Tom D. Milster

1.6k total citations
144 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Tom D. Milster is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom D. Milster has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 84 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 47 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Tom D. Milster's work include Near-Field Optical Microscopy (49 papers), Optical Coatings and Gratings (46 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (30 papers). Tom D. Milster is often cited by papers focused on Near-Field Optical Microscopy (49 papers), Optical Coatings and Gratings (46 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (30 papers). Tom D. Milster collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Japan. Tom D. Milster's co-authors include Donis G. Flagello, Alan E. Rosenbluth, William J. Dallas, Timothy H. Russell, Rongguang Liang, Kei Shimura, Justin B. Judkins, Richard W. Ziolkowski, Yan Zhang and Matthew J. Lang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Tom D. Milster

124 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tom D. Milster United States 17 746 542 448 294 148 144 1.2k
Thomas J. Suleski United States 16 754 1.0× 456 0.8× 362 0.8× 370 1.3× 215 1.5× 89 1.3k
Uwe D. Zeitner Germany 22 951 1.3× 1.1k 2.0× 861 1.9× 545 1.9× 258 1.7× 184 2.0k
Alan E. Rosenbluth United States 15 300 0.4× 474 0.9× 175 0.4× 189 0.6× 128 0.9× 55 765
Ndubuisi G. Orji United States 17 376 0.5× 594 1.1× 440 1.0× 223 0.8× 160 1.1× 63 996
Stefan Sinzinger Germany 22 749 1.0× 714 1.3× 618 1.4× 312 1.1× 123 0.8× 192 1.6k
K. J. Weible Switzerland 12 441 0.6× 367 0.7× 335 0.7× 177 0.6× 81 0.5× 39 859
Rengmao Wu China 21 959 1.3× 262 0.5× 514 1.1× 452 1.5× 96 0.6× 78 1.3k
Reinhard Voelkel Switzerland 15 548 0.7× 435 0.8× 228 0.5× 259 0.9× 87 0.6× 74 844
Carlos Gómez-Reino Spain 17 454 0.6× 504 0.9× 619 1.4× 207 0.7× 102 0.7× 131 1.1k
Gary E. Sommargren United States 16 335 0.4× 376 0.7× 363 0.8× 128 0.4× 260 1.8× 49 986

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom D. Milster

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom D. Milster

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All Works

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Apai, Dániel, Alex Bixel, Benjamin V. Rackham, et al.. (2019). Nautilus: A Very Large-Aperture, Ultralight Space Telescope for Exoplanet Exploration, Time-domain Astrophysics, and Faint Objects. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 51(7). 141. 3 indexed citations
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Milster, Tom D., et al.. (2018). Strehl ratio for optical systems with ultrafast illumination. Optics Express. 26(14). 18028–18028. 3 indexed citations
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Apai, Dániel, Tom D. Milster, Jonathan W. Arenberg, et al.. (2018). Nautilus Deep Space Observatory: A Giant Segmented Space Telescope Array for a Galactic Biosignature Survey. 2063. 3127. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Youngsik, et al.. (2013). Hyper-numerical aperture (NA = 28) microscope using λ = 156 µm femtosecond source for multi-photon imaging. Biomedical Optics Express. 4(10). 1786–1786. 2 indexed citations
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Milster, Tom D., et al.. (2010). Effects of structured mid-spatial frequency surface errors on image performance. Applied Optics. 49(33). 6522–6522. 72 indexed citations
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Milster, Tom D., et al.. (2010). High-numerical-aperture image simulation using Babinet’s principle. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 27(5). 1012–1012. 3 indexed citations
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Milster, Tom D., et al.. (2010). Characteristics of a scanning nano-slit image sensor for line-and-space patterns. Applied Optics. 49(19). 3821–3821. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jun, et al.. (2010). Illumination artifacts in hyper-NA vector imaging. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 27(10). 2272–2272. 4 indexed citations
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Dallas, William J., et al.. (2010). Theory of point-spread function artifacts due to structured mid-spatial frequency surface errors. Applied Optics. 49(25). 4814–4814. 38 indexed citations
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Milster, Tom D., et al.. (2009). Effect of optical aberration on Gaussian speckle in a partially coherent imaging system. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 26(12). 2577–2577. 7 indexed citations
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Clarkson, Eric, et al.. (2009). Effect of optical aberration on Gaussian laser speckle. Optics Express. 17(5). 3084–3084. 12 indexed citations
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Milster, Tom D., et al.. (2009). Simulation method for non-Gaussian speckle in a partially coherent system. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 26(9). 1954–1954. 7 indexed citations
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Milster, Tom D., et al.. (2009). Effect of fractal rough-surface Hurst exponent on speckle in imaging systems. Optics Letters. 34(20). 3247–3247. 8 indexed citations
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Lang, Matthew J., et al.. (2008). Geometrical analysis of third-order aberrations for a solid immersion lens. Optics Express. 16(24). 20008–20008. 12 indexed citations
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Milster, Tom D., et al.. (2006). Evanescent imaging with induced polarization by using a solid immersion lens. Optics Letters. 32(2). 124–124. 9 indexed citations
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Shieh, Han-Ping D., et al.. (2004). Performance of a write-once multilayer optical disk that uses transparent recording material with an optical switching layer. Applied Optics. 43(29). 5498–5498. 2 indexed citations
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Milster, Tom D., et al.. (2002). Interferometric phase reconstruction by nonuniform shifting of the reference beam. Applied Optics. 41(10). 1915–1915. 1 indexed citations
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Shimura, Kei & Tom D. Milster. (2001). Vector diffraction analysis by discrete-dipole approximation. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 18(11). 2895–2895. 5 indexed citations
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Milster, Tom D., et al.. (1991). Measurement of laser spot quality. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1414. 181–186. 1 indexed citations

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