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Optical Engines (United States)

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Research works
9
▲ 582% vs 2018-21
Citations
15
1.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Optical Engines (United States)

Not ranked overall: Optical Engines (United States) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Optical Engines (United States) work in?

In all years, 98% of research at Optical Engines (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (74%), Physics and Astronomy (24%), Medicine (2%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 98.1% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 74.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 72.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 24.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 22.1% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workALL ITS WORKOptical Engines(United States)9fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences98%Health 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 2 domains and 3 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering774.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy224.0%
    1. Medicine01.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Who are the top researchers at Optical Engines (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Jason D. Tafoya and Donald L. Sipes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Optical Engines (United States).

  1. 1 Jason D. Tafoya United States · #4,093,327 worldwide 227 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Donald L. Sipes United States · #5,077,427 worldwide 37 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Optical Engines (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Optical Engines (United States)?

The most cited paper from Optical Engines (United States) is "A monolithic pump signal multiplexer for air-clad photonic crystal fiber amplifiers" (Benjamin G. Ward, Donald L. Sipes, Jason D. Tafoya, 2010), with 7 citations. Next come "Advanced components for multi-kW fiber lasers" (6) and "High-power monolithic fiber amplifiers based on advanced photonic crystal fiber designs" (4).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A monolithic pump signal multiplexer for air-clad photonic crystal fiber amplifiers Benjamin G. Ward, Donald L. Sipes, Jason D. Tafoya · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 11 Feb 2010 7
2 Advanced components for multi-kW fiber lasers Donald L. Sipes, Jason D. Tafoya, Daniel S. Schulz et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 9 Feb 2012 6
3 High-power monolithic fiber amplifiers based on advanced photonic crystal fiber designs Donald L. Sipes, Jason D. Tafoya, Daniel S. Schulz et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 7 Mar 2014 4
4 Photonic crystal fiber pump combiner for high-peak power all-fiber thulium lasers Alex M. Sincore, Jason D. Tafoya, Donald L. Sipes et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paperOpen access 11 Mar 2014 3
5 KW monolithic PCF fiber amplifers for narrow linewidth and single mode operation Donald L. Sipes, Jason D. Tafoya, Daniel S. Schulz et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 6 May 2012 3
All 17 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Optical Engines (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications and Optical Network Technologies.

Photonic Crystal and Fib…1Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Tec…1Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 1 fractional worksLaser-Matter Interaction…1Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications: 1 fractional worksOptical Network Technologies: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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

  1. 1 Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  3. 3 Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  4. 4 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic 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 available14.2%not open85.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Optical Engines (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 582% higher than in 2018-2021.

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