John D. Downie

1.8k total citations
166 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

John D. Downie is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, John D. Downie has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 24 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in John D. Downie's work include Optical Network Technologies (121 papers), Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (92 papers) and Advanced Optical Network Technologies (47 papers). John D. Downie is often cited by papers focused on Optical Network Technologies (121 papers), Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (92 papers) and Advanced Optical Network Technologies (47 papers). John D. Downie collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. John D. Downie's co-authors include Jason E. Hurley, Xiaojun Liang, Sergejs Makovejs, Doǧan A. Timuçin, A. Boh Ruffin, D. T. Smithey, M. Sauer, John C. Cartledge, I. Roudas and William A. Wood and has published in prestigious journals such as Optics Letters, Optics Express and Japanese Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

John D. Downie

157 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John D. Downie 1.0k 285 135 79 76 166 1.3k
K. Mori 735 0.7× 105 0.4× 25 0.2× 73 0.9× 98 1.3× 89 986
F. Devos 284 0.3× 147 0.5× 43 0.3× 87 1.1× 47 0.6× 63 438
Kazuo Kyuma 1.3k 1.2× 624 2.2× 73 0.5× 69 0.9× 103 1.4× 141 1.6k
Nicola Massari 697 0.7× 123 0.4× 70 0.5× 78 1.0× 159 2.1× 86 1.1k
Richard Hornsey 480 0.5× 55 0.2× 58 0.4× 146 1.8× 101 1.3× 85 688
W. Brockherde 715 0.7× 130 0.5× 32 0.2× 102 1.3× 285 3.8× 82 1.3k
Soumyajit Mandal 582 0.6× 43 0.2× 136 1.0× 42 0.5× 278 3.7× 49 1.0k
Antoine Dupret 454 0.4× 42 0.1× 59 0.4× 92 1.2× 68 0.9× 92 572
Bedabrata Pain 1.3k 1.2× 60 0.2× 155 1.1× 476 6.0× 214 2.8× 74 1.5k
Firooz Aflatouni 980 1.0× 391 1.4× 46 0.3× 25 0.3× 154 2.0× 70 1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John D. Downie

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sillekens, Eric, Mingming Tan, John D. Downie, et al.. (2025). On the Feasibility of SCL-Band Transmission Over G.654.E-Compliant Long-Haul Fibre Links. 1–4.
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Downie, John D., Sergejs Makovejs, Pushkar Tandon, et al.. (2024). On conditions influencing widespread deployment and commercialisation of space division multiplexing optical fibres in submarine cable systems. IET Optoelectronics. 18(6). 169–178.
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Downie, John D. & O. V. Sinkin. (2024). Techno-economic evaluation of mode division multiplexing in subsea transmission systems. Optics Continuum. 3(9). 1570–1570. 1 indexed citations
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Galdino, Lídia, et al.. (2024). Optimization of channel powers, Raman pumps and EDFAs in the wideband fiber optic transmission systems. W2B.1–W2B.1. 1 indexed citations
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Liang, Xiaojun, John D. Downie, Jason E. Hurley, et al.. (2022). Study of Self-Homodyne Coherent System Using Multicore Fiber for Data Center Links. IEEE photonics journal. 14(4). 1–6. 3 indexed citations
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Downie, John D., et al.. (2021). Experimental Evaluation of the Generalized Signal Droop Model With SNR Measurements Including Transponder Implementation Penalty. IEEE photonics journal. 13(2). 1–10. 3 indexed citations
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Downie, John D., Jason E. Hurley, Xiaojun Liang, et al.. (2021). Modeling and Experimental Measurement of Power Efficiency for Power-Limited SDM Submarine Transmission Systems. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 39(8). 2376–2386. 14 indexed citations
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Liang, Xiaojun, John D. Downie, & Jason E. Hurley. (2021). Repeater Power Conversion Efficiency in Submarine Optical Communication Systems. IEEE photonics journal. 13(1). 1–10. 5 indexed citations
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Downie, John D., et al.. (2020). Transponder Implementation Penalty-Accounted Gaussian-Noise-Based Performance Modeling of Fiber-Optic Transmission Systems. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 38(8). 2253–2261. 8 indexed citations
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Downie, John D., et al.. (2020). SNR Model for Generalized Droop With Constant Output Power Amplifier Systems and Experimental Measurements. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 38(12). 3214–3220. 22 indexed citations
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Downie, John D., et al.. (2018). G.654.E optical fibers for high-data-rate terrestrial transmission systems with long reach. 23–23. 8 indexed citations
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Downie, John D., et al.. (2015). MPI Measurements of quasi-single-mode fibers. 273–274. 4 indexed citations
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Downie, John D., et al.. (2013). Study of EDFA and Raman system transmission reach with 256 Gb/s PM-16QAM signals over three optical fibers with 100 km spans. Optics Express. 21(14). 17372–17372. 11 indexed citations
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Downie, John D., et al.. (2011). Transmission of 112 Gb/s PM-QPSK signals over up to 635 km of multimode optical fiber. Optics Express. 19(26). B363–B363. 24 indexed citations
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Downie, John D., et al.. (2011). 112 Gb/s PM-QPSK transmission up to 6000 km with 200 km amplifier spacing and a hybrid fiber span configuration. Optics Express. 19(26). B96–B96. 11 indexed citations
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Downie, John D., et al.. (2009). XPM and SBS nonlinear effects on MLSE with varying uncompensated dispersion. Optics Express. 17(24). 22240–22240. 3 indexed citations
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Downie, John D., Jason E. Hurley, & Yihong Mauro. (2008). 107 Gb/s uncompensated transmission over a 470 km hybrid fiber link with in-line SOAs using MLSE and duobinary signals. Optics Express. 16(20). 15759–15759. 3 indexed citations
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Downie, John D., Frank Annunziata, Jason E. Hurley, & Jay Amin. (2004). Relative contributions to filter-induced Q penalty from eye closure and OSNR degradation. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. 2. 1 indexed citations
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Downie, John D., et al.. (2003). Assessment of optical network impairments through twelve distinct optical nodesat 10.66 Gbit/s. Journal of Optical Networking. 2(1). 1–9. 1 indexed citations
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Reid, Max B., et al.. (1989). Experimental verification of modified synthetic discriminant function filters for rotation invariance. Annual Meeting Optical Society of America. TUC6–TUC6. 1 indexed citations

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