James J. Cowan

1.0k total citations
22 papers, 796 citations indexed

About

James J. Cowan is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James J. Cowan has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 796 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in James J. Cowan's work include Optical Coatings and Gratings (10 papers), Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies (6 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (5 papers). James J. Cowan is often cited by papers focused on Optical Coatings and Gratings (10 papers), Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies (6 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (5 papers). James J. Cowan collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. James J. Cowan's co-authors include E. T. Arakawa, R. H. Ritchie, R. N. Hamm, Vernon Anderson, J. C. Ashley, W. Dennis Slafer, L. R. Painter, J. Hölzl and A. Monfils and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Thin Solid Films and Journal of the Optical Society of America A.

In The Last Decade

James J. Cowan

22 papers receiving 735 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James J. Cowan United States 10 445 397 343 333 153 22 796
A. Muray United States 10 587 1.3× 334 0.8× 192 0.6× 553 1.7× 71 0.5× 18 864
Dalibor Ciprián Czechia 20 451 1.0× 420 1.1× 190 0.6× 734 2.2× 129 0.8× 98 1.1k
T. W. Preist United Kingdom 18 1.1k 2.5× 905 2.3× 762 2.2× 710 2.1× 476 3.1× 42 1.7k
B. Wild France 11 321 0.7× 333 0.8× 113 0.3× 307 0.9× 239 1.6× 30 602
Thierry Grosjean France 24 1.0k 2.4× 979 2.5× 143 0.4× 560 1.7× 400 2.6× 59 1.5k
Jean-Benoît Claude France 17 413 0.9× 284 0.7× 91 0.3× 207 0.6× 225 1.5× 31 731
Amit Mizrahi United States 17 739 1.7× 926 2.3× 98 0.3× 968 2.9× 285 1.9× 34 1.4k
M. É. Sasin Russia 10 356 0.8× 468 1.2× 36 0.1× 263 0.8× 129 0.8× 49 648
N. Garcı́a Spain 13 231 0.5× 751 1.9× 90 0.3× 521 1.6× 39 0.3× 25 1.0k
Hugo Lourenço‐Martins France 13 305 0.7× 295 0.7× 83 0.2× 133 0.4× 144 0.9× 24 575

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cowan, James J.. (2006). The Aztec structure: an improved replicable security device. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6075. 60750Q–60750Q. 3 indexed citations
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Cowan, James J.. (1990). Aztec surface-relief volume diffractive structure. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 7(8). 1529–1529. 47 indexed citations
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Cowan, James J. & W. Dennis Slafer. (1986). Holographic Embossing at Polaroid: The Polaform Process. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 600. 49–49. 7 indexed citations
4.
Cowan, James J.. (1985). Holographic Honeycomb Microlens. Optical Engineering. 24(5). 16 indexed citations
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Cowan, James J.. (1985). The Holographic Honeycomb Microlens. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 523. 251–251. 8 indexed citations
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Cowan, James J.. (1984). The Recording And Large Scale Replication Of Crossed Holographic Grating Arrays Using Multiple Beam Interferometry. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 503. 120–120. 13 indexed citations
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Cowan, James J.. (1984). The Newport Button: The Large Scale Replication Of Combined Three-And Two-Dimensional Holographic Images. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 462. 20–20. 1 indexed citations
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Cowan, James J., et al.. (1983). <title>The Laser Button: A Novel Approach To The Large Scale Replication Of Holograms</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 402. 25–32. 1 indexed citations
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Cowan, James J.. (1981). <title>Blazed Holographic Gratings-Formation By Surface Waves And Replication By Metal Electroforming</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 240. 5–12. 1 indexed citations
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Cowan, James J.. (1980). Surface plasmon holography. AIP conference proceedings. 515–518. 5 indexed citations
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Ashley, J. C., et al.. (1979). Straggling and plasmon excitation in the energy loss spectra of electrons transmitted through carbon. Thin Solid Films. 60(3). 361–370. 85 indexed citations
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Cowan, James J. & E. T. Arakawa. (1977). Artificial polarization anomalies from holographic gratings. Optics Communications. 21(3). 428–431. 3 indexed citations
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Cowan, James J., et al.. (1977). Longitudinal and transverse displacements of a bounded microwave beam at total internal reflection*. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 67(10). 1307–1307. 81 indexed citations
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Cowan, James J. & J. Hölzl. (1976). Secondary electron transmission using straggling theory. Thin Solid Films. 32(2). 355–357. 3 indexed citations
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Cowan, James J.. (1975). Surface plasmon resonance radiation from germanium. Thin Solid Films. 28(1). 125–130. 2 indexed citations
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Cowan, James J.. (1974). Holography with standing surface plasma waves. Optics Communications. 12(4). 373–378. 21 indexed citations
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Cowan, James J.. (1972). The surface ace plasmon resonance effect in holography. Optics Communications. 5(2). 69–72. 22 indexed citations
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Cowan, James J. & E. T. Arakawa. (1970). Dispersion of surface plasmons in dielectric-metal coatings on concave diffraction gratings. Zeitschrift für Physik A Hadrons and Nuclei. 235(2). 97–109. 54 indexed citations
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Cowan, James J., E. T. Arakawa, & L. R. Painter. (1969). Time Studies of the Polarization due to Gratings. Applied Optics. 8(8). 1734_1–1734_1. 8 indexed citations
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Ritchie, R. H., E. T. Arakawa, James J. Cowan, & R. N. Hamm. (1968). Surface-Plasmon Resonance Effect in Grating Diffraction. Physical Review Letters. 21(22). 1530–1533. 389 indexed citations

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