W. L. Nighan

2.0k citations
83 papers · 1.5k indexed · h-index 22

W. L. Nighan

81 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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W. L. Nighan
Comparison fields: 5 of 54
  • Spectroscopy 489
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1.3k
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 572
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 310
  • Applied Mathematics 97
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside W. L. Nighan, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20032
2 199922
3
Highly efficient, diode-bar-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser with >13 W TEM00 output
19952
4 19921
5 19901
6 19909
7 199042
8 198615
9 198420
10 19832
11 198223
12
Microwave heating of the lower ionosphere
19802
13 19786
14 19757
15 197448
16 197330
17 197227
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INVESTIGATION OF PLASMA PROPERTIES OF HIGH ENERGY GAS DISCHARGE LASERS.
19703
19 19701
20 196926

About W. L. Nighan

W. L. Nighan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Spectroscopy, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Materials Chemistry, having authored 83 papers that have together received 1.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Laser Design and Applications (49 papers), Solid State Laser Technologies (28 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (19 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (16 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (11 papers), Plasma Applications and Diagnostics (10 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (9 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Spectroscopy (489 citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (1.3k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (572 citations), Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (310 citations) and Applied Mathematics (97 citations). W. L. Nighan has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Frequent co-authors include W. J. Wiegand, Robert T. Brown, Philippe M. Fauchet, William L. Wilson, Frank K. Tittel, Ting Gong, P. M. Fauchet, R. Sauerbrey, D. Hulín and A. Mourchid. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Physics Letters, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Journal of Applied Physics, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices and Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids.

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