George C. Papen

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

George C. Papen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, George C. Papen has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 21 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 18 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in George C. Papen's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (31 papers), Optical Network Technologies (31 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (24 papers). George C. Papen is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (31 papers), Optical Network Technologies (31 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (24 papers). George C. Papen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Ireland. George C. Papen's co-authors include George Porter, Yeshaiahu Fainman, Amin Vahdat, Nathan Farrington, Chester S. Gardner, Sivasankar Radhakrishnan, Hamid Hajabdolali Bazzaz, Alex Forencich, Ronald J. Adrian and Xinzhao Chu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters and IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

In The Last Decade

George C. Papen

105 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Helios
    2010 687 citations Nathan Farrington, George Porter et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George C. Papen United States 29 1.8k 1.3k 738 657 507 107 3.3k
Mitsuo Yokokawa Japan 22 104 0.1× 249 0.2× 48 0.1× 185 0.3× 269 0.5× 72 1.6k
H. Karimabadi United States 39 294 0.2× 200 0.2× 32 0.0× 4.0k 6.1× 149 0.3× 117 4.7k
Andrew Siegel United States 19 80 0.0× 456 0.3× 112 0.2× 334 0.5× 93 0.2× 69 1.5k
Chao Yang China 25 225 0.1× 445 0.3× 89 0.1× 12 0.0× 182 0.4× 134 2.0k
Viktor K. Decyk United States 29 751 0.4× 238 0.2× 36 0.0× 1.0k 1.6× 27 0.1× 136 2.5k
R. Tripiccione Italy 23 115 0.1× 243 0.2× 22 0.0× 283 0.4× 235 0.5× 113 2.3k
D. F. DuBois United States 30 291 0.2× 147 0.1× 30 0.0× 597 0.9× 90 0.2× 68 2.7k
M. Greenwald United States 49 531 0.3× 224 0.2× 53 0.1× 4.0k 6.0× 40 0.1× 233 7.7k
René Brun Switzerland 6 180 0.1× 395 0.3× 46 0.1× 165 0.3× 12 0.0× 22 2.8k
Greg L. Bryan United States 46 73 0.0× 188 0.1× 44 0.1× 6.6k 10.0× 124 0.2× 173 7.2k

Countries citing papers authored by George C. Papen

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Fields of papers citing papers by George C. Papen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George C. Papen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of George C. Papen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of George C. Papen 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 George C. Papen. George C. Papen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Forencich, Alex, et al.. (2024). Realizing RotorNet: Toward Practical Microsecond Scale Optical Networking. 392–414. 3 indexed citations
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Urata, Ryohei, Kevin Yasumura, Xiang Zhou, et al.. (2023). Lightwave Fabrics: At-Scale Optical Circuit Switching for Datacenter and Machine Learning Systems. 499–515. 32 indexed citations
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Forencich, Alex, Alex C. Snoeren, George Porter, & George C. Papen. (2020). Corundum: An Open-Source 100-Gbps Nic. 38–46. 51 indexed citations
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Forencich, Alex, Nicolas Dupuis, Benjamin G. Lee, et al.. (2020). A Dynamically-Reconfigurable Burst-Mode Link Using a Nanosecond Photonic Switch. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 38(6). 1330–1340. 12 indexed citations
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Porter, George, Alex C. Snoeren, & George C. Papen. (2014). High-Speed Datacenter Interconnects [Guest editors' introduction]. IEEE Micro. 34(5). 6–7. 1 indexed citations
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Aguinaldo, Ryan, Alex Forencich, Christopher T. DeRose, et al.. (2014). Energy-efficient, digitally-driven “fat pipe” silicon photonic circuit switch in the UCSD MORDIA data-center network. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). STu1J.2–STu1J.2. 1 indexed citations
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Porter, George, Richard Strong, Nathan Farrington, et al.. (2013). Integrating microsecond circuit switching into the data center. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review. 43(4). 447–458. 87 indexed citations
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Farrington, Nathan, George Porter, Sivasankar Radhakrishnan, et al.. (2010). Helios. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review. 40(4). 339–350. 266 indexed citations
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Alić, Nikola, Ivan B. Djordjević, Bane Vasić, George C. Papen, & Stojan Radic. (2006). Experimental Determination of Achievable Information Rates for Single-Channel NRZ IM/DD High-Speed Optical Transmission. 20. 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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Alić, Nikola, George C. Papen, Stojan Radic, & Yeshaiahu Fainman. (2006). Receiver structure trade-offs in equalized high-speed fiber-optic links. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 18(17). 1810–1812. 1 indexed citations
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Chu, Xinzhao, Weilin Pan, George C. Papen, et al.. (2000). Characteristics of Fe ablation trails observed during the 1998 Leonid Meteor Shower. Geophysical Research Letters. 27(13). 1807–1810. 22 indexed citations
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Clough, S. A., Thomas J. McGee, Mitchell D. Goldberg, & George C. Papen. (1999). Optical remote sensing of the atmosphere. Optics and Photonics News. 10(4). 13. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Alan Z., et al.. (1999). Gravity wave characteristics in the lower atmosphere at south pole. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 104(D6). 5963–5984. 67 indexed citations
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Papen, George C., et al.. (1998). Computing two-dimensional unambiguous horizontal wavenumber spectra from OH airglow images. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 36(2). 368–382. 51 indexed citations
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Hughes, J.S., R.M. Lammert, M.L. Osowski, et al.. (1997). Asymmetric cladding InGaAs-GaAs-AlGaAs ridge waveguide distributed Bragg reflector lasers with operating wavelengths of 915-935 nm. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 9(3). 285–287. 6 indexed citations
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Papen, George C., Chester S. Gardner, & Jirong Yu. (1996). Characterization of the Mesospheric Sodium Layer. AMC.3–AMC.3. 2 indexed citations
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Gardner, Chester S., et al.. (1995). High resolution horizontal wave number spectra of mesospheric wave perturbations observed during the 21 October triangular flight of ALOHA‐93. Geophysical Research Letters. 22(20). 2869–2872. 10 indexed citations
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Gardner, Chester S., Xin Tao, & George C. Papen. (1995). Simultaneous lidar observations of vertical wind, temperature, and density profiles in the upper mesophere: Evidence for nonseparability of atmospheric perturbation spectra. Geophysical Research Letters. 22(20). 2877–2880. 28 indexed citations
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Gardner, Chester S. & George C. Papen. (1995). Mesospheric Na Wind/Temperature Lidar.. The Review of Laser Engineering. 23(2). 131–134. 14 indexed citations
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Tataronis, J. A., et al.. (1987). Transient optical phase conjugation in dynamic media. Annual Meeting Optical Society of America. MF14–MF14. 1 indexed citations

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