William A. Challener

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

William A. Challener is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Challener has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 35 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in William A. Challener's work include Near-Field Optical Microscopy (24 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (18 papers) and Magnetic properties of thin films (11 papers). William A. Challener is often cited by papers focused on Near-Field Optical Microscopy (24 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (18 papers) and Magnetic properties of thin films (11 papers). William A. Challener collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Türkiye. William A. Challener's co-authors include R. Rottmayer, Edward C. Gage, Ganping Ju, Dror Sarid, Yiao-Tee Hsia, A. V. Itagi, T.W. McDaniel, Kürşat Şendur, Chubing Peng and M. Fatih Erden and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

William A. Challener

62 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording

2008 819 citations Edward C. Gage, William A. Challener et al. profile →
Heat-assisted magnetic recording by a near-field transducer with efficient optical energy transfer

2009 659 citations William A. Challener, Chubing Peng et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Design for High-Precision Time-Sensitive Networking: Synchronization for the Quantum Network Control Plane 2024 ·IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications ·Stephen F. Bush, (unknown), William A. Challener	1
2	A perspective on industrial quantum networks 2021 ·AVS Quantum Science ·Stephen F. Bush, William A. Challener, (unknown)	11
3	Dynamics of Trace Methane Diffusion/Flow Into Hollow Core Fiber Using Laser Absorption Spectroscopy 2020 ·IEEE Sensors Journal ·William A. Challener, A. Kasten, Fei Yu, (unknown), B. J. Mangan	10
4	Fugitive methane leak detection using mid-infrared hollow-core photonic crystal fiber containing ultrafast laser drilled side-holes 2016 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Jason H. Karp, William A. Challener, (unknown), Niloy Choudhury, Sabarni Palit, Gary Pickrell, Daniel Homa, (unknown), Yujie Cheng, Fei Yu, J. C. Knight	5
5	Interaction of spherical nanoparticles with a highly focused beam of light 2008 ·Optics Express ·Kürşat Şendur, William A. Challener, O. N. Mryasov	19
6	Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording on High Anisotropy Nanocomposite Media 2008 ·Yingguo Peng, T. J. Klemmer, Ganping Ju, Edward C. Gage, Mike Seigler, William A. Challener, Duane Karns, Xiaobin Zhu, N. J. Gökemeijer, Chao Peng, Kalman Pelhos, Bin Lü, Tim Rausch, Xiaowei Wu, Lei Li, Yiao-Tee Hsia, Dorothea Buechel, R. Hempstead, R. Rottmayer	1
7	Thermal Modeling of Optical Power Absorption in Moving Multilayer Thin Films 2008 ·William A. Challener, A. V. Itagi	1
8	Focusing characteristics of a planar solid-immersion mirror 2006 ·Applied Optics ·Chubing Peng, Christophe Mihalcea, Kalman Pelhos, William A. Challener	11
9	Near Field Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording with a Planar Solid Immersion Lens 2006 ·Japanese Journal of Applied Physics ·Tim Rausch, Christophe Mihalcea, Kalman Pelhos, Duane Karns, K. R. Mountfield, Yukiko Kubota, (unknown), Ganping Ju, William A. Challener, Chubing Peng, Lei Li, Yiao-Tee Hsia, Edward C. Gage	28
10	Near-Field Radiation from a Ridge Waveguide Transducer in the Vicinity of a Solid Immersion Lens 2005 ·Physical Review Letters ·Kürşat Şendur, Chubing Peng, William A. Challener	47
11	Optics of photonic nanojets 2005 ·Journal of the Optical Society of America A ·A. V. Itagi, William A. Challener	180
12	Miniature Planar Solid Immersion Mirror with Focused Spot Less Than a Quarter Wavelength 2005 ·Optics Express ·William A. Challener, Christophe Mihalcea, Chubing Peng, Kalman Pelhos	42
13	Near‐field radiation of bow‐tie antennas and apertures at optical frequencies 2003 ·Journal of Microscopy ·Kürşat Şendur, William A. Challener	70
14	Scattered field formulation of finite difference time domain for a focused light beam in dense media with lossy materials 2003 ·Optics Express ·William A. Challener, Kürşat Şendur, Chao Peng	33
15	Experimental effects of laser power on the writability and PW/sub 50/ in a heat assisted longitudinal recording system 2003 ·Tim Rausch, James A. Bain, Daniel D. Stancil, T. E. Schlesinger, William A. Challener, (unknown), C. F. Brucker	1
16	Light delivery for heat assisted magnetic recording 2003 ·William A. Challener, Daniel D. Stancil, Christophe Mihalcea, Kürşat Şendur	1
17	A multilayer grating-based evanescent wave sensing technique 2000 ·Sensors and Actuators B Chemical ·William A. Challener, (unknown), R. W. McGowan, (unknown), Zhong Yang	34
18	Comparison of the magneto-optical figure of merit of NdFeCo and TbFeCo alloys 1996 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·William A. Challener	1
19	Mean field analysis of the magneto-optical properties of TbFeCo 1990 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·William A. Challener	4
20	Far infrared measurements of (TMTSF)2ClO4 1984 ·Solid State Communications ·William A. Challener, P. L. Richards, R. L. Greene	9

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