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Researcher · Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory · United States

L. Mertz

L. Mertz publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Optical measurement and interference techniques, Advanced optical system design and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation.

OpenAlex
World rank
#375,776
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#134,852
of 358,040
Works
26
Citations
50
Citations per work
1.9

What does L. Mertz research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 16.7%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 12.5%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8.3%Radiation: 8.3%other fields: 54.2%17%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics16.7%Electrical and Electronic Engineering12.5%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8.3%Radiation8.3%other fields54.2%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics17% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering12% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8% of their works
  4. 4Radiation8% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics8% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe L. Mertz's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adaptive Optics, Camera Calibration, Compound Eyes, Freeform Optics, Optical 3D Laser Measurement, Position-Sensitive Detector, Solar System Abundances and Structured Light.

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 Optics21 topic
  2. Camera Calibration21 topic
  3. Compound Eyes21 topic
  4. Freeform Optics21 topic
  5. Optical 3D Laser Measurement21 topic
  6. Position-Sensitive Detector21 topic
  7. Solar System Abundances21 topic
  8. Structured Light21 topic
  9. Terrestrial Planets21 topic
  10. Wavefront Sensing21 topic
  11. On-Orbit Performance11 topic
  12. Optical Interconnects11 topic
  13. Optical Modulators11 topic
  14. Radiometric Calibration11 topic
  15. Semiconductor Lasers11 topic
  16. Silicon Photonics11 topic

Where does L. Mertz work?

L. Mertz's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does L. Mertz have?

Science Explorer counts 26 works and 50 citations for L. Mertz, ranking #375,776 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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