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Researcher · Bell (Canada) · Canada

Felix P. Kapron

Felix P. Kapron publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Optical Network Technologies and Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,004,569
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#124,266
of 183,316
Works
61
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
18.7
h-index
12
i10-index 12Top 41% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Felix P. Kapron

What does Felix P. Kapron research?

Felix P. Kapron's work is mostly in Engineering (78%), Physics and Astronomy (12%), Materials Science (2%).

Physical Sciences: 56 works · 92.0% of their workEngineering: 48 works · 78.1% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 46 works · 75.6% of their workMechanical Engineering: 2 works · 2.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 works · 12.0% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 works · 8.8% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 works · 1.9% of their workInstrumentation: 1 works · 1.3% of their workMaterials Science: 1 works · 1.9% of their workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 works · 1.9% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 8.0% of their workTHEIR WORKFelix P. Kapron61works
Physical Sciences92%

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. Engineering4878.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy712.0%
    3. Materials Science11.9%
  2. Everything else58.0%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering76% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics9% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering2% of their works
  4. 4Condensed Matter Physics2% of their works
  5. 5Surfaces, Coatings and Films2% of their works
  6. 6Instrumentation1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Felix P. Kapron's research?

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

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 Fiber402 topics
  2. Optical Interconnects371 topic
  3. Semiconductor Lasers371 topic
  4. Coherent Detection231 topic
  5. Digital Signal Processing231 topic
  6. Fiber Optic Sensors171 topic
  7. Sensor Technology171 topic
  8. Optical Modulators151 topic
  9. Silicon Photonics151 topic
  10. Microwave Photonics131 topic
  11. Photonic Signal Processing131 topic
  12. Fiber Lasers61 topic
  13. Supercontinuum Generation61 topic
  14. Acousto-Optic41 topic
  15. Crystals41 topic
  16. Quantum Dots41 topic
  17. Semiconductor41 topic

Where does Felix P. Kapron work?

Felix P. Kapron's main affiliation in the publication record is Bell (Canada), Canada.

How many publications and citations does Felix P. Kapron have?

OpenAlex counts 61 works and 1,139 citations for Felix P. Kapron, an h-index of 12, ranking #4,004,569 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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