M. C. Downer

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
210 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

M. C. Downer is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, M. C. Downer has authored 210 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 76 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 68 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in M. C. Downer's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (74 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (67 papers) and Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (49 papers). M. C. Downer is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (74 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (67 papers) and Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (49 papers). M. C. Downer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and China. M. C. Downer's co-authors include C. V. Shank, R. L. Fork, X. Y. Wang, Wayne H. Knox, Jerry I. Dadap, D. M. Riffe, Rafal Zgadzaj, Yujin Cho, D. H. Reitze and Keji Lai and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

M. C. Downer

199 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Out-of-Plane Piezoelectricity and Ferroelectricity in Layered α-In₂Se₃ Nanoflakes

2017 738 citations Di Wu, M. C. Downer et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Revealing the three-dimensional structure of microbunched plasma-wakefield-accelerated electron beams 2024 ·Nature Photonics ·(unknown), (unknown), Yen-Yu Chang, Jurjen Couperus Cabadağ, Alexander Debus, (unknown), Richard Pausch, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Omid Zarini, Rafal Zgadzaj, A.H. Lumpkin, U. Schramm, Arie Irman, M. C. Downer	4
2	Source size of x rays from self-modulated laser wakefield accelerators 2024 ·Physics of Plasmas ·(unknown), N. Lemos, (unknown), D. Rusby, (unknown), (unknown), S. F. Khan, M. C. Downer, C. Joshi, F. Albert	1
3	Calorimeter with Bayesian unfolding of spectra of high-flux broadband x rays 2022 ·Review of Scientific Instruments ·Alejandro Laso García, (unknown), (unknown), A. Ferrari, Jurjen Couperus Cabadağ, M. C. Downer, Arie Irman, Stephan Kraft, Josefine Metzkes-Ng, L. Naumann, Irene Prencipe, U. Schramm, Karl Zeil, Rafal Zgadzaj, Tim Ziegler, T. E. Cowan	4
4	Second-harmonic and linear spectroscopy of α−In2Se3 2022 ·Physical Review Materials ·Yujin Cho, (unknown), Bernardo S. Mendoza, (unknown), (unknown), A. Shkrebtii, Di Wu, Keji Lai, Ramón Carriles, Dietrich R. T. Zahn, M. C. Downer	5
5	Single-shot compressed optical field topography 2022 ·Light Science & Applications ·(unknown), (unknown), Xianglei Liu, (unknown), Jingqin Su, Yanlei Zuo, Ping Li, Jinyang Liang, M. C. Downer, Zhengyan Li	41
6	Evolution of the self-injection process in long wavelength infrared laser driven LWFA 2021 ·Physics of Plasmas ·(unknown), Kwangmin Yu, Rafal Zgadzaj, M. C. Downer, Irina Petrushina, Roman Samulyak, Vladimir Litvinenko, Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi	9
7	Simulation study of CO2 laser-plasma interactions and self-modulated wakefield acceleration 2019 ·Physics of Plasmas ·(unknown), Kwangmin Yu, Rafal Zgadzaj, L. D. Amorim, M. C. Downer, (unknown), Vladimir Litvinenko, Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi, Roman Samulyak	12
8	Recent Progress with Brookhaven's ATF LWIR Laser and Future Experimental Plans 2019 ·APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts ·M. Babzien, M. C. Downer, Mikhail Fedurin, (unknown), (unknown), V.N. Litvinenko, M. Palmer, Igor Pogorelsky, Mikhail Polyanskiy, Roman Samulyak, (unknown), (unknown), Rafal Zgadzaj	1
9	Analytic height correlation function of rough surfaces derived from light scattering 2016 ·Physical review. E ·Mehdi Zamani, Farbod Shafiei, S. M. Fazeli, M. C. Downer, G. R. Jafari	5
10	Optical characterization of temperature‐ and composition‐dependent microstructure in asphalt binders 2015 ·Journal of Microscopy ·(unknown), (unknown), A. Bhasin, M. C. Downer	40
11	Formation of Optical Bullets in Laser-Driven Plasma Bubble Accelerators 2010 ·Physical Review Letters ·Peng Dong, S. Alexander Reed, S. A. Yi, S. Kalmykov, Gennady Shvets, M. C. Downer, Nicholas H. Matlis, Wim Leemans, C. McGuffey, S. S. Bulanov, V. Chvykov, G. Kalintchenko, K. Krushelnick, A. Maksimchuk, Takeshi Matsuoka, A. G. R. Thomas, V. Yanovsky	29
12	Optical second‐harmonic generation study of charge trapping dynamics in HfO₂/SiO₂ films on Si(100) 2008 ·Physica status solidi. C, Conferences and critical reviews/Physica status solidi. C, Current topics in solid state physics ·J. Price, (unknown), M. C. Downer	1
13	Enhanced Harmonic Generation from Expanding Clusters 2007 ·Physical Review Letters ·Bonggu Shim, Graeme C. Hays, Rafal Zgadzaj, T. Ditmire, M. C. Downer	57
14	Nonresonant quadrupolar second-harmonic generation in isotropic solids by use of two orthogonally polarized laser beams 2005 ·Optics Letters ·L. Sun, (unknown), Yong Q. An, M. C. Downer, W. Luis Mochán, Bernardo S. Mendoza	7
15	Dose properties of a laser accelerated electron beam and prospects for clinical application 2004 ·Medical Physics ·K. Kainz, Kenneth R. Hogstrom, John A. Antolak, Peter R. Almond, C. Bloch, Christopher Chiu, (unknown), Frank Raischel, M. C. Downer, T. Tajima	30
16	Multi-pulse Interferometric Frequency Resolved Optical Gating: Real-time Phase-sensitive Imaging of Ultrafast Dynamics 1997 ·C. W. Siders, A. J. Taylor, M. C. Downer	1
17	Autocorrelation measurement of ultraviolet femtosecond pulsewidths by two-photon absorption in diamond 1991 ·Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·Jerry I. Dadap, (unknown), D. H. Reitze, M. C. Downer	0
18	GENERATION OF SYNCHRONIZED RED AND ULTRAVIOLET FEMTOSECOND PULSES BY INTRACAVITY FREQUENCY DOUBLING. 1987 ·Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·(unknown), (unknown), M. C. Downer	1
19	Two-Photon Spectroscopy of Rare Earth Ions in Condensed Matter Environments. 1983 ·PhDT ·M. C. Downer	3
20	cw intraconfigurational (4f \rightarrow 4f) two-photon absorption of Gd 3+ ions embedded in a LaF 3 crystal (A) 1980 ·Journal of the Optical Society of America A ·M. Dagenais, R. Neumann, M. C. Downer, N. Bloembergen	6

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