R. Watterson

1.6k total citations
23 papers, 526 citations indexed

About

R. Watterson is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Watterson has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 526 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in R. Watterson's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (13 papers), Laser Design and Applications (6 papers) and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (6 papers). R. Watterson is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (13 papers), Laser Design and Applications (6 papers) and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (6 papers). R. Watterson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. R. Watterson's co-authors include B. LaBombard, E. S. Marmar, J. L. Terry, M.M. Pickrell, S. Wolfe, B. Lipschultz, R. E. Slusher, C. M. Surko, Y. Takase and M. Porkoláb and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Journal of Physics D Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

R. Watterson

23 papers receiving 496 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. Watterson United States 10 440 219 141 108 85 23 526
B. Joye Switzerland 15 543 1.2× 342 1.6× 111 0.8× 136 1.3× 133 1.6× 36 624
D. Düchs Germany 10 342 0.8× 159 0.7× 112 0.8× 108 1.0× 55 0.6× 24 436
S. Hidekuma Japan 14 738 1.7× 439 2.0× 195 1.4× 110 1.0× 142 1.7× 30 805
C. Daughney United States 10 467 1.1× 234 1.1× 115 0.8× 126 1.2× 147 1.7× 17 565
A.-L. Pecquet France 11 557 1.3× 291 1.3× 168 1.2× 53 0.5× 99 1.2× 15 607
M.H. Hughes United Kingdom 11 422 1.0× 167 0.8× 202 1.4× 99 0.9× 100 1.2× 28 506
M.G. McCoy United States 10 482 1.1× 256 1.2× 90 0.6× 87 0.8× 161 1.9× 22 521
C Laviron France 13 478 1.1× 315 1.4× 89 0.6× 102 0.9× 98 1.2× 20 540
В. П. Пастухов Russia 10 354 0.8× 185 0.8× 84 0.6× 91 0.8× 68 0.8× 47 440
L. A. Art︠s︡imovich United States 10 378 0.9× 191 0.9× 111 0.8× 109 1.0× 105 1.2× 37 631

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. Watterson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. Watterson 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. Watterson. R. Watterson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Snipes, J., A. Hubbard, D. Garnier, et al.. (1996). H-modes on Alcator C-Mod. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 38(8). 1127–1136. 22 indexed citations
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Watterson, R., et al.. (1995). First operation of the Alcator C-mod scanning 2D Thomson scattering diagnostic (abstract)a). Review of Scientific Instruments. 66(1). 496–496. 6 indexed citations
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Watterson, R., et al.. (1992). Construction of a scanning two-dimensional Thomson scattering system for Alcator C-Mod. Review of Scientific Instruments. 63(10). 4950–4952. 5 indexed citations
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Watterson, R. & J. H. Jacob. (1990). Measurements of intrinsic efficiency and parameters of an electron beam pumped ArXe laser. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 26(3). 417–422. 5 indexed citations
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Watterson, R., et al.. (1990). Status of the Alcator C-MOD scanning two-dimensional Thomson scattering diagnostic. Review of Scientific Instruments. 61(10). 2867–2869. 7 indexed citations
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Shefer, R. E., et al.. (1990). Design of a submillimeter-wave alpha particle Thomson scattering diagnostic for fusion plasmas. Review of Scientific Instruments. 61(10). 3214–3216. 2 indexed citations
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Watterson, R., Y. Takase, P. T. Bonoli, et al.. (1985). Spectrum and propagation of lower-hybrid waves in a tokamak plasma. The Physics of Fluids. 28(8). 2622–2624. 11 indexed citations
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Takase, Y., M. Porkoláb, J.J. Schuss, et al.. (1985). Observation of parametric instabilities in the lower-hybrid range of frequencies in the high-density tokamak. The Physics of Fluids. 28(3). 983–994. 74 indexed citations
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Watterson, R., R. E. Slusher, & C. M. Surko. (1985). Low-frequency density fluctuations in a tokamak plasma. The Physics of Fluids. 28(9). 2857–2867. 54 indexed citations
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Watterson, R., et al.. (1984). SPECTRUM AND PROPAGATION OF LOWER HYBRID WAVES IN THE ALCATOR C TOKAMAK. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Porkoláb, M., B. Lloyd, J.J. Schuss, et al.. (1984). Lower hybrid experiments at the 1 MW level on Alcator C: heating and current drive. 21–28. 1 indexed citations
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Lipschultz, B., B. LaBombard, E. S. Marmar, et al.. (1984). Marfe: an edge plasma phenomenon. Nuclear Fusion. 24(8). 977–988. 254 indexed citations
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Takase, Y., R. Watterson, M. Porkoláb, et al.. (1984). Observation of Parametric Decay by Use of CO2Laser Scattering from a Plasma. Physical Review Letters. 53(3). 274–277. 19 indexed citations
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Watterson, R., et al.. (1981). Numerical simulation of a system for ion temperature measurement by Thomson scattering in a tokamak. Journal of Applied Physics. 52(5). 3249–3254. 12 indexed citations
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Morgan, P.D., et al.. (1980). A 66μm D2O laser having an unstable reststrahlen resonator. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 13(6). 1029–1042. 1 indexed citations
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Siegrist, Michael, et al.. (1980). Parametric study of an optically pumped far infrared oscillator. Journal of Applied Physics. 51(7). 3531–3535. 6 indexed citations
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Morgan, P.D., Michael Siegrist, R. Watterson, et al.. (1980). Isolation between amplifiers in a TEA CO2laser using absorbing gases. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 13(8). 1399–1404. 3 indexed citations
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Morgan, P.D., et al.. (1979). The development of far-infrared lasers for Thomson-scattering measurements on tokamak plasmas. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 5(4). 141–157. 3 indexed citations
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Watterson, R., Anthony L. Peratt, & H. Derfler. (1979). Studies of ion-acoustic wave properties by pulsed CO2 laser scattering. The Physics of Fluids. 22(1). 110–113. 13 indexed citations
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Peratt, Anthony L., R. Watterson, & H. Derfler. (1977). Coherent scattering of CO2 light from ion-acoustic waves. The Physics of Fluids. 20(11). 1900–1910. 11 indexed citations

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