Patrick Forster

11.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Patrick Forster is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Forster has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Patrick Forster's work include Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (14 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (13 papers) and Solid State Laser Technologies (9 papers). Patrick Forster is often cited by papers focused on Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (14 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (13 papers) and Solid State Laser Technologies (9 papers). Patrick Forster collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Canada. Patrick Forster's co-authors include H. -J. Bandelt, Andrew L. Rohl, Christelle Kieleck, Marc Eichhorn, Dominik Lorenz, Michael J. Orchard, María Mastalerz, Julian Schneider, Carsten Rockstuhl and R.M. Bustin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Optics Letters and Optics Express.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Forster

18 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

Median-joining networks for inferring intraspecific phylo... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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. Median-joining networks for inferring intraspecific phylogenies
    1999 9.4k citations H. -J. Bandelt, Patrick Forster et al. Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick Forster Germany 7 5.4k 3.0k 2.5k 1.7k 1.2k 20 9.5k
Yun‐Xin Fu United States 27 5.2k 1.0× 2.5k 0.8× 2.8k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 82 9.0k
Sebastián E. Ramos‐Onsins Spain 24 4.1k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 3.2k 1.3× 1.7k 1.0× 885 0.7× 55 8.9k
Sylvain Piry France 21 5.0k 0.9× 3.1k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 1.8k 1.5× 53 7.2k
Mark Clement United States 16 4.9k 0.9× 3.6k 1.2× 2.6k 1.1× 2.7k 1.6× 1.6k 1.3× 89 10.2k
W. Owen McMillan Panama 52 5.2k 1.0× 2.0k 0.7× 2.3k 0.9× 3.5k 2.0× 1.5k 1.2× 209 9.4k
Joseph Heled New Zealand 12 3.9k 0.7× 2.1k 0.7× 2.9k 1.2× 2.7k 1.5× 1.3k 1.1× 14 8.6k
W. Kelley Thomas United States 33 4.3k 0.8× 2.6k 0.9× 4.2k 1.7× 955 0.6× 919 0.8× 84 8.3k
Barbara K. Mable United Kingdom 35 3.1k 0.6× 2.0k 0.7× 3.0k 1.2× 2.2k 1.3× 1.2k 1.0× 95 7.8k
Oscar E. Gaggiotti United Kingdom 41 6.7k 1.2× 3.8k 1.3× 1.9k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 2.6k 2.1× 86 10.4k
Peter Beerli United States 33 6.2k 1.2× 3.2k 1.1× 2.3k 0.9× 2.9k 1.7× 1.9k 1.6× 65 10.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Forster

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lorenz, Dominik, et al.. (2024). High repetition rate pulsed all-in-fiber thulium doped fiber MOPA for OPO pumping. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 15–15. 1 indexed citations
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Forster, Patrick, et al.. (2024). 12.2 W ZGP OPO pumped by a Q-Switched Tm3+:Ho3+-codoped fiber laser. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 13–13. 2 indexed citations
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Schneider, Julian, et al.. (2024). High-energy nanosecond pulse extraction from a Tm3+-doped photonic crystal fiber laser emitting at 2050 nm with narrow linewidth. Optics Express. 32(18). 32309–32309. 4 indexed citations
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Lorenz, Dominik, et al.. (2023). High-Power Thulium-Doped Fiber MOPA Emitting at 2036 nm. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 42(1). 394–398. 9 indexed citations
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Lorenz, Dominik, et al.. (2023). Recent advances in high-power 2 µm fiber lasers systems. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 2–2.
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Lorenz, Dominik, et al.. (2023). Nanosecond pulsed narrow-linewidth all-fiber source for ZGP-OPO pumping. Optics Continuum. 2(3). 660–660. 6 indexed citations
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Forster, Patrick, et al.. (2022). High-power continuous-wave Tm3+:Ho3+-codoped fiber laser operation from 2.1 µm to 2.2 µm. Optics Letters. 47(10). 2542–2542. 22 indexed citations
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Lorenz, Dominik, et al.. (2022). Three-stage MOPA 2 µm fiber laser for ZGP OPO pumping. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 56–56.
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Lorenz, Dominik, et al.. (2022). High-peak-power Ho3+ and Tm3+-doped fiber MOPA for mid-IR conversion. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 267. 2006–2006. 1 indexed citations
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Lorenz, Dominik, et al.. (2022). 937 W Thulium:silica fiber MOPA operating at 2036 nm. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 267. 2016–2016. 5 indexed citations
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Forster, Patrick, et al.. (2022). Pulse energy enhancement by means of fiber Bragg gratings in actively Q-switched Tm3+-doped fiber lasers operating at 2050 nm and 2090 nm. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 267. 2004–2004. 1 indexed citations
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Schneider, Julian, et al.. (2021). Investigation of the pulse energy limits of actively Q-switched polarization-maintaining Tm3+-doped fiber lasers. OSA Continuum. 4(5). 1577–1577. 2 indexed citations
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Forster, Patrick, et al.. (2021). High pulse energy ZnGeP2 OPO directly pumped by a Q-switched Tm3+-doped single-oscillator fiber laser. Optics Letters. 46(9). 2139–2139. 18 indexed citations
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Forster, Patrick, et al.. (2021). Q-switched, high average output power Tm3+:Ho3+-codoped triple-clad fiber laser for nonlinear frequency conversion. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 12–12. 1 indexed citations
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Forster, Patrick, et al.. (2020). Recent advances in high-power 2 µm fiber lasers for frequency conversion into the mid-IR. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1 indexed citations
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Forster, Patrick, et al.. (2020). Advances in two-micron lasers for nonlinear conversion into the mid-IR. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 10–10. 8 indexed citations
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Forster, Patrick, et al.. (2018). Identification of Dielectric, Plasmonic, and Hybrid Modes in Metal-Coated Whispering-Gallery-Mode Resonators. ACS Photonics. 5(6). 2365–2373. 8 indexed citations
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Bandelt, H. -J., Patrick Forster, & Andrew L. Rohl. (1999). Median-joining networks for inferring intraspecific phylogenies. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 16(1). 37–48. 9390 indexed citations breakdown →
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Richards, Martin, et al.. (1997). Paleolithic and Neolithic Lineages in the European Mitochondrial Gene Pool: a reply to Cavalli-Sforza and Minch. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 1 indexed citations
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Mastalerz, María, R.M. Bustin, Michael J. Orchard, & Patrick Forster. (1992). Fluorescence of conodonts: implications for organic maturation analysis. Organic Geochemistry. 18(1). 93–101. 8 indexed citations

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