C. Kan

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

C. Kan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Kan has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 4 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in C. Kan's work include Optical Network Technologies (10 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (9 papers) and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (6 papers). C. Kan is often cited by papers focused on Optical Network Technologies (10 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (9 papers) and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (6 papers). C. Kan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Austria. C. Kan's co-authors include N. H. Burnett, M. Schnürer, Christian Spielmann, Ferenc Krausz, P. Wobrauschek, S. Sartania, M. Lenzner, C. E. Capjack, R. Rankin and P. B. Corkum and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

C. Kan

18 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Generation of Coherent X-rays in the Water Window Using 5... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400 500
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. Generation of Coherent X-rays in the Water Window Using 5-Femtosecond Laser Pulses
    1997 534 citations Christian Spielmann, N. H. Burnett et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. Kan United States 10 931 424 222 218 107 19 1.1k
J. Seres Austria 14 822 0.9× 359 0.8× 172 0.8× 185 0.8× 94 0.9× 44 911
Jean-François Hergott France 16 1.0k 1.1× 331 0.8× 131 0.6× 308 1.4× 107 1.0× 39 1.1k
Catherine M. Herne United States 5 870 0.9× 359 0.8× 207 0.9× 154 0.7× 76 0.7× 11 950
E. Seres Austria 13 667 0.7× 306 0.7× 105 0.5× 154 0.7× 86 0.8× 38 748
Steve Gilbertson United States 18 1.2k 1.3× 413 1.0× 232 1.0× 375 1.7× 52 0.5× 33 1.3k
Eric Cunningham United States 13 708 0.8× 237 0.6× 144 0.6× 175 0.8× 34 0.3× 27 819
Stefan Haessler France 19 1.5k 1.6× 332 0.8× 179 0.8× 634 2.9× 167 1.6× 35 1.6k
P. Villoresi Italy 4 1.6k 1.7× 563 1.3× 212 1.0× 463 2.1× 69 0.6× 5 1.6k
Andrew Chew United States 12 1.0k 1.1× 227 0.5× 233 1.0× 219 1.0× 39 0.4× 18 1.1k
L. Le Déroff France 8 746 0.8× 285 0.7× 60 0.3× 259 1.2× 70 0.7× 19 815

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. Kan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Kan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of C. Kan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of C. Kan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with C. Kan. C. Kan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Li, An, et al.. (2017). H-V Plane Projection Based Polarization Recovery and Probabilistic Shaping for Stokes Vector Direct Detection. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. W3B.5–W3B.5. 2 indexed citations
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Li, An, et al.. (2017). Spectrally-Efficient Single-Carrier 400G Transmission Enabled by Probabilistic Shaping. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. M3C.1–M3C.1. 20 indexed citations
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Kan, C., et al.. (2016). Novel 12QAMo Modulation Format for Improved 200G Performance Trade-off. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. Th2A.44–Th2A.44. 1 indexed citations
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Peng, Wei-Ren, et al.. (2016). Adaptive Noise Whitening Filter and its Use with Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. Tu3K.7–Tu3K.7. 9 indexed citations
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Peng, Wei-Ren, et al.. (2015). Comparative Digital Mitigations of DAC Clock Tone Leakage in a Single-Carrier 400G System. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. Th2A.17–Th2A.17. 7 indexed citations
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Schnürer, M., Z. Cheng, P. Wobrauschek, et al.. (2005). Near-keV Coherent x-ray Source Pumped by a Sub-10fs Laser. 278. 338–338. 1 indexed citations
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Sizmann, A., C. Kan, M. Anthony Lewis, et al.. (2003). Polarization effects in ULH agile photonic networks. TuB1–15. 2 indexed citations
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Kan, C., et al.. (2002). Statistics of polarization-dependent loss, insertion loss, and signal power in optical communication systems. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 14(12). 1695–1697. 5 indexed citations
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Kan, C., et al.. (2002). Statistics of signal-to-noise ratio and path-accumulated power due to concatenation of polarization-dependent loss. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 14(10). 1418–1420. 8 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Torben, A.J. Stentz, Karsten Rottwitt, et al.. (2002). 3.28 Tb/s (82×40 Gb/s) transmission over 3×100 km nonzero-dispersion fiber using dual C- and L-band hybrid Raman/erbium doped inline amplifiers. 4. 236–238. 14 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Torben, A.J. Stentz, Karsten Rottwitt, et al.. (2000). 3.28-Tb/s transmission over 3 x 100 km of nonzero-dispersion fiber using dual C- and L-band distributed Raman amplification. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 12(8). 1079–1081. 24 indexed citations
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Spielmann, Christian, C. Kan, N. H. Burnett, et al.. (1998). Near-keV coherent X-ray generation with sub-10-fs lasers. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 4(2). 249–265. 42 indexed citations
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Schnürer, M., Christian Spielmann, P. Wobrauschek, et al.. (1998). Coherent 0.5-keV X-Ray Emission from Helium Driven by a Sub-10-fs Laser. Physical Review Letters. 80(15). 3236–3239. 148 indexed citations
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Kan, C.. (1997). Study of high harmonic generation in ionizing atomic gases. University of Alberta Library.
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Kan, C., N. H. Burnett, C. E. Capjack, & R. Rankin. (1997). Coherent XUV Generation from Gases Ionized by Several Cycle Optical Pulses. Physical Review Letters. 79(16). 2971–2974. 73 indexed citations
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Spielmann, Christian, N. H. Burnett, S. Sartania, et al.. (1997). Generation of Coherent X-rays in the Water Window Using 5-Femtosecond Laser Pulses. Science. 278(5338). 661–664. 534 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kan, C., C. E. Capjack, R. Rankin, Thomas Brabec, & N. H. Burnett. (1996). Phase-matched frequency conversion in ionizing atomic gases. Physical Review A. 54(2). R1026–R1029. 7 indexed citations
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Burnett, N. H., C. Kan, & P. B. Corkum. (1995). Ellipticity and polarization effects in harmonic generation in ionizing neon. Physical Review A. 51(5). R3418–R3421. 93 indexed citations
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Kan, C., C. E. Capjack, R. Rankin, & N. H. Burnett. (1995). Spectral and temporal structure in high harmonic emission from ionizing atomic gases. Physical Review A. 52(6). R4336–R4339. 86 indexed citations

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