A. E. El-Taher

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

A. E. El-Taher is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Acoustics and Ultrasonics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. E. El-Taher has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 12 papers in Acoustics and Ultrasonics. Recurrent topics in A. E. El-Taher's work include Optical Network Technologies (21 papers), Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (15 papers) and Random lasers and scattering media (12 papers). A. E. El-Taher is often cited by papers focused on Optical Network Technologies (21 papers), Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (15 papers) and Random lasers and scattering media (12 papers). A. E. El-Taher collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Russia. A. E. El-Taher's co-authors include Paul Harper, Sergei K. Turitsyn, Sergey A. Babin, Juan Diego Ania‐Castañón, Dmitry V. Churkin, S. I. Kablukov, Evgenii Podivilov, E. V. Podivilov, Yuen Hong Tsang and V. Karalekas and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Photonics and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

A. E. El-Taher

37 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Random distributed feedback fibre laser 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Random distributed feedback fibre laser
    2010 727 citations Sergei K. Turitsyn, Sergey A. Babin et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. E. El-Taher United Kingdom 15 1.2k 1.1k 974 361 359 40 1.7k
S. I. Kablukov Russia 28 1.3k 1.1× 2.5k 2.3× 2.5k 2.6× 430 1.2× 274 0.8× 169 3.2k
Jinyong Leng China 30 411 0.3× 1.9k 1.8× 2.4k 2.5× 280 0.8× 55 0.2× 197 2.7k
Ilya D. Vatnik Russia 14 1.0k 0.9× 1.0k 0.9× 729 0.7× 316 0.9× 273 0.8× 65 1.3k
Brandon Rodenburg United States 12 99 0.1× 992 0.9× 398 0.4× 334 0.9× 307 0.9× 22 1.1k
Pablo I. R. Pincheira Brazil 12 397 0.3× 311 0.3× 138 0.1× 67 0.2× 97 0.3× 18 497
Aart Lagendijk Netherlands 13 199 0.2× 547 0.5× 322 0.3× 268 0.7× 111 0.3× 19 696
Raktim Sarma United States 14 327 0.3× 532 0.5× 496 0.5× 322 0.9× 129 0.4× 52 976
Juan Sebastian Totero Gongora United Kingdom 17 306 0.3× 506 0.5× 428 0.4× 374 1.0× 87 0.2× 44 1.0k
Ravitej Uppu India 15 321 0.3× 462 0.4× 264 0.3× 93 0.3× 263 0.7× 38 708
Rodrigo Amezcua Correa United States 18 92 0.1× 744 0.7× 1.4k 1.4× 172 0.5× 64 0.2× 100 1.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Preciado, Miguel A., A. E. El-Taher, Kate Sugden, & Xuewen Shu. (2019). Spatially distributed delay line interferometer based on transmission Bragg scattering. Optics Letters. 44(17). 4319–4319. 1 indexed citations
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Gordienko, Vladimir, M. F. C. Stephens, A. E. El-Taher, & N.J. Doran. (2017). Ultra-flat wideband single-pump Raman-enhanced parametric amplification. Optics Express. 25(5). 4810–4810. 42 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Md Asif, Mingming Tan, Lukasz Krzczanowicz, et al.. (2017). Noise and transmission performance improvement of broadband distributed Raman amplifier using bidirectional Raman pumping with dual order co-pumps. Optics Express. 25(22). 27533–27533. 14 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Md Asif, Mingming Tan, A. E. El-Taher, & Paul Harper. (2017). RIN and transmission performance improvement using second order and broadband first order forward Raman pumping. 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Md Asif, Mingming Tan, Lukasz Krzczanowicz, et al.. (2016). Noise Performance Improvement of Broadband Distributed Raman Amplifier Using Dual Order Bidirectional Pumping. 26. AF4G.2–AF4G.2. 1 indexed citations
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El-Taher, A. E., et al.. (2014). Secure key distribution over a 500 km long link using a Raman ultra‐long fiber laser. Laser & Photonics Review. 8(3). 436–442. 32 indexed citations
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Pang, Xiaodan, A. E. El-Taher, Richard Schatz, et al.. (2014). Characterization of Distributed Raman Amplification- induced Amplitude and Phase Impairments on Unrepeated Coherent Transmission Links. 38. AF2D.4–AF2D.4. 2 indexed citations
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Churkin, Dmitry V., A. E. El-Taher, Ilya D. Vatnik, et al.. (2012). Experimental and theoretical study of longitudinal power distribution in a random DFB fiber laser. Optics Express. 20(10). 11178–11178. 58 indexed citations
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Turitsyna, Elena G., Gregory Falkovich, A. E. El-Taher, et al.. (2012). Optical turbulence and spectral condensate in long fibre lasers. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 468(2145). 2496–2508. 23 indexed citations
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El-Taher, A. E., Sergey Sergeyev, Elena G. Turitsyna, Paul Harper, & Sergei K. Turitsyn. (2012). Intermittent Self-Pulsing in a Fiber Raman Laser. 77. JM5A.43–JM5A.43. 1 indexed citations
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Churkin, Dmitry V., A. E. El-Taher, Ilya D. Vatnik, & С. А. Бабин. (2012). Study of the longitudinal distribution of power generated in a random distributed feedback Raman fibre laser with unidirectional pumping. Quantum Electronics. 42(9). 774–777. 3 indexed citations
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Babin, Sergey A., A. E. El-Taher, Paul Harper, Evgenii Podivilov, & Sergei K. Turitsyn. (2012). Broadly tunable high-power random fibre laser. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8237. 82373E–82373E. 2 indexed citations
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El-Taher, A. E., Paul Harper, Sergey A. Babin, et al.. (2011). Effect of Rayleigh-scattering distributed feedback on multiwavelength Raman fiber laser generation. Optics Letters. 36(2). 130–130. 113 indexed citations
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Alcón-Camas, M., A. E. El-Taher, Juan Diego Ania‐Castañón, & Paul Harper. (2010). Gain bandwidth optimisation and enhancement in ultra-long Raman fibre laser based amplifiers. 101. 1–3. 6 indexed citations
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El-Taher, A. E., M. Alcón-Camas, Sergey A. Babin, et al.. (2010). Dual-wavelength, ultralong Raman laser with Rayleigh-scattering feedback. Optics Letters. 35(7). 1100–1100. 63 indexed citations
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Alcón-Camas, M., A. E. El-Taher, Hai Wang, et al.. (2009). Long-distance soliton transmission through ultralong fiber lasers. Optics Letters. 34(20). 3104–3104. 7 indexed citations
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Turitsyn, Sergei K., Juan Diego Ania‐Castañón, Sergey A. Babin, et al.. (2009). 270-km Ultralong Raman Fiber Laser. Physical Review Letters. 103(13). 133901–133901. 65 indexed citations
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El-Taher, A. E., et al.. (2009). High efficiency supercontinuum generation using ultra-long Raman fiber cavities. Optics Express. 17(20). 17909–17909. 29 indexed citations
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Tsang, Yuen Hong, A. E. El-Taher, Terence A. King, & Stuart D. Jackson. (2006). Efficient 2.96 µm dysprosium-doped fluoride fibre laser pumped with a Nd:YAG laser operating at 1.3 µm. Optics Express. 14(2). 678–678. 72 indexed citations
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El-Taher, A. E. & David J. Binks. (2005). Bandwidth dependence of pulse duration in intra-cavity frequency-doubled lasers: theory and experiment. Journal of Modern Optics. 52(13). 1809–1818.

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