Toshihiko Baba

13.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
359 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Toshihiko Baba is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Toshihiko Baba has authored 359 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 333 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 296 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 63 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Toshihiko Baba's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (321 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (247 papers) and Optical Coatings and Gratings (63 papers). Toshihiko Baba is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (321 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (247 papers) and Optical Coatings and Gratings (63 papers). Toshihiko Baba collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Netherlands. Toshihiko Baba's co-authors include Daisuke Mori, Kengo Nozaki, Masayuki Fujita, Kenichi Iga, Fumio Koyama, Atsushi Sakai, Shota Kita, Yasuo Kokubun, Tatsuhiko Fukazawa and K. Inoshita and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Toshihiko Baba

332 papers receiving 9.5k 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.

Slow light in photonic crystals

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Toshihiko Baba Japan	50	8.5k	8.2k	2.2k	1.4k	762	359	10.0k
R. Houdré Switzerland	53	5.2k 0.6×	8.5k 1.0×	2.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	378 0.5×	230	9.5k
Joshua N. Winn United States	7	4.1k 0.5×	5.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	618 0.8×	8	6.6k
Kurt Busch Germany	45	4.5k 0.5×	6.6k 0.8×	3.1k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	679 0.9×	242	8.9k
Masaya Notomi Japan	59	11.1k 1.3×	11.8k 1.4×	4.0k 1.8×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.5×	351	14.2k
Takashi Asano Japan	47	8.6k 1.0×	9.2k 1.1×	3.4k 1.5×	1.5k 1.1×	623 0.8×	251	11.4k
Pochi Yeh United States	35	6.8k 0.8×	7.6k 0.9×	2.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	254 0.3×	218	10.7k
Roel Baets Belgium	67	19.0k 2.2×	12.2k 1.5×	3.5k 1.6×	2.3k 1.6×	120 0.2×	735	20.9k
Yoshimasa Sugimoto Japan	35	3.5k 0.4×	3.0k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	689 0.5×	279 0.4×	284	4.7k
Peter Bienstman Belgium	51	11.2k 1.3×	6.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	153 0.2×	277	12.4k
Akihiko Shinya Japan	36	6.1k 0.7×	5.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	800 0.6×	479 0.6×	184	6.7k

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Kawahara, Keisuke & Toshihiko Baba. (2025). Electro-Optic Co-Simulation in High-Speed Silicon Photonics Transceiver Design Using Standard Electronic Circuit Simulator. IEEE Journal of Microwaves. 5(4). 983–995. 1 indexed citations

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Tsuchizawa, Tai, et al.. (2025). High efficiency silicon photonics grating coupler compatible to standard foundry service. 18–18.

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Kawahara, Keisuke, et al.. (2025). High-Efficiency Compact Optical Transmitter With a Total Bit Energy of 0.78 pJ/Bit Including Silicon Slow-Light Modulator and Open-Collector Current-Mode Driver. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 32(2: 3-D Horizons in Photonics). 1–11.

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Balčytis, Armandas, Tomoki Ozawa, Yasutomo Ota, et al.. (2024). Reconfigurable synthetic dimension frequency lattices in an integrated lithium niobate ring cavity. Communications Physics. 7(1). 11 indexed citations

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Kawahara, Keisuke, Tai Tsuchizawa, Noritsugu Yamamoto, et al.. (2024). High-speed, low-voltage, low-bit-energy silicon photonic crystal slow-light modulator with impedance-engineered distributed electrodes. Optica. 11(9). 1212–1212. 5 indexed citations

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Balčytis, Armandas, Tomoki Ozawa, Yasutomo Ota, et al.. (2023). Synthetic frequency dimension state coupling in modulated LNOI ring cavity devices. SW3O.1–SW3O.1. 1 indexed citations

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Yamazaki, S., T. Tamanuki, Riku Kubota, & Toshihiko Baba. (2023). Real-time Si photonics nonmechanical FMCW LiDAR with SLG beam scanner and enhanced k-clock sampling. 28. SM4P.7–SM4P.7.

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Baba, Toshihiko, et al.. (2023). High-efficiency upward radiation in a slow-light grating beam scanner. Optics Express. 31(13). 22170–22170. 2 indexed citations

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Tamanuki, T., et al.. (2022). High-speed, step-like optical beam scanning using Si photonics SLG beam scanner for FMCW LiDAR. 590. CThP8F_06–CThP8F_06.

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Abe, Hiroshi, et al.. (2018). Experimental simulation of ranging action using Si photonic crystal modulator and optical antenna. Optics Express. 26(14). 18222–18222. 9 indexed citations

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Hashiguchi, Hiroshi, Toshihiko Baba, & Hiroyuki Arai. (2018). An Optical Leaky Wave Antenna Excited by Parabolic Reflector. International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation. 1 indexed citations

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Kondo, Keisuke, et al.. (2017). Modulation signal intensity at transmission/reception in Si photonic crystal beam steering device. The Japan Society of Applied Physics. 1 indexed citations

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Ishikura, Norihiro, et al.. (2011). Continuously tunable slow-light device consisting of heater-controlled silicon microring array. Optics Express. 19(14). 13557–13557. 27 indexed citations

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Baba, Toshihiko & Koji Yamada. (2010). Progress in silicon photonics and recent activities in Asia. 10–13. 1 indexed citations

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Kubo, S., et al.. (2008). Low dispersion slow light and nonlinearity enhancement in lattice-shifted photonic crystal waveguide. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1–2. 6 indexed citations

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Noda, Susumu & Toshihiko Baba. (2004). Special section on photonic crystals and their device applications. IEICE Transactions on Electronics. 87(3). 257. 1 indexed citations

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Sakai, Atsushi, Tatsuhiko Fukazawa, & Toshihiko Baba. (2002). Low Loss Ultra-Small Branches in a Silicon Photonic Wire Waveguide. IEICE Transactions on Electronics. 85(4). 1033–1038. 56 indexed citations

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Baba, Toshihiko, et al.. (1989). A novel 3-dimensional ARROW by thin film patterning — Stripe Lateral Confinement of ARROW —. TuBB5–TuBB5. 6 indexed citations

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Baba, Toshihiko, et al.. (1987). Feasibility of a Measurement Method of Local Heat Capacity by the Laser Flash Method. Netsu Bussei. 1(2). 78–80.

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Matsuda, Sumio, Toshihiko Baba, Tatsuo Saga, & Atsushi Suzuki. (1984). Development of ultrathin SI solar cells. Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. 123–127. 1 indexed citations

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