Lawrence C. West

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

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Lawrence C. West is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Lawrence C. West has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 6 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Lawrence C. West's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (13 papers), Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (10 papers) and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (7 papers). Lawrence C. West is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (13 papers), Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (10 papers) and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (7 papers). Lawrence C. West collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Brazil. Lawrence C. West's co-authors include Stephen Eglash, Lowell L. Wood, J.B. Marling, Joseph Nilsen, A. R. Kovsh, A. E. Zhukov, I. Krestnikov, N. Grote, A. Gubenko and C. Bornholdt and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Lawrence C. West

27 papers receiving 987 citations

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First observation of an extremely large-dipole infrared transition within the conduction band of a GaAs quantum well

1985 747 citations Lawrence C. West, Stephen Eglash Applied Physics Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lawrence C. West United States	9	912	720	248	137	67	28	1.0k
Stephen Eglash United States	18	1.4k 1.6×	1.3k 1.8×	371 1.5×	195 1.4×	102 1.5×	42	1.6k
R. P. G. Karunasiri United States	18	988 1.1×	880 1.2×	229 0.9×	343 2.5×	116 1.7×	50	1.1k
L. Rota United Kingdom	14	736 0.8×	516 0.7×	93 0.4×	159 1.2×	72 1.1×	47	870
R.S. Geels United States	22	1.7k 1.9×	1.9k 2.7×	125 0.5×	120 0.9×	99 1.5×	58	2.1k
K. Alavi United States	19	1.2k 1.3×	994 1.4×	86 0.3×	183 1.3×	84 1.3×	77	1.3k
J. C. Dyment Canada	21	785 0.9×	990 1.4×	127 0.5×	93 0.7×	64 1.0×	42	1.1k
M.-H. Meynadier United States	13	804 0.9×	541 0.8×	54 0.2×	262 1.9×	51 0.8×	26	894
A. Y. Cho United States	20	1.1k 1.2×	935 1.3×	54 0.2×	227 1.7×	110 1.6×	54	1.3k
T. Mozume Japan	18	888 1.0×	846 1.2×	191 0.8×	112 0.8×	51 0.8×	123	1.0k
Martin Walther Germany	17	508 0.6×	723 1.0×	148 0.6×	92 0.7×	85 1.3×	58	819

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West, Lawrence C., et al.. (2025). Conversion of an FDM printer to direct ink write 3D bioprinter utilizing an efficient and cost-effective extrusion system. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 19. 100212–100212.

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Gubenko, A., I. Krestnikov, S. Mikhrin, et al.. (2007). Error-free 10 Gbit/s transmission using individual Fabry-Perot modes of low-noise quantum-dot laser. Electronics Letters. 43(25). 1430–1431. 41 indexed citations

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Gubenko, A., I. Krestnikov, S. Mikhrin, et al.. (2007). Error-free 10 Gbit/s transmission using individual Fabry-Perot modes of low-noise quantum-dot laser. Electronics Letters. 43(25). 1430–1431. 48 indexed citations

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Jewell, J. L., P.D. Dapkus, Won-Jin Choi, et al.. (1998). <title>Multiple long-wavelength VCSEL arrays for low-cost WDM</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3234. 140–145. 1 indexed citations

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West, Lawrence C., et al.. (1996). ULTRA HIGH CONFJNEMENT WAVEGUIDES FOR VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATED OPTICS (VLSIO) WITH THREE DIMENSIONAL PACKAGING. Integrated Photonics Research. IMH3–IMH3. 2 indexed citations

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West, Lawrence C., et al.. (1996). GHz modulators in the midinfrared using ultrahigh-confinement waveguides. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2695. 306–306. 1 indexed citations

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Dubey, Madan, et al.. (1996). Oxygen contamination of low temperature ultrahigh vacuum-deposited Ge films on GaAs. Applied Physics Letters. 69(4). 556–558. 3 indexed citations

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Dubey, Madan, Keith Jones, Woojae Han, et al.. (1996). Infrared absorption of Ge epitaxial films on a GaAs substrate. Journal of Applied Physics. 79(9). 7157–7160. 5 indexed citations

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Paula, Ana, Carlos L. César, Lawrence C. West, et al.. (1995). Photoinduced intersubband transition in undoped HgCdTe multiple quantum wells. Applied Physics Letters. 66(22). 2998–3000. 4 indexed citations

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Becker, P. C., et al.. (1994). Response time measurement of a mid-infra-red photodetector. Electronics Letters. 30(13). 1093–1094. 7 indexed citations

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Dubey, Madan, G. F. McLane, Keith Jones, et al.. (1994). Ge Optical Interconnects on a GaAs Surface. MRS Proceedings. 340. 2 indexed citations

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Ang, Simon S., Yan Shi, W. D. Brown, & Lawrence C. West. (1994). The effects of gamma irradiation on low-pressure chemical-vapor-deposited silicon dioxide metal-oxide-silicon structures. Microelectronics Reliability. 34(5). 909–919. 1 indexed citations

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West, Lawrence C., et al.. (1993). Optical transitions to above-barrier quasibound states in asymmetric semiconductor heterostructures. Applied Physics Letters. 62(12). 1432–1434. 20 indexed citations

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Hashemipour, Omid, Simon S. Ang, W.D. Brown, J.R. Yeargan, & Lawrence C. West. (1991). The effects of a hydrogen ambient on the interface state energy distribution of gamma irradiated and charge injected metal-oxide-semiconductor structures fabricated on germanium/boron doped silicon. Journal of Applied Physics. 70(11). 6902–6907. 4 indexed citations

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Cesar, C. L., Md. Nazrul Islam, R. D. Feldman, et al.. (1990). Detailed characterization of HgCdTe/CdTe multiple quantum wells. Applied Physics Letters. 56(3). 283–285. 19 indexed citations

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West, Lawrence C. & Stephen Eglash. (1985). First observation of an extremely large-dipole infrared transition within the conduction band of a GaAs quantum well. Applied Physics Letters. 46(12). 1156–1158. 747 indexed citations breakdown →

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West, Lawrence C.. (1983). Supersonic optical quality jet stream. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. WS3–WS3. 1 indexed citations

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West, Lawrence C.. (1983). Construction of a general purpose digital computer based on optical logic elements. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. EDL2. TUG5–TUG5. 1 indexed citations

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Marling, J.B., Joseph Nilsen, Lawrence C. West, & Lowell L. Wood. (1979). An ultrahigh-Q isotropically sensitive optical filter employing atomic resonance transitions. Journal of Applied Physics. 50(2). 610–614. 42 indexed citations

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Marling, J.B., Joseph Nilsen, Lawrence C. West, & L. Wood. (1977). Advanced blue-green electro-optics: very narrow bandwidth, wide field-of-view detectors. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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