John E. Bowers

65.0k total citations · 18 hit papers
1.6k papers, 45.9k citations indexed

About

John E. Bowers is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Bowers has authored 1.6k papers receiving a total of 45.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1.4k papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 921 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 129 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in John E. Bowers's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (1.1k papers), Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (627 papers) and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (417 papers). John E. Bowers is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (1.1k papers), Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (627 papers) and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (417 papers). John E. Bowers collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. John E. Bowers's co-authors include Daoxin Dai, Di Liang, A. C. Gossard, Lin Chang, Ali Shakouri, Martijn J. R. Heck, Alexander W. Fang, Jared F. Bauters, Justin Norman and Michael L. Davenport and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John E. Bowers

1.5k papers receiving 42.8k citations

Hit Papers

Roadmap on silicon photonics 2006 2026 2012 2019 2016 2006 2010 2018 2008 250 500 750
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. Roadmap on silicon photonics
    2016 919 citations John E. Bowers et al. profile →
  2. Electrically pumped hybrid AlGaInAs-silicon evanescent laser
    2006 879 citations Mario Paniccia, John E. Bowers et al. profile →
  3. Recent progress in lasers on silicon
    2010 818 citations John E. Bowers et al. Nature Photonics profile →
  4. Status and Potential of Lithium Niobate on Insulator (LNOI) for Photonic Integrated Circuits
    2018 503 citations Andreas Boes, Lin Chang et al. profile →
  5. Monolithic germanium/silicon avalanche photodiodes with 340 GHz gain–bandwidth product
    2008 452 citations Mario Paniccia, John E. Bowers et al. Nature Photonics profile →
  6. Passive technologies for future large-scale photonic integrated circuits on silicon: polarization handling, light non-reciprocity and loss reduction
    2012 398 citations John E. Bowers et al. profile →
  7. Roadmap of optical communications
    2016 396 citations John E. Bowers et al. profile →
  8. Perspective on the future of silicon photonics and electronics
    2021 388 citations Chao Xiang, John E. Bowers et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →
  9. Lithium niobate photonics: Unlocking the electromagnetic spectrum
    2023 334 citations Andreas Boes, Lin Chang et al. profile →
  10. Integrated turnkey soliton microcombs
    2020 324 citations Boqiang Shen, Lin Chang et al. profile →
  11. Integrated optical frequency comb technologies
    2022 322 citations Lin Chang, Songtao Liu et al. Nature Photonics profile →
  12. Roadmapping the next generation of silicon photonics
    2024 289 citations John E. Bowers et al. Nature Communications profile →
  13. Microcomb-driven silicon photonic systems
    2022 241 citations Haowen Shu, Lin Chang et al. profile →
  14. Silicon nitride passive and active photonic integrated circuits: trends and prospects
    2022 188 citations Chao Xiang, Warren Jin et al. Photonics Research profile →
  15. Prospects and applications of on-chip lasers
    2023 169 citations Yating Wan, John E. Bowers et al. profile →
  16. Microcomb-based integrated photonic processing unit
    2023 165 citations Haowen Shu, Lin Chang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  17. 3D integration enables ultralow-noise isolator-free lasers in silicon photonics
    2023 137 citations Chao Xiang, Warren Jin et al. profile →
  18. Breaking the temporal and frequency congestion of LiDAR by parallel chaos
    2023 133 citations Haowen Shu, Lin Chang et al. Nature Photonics profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John E. Bowers 39.7k 27.3k 5.8k 4.1k 3.3k 1.6k 45.9k
Eli Yablonovitch 25.7k 0.6× 23.6k 0.9× 8.2k 1.4× 9.4k 2.3× 1.1k 0.3× 383 40.1k
Susumu Noda 17.3k 0.4× 19.3k 0.7× 2.4k 0.4× 6.0k 1.5× 931 0.3× 579 22.9k
M. Kamp 8.2k 0.2× 11.2k 0.4× 2.1k 0.4× 3.1k 0.8× 3.7k 1.1× 525 15.3k
Kerry J. Vahala 27.0k 0.7× 28.7k 1.1× 1.8k 0.3× 4.0k 1.0× 3.3k 1.0× 382 33.2k
Heng Fan 7.4k 0.2× 15.2k 0.6× 11.1k 1.9× 2.8k 0.7× 5.5k 1.7× 411 29.7k
Marin Soljačić 19.9k 0.5× 24.5k 0.9× 3.5k 0.6× 11.1k 2.7× 4.3k 1.3× 405 42.7k
Michal Lipson 29.6k 0.7× 24.3k 0.9× 2.3k 0.4× 4.5k 1.1× 3.0k 0.9× 533 34.3k
Evelyn L. Hu 10.4k 0.3× 12.1k 0.4× 5.2k 0.9× 3.9k 1.0× 2.1k 0.7× 406 19.5k
Sajeev John 11.8k 0.3× 16.8k 0.6× 2.8k 0.5× 5.6k 1.4× 1.1k 0.3× 216 20.5k
M. L. Roukes 14.1k 0.4× 20.4k 0.7× 9.7k 1.7× 5.7k 1.4× 935 0.3× 187 29.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pintus, Paolo, Zeyu Zhang, Boqiang Shen, et al.. (2025). Integrated mode-hop-free tunable lasers at 780 nm for chip-scale classical and quantum photonic applications. APL Photonics. 10(3). 2 indexed citations
