William D. Cowan

827 total citations
45 papers, 633 citations indexed

About

William D. Cowan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. Cowan has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 633 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 24 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in William D. Cowan's work include Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies (22 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (14 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (11 papers). William D. Cowan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies (22 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (14 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (11 papers). William D. Cowan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. William D. Cowan's co-authors include Victor M. Bright, Steven T. Patton, J.S. Zabinski, David A. Czaplewski, Kalathil C. Eapen, Christopher W. Dyck, Garth M. Kraus, Christopher Nordquist, Gary A. Patrizi and Byron M. Welsh and has published in prestigious journals such as Optics Letters, Journal of Lightwave Technology and Sensors and Actuators A Physical.

In The Last Decade

William D. Cowan

41 papers receiving 602 citations

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William D. Cowan United States 13 473 378 244 117 69 45 633
Jeffry J. Sniegowski United States 13 386 0.8× 275 0.7× 186 0.8× 112 1.0× 64 0.9× 28 510
F. Rudolf Switzerland 17 676 1.4× 383 1.0× 301 1.2× 64 0.5× 68 1.0× 31 766
Jong‐Uk Bu South Korea 17 723 1.5× 287 0.8× 495 2.0× 64 0.5× 99 1.4× 47 905
Lee S. Tavrow United States 11 445 0.9× 218 0.6× 392 1.6× 101 0.9× 137 2.0× 15 712
J.J. Sniegowski United States 15 821 1.7× 596 1.6× 445 1.8× 215 1.8× 88 1.3× 35 1.1k
H. Kück Germany 14 607 1.3× 181 0.5× 331 1.4× 68 0.6× 149 2.2× 44 774
Youngjoo Yee South Korea 11 306 0.6× 176 0.5× 184 0.8× 68 0.6× 45 0.7× 35 421
Jing Cheng China 16 636 1.3× 412 1.1× 117 0.5× 106 0.9× 120 1.7× 34 908
Dooyoung Hah United States 18 967 2.0× 507 1.3× 483 2.0× 41 0.4× 95 1.4× 64 1.1k
K.J. Skrobis United States 12 399 0.8× 152 0.4× 211 0.9× 111 0.9× 86 1.2× 18 508

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William D. Cowan

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All Works

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Anderson, Betty Lise, et al.. (2010). Ultra-compact optical true time delay device for wideband phased array radars. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7669. 76690P–76690P. 1 indexed citations
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Anderson, Betty Lise, et al.. (2009). Spherical Fourier Cell and Application for Optical True Time Delay. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 27(7). 879–886. 4 indexed citations
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Dagel, Daryl, et al.. (2006). Large-Stroke MEMS Deformable Mirrors for Adaptive Optics. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 15(3). 572–583. 59 indexed citations
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Sweatt, William C., et al.. (2006). Wavefront correction using micromirror arrays: comparing the efficacy of tip-tilt-piston and piston-only micromirror arrays. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6342. 634207–634207. 1 indexed citations
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Lott, James A., et al.. (2003). Stress characterization of MEMS microbridges by micro-Raman spectroscopy. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 104(2). 107–116. 32 indexed citations
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Cowan, William D., et al.. (2002). Polysilicon Prototypes for Flip-bonded Hybrid MEM-tunable Filters and VCSELs. TechConnect Briefs. 1(2002). 266–269. 3 indexed citations
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Busbee, John, et al.. (2001). Stress Measurement in MEMS Devices. TechConnect Briefs. 1(2001). 398–401. 4 indexed citations
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Bright, Victor M., et al.. (1999). Average power control and positioning of polysilicon thermal actuators. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 72(1). 88–97. 39 indexed citations
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Majumdar, Bhaskar, William D. Cowan, & N. J. Pagano. (1999). Residual Stresses in MEMS Structures. MRS Proceedings. 594. 1 indexed citations
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Cowan, William D., et al.. (1998). Aberration-correction results from a segmented microelectromechanical deformable mirror and a refractive lenslet array. Optics Letters. 23(8). 645–645. 15 indexed citations
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Cowan, William D.. (1998). Optical phase modulation using a refractive lenslet array and microelectromechanical deformable mirror. Optical Engineering. 37(12). 3237–3237. 8 indexed citations
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Cowan, William D.. (1998). Foundry microfabrication of deformable mirrors for adaptive optics. 1779. 3 indexed citations
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Cowan, William D., et al.. (1998). <title>Design and testing of polysilicon surface-micromachined piston micromirror arrays</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3292. 60–70. 6 indexed citations
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Cowan, William D. & Victor M. Bright. (1997). <title>Thermally actuated piston micromirror arrays</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3131. 260–271. 6 indexed citations
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Cowan, William D., et al.. (1994). Device Characterization Using Spline Smoothing and Sequential Linear Interpolation. Color and Imaging Conference. 2(1). 29–32. 1 indexed citations
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Lipinski, Ronald J., Robert Q. Fugate, Wolfgang Lange, et al.. (1994). <title>Laser beaming demonstrations to high-orbit satellites</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2121. 222–231. 2 indexed citations
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Cowan, William D., et al.. (1993). Characterizing Printer Gamuts Using Tetrahedral Interpolation. Color and Imaging Conference. 1(1). 108–113. 4 indexed citations
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Cowan, William D., et al.. (1988). A 300-MHz digitally compensated SAW oscillator. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 35(3). 380–385. 11 indexed citations
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