C. David Wright

14.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
234 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

C. David Wright is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, C. David Wright has authored 234 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 114 papers in Materials Chemistry and 60 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in C. David Wright's work include Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (100 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (49 papers) and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (44 papers). C. David Wright is often cited by papers focused on Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (100 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (49 papers) and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (44 papers). C. David Wright collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. C. David Wright's co-authors include Harish Bhaskaran, Wolfram H. P. Pernice, Peiman Hosseini, Carlos Rı́os, Nathan Youngblood, Johannes Feldmann, Matthias Stegmaier, Zengguang Cheng, Alexander N. Tait and Paul R. Prucnal and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

C. David Wright

226 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Photonics for artificial intelligence and neuromorphic computing

2021 1.0k citations Bhavin J. Shastri, Alexander N. Tait et al. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford) profile →
All-optical spiking neurosynaptic networks with self-learning capabilities

2019 1.0k citations Johannes Feldmann, Nathan Youngblood et al. Nature profile →
Parallel convolutional processing using an integrated photonic tensor core

2021 971 citations Anton Lukashchuk, Manuel Le Gallo et al. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford) profile →
Integrated all-photonic non-volatile multi-level memory

2015 884 citations C. David Wright, Harish Bhaskaran et al. Nature Photonics profile →
An optoelectronic framework enabled by low-dimensional phase-change films

2014 600 citations C. David Wright, Harish Bhaskaran et al. Nature profile →
On-chip photonic synapse

2017 461 citations Wolfram H. P. Pernice, C. David Wright et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. David Wright United Kingdom	45	8.1k	4.2k	4.1k	1.6k	1.6k	234	11.1k
Harish Bhaskaran United Kingdom	45	7.8k 1.0×	3.6k 0.9×	5.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	139	10.6k
Peng Zhou China	70	12.0k 1.5×	1.1k 0.3×	8.4k 2.0×	1.1k 0.7×	962 0.6×	373	16.8k
Suman Datta United States	68	15.6k 1.9×	1.1k 0.3×	5.5k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	514	18.1k
Jin‐Hong Park South Korea	57	7.2k 0.9×	689 0.2×	6.0k 1.5×	735 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	304	11.3k
Qiangfei Xia United States	51	14.8k 1.8×	2.1k 0.5×	3.0k 0.7×	380 0.2×	574 0.4×	137	16.4k
Yue Hao China	51	7.3k 0.9×	866 0.2×	5.8k 1.4×	6.1k 3.8×	1.6k 1.0×	987	13.1k
Ting‐Chang Chang Taiwan	57	17.2k 2.1×	913 0.2×	4.7k 1.1×	988 0.6×	459 0.3×	719	19.1k
Chul‐Ho Lee South Korea	42	5.4k 0.7×	306 0.1×	7.9k 1.9×	1.3k 0.8×	827 0.5×	111	11.3k
Chen Ge China	40	4.0k 0.5×	423 0.1×	2.4k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	218 0.1×	306	6.9k
Sharath Sriram Australia	55	6.0k 0.7×	273 0.1×	4.7k 1.1×	3.6k 2.3×	1.5k 1.0×	306	12.0k

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Lenzini, Francesco, Frank Brückerhoff‐Plückelmann, Michael Kues, et al.. (2025). The potential of multidimensional photonic computing. Nature Reviews Physics. 7(8). 439–450. 3 indexed citations

Bertolotti, Jacopo, et al.. (2023). Filtering and Modulation from the Infrared to the Terahertz using Phase‐Change Extraordinary Optical Transmission Metasurfaces. physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters. 17(8). 2 indexed citations

Galarreta, Carlota Ruíz de, Elisa García‐Tabarés, Martín López‐García, et al.. (2023). Building Conventional Metasurfaces with Unconventional Interband Plasmonics: A Versatile Route for Sustainable Structural Color Generation Based on Bismuth. Advanced Optical Materials. 12(10). 4 indexed citations

Galarreta, Carlota Ruíz de, et al.. (2023). A Route to Ultra‐Fast Amplitude‐Only Spatial Light Modulation using Phase‐Change Materials. Advanced Optical Materials. 11(18). 9 indexed citations

Brückerhoff‐Plückelmann, Frank, et al.. (2023). Hybrid Electro-Optic Crossbar Array for Matrix-Vector Multiplications. SF3E.8–SF3E.8. 1 indexed citations

Dong, Bowei, Samarth Aggarwal, Wen Zhou, et al.. (2023). Higher-dimensional processing using a photonic tensor core with continuous-time data. Nature Photonics. 17(12). 1080–1088. 76 indexed citations

Galarreta, Carlota Ruíz de, et al.. (2022). Optical and Thermal Design and Analysis of Phase-Change Metalenses for Active Numerical Aperture Control. Nanomaterials. 12(15). 2689–2689. 5 indexed citations

Gemo, Emanuele, Joaquín Faneca, Santiago Carrillo, et al.. (2021). A plasmonically enhanced route to faster and more energy-efficient phase-change integrated photonic memory and computing devices. Journal of Applied Physics. 129(11). 25 indexed citations

Carrillo, Santiago, Emanuele Gemo, Peter Bienstman, et al.. (2021). System-Level Simulation for Integrated Phase-Change Photonics. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 39(20). 6392–6402. 11 indexed citations

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Feldmann, Johannes, Nathan Youngblood, Maxim Karpov, et al.. (2021). Publisher Correction: Parallel convolutional processing using an integrated photonic tensor core. Nature. 591(7849). E13–E13. 19 indexed citations

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Galarreta, Carlota Ruíz de, et al.. (2021). Enhanced Performance and Diffusion Robustness of Phase-Change Metasurfaces via a Hybrid Dielectric/Plasmonic Approach. Nanomaterials. 11(2). 525–525. 10 indexed citations

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Shastri, Bhavin J., Alexander N. Tait, Thomas Ferreira de Lima, et al.. (2021). Photonics for artificial intelligence and neuromorphic computing. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 1021 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lukashchuk, Anton, Manuel Le Gallo, Abu Sebastian, et al.. (2021). Parallel convolutional processing using an integrated photonic tensor core. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 971 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wright, C. David, et al.. (2017). An analysis of anaphylaxis cases at a single pediatric emergency department during a 1-year period. Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology. 118(4). 461–464. 23 indexed citations

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Wright, C. David, Yanwei Liu, K. Koháry, Mustafa M. Aziz, & R. J. Hicken. (2011). Arithmetic and Biologically‐Inspired Computing Using Phase‐Change Materials. Advanced Materials. 23(30). 3408–3413. 214 indexed citations

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Nutter, Paul W., et al.. (2003). Fabrication of patterned Pt/Co multilayers for high-density probe storage. IEE Proceedings - Science Measurement and Technology. 150(5). 227–231. 5 indexed citations

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Wright, C. David, et al.. (2003). Spice modelling of PCRAM devices. IEE Proceedings - Science Measurement and Technology. 150(5). 237–239. 10 indexed citations

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Yu, Wennian, C. David Wright, S.P. Banks, & Eric J. Palmiere. (2003). Cellular automata method for simulating microstructure evolution. IEE Proceedings - Science Measurement and Technology. 150(5). 211–213. 6 indexed citations

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Aziz, Mustafa M., B.K. Middleton, & C. David Wright. (2003). Signal-to-noise ratios in recorded patterned media. IEE Proceedings - Science Measurement and Technology. 150(5). 232–236. 2 indexed citations

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Wright, C. David, et al.. (2001). Temperature distributions in laser-heated biological tissue with application to birthmark removal. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 6(1). 74–74. 12 indexed citations

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