John Canfield

1.6k citations

8 papers · 832 indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 8

Impact in

Instrumentation top 2%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 5%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Papers in

Instrumentation 4
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 3
Aerospace Engineering 5
- Calibration and Measurement Techniques 4
- Infrared Target Detection Methodologies 1

Co-authors: George Brims Ian S. McLean E. E. Becklin Donald F. Figer Harry I. Teplitz James Larkin Nick Magnone James R. Graham
Journals: Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan Canada

In The Last Decade

John Canfield

8 papers receiving 780 citations

Hit Papers

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Design and development of NIRSPEC: a near-infrared echelle spectrograph for the Keck II telescope 1998 · 442 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1998 Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

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All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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1	MOSFIRE, the multi-object spectrometer for infra-red exploration at the Keck Observatory Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Ian S. McLean, Charles C. Steidel, Harland W. Epps, Nicholas P. Konidaris, Keith Y. Matthews, Sean M. Adkins, Choy Long Lee, George Brims, John Canfield, John Cromer, Jason Fucik, Kristin Kulas, Gregory N. Mace, Ken Magnone, Héctor Rodríguez, Gwen C. Rudie, Ryan F. Trainor, Eric Wang, Bob Weber, Jason Weiss	2012	181
2	Design and development of MOSFIRE: the multi-object spectrometer for infrared exploration at the Keck Observatory Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Ian S. McLean, Charles C. Steidel, Harland W. Epps, Keith Matthews, Sean M. Adkins, Nicholas P. Konidaris, Bob Weber, Ted Aliado, George Brims, John Canfield, John Cromer, Jason Fucik, Kristin Kulas, Gregory N. Mace, Ken Magnone, Héctor Rodríguez, Eric Wang, Jason Weiss	2010	88
3	The infrared imaging spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: instrument overview Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·James Larkin, Anna Moore, E. J. Barton, Brian Bauman, Khanh Bui, John Canfield, D. Crampton, Alex Delacroix, 赛罕, Balavadivel Raja Bharathi, David Loop, T. Bauza, Andrew C. Phillips, В. А. Решетов, Luc Simard, Roger Smith, Ryuji Suzuki, Tomonori Usuda, S. Wright	2010	14
4	An ultralow-noise high-speed CMOS linescan sensor for scientific and industrial applications Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Boyd Fowler, Yuen YE Wong, 藤井正俊, 和俊五味, John Canfield, Michael D. Godfrey	2004	7
5	OSIRIS: infrared integral field spectrograph for the Keck adaptive optics system Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·James Larkin, A. Quirrenbach, A. Krabbe, Ted Aliado, M. Barczys, George Brims, John Canfield, Thomas M. Gasaway, David Lafreniére, Nick Magnone, Gunnar E. Skulason, D. Kubas, David Sprayberry, Jason Weiss	2003	28
6	Low-noise readout using active reset for CMOS APS Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Boyd Fowler, Michael D. Godfrey, Yuen YE Wong, John Canfield	2000	47
7	Design and development of NIRSPEC: a near-infrared echelle spectrograph for the Keck II telescope Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Ian S. McLean, E. E. Becklin, Oddvar Bendiksen, George Brims, John Canfield, Donald F. Figer, James R. Graham, Mary-Leena Martine Tchenkoue Djouom, P. A. Defteros, James Larkin, Samuel B. Larson, N. A. Levenson, Nick Magnone, Harry I. Teplitz, Woon K. Wong Hit paper breakdown →	1998	442
8	UCLA double-beam infrared camera system Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Ian S. McLean, E. E. Becklin, George Brims, John Canfield, Ian A. Slowinski, Donald F. Figer, Maureen Richardson, Imame Khrichfa, Raphael Fumpelly, Bruce Macintosh, Harry I. Teplitz	1993	25

About John Canfield

John Canfield is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Aerospace Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Astronomy and Astrophysics, having authored 8 papers that have together received 832 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (4 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (4 papers), Advanced optical system design (3 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (3 papers), CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors (2 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (2 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (1 paper) and Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (269 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (711 citations), Spectroscopy (89 citations), Atmospheric Science (68 citations) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (46 citations). John Canfield has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Frequent co-authors include George Brims, Ian S. McLean, E. E. Becklin, Donald F. Figer, Harry I. Teplitz, James Larkin, Nick Magnone, James R. Graham, Woon K. Wong and Oddvar Bendiksen. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE.

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