Yasuo Kuga

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Yasuo Kuga is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yasuo Kuga has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 51 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 37 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Yasuo Kuga's work include Random lasers and scattering media (30 papers), Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis (29 papers) and Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis (23 papers). Yasuo Kuga is often cited by papers focused on Random lasers and scattering media (30 papers), Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis (29 papers) and Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis (23 papers). Yasuo Kuga collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and South Korea. Yasuo Kuga's co-authors include Akira Ishimaru, Leung Tsang, P. Phu, Sermsak Jaruwatanadilok, Minoru Taya, Jun Liu, Seungwoo Lee, Vikram Jandhyala, F.T. Ulaby and C. Le and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical review. B, Condensed matter, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yasuo Kuga

133 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Hard Wall Imaging of Objects Hidden by Non-Penetrating Obstacles Using Modified Time Reversal Technique 2014 ·IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation ·Akira Ishimaru, Ce Zhang, Yasuo Kuga	7
2	Investigation of multilevel amplitude modulation for a dual-wavelength free-space optical communications system using realistic channel estimation and minimum mean-squared-error linear equalization 2008 ·Applied Optics ·(unknown), Sermsak Jaruwatanadilok, Yasuo Kuga, Akira Ishimaru, James A. Ritcey	9
3	Bio-inspired tactile sensor with arrayed structures based on electroactive polymers 2008 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Jin Wang, Chunye Xu, Minoru Taya, Yasuo Kuga	4
4	Flemion-based actuator with ionic liquid as solvent 2006 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Jin Wang, Chunye Xu, Minoru Taya, Yasuo Kuga	10
5	Channel modeling for optical wireless communication through dense fog 2005 ·Journal of Optical Networking ·(unknown), Sermsak Jaruwatanadilok, Yasuo Kuga, Akira Ishimaru, James A. Ritcey	12
6	Bistatic Radar Scattering From Organic Debris Of A Forest Floor 2005 ·Roger De Roo, Yasuo Kuga, M.C. Dobson, F.T. Ulaby	2
7	Modeling the Point-to-Point Wireless Communication Channel under the Adverse Weather Conditions 2004 ·IEICE Transactions on Electronics ·Sermsak Jaruwatanadilok, (unknown), Yasuo Kuga, Akira Ishimaru	6
8	Angular and frequency correlation for sea-ice thickness retrieval 2004 ·(unknown), Yasuo Kuga, Akira Ishimaru, Sermsak Jaruwatanadilok, Kyung Pak	3
9	Numerical studies on time-domain responses of on-off-keyed modulated optical signals through a dense fog 2004 ·Applied Optics ·(unknown), Yasuo Kuga, Sermsak Jaruwatanadilok, Akira Ishimaru	4
10	Ionospheric effects on SAR imaging: a numerical study 2003 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Jun Liu, Yasuo Kuga, Akira Ishimaru, Xiaoqing Pi, A. Freeman	63
11	<title>Combined numerical and analytic approach for generalized models of complex bi-anisotropic materials</title> 2002 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Seungwoo Lee, Akira Ishimaru, Yasuo Kuga, Vikram Jandhyala	2
12	Radar imaging using a wideband adaptive array 2002 ·(unknown), Yasuo Kuga	2
13	Optically tunable millimeter‐wave attenuator based on layered structures 2000 ·Microwave and Optical Technology Letters ·Sang-Il Lee, Yasuo Kuga, Ruth Ann Mullen	0
14	Detection, Estimation and Correction of Faraday Rotation in Linearly Polarized SAR Backscatter Signatures 1998 ·Radio Science ·A. Freeman, S. S. Saatchi, Yasuo Kuga, Akira Ishimaru	4
15	Recent Advances in Multiple Scattering Theories and Applications 1996 ·IEICE Transactions on Electronics ·Akira Ishimaru, Yasuo Kuga	2
16	P0LARIMETRIC SCATTERING THEORY FOR HIGH SLOPE ROUGH SURFACES 1996 ·Akira Ishimaru, C. Le, Yasuo Kuga, (unknown), (unknown)	29
17	Millimeter wave polarimetric scatterometer systems: Measurement and calibration techniques 1991 ·In AGARD ·Yasuo Kuga, Kamal Sarabandi, Adib Y. Nashashibi, F.T. Ulaby, (unknown)	2
18	Third- and fourth-order iterative solutions for the vector radiative transfer equation 1991 ·Journal of the Optical Society of America A ·Yasuo Kuga	3
19	Millimeter‐wave radar scattering from snow 1. Radiative transfer model 1991 ·Radio Science ·Yasuo Kuga, F.T. Ulaby, (unknown), Roger De Roo	41
20	Comparisons between the small-angle approximation and the numerical solution for radiative transfer theory 1986 ·Annual Meeting Optical Society of America ·Yasuo Kuga, Akira Ishimaru, Hung‐Wen Chang, Leung Tsang	1

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