R. A. Satten

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

R. A. Satten is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, R. A. Satten has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Materials Chemistry, 15 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 11 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in R. A. Satten's work include Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (18 papers), Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (8 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (8 papers). R. A. Satten is often cited by papers focused on Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (18 papers), Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (8 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (8 papers). R. A. Satten collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and France. R. A. Satten's co-authors include G. H. Dieke, Eugene Y. Wong, C. Schreiber, Igor I Sobel'man, John G. King, H. H. Stroke, V. Jaccarino, John B. Gruber, Isaac Richman and S. A. Pollack and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Physics Today and American Journal of Physics.

In The Last Decade

R. A. Satten

37 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Spectra and Energy Levels of Rare Earth Ions in Crystals 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 400 800 1.2k
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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. Spectra and Energy Levels of Rare Earth Ions in Crystals
    1970 1.2k citations R. A. Satten et al. American Journal of Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. A. Satten United States 20 1.7k 713 568 515 488 37 2.3k
G. L. Goodman United States 26 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 1.6× 379 0.7× 365 0.7× 737 1.5× 71 2.8k
D. Schoemaker Belgium 25 1.7k 1.0× 1.2k 1.7× 517 0.9× 182 0.4× 342 0.7× 165 2.6k
G. F. Imbusch Ireland 29 2.0k 1.2× 830 1.2× 959 1.7× 707 1.4× 299 0.6× 73 2.7k
John G. Conway United States 23 844 0.5× 722 1.0× 188 0.3× 246 0.5× 469 1.0× 93 1.6k
Ralph H. Bartram United States 31 1.8k 1.0× 1.0k 1.4× 730 1.3× 503 1.0× 401 0.8× 115 2.7k
S. Haussühl Germany 35 2.6k 1.5× 987 1.4× 539 0.9× 362 0.7× 637 1.3× 226 4.0k
G. Schaack Germany 24 1.3k 0.7× 674 0.9× 310 0.5× 188 0.4× 174 0.4× 123 1.8k
Joseph B. Mann United States 17 803 0.5× 1.0k 1.4× 269 0.5× 90 0.2× 286 0.6× 25 2.2k
S. Geschwind United States 26 780 0.4× 1.2k 1.6× 518 0.9× 200 0.4× 127 0.3× 62 2.3k
J.‐M. Spaeth Germany 23 918 0.5× 685 1.0× 582 1.0× 176 0.3× 266 0.5× 119 1.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Satten, R. A., C. Schreiber, & Eugene Y. Wong. (1983). Vibronic intensity parametrization for the UCl2−6 complex in crystals. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 78(1). 79–87. 37 indexed citations
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Satten, R. A., et al.. (1974). Relative intensities in the vibronic Zeeman effect in cubic crystals. Physical review. B, Solid state. 9(11). 4628–4637. 11 indexed citations
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Satten, R. A.. (1973). Comment on: “An Operator Domain Paradox and the Relativistic Correction to Energy Levels”. American Journal of Physics. 41(9). 1118–1118. 1 indexed citations
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Satten, R. A., et al.. (1973). Cross Relaxation between Some Paramagnetic Ions in Crystals Observed by an Optical Method. Physical review. B, Solid state. 7(5). 1753–1772. 8 indexed citations
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Satten, R. A.. (1971). Vibronic Splitting and Zeeman Effect in Octahedral Molecules: Odd-Electron Systems. Physical review. A, General physics. 3(4). 1246–1253. 11 indexed citations
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Satten, R. A., David R. Johnston, & Eugene Y. Wong. (1968). Zeeman Splitting of Vibronic Levels for Octahedral Actinide and Lanthanide Complexes, Free and in Crystals. Physical Review. 171(2). 370–377. 18 indexed citations
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Asawa, C. K., R. A. Satten, & O. M. Stafsudd. (1968). Depolarization of Raman Scattering in LaCl3. Physical Review. 168(3). 957–959. 24 indexed citations
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Satten, R. A., et al.. (1966). Magnetic-Dipole Intensities and Zeeman Effect in Cs2UCl6. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 44(2). 687–691. 23 indexed citations
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Jones, G. D. & R. A. Satten. (1966). Coupling betweenH−Localized Modes and Rare-Earth Ion Electronic States in Rare-Earth Trifluorides. Physical Review. 147(2). 566–576. 21 indexed citations
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Johnston, David R., R. A. Satten, C. Schreiber, & Eugene Y. Wong. (1966). Covalency Effects in U4+ Halide Complexes. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 44(8). 3141–3143. 41 indexed citations
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Satten, R. A.. (1964). On the Generalization of the Lyddane—Sachs—Teller Relation and the Limit of Validity of a Relation Suggested by Richman, Satten, and Wong. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 41(1). 281–282. 4 indexed citations
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Gruber, John B. & R. A. Satten. (1963). Analysis of the Electronic Spectra of Neodymium Ethylsulfate. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 39(6). 1455–1463. 54 indexed citations
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Richman, Isaac, R. A. Satten, & Eugene Y. Wong. (1963). Lattice Vibrations of LaCl3 and LaBr3 from Vibronic Spectra. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 39(7). 1833–1846. 79 indexed citations
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Satten, R. A. & S. Nikitine. (1963). Exciton spectra of small crystallites. The European Physical Journal B. 1(5). 394–401. 4 indexed citations
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Pollack, S. A. & R. A. Satten. (1962). Electron-Optical Phonon Interaction for Paramagnetic Ions in Crystalline Fields. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 36(3). 804–816. 48 indexed citations
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Satten, R. A., et al.. (1960). Preliminary Analysis of U4+ Ion Spectra in Crystals. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 33(4). 1140–1151. 51 indexed citations
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Satten, R. A.. (1959). Errata: On the Theory of Electronic-Vibrational Interaction for Rare Earth and Actinide Series Ions in Crystals. II. Octahedral Complexes. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 30(2). 590–591. 9 indexed citations
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Satten, R. A.. (1957). Effects of Atomic Quadrupole Moments upon the Index of Refraction. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 26(4). 766–772. 13 indexed citations
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Satten, R. A.. (1955). Reply to Jo/rgensen's Letter, Absorption Spectra of Lanthanite and Actinide Ions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 23(2). 400–400. 5 indexed citations
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Satten, R. A.. (1952). An “Algebra” of Possibilities Relating Regions in Object and Image Space for a System of Thin Lenses. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 42(12). 955–955. 1 indexed citations

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