G. M. Ford

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

G. M. Ford is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, G. M. Ford has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in G. M. Ford's work include Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (4 papers), Geophysics and Sensor Technology (3 papers) and Glass properties and applications (3 papers). G. M. Ford is often cited by papers focused on Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (4 papers), Geophysics and Sensor Technology (3 papers) and Glass properties and applications (3 papers). G. M. Ford collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. G. M. Ford's co-authors include R. W. P. Drever, J. Hough, A. J. Munley, H. Ward, J. L. Hall, Frank V. Kowalski, B. W. Wessels, Bruce W. Wessels, D. M. Gill and S. T. Ho and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Thin Solid Films.

In The Last Decade

G. M. Ford

12 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Laser phase and frequency stabilization using an optical resonator

1983 2.6k citations R. W. P. Drever, J. L. Hall et al. Applied Physics B profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
G. M. Ford United States	8	2.4k	1.4k	464	321	318	12	3.0k
E. K. Gustafson United States	25	1.3k 0.6×	913 0.7×	172 0.4×	307 1.0×	75 0.2×	62	1.9k
N. Lemke United States	20	2.7k 1.1×	714 0.5×	196 0.4×	99 0.3×	36 0.1×	57	3.0k
S. F. Jacobs United States	19	791 0.3×	670 0.5×	112 0.2×	98 0.3×	150 0.5×	70	1.4k
A. Bartels Germany	25	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	335 0.7×	10 0.0×	213 0.7×	78	2.1k
John G. Hartnett Australia	22	1.1k 0.5×	860 0.6×	24 0.1×	47 0.1×	264 0.8×	171	1.9k
M. A. Pollack United States	34	2.6k 1.1×	2.7k 2.0×	367 0.8×	66 0.2×	465 1.5×	89	3.3k
J. H. McGuire United States	29	2.9k 1.2×	119 0.1×	808 1.7×	38 0.1×	158 0.5×	146	3.5k
S. L. Gilbert United States	19	1.1k 0.4×	629 0.5×	261 0.6×	9 0.0×	208 0.7×	35	1.8k
Weston L. Tew United States	21	826 0.3×	314 0.2×	91 0.2×	52 0.2×	44 0.1×	65	1.7k
M. Kourogi Japan	26	1.6k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	347 0.7×	12 0.0×	249 0.8×	80	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. M. Ford

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Dongaonkar, Sourabh, Jonathan D. Servaites, G. M. Ford, et al.. (2010). Universality of non-Ohmic shunt leakage in thin-film solar cells. Journal of Applied Physics. 108(12). 182 indexed citations

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Gill, D. M., et al.. (2000). Guided wave absorption and fluorescence in epitaxial Er:BaTiO3 on MgO. Thin Solid Films. 365(1). 126–128. 10 indexed citations

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Ford, G. M., et al.. (1998). Dielectric properties of epitaxial BaTiO3 thin films. Applied Physics Letters. 73(16). 2248–2250. 111 indexed citations

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Yi, Gyu‐Chul, Bruce A. Block, G. M. Ford, & B. W. Wessels. (1998). Luminescence quenching in Er-doped BaTiO3 thin films. Applied Physics Letters. 73(12). 1625–1627. 30 indexed citations

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Gill, D. M., G. M. Ford, Bruce A. Block, Bruce W. Wessels, & S. T. Ho. (1997). Guided Wave Fluorescence In Thin Film Er- Doped Barium Titanate. MRS Proceedings. 486. 12 indexed citations

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Gill, D. M., et al.. (1997). Thin-film channel waveguide electro-optic modulator in epitaxial BaTiO3. Applied Physics Letters. 71(13). 1783–1785. 111 indexed citations

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Ford, G. M. & B. W. Wessels. (1996). 1.54 μm Electroluminescence from Erbium Doped Gallium Phosphide Diodes. MRS Proceedings. 422. 2 indexed citations

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Ford, G. M. & B. W. Wessels. (1996). Electroluminescence from forward-biased Er-doped GaP p-n junctions at room temperature. Applied Physics Letters. 68(8). 1126–1128. 7 indexed citations

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Drever, R. W. P., G. M. Ford, J. Hough, et al.. (1983). A Gravity-Wave Detector Using Optical Cavity Sensing. General Relativity and Gravitation. 265. 8 indexed citations

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Drever, R. W. P., J. L. Hall, Frank V. Kowalski, et al.. (1983). Laser phase and frequency stabilization using an optical resonator. Applied Physics B. 31(2). 97–105. 2560 indexed citations breakdown →

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Drever, R. W. P., J. Hough, John R. Pugh, et al.. (1979). Gravitational wave detectors. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 368(1732). 11–13. 3 indexed citations

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Ford, G. M.. (1964). Characteristics of Ignition Transistors. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation. IECI-11(1). 7–12. 1 indexed citations

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