Sunil Pai

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 653 citations indexed

About

Sunil Pai is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sunil Pai has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 653 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Sunil Pai's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (12 papers), Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (10 papers) and Optical Network Technologies (9 papers). Sunil Pai is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (12 papers), Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (10 papers) and Optical Network Technologies (9 papers). Sunil Pai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and India. Sunil Pai's co-authors include Shanhui Fan, Ian A. D. Williamson, Tyler W. Hughes, Momchil Minkov, Ben Bartlett, Olav Solgaard, David A. B. Miller, Andrea Melloni, Francesco Morichetti and Maziyar Milanizadeh and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Sunil Pai

19 papers receiving 603 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.

Experimentally realized in situ backpropagation for deep learning in photonic neural networks

2023 180 citations Sunil Pai, Zhanghao Sun et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sunil Pai United States	8	514	505	65	45	34	20	653
Charis Mesaritakis Greece	14	631 1.2×	364 0.7×	215 3.3×	7 0.2×	17 0.5×	70	705
Lingxiao Wan Singapore	7	281 0.5×	302 0.6×	125 1.9×	4 0.1×	32 0.9×	13	431
K. Yoshino Japan	14	212 0.4×	395 0.8×	377 5.8×	10 0.2×	15 0.4×	28	557
Jiapeng Zhao United States	14	195 0.4×	150 0.3×	340 5.2×	21 0.5×	110 3.2×	38	488
Xavier Porté France	16	434 0.8×	344 0.7×	165 2.5×	4 0.1×	85 2.5×	37	637
Zhensen Gao China	15	494 1.0×	169 0.3×	144 2.2×	20 0.4×	28 0.8×	71	665
George Mourgias-Alexandris Greece	17	902 1.8×	694 1.4×	59 0.9×	5 0.1×	19 0.6×	63	982
Chuang Liang United States	12	215 0.4×	287 0.6×	227 3.5×	12 0.3×	5 0.1×	37	433
Markus Sondermann Germany	15	351 0.7×	132 0.3×	355 5.5×	108 2.4×	124 3.6×	34	671
Zhongzhong Qin China	15	108 0.2×	510 1.0×	623 9.6×	11 0.2×	40 1.2×	36	703

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20 of 20 papers shown

Abebe, Nathnael, et al.. (2024). Coupled Mode Design of Low-Loss Electromechanical Phase Shifters. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 334–347.

Pai, Sunil, et al.. (2024). High-efficiency vertically emitting coupler facilitated by three wave interaction gratings. Optics Letters. 49(9). 2373–2373. 4 indexed citations

Pai, Sunil, Zhanghao Sun, Tyler W. Hughes, et al.. (2023). Experimentally realized in situ backpropagation for deep learning in photonic neural networks. Science. 380(6643). 398–404. 180 indexed citations breakdown →

Pai, Sunil, Tae‐Won Park, Marshall Ball, et al.. (2023). Experimental evaluation of digitally verifiable photonic computing for blockchain and cryptocurrency. Optica. 10(5). 552–552. 17 indexed citations

Sun, Zhanghao, Sunil Pai, Maziyar Milanizadeh, et al.. (2023). Scalable low-latency optical phase sensor array. Optica. 10(9). 1165–1165. 4 indexed citations

Pai, Sunil, Tae‐Won Park, Maziyar Milanizadeh, et al.. (2023). Power monitoring in a feedforward photonic network using two output detectors. Nanophotonics. 12(5). 985–991. 5 indexed citations

Abebe, Nathnael, et al.. (2022). Silicon Nitride Process for Mode-Orthogonal MEMS-Tunable Photonic Devices. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 586. AM2C.1–AM2C.1. 1 indexed citations

Pai, Sunil, Ian A. D. Williamson, Tyler W. Hughes, et al.. (2020). Parallel Programming of an Arbitrary Feedforward Photonic Network. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 26(5). 1–13. 54 indexed citations

Pai, Sunil, Ian A. D. Williamson, Momchil Minkov, et al.. (2020). Parallel Fault-Tolerant Programming and Optimization of Photonic Neural Networks. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. SM1E.5–SM1E.5. 1 indexed citations

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Williamson, Ian A. D., Tyler W. Hughes, Momchil Minkov, et al.. (2020). Tunable Nonlinear Activation Functions for Optical Neural Networks. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. SM1E.2–SM1E.2. 4 indexed citations

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Williamson, Ian A. D., Matthew Edwards, Ke Liu, et al.. (2020). Experimental realization of arbitrary activation functions for optical neural networks. Optics Express. 28(8). 12138–12138. 81 indexed citations

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Williamson, Ian A. D., Tyler W. Hughes, Momchil Minkov, et al.. (2019). Reprogrammable Electro-Optic Nonlinear Activation Functions for Optical Neural Networks. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 26(1). 1–12. 223 indexed citations

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Loewke, Nathan O., Sunil Pai, Dylan S. Black, et al.. (2017). Automated Cell Segmentation for Quantitative Phase Microscopy. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 37(4). 929–940. 20 indexed citations

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Durruthy-Durruthy, Jens, Mark Wossidlo, Sunil Pai, et al.. (2016). Spatiotemporal Reconstruction of the Human Blastocyst by Single-Cell Gene-Expression Analysis Informs Induction of Naive Pluripotency. Developmental Cell. 38(1). 100–115. 25 indexed citations

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Chen, Edward S., et al.. (2015). Hylleraas hydride binding energy: diatomic electron affinities. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 21(4). 79–79. 3 indexed citations

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Phadnis, Smruti M., Nathan O. Loewke, Ivan K. Dimov, et al.. (2015). Dynamic and social behaviors of human pluripotent stem cells. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 14209–14209. 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Edward S., Sunil Pai, & Edward C. M. Chen. (2014). Hyperfine electron affinities of molecular oxygen. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. 1050. 89–95. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Edward S., Edward C. M. Chen, Frank C. Anderson, & Sunil Pai. (2011). Paradigms and paradoxes: what are the 54 electron affinities of O2?. Structural Chemistry. 23(2). 407–410. 7 indexed citations

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Pai, Sunil, et al.. (2009). Elective open tracheostomy for patients under prolonged mechanical ventilation—a study. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery. 61(S1). 44–46. 1 indexed citations

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Pai, Sunil. (2007). Efficient Visualization Of Streaming Sensor Network Data Using Approximation Technique. UTA ResearchCommons (University of Texas Arlington). 1 indexed citations

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