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Researcher · ETH Zurich · Switzerland

Fons van der Laan

Fons van der Laan publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, on topics such as Mechanical and Optical Resonators, Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates.

ORCID 0000-0002-2605-6315 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,886,613
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#30,269
of 80,918
Works
32
Citations
281
Citations per work
8.8
h-index
8
i10-index 8Top 72% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Fons van der Laan

What does Fons van der Laan research?

Fons van der Laan's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (58%), Engineering (13%), Computer Science (5%).

Physical Sciences: 24 works · 75.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 works · 57.8% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18 works · 55.4% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 works · 2.4% of their workEngineering: 4 works · 13.2% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 3 works · 9.6% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 works · 3.6% of their workComputer Science: 2 works · 4.8% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 2 works · 4.8% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 20.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 3.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 3.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 1 works · 3.6% of their workTHEIR WORKFons van der Laan32works
Physical Sciences76%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. Physics and Astronomy1857.8%
    2. Engineering413.2%
    3. Computer Science24.8%
  2. Everything else720.6%
    1. Social Sciences13.6%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics55% of their works
  2. 2Biomedical Engineering10% of their works
  3. 3Artificial Intelligence5% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science4% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Statistical and Nonlinear Physics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Fons van der Laan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanomechanical Systems, Optomechanics, Optical Manipulation, Orbital Angular Momentum, Atomic Force Microscopy, Casimir Effect, Force Spectroscopy and Quantum Simulation.

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. Nanomechanical Systems201 topic
  2. Optomechanics201 topic
  3. Optical Manipulation51 topic
  4. Orbital Angular Momentum51 topic
  5. Atomic Force Microscopy41 topic
  6. Casimir Effect41 topic
  7. Force Spectroscopy41 topic
  8. Quantum Simulation41 topic
  9. Quantum Vacuum41 topic
  10. Ultracold Gases41 topic
  11. Acoustic Wave Biosensors31 topic
  12. Nanoscale Science31 topic
  13. Nanotechnology31 topic
  14. Optical Frequency Combs31 topic
  15. Thin Film Resonators31 topic
  16. Ultrafast Lasers31 topic

Where does Fons van der Laan work?

Fons van der Laan's main affiliation in the publication record is ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Fons van der Laan have?

OpenAlex counts 32 works and 281 citations for Fons van der Laan, an h-index of 8, ranking #1,886,613 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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