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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%
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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. 1 China 2.3k works
  2. 2 United States 1.1k works
  3. 3 Japan 536 works
  4. 4 Germany 457 works
  5. 5 India 417 works
  6. 6 Russia 314 works
  7. 7 France 278 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 268 works
  9. 9 South Korea 204 works
  10. 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.

China: 38.4%United States: 17.9%Japan: 8.8%Germany: 7.5%6 others listed: 27.4%38%largest
China2,334 · 38.4%United States1,089 · 17.9%Japan536 · 8.8%Germany457 · 7.5%6 others listed1,666 · 27.4%

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.

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. 1 K. K. Gan United States 8.1k citations
  2. 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

  1. 1 Beijing China 610 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 272 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 179 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 137 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 130 works
  6. 6 Xi'an China 126 works
  7. 7 Shenzhen China 116 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 102 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 101 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 100 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CorningUS · 22.2 works149×
  2. Santa ClaraUS · 40.1 works20×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices than the world average.

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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.

0%10%20%mean 8.23%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Shenzhen Technology University: 9, 14.5%Warsaw University of Technology: 18, 12.1%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 64, 6.9%ITMO University: 20, 1.3%University of California, Santa Barbara: 21, 9.0%Kyoto University: 14, 18.6%Ghent University: 24, 11.4%National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University: 32, 4.2%Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 58, 2.1%Eindhoven University of Technology: 34, 2.2%Shenzhen Technology …Warsaw University of…University of Chines…ITMO University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Shenzhen Technology UniversityChina 54.514.5%8.3×9
2 Warsaw University of TechnologyPoland 54.212.1%8.7×18 +11.2%
3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 52.96.9%5.0×64 +117.8%
4 ITMO UniversityRussia 52.91.3%15.6×20 +212.0%
5 University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States 51.69.0%8.6×21 +25.6%
6 Kyoto UniversityJapan 51.318.6%2.4×14 +105.6%
7 Ghent UniversityBelgium 50.611.4%5.8×24 -2.5%
8 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityTaiwan 48.94.2%10.3×32 -20.7%
9 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 48.22.1%12.3×58 -30.6%
10 Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands 48.12.2%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.

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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.