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Dumont, Mario, Essam Berikaa, R. Gutiérrez-Castrejón, et al.. (2024). 12.1 terabit/second data center interconnects using O-band coherent transmission with QD-MLL frequency combs. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7741–7741. 11 indexed citations
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Guo, Joel, Chao Xiang, Warren Jin, et al.. (2024). Investigation of Q degradation in low-loss Si3N4 from heterogeneous laser integration. 1–2.
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Ma, Chunyang, Lei Wang, Zhixue He, et al.. (2024). Fast-reconfigurable frequency comb generation based on AlGaAsOI waveguide with electro-optic time lens. Communications Physics. 7(1). 4 indexed citations
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Hughes, Eamonn T., Chen Shang, Jennifer Selvidge, et al.. (2024). Gradual degradation in InAs quantum dot lasers on Si and GaAs. Nanoscale. 16(6). 2966–2973. 1 indexed citations
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Pintus, Paolo, Mario Dumont, Yuya Shoji, et al.. (2024). Integrated non-reciprocal magneto-optics with ultra-high endurance for photonic in-memory computing. Nature Photonics. 19(1). 54–62. 19 indexed citations
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Kudelin, Igor, A. R. Lind, Dahyeon Lee, et al.. (2024). Photonic millimeter-wave generation beyond the cavity thermal limit. Optica. 11(11). 1583–1583. 8 indexed citations
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Terra, Osama, et al.. (2024). Correction of laser sweeping nonlinearities using ultralow-loss on-chip 7  m spiral resonators. Photonics Research. 13(1). 40–40.
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Yuan, Zhiquan, Maodong Gao, Yan Yu, et al.. (2023). Soliton pulse pairs at multiple colours in normal dispersion microresonators. Nature Photonics. 17(11). 977–983. 32 indexed citations
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Chang, Lin, Weiqiang Xie, Haowen Shu, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Ultra-efficient frequency comb generation in AlGaAs-on-insulator microresonators. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1803–1803. 1 indexed citations
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Buffolo, Matteo, Carlo De Santi, Justin Norman, et al.. (2021). A Review of the Reliability of Integrated IR Laser Diodes for Silicon Photonics. Electronics. 10(22). 2734–2734. 7 indexed citations
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Mukherjee, Kunal, Jennifer Selvidge, Eamonn T. Hughes, et al.. (2021). Kinetically limited misfit dislocations formed during post-growth cooling in III–V lasers on silicon. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 54(49). 494001–494001. 11 indexed citations
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Snijders, Henk, Justin Norman, A. C. Gossard, et al.. (2021). Artificial Coherent States of Light by Multiphoton Interference in a Single-Photon Stream. Physical Review Letters. 126(14). 143601–143601. 12 indexed citations
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Huang, Heming, Jianan Duan, Bozhang Dong, et al.. (2020). Epitaxial quantum dot lasers on silicon with high thermal stability and strong resistance to optical feedback. APL Photonics. 5(1). 37 indexed citations
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Grillot, Frédéric, Justin Norman, Jianan Duan, et al.. (2020). Physics and applications of quantum dot lasers for silicon photonics. Nanophotonics. 9(6). 1271–1286. 38 indexed citations
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Malik, Aditya, Alexander Spott, Yue Wang, et al.. (2020). High resolution, high channel count mid-infrared arrayed waveguide gratings in silicon. Optics Letters. 45(16). 4551–4551. 10 indexed citations
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Selvidge, Jennifer, Justin Norman, Eamonn T. Hughes, et al.. (2019). Non-radiative recombination at dislocations in InAs quantum dots grown on silicon. Applied Physics Letters. 115(13). 24 indexed citations
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Duan, Jianan, Heming Huang, Bozhang Dong, et al.. (2019). 1.3-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$ </tex-math> </inline-formula>m Reflection Insensitive InAs/GaAs Quantum Dot Lasers Directly Grown on Silicon. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 31(5). 345–348. 80 indexed citations
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Stanton, Eric J., Nicolas Volet, & John E. Bowers. (2017). Low-loss arrayed waveguide grating at 2.0 µm. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. STh1M.7–STh1M.7. 1 indexed citations
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Wun, Jhih-Min, Yuwen Wang, Yihan Chen, John E. Bowers, & Jin‐Wei Shi. (2016). GaSb-Based p-i-n Photodiodes With Partially Depleted Absorbers for High-Speed and High-Power Performance at 2.5-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{m}$ </tex-math> </inline-formula> Wavelength. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 63(7). 2796–2801. 16 indexed citations

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