David B. Chenault

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

David B. Chenault is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, David B. Chenault has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 37 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 10 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in David B. Chenault's work include Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry (44 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (24 papers) and Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (19 papers). David B. Chenault is often cited by papers focused on Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry (44 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (24 papers) and Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (19 papers). David B. Chenault collaborates with scholars based in United States. David B. Chenault's co-authors include Joseph A. Shaw, J. Scott Tyo, J. Larry Pezzaniti, Russell A. Chipman, Dennis H. Goldstein, Melvin Felton, Kristan P. Gurton, Howard Schultz, Douglas A. Mitchell and Kristina M. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Optics Letters, Optics Express and Optical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

David B. Chenault

63 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Review of passive imaging polarimetry for remote sensing ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 400 800 1.2k
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. Review of passive imaging polarimetry for remote sensing applications
    2006 1.3k citations J. Scott Tyo, David B. Chenault et al. Applied Optics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David B. Chenault United States 15 1.6k 512 492 381 275 68 2.0k
Michael W. Kudenov United States 23 1.4k 0.9× 286 0.6× 746 1.5× 552 1.4× 390 1.4× 113 2.6k
Nathan Hagen Japan 19 1.2k 0.7× 235 0.5× 463 0.9× 307 0.8× 371 1.3× 106 2.0k
Tingkui Mu China 21 819 0.5× 354 0.7× 379 0.8× 180 0.5× 236 0.9× 87 1.3k
Kazuhiko Oka Japan 18 1.1k 0.7× 192 0.4× 752 1.5× 235 0.6× 57 0.2× 69 1.6k
José J. Gil Spain 25 1.7k 1.1× 117 0.2× 624 1.3× 257 0.7× 89 0.3× 93 2.0k
Honghui He China 33 2.6k 1.6× 190 0.4× 342 0.7× 246 0.6× 95 0.3× 144 3.3k
Tatiana Novikova France 28 1.8k 1.1× 179 0.3× 264 0.5× 340 0.9× 68 0.2× 88 2.3k
Eusebio Bernabéu Spain 22 905 0.6× 131 0.3× 798 1.6× 741 1.9× 172 0.6× 208 2.4k
Dennis H. Goldstein United States 13 805 0.5× 147 0.3× 263 0.5× 168 0.4× 59 0.2× 43 1.2k
Enric Garcia‐Caurel France 25 1.2k 0.7× 124 0.2× 334 0.7× 598 1.6× 34 0.1× 117 2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David B. Chenault

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All Works

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Chenault, David B., et al.. (2024). IR polarimetry for environmental monitoring. 9–9. 1 indexed citations
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Chenault, David B., et al.. (2018). Metrics for Comparison of Polarimetric and Thermal Target to Background Contrast. 7552. 1–4. 4 indexed citations
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Chenault, David B., et al.. (2017). New IR polarimeter for improved detection of oil on water. SPIE Newsroom. 4 indexed citations
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Chenault, David B., et al.. (2016). An imaging spectro-polarimeter for measuring hemispherical spectrally resolved down-welling sky polarization. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9840. 98401S–98401S. 1 indexed citations
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Pezzaniti, J. Larry, et al.. (2014). Detection of obscured targets with IR polarimetric imaging. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9072. 90721D–90721D. 11 indexed citations
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Pezzaniti, J. Larry, et al.. (2014). IR polarimetric signatures. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9082. 908204–908204. 4 indexed citations
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Pezzaniti, J. Larry, et al.. (2012). Optical tests of 200mm MWIR polarizer wafers: methodology and results. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8364. 83640J–83640J. 1 indexed citations
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Chenault, David B., et al.. (2012). Auto-converging stereo cameras for 3D robotic tele-operation. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8384. 838414–838414.
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Felton, Melvin, et al.. (2010). Measured comparison of the crossover periods for mid- and long-wave IR (MWIR and LWIR) polarimetric and conventional thermal imagery. Optics Express. 18(15). 15704–15704. 39 indexed citations
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Pezzaniti, J. Larry, et al.. (2010). Component-level testing updates for the infrared polarized scene-generator demonstrator. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7663. 766307–766307. 1 indexed citations
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Chenault, David B., et al.. (2010). Synthetic Aperture Imaging Polarimeter. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7672. 767206–767206. 4 indexed citations
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Pezzaniti, J. Larry, et al.. (2009). Wave slope measurement using imaging polarimetry. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7317. 73170B–73170B. 12 indexed citations
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Felton, Melvin, et al.. (2009). Measured comparison of the inversion periods for polarimetric and conventional thermal long-wave IR (LWIR) imagery. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7461. 74610A–74610A. 5 indexed citations
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Chenault, David B., et al.. (2008). Comparing a MWIR and LWIR polarimetric imager for surface swimmer detection. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6972. 697211–697211. 6 indexed citations
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Tyo, J. Scott, et al.. (2006). Review of passive imaging polarimetry for remote sensing applications. Applied Optics. 45(22). 5453–5453. 1262 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pezzaniti, J. Larry & David B. Chenault. (2005). A division of aperture MWIR imaging polarimeter. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5888. 58880V–58880V. 93 indexed citations
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Kirsch, James C., et al.. (2005). Improvements in the dual LCD-based stereo display (Invited Paper). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5801. 75–75. 2 indexed citations
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Goldstein, Dennis H., David B. Chenault, Michael J. Duggin, & Walter G. Egan. (2000). Polarization analysis, measurement, and remote sensing III : 2-4 August 2000, San Diego, USA. SPIE eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Goldstein, Dennis H., Russell A. Chipman, & David B. Chenault. (1989). Infrared Spectropolarimetry. Optical Engineering. 28(2). 20 indexed citations

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