A. Melikyan

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

A. Melikyan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Melikyan has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in A. Melikyan's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (55 papers), Optical Network Technologies (35 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (21 papers). A. Melikyan is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (55 papers), Optical Network Technologies (35 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (21 papers). A. Melikyan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. A. Melikyan's co-authors include Juerg Leuthold, Manfred Kohl, D. Hillerkuss, W. Freude, C. Koos, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, S. Muehlbrandt, Claudia Hoessbacher, Delwin L. Elder and Po Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Photonics, Optics Letters and Optics Express.

In The Last Decade

A. Melikyan

57 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

High-speed plasmonic phas... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2015 100 200 300 400
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. High-speed plasmonic phase modulators
    2014 474 citations A. Melikyan, A. Muslija et al. profile →
  2. All-plasmonic Mach–Zehnder modulator enabling optical high-speed communication at the microscale
    2015 426 citations Christian Haffner, Wolfgang Heni et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
A. Melikyan 1.7k 935 755 315 194 57 1.9k
Claudia Hoessbacher 1.8k 1.1× 861 0.9× 724 1.0× 445 1.4× 193 1.0× 71 2.1k
Barry Smalbrugge 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.5× 396 1.3× 140 0.7× 27 2.0k
D. Korn 1.7k 1.0× 447 0.5× 1.0k 1.3× 219 0.7× 141 0.7× 50 1.8k
Arne Josten 3.0k 1.8× 1.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.6× 577 1.8× 274 1.4× 95 3.5k
Benedikt Baeuerle 2.9k 1.8× 1.2k 1.3× 1.2k 1.6× 614 1.9× 281 1.4× 118 3.4k
Yuming Wei 749 0.5× 479 0.5× 714 0.9× 260 0.8× 205 1.1× 49 1.2k
T. de Vries 2.2k 1.4× 697 0.7× 1.4k 1.9× 188 0.6× 265 1.4× 99 2.6k
Hisashi Sumikura 941 0.6× 441 0.5× 795 1.1× 120 0.4× 160 0.8× 45 1.2k
Christopher T. Phare 1.9k 1.1× 595 0.6× 1.2k 1.6× 182 0.6× 161 0.8× 27 2.1k
Yok-Siang Oei 1.5k 0.9× 910 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 363 1.2× 132 0.7× 13 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by A. Melikyan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Melikyan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Xi, Ken Tanizawa, Peter J. Winzer, et al.. (2021). Experimental demonstration of a 4,294,967,296-QAM-based Y-00 quantum stream cipher template carrying 160-Gb/s 16-QAM signals. Optics Express. 29(4). 5658–5658. 36 indexed citations
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Dong, Po, A. Melikyan, Kwangwoong Kim, et al.. (2020). In-phase/quadrature modulation using directly reflectivity-modulated laser. Optica. 7(8). 929–929. 2 indexed citations
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Melikyan, A., Noriaki Kaneda, Kwangwoong Kim, Y. Baeyens, & Po Dong. (2020). Differential drive I/Q modulator based on silicon photonic electro-absorption modulators. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 1–1. 19 indexed citations
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Dong, Po, Anaëlle Maho, R. Brenot, Young-Kai Chen, & A. Melikyan. (2018). Directly Reflectivity Modulated Laser. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 36(5). 1255–1261. 11 indexed citations
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Dong, Po, A. Melikyan, & Kwangwoong Kim. (2018). Commercializing Silicon Microring Resonators: Technical Challenges and Potential Solutions. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. SM4B.3–SM4B.3. 12 indexed citations
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Valicourt, G. de, Chia-Ming Chang, Michael S. Eggleston, et al.. (2017). Photonic Integrated Circuit Based on Hybrid III–V/Silicon Integration. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 36(2). 265–273. 20 indexed citations
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Melikyan, A., G. de Valicourt, Kwangwoong Kim, et al.. (2017). Hybrid III-V/Silicon Laser with Integrated Athermal Wavelength Locker. 1–3. 3 indexed citations
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Valicourt, G. de, Chia-Ming Chang, Michael S. Eggleston, et al.. (2017). Hybrid-Integrated Wavelength and Reflectivity Tunable III–V/Silicon Transmitter. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 35(8). 1376–1382. 18 indexed citations
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Melikyan, A., M. Lauermann, R. Palmer, et al.. (2016). Plasmonic-organic hybrid (POH) modulators. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1–3. 1 indexed citations
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Leuthold, Juerg, Christian Haffner, Wolfgang Heni, et al.. (2015). Plasmonic devices for communications. 1–3. 6 indexed citations
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Heni, Wolfgang, Claudia Hoessbacher, Christian Haffner, et al.. (2015). High speed plasmonic modulator array enabling dense optical interconnect solutions. Optics Express. 23(23). 29746–29746. 46 indexed citations
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Melikyan, A., M. Lauermann, R. Palmer, et al.. (2015). Plasmonic-organic hybrid (POH) modulators for OOK and BPSK signaling at 40 Gbit/s. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 97. SM1I.1–SM1I.1. 2 indexed citations
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Muehlbrandt, S., A. Melikyan, T. Harter, et al.. (2015). Plasmonic Internal Photoemission Detectors with Responsivities above 0.12 A/W. 7. FTh3E.3–FTh3E.3. 3 indexed citations
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Hoessbacher, Claudia, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Alexandros Emboras, et al.. (2014). The plasmonic memristor: a latching optical switch. Optica. 1(4). 198–198. 97 indexed citations
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Haffner, Christian, Fabian Ducry, Manfred Kohl, et al.. (2014). High-speed plasmonic Mach-Zehnder modulator in a waveguide. 1–3. 11 indexed citations
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Melikyan, A., Manfred Kohl, Martin Sommer, et al.. (2014). Photonic-to-plasmonic mode converter. Optics Letters. 39(12). 3488–3488. 27 indexed citations
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Leuthold, Juerg, Claudia Hoessbacher, S. Muehlbrandt, et al.. (2013). Plasmonic Communications: Light on a Wire. Optics and Photonics News. 24(5). 28–28. 81 indexed citations
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Melikyan, A., Martin Sommer, Manfred Kohl, et al.. (2012). Plasmonic technology innovation: The chip-to-chip interconnect. 1 indexed citations
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Melikyan, A., N. Lindenmann, Stefan Walheim, et al.. (2011). Surface plasmon polariton absorption modulator. Optics Express. 19(9). 8855–8855. 201 indexed citations

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