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Freedom Photonics (United States)

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Research works
108
▲ 75% vs 2013–17
Citations
523
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
7%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Freedom 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 Freedom Photonics (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 19.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 26.2 works20×
  2. EngineeringField · 26.8 works4.8×
  3. Physical SciencesDomain · 35.0 works2.4×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 4.83× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 8.43× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMedicinePsychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Freedom Photonics (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Daniel Renner, Gordon Morrison and Paul O. Leisher lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Freedom Photonics (United States).

  1. 1 Daniel Renner United States · #881,102 worldwide 32 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Gordon Morrison United States · #981,515 worldwide 35 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Paul O. Leisher United States · #1,126,803 worldwide 28 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 M Mashanovitch United States · #1,182,012 worldwide 15 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Freedom Photonics (United States)

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

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

▲ 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 35 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Raman Lasers9▲ 205×2 topics
  2. Semiconductor Lasers7▲ 274×2 topics
  3. Optical Modulators7▲ 124×2 topics
  4. Frequency Conversion7▲ 430×3 topics
  5. Optical Interconnects6▲ 470×1 topic
  6. Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)6▲ 470×1 topic
  7. Silicon Photonics6▲ 148×2 topics
  8. Biosensors6▲ 31×2 topics
  9. Microcavities6▲ 138×1 topic
  10. Nanophotonic Waveguides6▲ 158×1 topic
  11. Microwave Photonics5▲ 143×2 topics
  12. Coherent Detection4▲ 244×1 topic
  13. Optical Fiber4▲ 99×1 topic
  14. Microresonators4▲ 117×3 topics
  15. Nonlinear Optics3▲ 83×4 topics
  16. Solid-State Lasers3▲ 505×1 topic
  17. Ytterbium3▲ 505×1 topic
  18. Electric Discharge3▲ 649×1 topic
  19. Laser Oscillation3▲ 649×1 topic
  20. Optical Access Networks2▲ 203×1 topic
  21. Photonic Signal Processing2▲ 203×1 topic
  22. Fiber Lasers2▲ 64×2 topics
  23. Optical Frequency Combs2▲ 108×1 topic
  24. Time-of-Flight2▲ 153×2 topics
  25. Ultrafast Lasers2▲ 108×1 topic
  26. Laser Ranging2▲ 234×1 topic
  27. Single-Photon Detection2▲ 234×1 topic
  28. Semiconductor2▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Band Parameters1▲ 60×2 topics
  30. Photonic Crystals1▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Photovoltaics1▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Lithium Niobate1▲ 191×1 topic
  33. Photonics1▲ 100×1 topic
  34. Quantum Dots1▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Single-Photon Source1▲ 119×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Photonic and Optical Devices, Optical Network Technologies and Solid State Laser Technologies.

Semiconductor Lasers and…6Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 6 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 6 fractional worksOptical Network Technologies: 4 fractional worksSolid State Laser Technologies: 3 fractional worksLaser Design and Applications: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Commun…2Advanced Photonic Communication Systems: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Sensing Technologies: 2 fractional worksPhotorefractive and Nonlinear Optics: 1 fractional worksSemiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices: 1 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsInstrumentation

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

  1. 1 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Solid State Laser Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Laser Design and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  8. 8 Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies Instrumentation 2 works
  9. 9 Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  10. 10 Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 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 available7.1%not open92.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.4%domestic only96.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 75% 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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