William N. MacPherson

3.3k total citations
120 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

William N. MacPherson is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William N. MacPherson has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 39 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in William N. MacPherson's work include Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (81 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (47 papers) and Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (27 papers). William N. MacPherson is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (81 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (47 papers) and Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (27 papers). William N. MacPherson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Malaysia and United States. William N. MacPherson's co-authors include J.D.C. Jones, Robert R. J. Maier, Duncan P. Hand, I. Bennion, J S Barton, James S. Barton, L. Zhang, J. C. Knight, Gordon M. H. Flockhart and Jinesh Mathew and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Scientific Reports and Optics Letters.

In The Last Decade

William N. MacPherson

116 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William N. MacPherson United Kingdom 28 2.1k 888 416 199 179 120 2.6k
Francis Berghmans Belgium 33 3.2k 1.5× 1.3k 1.4× 349 0.8× 127 0.6× 40 0.2× 313 3.8k
F. M. Araújo Portugal 26 2.1k 1.0× 726 0.8× 261 0.6× 63 0.3× 83 0.5× 121 2.3k
Xueguang Qiao China 37 4.7k 2.2× 1.5k 1.7× 714 1.7× 62 0.3× 114 0.6× 306 4.9k
Charles G. Askins United States 18 3.7k 1.7× 1.5k 1.7× 298 0.7× 79 0.4× 31 0.2× 77 3.9k
C. Svelto Italy 18 785 0.4× 475 0.5× 145 0.3× 69 0.3× 62 0.3× 143 1.2k
Stephen J. Mihailov Canada 33 4.2k 2.0× 2.6k 3.0× 527 1.3× 520 2.6× 69 0.4× 219 4.8k
J S Barton United Kingdom 21 953 0.4× 333 0.4× 235 0.6× 159 0.8× 30 0.2× 80 1.4k
K. P. Koo United States 18 3.6k 1.7× 1.5k 1.7× 274 0.7× 62 0.3× 50 0.3× 72 3.9k
Mark E. Froggatt United States 20 2.4k 1.1× 810 0.9× 375 0.9× 50 0.3× 26 0.1× 55 2.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wlodarczyk, Krystian L., et al.. (2024). In-situ multicore fibre-based pH mapping through obstacles in integrated microfluidic devices. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 2839–2839. 2 indexed citations
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Thomson, Robert R., et al.. (2022). Miniaturised gap sensor using fibre optic Fabry-Pérot interferometry for structural health monitoring. Optics Express. 30(24). 42923–42923. 7 indexed citations
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Wlodarczyk, Krystian L., William N. MacPherson, Duncan P. Hand, & M. Mercedes Maroto‐Valer. (2021). Manufacturing of Microfluidic Devices with Interchangeable Commercial Fiber Optic Sensors. Sensors. 21(22). 7493–7493. 3 indexed citations
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MacPherson, William N., et al.. (2018). Bio-inspired all-optical artificial neuromast for 2D flow sensing. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 13(2). 26013–26013. 50 indexed citations
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Mathew, Jinesh, Carl Hauser, Christoph Kenel, et al.. (2017). Integrating Fiber Fabry-Perot Cavity Sensor Into 3-D Printed Metal Components for Extreme High-Temperature Monitoring Applications. IEEE Sensors Journal. 17(13). 4107–4114. 35 indexed citations
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Gris-Sánchez, Itandehui, Nikola Krstajić, Richard Walker, et al.. (2017). Multiplexed single-mode wavelength-to-time mapping of multimode light. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14080–14080. 11 indexed citations
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Carter, Richard, William N. MacPherson, Piotr Jaworski, et al.. (2016). Dispersion measurement of microstructured negative curvature hollow core fiber. Optical Engineering. 55(11). 116106–116106. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Jun, et al.. (2013). Laser machining of sensing components on the end of optical fibres. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 23(4). 45021–45021. 12 indexed citations
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MacPherson, William N., et al.. (2013). Embedding optical fibers into stainless steel using laser additive manufacturing. 381–385. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Jun, et al.. (2012). Micro-machined optical fibre cantilever as sensor elements. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8428. 842816–842816. 2 indexed citations
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MacPherson, William N., et al.. (2011). Impact damage assessment by sensor signal analysis. 570–577. 1 indexed citations
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Parry, Jonathan, William N. MacPherson, Andrew J. Waddie, et al.. (2010). Application of cooled spatial light modulator for high power nanosecond laser micromachining. Optics Express. 18(16). 17059–17059. 82 indexed citations
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Lousteau, Joris, Hongxia Li, Xin Jiang, et al.. (2009). Fiber Bragg gratings inscribed using 800nm femtosecond laser and a phase mask in singleand multi-core mid-IR glass fibers. Optics Express. 17(9). 7540–7540. 27 indexed citations
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Kornaszewski, Łukasz, James M. Stone, J. C. Knight, et al.. (2008). Mid-infrared gas sensing using a photonic bandgap fiber. Applied Optics. 47(9). 1269–1269. 74 indexed citations
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Fender, Amanda, Robert R. J. Maier, William N. MacPherson, et al.. (2006). Dynamic two-axis curvature measurement using multicore fiber Bragg gratings interrogated by arrayed waveguide gratings. Applied Optics. 45(36). 9041–9041. 24 indexed citations
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Silva-López, Manuel, Amanda Fender, William N. MacPherson, et al.. (2005). Strain and temperature sensitivity of a single-mode polymer optical fiber. Optics Letters. 30(23). 3129–3129. 95 indexed citations
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Zhao, Donghui, Xianfeng Chen, Kaiming Zhou, et al.. (2004). Bend sensors with direction recognition based on long-period gratings written in D-shaped fiber. Applied Optics. 43(29). 5425–5425. 65 indexed citations
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Flockhart, Gordon M. H., Robert R. J. Maier, James S. Barton, et al.. (2004). Quadratic behavior of fiber Bragg grating temperature coefficients. Applied Optics. 43(13). 2744–2744. 55 indexed citations
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Flockhart, Gordon M. H., William N. MacPherson, J S Barton, et al.. (2003). Two-axis bend measurement with Bragg gratings in multicore optical fiber. Optics Letters. 28(6). 387–387. 191 indexed citations
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MacPherson, William N., et al.. (2000). Phase-demodulation error of a fiber-optic Fabry–Perot sensor with complex reflection coefficients. Applied Optics. 39(9). 1382–1382. 8 indexed citations

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