P. R. Smith

4.6k citations

110 papers · 3.6k · 2 hit papers · h-index 25

Impact in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 1%
- Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
- Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 1%
- Terahertz technology and applications
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Microwave Engineering and Waveguides
- Semiconductor materials and devices

Papers in

Electrical and Electronic Engineering 73
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices 24
- Photonic and Optical Devices 23
- Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design 16
- Semiconductor materials and devices 13
- Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design 12
- Terahertz technology and applications 10
- Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis 8
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 49
- Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices 33

Co-authors: D. H. Auston (20 shared papers)K. P. Cheung (2 shared papers)M. C. Nuss (8 shared papers)Anthony Johnson (6 shared papers)B. B. Hu (2 shared papers)X.-C. Zhang (2 shared papers)J. C. Bean (6 shared papers)Matthew Hayes (2 shared papers)
Journals: Applied Physics Letters (16 papers)Electronics Letters (11 papers)IEEE Electron Device Letters (6 papers)IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (4 papers)Inverse Problems (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Italy

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P. R. Smith

98 papers receiving 3.3k citations

P. R. Smith's Hit Papers

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Subpicosecond photoconducting dipole antennas 1988 · 619 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1988 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
1984 Applied Physics Letters

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1	Picosecond photoconducting Hertzian dipoles Applied Physics Letters ·D. H. Auston, K. P. Cheung, P. R. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	1984	774
2	Subpicosecond photoconducting dipole antennas IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics ·P. R. Smith, D. H. Auston, M. C. Nuss Hit paper breakdown →	1988	619
3	Quantum functional devices: resonant-tunneling transistors, circuits with reduced complexity, and multiple valued logic IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices ·Federico Capasso, Sabyasachi Sen, Fabio Beltram, L.M. Lunardi, A. S. Vengurlekar, P. R. Smith, N.J. Shah, R. J. Malik, A.Y. Cho	1989	197
4	Picosecond optoelectronic detection, sampling, and correlation measurements in amorphous semiconductors Applied Physics Letters ·D. H. Auston, Anthony Johnson, P. R. Smith, J. C. Bean	1980	177
5	Free-space radiation from electro-optic crystals Applied Physics Letters ·B. B. Hu, X.-C. Zhang, D. H. Auston, P. R. Smith	1990	169
6	Picosecond photoconductivity in radiation-damaged silicon-on-sapphire films Applied Physics Letters ·P. R. Smith, D. H. Auston, Anthony Johnson, W. M. Augustyniak	1981	133
7	Optically steerable photoconducting antennas Applied Physics Letters ·B. B. Hu, J. T. Darrow, X.-C. Zhang, D. H. Auston, P. R. Smith	1990	121
8	A new method for pulse oximetry possessing inherent insensitivity to artifact IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering ·Matthew Hayes, P. R. Smith	2001	104
9	Generation and detection of millimeter waves by picosecond photoconductivity Applied Physics Letters ·D. H. Auston, P. R. Smith	1983	100
10	cw argon laser annealing of ion-implanted silicon Applied Physics Letters ·D. H. Auston, J. A. Golovchenko, P. R. Smith, C. M. Surko, T. Venkatesan	1978	79
11	Extraction of the InP/GaInAs heterojunction bipolar transistor small-signal equivalent circuit IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices ·S.J. Spiegel, D. Ritter, R. A. Hamm, A. Feygenson, P. R. Smith	1995	70
12	Design and characterization of multilayer spiral transmission-line baluns IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques ·Young Joong Yoon, Yicheng Lu, R.C. Frye, M.Y. Lau, P. R. Smith, L. Ahlquist, D. Kossives	1999	66
13	Sarcoidosis after Antiretroviral Therapy in a Patient with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Víctor Jacinto Ovejero Gómez, P. R. Smith, Jedidiah Burack, Raymond Daley, U. Rosa	2000	57
14	Measurement of GaAs field-effect transistor electronic impulse response by picosecond optical electronics Applied Physics Letters ·P. R. Smith, D. H. Auston, W. M. Augustyniak	1981	55
15	Picosecond transient photocurrents in amorphous silicon Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·Anthony Johnson, D. H. Auston, P. R. Smith, J. C. Bean, J. P. Harbison, A. C. Adams	1981	52
16	Propagation of terahertz bandwidth electrical pulses on YBa2Cu3O7−δ transmission lines on lanthanum aluminate Applied Physics Letters ·M. C. Nuss, P. M. Mankiewich, R. E. Howard, B. Straughn, Todd E. Harvey, C.D. Brandle, G. W. Berkstresser, K.W. Goossen, P. R. Smith	1989	50
17	Can fetal electrocardiography improve the prediction of intraparturn fetal acidosis? BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·H. M. L. Jenkins, E. M. Symonds, D.L. Kirk, P. R. Smith	1986	45
18	Picosecond optical electronic sampling: Characterization of high-speed photodetectors Applied Physics Letters ·D. H. Auston, P. R. Smith	1982	40
19	A Novel Approach for Improving Off-Axis Pixel Performance of Terahertz Focal Plane Arrays IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques ·Georgios C. Trichopoulos, Gökhan Mumcu, Kubilay Sertel, H. L. Mosbacker, P. R. Smith	2010	39
20	Efficient generation of 480 fs electrical pulses on transmission lines by photoconductive switching in metalorganic chemical vapor deposited CdTe Applied Physics Letters ·M. C. Nuss, D. W. Kisker, P. R. Smith, Todd E. Harvey	1989	37

About P. R. Smith

P. R. Smith is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Radiation and Condensed Matter Physics, having authored 110 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (33 papers), Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (24 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (23 papers), Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design (16 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (13 papers), Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design (12 papers), Terahertz technology and applications (10 papers) and Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.8k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (3.0k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (679 citations), Spectroscopy (616 citations) and Instrumentation (52 citations). P. R. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Frequent co-authors include D. H. Auston, K. P. Cheung, M. C. Nuss, Anthony Johnson, B. B. Hu, X.-C. Zhang, J. C. Bean, Matthew Hayes, W. M. Augustyniak and K. I. Hopcraft. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Electronics Letters, IEEE Electron Device Letters, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices and Inverse Problems.

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