R J Potton

680 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 495 citations indexed

About

R J Potton is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R J Potton has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 495 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 5 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in R J Potton's work include Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (4 papers), Magnetic Properties and Applications (4 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (2 papers). R J Potton is often cited by papers focused on Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (4 papers), Magnetic Properties and Applications (4 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (2 papers). R J Potton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Spain. R J Potton's co-authors include GS McDonald, Pedro Chamorro‐Posada, JM Christian, R R Birss and D. F. Brewer and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review A, Reports on Progress in Physics and Journal of Physics Condensed Matter.

In The Last Decade

R J Potton

11 papers receiving 469 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Reciprocity in optics

2004 441 citations R J Potton Reports on Progress in Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R J Potton United Kingdom	5	308	211	142	140	56	11	495
Yong S. Joe United States	11	516 1.7×	332 1.6×	247 1.7×	164 1.2×	61 1.1×	54	720
Paweł Szczepański Poland	15	356 1.2×	407 1.9×	103 0.7×	132 0.9×	28 0.5×	114	615
Pi‐Gang Luan Taiwan	11	264 0.9×	125 0.6×	130 0.9×	132 0.9×	27 0.5×	30	387
Zhaoxian Chen China	13	265 0.9×	139 0.7×	244 1.7×	162 1.2×	40 0.7×	33	515
Marı́a Victoria Pérez Spain	12	287 0.9×	214 1.0×	208 1.5×	67 0.5×	29 0.5×	46	537
Kenneth J. Chau Canada	12	331 1.1×	248 1.2×	342 2.4×	287 2.0×	27 0.5×	48	656
Lingbo Xia China	12	459 1.5×	146 0.7×	207 1.5×	285 2.0×	53 0.9×	18	692
Stefano Brugioni Italy	9	262 0.9×	266 1.3×	134 0.9×	215 1.5×	52 0.9×	19	544
Yang Ming China	13	519 1.7×	235 1.1×	298 2.1×	409 2.9×	21 0.4×	43	754

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Christian, JM, GS McDonald, R J Potton, & Pedro Chamorro‐Posada. (2007). Helmholtz solitons in power-law optical materials. Physical Review A. 76(3). 23 indexed citations

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Potton, R J. (2004). Reciprocity in optics. Reports on Progress in Physics. 67(5). 717–754. 441 indexed citations breakdown →

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Potton, R J. (2001). Projection operators for time-symmetrized states in Fock space. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 34(3). 617–622. 1 indexed citations

4.

Potton, R J. (1999). Adaptive spatial filtering using photochromic glass. Measurement Science and Technology. 10(12). 1315–1318. 1 indexed citations

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Potton, R J. (1998). New one-parameter fits of sub-bandgap optical properties of crystals. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 10(45). 10283–10289. 1 indexed citations

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Potton, R J, et al.. (1997). Photochemical changes in hydrogen-loaded optical fibres with application to Bragg grating formation. Measurement Science and Technology. 8(10). 1055–1058. 5 indexed citations

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Potton, R J, et al.. (1980). Magnetostriction in terms of hexagonal and cubic harmonics up to degree 6. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 20(3). 258–264. 2 indexed citations

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Potton, R J. (1978). Measurement of magnetocrystalline anisotropy torque in sheared crystals. Journal of Physics E Scientific Instruments. 11(2). 149–152. 3 indexed citations

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Birss, R R, et al.. (1978). A capacitive instrument for the measurement of a large range of magnetostriction at low temperatures and high magnetic fields. Journal of Physics E Scientific Instruments. 11(9). 928–934. 7 indexed citations

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Potton, R J, et al.. (1972). Ordering and precipitation effects in the specific heat and magnetization of copper-iron alloys. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 9(1-2). 135–146. 3 indexed citations

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Potton, R J, et al.. (1970). A calibration equation for carbon resistance thermometers. Journal of Physics E Scientific Instruments. 3(1). 43–48. 8 indexed citations

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