William R. Sweeney

850 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 584 citations indexed

About

William R. Sweeney is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, William R. Sweeney has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 584 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 2 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 2 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in William R. Sweeney's work include Quantum optics and atomic interactions (2 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics (2 papers) and Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (2 papers). William R. Sweeney is often cited by papers focused on Quantum optics and atomic interactions (2 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics (2 papers) and Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (2 papers). William R. Sweeney collaborates with scholars based in United States and Austria. William R. Sweeney's co-authors include A. Douglas Stone, Lan Yang, Chia Wei Hsu, Changqing Wang, A. Douglas Stone, Mengzhen Zhang, Liang Jiang, Stefan Rotter, Xuefeng Jiang and L. S. Birks and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

William R. Sweeney

6 papers receiving 567 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Coherent perfect absorption at an exceptional point

2021 243 citations Changqing Wang, William R. Sweeney et al. Science profile →

Peers

William R. Sweeney

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Kevin Pichler Austria

Oubo You China

Bofeng Zhu Singapore

Yi-Xin Xiao Hong Kong

Sascha Batz Germany

Zhicheng Xiao China

Georgios G. Pyrialakos United States

Chang-Hwan Yi South Korea

Camilo Cantillano Chile

Kevin Pichler Austria

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364 ×0.7

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161 ×0.6

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109 ×1.4

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29 ×0.6

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Countries citing papers authored by William R. Sweeney

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Fields of papers citing papers by William R. Sweeney

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William R. Sweeney

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Wang, Changqing, William R. Sweeney, A. Douglas Stone, & Lan Yang. (2021). Coherent perfect absorption at an exceptional point. Science. 373(6560). 1261–1265. 243 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Changqing, Xuefeng Jiang, William R. Sweeney, et al.. (2021). Induced transparency by interference or polarization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(3). 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Mengzhen, William R. Sweeney, Chia Wei Hsu, et al.. (2019). Quantum Noise Theory of Exceptional Point Amplifying Sensors. Physical Review Letters. 123(18). 180501–180501. 179 indexed citations

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Sweeney, William R., Chia Wei Hsu, Stefan Rotter, & A. Douglas Stone. (2019). Perfectly Absorbing Exceptional Points and Chiral Absorbers. Physical Review Letters. 122(9). 93901–93901. 129 indexed citations

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Adams, Laura, William R. Sweeney, & Heinrich M. Jaeger. (2010). Growth of Cadmium Nanocrystals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 114(14). 6304–6310. 7 indexed citations

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Sweeney, William R., et al.. (1961). X-ray mass absorption coefficients for Mo, Nb, Zr and Ti. Spectrochimica Acta. 17(3). 364–365. 7 indexed citations

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