERLAP INTERACTION TO OPEN-SHELL SYSTEMS JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS Harrison, W. A., SOKEL, R. 1976; 65 (1): 379-381

    View details for Web of Science ID A1976BW86300053

  • PSEUDOPOTENTIAL THEORY OF COVALENT BONDING PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A. 1976; 14 (2): 702-711

    View details for Web of Science ID A1976CA45800044

  • SCHOTTKY BARRIERS WITHOUT MIDGAP STATES PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Harrison, W. A. 1976; 37 (5): 312-313

    View details for Web of Science ID A1976BY96100025

  • STRUCTURE OF VALENCE BANDS OF ZINCBLENDE-TYPE SEMICONDUCTORS PHYSICAL REVIEW B Pantelides, S. T., Harrison, W. A. 1975; 11 (8): 3006-3021

    View details for Web of Science ID A1975W128000036

  • ANGULAR FORCES IN TETRAHEDRAL SOLIDS PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Harrison, W. A., Phillips, J. C. 1974; 33 (7): 410-411

    View details for Web of Science ID A1974T742000005

  • BOND-ORBITAL MODEL .2. PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A., Ciraci, S. 1974; 10 (4): 1516-1527

    View details for Web of Science ID A1974U039900035

  • MULTI-ION INTERACTIONS AND STRUCTURES IN SIMPLE METALS PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A. 1973; 7 (6): 2408-2415

    View details for Web of Science ID A1973P444600023

  • ORBITAL-CORRECTION METHOD PHYSICAL REVIEW A Harrison, W. A. 1973; 7 (6): 1876-1888

    View details for Web of Science ID A1973P998000010

  • BOND-ORBITAL MODEL AND PROPERTIES OF TETRAHEDRALLY COORDINATED SOLIDS PHYSICAL REVIEW B Harrison, W. A. 1973; 8 (10): 4487-4498

    View details for Web of Science ID A1973R755700006