M. Ayre

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 923 citations indexed

About

M. Ayre is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Ayre has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 923 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 5 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in M. Ayre's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (12 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (7 papers) and Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (5 papers). M. Ayre is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (12 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (7 papers) and Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (5 papers). M. Ayre collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Belgium and France. M. Ayre's co-authors include Dries Van Thourhout, Frederik Van Laere, Roel Baets, Dirk Taillaert, Peter Bienstman, Wim Bogaerts, Thomas F. Krauss, Jonathan Schrauwen, G. Roelkens and Cyril Cambournac and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Optics Letters and IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

In The Last Decade

M. Ayre

12 papers receiving 865 citations

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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.

Grating Couplers for Coupling between Optical Fibers and Nanophotonic Waveguides

2006 533 citations Dirk Taillaert, Frederik Van Laere et al. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Ayre United Kingdom	7	893	496	256	123	25	12	923
S. Beckx Belgium	5	951 1.1×	699 1.4×	201 0.8×	149 1.2×	43 1.7×	13	1.0k
Frederik Van Laere Belgium	15	1.4k 1.6×	763 1.5×	468 1.8×	195 1.6×	37 1.5×	33	1.5k
P. Pottier United Kingdom	14	519 0.6×	469 0.9×	192 0.8×	120 1.0×	28 1.1×	38	577
Eiji Miyai Japan	13	696 0.8×	721 1.5×	160 0.6×	143 1.2×	21 0.8×	22	807
Jong‐Hwa Baek South Korea	6	599 0.7×	603 1.2×	124 0.5×	203 1.7×	48 1.9×	13	713
Richard Bojko United States	12	743 0.8×	437 0.9×	203 0.8×	82 0.7×	21 0.8×	26	785
Wataru Kunishi Japan	9	453 0.5×	475 1.0×	92 0.4×	115 0.9×	9 0.4×	14	541
A.R. Cowan Canada	9	341 0.4×	395 0.8×	114 0.4×	110 0.9×	14 0.6×	13	417
John Covey United States	11	508 0.6×	291 0.6×	128 0.5×	94 0.8×	15 0.6×	21	544
P. Kramper Germany	7	316 0.4×	423 0.9×	98 0.4×	190 1.5×	46 1.8×	11	470

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Laere, Frederik Van, T. Stomeo, Cyril Cambournac, et al.. (2009). Nanophotonic Polarization Diversity Demultiplexer Chip. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 27(4). 417–425. 29 indexed citations

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Stomeo, T., Frederik Van Laere, M. Ayre, et al.. (2008). Integration of grating couplers with a compact photonic crystal demultiplexer on an InP membrane. Optics Letters. 33(8). 884–884. 15 indexed citations

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Laere, Frederik Van, G. Roelkens, M. Ayre, et al.. (2007). Compact and Highly Efficient Grating Couplers Between Optical Fiber and Nanophotonic Waveguides. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 25(1). 151–156. 285 indexed citations

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Cambournac, Cyril, M. Ayre, Lucio Martinelli, et al.. (2007). Experimental Observation of Band-Edge Lasing in Broad Planar 2D Photonic Crystal Waveguides. 2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO). 1–2. 1 indexed citations

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Ayre, M., et al.. (2007). Photonic crystal waveguides for coarse-selectivity devices. Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications. 6(1). 19–25. 11 indexed citations

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Cambournac, Cyril, H. Benisty, M. Ayre, et al.. (2007). In-plane Littrow lasing of broad photonic crystal waveguides. Applied Physics Letters. 91(4). 12 indexed citations

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Beggs, D. M., M. Ayre, Dominic F. G. Gallagher, & Thomas F. Krauss. (2007). Design and fabrication of high-efficiency fibre couplers for nanophotonic devices. Microelectronic Engineering. 84(5-8). 1446–1449. 3 indexed citations

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Ayre, M., et al.. (2007). Littrow Lasing in Photonic Crystal Waveguides. 2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO). 1–2. 1 indexed citations

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Taillaert, Dirk, Frederik Van Laere, M. Ayre, et al.. (2006). Grating Couplers for Coupling between Optical Fibers and Nanophotonic Waveguides. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 45(8R). 6071–6071. 533 indexed citations breakdown →

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Laere, Frederik Van, M. Ayre, Dirk Taillaert, et al.. (2006). Compact and Highly Efficient Grating Couplers Between Optical Fiber and Nanophotonic Waveguides in Bonded InP-membranes. 15. 1–2. 4 indexed citations

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Laere, Frederik Van, M. Ayre, Dirk Taillaert, et al.. (2006). Compact and efficient fibre-to-waveguide grating couplers in InP-membrane. Electronics Letters. 42(6). 343–345. 5 indexed citations

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Ayre, M., et al.. (2005). Experimental verification of numerically optimized photonic crystal injector, Y-splitter, and bend. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 23(7). 1390–1395. 24 indexed citations

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