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AIM Photonics (United States)

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Research works
34
▲ 92% vs 2013–17
Citations
33
1.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
13%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: AIM Photonics (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

What does AIM Photonics (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physical Sciences takes 2.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physical SciencesDomain · 22.4 works2.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.73× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 2.32× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 7.64× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at AIM Photonics (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Optical Modulators, Integrated Circuits, Microcavities, Silicon Photonics, Semiconductor Lasers, Optical Interconnects and Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs).

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 24 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Biosensors8▲ 68×5 topics
  2. Optical Modulators8▲ 229×3 topics
  3. Integrated Circuits8▲ 212×2 topics
  4. Microcavities7▲ 295×1 topic
  5. Silicon Photonics7▲ 303×1 topic
  6. Semiconductor Lasers4▲ 279×2 topics
  7. Optical Interconnects4▲ 463×1 topic
  8. Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)4▲ 463×1 topic
  9. Photonic Crystals3▲ 99×4 topics
  10. Microwave Photonics2▲ 112×2 topics
  11. Solar Cells2▲ 38×3 topics
  12. Nonlinear Optics2▲ 65×3 topics
  13. Fiber Lasers2▲ 70×2 topics
  14. Microresonators2▲ 83×2 topics
  15. Antireflective Coatings1▲ 465×1 topic
  16. Nanostructures1▲ 16×1 topic
  17. Optical Frequency Combs1▲ 114×1 topic
  18. Ultrafast Lasers1▲ 114×1 topic
  19. Optical Fiber1▲ 54×2 topics
  20. Slow Light1▲ 113×2 topics
  21. Coherent Detection1▲ 128×1 topic
  22. Digital Signal Processing1▲ 114×1 topic
  23. Colloidal Crystals1▲ 109×1 topic
  24. Nanocavities1▲ 169×1 topic

Which research topics does AIM Photonics (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Photonic and Optical Devices, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Optical Coatings and Gratings and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies.

Photonic and Optical Dev…7Photonic and Optical Devices: 7 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and…4Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 4 fractional worksOptical Coatings and Gratings: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 1 fractional worksOptical Network Technolo…1Optical Network Technologies: 1 fractional worksPhotonic Crystals and Applications: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems: 1 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 0 fractional worksSemiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices: 0 fractional worksNeural Networks and Reservoir Computing: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSurfaces, Coatings and FilmsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsMedia Technology1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Optical Coatings and Gratings Surfaces, Coatings and Films 1 works
  4. 4 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  5. 5 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Photonic Crystals and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 0 works
  9. 9 Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  10. 10 Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing Artificial Intelligence 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available12.9%not open87.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.9%domestic only95.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has AIM Photonics (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 92% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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