Alan Arai

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Alan Arai is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Arai has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Computational Mechanics, 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alan Arai's work include Laser Material Processing Techniques (13 papers), Glass properties and applications (5 papers) and Solid State Laser Technologies (5 papers). Alan Arai is often cited by papers focused on Laser Material Processing Techniques (13 papers), Glass properties and applications (5 papers) and Solid State Laser Technologies (5 papers). Alan Arai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Alan Arai's co-authors include Lawrence Shah, Peter R. Herman, Shane M. Eaton, James M. Bovatsek, Fumiyo Yoshino, Haibin Zhang, Peter G. Kazansky, Erica Bricchi, Weijia Yang and Kiyotaka Miura and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Optics Express.

In The Last Decade

Alan Arai

19 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Heat accumulation effects in femtosecond laser-written waveguides with variable repetition rate

2005 619 citations Shane M. Eaton, Haibin Zhang et al. Optics Express profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Arai United States	9	943	576	359	289	232	19	1.2k
James M. Bovatsek United States	6	764 0.8×	465 0.8×	279 0.8×	222 0.8×	185 0.8×	14	911
Takayuki Tamaki Japan	12	730 0.8×	418 0.7×	166 0.5×	176 0.6×	270 1.2×	26	871
D. K. Y. Low United Kingdom	18	715 0.8×	518 0.9×	136 0.4×	292 1.0×	67 0.3×	40	1.0k
Nicolas Faure France	14	855 0.9×	415 0.7×	255 0.7×	80 0.3×	169 0.7×	22	1.0k
John Lopez France	16	638 0.7×	396 0.7×	178 0.5×	178 0.6×	140 0.6×	42	837
Andreas Michalowski Germany	12	628 0.7×	396 0.7×	277 0.8×	228 0.8×	122 0.5×	39	967
Philippe Cormont France	19	750 0.8×	637 1.1×	57 0.2×	233 0.8×	75 0.3×	42	1.0k
Friedrich Dausinger Germany	18	852 0.9×	400 0.7×	185 0.5×	279 1.0×	187 0.8×	86	1.2k
Phil Miller United States	11	604 0.6×	664 1.2×	77 0.2×	232 0.8×	70 0.3×	22	1000
Daniel J. Förster Germany	14	559 0.6×	224 0.4×	62 0.2×	173 0.6×	181 0.8×	33	817

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Fletcher, L. B., et al.. (2009). Changes to the network structure of Er–Yb doped phosphate glass induced by femtosecond laser pulses. Journal of Applied Physics. 106(8). 29 indexed citations

Kazansky, Peter G., Weijia Yang, Erica Bricchi, James M. Bovatsek, & Alan Arai. (2007). "Quill" Writing with Ultrashort Light Pulses in Transparent Optical Materials. 2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO). 1–2. 1 indexed citations

Kazansky, Peter G., Weijia Yang, Erica Bricchi, et al.. (2007). “Quill” writing with ultrashort light pulses in transparent materials. Applied Physics Letters. 90(15). 153 indexed citations

Krol, Denise M., Lawrence Shah, Fumiyo Yoshino, et al.. (2006). A spectroscopic comparison of femtosecond-laser-modified fused silica using kilohertz and megahertz laser systems. Journal of Applied Physics. 99(12). 46 indexed citations

Bovatsek, Jim, Alan Arai, & Chris B. Schaffer. (2006). Three-dimensional micromachining inside transparent materials using femtosecond laser pulses: New applications. 1–2. 13 indexed citations

Krol, Denise M., Lawrence Shah, Fumiyo Yoshino, et al.. (2006). Fluorescence and raman microscopy of waveguides fabricated using kHz and MHz repetition rate femtosecond lasers. 1–2. 1 indexed citations

Stock, M. L., Lawrence Shah, Bing Liu, et al.. (2006). Optimized precision micromachining using commercially available high-repetition rate microjoule femtosecond fiber lasers. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6108. 61080Q–61080Q. 2 indexed citations

Bovatsek, James M., et al.. (2006). Ultrashort pulse micromachining with the 10-μJ FCPA fiber laser. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6102. 610201–610201. 12 indexed citations

Yang, Weijia, Erica Bricchi, Peter G. Kazansky, James M. Bovatsek, & Alan Arai. (2006). Self-assembled periodic sub-wavelength structures by femtosecond laser direct writing. Optics Express. 14(21). 10117–10117. 81 indexed citations

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Shah, Lawrence, Fumiyo Yoshino, Alan Arai, et al.. (2005). MHz-rate ultrafast fiber laser for writing of optical waveguides in silica glasses. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5714. 253–253. 2 indexed citations

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Shah, Lawrence, Alan Arai, Shane M. Eaton, & Peter R. Herman. (2005). Waveguide writing in fused silica with a femtosecond fiber laser at 522 nm and 1 MHz repetition rate. Optics Express. 13(6). 1999–1999. 157 indexed citations

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Stock, M. L., G. Sucha, James M. Bovatsek, Tadashi Yamamoto, & Alan Arai. (2005). Reliable high-repetition-rate femtosecond microJoule fiber lasers for precision applications. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5714. 63–63. 1 indexed citations

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Eaton, Shane M., Haibin Zhang, Peter R. Herman, et al.. (2005). Heat accumulation effects in femtosecond laser-written waveguides with variable repetition rate. Optics Express. 13(12). 4708–4708. 619 indexed citations breakdown →

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Eaton, Shane M., Fumiyo Yoshino, Lawrence Shah, et al.. (2005). Thermal heating effects in writing optical waveguides with 0.1 - 5 MHz repetition rate. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5713. 35–35. 4 indexed citations

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Patel, Rajesh, et al.. (2003). Temporal pulse shaping using fiber laser technology: nano-scaling for flexible industrial laser material processing. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4830. 352–352. 2 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Masahiko, et al.. (1996). VEHICLE LATERAL CONTROL DEVELOPMENT USING LASER RADAR TO DETECT REFLECTIVE LANE MARKERS. Vehicle System Dynamics. 25(sup1). 359–369. 2 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Masahiko, et al.. (1995). <title>Vehicle lateral control system using laser radar</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2344. 267–277. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weibin, Huei Peng, Alan Arai, et al.. (1992). FULL-SCALE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF VEHICLE LATERAL CONTROL SYSTEM. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 3 indexed citations

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Peng, Huei, Masayoshi Tomizuka, Weibin Zhang, et al.. (1992). A Theoretical and Experimental Study on Vehicle Lateral Control. 47 indexed citations

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