J.D. Ralston

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

J.D. Ralston is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, J.D. Ralston has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 84 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 14 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in J.D. Ralston's work include Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (80 papers), Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (48 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (32 papers). J.D. Ralston is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (80 papers), Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (48 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (32 papers). J.D. Ralston collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Spain and United Kingdom. J.D. Ralston's co-authors include Lambertus Hesselink, R. M. Macfarlane, Elizabeth Downing, P. Koidl, E.C. Larkins, S. Weisser, F. Fuchs, J. Rosenzweig, I. Esquivias and G. W. Wicks and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

J.D. Ralston

96 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

A Three-Color, Solid-State, Three-Dimensional Display 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. A Three-Color, Solid-State, Three-Dimensional Display
    1996 1.3k citations Elizabeth Downing, Lambertus Hesselink et al. Science profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J.D. Ralston Germany 23 2.1k 1.6k 1.3k 375 222 97 3.0k
Leonardo de S. Menezes Brazil 27 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 334 0.9× 653 2.9× 109 2.7k
Yidong Huang China 29 2.5k 1.2× 1.5k 1.0× 1.9k 1.4× 964 2.6× 292 1.3× 254 3.6k
Yasunori Furukawa Japan 29 2.5k 1.2× 3.0k 1.9× 1.1k 0.8× 221 0.6× 374 1.7× 117 3.6k
Kerstin Wörhoff Netherlands 30 2.5k 1.2× 1.9k 1.2× 626 0.5× 160 0.4× 380 1.7× 153 3.5k
Vladimir Liberman United States 25 899 0.4× 619 0.4× 491 0.4× 53 0.1× 764 3.4× 117 1.9k
Anders Smith Denmark 32 853 0.4× 665 0.4× 1.9k 1.4× 75 0.2× 255 1.1× 104 3.6k
Н. Ногинова United States 23 530 0.3× 711 0.4× 490 0.4× 67 0.2× 637 2.9× 106 1.6k
T. J. Negran United States 12 1.0k 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 898 0.7× 155 0.4× 208 0.9× 15 2.1k
M. Zgonik Switzerland 24 1.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 771 0.6× 45 0.1× 555 2.5× 82 2.3k
Zhou Cai China 33 3.6k 1.8× 3.7k 2.3× 666 0.5× 137 0.4× 350 1.6× 189 4.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Downing, Elizabeth, Lambertus Hesselink, J.D. Ralston, & R. M. Macfarlane. (1996). A Three-Color, Solid-State, Three-Dimensional Display. Science. 273(5279). 1185–1189. 1304 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wagner, J., et al.. (1996). Intersubband Raman scattering in quantum wells. Solid-State Electronics. 40(1-8). 281–285. 3 indexed citations
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Ralston, J.D., et al.. (1996). Optical gain and spontaneous emission in InGaAs/GaAs multiple quantum well laser diodes. Journal of Applied Physics. 80(1). 582–584. 11 indexed citations
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Baeumler, M., et al.. (1996). Influence of interdiffusion processes on optical and structural properties of pseudomorphic In0.35Ga0.65As/GaAs multiple quantum well structures. Journal of Applied Physics. 79(9). 6818–6825. 15 indexed citations
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Summers, Huw D., I.H. White, J.D. Ralston, et al.. (1995). Passive mode locking in p-doped MQW bow-tie lasers. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 2 indexed citations
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Ralston, J.D., et al.. (1995). Beam Propagation Model of Tapered Amplifiers including Non-Linear Gain and Carrier Diffusion. TuC.5–TuC.5. 4 indexed citations
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Williams, K.A., Huw D. Summers, Jürgen Müller, et al.. (1995). Monolithic passive mode-locking in single contact tapered lasers. 135–136 vol.2. 1 indexed citations
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Sutter, Dirk, H. Schneider, S. Weisser, J.D. Ralston, & E.C. Larkins. (1995). Picosecond spectroscopy of optically modulated high-speed laser diodes. Applied Physics Letters. 67(13). 1809–1811. 5 indexed citations
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Wagner, J., et al.. (1995). Intersubband transitions in InAs/AlSb quantum wells studied by resonant Raman scattering. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 51(15). 9786–9790. 18 indexed citations
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Ralston, J.D., S. Weisser, E.C. Larkins, et al.. (1994). Device and process technologies for monolithic, high-speed, low-chirp semiconductor laser transmitters. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 3 indexed citations
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Weisser, S., et al.. (1994). Differential gain, refractive index, and linewidth enhancement factor in high-speed GaAs-based MQW lasers: influence of strain and p-doping. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 6(8). 891–893. 13 indexed citations
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Ralston, J.D., K. Eisele, R. E. Sah, et al.. (1994). Enhanced CAIBE for high-speed OEICs. III-Vs Review. 7(5). 51–55. 3 indexed citations
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Wagner, J., J. Schmitz, D. Behr, J.D. Ralston, & P. Koidl. (1994). Interface formation in InAs/AlSb and InAs/AlAs/AlSb quantum wells grown by molecular-beam epitaxy. Applied Physics Letters. 65(10). 1293–1295. 9 indexed citations
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Weisser, S., et al.. (1993). /spl alpha/-factor improvements in high-speed p-doped In/sub 0.35/Ga/sub 0.65/As/GaAs MQW lasers. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 574–575. 2 indexed citations
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Ralston, J.D., S. Weisser, I. Esquivias, et al.. (1993). Control of differential gain, nonlinear gain and damping factor for high-speed application of GaAs-based MQW lasers. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 29(6). 1648–1659. 122 indexed citations
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Weisser, S., et al.. (1993). α-factor improvements in high-speed p -doped In 0.35 Ga 0.65 As/GaAs MQW lasers. Electronics Letters. 29(19). 1685–1686. 10 indexed citations
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Schneider, H., K. Kheng, M. Ramsteiner, et al.. (1992). Transport asymmetry and photovoltaic response in (AlGa)As/AlAs/GaAs/(AlGa)As single-barrier quantum-well infrared detectors. Applied Physics Letters. 60(12). 1471–1473. 14 indexed citations
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Baeumler, M., et al.. (1992). Photoluminescence Microscopy Investigation Of Lattice Defects In Epitaxial Heterostructures. 7. 319–320. 1 indexed citations
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Ralston, J.D., M. Ramsteiner, B. Dischler, et al.. (1991). Intersubband transitions in partially interdiffused GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum-well structures. Journal of Applied Physics. 70(4). 2195–2199. 22 indexed citations
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Ralston, J.D., W. J. Schaff, D. P. Bour, & L.F. Eastman. (1989). Room-temperature exciton electroabsorption in partially intermixed GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well waveguides. Applied Physics Letters. 54(6). 534–536. 44 indexed citations

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