K. Tamura

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
76 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

K. Tamura is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Tamura has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 58 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in K. Tamura's work include Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (56 papers), Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (32 papers) and Optical Network Technologies (23 papers). K. Tamura is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (56 papers), Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (32 papers) and Optical Network Technologies (23 papers). K. Tamura collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. K. Tamura's co-authors include Erich P. Ippen, H. A. Haus, L.E. Nelson, Masataka Nakazawa, David J. Jones, Eiji Yoshida, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Hirokazu Kubota, C. R. Doerr and H. A. Haus and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Optics Letters and The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

In The Last Decade

K. Tamura

74 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

77-fs pulse generation from a stretched-pulse mode-locked... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 1997 200 400 600
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. 77-fs pulse generation from a stretched-pulse mode-locked all-fiber ring laser
    1993 672 citations K. Tamura, Erich P. Ippen et al. Optics Letters profile →
  2. Ultrashort-pulse fiber ring lasers
    1997 658 citations L.E. Nelson, K. Tamura et al. profile →

Peers

K. Tamura
D. Seidel United States
Myoung‐Gyun Suh United States
T. Wilken Germany
Darren D. Hudson Australia
R. N. Sacks United States
F. Seifert United States
Fuchuan Lei Sweden
Franklyn Quinlan United States
D. Crespo Marcos Spain
W. Lange Germany
D. Seidel United States
K. Tamura
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. Tamura

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of K. Tamura. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of K. Tamura based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with K. Tamura. K. Tamura is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Miyaji, Y., et al.. (2011). Improved sustainable fractionation of palm oil using polyglycerol fatty acid esters.. Journal of Oil Palm Research. 23. 1141–1145. 6 indexed citations
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Tamura, K., Koichiro Nabe, Shingo Kamoshida, et al.. (2004). A case of secondary diabetes mellitus with acromegaly improved by pioglitazone. Diabetic Medicine. 21(9). 1049–1050. 5 indexed citations
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Tayama, Kohsuke, Shinzo Takamori, Masahiro Mitsuoka, et al.. (2002). Natriuretic peptides after pulmonary resection. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 73(5). 1582–1586. 24 indexed citations
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Inui, T., T. Komukai, Masataka Nakazawa, et al.. (2002). Adaptive dispersion slope equalizer for dispersion-shifted fibers using a nonlinearly chirped fiber Bragg grating pair. 14–15. 3 indexed citations
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Inui, T., K. Tamura, Koichi Mori, & Toshio Morioka. (2002). Bit rate flexible chirp measurement technique using two-photon absorption. Electronics Letters. 38(23). 1459–1460. 7 indexed citations
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Tamura, K. & Mitsuru Nakazawa. (2001). 54-fs, 10-GHz soliton generation from a polarization-maintaining dispersion-flattened dispersion-decreasing fiber pulse compressor. Optics Letters. 26(11). 762–762. 37 indexed citations
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Nakazawa, Masataka, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, & K. Tamura. (2000). 1.28 Tbit/s–70 km OTDM transmission usingthird- andfourth-order simultaneous dispersion compensationwith a phase modulator. Electronics Letters. 36(24). 2027–2029. 254 indexed citations
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Yoshida, Eiji, K. Tamura, & Masataka Nakazawa. (1998). Intracavity dispersion effects of a regeneratively and harmonically FM mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser. IEICE Transactions on Electronics. 81(2). 189–194. 3 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Ryō, et al.. (1998). Optical Add/Drop Filter with Flat Top Spectral Response Based on Gratings Photoinduced on Planar Waveguides. IEICE Transactions on Electronics. 81(8). 1205–1208. 3 indexed citations
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Tamura, K., Eiji Yoshida, & Masataka Nakazawa. (1998). Forced Phase Modulation and Self Phase Modulation Effects in Dispersion-Tuned Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers. IEICE Transactions on Electronics. 81(2). 195–200. 1 indexed citations
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Hayashi, Akihiro, Shinzo Takamori, Masahiro Mitsuoka, et al.. (1998). Primary hemangiopericytoma of the superior mediastinum: a case report.. PubMed. 4(5). 283–5. 2 indexed citations
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Takamori, Shinzo, Akihiro Hayashi, Kohsuke Tayama, et al.. (1998). Resection of malignant fibrous histiocytoma invading the thoracic aorta. The Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 46(9). 825–828. 2 indexed citations
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Matsuo, Toshihiro, Akihiro Hayashi, Shinzo Takamori, et al.. (1998). Tuberculosis Associated with Pulmonary Sequestration.. The Kurume Medical Journal. 45(2). 215–217. 1 indexed citations
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Nakazawa, Masataka, Eiji Yoshida, & K. Tamura. (1997). Ideal phase-locked-loop (PLL) operation of a 10GHz erbium-dopedfibre laser using regenerative modelockingas an optical voltage controlled oscillator. Electronics Letters. 33(15). 1318–1320. 56 indexed citations
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Tamura, K. & Masataka Nakazawa. (1996). Pulse compression by nonlinear pulse evolution with reduced optical wave breaking in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers. Optics Letters. 21(1). 68–68. 100 indexed citations
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Lenz, G., K. Tamura, H. A. Haus, & Erich P. Ippen. (1995). All-solid-state femtosecond source at 155 μm. Optics Letters. 20(11). 1289–1289. 47 indexed citations
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Tamura, K., Erich P. Ippen, & H. A. Haus. (1995). Pulse dynamics in stretched-pulse fiber lasers. Applied Physics Letters. 67(2). 158–160. 107 indexed citations
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Tamura, K., L.E. Nelson, H. A. Haus, & Erich P. Ippen. (1994). Stretched pulse additive pulse mode locking in fiber lasers. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations
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Tamura, K., Erich P. Ippen, H. A. Haus, & L.E. Nelson. (1993). 77-fs pulse generation from a stretched-pulse mode-locked all-fiber ring laser. Optics Letters. 18(13). 1080–1080. 672 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tamura, K., H. A. Haus, & Erich P. Ippen. (1992). Self-starting additive pulse mode-locked erbium fibre ring laser. Electronics Letters. 28(24). 2226–2228. 279 indexed citations

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