B. C. Edwards

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

B. C. Edwards is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Aerospace Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, B. C. Edwards has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 10 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in B. C. Edwards's work include Optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials (15 papers), Solid State Laser Technologies (6 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (5 papers). B. C. Edwards is often cited by papers focused on Optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials (15 papers), Solid State Laser Technologies (6 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (5 papers). B. C. Edwards collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. B. C. Edwards's co-authors include Richard I. Epstein, M. I. Buchwald, Carl E. Mungan, T. R. Gosnell, James E. Anderson, Chad Hoyt, Mansoor Sheik‐Bahae, S. J. Ostro, Christopher F. Chyba and Joseph J. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

B. C. Edwards

30 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Observation of laser-induced fluorescent cooling of a solid

1995 480 citations Richard I. Epstein, M. I. Buchwald et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
B. C. Edwards United States	15	987	633	263	229	218	33	1.3k
M. I. Buchwald United States	10	731 0.7×	502 0.8×	191 0.7×	160 0.7×	111 0.5×	23	889
A. Di Lieto Italy	25	1.4k 1.5×	1.4k 2.2×	88 0.3×	119 0.5×	380 1.7×	128	1.9k
L. T. Le Pottier France	20	503 0.5×	72 0.1×	78 0.3×	21 0.1×	230 1.1×	50	1.0k
Tamer F. Refaat United States	17	355 0.4×	510 0.8×	87 0.3×	46 0.2×	66 0.3×	89	987
Hidehiro Kaneda Japan	21	237 0.2×	237 0.4×	28 0.1×	19 0.1×	51 0.2×	180	1.8k
G. E. Duvall United States	18	253 0.3×	42 0.1×	49 0.2×	58 0.3×	681 3.1×	36	1.3k
Joel M. Hensley United States	13	499 0.5×	333 0.5×	179 0.7×	84 0.4×	32 0.1×	39	876
E. E. Bell United States	15	331 0.3×	300 0.5×	59 0.2×	6 0.0×	137 0.6×	28	765
B. Bumble United States	24	440 0.4×	842 1.3×	229 0.9×	10 0.0×	75 0.3×	113	1.9k
V. S. Édelman Russia	14	513 0.5×	139 0.2×	44 0.2×	43 0.2×	120 0.6×	74	764

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20 of 20 papers shown

Edwards, B. C., M. I. Buchwald, Richard I. Epstein, T. R. Gosnell, & Carl E. Mungan. (2025). Development of a Fluorescent Cryocooler. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University).

Edwards, B. C., et al.. (2009). Conversations with Bharati Mukherjee. University Press of Mississippi eBooks. 6 indexed citations

Edwards, B. C., et al.. (2003). The space elevator. 14 indexed citations

Edwards, B. C.. (2002). The Space Elevator: Concept Overview. 77–83. 2 indexed citations

Edwards, B. C.. (2002). The NIAC Space Elevator Program. 84–90. 4 indexed citations

Edwards, B. C. & H. E. Bennett. (2002). <title>Space elevator feasibility test using laser power beaming</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4632. 141–147. 4 indexed citations

Edwards, B. C.. (2002). <title>Space elevator: an ideal application for the free-electron laser</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4632. 134–140. 1 indexed citations

Hoyt, Chad, et al.. (2000). Observation of anti-stokes fluorescent cooling in thulium-doped glass. Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. 308–309. 2 indexed citations

Hoyt, Chad, Mansoor Sheik‐Bahae, Richard I. Epstein, B. C. Edwards, & James E. Anderson. (2000). Observation of Anti-Stokes Fluorescence Cooling in Thulium-Doped Glass. Physical Review Letters. 85(17). 3600–3603. 125 indexed citations

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Sigel, George H., et al.. (1999). Laser-induced fluorescent cooling of rare-earth-doped fluoride glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 253(1-3). 50–57. 12 indexed citations

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Edwards, B. C., M. I. Buchwald, & Richard I. Epstein. (1998). Development of the Los Alamos solid-state optical refrigerator. Review of Scientific Instruments. 69(5). 2050–2055. 37 indexed citations

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Mungan, Carl E., M. I. Buchwald, B. C. Edwards, Richard I. Epstein, & T. R. Gosnell. (1997). Laser Cooling of a Solid by 16 K Starting from Room Temperature. Physical Review Letters. 78(6). 1030–1033. 101 indexed citations

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Edwards, B. C., Christopher F. Chyba, James B. Abshire, et al.. (1997). <title>The Europa Ocean Discovery mission</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3111. 249–261. 1 indexed citations

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Mungan, Carl E., M. I. Buchwald, B. C. Edwards, Richard I. Epstein, & T. R. Gosnell. (1997). Internal laser cooling of Yb3+-doped glass measured between 100 and 300 K. Applied Physics Letters. 71(11). 1458–1460. 29 indexed citations

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Mungan, Carl E., M. I. Buchwald, B. C. Edwards, Richard I. Epstein, & T. R. Gosnell. (1997). Spectroscopic Determination of the Expected Optical Cooling of Ytterbium-Doped Glass. Materials science forum. 239-241. 501–504. 6 indexed citations

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Epstein, Richard I., M. I. Buchwald, B. C. Edwards, T. R. Gosnell, & Carl E. Mungan. (1995). Observation of laser-induced fluorescent cooling of a solid. Nature. 377(6549). 500–503. 480 indexed citations breakdown →

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Moss, C.E., et al.. (1994). A space fiber-optic X-ray burst detector. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 41(4). 1328–1332. 3 indexed citations

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Bloch, Jeffrey J., B. C. Edwards, W. Priedhorsky, et al.. (1994). <title>On-orbit performance of the ALEXIS EUV telescopes</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2280. 297–309. 3 indexed citations

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Moss, C.E., et al.. (1993). Gamma ray spectrometer for Lunar Scout 2. 1019. 1 indexed citations

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Juda, M., J. J. Bloch, B. C. Edwards, et al.. (1991). Limits on the density of neutral gas within 100 parsecs from observations of the soft X-ray background. The Astrophysical Journal. 367. 182–182. 19 indexed citations

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