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Researcher · Optica · United States

Charles K. Kao

Charles K. Kao publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Cultural Studies, on topics such as Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Optical Network Technologies and Advanced Optical Network Technologies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,413,649
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,371,883
of 1,627,098
Works
37
Citations
257
Citations per work
6.9
h-index
7
i10-index 7Top 74% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Charles K. Kao

What does Charles K. Kao research?

Charles K. Kao's work is mostly in Engineering (78%), Social Sciences (4%), Computer Science (2%).

Physical Sciences: 31 works · 82.6% of their workEngineering: 29 works · 77.6% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 26 works · 71.3% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 works · 3.8% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 works · 2.5% of their workComputer Science: 1 works · 2.5% of their workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 works · 2.5% of their workMaterials Science: 1 works · 2.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 1 works · 2.5% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 13.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 3.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 3.8% of their workCultural Studies: 1 works · 3.8% of their workTHEIR WORKCharles K. Kao37works
Physical Sciences83%Social Sciences4%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2977.6%
    2. Computer Science12.5%
    3. Materials Science12.5%
  2. Everything else513.6%
    1. Social Sciences13.8%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering71% of their works
  2. 2Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering4% of their works
  3. 3Cultural Studies4% of their works
  4. 4Control and Systems Engineering2% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry2% of their works
  6. 6Human-Computer Interaction2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Charles K. Kao's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Optical Fiber, Optical Interconnects, Semiconductor Lasers, Coherent Detection, Digital Signal Processing, Elastic Optical Networks, Optical Networks and Fiber Optic Sensors.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Optical Fiber192 topics
  2. Optical Interconnects151 topic
  3. Semiconductor Lasers151 topic
  4. Coherent Detection131 topic
  5. Digital Signal Processing131 topic
  6. Elastic Optical Networks111 topic
  7. Optical Networks111 topic
  8. Fiber Optic Sensors61 topic
  9. Sensor Technology61 topic
  10. Optical Modulators51 topic
  11. Silicon Photonics51 topic
  12. Fiber Lasers41 topic
  13. Supercontinuum Generation41 topic
  14. Microwave Photonics31 topic
  15. Photonic Signal Processing31 topic
  16. Non-Volatile Memory21 topic
  17. Phase Change Materials21 topic

Where does Charles K. Kao work?

Charles K. Kao's main affiliation in the publication record is Optica, United States.

How many publications and citations does Charles K. Kao have?

OpenAlex counts 37 works and 257 citations for Charles K. Kao, an h-index of 7, ranking #5,413,649 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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