Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies is a research topic within Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Science Explorer counts 84k research works in it since 1950. 15.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the generation, control, and applications of optical frequency combs and ultrafast lasers. It includes research on mode-locking, microresonators, saturable absorbers, fiber lasers, nonlinear optics, frequency synthesis, photonic chip-based combs, and their applications in microwave photonics.
- Optical Frequency Combs
- Ultrafast Lasers
- Mode-Locking
- Microresonators
- Saturable Absorbers
- Fiber Lasers
- Nonlinear Optics
- Frequency Synthesis
- Photonic Chip
- Microwave Photonics
- Research works
- 84k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 13k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +12% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (4.9k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 4.9k works
- 2 United States 1.3k works
- 3 Germany 594 works
- 4 Russia 510 works
- 5 France 476 works
- 6 Japan 455 works
- 7 India 414 works
- 8 United Kingdom 316 works
- 9 Canada 227 works
- 10 Italy 204 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and National University of Defense Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 153 works
- 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 135 works
- 3 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 126 works
- 4 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 114 works
- 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 113 works
- 6 Tianjin UniversityChina 91 works
- 7 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 90 works
- 8 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 89 works
- 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 84 works
- 10 Shenzhen UniversityChina 79 works
Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies include M. Lefebvre, Kenji Watanabe and Takashi Taniguchi.
- 1 M. Lefebvre United States 6.8k citations
- 2 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations
- 3 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 6.2k citations
- 4 K. Liu France 5.4k citations
- 5 R. Ulrich Germany 4.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies research done?
The largest centres of Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Wuhan (China) and Nanjing (China).
Where is the best place to study Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies?
Among universities, judged by research, Shenzhen University, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Zhejiang A & F University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shenzhen UniversityChina | 64.9 | 15.8% | 9.3× | 79 | +213.1% |
| 2 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland | 64.6 | 23.7% | 11.9× | 56 | +91.9% |
| 3 | Zhejiang A & F UniversityChina | 61.7 | 54.7% | 9.9× | 18 | -49.9% |
| 4 | El Shorouk AcademyEgypt | 60.9 | 45.9% | 74.2× | 10 | — |
| 5 | Higher Institute of EngineeringEgypt | 60.5 | 44.2% | 12.9× | 10 | — |
| 6 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 60.0 | 12.3% | 7.2× | 135 | +321.3% |
| 7 | Shenzhen Technology UniversityChina | 59.2 | 18.0% | 16.4× | 26 | +177.7% |
| 8 | Biruni UniversityTürkiye | 58.7 | 34.6% | 31.1× | 18 | — |
| 9 | Taibah UniversitySaudi Arabia | 58.3 | 48.4% | 7.0× | 12 | — |
| 10 | National Research Nuclear University MEPhIRussia | 57.3 | 21.2% | 11.3× | 16 | +574.0% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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