Stephen A. Smee

20.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 806 citations indexed

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Stephen A. Smee is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Instrumentation and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen A. Smee has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 806 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 20 papers in Instrumentation and 19 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stephen A. Smee's work include Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (20 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (18 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (9 papers). Stephen A. Smee is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (20 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (18 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (9 papers). Stephen A. Smee collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Stephen A. Smee's co-authors include Robert H. Barkhouser, Massimo Robberto, Randolph P. Hammond, C. Broholm, Atsushi Shimono, Mario Gennaro, M. Meixner, Zoran Ninkov, James E. Gunn and P. Brand and has published in prestigious journals such as Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and npj Microgravity.

In The Last Decade

Stephen A. Smee

33 papers receiving 759 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 multi-object, fiber-fed spectrographs for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey

2012 654 citations Stephen A. Smee DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen A. Smee United States	7	693	366	99	83	65	40	806
Maximilian Fabricius Germany	16	897 1.3×	429 1.2×	102 1.0×	99 1.2×	53 0.8×	42	981
E. R. Carrasco Chile	15	656 0.9×	292 0.8×	102 1.0×	103 1.2×	40 0.6×	55	739
H. Bushouse United States	17	982 1.4×	364 1.0×	78 0.8×	157 1.9×	80 1.2×	84	1.1k
F. Getman Italy	17	882 1.3×	254 0.7×	97 1.0×	56 0.7×	61 0.9×	37	1.0k
Pierre Ferruit France	18	765 1.1×	304 0.8×	161 1.6×	116 1.4×	63 1.0×	92	932
B. Milliard France	15	777 1.1×	359 1.0×	51 0.5×	119 1.4×	49 0.8×	51	837
Xianzhong Zheng China	21	1.2k 1.8×	629 1.7×	86 0.9×	175 2.1×	51 0.8×	71	1.3k
Fumihiro Uraguchi Japan	10	475 0.7×	202 0.6×	75 0.8×	49 0.6×	42 0.6×	42	538
Nor Pirzkal United States	21	1.2k 1.8×	707 1.9×	88 0.9×	111 1.3×	74 1.1×	87	1.3k
L. Petro United States	17	1.2k 1.8×	415 1.1×	113 1.1×	179 2.2×	79 1.2×	60	1.3k

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Chiaberge, M., Anna‐Maria Liphardt, Christine Wang, et al.. (2025). Plyometric training increases thickness and volume of knee articular cartilage in mice. npj Microgravity. 11(1). 5–5. 1 indexed citations

Smee, Stephen A., et al.. (2024). In-situ evaluation of DMD contrast ratio using SAMOS: a DMD-based multi-object spectrograph and imager. 395–395.

Dohlen, Kjetil, Fabrice Madec, James E. Gunn, et al.. (2024). Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) for Subaru Telescope: recovery of the VPHG efficiency. 94–94.

Smee, Stephen A., et al.. (2023). Optical simulation of device efficiency and contrast ratio for a digital micromirror device. 9908. 16–16. 2 indexed citations

Smee, Stephen A., James E. Gunn, Robert H. Barkhouser, et al.. (2022). Performance of the near-infrared camera for the Subaru Prime Focus Spectrograph. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 507. 287–287.

Konidaris, Nicholas P., Gwen C. Rudie, Andrew B. Newman, et al.. (2022). The Magellan infrared multi-object spectrograph project: 2022 update. 41–41. 1 indexed citations

Robberto, Massimo, et al.. (2022). Simulation of a digital micromirror device to characterize optical performance in SAMOS: a DMD-based spectrograph. 165–165. 2 indexed citations

Barkhouser, Robert H., Stephen A. Smee, Randolph P. Hammond, et al.. (2022). Design of the new SDSS 2.5m telescope wide field corrector for SDSS-V. 170–170. 1 indexed citations

Smee, Stephen A., et al.. (2018). Thermal reliability testing of digital micromirror devices (DMDs). 11706. 131–131. 1 indexed citations

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Smee, Stephen A., et al.. (2018). The opto-mechanical design of SAMOS: a DMD-based spectrograph for the SOAR telescope. Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII. 60–60. 4 indexed citations

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Smee, Stephen A., James E. Gunn, Fabrice Madec, et al.. (2016). Visible camera cryostat design and performance for the SuMIRe Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9908. 99088Y–99088Y. 1 indexed citations

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Robberto, Massimo, Megan Donahue, Zoran Ninkov, et al.. (2016). SAMOS: a versatile multi-object-spectrograph for the GLAO system SAM at SOAR. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9908. 99088V–99088V. 4 indexed citations

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Barkhouser, Robert H., Massimo Robberto, Stephen A. Smee, et al.. (2016). The optical design of GMOX: a next-generation instrument concept for Gemini. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9908. 990852–990852. 4 indexed citations

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Smee, Stephen A., James E. Gunn, Robert H. Barkhouser, et al.. (2014). The near infrared camera for the Subaru Prime Focus Spectrograph. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9147. 91472V–91472V. 5 indexed citations

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Smee, Stephen A.. (2012). The multi-object, fiber-fed spectrographs for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 654 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Michael P., Stephen A. Smee, Mark Mulligan, et al.. (2010). Mechanical design of the near-infrared arm of the Robert Stobie Spectrograph for SALT. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7735. 77357F–77357F. 4 indexed citations

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Meixner, M., Stephen A. Smee, Robert H. Barkhouser, et al.. (2010). Design Overview and Performance of the WIYN1 High Resolution Infrared Camera (WHIRC). Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 122(890). 451–469. 14 indexed citations

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Hammond, Randolph P., James B. Heaney, Jason E. Hylan, et al.. (2010). Cryogenic performance of a high precision photogrammetry system for verification of the James Webb Space Telescope Integrated Science Instrument Module and associated ground support equipment structural alignment requirements. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7793. 77930A–77930A. 13 indexed citations

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Smee, Stephen A., et al.. (2001). An elastic, low-background vertical focusing element for a doubly focusing neutron monochromator. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 466(3). 513–526. 9 indexed citations

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Conard, Steven J., Robert H. Barkhouser, Douglas B. McGuffey, et al.. (1999). <title>Hardware and methods of the optical end-to-end test of the Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE)</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3765. 470–481. 4 indexed citations

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