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Hwa‐Yaw Tam

Hwa‐Yaw Tam publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, on topics such as Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors, Photonic and Optical Devices and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies.

World rank
#259,316
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Hong Kong
#1,233
of 5,618
Works
201
Citations
594
Citations per work
3.0

What does Hwa‐Yaw Tam research?

Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 72.5%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 15.0%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1.8%Biomedical Engineering: 1.4%other fields: 9.3%72%top field
Electrical and Electronic Engineering72.5%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics15.0%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics1.8%Biomedical Engineering1.4%other fields9.3%

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 Engineering72% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics15% of their works
  3. 3Statistical and Nonlinear Physics2% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering1% of their works
  5. 5Surgery1% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Hwa‐Yaw Tam's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Optical Fiber, Fiber Optic Sensors, Sensor Technology, Fiber Lasers, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Modulators, Silicon Photonics and Microwave Photonics.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Optical Fiber862 topics
  2. Fiber Optic Sensors691 topic
  3. Sensor Technology691 topic
  4. Fiber Lasers582 topics
  5. Nonlinear Optics582 topics
  6. Optical Modulators461 topic
  7. Silicon Photonics461 topic
  8. Microwave Photonics402 topics
  9. Optical Frequency Combs331 topic
  10. Ultrafast Lasers331 topic
  11. High-Power Laser251 topic
  12. Supercontinuum Generation251 topic
  13. Optical Interconnects231 topic
  14. Semiconductor Lasers231 topic
  15. Coherent Detection171 topic
  16. Digital Signal Processing171 topic
  17. Optical Access Networks71 topic
  18. Photonic Signal Processing71 topic
  19. Nonlinear Photonic Systems41 topic
  20. Solitons41 topic

Where does Hwa‐Yaw Tam work?

Hwa‐Yaw Tam's main affiliation in the publication record is Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.

How many publications and citations does Hwa‐Yaw Tam have?

Science Explorer counts 201 works and 594 citations for Hwa‐Yaw Tam, ranking #259,316 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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