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Ernst Polnau

Ernst Polnau publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics, on topics such as Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, Optical Wireless Communication Technologies and Astro and Planetary Science.

World rank
#769,370
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#223,275
of 358,040
Works
15
Citations
74
Citations per work
4.9

What does Ernst Polnau research?

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 25.9%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 22.2%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 22.2%Atmospheric Science: 7.4%other fields: 22.3%26%top field
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics25.9%Electrical and Electronic Engineering22.2%Astronomy and Astrophysics22.2%Atmospheric Science7.4%other fields22.3%

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

  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics26% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering22% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics22% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science7% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering7% of their works
  6. 6Paleontology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ernst Polnau's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Free-Space Optical Communication, Visible Light Communication, Mars, Martian Surface, Solar System Abundances and Terrestrial Planets.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Adaptive Optics71 topic
  2. Wavefront Sensing71 topic
  3. Free-Space Optical Communication51 topic
  4. Visible Light Communication51 topic
  5. Mars31 topic
  6. Martian Surface31 topic
  7. Solar System Abundances31 topic
  8. Terrestrial Planets31 topic
  9. Climate Change21 topic
  10. Paleoclimatology21 topic
  11. Agricultural Origins11 topic
  12. High-Resolution Imaging11 topic
  13. Neuromorphic Photonics11 topic
  14. Optical Coherence Tomography11 topic
  15. Photonic Reservoir Computing11 topic
  16. Radiocarbon Dating11 topic

Where does Ernst Polnau work?

Ernst Polnau's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Dayton, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ernst Polnau have?

Science Explorer counts 15 works and 74 citations for Ernst Polnau, ranking #769,370 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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