F. Couny

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

F. Couny is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, F. Couny has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 62 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 7 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in F. Couny's work include Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (60 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (54 papers) and Optical Network Technologies (35 papers). F. Couny is often cited by papers focused on Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (60 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (54 papers) and Optical Network Technologies (35 papers). F. Couny collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. F. Couny's co-authors include P. S. Light, P. J. Roberts, F. Benabid, P. St. J. Russell, J. C. Knight, T. A. Birks, B. J. Mangan, Fetah Benabid, F. Benabid and H. Sabert and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

F. Couny

66 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Ultimate low loss of hollow-core photonic crystal fibres 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 200 400 600
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. Ultimate low loss of hollow-core photonic crystal fibres
    2005 633 citations P. J. Roberts, F. Couny et al. Optics Express profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
F. Couny United Kingdom 27 3.0k 2.2k 439 133 54 71 3.4k
J. L. Oudar France 22 1.0k 0.3× 1.4k 0.7× 150 0.3× 118 0.9× 50 0.9× 86 1.7k
Oleg Pronin Germany 25 1.5k 0.5× 1.9k 0.9× 259 0.6× 94 0.7× 117 2.2× 86 2.1k
Uffe Møller Denmark 15 1.7k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 270 0.6× 229 1.7× 73 1.4× 29 1.9k
Marcus Seidel Germany 19 681 0.2× 1.2k 0.6× 121 0.3× 176 1.3× 46 0.9× 58 1.4k
Gregory D. Goodno United States 21 1.4k 0.5× 1.5k 0.7× 165 0.4× 127 1.0× 47 0.9× 44 1.8k
Benedikt Schwarz Austria 26 1.4k 0.5× 963 0.4× 963 2.2× 300 2.3× 22 0.4× 83 1.8k
Satoshi Ashihara Japan 19 451 0.1× 1.2k 0.5× 236 0.5× 171 1.3× 35 0.6× 84 1.3k
Simon Holzner Germany 7 642 0.2× 1.3k 0.6× 243 0.6× 110 0.8× 126 2.3× 9 1.5k
A. Klehr Germany 21 1.5k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 305 0.7× 84 0.6× 71 1.3× 171 1.7k
Sharly Fleischer Israel 17 594 0.2× 1.1k 0.5× 427 1.0× 172 1.3× 25 0.5× 37 1.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. Couny

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jones, Andrew M., A. V. V. Nampoothiri, Natalie V. Wheeler, et al.. (2011). Mid-infrared gas filled photonic crystal fiber laser based on population inversion. Optics Express. 19(3). 2309–2309. 76 indexed citations
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Wheeler, Natalie V., M. D. W. Grogan, P. S. Light, et al.. (2010). Large-core acetylene-filled photonic microcells made by tapering a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Letters. 35(11). 1875–1875. 14 indexed citations
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Benabid, Fetah, F. Couny, & Yingying Wang. (2010). Photonic microcell unleashes the full potential of gas lasers. 46(5). 55–60.
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Wang, Yingying, et al.. (2010). Quantum-Fluctuation-Initiated Coherence in Multioctave Raman Optical Frequency Combs. Physical Review Letters. 105(12). 123603–123603. 28 indexed citations
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Jones, Andrew M., A. V. V. Nampoothiri, Natalie V. Wheeler, et al.. (2010). C2H2 Gas Laser Inside Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber Based on Population Inversion. 35. CTuU1–CTuU1. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Yingying, F. Couny, B. J. Mangan, & F. Benabid. (2010). Ultra-Long-Lived Molecular Coherence in H^2Filled Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber. QTuG1–QTuG1.
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Light, P. S., F. Couny, Yingying Wang, et al.. (2009). Double photonic bandgap hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Express. 17(18). 16238–16238. 26 indexed citations
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Knabe, Kevin, W. C. Neely, Yishan Wang, et al.. (2009). A phase-stabilized carbon nanotube fiber laser frequency comb. Optics Express. 17(16). 14115–14115. 35 indexed citations
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Knabe, Kevin, Shun Wu, P. S. Light, et al.. (2009). 10 kHz accuracy of an optical frequency reference based on ^12C_2H_2-filled large-core kagome photonic crystal fibers. Optics Express. 17(18). 16017–16017. 50 indexed citations
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Benabid, Fetah, F. Couny, P. S. Light, & J.S. Roberts. (2008). Hollow-core PCFs enable high nonlinearity at low light levels. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 44(9). 61–64. 1 indexed citations
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Beaudou, Benoît, F. Couny, Fetah Benabid, & P. J. Roberts. (2008). Large pitch hollow core honeycomb fiber. 318. 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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Benabid, F., Fabio Biancalana, P. S. Light, et al.. (2008). Fourth-order dispersion mediated solitonic radiations in HC-PCF cladding. Optics Letters. 33(22). 2680–2680. 23 indexed citations
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Couny, F., F. Benabid, & P. S. Light. (2007). Subwatt Threshold cw Raman Fiber-Gas Laser Based onH2-Filled Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber. Physical Review Letters. 99(14). 143903–143903. 89 indexed citations
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Couny, F., F. Benabid, & P. S. Light. (2006). Large-pitch kagome-structured hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Letters. 31(24). 3574–3574. 205 indexed citations
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Light, P. S., F. Couny, & F. Benabid. (2006). Low optical insertion-loss and vacuum-pressure all-fiber acetylene cell based on hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Letters. 31(17). 2538–2538. 33 indexed citations
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Benabid, F., F. Couny, J. C. Knight, T. A. Birks, & P. St. J. Russell. (2005). Compact, stable and efficient all-fibre gas cells using hollow-core photonic crystal fibres. Nature. 434(7032). 488–491. 340 indexed citations
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Couny, F., Stuart G. Coupland, P. J. Roberts, et al.. (2005). Selective mode excitation in hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Letters. 30(7). 717–717. 6 indexed citations
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Mangan, B. J., F. Couny, Lee E. Farr, et al.. (2004). Slope-matched dispersion-compensating photonic crystal fibre. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 2. 1069–1070. 15 indexed citations
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Mangan, B. J., Lee E. Farr, A. O. Langford, et al.. (2004). Low loss (1.7 dB/km) hollow core photonic bandgap fiber. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. 2. 9 indexed citations
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Benabid, F., Géraud Bouwmans, J. C. Knight, P. St. J. Russell, & F. Couny. (2004). Ultrahigh Efficiency Laser Wavelength Conversion in a Gas-Filled Hollow Core Photonic Crystal Fiber by Pure Stimulated Rotational Raman Scattering in Molecular Hydrogen. Physical Review Letters. 93(12). 123903–123903. 141 indexed citations

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