John R. Whinnery

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

John R. Whinnery is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, John R. Whinnery has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in John R. Whinnery's work include Laser Design and Applications (4 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (3 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (3 papers). John R. Whinnery is often cited by papers focused on Laser Design and Applications (4 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (3 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (3 papers). John R. Whinnery collaborates with scholars based in United States. John R. Whinnery's co-authors include Simon Ramo, T. Van Duzer, V. Twersky, C.K. Birdsall, W. Streifer, A. Dienes, T. T. Taylor, Mutsuo Ogura, Shyh Wang and Jane J. Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Accounts of Chemical Research, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

John R. Whinnery

16 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics 1966 2026 1986 2006 1966 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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. Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics
    1966 2.6k citations Simon Ramo, John R. Whinnery et al. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa) profile →

Peers

John R. Whinnery
Simon Ramo United States
T. Van Duzer United States
T. Weiland Germany
David K. Cheng United States
G.S. Smith United States
P.J.B. Clarricoats United Kingdom
Thomas Weiland Germany
K. Halbach United States
Dennis M. Sullivan United States
Kazuya Kurokawa Japan
Simon Ramo United States
John R. Whinnery
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Harris, James G., et al.. (1994). Journal of Engineering Education Round Table: Reflections on the Grinter Report. Journal of Engineering Education. 83(1). 69–94. 31 indexed citations
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Whinnery, John R., et al.. (1987). Lasers: Invention to application. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 88. 21436. 3 indexed citations
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Ogura, Mutsuo, et al.. (1987). Surface-emitting laser diode with vertical GaAs/GaAlAs quarter-wavelength multilayers and lateral buried heterostructure. Applied Physics Letters. 51(21). 1655–1657. 48 indexed citations
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Ogura, Mutsuo, et al.. (1987). Surface emitting laser diode with bent waveguide. Applied Physics Letters. 50(12). 705–707. 2 indexed citations
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Dienes, A., et al.. (1985). Subpicosecond-pulse development in a colliding-pulse mode-locking dye laser pumped by a pulsed xenon laser. Optics Letters. 10(1). 19–19. 6 indexed citations
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Dienes, A., et al.. (1984). Subpicosecond pulse development in a xenon-ion laser-pumped colliding-pulse-mode dye laser (A). 1. 1278. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Kenneth K. W., John R. Whinnery, & A. Dienes. (1982). <title>Optical Switches For Generation And Pulse Shaping Of Ultrashort Electrical Pulses</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 322. 124–130. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Kenneth K. W., A. Dienes, & John R. Whinnery. (1981). Stability and astigmatic compensation analysis of five-mirror cavity for mode-locked dye lasers. Applied Optics. 20(3). 407–407. 12 indexed citations
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Bourkoff, E., A. Dienes, & John R. Whinnery. (1978). Synchronous generation of independently tunable ultrashort pulses by double mode-locking of the cw dye laser (A). Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 68. 1394.
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Whinnery, John R.. (1974). Laser measurement of optical absorption in liquids. Accounts of Chemical Research. 7(7). 225–231. 186 indexed citations
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Streifer, W. & John R. Whinnery. (1970). ANALYSIS OF A DYE LASER TUNED BY ACOUSTO-OPTIC FILTER. Applied Physics Letters. 17(8). 335–337. 50 indexed citations
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Ramo, Simon, John R. Whinnery, & T. Van Duzer. (1966). Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 2585 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pederson, Donald O., et al.. (1966). Introduction to electronic systems, circuits, and devices. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3 indexed citations
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Whinnery, John R.. (1965). The world of engineering. 3 indexed citations
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Ramo, Simon, John R. Whinnery, & V. Twersky. (1954). Fields and Waves in Modern Radio. Physics Today. 7(10). 20–20. 205 indexed citations
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Birdsall, C.K. & John R. Whinnery. (1953). Waves in an Electron Stream with General Admittance Walls. Journal of Applied Physics. 24(3). 314–323. 60 indexed citations
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Taylor, T. T. & John R. Whinnery. (1951). Applications of Potential Theory to the Design of Linear Arrays. Journal of Applied Physics. 22(1). 19–29. 13 indexed citations

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