Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 88k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the advances in optical interconnect technologies, including the use of semiconductor lasers, vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), self-mixing interferometry, passively mode-locked lasers, high-speed data communication, optoelectronic integration, photonic crystal devices, terahertz sources, and board-level optical interconnects.
- Optical Interconnects
- Semiconductor Lasers
- Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)
- Self-Mixing Interferometry
- Passively Mode-Locked Lasers
- High-Speed Data Communication
- Optoelectronic Integration
- Photonic Crystal Devices
- Terahertz Sources
- Board-Level Optical Interconnects
- Research works
- 88k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 9.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -16% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.3k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.3k works
- 2 United States 1.1k works
- 3 Japan 536 works
- 4 Germany 457 works
- 5 India 417 works
- 6 Russia 314 works
- 7 France 278 works
- 8 United Kingdom 268 works
- 9 South Korea 204 works
- 10 Italy 185 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 80 works
- 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 64 works
- 3 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 58 works
- 4 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 54 works
- 5 NTT (Japan)Japan 53 works
- 6 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 51 works
- 7 Tsinghua UniversityChina 44 works
- 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 43 works
- 9 Institute of SemiconductorsChina 42 works
- 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 42 works
Who are the leading researchers in Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices include K. K. Gan and Mohamed‐Slim Alouini.
- 1 K. K. Gan United States 8.1k citations
- 2 Mohamed‐Slim Alouini Saudi Arabia 5.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices research done?
The largest centres of Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Corning and Santa Clara.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- CorningUS · 22.2 works149×
- Santa ClaraUS · 40.1 works20×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices?
Among universities, judged by research, Shenzhen Technology University, Warsaw University of Technology and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 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 Technology UniversityChina | 54.5 | 14.5% | 8.3× | 9 | — |
| 2 | Warsaw University of TechnologyPoland | 54.2 | 12.1% | 8.7× | 18 | +11.2% |
| 3 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 52.9 | 6.9% | 5.0× | 64 | +117.8% |
| 4 | ITMO UniversityRussia | 52.9 | 1.3% | 15.6× | 20 | +212.0% |
| 5 | University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States | 51.6 | 9.0% | 8.6× | 21 | +25.6% |
| 6 | Kyoto UniversityJapan | 51.3 | 18.6% | 2.4× | 14 | +105.6% |
| 7 | Ghent UniversityBelgium | 50.6 | 11.4% | 5.8× | 24 | -2.5% |
| 8 | National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityTaiwan | 48.9 | 4.2% | 10.3× | 32 | -20.7% |
| 9 | Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina | 48.2 | 2.1% | 12.3× | 58 | -30.6% |
| 10 | Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands | 48.1 | 2.2% | 12.4× | 34 | -24.0% |
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 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.