Tom Albrow‐Owen

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Tom Albrow‐Owen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Albrow‐Owen has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tom Albrow‐Owen's work include Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (11 papers), Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (9 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (6 papers). Tom Albrow‐Owen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (11 papers), Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (9 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (6 papers). Tom Albrow‐Owen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Finland. Tom Albrow‐Owen's co-authors include Tawfique Hasan, Zongyin Yang, Weiwei Cai, Guohua Hu, Zhipei Sun, Tien‐Chun Wu, Richard C. T. Howe, Henri Jussila, Xinxin Jin and Meng Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Tom Albrow‐Owen

20 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Miniaturization of optical spectrometers
    2021 553 citations Zongyin Yang, Tom Albrow‐Owen et al. Science profile →
  2. Single-nanowire spectrometers
    2019 411 citations Zongyin Yang, Tom Albrow‐Owen et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tom Albrow‐Owen United Kingdom 11 1.1k 672 605 502 218 22 1.8k
Aleksandr A. Kuchmizhak Russia 29 816 0.7× 1.3k 1.9× 859 1.4× 586 1.2× 700 3.2× 127 2.5k
Zongyin Yang China 25 2.0k 1.8× 1.5k 2.2× 918 1.5× 1.1k 2.2× 464 2.1× 70 3.2k
Peter Dannberg Germany 24 989 0.9× 1.1k 1.6× 864 1.4× 265 0.5× 106 0.5× 99 2.3k
Martina Gerken Germany 25 1.3k 1.2× 809 1.2× 729 1.2× 489 1.0× 471 2.2× 163 2.2k
Timo Gissibl Germany 17 1.2k 1.1× 1.6k 2.4× 1.1k 1.7× 241 0.5× 402 1.8× 23 2.8k
Calum Williams United Kingdom 17 545 0.5× 508 0.8× 361 0.6× 204 0.4× 429 2.0× 44 1.2k
Jia Shi China 22 1.3k 1.2× 223 0.3× 462 0.8× 435 0.9× 124 0.6× 78 1.6k
Yi Zou United States 34 2.0k 1.8× 1.0k 1.5× 1.4k 2.2× 444 0.9× 415 1.9× 169 3.0k
Jonathan J. D. McKendry United Kingdom 36 3.7k 3.3× 900 1.3× 676 1.1× 810 1.6× 423 1.9× 120 4.8k
Wei Xin China 29 1.3k 1.2× 795 1.2× 425 0.7× 1.2k 2.3× 491 2.3× 162 2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Albrow‐Owen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Yujia, Tom Albrow‐Owen, Zhenyu Zhao, et al.. (2025). Miniaturized disordered photonic molecule spectrometer. Light Science & Applications. 14(1). 144–144. 3 indexed citations
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Albrow‐Owen, Tom, Wenjun Peng, Xianming Zhang, et al.. (2025). Stress-engineered ultra-broadband spectrometers. Science Advances. 11(20). eadu4225–eadu4225. 4 indexed citations
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Albrow‐Owen, Tom, Guobiao Cen, Wanjun Li, et al.. (2025). Nature‐Inspired Perovskite‐Based Spectral Polarimetric Camera. Laser & Photonics Review. 20(1).
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Wang, Zhuo, Tom Albrow‐Owen, Tawfique Hasan, et al.. (2025). 3D ultra-broadband optically dispersive microregions in lithium niobate. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6086–6086.
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Christopher, Peter J., Tom Albrow‐Owen, Oliver J. Burton, et al.. (2022). Automated Computer Vision-Enabled Manufacturing of Nanowire Devices. ACS Nano. 16(11). 18009–18017. 10 indexed citations
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Smith, L. W., J. Batey, Jack Alexander-Webber, et al.. (2022). Giant Magnetoresistance in a Chemical Vapor Deposition Graphene Constriction. ACS Nano. 16(2). 2833–2842. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Zongyin, Tom Albrow‐Owen, Weiwei Cai, & Tawfique Hasan. (2021). Miniaturization of optical spectrometers. Science. 371(6528). 553 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jin, Xinxin, Guohua Hu, Meng Zhang, et al.. (2020). Environmentally stable black phosphorus saturable absorber for ultrafast laser. Nanophotonics. 9(8). 2445–2449. 20 indexed citations
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Yang, Zongyin, Tom Albrow‐Owen, Hanxiao Cui, et al.. (2019). Single-nanowire spectrometers. Science. 365(6457). 1017–1020. 411 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Tien‐Chun, Andrea De Luca, Xiaoxi Zhu, et al.. (2019). Inkjet-printed CMOS-integrated graphene–metal oxide sensors for breath analysis. npj 2D Materials and Applications. 3(1). 44 indexed citations
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Woodward, Robert I., Matthew R. Majewski, Nasiruddin Macadam, et al.. (2019). Q-switched Dy:ZBLAN fiber lasers beyond 3 μm: comparison of pulse generation using acousto-optic modulation and inkjet-printed black phosphorus.. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 25 indexed citations
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Jin, Xinxin, Guohua Hu, Meng Zhang, et al.. (2018). Stable, inkjet printed temperature- and humidity-resistant black phosphorus for ultrafast lasers. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. JTh2A.82–JTh2A.82. 2 indexed citations
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Jin, Xinxin, Guohua Hu, Meng Zhang, et al.. (2018). 102 fs pulse generation from a long-term stable, inkjet-printed black phosphorus-mode-locked fiber laser. Optics Express. 26(10). 12506–12506. 102 indexed citations
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Li, Diao, Henri Jussila, Yadong Wang, et al.. (2018). Wavelength and pulse duration tunable ultrafast fiber laser mode-locked with carbon nanotubes. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 2738–2738. 62 indexed citations
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Juntunen, Taneli, Henri Jussila, Mikko Ruoho, et al.. (2018). Inkjet Printed Large‐Area Flexible Few‐Layer Graphene Thermoelectrics. Advanced Functional Materials. 28(22). 152 indexed citations
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Jin, Xinxin, Guohua Hu, Meng Zhang, et al.. (2017). Long term stable black phosphorus saturable absorber for mode-locked fiber laser. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. SW4K.1–SW4K.1. 3 indexed citations
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Hu, Guohua, Tom Albrow‐Owen, Xinxin Jin, et al.. (2017). Black phosphorus ink formulation for inkjet printing of optoelectronics and photonics. Nature Communications. 8(1). 278–278. 337 indexed citations
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Wang, Jinzhang, Shenghua Lin, Xiaoyan Liang, et al.. (2017). High-energy and efficient Raman soliton generation tunable from 198 to 229  µm in an all-silica-fiber thulium laser system. Optics Letters. 42(18). 3518–3518. 31 indexed citations
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Jin, Xinxin, Guohua Hu, Meng Zhang, et al.. (2017). Wideband tunable ultrafast fiber laser using blackphosphorus saturable absorber. 21. 1–3. 1 indexed citations
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Jin, Xinxin, Guohua Hu, Meng Zhang, et al.. (2017). Observation of tunable dual-wavelength in a fiber laser mode-locked by black phosphorus. 1–2. 1 indexed citations

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