Laird A. Thompson

1.2k total citations
46 papers, 778 citations indexed

About

Laird A. Thompson is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Laird A. Thompson has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 778 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 27 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 18 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Laird A. Thompson's work include Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (30 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (19 papers) and Optical Systems and Laser Technology (17 papers). Laird A. Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (30 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (19 papers) and Optical Systems and Laser Technology (17 papers). Laird A. Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. Laird A. Thompson's co-authors include F. Roddier, Chester S. Gardner, Stephen A. Gregory, John W Hardy, Scott W. Teare, Byron M. Welsh, Timothy J. Kane, Abhijit Chakraborty, Petros G. Voulgaris and L. Holloway and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Laird A. Thompson

43 papers receiving 718 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Laird A. Thompson United States 10 538 348 269 233 121 46 778
Andreas Glindemann Germany 15 665 1.2× 344 1.0× 337 1.3× 224 1.0× 159 1.3× 70 956
Malcolm J. Northcott United States 17 447 0.8× 335 1.0× 494 1.8× 202 0.9× 142 1.2× 56 1.1k
Michel Tallon France 14 736 1.4× 480 1.4× 209 0.8× 305 1.3× 181 1.5× 91 867
Richard G. Dekany United States 14 625 1.2× 338 1.0× 360 1.3× 221 0.9× 87 0.7× 77 760
Enrico Marchetti Germany 19 740 1.4× 459 1.3× 406 1.5× 397 1.7× 111 0.9× 100 1.0k
Laurent Jolıssaınt United States 13 506 0.9× 305 0.9× 188 0.7× 195 0.8× 89 0.7× 64 590
James M. Brase United States 12 413 0.8× 263 0.8× 226 0.8× 185 0.8× 103 0.9× 59 825
David G. Sandler United States 14 411 0.8× 225 0.6× 156 0.6× 179 0.8× 68 0.6× 51 588
Erik M. Johansson United States 10 327 0.6× 210 0.6× 402 1.5× 201 0.9× 61 0.5× 25 820
Marcos A. van Dam United States 15 643 1.2× 414 1.2× 566 2.1× 220 0.9× 133 1.1× 50 1.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thompson, Laird A., et al.. (2009). UnISIS: Laser Guide Star and Natural Guide Star Adaptive Optics System. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 121(879). 498–511. 3 indexed citations
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Voulgaris, Petros G., et al.. (2009). H2 Control of Large Segmented Telescopes. Journal of Vibration and Control. 15(6). 923–949. 9 indexed citations
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Thompson, Laird A., et al.. (2003). Astronomical observations with the UnISIS adaptive optics system. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5169. 11–11. 1 indexed citations
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Thompson, Laird A. & Scott W. Teare. (2002). Rayleigh Laser Guide Star Systems: Application to the University of Illinois Seeing Improvement System. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 114(799). 1029–1042. 12 indexed citations
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Thompson, Laird A., et al.. (2002). Rayleigh Laser Guide Star Systems: UnISIS Bow‐Tie Shutter and CCD39 Wavefront Camera. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 114(800). 1143–1149. 2 indexed citations
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Thompson, Laird A.. (2000). Adaptive Optics for Astronomical Telescopes, by John W. Hardy Adaptive Optics in Astronomy, by François Roddier. Physics Today. 53(4). 69. 1 indexed citations
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Thompson, Laird A., et al.. (1997). Deep Surface Photometry of Spiral Galaxy NGC 5383: Observational Techniques and Halo Constraints. The Astronomical Journal. 114. 655–655. 15 indexed citations
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Thompson, Laird A., et al.. (1995). <title>Laser beacon system for the UnISIS adaptive optics system at the Mount Wilson 2.5-m telescope</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2534. 38–47. 4 indexed citations
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Thompson, Laird A.. (1994). <title>UnISIS: University of Illinois Seeing Improvement System (UnISIS)--an adaptive optics instrument for the Mt. Wilson 2.5-m telescope</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2201. 1074–1087. 3 indexed citations
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Thompson, Laird A.. (1994). Adaptive Optics in Astronomy. Physics Today. 47(12). 24–31. 19 indexed citations
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Thompson, Laird A. & Stephen A. Gregory. (1993). Dwarf galaxies in the Coma cluster. The Astronomical Journal. 106. 2197–2197. 49 indexed citations
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Thompson, Laird A., et al.. (1992). Experimental demonstration of a Rayleigh-scattered laser guide star at 351 nm. Optics Letters. 17(21). 1485–1485. 15 indexed citations
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Kane, Timothy J., Byron M. Welsh, Chester S. Gardner, & Laird A. Thompson. (1989). Wavefront Detector Optimization For Laser Guided Adaptive Telescopes. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1114. 160–160. 21 indexed citations
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Welsh, Byron M., Chester S. Gardner, & Laird A. Thompson. (1989). Effects Of Nonlinear Resonant Absorption On Sodium Laser Guide Stars. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1114. 203–203. 3 indexed citations
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Gardner, Chester S. & Laird A. Thompson. (1987). LASER GUIDE STAR EXPERIMENTS AT MAUNA KEA OBSERVATORY FOR ADPATIVE IMAGING IN ASTRONOMY. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations
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Thompson, Laird A., et al.. (1987). Artificial guide stars for adaptive imaging. Nature. 330(6144). 116–116. 6 indexed citations
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Gregory, Stephen A. & Laird A. Thompson. (1978). Low mass portion of the galaxy clustering spectrum. Nature. 274(5670). 450–452. 4 indexed citations
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Thompson, Laird A.. (1973). X-ray Cluster of Galaxies Identified in Error Box 2U2358-29. Nature Physical Science. 243(123). 5–6. 2 indexed citations
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Thompson, Laird A., et al.. (1972). Distribution of Gas and Dust in M81. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 84. 61–61. 4 indexed citations

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