A. McPherson

4.9k citations

56 papers · 3.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 21

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 2%
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.5%
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

Papers in

Radiation 16
- X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis 14
- Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques 9
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 42
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications 35
- Atomic and Molecular Physics 17
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies 14

Co-authors: K. Boyer C. K. Rhodes T. S. Luk George N. Gibson A. Borisov I. A. McIntyre Ulrich Johann Hernán Jara
Journals: Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics (11 papers)Optics Letters (4 papers)Applied Physics B (4 papers)Journal of the Optical Society of America B (3 papers)Physical Review A (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan Russia

In The Last Decade

A. McPherson

55 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Multiphoton-induced X-ray emission at 4–5 keV from Xe atoms with multiple core vacancies 1994 · 339 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1994 Nature
1987 Journal of the Optical Society of America B

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#	Work
1	Differentiable Modelling of Percussive Audio with Transient and Spectral Synthesis John W. Foster Law Club, Yokoyama Ken'ichi, Andrew Robertson, M. Sandler, Charalampos Saitis, A. McPherson	2024	0
2	Time-resolved measurements of self-focusing pulses in air Optics Letters ·Aaron Bernstein, Jean‐Claude Diels, Ting S. Luk, Thomas R. Nelson, A. McPherson, Stewart Cameron	2003	20
3	A synchronized rotating crystal x-ray beam chopper Review of Scientific Instruments ·A. McPherson, Ivan Lee, Dennis M. Mills	2002	13
4	A new high-speed beam chopper for time-resolved X-ray studies Journal of Synchrotron Radiation ·A. McPherson, Jin Wang, Peter L. Lee, Dennis M. Mills	2000	22
5	Pump laser wavelength-dependent control of the efficiency of kilovolt x-ray emission from atomic clusters Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics ·W. Andreas Schroeder, Fiorenzo G. Omenetto, A. Borisov, J. W. Longworth, A. McPherson, Мирјана Илић, K. Boyer, K. Kondo, C. K. Rhodes	1998	32
6	Nonthermal Kilovolt X-ray Emission From Xe Clusters: Pump Laser Wavelength Scaling Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference ·W. Andreas Schroeder, A. Borisov, K. Boyer, A. McPherson, Sandiumenge Torres, C. K. Rhodes	1997	1
7	Wavelength dependence of multiphoton-induced Xe(M) and Xe(L) emissions from Xe clusters Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics ·K. Kondo, A. Borisov, Мирјана Илић, A. McPherson, W. Andreas Schroeder, K. Boyer, C. K. Rhodes	1997	46
8	Multi-electron ejection of inner-shell electrons through multiphoton excitation of clusters Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics ·B. D. Thompson, A. McPherson, K. Boyer, C. K. Rhodes	1994	42
9	Multiphoton induced x-ray emission from Kr clusters onM-shell (∼100 Å) andL-shell (∼6 Å) transitions Physical Review Letters ·A. McPherson, T. S. Luk, B. D. Thompson, A. Borisov, O. B. Shiryaev, Xun Chen, K. Boyer, C. K. Rhodes	1994	147
10	X-ray superradiance from multiphoton excited clusters Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics ·A. McPherson, K. Boyer, C. K. Rhodes	1994	14
11	X-ray emission from a 650-fs laser-produced barium plasma Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·W. H. Goldstein, A. Zigler, P. G. Burkhalter, D. J. Nagel, A. Bar‐Shalom, J. Oreg, T. S. Luk, A. McPherson, C. K. Rhodes	1993	13
12	Observation of relativistic and charge-displacement self-channeling of intense subpicosecond ultraviolet (248 nm) radiation in plasmas Physical Review Letters ·A. Borisov, A. V. Borovskiy, V. V. Korobkin, A. M. Prokhorov, O. B. Shiryaev, Xihang Shi, Ting S. Luk, A. McPherson, J. C. Solem, K. Boyer, C. K. Rhodes	1992	230
13	Generation of coherent extreme-ultraviolet and infrared radiation using six-wave mixing in argon Physical Review A ·George N. Gibson, T. S. Luk, A. McPherson, C. K. Rhodes	1991	13
14	Ion production and molecular excitation occurring in multiphoton processes Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms ·T. S. Luk, A. McPherson, George N. Gibson, K. Boyer, C. K. Rhodes	1989	2
15	Characteristics of a Non-Equilibrium Picosecond Laser Plasma George N. Gibson, R. Rosman, T. S. Luk, I. A. McIntyre, A. McPherson, Göran Wendin, K. Boyer, C. K. Rhodes	1988	2
16	Corresponding aspects of strong-field multiquantum processes and ion-atom collisions IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ·K. Boyer, George N. Gibson, Hernán Jara, T. S. Luk, I. A. McIntyre, A. McPherson, R. Rosman, J. C. Solem, C. K. Rhodes	1988	12
17	Studies of multiphoton production of vacuum-ultraviolet radiation in the rare gases Journal of the Optical Society of America B ·A. McPherson, George N. Gibson, Hernán Jara, Ulrich Johann, T. S. Luk, I. A. McIntyre, K. Boyer, C. K. Rhodes Hit paper breakdown →	1987	1195
18	High Power Subpicosecond KrF* Laser System Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·I. A. McIntyre, Avramski, Ting S. Luk, A. McPherson, K. Boyer, C. K. Rhodes	1986	2
19	Multi-quantum processes at high field strengths AIP conference proceedings ·Ulrich Johann, Ting S. Luk, I. A. McIntyre, A. McPherson, Avramski, K. Boyer, C. K. Rhodes	1986	4
20	Use of a scaling relationship for synchrotron radiation Physical review. A, General physics ·John S. Risley, A. McPherson, W. B. Westerveld	1981	5

About A. McPherson

A. McPherson is a scholar working on Radiation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Spectroscopy, having authored 56 papers that have together received 3.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (35 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (17 papers), X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (14 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (14 papers), Laser Design and Applications (10 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (9 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (9 papers) and Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.2k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.8k citations), Mechanics of Materials (976 citations), Structural Biology (51 citations) and Spectroscopy (503 citations). A. McPherson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Russia. Frequent co-authors include K. Boyer, C. K. Rhodes, T. S. Luk, George N. Gibson, A. Borisov, I. A. McIntyre, Ulrich Johann, Hernán Jara, B. D. Thompson and O. B. Shiryaev. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, Optics Letters, Applied Physics B, Journal of the Optical Society of America B and Physical Review A.

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