Ryan M. Briggs

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

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Ryan M. Briggs is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan M. Briggs has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 18 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Ryan M. Briggs's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (21 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (18 papers) and Laser Design and Applications (8 papers). Ryan M. Briggs is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (21 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (18 papers) and Laser Design and Applications (8 papers). Ryan M. Briggs collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Ryan M. Briggs's co-authors include Harry A. Atwater, Koray Aydın, Vivian E. Ferry, Imogen M. Pryce, Yousif Kelaita, Daniel B. Turner‐Evans, Michael D. Kelzenberg, Morgan C. Putnam, Nathan S. Lewis and Shannon W. Boettcher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nano Letters and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Ryan M. Briggs

52 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Broadband polarization-independent resonant light absorption using ultrathin plasmonic super absorbers

2011 1.5k citations Koray Aydın, Vivian E. Ferry et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan M. Briggs United States	21	1.6k	1.6k	1.6k	979	742	54	3.5k
Martin Schäferling Germany	21	2.9k 1.8×	2.2k 1.4×	699 0.4×	1.5k 1.6×	521 0.7×	35	3.7k
Zhihong Zhu China	33	1.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	610 0.8×	163	3.2k
Romain Blanchard United States	25	3.4k 2.1×	2.3k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	1.8k 1.9×	1.8k 2.4×	51	5.4k
Jiaming Hao China	28	3.7k 2.3×	1.9k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	2.2k 3.0×	79	4.6k
Seongkwan Mark Lee United States	25	1.9k 1.2×	885 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	659 0.9×	96	3.6k
Mark A. Ordal United States	6	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	444 0.6×	7	3.4k
Shubo Cheng China	36	3.4k 2.1×	2.0k 1.2×	2.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	1.9k 2.6×	153	5.7k
M.L. Majewski Australia	12	1.3k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	244 0.3×	31	3.7k
Daniel Rosenmann United States	29	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	853 0.9×	337 0.5×	120	3.1k
Eric A. Shaner United States	29	712 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	303 0.4×	101	2.9k

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Wollman, Emma E., Jason P. Allmaras, Andrew D. Beyer, et al.. (2024). SNSPD-based detector system for NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications project. Optics Express. 32(27). 48185–48185. 10 indexed citations

Dunayevskiy, Ilya, Jason Kriesel, Ryan M. Briggs, et al.. (2023). Broadly tunable external cavity interband cascade laser (EC-ICL) for hydrocarbon analysis. 18–18. 1 indexed citations

Ledezma, Luis, Arkadev Roy, Luís Costa, et al.. (2023). Octave-spanning tunable infrared parametric oscillators in nanophotonics. Science Advances. 9(30). eadf9711–eadf9711. 33 indexed citations

Colangelo, Marco, Alexander B. Walter, Boris Korzh, et al.. (2022). Large-Area Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors for Operation at Wavelengths up to 7.4 μm. Nano Letters. 22(14). 5667–5673. 36 indexed citations

Verma, Varun B., Boris Korzh, Adriana Lita, et al.. (2021). Single-photon detection in the mid-infrared up to 10 μm wavelength using tungsten silicide superconducting nanowire detectors. APL Photonics. 6(5). 96 indexed citations

Allmaras, Jason P., Emma E. Wollman, Andrew D. Beyer, et al.. (2020). Demonstration of a Thermally Coupled Row-Column SNSPD Imaging Array. Nano Letters. 20(3). 2163–2168. 44 indexed citations

Vyatskikh, Andrey, et al.. (2020). Additive Manufacturing of High-Refractive-Index, Nanoarchitected Titanium Dioxide for 3D Dielectric Photonic Crystals. Nano Letters. 20(5). 3513–3520. 89 indexed citations

Allmaras, Jason P., A. G. Kozorezov, Andrew D. Beyer, et al.. (2018). Thin-Film Thermal Conductivity Measurements Using Superconducting Nanowires. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 193(3-4). 380–386. 6 indexed citations

Allmaras, Jason P., Andrew D. Beyer, Ryan M. Briggs, et al.. (2017). Large-Area 64-pixel Array of WSi Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 79. JTh3E.7–JTh3E.7. 17 indexed citations

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Velasco, Angel E., Simone Frasca, Ryan M. Briggs, et al.. (2017). High-Operating-Temperature Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors based on Magnesium Diboride. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. FF1E.7–FF1E.7. 5 indexed citations

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Briggs, Ryan M., et al.. (2016). Compact Multi-Channel Infrared Laser Absorption Spectrometer for Spacecraft Fire Safety Monitoring. ThinkTech (Texas Tech University). 2 indexed citations

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Beyer, Andrew D., Ryan M. Briggs, Francesco Marsili, et al.. (2015). Waveguide-Coupled Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors. STh1I.2–STh1I.2. 6 indexed citations

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Arbabi, Amir, Ryan M. Briggs, Yu Horie, Mahmood Bagheri, & Andrei Faraon. (2015). Efficient dielectric metasurface collimating lenses for mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers. Optics Express. 23(26). 33310–33310. 102 indexed citations

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Briggs, Ryan M., et al.. (2014). Five-Channel Infrared Laser Absorption Spectrometer for Combustion Product Monitoring Aboard Manned Spacecraft. ThinkTech (Texas Tech University). 2 indexed citations

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Briggs, Ryan M., Clifford Frez, Mahmood Bagheri, et al.. (2013). Single-mode 265 µm InGaAsSb/AlInGaAsSb laterally coupled distributed-feedback diode lasers for atmospheric gas detection. Optics Express. 21(1). 1317–1317. 25 indexed citations

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Forouhar, Siamak, Ryan M. Briggs, Clifford Frez, Kale J. Franz, & A. Ksendzov. (2012). High-power laterally coupled distributed-feedback GaSb-based diode lasers at 2 μm wavelength. Applied Physics Letters. 100(3). 31107–31107. 62 indexed citations

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Aydın, Koray, Vivian E. Ferry, Ryan M. Briggs, & Harry A. Atwater. (2011). Broadband polarization-independent resonant light absorption using ultrathin plasmonic super absorbers. Nature Communications. 2(1). 517–517. 1456 indexed citations breakdown →

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Briggs, Ryan M., Imogen M. Pryce, & Harry A. Atwater. (2010). Compact silicon photonic waveguide modulator based on the vanadium dioxide metal-insulator phase transition. Optics Express. 18(11). 11192–11192. 190 indexed citations

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Miller, Gerald, Ryan M. Briggs, & Harry A. Atwater. (2010). Achieving optical gain in waveguide-confined nanocluster-sensitized erbium by pulsed excitation. Journal of Applied Physics. 108(6). 15 indexed citations

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Jun, Young Chul, Ryan M. Briggs, Harry A. Atwater, & Mark L. Brongersma. (2009). Broadband enhancement of light emission in silicon slot waveguides. Optics Express. 17(9). 7479–7479. 68 indexed citations

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