R. C. Sharp

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

R. C. Sharp is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, R. C. Sharp has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in R. C. Sharp's work include Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (5 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (4 papers) and Laser Design and Applications (3 papers). R. C. Sharp is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (5 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (4 papers) and Laser Design and Applications (3 papers). R. C. Sharp collaborates with scholars based in United States. R. C. Sharp's co-authors include D. P. Resler, T. A. Dorschner, Douglas S. Hobbs, Larry J. Friedman, Hoang-Trung Nguyen, Michael Holz, Paul McManamon, S. Liberman, Edward Watson and Maria Xenidou and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

R. C. Sharp

16 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Optical phased array technology

1996 462 citations Paul McManamon, T. A. Dorschner et al. Proceedings of the IEEE profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. C. Sharp United States	10	705	662	320	206	200	16	1.2k
U. Efron United States	18	731 1.0×	799 1.2×	834 2.6×	259 1.3×	357 1.8×	93	1.6k
D. E. Lucchetta Italy	19	436 0.6×	632 1.0×	711 2.2×	156 0.8×	234 1.2×	87	1.1k
A. Mazzulla Italy	25	660 0.9×	1.3k 1.9×	1.3k 3.9×	236 1.1×	410 2.0×	84	1.9k
Giancarlo Abbate Italy	21	483 0.7×	927 1.4×	787 2.5×	193 0.9×	344 1.7×	109	1.5k
Victor I. Kopp United States	19	1.3k 1.9×	1.4k 2.2×	1.0k 3.2×	142 0.7×	251 1.3×	65	2.0k
B. Fan China	11	474 0.7×	684 1.0×	575 1.8×	142 0.7×	176 0.9×	35	977
L. D. Hess United States	14	465 0.7×	355 0.5×	349 1.1×	200 1.0×	225 1.1×	47	988
J. Nehring Switzerland	14	641 0.9×	515 0.8×	971 3.0×	173 0.8×	142 0.7×	24	1.5k
Alessandro Veltri Italy	20	418 0.6×	689 1.0×	716 2.2×	93 0.5×	304 1.5×	47	992
M. Stalder Switzerland	11	350 0.5×	589 0.9×	208 0.7×	126 0.6×	300 1.5×	26	841

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Dorschner, T. A., Larry J. Friedman, Michael Holz, et al.. (2002). An optical phased array for lasers. 5–10. 11 indexed citations

2.

Urbas, Augustine, R. C. Sharp, Yoel Fink, et al.. (2000). Tunable Block Copolymer/Homopolymer Photonic Crystals. Advanced Materials. 12(11). 812–814. 237 indexed citations

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Smith, I. W., et al.. (1997). Demonstration of photonically controlled GaAs digital/MMIC for RF optical links. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 45(1). 15–22. 2 indexed citations

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McManamon, Paul, T. A. Dorschner, Larry J. Friedman, et al.. (1996). Optical phased array technology. Proceedings of the IEEE. 84(2). 268–298. 462 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sharp, R. C., et al.. (1996). 190-fs passively mode-locked thulium fiber laser with a low threshold. Optics Letters. 21(12). 881–881. 157 indexed citations

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Resler, D. P., Douglas S. Hobbs, R. C. Sharp, Larry J. Friedman, & T. A. Dorschner. (1996). High-efficiency liquid-crystal optical phased-array beam steering. Optics Letters. 21(9). 689–689. 195 indexed citations

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Friedman, Larry J., Douglas S. Hobbs, Hoang-Trung Nguyen, et al.. (1996). Spatially resolved phase imaging of a programmable liquid-crystal grating. Applied Optics. 35(31). 6236–6236. 18 indexed citations

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Sharp, R. C., D. P. Resler, Douglas S. Hobbs, & T. A. Dorschner. (1990). Electrically tunable liquid-crystal wave plate in the infrared. Optics Letters. 15(1). 87–87. 22 indexed citations

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Sharp, R. C., D. P. Resler, Douglas S. Hobbs, & T. A. Dorschner. (1989). Electrically tunable liquid crystal wave plate in the infrared. Annual Meeting Optical Society of America. THT17–THT17. 1 indexed citations

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Sharp, R. C.. (1988). Chirp in pulsed, rf-excited CO2 waveguide lasers. Journal of Applied Physics. 64(2). 544–553. 5 indexed citations

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Sharp, R. C.. (1987). Measurements of transverse-gain profiles in rf- and dc-excited CO2 gain cavities. Journal of Applied Physics. 61(11). 5184–5186. 4 indexed citations

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Sharp, R. C., Eli Yablonovitch, & N. Bloembergen. (1982). Picosecond infrared double resonance studies on pentafluorobenzene. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 76(5). 2147–2154. 13 indexed citations

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Sharp, R. C., Eli Yablonovitch, & N. Bloembergen. (1981). Picosecond infrared double resonance studies on SF6. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 74(10). 5357–5365. 26 indexed citations

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Tsao, Jeffrey Y., R. C. Sharp, & Eli Yablonovitch. (1979). Digital feedback stabilization of a single-axial-mode CO2 TEA laser. Review of Scientific Instruments. 50(8). 1023–1024. 3 indexed citations

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Sharp, R. C., et al.. (1978). Velocity dependence of the absolute cross sections for the chemi-ionization of Ar, Kr, and Xe on impact of 21S and 23S helium atoms. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 69(7). 2978–2983. 56 indexed citations

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Sharp, R. C., et al.. (1978). Chemiionization and secondary ion-molecule reactions in CH3OH and CH3OD. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Physics. 27(1). 55–61. 2 indexed citations

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