R. Kompfner

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

R. Kompfner is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Kompfner has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 10 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in R. Kompfner's work include Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research (6 papers), Satellite Communication Systems (5 papers) and Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (4 papers). R. Kompfner is often cited by papers focused on Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research (6 papers), Satellite Communication Systems (5 papers) and Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (4 papers). R. Kompfner collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. R. Kompfner's co-authors include H. Kogelnik, D. R. Herriott, Colin J. R. Sheppard, N. H. Williams, Randy Lemons, J. N. Gannaway, D. Walsh, John R. Pierce, J. S. Cook and C. F. Quate and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Proceedings of the IEEE and Reports on Progress in Physics.

In The Last Decade

R. Kompfner

27 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Kompfner United States	12	613	552	421	229	217	31	1.3k
C. M. Penney United States	15	232 0.4×	270 0.5×	390 0.9×	119 0.5×	159 0.7×	39	1.1k
M. Péalat France	20	446 0.7×	424 0.8×	538 1.3×	82 0.4×	157 0.7×	54	1.3k
Alan C. Eckbreth Ireland	21	438 0.7×	527 1.0×	1.3k 3.0×	184 0.8×	284 1.3×	72	2.3k
Edson R. Peck United States	13	305 0.5×	489 0.9×	248 0.6×	138 0.6×	125 0.6×	23	1.0k
U. P. Oppenheim Israel	16	480 0.8×	370 0.7×	416 1.0×	115 0.5×	185 0.9×	79	1.1k
A.A. Kolomenskii United States	20	517 0.8×	546 1.0×	396 0.9×	469 2.0×	95 0.4×	100	1.4k
Ajoy Ghatak India	19	973 1.6×	685 1.2×	233 0.6×	262 1.1×	168 0.8×	48	1.7k
L. Mertz United States	11	176 0.3×	277 0.5×	146 0.3×	219 1.0×	95 0.4×	52	790
W. H. Steel Australia	14	306 0.5×	366 0.7×	96 0.2×	234 1.0×	64 0.3×	50	915
Michael A. Krainak United States	17	629 1.0×	380 0.7×	236 0.6×	87 0.4×	162 0.7×	154	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Kompfner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. Kompfner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. Kompfner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with R. Kompfner. R. Kompfner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Chodorow, M., et al.. (1981). High resolution optical ranging system. Applied Optics. 20(14). 2389–2389. 6 indexed citations

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Arditty, H. J., H. J. Shaw, M. Chodorow, & R. Kompfner. (1978). <title>Re-Entrant Fiberoptic Approach To Rotation Sensing</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 157. 138–148. 8 indexed citations

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Sheppard, Colin J. R. & R. Kompfner. (1978). Resonant scanning optical microscope. Applied Optics. 17(18). 2879–2879. 91 indexed citations

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Kompfner, R. & C. F. Quate. (1977). Acoustic radiation and its use in microscopy. Physics in Technology. 8(6). 231–237. 5 indexed citations

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Kompfner, R., et al.. (1976). Mechanical optical-fibre switch. Electronics Letters. 12(15). 388–388. 21 indexed citations

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Kompfner, R.. (1976). The invention of traveling wave tubes. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 23(7). 730–738. 10 indexed citations

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Kompfner, R. & Randy Lemons. (1976). Nonlinear acoustic microscopy. Applied Physics Letters. 28(6). 295–297. 45 indexed citations

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Kompfner, R., et al.. (1976). High-resolution heterodyne coincidence detection of optical pulse streams. International Journal of Electronics. 41(4). 317–323. 1 indexed citations

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Kompfner, R.. (1975). Recent advances in acoustical microscopy The Silvanus Thompson Memorial Lecture (17.10.1974). British Journal of Radiology. 48(572). 615–627. 1 indexed citations

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Kompfner, R.. (1972). Optics at Bell Laboratories–Optical Communications. Applied Optics. 11(11). 2412–2412. 15 indexed citations

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Kompfner, R.. (1964). The invention of the traveling-wave tube. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 12 indexed citations

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Crawford, A. B., et al.. (1963). The Research Background of the Telstar Experiment. Bell System Technical Journal. 42(4). 747–751. 1 indexed citations

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Kompfner, R., et al.. (1963). A Self-Steering Array Repeater. Bell System Technical Journal. 42(5). 2013–2032. 35 indexed citations

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Kaminow, I. P., R. Kompfner, & W. H. Louisell. (1962). Improvements in Light Modulators of the Traveling-Wave Type. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 10(5). 311–313. 9 indexed citations

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Quate, C. F., et al.. (1958). The reflex klystron as a negative resistance type amplifier. IRE Transactions on Electron Devices. 5(3). 173–179. 2 indexed citations

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Cook, J. S., R. Kompfner, & C. F. Quate. (1956). Coupled Helices. Bell System Technical Journal. 35(1). 127–178. 14 indexed citations

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Kompfner, R. & N. H. Williams. (1953). Backward-Wave Tubes. Proceedings of the IRE. 41(11). 1602–1611. 66 indexed citations

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Kompfner, R.. (1952). Travelling-wave tubes. Reports on Progress in Physics. 15(1). 275–327. 145 indexed citations

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Kompfner, R., et al.. (1951). Noise in Traveling-Wave Tubes. Proceedings of the IRE. 39(8). 918–926. 5 indexed citations

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Kompfner, R., et al.. (1951). Heating in vacuo by an external radiation source. Vacuum. 1(3). 203–204. 3 indexed citations

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