Sean Nixon

684 total citations
21 papers, 516 citations indexed

About

Sean Nixon is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean Nixon has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 516 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 1 paper in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Sean Nixon's work include Nonlinear Photonic Systems (17 papers), Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (12 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics (9 papers). Sean Nixon is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Photonic Systems (17 papers), Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (12 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics (9 papers). Sean Nixon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Greece and China. Sean Nixon's co-authors include Jianke Yang, Lijuan Ge, Mark J. Ablowitz, Yi Zhu, Theodoros P. Horikis, D. J. Frantzeskakis, Ragavendran Gopalakrishnan, Jason R. Marden, T. R. Akylas and Terry Haut and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review A, Optics Letters and Physics Letters A.

In The Last Decade

Sean Nixon

18 papers receiving 490 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sean Nixon United States	10	485	445	25	14	12	21	516
Lijuan Ge China	9	496 1.0×	482 1.1×	7 0.3×	6 0.4×	13 1.1×	32	545
Sergey V. Suchkov Russia	8	613 1.3×	558 1.3×	37 1.5×	5 0.4×	16 1.3×	23	639
Yuan Zhao China	12	365 0.8×	315 0.7×	17 0.7×	11 0.8×	7 0.6×	42	424
Sergey K. Ivanov Russia	11	236 0.5×	201 0.5×	27 1.1×	39 2.8×	5 0.4×	27	299
W. Krolikowski Australia	9	386 0.8×	435 1.0×	11 0.4×	26 1.9×	11 0.9×	12	477
Barak Alfassi Israel	6	495 1.0×	526 1.2×	39 1.6×	15 1.1×	9 0.8×	9	574
Simon Malzard United Kingdom	7	384 0.8×	214 0.5×	26 1.0×	2 0.1×	9 0.8×	9	396
N.I. Nikolov Denmark	3	287 0.6×	294 0.7×	11 0.4×	25 1.8×	10 0.8×	5	345
Malwe Boudoue Hubert Cameroon	12	155 0.3×	337 0.8×	27 1.1×	28 2.0×	5 0.4×	18	353
G. T. Adamashvili Georgia	9	257 0.5×	154 0.3×	67 2.7×	7 0.5×	62 5.2×	62	291

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Ablowitz, Mark J., et al.. (2025). Spiral waves and localized modes in dispersive wave equations. Wave Motion. 139. 103579–103579.

Ablowitz, Mark J. & Sean Nixon. (2025). Integrable fractional Burgers hierarchy. 1.

Ablowitz, Mark J., et al.. (2024). Switching via wave interaction in topological photonic lattices. Optics Letters. 49(3). 734–734. 1 indexed citations

Ablowitz, Mark J., et al.. (2023). Unified Approach to Floquet Lattices, Topological Insulators, and Their Nonlinear Dynamics. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics. 83(4). 1623–1653. 3 indexed citations

Nixon, Sean, T. R. Akylas, & Jianke Yang. (2017). New Aspects of Exponential Asymptotics in Multiple‐Scale Nonlinear Wave Problems. Studies in Applied Mathematics. 139(2). 223–247. 2 indexed citations

Nixon, Sean & Jianke Yang. (2016). Nonlinear wave dynamics near phase transition in PT-symmetric localized potentials. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 331. 48–57. 11 indexed citations

Nixon, Sean & Jianke Yang. (2016). All-real spectra in optical systems with arbitrary gain-and-loss distributions. Physical review. A. 93(3). 54 indexed citations

Yang, Jianke & Sean Nixon. (2016). Stability of soliton families in nonlinear Schrödinger equations with non-parity-time-symmetric complex potentials. Physics Letters A. 380(45). 3803–3809. 24 indexed citations

Nixon, Sean & Jianke Yang. (2016). Bifurcation of Soliton Families from Linear Modes in Non‐‐Symmetric Complex Potentials. Studies in Applied Mathematics. 136(4). 459–483. 24 indexed citations

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Nixon, Sean & Jianke Yang. (2015). Light propagation in periodically modulated complex waveguides. Physical Review A. 91(3). 9 indexed citations

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Gopalakrishnan, Ragavendran, Sean Nixon, & Jason R. Marden. (2014). Stable utility design for distributed resource allocation. 1161–1166. 5 indexed citations

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Nixon, Sean & Jianke Yang. (2014). Exponential Asymptotics for Solitons in ‐Symmetric Periodic Potentials. Studies in Applied Mathematics. 133(4). 373–397. 7 indexed citations

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Nixon, Sean & Jianke Yang. (2013). Pyramid diffraction in parity-time-symmetric optical lattices. Optics Letters. 38(11). 1933–1933. 10 indexed citations

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Ablowitz, Mark J., Sean Nixon, Theodoros P. Horikis, & D. J. Frantzeskakis. (2013). Dark solitons of the power-energy saturation model: application to mode-locked lasers. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 46(9). 95201–95201. 13 indexed citations

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Nixon, Sean, T. R. Akylas, & Jianke Yang. (2013). Exponential Asymptotics for Line Solitons in Two‐Dimensional Periodic Potentials. Studies in Applied Mathematics. 131(2). 149–178. 2 indexed citations

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Nixon, Sean, Lijuan Ge, & Jianke Yang. (2012). Stability analysis for solitons inPT-symmetric optical lattices. Physical Review A. 85(2). 246 indexed citations

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Nixon, Sean. (2011). Development and Applications of Soliton Perturbation Theory. CU Scholar (University of Colorado Boulder). 1 indexed citations

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Ablowitz, Mark J., Theodoros P. Horikis, Sean Nixon, & Yi Zhu. (2009). Asymptotic Analysis of Pulse Dynamics in Mode‐Locked Lasers. Studies in Applied Mathematics. 122(4). 411–425. 9 indexed citations

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Ablowitz, Mark J., Sean Nixon, & Yi Zhu. (2009). Conical diffraction in honeycomb lattices. Physical Review A. 79(5). 82 indexed citations

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Ablowitz, Mark J., Theodoros P. Horikis, & Sean Nixon. (2009). Soliton strings and interactions in mode-locked lasers. Optics Communications. 282(20). 4127–4135. 13 indexed citations

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