Luc Thévenaz

13.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
371 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Luc Thévenaz is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Luc Thévenaz has authored 371 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 329 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 213 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 32 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Luc Thévenaz's work include Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (243 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (219 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (155 papers). Luc Thévenaz is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (243 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (219 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (155 papers). Luc Thévenaz collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Spain and China. Luc Thévenaz's co-authors include Marcelo A. Soto, Philippe A. Robert, Marc Niklès, Miguel González‐Herráez, Stéphane Schilt, Kwang Yong Song, Sanghoon Chin, Zhisheng Yang, Stella Foaleng Mafang and Moshe Tur and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Luc Thévenaz

341 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Brillouin gain spectrum characterization in single-mode optical fibers

1997 574 citations Marc Niklès, Luc Thévenaz et al. Journal of Lightwave Technology profile →
Distributed fiber‐optic temperature sensing for hydrologic systems

2006 477 citations Luc Thévenaz et al. profile →
Modeling and evaluating the performance of Brillouin distributed optical fiber sensors

2013 341 citations Marcelo A. Soto, Luc Thévenaz Optics Express profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luc Thévenaz Switzerland	52	8.6k	6.2k	915	772	494	371	10.3k
Benli Yu China	33	2.6k 0.3×	2.4k 0.4×	799 0.9×	852 1.1×	304 0.6×	353	4.7k
Robert Lee United States	32	1.8k 0.2×	1.5k 0.2×	253 0.3×	660 0.9×	226 0.5×	165	3.9k
Yufei Ma China	48	3.5k 0.4×	1.2k 0.2×	4.8k 5.3×	2.1k 2.7×	1.7k 3.5×	252	7.3k
Xin Yu China	40	2.2k 0.3×	2.0k 0.3×	1.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	471 1.0×	336	6.1k
Min Guo China	37	1.9k 0.2×	433 0.1×	1.9k 2.1×	1.2k 1.5×	495 1.0×	124	3.1k
George Stewart United Kingdom	33	2.0k 0.2×	956 0.2×	1.2k 1.3×	404 0.5×	360 0.7×	205	3.7k
J.P. Dakin United Kingdom	28	2.8k 0.3×	1.1k 0.2×	224 0.2×	358 0.5×	53 0.1×	145	3.4k
Peter Werle Germany	27	1.9k 0.2×	450 0.1×	1.9k 2.1×	342 0.4×	1.2k 2.5×	182	3.6k
Peter W. Barber United States	34	1.5k 0.2×	2.0k 0.3×	153 0.2×	2.2k 2.9×	736 1.5×	71	5.8k
Erkki Ikonen Finland	30	725 0.1×	904 0.1×	289 0.3×	538 0.7×	449 0.9×	286	3.2k

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Yang, Yuting, Marcelo A. Soto, & Luc Thévenaz. (2024). Distributed Temperature Alarm System Based on Incoherent Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry and Side Air-Hole Optical Fibers. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 42(18). 6599–6607.

Gao, Shoufei, et al.. (2023). Study of backward Brillouin scattering in gas-filled anti-resonant fibers. APL Photonics. 8(8). 7 indexed citations

Rémy, Bernard, Regina Magalhães, Sonia Martín‐López, et al.. (2023). Humidity-insensitive optical fibers for distributed sensing applications. Applied Optics. 62(15). 4017–4017. 6 indexed citations

Yang, Zhisheng, et al.. (2022). Closed-loop technique based on gain balancing for real-time Brillouin optical time-domain analysis. Optics Letters. 47(17). 4299–4299. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Zhisheng, et al.. (2021). On the measurement accuracy of coherent Rayleigh-based distributed sensors. Optics Express. 29(26). 42538–42538. 12 indexed citations

Yang, Zhisheng, et al.. (2021). Long-distance distributed pressure sensing based on frequency-scanned phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry. Optics Express. 29(13). 20487–20487. 14 indexed citations

Yang, Zhisheng, Sheng Wang, Xiaobin Hong, et al.. (2021). Impact of optical noises on unipolar-coded Brillouin optical time-domain analyzers. Optics Express. 29(14). 22146–22146. 13 indexed citations

Lü, Xin, et al.. (2020). Spectral Properties of the Signal in Phase-Sensitive Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry With Direct Detection. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 38(6). 1513–1521. 19 indexed citations

Yang, Zhisheng, et al.. (2020). Distributed and dynamic strain sensing with high spatial resolution andlarge measurable strain range. Optics Letters. 45(18). 5020–5020. 21 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhisheng, Xiaobin Hong, Sheng Wang, et al.. (2020). Genetic-optimised aperiodic code for distributed optical fibre sensors. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5774–5774. 93 indexed citations

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Geernaert, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Distributed Hydrostatic Pressure Measurement Using Phase-OTDR in a Highly Birefringent Photonic Crystal Fiber. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 37(18). 4496–4500. 29 indexed citations

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Costa, Luís, et al.. (2019). Analysis and Reduction of Large Errors in Rayleigh-Based Distributed Sensor. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 37(18). 4710–4719. 41 indexed citations

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Thévenaz, Luc, et al.. (2019). Large Brillouin Interaction in Hollow Core Fibers. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne).

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Chow, Desmond M., Marcelo A. Soto, & Luc Thévenaz. (2017). Frequency-domain technique to measure the inertial response of forward stimulated Brillouin scattering for acoustic impedance sensing. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 10323. 1032311–1032311. 16 indexed citations

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Soto, Marcelo A., et al.. (2010). 50-km Simplex-coded BOTDA sensor for distributed strain and temperature measurements with 1 m spatial resolution. CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies). 2 indexed citations

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Chin, Sanghoon, Luc Thévenaz, & Miguel González‐Herráez. (2007). Simple scheme for realizing fast light with low distortion in optical fibers. e_Buah. 1–1.

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Abedin, Kazi S., Kwang Yong Song, Luc Thévenaz, Miguel González‐Herráez, & Kazuo Hotate. (2006). Highly Efficient Slow and Fast Light Generation via Brillouin Scattering in As2Se3 Chalcogenide Fiber. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 3 indexed citations

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Thévenaz, Luc, et al.. (2005). Health Monitoring for Large Structures using Brillouin Distributed Sensing. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 25(6). 421–430. 1 indexed citations

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Weid, Jean Pierre von der, Marc Niklès, Luc Thévenaz, Jean-Paul Pellaux, & Philippe A. Robert. (1991). Simple techniques for bandwidth measurements of optical guided-wave modulators. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 2. 533–536. 1 indexed citations

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Thévenaz, Luc & Philippe A. Robert. (1990). Simple method for polarization dispersion measurements in long single-mode fibres. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 581–584. 1 indexed citations

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