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Researcher · Ghent University · Belgium

Dries Van Thourhout

Dries Van Thourhout publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Photonic and Optical Devices, Photonic Crystals and Applications and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices.

World rank
#51,078
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#419
of 18,604
Works
257
Citations
1.5k
Citations per work
5.8

What does Dries Van Thourhout research?

Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 58.0%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 19.7%Biomedical Engineering: 6.5%Materials Chemistry: 6.2%other fields: 9.6%58%top field
Electrical and Electronic Engineering58.0%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics19.7%Biomedical Engineering6.5%Materials Chemistry6.2%other fields9.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering58% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics20% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering6% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry6% of their works
  5. 5Surfaces, Coatings and Films4% of their works
  6. 6Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Dries Van Thourhout's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Optical Modulators, Silicon Photonics, Photonic Crystals, Nanocavities, Slow Light, Optical Interconnects, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Fiber.

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.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Optical Modulators1011 topic
  2. Silicon Photonics1011 topic
  3. Photonic Crystals622 topics
  4. Nanocavities471 topic
  5. Slow Light471 topic
  6. Optical Interconnects391 topic
  7. Semiconductor Lasers391 topic
  8. Optical Fiber302 topics
  9. Coherent Detection211 topic
  10. Digital Signal Processing211 topic
  11. Antireflective Coatings151 topic
  12. Nanostructures151 topic
  13. Microwave Photonics121 topic
  14. Photonic Signal Processing121 topic
  15. Fiber Optic Sensors91 topic
  16. Nanoparticles91 topic
  17. Porous Silicon91 topic
  18. Sensor Technology91 topic

Where does Dries Van Thourhout work?

Dries Van Thourhout's main affiliation in the publication record is Ghent University, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Dries Van Thourhout have?

Science Explorer counts 257 works and 1,502 citations for Dries Van Thourhout, ranking #51,078 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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