H. W. K. Tom

4.3k citations

69 papers · 3.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 28

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 1%
Mechanics of Materials top 1%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 5%
Materials Chemistry top 10%
Computational Mechanics top 2%

Co-authors: Tony F. Heinz R. H. Storz Jeffrey Bokor G. D. Aumiller Wunshain Fann Y. R. Shen A. P. Mills T. H. Hisakado
Topics: Muon and positron interactions and applications (20 papers)Atomic and Molecular Physics (19 papers)Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (14 papers)
Cited by: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics Structural Biology Mechanics of Materials
Journals: Physical Review Letters The Journal of Chemical Physics Physical review. B, Condensed matter
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Japan

In The Last Decade

H. W. K. Tom

66 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Electron thermalization in gold

1992 413 citations Wunshain Fann, R. H. Storz et al. profile →
Direct measurement of nonequilibrium electron-energy distributions in subpicosecond laser-heated gold films

1992 402 citations Wunshain Fann, R. H. Storz et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Focusing of a Rydberg Positronium Beam with an Ellipsoidal Electrostatic Mirror 2017 ·Physical Review Letters ·A. C. L. Jones,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),H. W. K. Tom,A. P. Mills,M. Leventhal	14
2	Angle-Resolved Spectroscopy of Positronium Emission from a Cu(110) Surface 2016 ·Physical Review Letters ·A. C. L. Jones,(unknown),T. H. Hisakado,(unknown),H. W. K. Tom,A. P. Mills,B. Barbiellini,J. Kuriplach	22
3	Monoenergetic Positronium Emission from Metal-Organic Framework Crystals 2015 ·Physical Review Letters ·A. C. L. Jones,(unknown),Quan‐Guo Zhai,Pingyun Feng,H. W. K. Tom,A. P. Mills	29
4	Efficient Production of Rydberg Positronium 2012 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·T. H. Hisakado,D. B. Cassidy,H. W. K. Tom,A. P. Mills	8
5	Optical Spectroscopy of Molecular Positronium 2012 ·Physical Review Letters ·D. B. Cassidy,T. H. Hisakado,H. W. K. Tom,A. P. Mills	57
6	Positronium Hyperfine Interval Measured via Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy 2012 ·Physical Review Letters ·D. B. Cassidy,T. H. Hisakado,H. W. K. Tom,A. P. Mills	36
7	Efficient Production of Rydberg Positronium 2012 ·Physical Review Letters ·D. B. Cassidy,T. H. Hisakado,H. W. K. Tom,A. P. Mills	69
8	New Mechanism for Positronium Formation on a Silicon Surface 2011 ·Physical Review Letters ·D. B. Cassidy,T. H. Hisakado,H. W. K. Tom,A. P. Mills	32
9	Photoemission of Positronium from Si 2011 ·Physical Review Letters ·D. B. Cassidy,T. H. Hisakado,H. W. K. Tom,A. P. Mills	20
10	Cavity Induced Shift and Narrowing of the Positronium Lyman-αTransition 2011 ·Physical Review Letters ·D. B. Cassidy,M. W. J. Bromley,(unknown),T. H. Hisakado,H. W. K. Tom,A. P. Mills	34
11	Positronium formation via excitonlike states on Si and Ge surfaces 2011 ·Physical Review B ·D. B. Cassidy,T. H. Hisakado,H. W. K. Tom,A. P. Mills	22
12	Laser Excitation of Positronium in the Paschen-Back Regime 2011 ·Physical Review Letters ·D. B. Cassidy,T. H. Hisakado,H. W. K. Tom,A. P. Mills	18
13	Publisher’s Note: Positronium cooling in porous silica measured via Doppler spectroscopy [Phys. Rev. A81, 012715 (2010)] 2010 ·Physical Review A ·D. B. Cassidy,P. Crivelli,T. H. Hisakado,L. Liszkay,(unknown),P. Pérez,H. W. K. Tom,A. P. Mills	0
14	Fundamental Physics with Cold Positronium 2008 ·AIP conference proceedings ·D. B. Cassidy,H. W. K. Tom,A. P. Mills,Yasuyuki Kanai,Y. Yamazaki	8
15	Time-resolved studies of laser damage processes in DKDP crystals 2000 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Hongbing Jiang,(unknown),H. W. K. Tom,Ming Yan,Harry B. Radousky,Stavros G. Demos	1
16	Experimental study of second-harmonic-generation saturation in fibers by phase modulation between the fundamental and second-harmonic writing beams 1992 ·Optics Letters ·(unknown),Denise M. Krol,R. H. Stolen,H. W. K. Tom	4
17	Direct measurement of nonequilibrium electron-energy distributions in subpicosecond laser-heated gold filmsbreakdown → 1992 ·Physical Review Letters ·Wunshain Fann,R. H. Storz,H. W. K. Tom,Jeffrey Bokor	402
18	Generation of tunable mid-IR picosecond pulses at 76 MHz 1988 ·Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·Arjun G. Yodh,H. W. K. Tom,G. D. Aumiller	2
19	Surface Studies by Optical Second-Harmonic Generation: The Adsorption ofO2, CO, and Sodium on the Rh(111) Surface 1984 ·Physical Review Letters ·H. W. K. Tom,C. Mathew Mate,X. D. Zhu,J. E. Crowell,Tony F. Heinz,Gábor A. Somorjai,Y. R. Shen	130
20	Studies of Molecular Adsorbates at Interfaces by Optical Second‐Harmonic Generation 1983 ·Laser Chemistry ·H. W. K. Tom,Tony F. Heinz,Y. R. Shen	10

About H. W. K. Tom

H. W. K. Tom is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Mechanics of Materials and Spectroscopy, having authored 69 papers that have together received 3.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Muon and positron interactions and applications (20 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (19 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.4k citations), Structural Biology (65 citations) and Mechanics of Materials (829 citations). H. W. K. Tom has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Tony F. Heinz, R. H. Storz, Jeffrey Bokor, G. D. Aumiller, Wunshain Fann, Y. R. Shen, A. P. Mills, T. H. Hisakado, D. B. Cassidy and C. H. Brito Cruz. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

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