W. J. Firth

3.7k total citations
88 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

W. J. Firth is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, W. J. Firth has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 42 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 41 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in W. J. Firth's work include Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (51 papers), Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (41 papers) and Nonlinear Photonic Systems (37 papers). W. J. Firth is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (51 papers), Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (41 papers) and Nonlinear Photonic Systems (37 papers). W. J. Firth collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. W. J. Firth's co-authors include Dmitry V. Skryabin, A.J. Scroggie, Gian‐Luca Oppo, G. D’Alessandro, C. Paré, N. B. Abraham, GS McDonald, E. M. Wright, Damià Gomila and Robert Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Nature Photonics.

In The Last Decade

W. J. Firth

87 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Peers

W. J. Firth
W. J. Firth United Kingdom
T. Ackemann Germany
G. P. Tsironis Greece
N. N. Rosanov Russia
Hidetsugu Sakaguchi Japan
R. Vilaseca Spain
A. G. Vladimirov Germany
W. Lange Germany
Franco Prati Italy
Giovanni Giacomelli Italy
W. J. Firth United Kingdom
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All Works

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Robb, G. R. M., et al.. (2014). Kinetic Theory for Transverse Optomechanical Instabilities. Physical Review Letters. 112(4). 43901–43901. 16 indexed citations
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Gomila, Damià, et al.. (2011). From one- to two-dimensional solitons in the Ginzburg-Landau model of lasers with frequency-selective feedback. Physical Review E. 84(3). 36213–36213. 21 indexed citations
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Robb, G. R. M. & W. J. Firth. (2007). Collective Atomic Recoil Lasing with a Partially Coherent Pump. Physical Review Letters. 99(25). 253601–253601. 10 indexed citations
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Rosanov, N. N., С. В. Федоров, В. А. Смирнов, et al.. (2004). <title>Modulation instability and decay of atomic Bose-Einstein condensates into solitonic trains</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 98–106. 1 indexed citations
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Firth, W. J., et al.. (2002). Computationally determined existence and stability of transverse structures. II. Multipeaked cavity solitons. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(4). 46606–46606. 52 indexed citations
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Harkness, G.K., et al.. (2002). Computationally determined existence and stability of transverse structures. I. Periodic optical patterns. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(4). 46605–46605. 18 indexed citations
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Vladimirov, A. G., et al.. (2002). Two-dimensional clusters of solitary structures in driven optical cavities. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 65(4). 46606–46606. 89 indexed citations
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Yulin, A. V., Dmitry V. Skryabin, & W. J. Firth. (2002). Polarization dynamics of Bragg solitons. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(4). 46603–46603. 9 indexed citations
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Oppo, Gian‐Luca, A.J. Scroggie, & W. J. Firth. (2001). Characterization, dynamics and stabilization of diffractive domain walls and dark ring cavity solitons in parametric oscillators. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 63(6). 66209–66209. 66 indexed citations
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Skryabin, Dmitry V. & W. J. Firth. (1999). Modulational instability of bright solitary waves in incoherently coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 60(1). 1019–1029. 14 indexed citations
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Skryabin, Dmitry V. & W. J. Firth. (1998). Generation and stability of optical bullets in quadratic nonlinear media. Optics Communications. 148(1-3). 79–84. 61 indexed citations
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Firth, W. J. & Mikhail A. Vorontsov. (1993). Adaptive Phase Distortion Suppression in a Nonlinear System with Feedback Mirror. Journal of Modern Optics. 40(10). 1841–1846. 11 indexed citations
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Firth, W. J.. (1991). Chaos--predicting the unpredictable.. BMJ. 303(6817). 1565–1568. 36 indexed citations
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Abraham, N. B. & W. J. Firth. (1990). Overview of transverse effects in nonlinear-optical systems. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 7(6). 951–951. 154 indexed citations
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McDonald, GS & W. J. Firth. (1989). Spatial solitary wave optical memory. Annual Meeting Optical Society of America. FF4–FF4. 5 indexed citations
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Firth, W. J., et al.. (1988). Instability Thresholds in General Nonlinear Ring Resonators. Journal of Modern Optics. 35(3). 431–439. 3 indexed citations
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Firth, W. J., et al.. (1986). Instabilities and routes to chaos in passive all-optical resonators containing a molecular gas. Physical review. A, General physics. 33(4). 2449–2460. 9 indexed citations
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Firth, W. J., et al.. (1984). Observation of bifurcation to chaos in a passive all-optical Fabry-Perot resonator: a high-frequency optical modulator. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 313(1525). 405–409. 1 indexed citations
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Firth, W. J., E. M. Wright, & Enda Cummins. (1983). Connection between Ikeda instability and phase conjugation. WD2–WD2. 1 indexed citations
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Abraham, E. & W. J. Firth. (1983). Periodic Oscillations and Chaos in a Fabry-Pérot Cavity Containing a Nonlinearity of Finite Response Time. Optica Acta International Journal of Optics. 30(11). 1541–1560. 23 indexed citations

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