W. P. Risk

9.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
86 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

W. P. Risk is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, W. P. Risk has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 57 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 13 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in W. P. Risk's work include Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (43 papers), Solid State Laser Technologies (32 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (31 papers). W. P. Risk is often cited by papers focused on Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (43 papers), Solid State Laser Technologies (32 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (31 papers). W. P. Risk collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. W. P. Risk's co-authors include Dharmendra S. Modha, Andrew S. Cassidy, Paul Merolla, John V. Arthur, Rodrigo Alvarez-Icaza, Filipp Akopyan, Bryan L. Jackson, Jun Sawada, Rajit Manohar and Nabil Imam and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

W. P. Risk

83 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

A million spiking-neuron integrated circuit with a scalable communication network and interface

2014 2.8k citations Paul Merolla, John V. Arthur et al. profile →
TrueNorth: Design and Tool Flow of a 65 mW 1 Million Neuron Programmable Neurosynaptic Chip

2015 1.1k citations Filipp Akopyan, Jun Sawada et al. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems profile →
Modeling of longitudinally pumped solid-state lasers exhibiting reabsorption losses

1988 376 citations W. P. Risk Journal of the Optical Society of America B profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
W. P. Risk	5.4k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.4k	86	6.3k
Yusuf Leblebici	6.9k 1.3×	728 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	515 0.4×	504 0.3×	473	8.2k
Andreas G. Andreou	3.1k 0.6×	973 0.6×	875 0.6×	243 0.2×	885 0.6×	311	5.0k
Pinaki Mazumder	6.4k 1.2×	797 0.5×	2.2k 1.5×	790 0.5×	996 0.7×	235	7.3k
Paul R. Prucnal	11.4k 2.1×	6.7k 4.4×	295 0.2×	1.8k 1.2×	477 0.3×	527	12.3k
Jan Van der Spiegel	2.3k 0.4×	399 0.3×	635 0.4×	669 0.5×	463 0.3×	208	3.7k
Manuel Le Gallo	7.9k 1.5×	2.4k 1.6×	1.9k 1.3×	415 0.3×	866 0.6×	80	8.5k
Abu Sebastian	10.3k 1.9×	2.9k 1.9×	2.2k 1.5×	2.0k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	224	12.7k
Luping Shi	4.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	249 0.2×	1.4k 0.9×	142	5.9k
Evangelos Eleftheriou	9.7k 1.8×	2.1k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	791 0.5×	766 0.5×	189	11.7k
Bhavin J. Shastri	5.9k 1.1×	5.0k 3.3×	227 0.2×	723 0.5×	364 0.3×	191	6.3k

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Akopyan, Filipp, Jun Sawada, Andrew S. Cassidy, et al.. (2015). TrueNorth: Design and Tool Flow of a 65 mW 1 Million Neuron Programmable Neurosynaptic Chip. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. 34(10). 1537–1557. 1064 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Xi, et al.. (2010). Shot-noise limited detection for surface plasmon sensing. Optics Express. 19(1). 107–107. 42 indexed citations

Risk, W. P., H.-C. Kim, R. Miller, & H. Temkin. (2004). Aqueous-core waveguides using a low-index nanoporous cladding. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1. 1 indexed citations

Bethune, Donald S., W. P. Risk, & Gary Pabst. (2004). A high-performance integrated single-photon detector for telecom wavelengths. Journal of Modern Optics. 51(9-10). 1359–1368. 45 indexed citations

Kang, Yunlu, et al.. (2004). Afterpulsing of single-photon avalanche photodetectors. 2. 775–776. 2 indexed citations

Ding, Yujie J., et al.. (1999). Backward second-harmonic and third-harmonic generation in a periodically poled potassium titanyl phosphate waveguide. Optics Letters. 24(3). 127–127. 40 indexed citations

Bethune, Donald S. & W. P. Risk. (1998). An Autocompensating Quantum Key Distribution System Using Polarization Splitting of Light. Optics and Photonics News. 9(8). 56–57. 2 indexed citations

Risk, W. P.. (1997). Modeling of longitudinally pumped solid-state lasers exhibiting reabsorption losses: errata. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 14(12). 3457–3457. 4 indexed citations

Hu, Z. W., P. A. Thomas, Mool C. Gupta, & W. P. Risk. (1995). Multiple-crystal x-ray topographic characterization of periodically domain-inverted KTiOPO4 crystal. Applied Physics Letters. 66(1). 13–15. 15 indexed citations

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Tuschel, David D., Gustavo R. Paz-Pujalt, & W. P. Risk. (1995). Chemical bonding and atomic structure of Rb+ exchanged KTiOPO4 waveguides probed by micro-Raman spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters. 66(9). 1035–1037. 7 indexed citations

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Risk, W. P., W. J. Kozlovsky, W. Lenth, et al.. (1993). Frequency doubling of an extended-cavity GaAlAs laser diode using a periodically poled KTP waveguide. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations

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Risk, W. P., et al.. (1993). Generation of 425-nm light by waveguide frequency doubling of a GaAlAs laser diode in an extended-cavity configuration. Applied Physics Letters. 63(23). 3134–3136. 9 indexed citations

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Risk, W. P., et al.. (1993). Dielectric overlayer for polarization discrimination in KTP channel waveguides. Optics Letters. 18(21). 1804–1804. 1 indexed citations

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Kozlovsky, W. J. & W. P. Risk. (1991). Efficient diode-laser-pumped 946-nm Nd:YAG laser with resonantly-enhanced pump absorption. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 2 indexed citations

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Risk, W. P.. (1991). Fabrication and characterization of planar ion-exchanged KTiOPO4 waveguides for frequency doubling. Applied Physics Letters. 58(1). 19–21. 47 indexed citations

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Kozlovsky, W. J., W. Lenth, & W. P. Risk. (1990). <title>Compact blue lasers for optical recording applications</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1316. 194–198. 1 indexed citations

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Lenth, W., G. C. Bjorklund, R. M. Macfarlane, et al.. (1988). Compact Blue And Green Lasers Based On Nonlinear Optical Processes. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 898. 61–61. 2 indexed citations

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Risk, W. P., et al.. (1987). Generation of 459-nm radiation by intracavity sum frequency mixing of the laser and pump radiation of a miniature Nd:YAG laser (A). 4. 128. 1 indexed citations

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Risk, W. P. & W. Lenth. (1987). Miniature 946 nm Nd:YAG Laser Pumped By Laser-Diode-Arrays. Advanced Solid-State Lasers. 47. WC2–WC2. 1 indexed citations

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Heffner, B.L., G. S. Kino, B.T. Khuri-Yakub, & W. P. Risk. (1985). A Wideband 3.5 GHz Acousto-Optic Tap to an Optical Fiber. lt 3. 420–424. 1 indexed citations

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