Alan Kost

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Alan Kost is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Kost has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 49 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 15 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alan Kost's work include Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (37 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (24 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (23 papers). Alan Kost is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (37 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (24 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (23 papers). Alan Kost collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Alan Kost's co-authors include Lee Tutt, Marvin B. Klein, T. K. Dougherty, T. C. Hasenberg, E. Garmire, R. H. Miles, D. H. Chow, P.D. Dapkus, Xiaolan Sun and H. L. Dunlap and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Alan Kost

69 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Kost United States	18	790	716	635	541	494	76	1.6k
Kamjou Mansour United States	15	830 1.1×	769 1.1×	450 0.7×	326 0.6×	172 0.3×	38	1.5k
James H. Bechtel United States	10	256 0.3×	343 0.5×	329 0.5×	420 0.8×	135 0.3×	32	1.1k
Sonja Sioncke Belgium	23	209 0.3×	608 0.8×	542 0.9×	1.3k 2.4×	193 0.4×	93	1.7k
Lee Tutt United States	17	1.9k 2.4×	1.5k 2.1×	624 1.0×	422 0.8×	677 1.4×	34	2.6k
Simón Rivier Germany	18	225 0.3×	742 1.0×	922 1.5×	1.5k 2.7×	114 0.2×	36	1.8k
Zongshu Shao China	27	296 0.4×	832 1.2×	1.4k 2.2×	1.6k 3.0×	95 0.2×	144	2.3k
J. Jerphagnon France	12	285 0.4×	559 0.8×	894 1.4×	338 0.6×	147 0.3×	19	1.7k
Aran García-Lekue Spain	28	744 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	1.1k 1.8×	1.1k 2.1×	157 0.3×	76	2.1k
Daniel Lüftner Austria	19	364 0.5×	528 0.7×	588 0.9×	606 1.1×	79 0.2×	31	1.1k
Giancarlo Soavi Germany	24	272 0.3×	804 1.1×	621 1.0×	874 1.6×	56 0.1×	63	1.5k

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Zhou, Shuang, et al.. (2021). Tapered Mach–Zehnder interferometer based on PbS quantum dots modified by polymers for copper ion sensing. Applied Optics. 60(16). 4807–4807. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaolan, Nana Li, Bin Zhou, et al.. (2018). Non-enzymatic glucose detection based on phenylboronic acid modified optical fibers. Optics Communications. 416. 32–35. 22 indexed citations

Kost, Alan, et al.. (2016). Robotic laboratory for distance education. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9946. 99460O–99460O. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaolan, Wei Zhou, Fufei Pang, et al.. (2013). Optical fiber amplifiers based on PbS/CdS QDs modified by polymers. Optics Express. 21(7). 8214–8214. 23 indexed citations

Kost, Alan, et al.. (2010). Acceptance Angle and Illumination Uniformity for Overfilled Optical Concentrators. Imaging and Applied Optics Congress. STuE3–STuE3. 2 indexed citations

Suzuki, Shigeru, et al.. (2007). Modeling, design, fabrication, and testing of a fiber Bragg grating strain sensor array. Applied Optics. 46(14). 2563–2563. 18 indexed citations

Chen, Chia‐Hung, R. Reynolds, & Alan Kost. (2006). Origin of spectral modal noise in fiber-coupled spectrographs. Applied Optics. 45(3). 519–519. 19 indexed citations

Kost, Alan, et al.. (2005). Optical limiting with higher fullerenes. Applied Physics B. 80(3). 281–283. 23 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaolan, et al.. (2004). Large blueshift of the band gap of GaAsSb∕AlSb quantum wells with ion implantation. Applied Physics Letters. 86(1). 1 indexed citations

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Yap, D., et al.. (2001). High-speed integrated optoelectronic modulation circuit. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 13(6). 626–628. 11 indexed citations

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Minden, Monica L., et al.. (1997). A range-resolved Doppler imaging sensor based on fiber lasers. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 3(4). 1080–1086. 3 indexed citations

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Kost, Alan, et al.. (1997). 3 to 5-um lasers employing GaInSb/InAs superlattice active layers. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3001. 321–321. 1 indexed citations

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Minden, Monica L., H. Bruesselbach, C. J. Gaeta, et al.. (1995). Long-pulse coherent waveforms from a fiber laser. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations

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Garmire, E., et al.. (1995). Operating characteristics of InGaAs-GaAs MQW hetero-nipi waveguide modulators. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 7(8). 878–880. 4 indexed citations

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Chow, D. H., et al.. (1995). Mid-wave infrared diode lasers based on GaInSb/InAs and InAs/AlSb superlattices. Applied Physics Letters. 67(25). 3700–3702. 75 indexed citations

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Huang, X. R., Martin D. Dawson, Thomas F. Boggess, et al.. (1992). Picosecond optical nonlinearities in a strained InAs/GaAs hetero n-i-p-i structure. Journal of Applied Physics. 71(2). 929–932. 5 indexed citations

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Kost, Alan, E. Garmire, & T. C. Hasenberg. (1990). Charge Transport Enhanced Optical Nonlinearities In Semiconductors. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1148. 144–144. 1 indexed citations

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Kost, Alan, et al.. (1989). Band-edge absorption coefficients from photoluminescence in semiconductor multiple quantum wells. Applied Physics Letters. 54(14). 1356–1358. 14 indexed citations

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Kost, Alan, et al.. (1988). Nonlinear Measurements In Multiple Quantum Wells Of Gaas/Algaas Fabricated By Mocvd. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 881. 122–122. 4 indexed citations

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Kost, Alan, et al.. (1987). Contributions to optical absorption in GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells. Annual Meeting Optical Society of America. MR7–MR7. 1 indexed citations

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