J.F. Whitaker

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
137 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

J.F. Whitaker is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, J.F. Whitaker has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 79 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in J.F. Whitaker's work include Terahertz technology and applications (42 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (39 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (25 papers). J.F. Whitaker is often cited by papers focused on Terahertz technology and applications (42 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (39 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (25 papers). J.F. Whitaker collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and France. J.F. Whitaker's co-authors include G. Mourou, Sandeep Gupta, R. Merlín, M.Y. Frankel, L.P.B. Katehi, Gregory A. Garrett, J. A. Valdmanis, F. W. Smith, A. R. Calawa and T. Albrecht and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

J.F. Whitaker

131 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Subpicosecond carrier lifetime in GaAs grown by molecular... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 1992 100 200 300
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. Subpicosecond carrier lifetime in GaAs grown by molecular beam epitaxy at low temperatures
    1991 303 citations M.Y. Frankel, J. A. Valdmanis et al. profile →
  2. Ultrafast carrier dynamics in III-V semiconductors grown by molecular-beam epitaxy at very low substrate temperatures
    1992 249 citations Sandeep Gupta, J.F. Whitaker et al. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J.F. Whitaker United States 33 2.5k 1.9k 507 357 336 137 3.6k
P. R. Smith United States 24 2.7k 1.1× 1.6k 0.8× 459 0.9× 626 1.8× 195 0.6× 103 3.3k
Wayne R. McKinney United States 26 961 0.4× 832 0.4× 403 0.8× 144 0.4× 294 0.9× 142 2.8k
Shigehito Miki Japan 33 1.3k 0.5× 1.9k 1.0× 322 0.6× 309 0.9× 160 0.5× 182 3.2k
Francesco Marsili United States 34 1.8k 0.7× 2.9k 1.5× 577 1.1× 249 0.7× 430 1.3× 105 4.4k
Osamu Hashimoto Japan 26 938 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 255 0.5× 428 1.2× 205 0.6× 395 5.0k
Y. Kato Japan 35 861 0.3× 2.2k 1.2× 379 0.7× 550 1.5× 478 1.4× 306 5.0k
T. Idehara Japan 35 2.8k 1.1× 4.1k 2.2× 303 0.6× 247 0.7× 292 0.9× 389 4.9k
Peter G. R. Smith United Kingdom 34 2.6k 1.0× 2.3k 1.2× 434 0.9× 171 0.5× 619 1.8× 363 4.7k
Yujie J. Ding United States 33 2.8k 1.1× 2.2k 1.2× 962 1.9× 232 0.6× 499 1.5× 203 4.0k
Paul von Allmen United States 24 982 0.4× 818 0.4× 267 0.5× 364 1.0× 809 2.4× 75 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by J.F. Whitaker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J.F. Whitaker

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lee, Dong‐Joon, et al.. (2011). Calibrated 100-dB-dynamic-range electro-optic probe for high-power microwave applications. Optics Express. 19(15). 14437–14437. 15 indexed citations
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Kwon, Jae–Yong, et al.. (2011). Vector-Stabilized Reactive-Near-Field Imaging System. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 60(7). 2702–2708. 8 indexed citations
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Lee, Dong‐Joon, et al.. (2010). A multi-layer electro-optic field probe. Optics Express. 18(24). 24735–24735. 4 indexed citations
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Lee, Dong‐Joon, et al.. (2010). Pulsed-terahertz reflectometry for health monitoring of ceramic thermal barrier coatings. Optics Express. 18(4). 3477–3477. 47 indexed citations
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Lee, Dong‐Joon & J.F. Whitaker. (2009). Bandwidth enhancement of electro-optic sensing using high-even-order harmonic sidebands. Optics Express. 17(17). 14909–14909. 6 indexed citations
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Lee, Dong‐Joon & J.F. Whitaker. (2009). Optimization of sideband modulation in optical-heterodyne-downmixed electro-optic sensing. Applied Optics. 48(8). 1583–1583. 8 indexed citations
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Lee, Dong‐Joon & J.F. Whitaker. (2008). An optical-fiber-scale electro-optic probe for minimally invasive high-frequency field sensing. Optics Express. 16(26). 21587–21587. 26 indexed citations
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Kennedy, T. A., J.F. Whitaker, Andrew Shabaev, Allan S. Bracker, & D. Gammon. (2006). Detection of magnetic resonance of donor-bound electrons in GaAs by Kerr rotation. Physical Review B. 74(16). 7 indexed citations
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Whitaker, J.F., et al.. (2003). Electro-Optic Probing for Microwave Diagnostics. IEICE Transactions on Electronics. 86(7). 1328–1337. 2 indexed citations
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Son, Joo‐Hiuk, S. Wakana, John Nees, et al.. (2002). Time-domain network analysis of MM-wave circuits based on a photoconductive probe sampling technique. 1359–1362. 1 indexed citations
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Batty, W., C.E. Christoffersen, Alexander B. Yakovlev, et al.. (2002). Global coupled EM-electrical-thermal simulation and experimental validation for a spatial power combining MMIC array. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 50(12). 2820–2833. 20 indexed citations
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Ruffin, A. Boh, J. V. Rudd, J. Decker, et al.. (2002). Time reversal terahertz imaging. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 38(8). 1110–1119. 29 indexed citations
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David, G., Kyung-Ae Yang, L.P.B. Katehi, & J.F. Whitaker. (1998). Electro-Optic Mapping of Guided and Radiated Electric Fields from Microwave Integrated Circuits and Antennas. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations
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Gupta, Sandeep, J.F. Whitaker, S. Williamson, et al.. (1993). High-speed photodetector applications of GaAs and InxGa1−xAs/GaAs grown by low-temperature molecular beam epitaxy. Journal of Electronic Materials. 22(12). 1449–1455. 14 indexed citations
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Jackson, M.K., M.Y. Frankel, J.F. Whitaker, et al.. (1992). Picosecond Pseudomorphic AlGaAs/InGaAs MODFET Large-Signal Switching Measured by Electro-Optic Sampling. TUC15–TUC15. 1 indexed citations
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Chwalek, James M., J.F. Whitaker, & G. Mourou. (1991). Low-Temperature Epitaxially-Grown GaAs as a High-Speed Photoconductor for Terahertz Spectroscopy. WA3–WA3. 4 indexed citations
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Frankel, M.Y., J.F. Whitaker, G. Mourou, J. A. Valdmanis, & P.M. Smith. (1991). 100-GHz Electrooptic S-Parameter Characterization of High Electron Mobility Transistors. WB1–WB1. 1 indexed citations
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Moore, James A., et al.. (1975). AN IMPROVED SYNTHESIS OF L-γ-GLUTAMYL-4-NITROANILIDE. Organic Preparations and Procedures International. 7(2). 89–91.
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Whitaker, J.F.. (1973). A rapid and specific method for the determination of pancreatic lipase in serum and urine. Clinica Chimica Acta. 44(1). 133–138. 32 indexed citations

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