Oliver P. Lay

1.6k total citations
75 papers, 905 citations indexed

About

Oliver P. Lay is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Oliver P. Lay has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 905 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 27 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 18 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Oliver P. Lay's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (30 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (24 papers) and Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques (14 papers). Oliver P. Lay is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (30 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (24 papers) and Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques (14 papers). Oliver P. Lay collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Oliver P. Lay's co-authors include R. E. Hills, J. E. Carlstrom, Serge Dubovitsky, Robert D. Peters, J. E. Carlstrom, T. G. Phillips, Stefan Martin, N. W. Halverson, Peter R. Lawson and Eugene Serabyn and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Oliver P. Lay

70 papers receiving 850 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Oliver P. Lay United States 17 662 282 152 137 121 75 905
David Leisawitz United States 14 906 1.4× 197 0.7× 132 0.9× 97 0.7× 73 0.6× 111 1.1k
A. Greve France 16 730 1.1× 160 0.6× 258 1.7× 84 0.6× 81 0.7× 91 937
Benjamin F. Lane United States 22 1.3k 1.9× 421 1.5× 86 0.6× 105 0.8× 87 0.7× 77 1.5k
Christopher A. Haniff United Kingdom 16 596 0.9× 371 1.3× 80 0.5× 86 0.6× 38 0.3× 89 897
Bertrand Mennesson United States 18 1.1k 1.7× 629 2.2× 117 0.8× 189 1.4× 80 0.7× 99 1.4k
Pierre Ferruit France 18 765 1.2× 161 0.6× 73 0.5× 63 0.5× 76 0.6× 92 932
R. Millan‐Gabet United States 24 1.6k 2.5× 458 1.6× 50 0.3× 87 0.6× 239 2.0× 104 1.9k
R. Petrov France 20 1000 1.5× 248 0.9× 33 0.2× 47 0.3× 101 0.8× 112 1.2k
Denis Defrère Belgium 21 1.2k 1.8× 248 0.9× 67 0.4× 53 0.4× 69 0.6× 89 1.3k
M. Ishiguro Japan 18 638 1.0× 130 0.5× 145 1.0× 191 1.4× 151 1.2× 104 917

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Oliver P. Lay

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alerstam, Erik, Jason P. Allmaras, Abhijit Biswas, et al.. (2025). Flight system acquisition, tracking, and pointing results from the deep space optical communications technology demonstration. 26–26. 2 indexed citations
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Lay, Oliver P., J. Masiero, T. Grav, et al.. (2024). Asteroid Impact Hazard Warning from the Near-Earth Object Surveyor Mission. The Planetary Science Journal. 5(6). 149–149. 2 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Charles, John Steeves, T. Gaier, et al.. (2019). Active Telescopes for Future Space Astronomy Missions. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 51(7). 248.
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Peters, Robert D., et al.. (2018). MSTAR: an absolute metrology sensor with sub-micron accuracy for space-based applications. 3740. 108–108. 2 indexed citations
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Gappinger, Robert O., Rosemary Díaz, A. Ksendzov, et al.. (2009). Experimental evaluation of achromatic phase shifters for mid-infrared starlight suppression. Applied Optics. 48(5). 868–868. 16 indexed citations
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Ksendzov, A., Tomer Lewi, Oliver P. Lay, et al.. (2008). Modal filtering for midinfrared nulling interferometry using single mode silver halide fibers. Applied Optics. 47(31). 5728–5728. 17 indexed citations
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Peters, Robert D., et al.. (2008). Broadband phase and intensity compensation with a deformable mirror for an interferometric nuller. Applied Optics. 47(21). 3920–3920. 11 indexed citations
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Martin, Stefan, Daniel P. Scharf, Richard E. Wirz, et al.. (2008). Design Study for a Planet-Finding Space Interferometer. Proceedings - IEEE Aerospace Conference. 1–19. 11 indexed citations
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Lawson, Peter R., Oliver P. Lay, K. J. Johnston, & Charles Beichman. (2007). Terrestrial Planet Finder Interferometer Science Working Group Report. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 8. 14326. 15 indexed citations
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Lay, Oliver P., et al.. (2007). Terrestrial Planet Finder Interferometer (TPF-1) Whitepaper for the AAAC Exoplanet Task Force. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations
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Ksendzov, A., Oliver P. Lay, Stefan Martin, et al.. (2007). Characterization of mid-infrared single mode fibers as modal filters. Applied Optics. 46(32). 7957–7957. 22 indexed citations
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Lay, Oliver P., et al.. (2007). Planet-finding performance of the TPF-I Emma architecture. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6693. 66930A–66930A. 10 indexed citations
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Lay, Oliver P., Serge Dubovitsky, D. A. Shaddock, & Brent Ware. (2007). Coherent range-gated laser displacement metrology with compact optical head. Optics Letters. 32(20). 2933–2933. 8 indexed citations
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Lay, Oliver P.. (2006). Removing instability noise in nulling interferometers. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6268. 62681A–62681A. 18 indexed citations
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Lay, Oliver P.. (2005). Imaging properties of rotating nulling interferometers. Applied Optics. 44(28). 5859–5859. 19 indexed citations
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Shaklan, Stuart, et al.. (2005). The Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph dynamics error budget. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5905. 59050D–59050D. 9 indexed citations
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Lay, Oliver P.. (2004). Systematic errors in nulling interferometers. Applied Optics. 43(33). 6100–6100. 46 indexed citations
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Lay, Oliver P., Serge Dubovitsky, Robert D. Peters, et al.. (2003). MSTAR: a submicrometer absolute metrology system. Optics Letters. 28(11). 890–890. 66 indexed citations
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Lay, Oliver P. & Gary Blackwood. (2003). Formation-flying interferometry. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4852. 481–481. 4 indexed citations
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Lay, Oliver P., et al.. (2003). Adaptive nulling: a new enabling technology for interferometric exo-planet detection. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5170. 103–103. 3 indexed citations

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