Sterling Backus

183 total papers · 7.6k total citations
64 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Sterling Backus is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sterling Backus has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 30 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 21 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Sterling Backus’s work include Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (55 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (41 papers) and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (21 papers). Sterling Backus is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (55 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (41 papers) and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (21 papers). Sterling Backus collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bulgaria and Netherlands. Sterling Backus's co-authors include Henry C. Kapteyn, Margaret M. Murnane, Charles G. Durfee, Randy A. Bartels, Ivan P. Christov, Andy Rundquist, Catherine M. Herne, G. Mourou, Erik Zeek and Gleb Vdovin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sterling Backus

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sterling Backus. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sterling Backus 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 Sterling Backus. Sterling Backus is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Sterling Backus

62 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Sterling Backus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Sterling Backus

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