W. J. Tomlinson

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
233 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

W. J. Tomlinson is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. J. Tomlinson has authored 233 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 79 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 67 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. J. Tomlinson's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (54 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (41 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (31 papers). W. J. Tomlinson is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (54 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (41 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (31 papers). W. J. Tomlinson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. W. J. Tomlinson's co-authors include R. H. Stolen, C. V. Shank, R. L. Fork, P. W. Smith, L. F. Mollenauer, H. A. Haus, J. P. Gordon, Edwin A. Chandross, R. Yen and Andrew M. Weiner and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

W. J. Tomlinson

223 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Raman response function of silica-core fibers

1989 463 citations R. H. Stolen, W. J. Tomlinson et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. J. Tomlinson United Kingdom	41	4.4k	3.6k	1.1k	965	812	233	7.0k
M. Bertolotti Italy	36	4.0k 0.9×	3.0k 0.8×	799 0.7×	134 0.1×	889 1.1×	455	6.6k
A. A. Maradudin United States	39	3.7k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	444 0.4×	335 0.3×	1.6k 2.0×	177	6.3k
R. F. Wallis United States	42	4.2k 1.0×	2.4k 0.7×	488 0.4×	270 0.3×	2.6k 3.2×	206	7.2k
A. A. Maradudin United States	50	5.1k 1.2×	2.4k 0.7×	460 0.4×	1.4k 1.5×	3.0k 3.7×	260	10.6k
W. Martienssen Germany	28	1.6k 0.4×	746 0.2×	598 0.5×	406 0.4×	1.3k 1.6×	82	3.9k
Joseph W. Haus United States	39	4.1k 0.9×	3.1k 0.9×	723 0.7×	158 0.2×	1.5k 1.8×	262	7.0k
Paul Kolodner United States	37	1.1k 0.3×	847 0.2×	1.1k 1.0×	306 0.3×	464 0.6×	97	4.3k
C. Caroli France	38	3.0k 0.7×	926 0.3×	520 0.5×	599 0.6×	1.7k 2.1×	106	6.5k
Sien Chi Taiwan	47	2.9k 0.7×	6.8k 1.9×	566 0.5×	298 0.3×	1.9k 2.4×	624	8.7k
Alexei A. Maradudin United States	28	2.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	328 0.3×	316 0.3×	1.1k 1.4×	116	5.8k

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Tomlinson, W. J.. (2004). Wavelength-selective switching - architecture and technology overview. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. 1. 606. 3 indexed citations

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Tomlinson, W. J.. (2003). Technologies for Dynamic Gain and Channel Power Equalization. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. 3 indexed citations

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Tomlinson, W. J.. (2002). Requirements, architectures, and technologies for optical cross-connects. 1. 163–164. 3 indexed citations

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Tomlinson, W. J. & Steven Matthews. (1994). Cavitation erosion of aluminium alloys. Journal of Materials Science. 29(4). 1101–1108. 32 indexed citations

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Tomlinson, W. J. & J. R. Patel. (1991). Silicon steels hot-dip galvanized with zinc-nickel alloys. Journal of Materials Science Letters. 10(7). 384–388. 4 indexed citations

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Shahar, A., et al.. (1990). Direct loss measurement for optical devices incorporating coupled waveguides. Integrated Photonics Research. TuD3–TuD3. 1 indexed citations

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Colas, E., A. Shahar, & W. J. Tomlinson. (1990). Diffusion-enhanced epitaxial growth of thickness-modulated low-loss rib waveguides on patterned GaAs substrates. Applied Physics Letters. 56(10). 955–957. 11 indexed citations

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Tomlinson, W. J., R. H. Stolen, Raymond J. Hawkins, & Andrew M. Weiner. (1989). The Raman response function of silica-core fibers - Effects on soliton propagation. THD5–THD5. 1 indexed citations

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Weiner, Andrew M., Raymond J. Hawkins, R. N. Thurston, et al.. (1989). Temporal and spectral self-shifts of dark optical solitons. Optics Letters. 14(16). 868–868. 32 indexed citations

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Hawkins, Raymond J., et al.. (1988). Observation of the Fundamental Dark Soliton. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations

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Tomlinson, W. J. & D. G. Humphreys. (1987). Electrochemical behaviour of electrodeposited tin in aqueous solutions of pH 1 to 3 and 10 to 13 and the effect of chloride. Transactions of the IMF. 65(1). 136–139. 3 indexed citations

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Tomlinson, W. J., H. A. Haus, & Roger H. Stolen. (1985). Characterization of high power ultrashort pulse propagation in optical fibers (A). 2. 33. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, P. W. & W. J. Tomlinson. (1981). Bistable optical devices promise subpicosecond switching. IEEE Spectrum. 18. 26. 38 indexed citations

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Wagner, Richard E. & W. J. Tomlinson. (1980). Coupling efficiency of optics in single-mode fiber devices (A). Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 70. 1596. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, P. W., W. J. Tomlinson, & P. J. Maloney. (1980). Bistable reflection of light from the boundary of an ``artificial'' nonlinear medium (A). Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 70. 658. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, P. W., et al.. (1979). Theory of bistability in nonlinear distributed feedback structures (A). Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 69. 1421. 1 indexed citations

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Tomlinson, W. J.. (1979). Time multiplexed spectrometer for time-resolved spectroscopy and optical fiber measurements (A). Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 69. 1462. 1 indexed citations

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Bloom, D. M., P. W. Smith, & W. J. Tomlinson. (1978). Measurement of optical Kerr susceptibility of long-chain molecules (A). Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 68. 645. 2 indexed citations

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Bjorklund, G. C., L. F. Mollenauer, & W. J. Tomlinson. (1976). GaAs-Ga 1-x As x As double-heterostructure injection lasers with distributed Bragg reflectors (A). Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 66. 292. 1 indexed citations

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Chandross, Edwin A., W. J. Tomlinson, & G. D. Aumiller. (1976). Latent-imaging photopolymer systems (A). Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 66. 1083. 1 indexed citations

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