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Sterling Backus

Sterling Backus publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics.

World rank
#33,770
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#15,711
of 358,040
Works
49
Citations
443
Citations per work
9.0

What does Sterling Backus research?

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 51.5%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 15.2%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 13.6%Radiation: 4.5%other fields: 15.2%52%top field
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics51.5%Electrical and Electronic Engineering15.2%Nuclear and High Energy Physics13.6%Radiation4.5%other fields15.2%

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 Optics52% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering15% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics14% of their works
  4. 4Radiation4% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering3% of their works
  6. 6Spectroscopy3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sterling Backus's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nonlinear Optics, Attosecond Physics, High-Harmonic Generation, Fiber Lasers, Optical Frequency Combs, Ultrafast Lasers, Electron Beams and Laser-Plasma Accelerators.

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. Nonlinear Optics363 topics
  2. Attosecond Physics191 topic
  3. High-Harmonic Generation191 topic
  4. Fiber Lasers172 topics
  5. Optical Frequency Combs131 topic
  6. Ultrafast Lasers131 topic
  7. Electron Beams91 topic
  8. Laser-Plasma Accelerators91 topic
  9. Frequency Conversion62 topics
  10. Gas Sensing62 topics
  11. Electric Discharge41 topic
  12. High-Power Laser41 topic
  13. Laser Oscillation41 topic
  14. Supercontinuum Generation41 topic
  15. Phase Retrieval31 topic
  16. X-ray Imaging31 topic
  17. Solid-State Lasers21 topic
  18. Spectroscopic Databases21 topic
  19. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers21 topic
  20. Ytterbium21 topic

Where does Sterling Backus work?

Sterling Backus's main affiliation in the publication record is Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, United States.

How many publications and citations does Sterling Backus have?

Science Explorer counts 49 works and 443 citations for Sterling Backus, ranking #33,770 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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