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M. Despont

M. Despont publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications and Mechanical and Optical Resonators.

World rank
#78,060
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#1,924
of 19,404
Works
40
Citations
372
Citations per work
9.3

What does M. Despont research?

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 43.9%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 36.4%Biomedical Engineering: 7.6%Control and Systems Engineering: 1.5%other fields: 10.6%44%top field
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics43.9%Electrical and Electronic Engineering36.4%Biomedical Engineering7.6%Control and Systems Engineering1.5%other fields10.6%

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 Optics44% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering36% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering8% of their works
  4. 4Control and Systems Engineering2% of their works
  5. 5Surfaces, Coatings and Films2% of their works
  6. 6Computer Networks and Communications2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe M. Despont's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biosensors, Atomic Force Microscopy, Force Spectroscopy, MEMS, Silicon, Optical Modulators, Integrated Circuits and Nanomechanical Systems.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Biosensors142 topics
  2. Atomic Force Microscopy121 topic
  3. Force Spectroscopy121 topic
  4. MEMS121 topic
  5. Silicon121 topic
  6. Optical Modulators112 topics
  7. Integrated Circuits82 topics
  8. Nanomechanical Systems81 topic
  9. Optomechanics81 topic
  10. Microresonators72 topics
  11. Nonlinear Optics72 topics
  12. Microcavities61 topic
  13. Silicon Photonics61 topic
  14. Lithium Niobate51 topic
  15. Photonics51 topic
  16. Near-Field Optical Microscopy41 topic
  17. Photonic Nanojets41 topic
  18. Failure Analysis21 topic
  19. Optical Frequency Combs21 topic
  20. Photon Emission Microscopy21 topic
  21. Ultrafast Lasers21 topic

Where does M. Despont work?

M. Despont's main affiliation in the publication record is IBM Research - Zurich, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does M. Despont have?

Science Explorer counts 40 works and 372 citations for M. Despont, ranking #78,060 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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