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TeraXion (Canada)

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Research works
112
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
13.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
TeraXion (Canada)

Not ranked overall: TeraXion (Canada) 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 TeraXion (Canada) work in?

In all years, 97% of research at TeraXion (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (78%), Physics and Astronomy (18%), Medicine (1%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 109 fractional works · 97.3% of its workEngineering: 88 fractional works · 78.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 85 fractional works · 75.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 20 fractional works · 17.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 19 fractional works · 17.1% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTeraXion (Canada)112fractional works, all years
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences97%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences0%

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 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering8878.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy2017.7%
    3. Materials Science11.1%
    4. Chemistry00.3%
    5. Environmental Science00.1%
    1. Medicine21.4%
    2. Health Professions00.4%
    1. Decision Sciences00.3%
    2. Psychology00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
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.

Who are the top researchers at TeraXion (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, M.-J. Picard, Yves Painchaud and Richard L. Lachance lead among researchers whose main affiliation is TeraXion (Canada).

  1. 1 M.-J. Picard Canada · #2,517,709 worldwide 1k citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Yves Painchaud Canada · #3,638,529 worldwide 1.8k citations · 97 works
  3. 3 Richard L. Lachance Canada · #3,650,448 worldwide 263 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 François Trépanier Canada · #3,811,448 worldwide 778 citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Alain Mailloux Canada · #3,995,020 worldwide 227 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 François Pelletier Canada · #4,817,217 worldwide 134 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Michel Morin Canada · #4,948,955 worldwide 1.2k citations · 86 works
  8. 8 Philippe Chrétien Canada · #5,091,269 worldwide 55 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 M. Lapointe Canada · #5,120,130 worldwide 137 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 André Babin Canada · #5,231,475 worldwide 92 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at TeraXion (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from TeraXion (Canada)?

The most cited paper from TeraXion (Canada) is "Broadband polarization independent nanophotonic coupler for silicon waveguides with ultra-high efficiency" (Pavel Cheben, Jens H. Schmid, Shurui Wang et al., 2015), with 213 citations. Next come "Performance of balanced detection in a coherent receiver" (142) and "Experimental study of 112 Gb/s short reach transmission employing PAM formats and SiP intensity modulator at 13 μm" (131).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Broadband polarization independent nanophotonic coupler for silicon waveguides with ultra-high efficiency Pavel Cheben, Jens H. Schmid, Shurui Wang et al. · Optics Express Open access 18 Aug 2015 213
2 Performance of balanced detection in a coherent receiver Yves Painchaud, Michel Poulin, Michel Morin et al. · Optics Express Open access 24 Feb 2009 142
3 Experimental study of 112 Gb/s short reach transmission employing PAM formats and SiP intensity modulator at 13 μm Mathieu Chagnon, Mohamed H. Morsy-Osman, Michel Poulin et al. · Optics Express Open access 22 Aug 2014 131
4 100-Gb/s DQPSK Transmission: From Laboratory Experiments to Field Trials Peter J. Winzer, G. Raybon, Haoyu Song et al. · Journal of Lightwave Technology Oct 2008 121
5 Femtosecond FBG Written through the Coating for Sensing Applications Joé Habel, Tommy Boilard, Jean-Simon Frenière et al. · Sensors Open access 2 Nov 2017 94
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at TeraXion (Canada)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optical Fiber, Microwave Photonics, Nonlinear Optics, Fiber Lasers, Biosensors, Integrated Circuits, Raman Lasers and Optical Modulators.

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

All 38 words, with their numbers
  1. Optical Fiber33▲ 225×2 topics
  2. Microwave Photonics26▲ 197×2 topics
  3. Nonlinear Optics25▲ 130×3 topics
  4. Fiber Lasers24▲ 150×2 topics
  5. Biosensors22▲ 35×2 topics
  6. Integrated Circuits21▲ 83×2 topics
  7. Raman Lasers21▲ 112×2 topics
  8. Optical Modulators21▲ 92×1 topic
  9. Silicon Photonics21▲ 121×1 topic
  10. Fiber Optic Sensors19▲ 287×1 topic
  11. Sensor Technology19▲ 287×1 topic
  12. Optical Frequency Combs15▲ 178×1 topic
  13. Ultrafast Lasers15▲ 178×1 topic
  14. Coherent Detection14▲ 202×1 topic
  15. Digital Signal Processing14▲ 171×1 topic
  16. Optical Access Networks11▲ 233×1 topic
  17. Photonic Signal Processing11▲ 233×1 topic
  18. Gas Sensing9▲ 104×2 topics
  19. High-Power Laser9▲ 348×1 topic
  20. Supercontinuum Generation9▲ 348×1 topic
  21. Optical Interconnects8▲ 88×1 topic
  22. Semiconductor Lasers8▲ 73×1 topic
  23. Photonic Crystals2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  24. Energy Efficiency2▲ 1.76×2 topics
  25. Optical Coherence Tomography1▲ 10×2 topics
  26. Solar Cells1▲ 3.8×2 topics
  27. Antireflective Coatings1▲ 38×1 topic
  28. Attosecond Physics1▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Elastic Optical Networks1▲ 39×1 topic
  30. High-Harmonic Generation1▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Nanostructures1▲ 2.3×1 topic
  32. Optical Networks1▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Atomic Clocks1▲ 81×1 topic
  34. Nanomechanical Systems1▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Optical Clocks1▲ 81×1 topic
  36. Optomechanics1▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Biomedical Applications1▼ 0.84×1 topic
  38. High-Resolution Imaging1▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does TeraXion (Canada) publish most on?

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

Advanced Fiber Laser Tec…4Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 4 fractional worksPhotonic Crystal and Fib…3Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sen…3Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 3 fractional worksLaser-Matter Interaction…1Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications: 1 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…1Photonic and Optical Devices: 1 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 0 fractional worksLaser Material Processing Techniques: 0 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 0 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 0 fractional worksOccupational and environmental lung diseases: 0 fractional works
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringComputational MechanicsHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis1 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  2. 2 Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  5. 5 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Laser Material Processing Techniques Computational Mechanics 0 works
  8. 8 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  9. 9 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  10. 10 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available10.5%not open89.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.2%domestic only80.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has TeraXion (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% 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 TeraXion (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000085% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%TeraXion (Canada)0.000026% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of TeraXion (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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