William R. Donaldson

2.7k total citations
111 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

William R. Donaldson is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, William R. Donaldson has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 61 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 21 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in William R. Donaldson's work include Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (24 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (18 papers) and Laser Design and Applications (17 papers). William R. Donaldson is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (24 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (18 papers) and Laser Design and Applications (17 papers). William R. Donaldson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and India. William R. Donaldson's co-authors include Govind P. Agrawal, John C. Richmond, J.-M. Halbout, C. L. Tang, Claire Cassidy, Chung Tang, S. Blit, Freddie H. Fu, Christopher D. Harner and William N. Levine and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

William R. Donaldson

97 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William R. Donaldson United States 20 675 498 455 298 209 111 1.7k
Fernando Moraes Brazil 28 1.8k 2.6× 529 1.1× 349 0.8× 133 0.4× 511 2.4× 149 3.2k
M. Matsuura Japan 34 497 0.7× 209 0.4× 151 0.3× 91 0.3× 727 3.5× 198 4.3k
J. Saunders United Kingdom 23 1.2k 1.8× 102 0.2× 133 0.3× 220 0.7× 44 0.2× 145 1.9k
Mark W. Keller United States 33 1.7k 2.6× 868 1.7× 175 0.4× 271 0.9× 51 0.2× 78 3.4k
J. R. Owers-Bradley United Kingdom 22 936 1.4× 150 0.3× 84 0.2× 173 0.6× 130 0.6× 98 1.6k
Gaetano Senatore Italy 29 1.5k 2.2× 165 0.3× 126 0.3× 90 0.3× 35 0.2× 136 3.3k
Shūzo Hattori Japan 21 745 1.1× 782 1.6× 61 0.1× 100 0.3× 45 0.2× 182 1.6k
J. Žák Israel 24 2.2k 3.2× 274 0.6× 249 0.5× 128 0.4× 23 0.1× 93 2.8k
Kazuhisa Matsuda Japan 22 288 0.4× 99 0.2× 127 0.3× 72 0.2× 462 2.2× 59 1.2k
David C. Ailion United States 22 571 0.8× 143 0.3× 128 0.3× 43 0.1× 514 2.5× 91 1.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Donaldson, William R., et al.. (2022). Demonstration of Spectral Selectivity of Efficient and Ultrafast GaN/AlGaN-Based Metal–Semiconductor–Metal Ultraviolet Photodiodes. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 69(12). 6859–6864. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Junchi, William R. Donaldson, & Govind P. Agrawal. (2021). Impact of the boundary’s sharpness on temporal reflection in dispersive media. Optics Letters. 46(16). 4053–4053. 10 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yiming & William R. Donaldson. (2020). Ultrafast UV AlGaN Metal–Semiconductor–Metal Photodetector With a Response Time Below 25 ps. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 56(3). 1–7. 28 indexed citations
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Donaldson, William R., et al.. (2015). What is the Temporal Analog of Reflection and Refraction of Optical Beams?. Physical Review Letters. 115(18). 183901–183901. 111 indexed citations
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MacPhee, A. G., J. Kimbrough, Greg LaCaille, et al.. (2012). Mach-Zehnder modulator performance using the Comet laser facility and implications for use on NIF. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8505. 850507–850507.
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Íñiguez-de-la-Torre, I., Hiroshi Irie, William R. Donaldson, et al.. (2010). A Study of Geometry Effects on the Performance of Ballistic Deflection Transistor. IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. 9(6). 723–733. 21 indexed citations
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Donaldson, William R., et al.. (2009). Finite element simulation of metal–semiconductor–metal photodetector. Solid-State Electronics. 53(10). 1144–1148. 6 indexed citations
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Marciante, John R., William R. Donaldson, & R. G. Roides. (2007). Enhanced-Dynamic-Range, Single-Shot Measurement of Nanosecond Pulses via Optical Replication. Conference proceedings. 17–18. 1 indexed citations
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Donaldson, William R., et al.. (2005). SIMULATING PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SWITCHES IN A MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION LINE. 2. 629–629.
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Donaldson, William R., et al.. (2004). Arbitrary wave profile generation of a laser using a digital micromirror device. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 2. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Jun, William R. Donaldson, & T.Y. Hsiang. (2003). Screening effect in very fast submicron metal-semiconductor-metal ultraviolet photodetectors. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 321–323.
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Jacobs-Perkins, D., et al.. (1996). Subpicosecond imaging system based on electrooptic effect. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 2(3). 729–738. 1 indexed citations
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Richmond, John C., et al.. (1996). The Use of a Generic, Patient-Based Health Assessment (SF-36) for Evaluation of Patients with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 24(2). 196–200. 96 indexed citations
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Skeldon, Mark D., et al.. (1995). <title>Optically activated switches for the generation of complex electrical waveforms with multigigahertz bandwidth</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2343. 94–98. 2 indexed citations
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Bamber, C., et al.. (1993). Electron acceleration using laser-driven photoconductive switching. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 327(2-3). 227–252. 3 indexed citations
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Kadin, Alan M., et al.. (1990). Laser induced switching of YBCO. AIP conference proceedings. 200. 247–254. 2 indexed citations
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Donaldson, William R., et al.. (1989). Interaction of picosecond optical pulses with high T c superconducting films. Applied Physics Letters. 54(24). 2470–2472. 58 indexed citations
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Bamber, C., et al.. (1987). RADIAL COMPRESSION OF PICOSECOND ELECTRICAL PULSES. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 23(4). 255–263. 1 indexed citations
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Donaldson, William R.. (1984). The Growth of Urea Crystals for Use in AN Optical Parametric Oscillator.. PhDT. 6 indexed citations
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Donaldson, William R. & C. L. Tang. (1984). Urea optical parametric oscillator. Applied Physics Letters. 44(1). 25–27. 63 indexed citations

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