C. L. Thompson

823 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 629 citations indexed

About

C. L. Thompson is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, C. L. Thompson has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 629 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 7 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in C. L. Thompson's work include Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (10 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (10 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (8 papers). C. L. Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (10 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (10 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (8 papers). C. L. Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. C. L. Thompson's co-authors include A. Grunnet-Jepsen, W. E. Moerner, Robert J. Twieg, G. H. Rieke, D. M. Williams, Erick T. Young, James Cadien, R. Schnurr, C.J. Thompson and Khanh Q. Nguyen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Applied Physics Letters and Optics Letters.

In The Last Decade

C. L. Thompson

18 papers receiving 607 citations

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PHOTOREFRACTIVE POLYMERS

1997 240 citations W. E. Moerner, A. Grunnet-Jepsen et al. Annual Review of Materials Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. L. Thompson United States	10	490	422	147	71	70	18	629
Renata Butkutė Lithuania	14	332 0.7×	355 0.8×	123 0.8×	255 3.6×	21 0.3×	67	549
G. Hertel United States	5	393 0.8×	99 0.2×	127 0.9×	134 1.9×	44 0.6×	9	616
Y. Ootuka Japan	14	677 1.4×	196 0.5×	97 0.7×	297 4.2×	19 0.3×	37	961
Gopakumar Ramakrishnan Netherlands	12	222 0.5×	309 0.7×	64 0.4×	110 1.5×	49 0.7×	16	474
E.H. Westerwick United States	9	185 0.4×	366 0.9×	81 0.6×	57 0.8×	32 0.5×	22	570
S. N. Song United States	10	258 0.5×	84 0.2×	175 1.2×	241 3.4×	10 0.1×	35	643
Zhaoyang Liu China	8	372 0.8×	293 0.7×	102 0.7×	133 1.9×	42 0.6×	15	557
Yuma Takida Japan	17	217 0.4×	538 1.3×	153 1.0×	30 0.4×	125 1.8×	86	633
J. P. Vieren France	17	905 1.8×	717 1.7×	43 0.3×	398 5.6×	9 0.1×	54	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. L. Thompson

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18 of 18 papers shown

Thompson, C.J., et al.. (2002). Improving the performance of small planar detectors for dedicated PET instruments. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 49(1). 111–115. 11 indexed citations

Grunnet-Jepsen, A., C. L. Thompson, & W. E. Moerner. (1998). Systematics of two-wave mixing in a photorefractive polymer. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 15(2). 905–905. 53 indexed citations

Schnurr, R., C. L. Thompson, Jeffrey W. Beeman, et al.. (1998). Design of the stressed Ge:Ga far-infrared array for SIRTF. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3354. 322–322. 7 indexed citations

McMahon, Thomas J., David Michika, Richard Pearson, et al.. (1998). Multiband imaging photometer for SIRTF. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3356. 985–985. 11 indexed citations

Grunnet-Jepsen, A., C. L. Thompson, & W. E. Moerner. (1998). Gain enhancement by moving gratings in a photorefractive polymer. Optics Communications. 145(1-6). 145–149. 7 indexed citations

Grunnet-Jepsen, A., C. L. Thompson, Robert J. Twieg, & W. E. Moerner. (1998). Amplified scattering in a high-gain photorefractive polymer. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 15(2). 901–901. 32 indexed citations

Young, Erick T., C. L. Thompson, G. H. Rieke, et al.. (1998). Far-infrared imaging array for SIRTF. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3354. 57–57. 32 indexed citations

Grunnet-Jepsen, A., C. L. Thompson, & W. E. Moerner. (1997). Spontaneous Oscillation and Self-Pumped Phase Conjugation in a Photorefractive Polymer Optical Amplifier. Science. 277(5325). 549–552. 67 indexed citations

Moerner, W. E., A. Grunnet-Jepsen, & C. L. Thompson. (1997). PHOTOREFRACTIVE POLYMERS. Annual Review of Materials Science. 27(1). 585–623. 240 indexed citations breakdown →

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Grunnet-Jepsen, A., C. L. Thompson, & W. E. Moerner. (1997). Measurement of the spatial phase shift in high-gain photorefractive materials. Optics Letters. 22(12). 874–874. 21 indexed citations

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Moerner, W. E., A. Grunnet-Jepsen, C. L. Thompson, Matthew S. Bratcher, & Robert J. Twieg. (1997). Recent advances in photorefractive polymer materials. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3147. 84–84. 4 indexed citations

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Grunnet-Jepsen, A., C. L. Thompson, Robert J. Twieg, & W. E. Moerner. (1997). High performance photorefractive polymer with improved stability. Applied Physics Letters. 70(12). 1515–1517. 95 indexed citations

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Grunnet-Jepsen, A., C. L. Thompson, & W. E. Moerner. (1997). Optical Limiting in a Photorefractive Polymer. MRS Proceedings. 479. 3 indexed citations

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Moerner, W. E., A. Grunnet-Jepsen, C. L. Thompson, & Robert J. Twieg. (1996). <title>Mechanisms of photorefractivity in polymer composites</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2850. 2–13. 3 indexed citations

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Young, Erick T., et al.. (1995). Test results for the SIRTF far-infrared array module. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2475. 435–435. 5 indexed citations

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Thompson, C. L., G. H. Rieke, & Erick T. Young. (1995). Compact and versatile far-infrared imager for SIRTF. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2475. 449–449. 1 indexed citations

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Rieke, Marcia, et al.. (1993). Ground-based camera experience with NICMOS arrays. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1946. 179–179. 9 indexed citations

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Williams, D. M., et al.. (1993). Compact high-resolution IR spectrometer for the Columbus Telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1946. 482–482. 28 indexed citations

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