Eric Cunningham

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 819 citations indexed

About

Eric Cunningham is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Cunningham has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 819 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 11 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 7 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in Eric Cunningham's work include Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (17 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (11 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (9 papers). Eric Cunningham is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (17 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (11 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (9 papers). Eric Cunningham collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Eric Cunningham's co-authors include Zenghu Chang, Yi Wu, Jie Li, Yan Cheng, Yanchun Yin, Kun Zhao, Xiaoming Ren, Michael Chini, Yang Wang and Shuyuan Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Applied Physics Letters and Nature Photonics.

In The Last Decade

Eric Cunningham

23 papers receiving 754 citations

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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.

53-attosecond X-ray pulses reach the carbon K-edge

2017 319 citations Jie Li, Xiaoming Ren et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric Cunningham United States	13	708	237	175	144	73	27	819
E. Seres Austria	13	667 0.9×	306 1.3×	154 0.9×	105 0.7×	82 1.1×	38	748
J. Seres Austria	14	822 1.2×	359 1.5×	185 1.1×	172 1.2×	87 1.2×	44	911
Christian Gentry United States	14	1.1k 1.6×	327 1.4×	216 1.2×	128 0.9×	62 0.8×	22	1.2k
Bernd Schütte Germany	17	541 0.8×	131 0.6×	124 0.7×	235 1.6×	137 1.9×	35	693
J. A. Pérez-Hernández Spain	20	949 1.3×	350 1.5×	190 1.1×	165 1.1×	40 0.5×	60	1.2k
Jean-François Hergott France	16	1.0k 1.5×	331 1.4×	308 1.8×	131 0.9×	55 0.8×	39	1.1k
Armin Azima Germany	13	409 0.6×	134 0.6×	112 0.6×	183 1.3×	308 4.2×	34	626
Steve Gilbertson United States	18	1.2k 1.7×	413 1.7×	375 2.1×	232 1.6×	63 0.9×	33	1.3k
J. P. Chambaret France	13	575 0.8×	324 1.4×	112 0.6×	180 1.3×	40 0.5×	19	678
Junliang Xu United States	14	896 1.3×	154 0.6×	375 2.1×	101 0.7×	122 1.7×	24	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Cunningham

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Clarke, Samantha M., Saransh Singh, R. Briggs, et al.. (2025). Stability of the fcc phase in shocked nickel up to 332 GPa. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4385–4385.

Haines, B. M., D. S. Montgomery, Joshua Sauppe, et al.. (2024). Radiation and heat transport in divergent shock–bubble interactions. Physics of Plasmas. 31(3). 5 indexed citations

Ofori-Okai, Benjamin K., Zhijiang Chen, Eric Cunningham, et al.. (2024). Evidence for phonon hardening in laser-excited gold using x-ray diffraction at a hard x-ray free electron laser. Science Advances. 10(6). eadh5272–eadh5272. 12 indexed citations

Stacey, Helen J., Julie Lawrence, Eric Cunningham, et al.. (2024). Case report: Long-term follow-up of patients who received a FimCH vaccine for prevention of recurrent urinary tract infections caused by antibiotic resistant Enterobacteriaceae: a case report series. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1359738–1359738. 4 indexed citations

Dyer, G., Eric Galtier, C. B. Curry, et al.. (2022). The Matter in Extreme Conditions Upgrade (MEC-U) Project. 1–1.

Sawada, Hiroshi, C. B. Curry, M. Gauthier, et al.. (2021). 2D monochromatic x-ray imaging for beam monitoring of an x-ray free electron laser and a high-power femtosecond laser. Review of Scientific Instruments. 92(1). 13510–13510. 3 indexed citations

Tracy, S. J., R. F. Smith, A. E. Gleason, et al.. (2020). Femtosecond X‐Ray Diffraction of Laser‐Shocked Forsterite (Mg₂SiO₄) to 122 GPa. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(1). 16 indexed citations

Briggs, R., M. G. Gorman, Shuai Zhang, et al.. (2019). Coordination changes in liquid tin under shock compression determined using in situ femtosecond x-ray diffraction. Applied Physics Letters. 115(26). 23 indexed citations

Lu, Jian, Eric Cunningham, Yong Sing You, David A. Reis, & Shambhu Ghimire. (2018). Interferometry of dipole phase in high harmonics from solids. Nature Photonics. 13(2). 96–100. 41 indexed citations

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Li, Jie, Xiaoming Ren, Yanchun Yin, et al.. (2017). 53-attosecond X-ray pulses reach the carbon K-edge. Nature Communications. 8(1). 186–186. 319 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cunningham, Eric, et al.. (2017). Attosecond pulse generation isolated with an asymmetric polarization gating. Journal of Modern Optics. 64(10-11). 952–959. 3 indexed citations

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Ren, Xiaoming, Jie Li, Yanchun Yin, et al.. (2017). Attosecond light sources in the water window. Journal of Optics. 20(2). 23001–23001. 51 indexed citations

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Ware, Michael, Eric Cunningham, Caleb Coburn, & J. Peatross. (2016). Measured photoemission from electron wave packets in a strong laser field. Optics Letters. 41(4). 689–689. 9 indexed citations

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Yin, Yanchun, Jie Li, Xiaoming Ren, et al.. (2016). High-efficiency optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier in BiB_3O_6 for generation of 3 mJ, two-cycle, carrier-envelope-phase-stable pulses at 17 μm. Optics Letters. 41(6). 1142–1142. 79 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Eric & Zenghu Chang. (2015). Optical Gating With Asymmetric Field Ratios for Isolated Attosecond Pulse Generation. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 21(5). 1–6. 17 indexed citations

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Chini, Michael, Xiaowei Wang, Yan Cheng, et al.. (2014). Coherent phase-matched VUV generation by field-controlled bound states. Nature Photonics. 8(6). 437–441. 104 indexed citations

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Wu, Yi, Eric Cunningham, Jie Li, Michael Chini, & Zenghu Chang. (2014). Carrier-Envelope Phase Stabilization of a 10 Hz, 20 TW Laser for High-Flux Attosecond Pulse Generation. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research. 102. FTu3B.8–FTu3B.8.

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Zhang, Qi, Kun Zhao, Jie Li, et al.. (2014). Suppression of driving laser in high harmonic generation with a microchannel plate. Optics Letters. 39(12). 3670–3670. 29 indexed citations

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Wu, Yi, Eric Cunningham, Jie Li, et al.. (2013). Generation of High-Flux Attosecond Extreme Ultraviolet Continuum with a 20 Terawatt Laser. FTh1A.3–FTh1A.3. 1 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Eric, et al.. (2010). Photoemission by large electron wave packets emitted out the side of a relativistic laser focus. FWR4–FWR4.

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