Solid State Laser Technologies
Solid State Laser Technologies is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1958. 13.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers represents advances in solid-state laser technology, including topics such as ytterbium-doped materials, infrared sources, Raman lasers, crystal growth, diode pumping, femtosecond amplifiers, laser materials, mid-IR lasers, and frequency conversion.
- Solid-State Lasers
- Ytterbium
- Infrared Sources
- Raman Lasers
- Crystal Growth
- Diode Pumping
- Femtosecond Amplifiers
- Laser Materials
- Mid-IR Lasers
- Frequency Conversion
- Research works
- 34k fractional, since 1958
- In the world top 10%
- 4.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -4% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Solid State Laser Technologies research?
By volume, China and Russia publish the most (1.5k and 252 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.5k works
- 2 Russia 252 works
- 3 United States 248 works
- 4 Germany 191 works
- 5 France 182 works
- 6 India 114 works
- 7 Japan 98 works
- 8 United Kingdom 68 works
- 9 Czechia 59 works
- 10 ?? 54 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 Solid State Laser Technologies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Solid State Laser Technologies research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Changchun University of Science and Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 93 works
- 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 68 works
- 3 Changchun University of Science and Technology China 53 works
- 4 Shandong University China 50 works
- 5 Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics China 35 works
- 6 Harbin Institute of Technology China 32 works
- 7 Prokhorov General Physics Institute Russia 30 works
- 8 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 25 works
- 9 National University of Defense Technology China 23 works
- 10 Czech Technical University in Prague Czechia 22 works
Who are the leading researchers in Solid State Laser Technologies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Solid State Laser Technologies include M. Lefebvre, Han Zhang and Andrea C. Ferrari.
- 1 M. Lefebvre 6.8k citations
- 2 Han Zhang 3.2k citations
- 3 Andrea C. Ferrari 3.2k citations
- 4 Hideo Hosono 2.9k citations
- 5 P. St. J. Russell 2.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Solid State Laser Technologies research done?
The largest centres of Solid State Laser Technologies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Moscow (Russia) and Changchun (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jinan, Caen and Nizhny Novgorod.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Jinan20.1 works107×
- CaenFR · 32.5 works38×
- Nizhny NovgorodRU · 27.8 works19×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Solid State Laser Technologies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Solid State Laser Technologies?
Among universities, judged by research, Hebei University of Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Wenzhou 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 | Hebei University of Technology China | 64.0 | 18.9% | 11.2× | 14 | — |
| 2 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China | 63.1 | 9.3% | 12.9× | 68 | +35.3% |
| 3 | Wenzhou University China | 59.6 | 18.0% | 12.6× | 9 | +51.6% |
| 4 | Université Laval Canada | 58.6 | 19.5% | 7.1× | 9 | +106.9% |
| 5 | Shandong University China | 57.3 | 10.1% | 13.1× | 50 | -31.5% |
| 6 | Jiangsu Normal University China | 56.6 | 5.9% | 50.6× | 19 | +290.8% |
| 7 | Huazhong University of Science and Technology China | 53.8 | 19.8% | 3.8× | 19 | +120.4% |
| 8 | China Jiliang University China | 53.3 | 6.9% | 21.4× | 15 | +165.3% |
| 9 | Xiamen University of Technology China | 52.5 | 8.0% | 21.8× | 15 | +114.2% |
| 10 | South China University of Technology China | 52.1 | 20.7% | 4.8× | 16 | +31.8% |
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 Solid State Laser Technologies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2005.
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.