C. V. Shank

23.1k citations

160 papers · 16.9k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 69

Impact in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.05%
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
- Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry top 0.1%
- Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies

Papers in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 122
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications 63
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies 34
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies 34
- Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices 18
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 26
- Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies 25

Co-authors: H. Kogelnik R. L. Fork Erich P. Ippen R. W. Schoenlein R. Yen C. Hirlimann P. C. Becker C. H. Brito Cruz
Journals: Applied Physics Letters (38 papers)Physical Review Letters (23 papers)IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (20 papers)Chemical Physics Letters (13 papers)Science (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States France Germany

In The Last Decade

C. V. Shank

157 papers receiving 15.7k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

The First Step in Vision: Femtosecond Isomerization of Rhodopsin 1991 · 671 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1991 Science
1987 Optics Letters
1983 Physical Review Letters
1981 Applied Physics Letters
1972 Journal of Applied Physics
1971 Applied Physics Letters

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	Spatially Precise Light‐Activated Dedoping in Wafer‐Scale MoS ₂ Films Advanced Materials ·Debjit Ghoshal, Goutam Paul, 佐和子小山, C. V. Shank, M.V. Kosmachev, 菅野一男, Jeiwan Tan, Di Leonardo C, Jordan A. Hachtel, Andrew J. Ferguson, Jeffrey L. Blackburn, Jao van de Lagemaat, Elisa M. Miller	2024	3
2	Three-Dimensional Super-resolution Imaging of Thick Biological Samples Microscopy and Microanalysis ·Alipasha Vaziri, Jintian Tang, Hari Shroff, C. V. Shank	2009	1
3	Interaction of relativistic electrons with ultrashort laser pulses: generation of femtosecond X-rays and microprobing of electron beams IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics ·Wim Leemans, R. W. Schoenlein, P. Volfbeyn, A. H. Chin, T. E. Glover, Péter Balling, M. Zolotorev, K.-J. Kim, Swapan Chattopadhyay, C. V. Shank	1997	39
4	Quantum confinement and ultrafast dephasing dynamics in InP nanocrystals Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·Uri Banin, Giulio Cerullo, A. A. Guzelian, Christopher J. Bardeen, A. Paul Alivisatos, C. V. Shank	1997	58
5	Ultrafast Dynamics of Solid C60 S. L. Dexheimer, Daniel M. Mittleman, R. W. Schoenlein, W. A. Vareka, X.‐D. Xiang, Alex Zettl, C. V. Shank	1992	0
6	Generation of tunable 9 femtosecond optical pulses in the near infrared Applied Physics Letters ·P. C. Becker, H. L. Fragnito, R. L. Fork, Nakul Bharadwaj, C. V. Shank	1989	31
7	Compression of optical pulses to 6 fs using cubic phase distortion compensation Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·C. H. Brito Cruz, R. L. Fork, C. V. Shank	1987	4
8	Direct observation of femtosecond intercarrier thermalization in gallium arsenide Fathiyah Nurfarrihah Alam, R. L. Fork, C. V. Shank	1987	1
9	Direct observation of femtosecond inter-carrier thermalization in gallium arsenide C. H. Brito Cruz, R. L. Fork, C. V. Shank	1987	1
10	Compression of optical pulses to six femtoseconds by using cubic phase compensation Optics Letters ·R. L. Fork, C. H. Brito Cruz, P. C. Becker, C. V. Shank Hit paper breakdown →	1987	610
11	Energy beam-solid interactions and transient thermal processing/1984 : symposium held November 26-30, 1984, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. D. K. Biegelsen, G. A. Rozgonyi, C. V. Shank	1985	1
12	Measurement of Ultrafast Phenomena in the Femtosecond Time Domain Science ·C. V. Shank	1983	51
13	Femtosecond excited-state relaxation in polyacetylene Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·C. V. Shank, R. Yen, J. Orenstein, George L. Baker	1983	44
14	Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductor Devices Science ·C. V. Shank, D. H. Auston	1982	8
15	Picosecond Dynamics of Photoexcited Gap States in Polyacetylene Physical Review Letters ·C. V. Shank, R. Yen, R. L. Fork, J. Orenstein, G. L. Baker	1982	201
16	Application of subpicosecond optical techniques to molecular dynamics Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·C. V. Shank, Erich P. Ippen, R. L. Fork, A. Migus, T. Kobayashi	1980	1
17	Picosecond Phenomena II : proceedings of the Second International Conference on Picosecond Phenomena, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, June 18-20, 1980 Springer eBooks ·Robin M. Hochstrasser, W. Kaiser, C. V. Shank	1980	0
18	Picosecond response of a high−repetition−rate CS2 optical Kerr gate Applied Physics Letters ·Erich P. Ippen, C. V. Shank	1975	124
19	Distributed-feedback lasers in thin-film optical waveguides IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics ·J. E. Bjorkholm, C. V. Shank	1972	53
20	Passive mode locking of the CW dye laser IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics ·C. V. Shank, Erich P. Ippen, A. Dienes	1972	4

About C. V. Shank

C. V. Shank is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Structural Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biophysics, having authored 160 papers that have together received 16.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (63 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (34 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (34 papers), Laser Design and Applications (27 papers), Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (25 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (22 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (18 papers) and Solid State Laser Technologies (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (12.2k citations), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (2.1k citations), Structural Biology (216 citations), Acoustics and Ultrasonics (126 citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (8.0k citations). C. V. Shank has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Frequent co-authors include H. Kogelnik, R. L. Fork, Erich P. Ippen, R. W. Schoenlein, R. Yen, C. Hirlimann, P. C. Becker, C. H. Brito Cruz, A. Dienes and Christopher J. Bardeen. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Physical Review Letters, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Chemical Physics Letters and Science.

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