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Micro Photon Devices

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Research works
65
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Micro Photon Devices

Not ranked overall: Micro Photon Devices is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Micro Photon Devices work in?

In all years, 65% of research at Micro Photon Devices is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (37%), Medicine (20%), Engineering (19%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 42 fractional works · 64.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 24 fractional works · 36.6% of its workInstrumentation: 18 fractional works · 27.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 19.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 9.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBioengineering: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 20.4% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 20.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 12.0% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 13.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 13.2% of its workBiophysics: 8 fractional works · 12.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workALL ITS WORKMicro PhotonDevices65fractional works, all years
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences65%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy2436.6%
    2. Engineering1319.3%
    3. Chemical Engineering34.4%
    4. Computer Science23.2%
    5. Materials Science00.4%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Environmental Science00.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine1320.0%
    2. Health Professions00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology913.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    2. Decision Sciences00.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.88× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 12.20× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 12.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy12.20×2 works
  2. Engineering1.88×2 works
  3. Medicine1.67×2 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.40×0 works
  5. Health Professions0.94×0 works
  6. Materials Science0.47×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Micro Photon Devices?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrea Giudice lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Micro Photon Devices.

  1. 1 Andrea Giudice Italy · #2,262,018 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at Micro Photon Devices

What are the most cited papers from Micro Photon Devices?

The most cited paper from Micro Photon Devices is "SPAD Figures of Merit for Photon-Counting, Photon-Timing, and Imaging Applications: A Review" (Danilo Bronzi, Federica Villa, Simone Tisa et al., 2015), with 249 citations. Next come "CMOS Imager With 1024 SPADs and TDCs for Single-Photon Timing and 3-D Time-of-Flight" (242) and "Observation of strongly entangled photon pairs from a nanowire quantum dot" (239).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SPAD Figures of Merit for Photon-Counting, Photon-Timing, and Imaging Applications: A Review Danilo Bronzi, Federica Villa, Simone Tisa et al. · IEEE Sensors Journal Open access 29 Sep 2015 249
2 CMOS Imager With 1024 SPADs and TDCs for Single-Photon Timing and 3-D Time-of-Flight Federica Villa, Rudi Lussana, Danilo Bronzi et al. · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics Open access 23 Jul 2014 242
3 Observation of strongly entangled photon pairs from a nanowire quantum dot Marijn A. M. Versteegh, Michael E. Reimer, Klaus D. Jöns et al. · Nature Communications Open access 31 Oct 2014 239
4 100 000 Frames/s 64 × 32 Single-Photon Detector Array for 2-D Imaging and 3-D Ranging Danilo Bronzi, Federica Villa, Simone Tisa et al. · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics Open access 7 Aug 2014 173
5 Low jitter up-conversion detectors for telecom wavelength GHz QKD Rob Thew, Sébastien Tanzilli, L. Krainer et al. · New Journal of Physics Open access 6 Mar 2006 139
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Micro Photon Devices?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Photon Counting, Laser Ranging, Time-of-Flight, Super-Resolution Imaging, Fluorescent Proteins, Single-Molecule Imaging, Hyperspectral Imaging and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Photon Counting20▲ 417×2 topics
  2. Laser Ranging18▲ 1284×1 topic
  3. Time-of-Flight18▲ 406×1 topic
  4. Super-Resolution Imaging8▲ 295×2 topics
  5. Fluorescent Proteins8▲ 455×1 topic
  6. Single-Molecule Imaging8▲ 455×1 topic
  7. Hyperspectral Imaging7▲ 34×2 topics
  8. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy7▲ 130×2 topics
  9. Monte Carlo Simulation7▲ 35×2 topics
  10. Optical Imaging7▲ 416×1 topic
  11. Tissue Optical Properties7▲ 416×1 topic
  12. Biosensors5▲ 13×7 topics
  13. Laser Eye Injuries4▲ 352×1 topic
  14. Retinal Damage4▲ 352×1 topic
  15. Biomedical Applications3▲ 4.6×4 topics
  16. In Vivo Imaging3▲ 51×2 topics
  17. Ion-Selective Electrodes3▲ 44×1 topic
  18. Optical Sensors3▲ 31×2 topics
  19. Potentiometric Sensors3▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Biomedical Imaging3▲ 73×2 topics
  21. CMOS Image Sensors2▲ 145×1 topic
  22. High-Speed Imaging2▲ 30×1 topic
  23. Microwave Photonics2▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Nonlinear Optics2▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Microresonators2▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Optical Frequency Combs2▲ 38×1 topic
  27. Ultrafast Lasers2▲ 38×1 topic
  28. High-Resolution Imaging2▲ 46×1 topic
  29. Optical Coherence Tomography2▲ 25×1 topic
  30. Integrated Circuits2▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Quantum2▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Cancer Detection2▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Entanglement2▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Computation1▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Cryptography1▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Optical Modulators1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  37. Photoacoustic Imaging1▲ 50×1 topic
  38. Tomography1▲ 6.7×1 topic
  39. Microcavities1▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Silicon Photonics1▲ 10×1 topic

Which research topics does Micro Photon Devices publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies, Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques, Ocular and Laser Science Research and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging.

Advanced Optical Sensing…1Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies: 1 fractional worksOptical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques: 1 fractional worksOcular and Laser Science Research: 1 fractional worksPhotoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging: 0 fractional worksOptical Coherence Tomography Applications: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Commun…0Advanced Photonic Communication Systems: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques: 0 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 0 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 0 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 0 fractional works
InstrumentationRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOphthalmologyBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies Instrumentation 1 works
  2. 2 Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  3. 3 Ocular and Laser Science Research Ophthalmology 1 works
  4. 4 Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Optical Coherence Tomography Applications Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques Biophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 0 works
  10. 10 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 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 available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.5%domestic only72.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Micro Photon Devices's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Micro Photon Devices as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000025% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Micro Photon Devices0.0000056% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Micro Photon Devices over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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