Richard Phelan

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Richard Phelan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Phelan has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 44 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 12 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Richard Phelan's work include Optical Network Technologies (68 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (54 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (53 papers). Richard Phelan is often cited by papers focused on Optical Network Technologies (68 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (54 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (53 papers). Richard Phelan collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Denmark. Richard Phelan's co-authors include J. O’Gorman, Brian Kelly, David J. Richardson, Liam P. Barry, Radan Slavı́k, Lars Grüner-Nielsen, John O’Carroll, Prince M. Anandarajah, Dimitris Syvridis and Adonis Bogris and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Richard Phelan

104 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

All-optical phase and amplitude regenerator for next-generation telecommunications systems

2010 420 citations Radan Slavı́k, A.D. Ellis et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard Phelan Ireland	25	2.0k	1.2k	120	117	76	107	2.2k
Åsa Haglund Sweden	25	1.7k 0.8×	799 0.7×	104 0.9×	43 0.4×	80 1.1×	100	1.9k
R. Akimoto Japan	19	720 0.4×	739 0.6×	248 2.1×	87 0.7×	46 0.6×	110	1.0k
Cyril Paranthoën France	18	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	237 2.0×	88 0.8×	96 1.3×	58	1.2k
V. Khalfin United States	16	1.7k 0.8×	632 0.5×	363 3.0×	96 0.8×	163 2.1×	52	1.9k
B. Brar United States	18	999 0.5×	641 0.6×	203 1.7×	58 0.5×	113 1.5×	53	1.2k
Yongbo Tang China	19	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	52 0.4×	27 0.2×	167 2.2×	68	1.8k
T. Shibata Japan	19	772 0.4×	346 0.3×	175 1.5×	18 0.2×	50 0.7×	75	975
Hui Hu China	19	1.0k 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	159 1.3×	20 0.2×	119 1.6×	64	1.2k
D. Mocuta Belgium	22	1.3k 0.6×	478 0.4×	308 2.6×	19 0.2×	271 3.6×	89	1.5k
N. Grote Germany	19	1.1k 0.5×	498 0.4×	165 1.4×	31 0.3×	81 1.1×	89	1.2k

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Bogris, Adonis, et al.. (2024). Detector-Free Fiber-Based Bidirectional Symmetric Communication Scheme Based on Compound States of Two Mutually Coupled Discrete-Mode Lasers. Physical Review Applied. 21(1). 1 indexed citations

O’Carroll, John, Richard Phelan, Diarmuid Byrne, et al.. (2024). 2 × 53 Gbit/s PAM-4 Transmission Using 1.3 μm DML With High Power Budget Enabled by Quantum-Dot SOA. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 37(1). 1–4. 2 indexed citations

Kelly, Brian, et al.. (2020). Impact of Analog and Digital Pre-Emphasis on the Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Bandwidth-Limited Optical Transceivers. IEEE photonics journal. 12(2). 1–12. 8 indexed citations

Gay, Mathilde, Laurent Bramerie, Christophe Peucheret, et al.. (2018). Frequency Drift Reduction in a Four-Laser Array for TWDM PON Applications. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 30(14). 1345–1348. 1 indexed citations

Phelan, Richard, Michael R. Gleeson, Diarmuid Byrne, et al.. (2018). High power narrow linewidth discrete mode laser diode integrated with a curved semiconductor optical amplifier emitting at 2051 nm. Applied Optics. 57(22). E1–E1. 3 indexed citations

Curtis, E. A., Thomas D. Bradley, G. P. Barwood, et al.. (2018). Laser frequency stabilization and spectroscopy at 2051 nm using a compact CO₂-filled Kagome hollow core fiber gas-cell system. Optics Express. 26(22). 28621–28621. 13 indexed citations

Liu, Zhixin, Brian Kelly, John O’Carroll, et al.. (2018). Optical Injection-Locked Directly Modulated Lasers for Dispersion Pre-Compensated Direct-Detection Transmission. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 36(20). 4967–4974. 7 indexed citations

Phelan, Richard, Michael R. Gleeson, Diarmuid Byrne, et al.. (2017). InGaP/AlGaInP Quantum Well Discrete Mode Laser Diode Emitting at 689 nm. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 30(3). 235–237. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Zhixin, et al.. (2017). 300-km Transmission of Dispersion Pre-compensated PAM4 Using Direct Modulation and Direct Detection. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. Th3D.6–Th3D.6. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhixin, Brian Kelly, John O’Carroll, et al.. (2016). 49 Gbit/s direct-modulation and direct-detection transmission over 80 km SMF-28 without optical amplification or filtering. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhixin, Z. Li, Y. Chen, et al.. (2015). 52.6 Gbit/s Single-Channel Directly-Modulated Optical Transmitter for 2-μm Spectral Region. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. Th1E.6–Th1E.6. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Z., Jian Zhao, Yong Chen, et al.. (2015). 100 Gbit/s WDM transmission at 2 µm: transmission studies in both low-loss hollow core photonic bandgap fiber and solid core fiber. Optics Express. 23(4). 4946–4946. 99 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhixin, Z. Li, Y. Chen, et al.. (2014). Up to 64QAM (30 Gbit/s) directly-modulated and directly-detected OFDM at 2 μm wavelength. 1–3. 5 indexed citations

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Baeuerle, Benedikt, Jian Zhao, J. P. Wooler, et al.. (2012). Wavelength Division Multiplexing at 2μm. Cork Open Research Archive (University College Cork). Th.3.A.3–Th.3.A.3. 15 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Stephen J., Frank Smyth, Kai Shi, et al.. (2011). Design, Characterization, and Applications of Index-Patterned Fabry–Pérot Lasers. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 17(6). 1621–1631. 20 indexed citations

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O’Carroll, John, Richard Phelan, Brian Kelly, et al.. (2011). Wide temperature range 0 < T < 85 °C narrow linewidth discrete mode laser diodes for coherent communications applications. Optics Express. 19(26). B90–B90. 31 indexed citations

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Anandarajah, Prince M., R. Maher, Yiqing Xu, et al.. (2011). Generation of Coherent Multicarrier Signals by Gain Switching of Discrete Mode Lasers. IEEE photonics journal. 3(1). 112–122. 130 indexed citations

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Anandarajah, Prince M., Kai Shi, John O’Carroll, et al.. (2009). Phase shift keyed systems based on a gain switched laser transmitter. Optics Express. 17(15). 12668–12668. 24 indexed citations

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Phelan, Richard, Weihua Guo, Qiaoyin Lu, et al.. (2008). A Novel Two-Section Tunable Discrete Mode Fabry-PÉrot Laser Exhibiting Nanosecond Wavelength Switching. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 44(4). 331–337. 38 indexed citations

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Lu, Qiaoyin, Weihua Guo, Richard Phelan, et al.. (2006). Analysis of Slot Characteristics in Slotted Single-Mode Semiconductor Lasers Using the 2-D Scattering Matrix Method. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 18(24). 2605–2607. 67 indexed citations

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