Charles Nelson

585 total citations
59 papers, 440 citations indexed

About

Charles Nelson is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Nelson has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 440 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 33 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Charles Nelson's work include Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (41 papers), Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (24 papers) and Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry (10 papers). Charles Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (41 papers), Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (24 papers) and Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry (10 papers). Charles Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. Charles Nelson's co-authors include Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic, Olga Korotkova, Joel M. Esposito, John Burkhardt, Yingfei Chen, Peter J. Reilly, David C. Cantu, Erin E. Kelly, Raymond M. Sova and Greg Gbur and has published in prestigious journals such as Optics Express, Sensors and Protein Science.

In The Last Decade

Charles Nelson

54 papers receiving 412 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles Nelson United States 14 268 264 142 43 40 59 440
Chengyu Fan China 10 172 0.6× 162 0.6× 86 0.6× 30 0.7× 30 0.8× 27 364
V. I. Nikishov Ukraine 2 242 0.9× 290 1.1× 100 0.7× 47 1.1× 101 2.5× 5 370
Xinlei Zhu China 16 566 2.1× 131 0.5× 304 2.1× 25 0.6× 39 1.0× 39 652
Santasri Basu United States 9 267 1.0× 149 0.6× 130 0.9× 43 1.0× 6 0.1× 31 333
Xiaoli Yin China 13 352 1.3× 448 1.7× 141 1.0× 117 2.7× 45 1.1× 44 577
Carlos López-Mariscal Mexico 13 450 1.7× 103 0.4× 256 1.8× 18 0.4× 11 0.3× 34 508
Nathan Farwell United States 6 310 1.2× 444 1.7× 151 1.1× 70 1.6× 148 3.7× 10 531
Wenhe Du China 10 237 0.9× 346 1.3× 78 0.5× 87 2.0× 7 0.2× 23 410
Huan Chang China 13 312 1.2× 319 1.2× 106 0.7× 25 0.6× 54 1.4× 30 435

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Fields of papers citing papers by Charles Nelson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles Nelson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nelson, Charles, et al.. (2025). Polarization encoded visible light communication at 550 m in full daylight. Optics Communications. 591. 132159–132159.
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Nelson, Charles, et al.. (2024). Effective Benchmarks for Optical Turbulence Modeling. 3(4). 1 indexed citations
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Nelson, Charles, et al.. (2024). Long-term measurement and characterization of boundary layer optical turbulence. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 41(6). B65–B65. 1 indexed citations
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Nelson, Charles, et al.. (2023). Hybrid optical turbulence models using machine-learning and local measurements. Applied Optics. 62(18). 4880–4880. 3 indexed citations
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Nelson, Charles, et al.. (2021). Machine-learning informed macro-meteorological models for the near-maritime environment. Applied Optics. 60(11). 2938–2938. 19 indexed citations
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Avramov-Zamurovic, Svetlana, et al.. (2021). Neural network classification of structured light in optical turbulence. 11–11. 4 indexed citations
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Burkhardt, John, et al.. (2020). Machine learning informed predictor importance measures of environmental parameters in maritime optical turbulence. Applied Optics. 59(21). 6379–6379. 22 indexed citations
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Nelson, Charles, et al.. (2020). Measurement and analysis of atmospheric optical turbulence in a near-maritime environment. 1(2). 24006–24006. 16 indexed citations
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Avramov-Zamurovic, Svetlana, Charles Nelson, & Milo W. Hyde. (2019). Experimental study: underwater propagation of super-Gaussian and multi-Gaussian Schell-model partially coherent beams with varying degrees of spatial coherence. OSA Continuum. 2(2). 450–450. 4 indexed citations
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Jenkins, R. Brian, et al.. (2019). Discerning localized thermal impulses using an embedded distributed optical fiber sensor network. 869308. 71–71. 1 indexed citations
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Ross, Michael J., R. Brian Jenkins, Charles Nelson, & Peter Joyce. (2019). High Temperature Effects during High Energy Laser Strikes on Embedded Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors. Sensors. 19(6). 1432–1432. 4 indexed citations
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Nelson, Charles, et al.. (2018). Analysis of orbital angular momentum laser beams for applications in underwater communication. 30–30. 1 indexed citations
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Avramov-Zamurovic, Svetlana, et al.. (2015). Experimental study of electromagnetic Bessel-Gaussian Schell Model beams propagating in a turbulent channel. Optics Communications. 359. 207–215. 25 indexed citations
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Nelson, Charles, et al.. (2013). Measurements of partially spatially coherent laser beam intensity fluctuations propagating through a hot-air turbulence emulator and comparison with both terrestrial and maritime environments. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8610. 86100T–86100T. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Yingfei, et al.. (2011). Structural classification and properties of ketoacyl synthases. Protein Science. 20(10). 1659–1667. 46 indexed citations
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Korotkova, Olga, et al.. (2011). Probability density function of the intensity of a laser beam propagating in the maritime environment. Optics Express. 19(21). 20322–20322. 25 indexed citations
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Nelson, Charles, et al.. (2011). PDF computations for power-in-the-bucket measurements of an IR laser beam propagating in the maritime environment. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8038. 80380G–80380G. 4 indexed citations
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Nelson, Charles, et al.. (2002). Designing for signal integrity in high speed systems. 1. 536–537.

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