Forrest Sedgwick

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Forrest Sedgwick is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Forrest Sedgwick has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 10 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Forrest Sedgwick's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (18 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (15 papers) and Optical Coatings and Gratings (10 papers). Forrest Sedgwick is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (18 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (15 papers) and Optical Coatings and Gratings (10 papers). Forrest Sedgwick collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Israel. Forrest Sedgwick's co-authors include Connie J. Chang-Hasnain, Vadim Karagodsky, Wai Son Ko, Thai-Truong D. Tran, Kar Wei Ng, Roger Chen, Linus C. Chuang, Phedon Palinginis, Michael Moewe and Christopher Chase and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nano Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Forrest Sedgwick

33 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Nanolasers grown on silicon 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400
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. Nanolasers grown on silicon
    2011 403 citations Roger Chen, Thai-Truong D. Tran et al. Nature Photonics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Forrest Sedgwick United States 13 1.1k 972 488 404 176 35 1.5k
Olivier Gauthier‐Lafaye France 19 1.2k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 189 0.4× 327 0.8× 99 0.6× 110 1.5k
T. Watanabe Japan 20 1.3k 1.2× 2.5k 2.6× 481 1.0× 221 0.5× 215 1.2× 82 2.7k
M. Boroditsky United States 15 769 0.7× 936 1.0× 426 0.9× 224 0.6× 219 1.2× 52 1.4k
Amit Mizrahi United States 17 926 0.9× 968 1.0× 739 1.5× 98 0.2× 285 1.6× 34 1.4k
M. Nezhad United States 18 852 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 765 1.6× 158 0.4× 297 1.7× 51 1.4k
Kenji Ishizaki Japan 21 1.3k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 302 0.6× 260 0.6× 112 0.6× 95 1.6k
Shaimaa I. Azzam United States 14 763 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 892 1.8× 126 0.3× 546 3.1× 36 1.8k
Naoto Kumagai Japan 15 1.1k 1.0× 925 1.0× 317 0.6× 93 0.2× 147 0.8× 86 1.4k
Hirohito Yamada Japan 24 1.4k 1.3× 2.0k 2.1× 261 0.5× 288 0.7× 112 0.6× 171 2.2k
S. Olivier France 23 1.3k 1.2× 1.6k 1.7× 329 0.7× 347 0.9× 72 0.4× 107 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Forrest Sedgwick

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Forrest Sedgwick

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Forrest Sedgwick. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Forrest Sedgwick based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Forrest Sedgwick. Forrest Sedgwick is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Chen, Roger, Thai-Truong D. Tran, Kar Wei Ng, et al.. (2011). Nanolasers grown on silicon. Nature Photonics. 5(3). 170–175. 403 indexed citations breakdown →
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Karagodsky, Vadim, Forrest Sedgwick, & Connie J. Chang-Hasnain. (2010). Theoretical analysis of subwavelength high contrast grating reflectors. Optics Express. 18(16). 16973–16973. 224 indexed citations
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Chuang, Linus C., Forrest Sedgwick, Roger Chen, et al.. (2010). GaAs-Based Nanoneedle Light Emitting Diode and Avalanche Photodiode Monolithically Integrated on a Silicon Substrate. Nano Letters. 11(2). 385–390. 81 indexed citations
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Karagodsky, Vadim, Bala Pesala, Forrest Sedgwick, & Connie J. Chang-Hasnain. (2010). Dispersion properties of high-contrast grating hollow-core waveguides. Optics Letters. 35(24). 4099–4099. 13 indexed citations
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Lu, Fanglu, Forrest Sedgwick, Vadim Karagodsky, Christopher Chase, & Connie J. Chang-Hasnain. (2010). Planar high-numerical-aperture low-loss focusing reflectors and lenses using subwavelength high contrast gratings. Optics Express. 18(12). 12606–12606. 164 indexed citations
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Lu, Fanglu, Forrest Sedgwick, & Connie J. Chang-Hasnain. (2010). Planar, High Numerical-aperture Lens Using Sub-wavelength High Contrast Grating. 15. CTuW5–CTuW5. 1 indexed citations
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Yue, Yang, Lin Zhang, Jian Wang, et al.. (2010). A “Linear” High-Contrast Gratings Hollow-Core Waveguide and its System Level Performance. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. OTuI5–OTuI5. 3 indexed citations
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Ng, Kar Wei, Wai Son Ko, Roger Chen, et al.. (2010). Nanolasers grown on polycrystalline silicon. 78–79.
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Zhou, Ye, Vadim Karagodsky, Bala Pesala, Forrest Sedgwick, & Connie J. Chang-Hasnain. (2009). A novel ultra-low loss hollow-core waveguide using subwavelength high-contrast gratings. Optics Express. 17(3). 1508–1508. 52 indexed citations
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Pesala, Bala, Forrest Sedgwick, Alexander V. Uskov, & Connie J. Chang-Hasnain. (2009). Greatly enhanced slow and fast light in chirped pulse semiconductor optical amplifiers: Theory and experiments. Optics Express. 17(4). 2188–2188. 7 indexed citations
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Crankshaw, Shanna, Forrest Sedgwick, Michael Moewe, et al.. (2009). Electron Spin Polarization Induced by Linearly Polarized Light in a (110) GaAs Quantum-Well Waveguide. Physical Review Letters. 102(20). 206604–206604. 10 indexed citations
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Sedgwick, Forrest, Bala Pesala, Alexander V. Uskov, & C.J. Chang-Hasnain. (2007). Chirp-enhanced fast light in semiconductor optical amplifiers. Optics Express. 15(26). 17631–17631. 8 indexed citations
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Pesala, Bala, Forrest Sedgwick, Alexander V. Uskov, & Connie J. Chang-Hasnain. (2007). Electrically tunable fast light at THz bandwidth using cascaded semiconductor optical amplifiers. Optics Express. 15(24). 15863–15863. 8 indexed citations
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Uskov, Alexander V., Forrest Sedgwick, Bala Pesala, & C.J. Chang-Hasnain. (2007). Ultrafast Nonlinear Group Index in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers for Slow and Fast Light. FMD2–FMD2. 1 indexed citations
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Sedgwick, Forrest & Connie J. Chang-Hasnain. (2006). Fast Light in a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier. WB2–WB2. 1 indexed citations
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Uskov, Alexander V., Forrest Sedgwick, & C.J. Chang-Hasnain. (2006). Delay limit of slow light in semiconductor optical amplifiers. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 18(6). 731–733. 24 indexed citations
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Palinginis, Phedon, Michael Moewe, Eui‐Tae Kim, et al.. (2005). Ultra-Slow Light (<200 m/s) in a Semiconductor Nanostructure. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 3 indexed citations
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Sedgwick, Forrest, C.J. Chang-Hasnain, C. C. Kuo, & R.S. Tucker. (2005). Storage-bit-rate product in slow-light optical buffers. Electronics Letters. 41(24). 1347–1348. 14 indexed citations
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Kuo, C. C., Forrest Sedgwick, Connie J. Chang-Hasnain, et al.. (2004). Slow light in semiconductor quantum wells. Optics Letters. 29(19). 2291–2291. 238 indexed citations

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