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W. K. Burns

W. K. Burns publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Photonic and Optical Devices, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices.

World rank
#60,335
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#27,435
of 358,040
Works
62
Citations
290
Citations per work
4.7

What does W. K. Burns research?

Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 69.4%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 23.6%Aerospace Engineering: 2.8%Spectroscopy: 1.4%other fields: 2.8%69%top field
Electrical and Electronic Engineering69.4%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics23.6%Aerospace Engineering2.8%Spectroscopy1.4%other fields2.8%

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 Engineering69% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics24% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering3% of their works
  4. 4Spectroscopy1% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering1% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. K. Burns's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Optical Modulators, Microwave Photonics, Microcavities, Silicon Photonics, Microresonators, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Fiber and Optical Frequency Combs.

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. Optical Modulators222 topics
  2. Microwave Photonics172 topics
  3. Microcavities161 topic
  4. Silicon Photonics161 topic
  5. Microresonators152 topics
  6. Nonlinear Optics152 topics
  7. Optical Fiber102 topics
  8. Optical Frequency Combs91 topic
  9. Ultrafast Lasers91 topic
  10. Optical Access Networks81 topic
  11. Optical Interconnects81 topic
  12. Photonic Signal Processing81 topic
  13. Semiconductor Lasers81 topic
  14. Fiber Optic Sensors61 topic
  15. Lithium Niobate61 topic
  16. Photonics61 topic
  17. Sensor Technology61 topic
  18. Coherent Detection41 topic
  19. Digital Signal Processing41 topic
  20. Microwave Filters21 topic
  21. Substrate Integrated Waveguide21 topic

Where does W. K. Burns work?

W. K. Burns's main affiliation in the publication record is United States Naval Research Laboratory, United States.

How many publications and citations does W. K. Burns have?

Science Explorer counts 62 works and 290 citations for W. K. Burns, ranking #60,335 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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