Sandalphon

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Sandalphon is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandalphon has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 4 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Sandalphon's work include Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (17 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (14 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (12 papers). Sandalphon is often cited by papers focused on Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (17 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (14 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (12 papers). Sandalphon collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and India. Sandalphon's co-authors include Bernard Kippelen, N. Peyghambarian, Klaus Meerholz, B. L. Volodin, Jiantao Wang, José‐Luis Maldonado, Eric Hendrickx, Anne Buyle Padías, H. K. Hall and Seth R. Marder and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Sandalphon

20 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

A photorefractive polymer with high optical gain and diff... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. A photorefractive polymer with high optical gain and diffraction efficiency near 100%
    1994 532 citations Klaus Meerholz, B. L. Volodin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sandalphon United States 12 860 721 343 210 80 22 1.1k
S. M. Silence United States 13 1.1k 1.3× 917 1.3× 393 1.1× 247 1.2× 81 1.0× 21 1.4k
M. Ziari United States 17 483 0.6× 772 1.1× 383 1.1× 270 1.3× 125 1.6× 57 1.2k
David J. McGee United States 10 275 0.3× 411 0.6× 403 1.2× 234 1.1× 140 1.8× 35 838
C. A. Walsh United States 12 434 0.5× 343 0.5× 372 1.1× 133 0.6× 95 1.2× 29 744
Antonio Muñoz Mexico 9 479 0.6× 285 0.4× 582 1.7× 237 1.1× 71 0.9× 20 817
Marc D. Radcliffe United States 14 280 0.3× 224 0.3× 622 1.8× 127 0.6× 98 1.2× 29 838
G. F. Lipscomb United States 12 329 0.4× 444 0.6× 654 1.9× 194 0.9× 156 1.9× 56 983
M.B.J. Diemeer Netherlands 20 439 0.5× 788 1.1× 242 0.7× 222 1.1× 151 1.9× 71 1.0k
Cornelius Krull Spain 14 665 0.8× 638 0.9× 306 0.9× 508 2.4× 397 5.0× 17 1.1k
Seng-Tiong Ho United States 14 375 0.4× 468 0.6× 217 0.6× 235 1.1× 152 1.9× 42 804

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sandalphon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandalphon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sandalphon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sandalphon 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 Sandalphon. Sandalphon 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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Leinonen, Tomi, et al.. (2013). High power (23W) vertical external cavity surface emitting laser emitting at 1180 nm. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8606. 860604–860604. 6 indexed citations
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Alford, W. J., R. J. Epstein, Sandalphon, et al.. (2013). Optically Pumped Semiconductor Lasers for Precision Spectroscopic Applications. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 49(8). 719–727. 15 indexed citations
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Kippelen, Bernard, B. L. Volodin, Olga Savina, et al.. (2005). Photorefractive polymers with improved efficiency. 11. 335–335.
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Hendrickx, Eric, Jiantao Wang, José‐Luis Maldonado, et al.. (1998). Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Efficient Photorefractive Polymer Composites with Long Phase Stability. Macromolecules. 31(3). 734–739. 41 indexed citations
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Kippelen, Bernard, Seth R. Marder, Eric Hendrickx, et al.. (1998). Infrared Photorefractive Polymers and Their Applications for Imaging. Science. 279(5347). 54–57. 179 indexed citations
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Sandalphon, Jiantao Wang, Bernard Kippelen, & N. Peyghambarian. (1997). Optical dispersion of the refractive index modulation in low Tg photorefractive polymers. Applied Physics Letters. 71(7). 873–875. 16 indexed citations
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Kippelen, Bernard, Sandalphon, Klaus Meerholz, & N. Peyghambarian. (1996). Birefringence, Pockels, and Kerr effects in photorefractive polymers. Applied Physics Letters. 68(13). 1748–1750. 47 indexed citations
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Meerholz, Klaus, et al.. (1996). <title>Improved long-term stability of high-performance photorefractive polymer devices</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2850. 100–107. 3 indexed citations
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Kippelen, Bernard, Klaus Meerholz, Sandalphon, B. L. Volodin, & N. Peyghambarian. (1996). Photorefractive Polymers and Their Applications. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 283(1). 109–114. 3 indexed citations
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Sandalphon, Bernard Kippelen, Klaus Meerholz, & N. Peyghambarian. (1996). Ellipsometric measurements of poling birefringence, the Pockels effect, and the Kerr effect in high-performance photorefractive polymer composites. Applied Optics. 35(14). 2346–2346. 56 indexed citations
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Volodin, B. L., C. Halvorson, B. Kraabel, et al.. (1995). Optical computing by use of photorefractive polymers. Optics Letters. 20(1). 76–76. 32 indexed citations
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Kippelen, Bernard, Klaus Meerholz, Sandalphon, B. L. Volodin, & N. Peyghambarian. (1995). Nonlinear photorefractive polymers. Optical Materials. 4(2-3). 354–357. 9 indexed citations
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Sandalphon, et al.. (1994). Dual-grating formation through photorefractivity and photoisomerization in azo-dye-doped polymers. Optics Letters. 19(1). 68–68. 52 indexed citations
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Meerholz, Klaus, et al.. (1994). Azo dye-doped photorefractive polymers. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2144. 72–72. 3 indexed citations
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Kippelen, Bernard, et al.. (1993). Azo-dye-doped photorefractive polymers. ThC.3–ThC.3. 1 indexed citations
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Kippelen, Bernard, Sandalphon, Klaus Meerholz, et al.. (1993). Photorefractivity And Photoisomerization In Azo-Dye-Doped Polymers. MRS Proceedings. 328. 4 indexed citations
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Kippelen, Bernard, et al.. (1993). New highly efficient photorefractive polymer composite for optical-storage and image-processing applications. Electronics Letters. 29(21). 1873–1874. 27 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Neal R., et al.. (1992). Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics in a Fluoro-Aluminum Phthalocyanine Thin Film. MRS Proceedings. 277. 1 indexed citations
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Kang, K.I., Sandalphon, Yuan Hu, et al.. (1992). Confinement-induced valence-band mixing in CdS quantum dots observed by two-photon spectroscopy. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 45(7). 3465–3468. 63 indexed citations
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Davis, Sumner P., et al.. (1988). Improved molecular parameters for the Ballik-Ramsay system of diatomic carbon (b^3Σg^− → a^3Πu). Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 5(9). 1838–1838. 13 indexed citations

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