R. C. McPhedran

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
198 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

R. C. McPhedran is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, R. C. McPhedran has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 115 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 70 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in R. C. McPhedran's work include Photonic Crystals and Applications (91 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (72 papers) and Optical Coatings and Gratings (70 papers). R. C. McPhedran is often cited by papers focused on Photonic Crystals and Applications (91 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (72 papers) and Optical Coatings and Gratings (70 papers). R. C. McPhedran collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and France. R. C. McPhedran's co-authors include L. C. Botten, C. Martijn de Sterke, N. A. Nicorovici, David R. McKenzie, Graeme W. Milton, Thomas P. White, D. Maystre, A. B. Movchan, M.S. Craig and A. A. Asatryan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

R. C. McPhedran

195 papers receiving 6.0k citations

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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.

Multipole method for microstructured optical fibers I Formulation

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. C. McPhedran Australia	44	3.5k	3.2k	1.8k	1.5k	1.0k	198	6.4k
L. C. Botten Australia	35	3.4k 1.0×	3.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	724 0.7×	178	5.3k
M. Rycroft United Kingdom	6	3.8k 1.1×	5.1k 1.6×	2.2k 1.2×	680 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	8	7.5k
A. A. Maradudin United States	50	5.1k 1.5×	2.4k 0.7×	3.5k 2.0×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	260	10.6k
A. A. Maradudin United States	39	3.7k 1.1×	1.7k 0.5×	1.8k 1.0×	441 0.3×	883 0.9×	177	6.3k
Alexei A. Maradudin United States	28	2.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	2.5k 1.4×	665 0.4×	1.3k 1.3×	116	5.8k
Joshua N. Winn United States	7	5.4k 1.6×	4.1k 1.3×	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	985 1.0×	8	6.6k
C. M. Soukoulis United States	48	6.4k 1.9×	4.3k 1.3×	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.6×	119	8.8k
M. Bertolotti Italy	36	4.0k 1.2×	3.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	353 0.2×	1.0k 1.0×	455	6.6k
D. Maystre France	39	3.3k 0.9×	3.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	2.6k 1.8×	885 0.9×	172	6.0k
Marc De Graef United States	47	1.7k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	924 0.5×	710 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	286	7.0k

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Byrne, Michael, A. A. Asatryan, L. C. Botten, et al.. (2012). Plane-wave scattering by a photonic crystal slab: Multipole modal formulation and accuracy. Waves in Random and Complex Media. 22(4). 531–570. 2 indexed citations

Botten, L. C., Thomas P. White, A. A. Asatryan, et al.. (2004). Bloch mode scattering matrix methods for modeling extended photonic crystal structures. I. Theory. Physical Review E. 70(5). 56606–56606. 62 indexed citations

Sterke, C. Martijn de, L. C. Botten, A. A. Asatryan, Thomas P. White, & R. C. McPhedran. (2004). Modes of coupled photonic crystal waveguides. Optics Letters. 29(12). 1384–1384. 27 indexed citations

Botten, L. C., A. A. Asatryan, T. N. Langtry, et al.. (2003). An analytic treatment of propagation in straight and bent photonic crystal waveguides. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1018–1019. 2 indexed citations

Botten, L. C., A. A. Asatryan, T. N. Langtry, et al.. (2003). Semianalytic treatment for propagation in finite photonic crystal waveguides. Optics Letters. 28(10). 854–854. 17 indexed citations

Langtry, T. N., A. A. Asatryan, L. C. Botten, et al.. (2003). Effects of disorder in two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 68(2). 26611–26611. 30 indexed citations

Smith, Grahame, L. C. Botten, R. C. McPhedran, & N. A. Nicorovici. (2002). Cylinder gratings in conical incidence with applications to modes of air-cored photonic crystal fibers. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(5). 56604–56604. 15 indexed citations

Botten, L. C., Nicolae-Alexandru P. Nicorovici, A. A. Asatryan, et al.. (2000). Formulation for electromagnetic scattering and propagation through grating stacks of metallic and dielectric cylinders for photonic crystal calculations Part I Method. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 17(12). 2165–2165. 85 indexed citations

Asatryan, A. A., P. A. Robinson, L. C. Botten, et al.. (2000). Effects of geometric and refractive index disorder on wave propagation in two-dimensional photonic crystals. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 62(4). 5711–5720. 49 indexed citations

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Sarychev, Andrey K., R. C. McPhedran, & Vladimir M. Shalaev. (2000). Electrodynamics of metal-dielectric composites and electromagnetic crystals. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 62(12). 8531–8539. 44 indexed citations

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McPhedran, R. C. & N. A. Nicorovici. (1997). Effective dielectic constant of arrays of elliptical cylinders. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 241(1-2). 173–178. 9 indexed citations

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Nicorovici, N. A., R. C. McPhedran, & Graeme W. Milton. (1993). Transport properties of a three-phase composite material: the square array of coated cylinders. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 442(1916). 599–620. 45 indexed citations

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McPhedran, R. C., L. Poladian, & Graeme W. Milton. (1988). Asymptotic studies of closely spaced, highly conducting cylinders. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 415(1848). 185–196. 84 indexed citations

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McPhedran, R. C. & Graeme W. Milton. (1987). Transport properties of touching cylinder pairs and of the square array of touching cylinders. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 411(1841). 313–326. 43 indexed citations

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Roberts, Ann & R. C. McPhedran. (1987). Bandpass Grids With Annular Apertures. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 815. 73–73. 1 indexed citations

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Poladian, L. & R. C. McPhedran. (1986). Effective transport properties of periodic composite materials. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 408(1834). 45–59. 11 indexed citations

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Botten, L. C., et al.. (1985). Inductive grids in the resonant region: Theory and experiment. International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves. 6(9). 949–949. 1 indexed citations

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McKenzie, David R., R. C. McPhedran, N. Savvides, & D. J. H. Cockayne. (1983). Analysis of films prepared by plasma polymerization of acetylene in a D.C. magnetron. Thin Solid Films. 108(3). 247–256. 54 indexed citations

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Briggs, Lydia, David R. McKenzie, & R. C. McPhedran. (1982). Optical constants and microstructure of stainless steel-carbon films prepared by reactive magnetron sputtering. Solar Energy Materials. 6(4). 455–466. 14 indexed citations

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McPhedran, R. C. & David R. McKenzie. (1978). The conductivity of lattices of spheres I. The simple cubic lattice. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 359(1696). 45–63. 329 indexed citations

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