P. J. Roberts

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

P. J. Roberts is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, P. J. Roberts has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 37 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 11 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in P. J. Roberts's work include Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (51 papers), Optical Network Technologies (43 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (24 papers). P. J. Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (51 papers), Optical Network Technologies (43 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (24 papers). P. J. Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Denmark and United States. P. J. Roberts's co-authors include P. St. J. Russell, T. A. Birks, B. J. Mangan, J. C. Knight, F. Couny, R. F. Cregan, Douglas C. Allan, D. P. Williams, H. Sabert and P. S. Light and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

P. J. Roberts

77 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Single-Mode Photonic Band Gap Guidance of Light in Air 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2005 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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. Single-Mode Photonic Band Gap Guidance of Light in Air
    1999 1.3k citations B. J. Mangan, J. C. Knight et al. profile →
  2. Ultimate low loss of hollow-core photonic crystal fibres
    2005 633 citations P. J. Roberts, F. Couny et al. Optics Express profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
P. J. Roberts United Kingdom 25 3.7k 2.3k 289 284 103 80 4.4k
M. Douay France 32 2.4k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 213 0.7× 129 0.5× 280 2.7× 165 3.1k
J.M. Ortéga France 26 1.4k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 391 1.4× 454 1.6× 293 2.8× 120 2.6k
T. Idehara Japan 35 2.8k 0.7× 4.1k 1.8× 371 1.3× 303 1.1× 292 2.8× 389 4.9k
A. I. Ferguson United Kingdom 32 2.3k 0.6× 2.6k 1.1× 389 1.3× 283 1.0× 152 1.5× 177 3.4k
F. P. Schäfer Germany 30 1.9k 0.5× 2.8k 1.2× 294 1.0× 572 2.0× 962 9.3× 84 4.2k
F. Glotin France 25 826 0.2× 1.4k 0.6× 644 2.2× 474 1.7× 333 3.2× 74 2.5k
Mark G. Sceats Australia 29 905 0.2× 1.8k 0.8× 507 1.8× 442 1.6× 680 6.6× 143 3.2k
G. Marowsky Germany 30 1.5k 0.4× 2.1k 0.9× 634 2.2× 703 2.5× 597 5.8× 267 3.7k
J. Nagle France 27 2.0k 0.5× 2.2k 0.9× 807 2.8× 273 1.0× 306 3.0× 130 2.9k
K. Sakai Japan 26 1.2k 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 425 1.5× 183 0.6× 513 5.0× 157 2.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. J. Roberts

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lyngsø, Jens K., B. J. Mangan, Christina B. Olausson, & P. J. Roberts. (2010). Stress induced birefringence in hybrid TIR/PBG guiding solid photonic crystal fibers. Optics Express. 18(13). 14031–14031. 14 indexed citations
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Light, P. S., F. Couny, Yingying Wang, et al.. (2009). Double photonic bandgap hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Express. 17(18). 16238–16238. 26 indexed citations
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Lyngsø, Jens K., B. J. Mangan, Christian Jakobsen, & P. J. Roberts. (2009). 7-cell core hollow-core photonic crystal fibers with low loss in the spectral region around 2 μm. Optics Express. 17(26). 23468–23468. 36 indexed citations
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Lægsgaard, Jesper & P. J. Roberts. (2008). Dispersive pulse compression in hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers. Optics Express. 16(13). 9628–9628. 25 indexed citations
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Beaudou, Benoît, F. Couny, Fetah Benabid, & P. J. Roberts. (2008). Large pitch hollow core honeycomb fiber. 318. 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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S., Arismar Cerqueira, Cristiano M. B. Cordeiro, Fabio Biancalana, et al.. (2008). Nonlinear interaction between two different photonic bandgaps of a hybrid photonic crystal fiber. Optics Letters. 33(18). 2080–2080. 23 indexed citations
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Couny, F., Fetah Benabid, P. J. Roberts, & P. S. Light. (2007). Fresnel zone imaging of Bloch-modes from a Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber Cladding. 2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO). 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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Roberts, P. J., D. P. Williams, H. Sabert, et al.. (2006). Design of low-loss and highly birefringent hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Express. 14(16). 7329–7329. 49 indexed citations
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Couny, F., Stuart G. Coupland, P. J. Roberts, et al.. (2005). Selective mode excitation in hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Letters. 30(7). 717–717. 6 indexed citations
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Roberts, P. J., F. Couny, H. Sabert, et al.. (2005). Ultimate low loss of hollow-core photonic crystal fibres. Optics Express. 13(1). 236–236. 633 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mangan, B. J., Lee E. Farr, A. O. Langford, et al.. (2004). Low loss (1.7 dB/km) hollow core photonic bandgap fiber. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. 2. 9 indexed citations
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Farr, Lee E., J. C. Knight, B. J. Mangan, & P. J. Roberts. (2002). Low Loss Photonic Crystal Fibre. European Conference on Optical Communication. 5. 1–2. 24 indexed citations
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Pearson, Guy N., et al.. (2002). Analysis of the performance of a coherent pulsed fiber lidar for aerosol backscatter applications. Applied Optics. 41(30). 6442–6442. 41 indexed citations
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Jordan, David, et al.. (1999). Backscattering target detection in a turbid medium by polarization discrimination. Applied Optics. 38(18). 3937–3937. 110 indexed citations
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Roberts, P. J., T. A. Birks, T.J. Shepherd, D. M. Atkin, & P. St. J. Russell. (1996). Two-dimensional photonic band-gap structures as quasi-metals. Optics Letters. 21(7). 507–507. 14 indexed citations
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Roberts, P. J., et al.. (1993). Precambrian hydrocarbon residues associated with Mississippi Valley-type mineralization in the Transvaal Sequence, South Africa. South African Journal of Geology. 96. 57–60. 10 indexed citations
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Azzopardi, B.J., et al.. (1982). Optical development and application of a two colour LDA system for the simultaneous measurement of particle size and particle velocity. 127. 10 indexed citations
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Hegarty, Anthony F., et al.. (1980). 単離可能なO‐アシルイソ尿素より競争的アシル移動および分子内O→Nアシル基移動. 867–875.
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Roberts, P. J. & James Trotter. (1971). Crystal structure of decacarbonyl-µ-[1,2-bis(dimethylarsino)tetrafluorocyclobutene-As,As]-triangulo-triruthenium [(Me2AsCC(AsMe2)CF2·CF2)Ru3(CO)10]. Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic Physical Theoretical. 0(0). 1479–1482. 12 indexed citations
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Roberts, P. J.. (1970). An Infinite Integral Involving the Product of Three Spherical Bessel Functions. Journal of the London Mathematical Society. 2(Part_4). 736–740. 2 indexed citations

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