D. E. Spence

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

D. E. Spence is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, D. E. Spence has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 2 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in D. E. Spence's work include Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (16 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (11 papers) and Solid State Laser Technologies (11 papers). D. E. Spence is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (16 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (11 papers) and Solid State Laser Technologies (11 papers). D. E. Spence collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. D. E. Spence's co-authors include W. Sibbett, P.N. Kean, W. Sibbett, W. E. Sleat, D. Burns, Kara D. Lamb, Alan Miller, Jonathan M. Evans, C. L. Tang and John M. Dudley and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Optics Letters and Journal of the Optical Society of America B.

In The Last Decade

D. E. Spence

16 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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60-fsec pulse generation from a self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser

1991 975 citations D. E. Spence, P.N. Kean et al. Optics Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. E. Spence United Kingdom	11	1.2k	979	99	87	73	18	1.3k
P.N. Kean United Kingdom	12	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	94 0.9×	85 1.0×	61 0.8×	33	1.4k
W. Sibbett United Kingdom	7	1.1k 0.9×	872 0.9×	90 0.9×	78 0.9×	65 0.9×	9	1.2k
V. Scheuer Germany	18	1.7k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	120 1.2×	140 1.6×	103 1.4×	45	1.9k
G. Angelow United States	15	1.3k 1.1×	999 1.0×	87 0.9×	116 1.3×	88 1.2×	26	1.5k
Franz X. Kärtner United States	17	1.6k 1.4×	1.3k 1.4×	94 0.9×	124 1.4×	91 1.2×	37	1.8k
François Salin France	20	930 0.8×	842 0.9×	161 1.6×	58 0.7×	59 0.8×	66	1.2k
E. E. Serebryannikov Russia	24	1.3k 1.1×	916 0.9×	110 1.1×	44 0.5×	123 1.7×	76	1.5k
D. Harter United States	25	1.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	135 1.4×	177 2.0×	111 1.5×	74	2.1k
D. Kuizenga United States	17	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	73 0.7×	40 0.5×	60 0.8×	27	1.3k
Yoann Zaouter France	27	1.7k 1.4×	1.5k 1.5×	220 2.2×	56 0.6×	94 1.3×	91	1.9k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Spence, D. E., et al.. (2006). Power scaling and extended tunability of mode-locked titanium-doped sapphire lasers. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6100. 61000S–61000S.

Spence, D. E., et al.. (1996). High average power, high-repetition rate femtosecond pulse generation in the 1–5 μm region using an optical parametric oscillator. Applied Physics Letters. 68(4). 452–454. 17 indexed citations

Spence, D. E. & C. L. Tang. (1995). Characterization and applications of high repetition rate, broadly tunable, femtosecond optical parametric oscillators. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 1(1). 31–43. 6 indexed citations

Spence, D. E., Peter Powers, & C. L. Tang. (1995). Cross-correlation measurements on a high repetition rate, femtosecond optical parametric oscillator. Optics Communications. 118(1-2). 69–73. 4 indexed citations

Spence, D. E., et al.. (1995). High-repetition-rate femtosecond optical parametric oscillator based on KNbO_3. Optics Letters. 20(7). 680–680. 17 indexed citations

Lamb, Kara D., et al.. (1994). All-solid-state, femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations

Spence, D. E., John M. Dudley, Kara D. Lamb, W. E. Sleat, & W. Sibbett. (1994). Nearly quantum-limited timing jitter in a self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. Optics Letters. 19(7). 481–481. 39 indexed citations

Lamb, Kara D., et al.. (1994). All-solid-state self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. Optics Letters. 19(22). 1864–1864. 18 indexed citations

Sibbett, W., R. S. Grant, & D. E. Spence. (1994). Broadly tunable femtosecond solid-state laser sources. Applied Physics B. 58(3). 171–181. 5 indexed citations

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Allen, J. W., et al.. (1993). Decay time of the blue luminescence in ZnSe at room temperature. Applied Physics Letters. 62(1). 63–65. 19 indexed citations

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Spence, D. E., et al.. (1993). Dual-wavelength self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. Optics Letters. 18(13). 1074–1074. 66 indexed citations

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Spence, D. E., et al.. (1993). Time synchronisation measurements between two self-modelocked Ti:sapphire lasers. Optics Communications. 101(3-4). 286–296. 25 indexed citations

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Evans, Jonathan M., et al.. (1992). 50-fs pulse generation from a self-mode-locked Cr:LiSrAlF_6 laser. Optics Letters. 17(20). 1447–1447. 45 indexed citations

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Spence, D. E. & W. Sibbett. (1991). Techniques for femtosecond pulse generation in Ti-sapphire lasers. Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. 1 indexed citations

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Spence, D. E. & W. Sibbett. (1991). Femtosecond pulse generation by a dispersion-compensated, coupled-cavity, mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 8(10). 2053–2053. 28 indexed citations

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Spence, D. E., et al.. (1991). Regeneratively initiated self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. Optics Letters. 16(22). 1762–1762. 76 indexed citations

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Spence, D. E., P.N. Kean, & W. Sibbett. (1991). 60-fsec pulse generation from a self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. Optics Letters. 16(1). 42–42. 975 indexed citations breakdown →

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Johnston, Colin I., D. E. Spence, R. S. Grant, & W. Sibbett. (1989). Femtosecond pulse generation in the 900–950 nm region from a passively modelocked LiF:F+2 colour centre laser. Optics Communications. 73(5). 370–374. 4 indexed citations

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