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Researcher · Optica · United States

W. S. Colburn

W. S. Colburn publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Surfaces, Coatings and Films, on topics such as Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics, Optical Coatings and Gratings and Photonic and Optical Devices.

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World rank
#3,561,446
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#993,195
of 1,627,098
Works
27
Citations
724
Citations per work
26.8
h-index
11
i10-index 13Top 54% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
W. S. Colburn

What does W. S. Colburn research?

W. S. Colburn's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (41%), Engineering (35%), Materials Science (12%).

Physical Sciences: 24 works · 88.2% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 works · 41.2% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 works · 41.2% of their workEngineering: 10 works · 35.2% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 works · 17.6% of their workMedia Technology: 3 works · 10.3% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 1 works · 4.4% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 works · 2.9% of their workMaterials Science: 3 works · 11.8% of their workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 works · 11.8% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 11.8% of their workTHEIR WORKW. S. Colburn27works
Physical Sciences88%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy1141.2%
    2. Engineering1035.2%
    3. Materials Science311.8%
  2. Everything else311.8%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics41% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering18% of their works
  3. 3Surfaces, Coatings and Films12% of their works
  4. 4Media Technology10% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Civil and Structural Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. S. Colburn's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Photonic Crystals, Optical Modulators, Nonlinear Optics, Microresonators, Lithium Niobate, Photonics, Antireflective Coatings and Nanostructures.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Photonic Crystals262 topics
  2. Optical Modulators252 topics
  3. Nonlinear Optics223 topics
  4. Microresonators202 topics
  5. Lithium Niobate181 topic
  6. Photonics181 topic
  7. Antireflective Coatings81 topic
  8. Nanostructures81 topic
  9. Virtual Reality82 topics
  10. Holographic Displays71 topic
  11. Microcavities71 topic
  12. Silicon Photonics71 topic
  13. Stereoscopic Displays71 topic
  14. Adaptive Optics41 topic
  15. Wavefront Sensing41 topic
  16. Attosecond Physics21 topic
  17. High-Harmonic Generation21 topic
  18. Optical Frequency Combs21 topic
  19. Ultrafast Lasers21 topic
  20. Digital Fabrication11 topic
  21. Parametricism11 topic

Where does W. S. Colburn work?

W. S. Colburn's main affiliation in the publication record is Optica, United States.

How many publications and citations does W. S. Colburn have?

OpenAlex counts 27 works and 724 citations for W. S. Colburn, an h-index of 11, ranking #3,561,446 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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