Nicolas K. Fontaine

10.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
406 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Nicolas K. Fontaine is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas K. Fontaine has authored 406 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 376 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 140 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 25 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nicolas K. Fontaine's work include Optical Network Technologies (305 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (205 papers) and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (198 papers). Nicolas K. Fontaine is often cited by papers focused on Optical Network Technologies (305 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (205 papers) and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (198 papers). Nicolas K. Fontaine collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Australia. Nicolas K. Fontaine's co-authors include Roland Ryf, Haoshuo Chen, Ryan P. Scott, S. J. Ben Yoo, Sergio G. Leon-Saval, David T. Neilson, David J. Geisler, Joss Bland‐Hawthorn, René-Jean Essiambre and J.P. Heritage and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas K. Fontaine

379 papers receiving 6.7k citations

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2019 343 citations Nicolas K. Fontaine, Roland Ryf et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicolas K. Fontaine United States	43	6.4k	2.7k	672	409	173	406	7.2k
Roland Ryf United States	42	7.6k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	453 0.7×	311 0.8×	107 0.6×	351	8.1k
Yoshitomo Okawachi United States	46	6.7k 1.1×	7.0k 2.6×	440 0.7×	494 1.2×	247 1.4×	158	8.1k
José Azaña Canada	42	6.1k 1.0×	5.5k 2.1×	387 0.6×	939 2.3×	149 0.9×	425	7.3k
David T. Neilson United States	28	3.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	348 0.5×	307 0.8×	95 0.5×	222	4.1k
Andrea Melloni Italy	41	5.8k 0.9×	3.5k 1.3×	654 1.0×	1.5k 3.7×	288 1.7×	293	6.6k
Marco Fiorentino United States	36	4.2k 0.7×	2.7k 1.0×	419 0.6×	1.4k 3.5×	396 2.3×	224	5.6k
Jianping Yao Canada	60	11.5k 1.8×	9.2k 3.4×	453 0.7×	606 1.5×	131 0.8×	445	12.3k
Zhaohui Li China	29	1.8k 0.3×	1.6k 0.6×	719 1.1×	136 0.3×	320 1.8×	177	2.9k
Andy Chong United States	34	3.8k 0.6×	5.4k 2.0×	661 1.0×	76 0.2×	243 1.4×	88	5.6k
Neil G. R. Broderick New Zealand	40	4.6k 0.7×	4.2k 1.6×	392 0.6×	137 0.3×	130 0.8×	200	5.9k

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Nakamura, Takuma, et al.. (2026). Sub-femtosecond stabilization of multicore fiber for high-fidelity quantum networking at 100% duty cycle. APL Photonics. 11(2).

Hoghooghi, Nazanin, Mikael Mazur, Nicolas K. Fontaine, et al.. (2025). Ultrastable optical frequency transfer and attosecond timing in deployed multicore fiber. Optica. 12(6). 894–894. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Haoshuo, Robert Borkowski, Kovendhan Vijayan, et al.. (2025). Bismuth-Doped Bidirectional Fiber Amplifier for High-Speed Passive Optical Networks. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 43(13). 6361–6367.

Puttnam, Benjamin J., Ruben S. Lúıs, Ian Phillips, et al.. (2024). 321 Tb/s E/S/C/L-Band Transmission With E-Band Bismuth-Doped Fiber Amplifier and Optical Processor. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 42(11). 4006–4012. 4 indexed citations

Mazur, Mikael, Nicolas K. Fontaine, Roland Ryf, et al.. (2024). Statistical Analysis of Modal Dispersion in Field-Installed Coupled-Core Fiber Link. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 42(11). 4103–4109. 6 indexed citations

Kim, Kwangwoong, et al.. (2024). Modulation-free laser stabilization technique using integrated cavity-coupled Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1922–1922. 14 indexed citations

Hout, Menno van den, Georg Rademacher, Ruben S. Lúıs, et al.. (2023). 273.6 Tb/s Transmission Over 1001 km of 15-Mode Fiber Using 16-QAM C-Band Signals. TU/e Research Portal. 1–3. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Ruihuan, Xingfeng Li, Yu He, et al.. (2023). Ultra‐High Bandwidth Density and Power Efficiency Chip‐To‐Chip Multimode Transmission through a Rectangular Core Few‐Mode Fiber. Laser & Photonics Review. 17(11). 16 indexed citations

Fontaine, Nicolas K., Roland Ryf, Mikael Mazur, et al.. (2023). Distributed Polarization and Coupling Analysis of a 3-Coupled-Core Fiber. W1C.3–W1C.3. 1 indexed citations

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Fontaine, Nicolas K., et al.. (2023). Ordering Eyeglasses Using 3D Head Scan Technology versus Established Online and Storefront Clinic Methods. Optometry and Vision Science. 100(5). 319–327. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jie, Ayed Al Sayem, Haochuan Li, et al.. (2023). Unveiling the origins of quasi-phase matching spectral imperfections in thin-film lithium niobate frequency doublers. APL Photonics. 8(12). 14 indexed citations

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Xu, Xin, Michael Scheutzow, J. E. Simsarian, et al.. (2023). Automated fiber switch with path verification enabled by an AI-powered multi-task mobile robot. IET conference proceedings.. 2023(34). 1670–1673. 2 indexed citations

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Hout, Menno van den, Ruben S. Lúıs, Benjamin J. Puttnam, et al.. (2023). Transmission of 273.6 Tb/s Over 1001 km of 15-Mode Multi-Mode Fiber Using C-Band Only 16-QAM Signals. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 42(3). 1136–1142. 21 indexed citations

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Sillard, Pierre, Daiki Soma, Guillaume Labroille, et al.. (2022). Few-Mode Fiber Technology, Deployments, and Systems. Proceedings of the IEEE. 110(11). 1804–1820. 33 indexed citations

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Li, Chenhui, Haoshuo Chen, Nicolas K. Fontaine, et al.. (2022). Co-Packaged Optics With Multimode Fiber Interface Employing 2-D VCSEL Matrix. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 40(10). 3325–3330. 6 indexed citations

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Hout, Menno van den, Sjoerd van der Heide, Roland Ryf, et al.. (2022). MDG and SNR Estimation in SDM Transmission Based on Artificial Neural Networks. TU/e Research Portal. 8 indexed citations

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Rademacher, Georg, Ruben S. Lúıs, Benjamin J. Puttnam, et al.. (2021). A Comparative Study of Few-Mode Fiber and Coupled-Core Multi-Core Fiber Transmission. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 40(6). 1590–1596. 27 indexed citations

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Wen, He, et al.. (2020). Scalable non-mode selective Hermite–Gaussian mode multiplexer based on multi-plane light conversion. Photonics Research. 9(2). 88–88. 13 indexed citations

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Antonelli, Cristian, Antonio Mecozzi, Mark Shtaif, et al.. (2019). Stokes-Space Analysis of Modal Dispersion of SDM Fibers With Mode-Dependent Loss: Theory and Experiments. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 38(7). 1668–1677. 20 indexed citations

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Hayashi, Tetsuya, Haoshuo Chen, Nicolas K. Fontaine, et al.. (2017). Effects of Core Count/Layout and Twisting Condition on Spatial Mode Dispersion in Coupled Multi-Core Fibers. IEICE Technical Report; IEICE Tech. Rep.. 117(237). 27–30. 10 indexed citations

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