R.A. Clay

662 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 539 citations indexed

About

R.A. Clay is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, R.A. Clay has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 539 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 3 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in R.A. Clay's work include Solid State Laser Technologies (5 papers), Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (3 papers) and Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (3 papers). R.A. Clay is often cited by papers focused on Solid State Laser Technologies (5 papers), Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (3 papers) and Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (3 papers). R.A. Clay collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and India. R.A. Clay's co-authors include David M. Findlay, B. Cockayne, D. B. Gasson, David A. Jones, Donald W. Goodwin, J. Staromlynska, Alan Miller, David Tytler and K. J. Harrison and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Journal of Crystal Growth and Optics Communications.

In The Last Decade

R.A. Clay

9 papers receiving 490 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.

The measurement of internal losses in 4-level lasers

1966 441 citations David M. Findlay, R.A. Clay Physics Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R.A. Clay United Kingdom	6	504	361	133	67	22	9	539
E.J. Tarbox United Kingdom	13	706 1.4×	261 0.7×	162 1.2×	191 2.9×	10 0.5×	24	793
T.J. Whitley United Kingdom	12	469 0.9×	239 0.7×	176 1.3×	215 3.2×	10 0.5×	31	576
J.D. Minelly United Kingdom	18	1.1k 2.2×	711 2.0×	75 0.6×	149 2.2×	17 0.8×	63	1.2k
R.G. Smart United Kingdom	16	798 1.6×	409 1.1×	256 1.9×	343 5.1×	19 0.9×	37	894
P.J. Hardman United Kingdom	7	397 0.8×	299 0.8×	95 0.7×	50 0.7×	19 0.9×	11	424
T. Komukai Japan	16	888 1.8×	423 1.2×	149 1.1×	235 3.5×	7 0.3×	60	972
Giancarlo Reali Italy	18	667 1.3×	642 1.8×	132 1.0×	51 0.8×	23 1.0×	47	752
P.L. Pernas Spain	10	318 0.6×	298 0.8×	80 0.6×	49 0.7×	10 0.5×	26	364
J-P. R. Wells United Kingdom	10	260 0.5×	279 0.8×	216 1.6×	24 0.4×	8 0.4×	15	411
Yingling Pan China	11	358 0.7×	322 0.9×	139 1.0×	49 0.7×	7 0.3×	33	433

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R.A. Clay

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Clay, R.A., et al.. (1989). ELECTROOPTIC AND NONLINEAR OPTICAL-DEVICES USING LIQUID-CRYSTALS. 203–208. 1 indexed citations

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Staromlynska, J., et al.. (1987). Variable optical attenuator for use in the visible spectrum. Applied Optics. 26(18). 3827–3827. 3 indexed citations

3.

Staromlynska, J., Alan Miller, & R.A. Clay. (1987). An electrically addressable nonlinear optical bistable device. Optics Communications. 61(6). 415–420. 6 indexed citations

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Cockayne, B., et al.. (1981). The Czochralski growth and laser characteristics of Li(Y, Er, Tm, Ho) F4 and Li(Lu, Er, Tm, Ho) F4 scheelite single crystals. Journal of Crystal Growth. 54(3). 407–413. 24 indexed citations

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Jones, David A., et al.. (1975). Stockbarger crystal growth, optical assessment and laser performance of holmium-doped yttrium erbium lithium fluoride. Journal of Crystal Growth. 30(1). 21–26. 22 indexed citations

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Clay, R.A.. (1971). Nonlinear Networks and Systems. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 11 indexed citations

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Cockayne, B., D. B. Gasson, David M. Findlay, Donald W. Goodwin, & R.A. Clay. (1968). The growth and laser characteristics of yttrium-gadolinium-aluminium garnet single crystals. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 29(6). 905–910. 29 indexed citations

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Findlay, David M. & R.A. Clay. (1966). The measurement of internal losses in 4-level lasers. Physics Letters. 20(3). 277–278. 441 indexed citations breakdown →

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Clay, R.A. & David M. Findlay. (1965). Giant pulses from neodymium doped calcium tungstate by gain-switching. Physics Letters. 19(3). 212–213. 2 indexed citations

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