M. Brambilla

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

M. Brambilla is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Brambilla has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 30 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 26 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in M. Brambilla's work include Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (37 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (23 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (19 papers). M. Brambilla is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (37 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (23 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (19 papers). M. Brambilla collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and Mexico. M. Brambilla's co-authors include L. A. Lugiato, G. Tissoni, Luigi Lugiato, T. Maggipinto, Franco Prati, Gian‐Luca Oppo, C. O. Weiß, Lorenzo Spinelli, Vittorio Penna and Chr. Tamm and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

M. Brambilla

41 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Cavity solitons as pixels in semiconductor microcavities 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Cavity solitons as pixels in semiconductor microcavities
    2002 428 citations Stéphane Barland, Jorge R. Tredicce et al. Nature profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. Brambilla Italy 19 1.5k 1.1k 755 655 162 43 1.9k
W. J. Firth United Kingdom 23 1.8k 1.2× 999 0.9× 790 1.0× 1.0k 1.6× 138 0.9× 74 2.2k
T. Ackemann Germany 27 1.9k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.6× 625 1.0× 141 0.9× 171 2.6k
Franco Prati Italy 26 2.3k 1.5× 1.2k 1.1× 1.8k 2.3× 668 1.0× 167 1.0× 128 3.0k
Germán J. de Valcárcel Spain 22 1.3k 0.9× 688 0.6× 473 0.6× 541 0.8× 72 0.4× 122 1.7k
Stéphane Barland France 9 898 0.6× 503 0.5× 596 0.8× 486 0.7× 90 0.6× 15 1.3k
A.J. Scroggie United Kingdom 16 1.0k 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 420 0.6× 679 1.0× 112 0.7× 33 1.4k
P. L. Ramazza Italy 16 689 0.4× 680 0.6× 215 0.3× 416 0.6× 104 0.6× 44 1.1k
Massimo Brambilla Italy 23 1.2k 0.8× 596 0.6× 957 1.3× 345 0.5× 178 1.1× 91 1.6k
GS McDonald United Kingdom 22 1.2k 0.8× 362 0.3× 340 0.5× 946 1.4× 118 0.7× 77 1.5k
O. A. Egorov Germany 24 2.1k 1.4× 216 0.2× 629 0.8× 662 1.0× 410 2.5× 81 2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Brambilla

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gustave, François, Lorenzo Columbo, Franco Prati, et al.. (2015). Extreme events and phase dynamics in forced oscillatory media.
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Prati, Franco, L. A. Lugiato, G. Tissoni, & M. Brambilla. (2011). Cavity soliton billiards. Physical Review A. 84(5). 19 indexed citations
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Bache, Morten, Franco Prati, G. Tissoni, et al.. (2005). Cavity soliton laser based on VCSEL with saturable absorber. Applied Physics B. 81(7). 913–920. 75 indexed citations
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Dabbicco, Maurizio, T. Maggipinto, & M. Brambilla. (2005). Optical bistability and stationary patterns in photonic-crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. Applied Physics Letters. 86(2). 7 indexed citations
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Serrat, Carles, M. C. Torrent, R. Vilaseca, Jordi García‐Ojalvo, & M. Brambilla. (2004). Two-photon cavity solitons in a laser: radiative profiles, interaction and control. Journal of Optics B Quantum and Semiclassical Optics. 6(5). S410–S420. 1 indexed citations
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Maggipinto, T., M. Brambilla, & Lorenzo Columbo. (2004). 3D cavity light bullets in a nonlinear optical resonator. 2. 35–40. 1 indexed citations
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Maggipinto, T., M. Brambilla, & W. J. Firth. (2003). Characterization of stationary patterns and their link with cavity solitons in semiconductor microresonators. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 39(2). 206–215. 12 indexed citations
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Barbay, Sylvain, et al.. (2003). Optical patterns and cavity solitons in quantum-dot microresonators. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 39(2). 245–254. 8 indexed citations
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Barland, Stéphane, Jorge R. Tredicce, M. Brambilla, et al.. (2002). Cavity solitons as pixels in semiconductor microcavities. Nature. 419(6908). 699–702. 428 indexed citations breakdown →
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Spinelli, Lorenzo, G. Tissoni, Luigi Lugiato, & M. Brambilla. (2002). Thermal effects and transverse structures in semiconductor microcavities with population inversion. Physical Review A. 66(2). 31 indexed citations
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Lugiato, Luigi, et al.. (2002). THE PHYSICS OF CAVITY SOLITONS IN SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITIES. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos. 12(11). 2567–2578. 1 indexed citations
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Tissoni, G., et al.. (2002). Spatio-temporal dynamics in semiconductor microresonators with thermal effects. Optics Express. 10(19). 1009–1009. 11 indexed citations
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Vilaseca, R., M. C. Torrent, Jordi García‐Ojalvo, M. Brambilla, & M. San Miguel. (2001). Two-Photon Cavity Solitons in Active Optical Media. Physical Review Letters. 87(8). 83902–83902. 24 indexed citations
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Barland, S., M. Giudici, J. R. Tredicce, et al.. (2001). Cavity Solitons in One-dimensional Semiconductor Amplifiers: Experiment and Theory Agree. Nonlinear Guided Waves and Their Applications. MA1–MA1. 2 indexed citations
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Oppo, Gian‐Luca, et al.. (2000). Complex spatio-temporal dynamics of optical parametric oscillators close to threshold. Journal of Modern Optics. 47(11). 2005–2014. 5 indexed citations
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Tissoni, G., et al.. (1999). Cavity solitons in passive bulk semiconductor microcavities II Dynamical properties and control. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 16(11). 2095–2095. 29 indexed citations
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Brambilla, M., et al.. (1996). Interaction and control of optical localized structures. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 34(2). 109–114. 98 indexed citations
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Oppo, Gian‐Luca, et al.. (1994). Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Optical Parametric Oscillators. Journal of Modern Optics. 41(6). 1151–1162. 50 indexed citations
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Weiß, C. O., C. Green, E. J. D’Angelo, et al.. (1994). Dynamical transverse laser patterns. II. Experiments. Physical Review A. 49(2). 1452–1466. 70 indexed citations
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Weiß, C. O., et al.. (1993). Restless optical vortex. Physical Review A. 47(3). R1616–R1619. 42 indexed citations

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