R. L. Thornton
R. L. Thornton publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Photonic and Optical Devices and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices.
- World rank
- #480,819 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #161,774 of 358,040
- Works
- 45
- Citations
- 101
- Citations per work
- 2.2
What does R. L. Thornton research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering49% of their works
- 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics23% of their works
- 3Computational Mechanics5% of their works
- 4Materials Chemistry3% of their works
- 5Applied Mathematics3% of their works
- 6Political Science and International Relations3% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe R. L. Thornton's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Optical Interconnects, Semiconductor Lasers, Photovoltaics, Optical Modulators, Quantum Dots, Semiconductor, Silicon Photonics and Solar Cells.
- Mesh Generation
- Silicon
- Efficiency
- Schottky Barrier
- Ultrafast Lasers
- Solar Cells
- Semiconductor
- Optical Modulators
- Semiconductor Lasers
- Optical Interconnects
- Photovoltaics
- Quantum Dots
- Silicon Photonics
- Optical Frequency Combs
- Metal-Semiconductor Contacts
- Coherent Detection
- Optical Fiber
- Delaunay Triangulations
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 18 words, with their numbers
- Optical Interconnects131 topic
- Semiconductor Lasers131 topic
- Photovoltaics92 topics
- Optical Modulators71 topic
- Quantum Dots71 topic
- Semiconductor71 topic
- Silicon Photonics71 topic
- Solar Cells52 topics
- Optical Frequency Combs41 topic
- Ultrafast Lasers41 topic
- Metal-Semiconductor Contacts31 topic
- Schottky Barrier31 topic
- Coherent Detection21 topic
- Efficiency21 topic
- Optical Fiber21 topic
- Silicon21 topic
- Delaunay Triangulations11 topic
- Mesh Generation11 topic
Where does R. L. Thornton work?
R. L. Thornton's main affiliation in the publication record is Palo Alto Research Center, United States.
How many publications and citations does R. L. Thornton have?
Science Explorer counts 45 works and 101 citations for R. L. Thornton, ranking #480,819 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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