A.C. Tropper

6.5k citations

146 papers · 5.2k · 2 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

Ceramics and Composites top 0.5%
- Glass properties and applications
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.5%
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics

Papers in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 110
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies 85
- Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics 41
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 137
- Solid State Laser Technologies 93
- Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics 49
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices 32
- Photonic and Optical Devices 22
- Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors 19

Co-authors: D.C. Hanna (77 shared papers)R. Paschotta (13 shared papers)Johan Nilsson (7 shared papers)D.P. Shepherd (41 shared papers)Sjoerd Hoogland (14 shared papers)Richard G. Smart (22 shared papers)Paul R. Barber (12 shared papers)R.M. Percival (13 shared papers)
Journals: Electronics Letters (24 papers)Optics Letters (14 papers)Optics Communications (13 papers)Applied Physics Letters (7 papers)IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (6 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom France United States

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A.C. Tropper

138 papers receiving 4.9k citations

A.C. Tropper's Hit Papers

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Ytterbium-doped fiber amplifiers 1997 · 645 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

1997 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
1995 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

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1	Ytterbium-doped fiber amplifiers IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics ·R. Paschotta, Johan Nilsson, A.C. Tropper, D.C. Hanna Hit paper breakdown →	1997	645
2	Ytterbium-doped silica fiber lasers: versatile sources for the 1-1.2 μm region IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics ·Helen Margaret Pask, Robert J. Carman, D.C. Hanna, A.C. Tropper, C.J. Mackechnie, Paul R. Barber, Judith M. Dawes Hit paper breakdown →	1995	419
3	Magneticgfactor of electrons in GaAs/ Alx Ga1−x As quantum wells Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·Melissa Snelling, G.P. Flinn, Annette S. Plaut, Richard T. Harley, A.C. Tropper, Richard Eccleston, Chris C. Phillips	1991	183
4	Cw room temperature upconversion lasing at blue, green and red wavelengths in infrared-pumped Pr 3+ -doped fluoride fibre Electronics Letters ·Richard G. Smart, D.C. Hanna, A.C. Tropper, S.T. Davey, S.F. Carter, Daryl Szebesta	1991	177
5	Lifetime quenching in Yb-doped fibres Optics Communications ·R. Paschotta, Johan Nilsson, Paul R. Barber, J.E. Caplen, A.C. Tropper, D.C. Hanna	1997	165
6	Sub-500-fs soliton-like pulse in a passively mode-locked broadband surface-emitting laser with 100 mW average power Applied Physics Letters ·A. Garnache, Sjoerd Hoogland, A.C. Tropper, Isabelle Sagnes, G. Saint‐Girons, J.S. Roberts	2002	158
7	Passively mode-locked diode-pumped surface-emitting semiconductor laser IEEE Photonics Technology Letters ·Sjoerd Hoogland, Sukhminder Dhanjal, A.C. Tropper, J.S. Roberts, R. Häring, R. Paschotta, François Morier-Genoud, Ursula Keller	2000	151
8	Extended cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers Progress in Quantum Electronics ·A.C. Tropper, Sjoerd Hoogland	2006	130
9	Ring-doped cladding-pumped single-mode three-level fiber laser Optics Letters ·Johan Nilsson, J.D. Minelly, R. Paschotta, A.C. Tropper, D.C. Hanna	1998	128
10	Fabrication and optical properties of lead-germanate glasses and a new class of optical fibers doped with Tm3+ Journal of Applied Physics ·J. Wang, John R. Lincoln, William S Brocklesby, Rajpal S. Deol, C.J. Mackechnie, A. M. Pearson, A.C. Tropper, D.C. Hanna, David Neil Payne	1993	100
11	Efficient and tunable operation of a Tm-doped fibre laser Optics Communications ·D.C. Hanna, R.M. Percival, Richard G. Smart, A.C. Tropper	1990	98
12	High-inversion densities in Nd:YAG-upconversion and bleaching IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics ·Stéphan Guy, C.L. Bonner, D.P. Shepherd, D.C. Hanna, A.C. Tropper, Bernard Ferrand	1998	93
13	Soliton-like pulse-shaping mechanism in passively mode-locked surface-emitting semiconductor lasers Applied Physics B ·R. Paschotta, R. Häring, A. Garnache, Sjoerd Hoogland, A.C. Tropper, Ursula Keller	2002	88
14	Frequency upconversion in Tm- and Yb:Tm-doped silica fibers Optics Communications ·D.C. Hanna, R.M. Percival, I.R. Perry, Richard G. Smart, J.E. Townsend, A.C. Tropper	1990	83
15	230 mW of blue light from a thulium-doped upconversion fiber laser IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics ·R. Paschotta, Nathan W. Moore, W.A. Clarkson, A.C. Tropper, D.C. Hanna, Gwenael Maze	1997	80
16	Analysis of blue and red laser performance of the infrared-pumped praseodymium-doped fluoride fiber laser Journal of the Optical Society of America B ·A.C. Tropper, J. N. Carter, R.D.T. Lauder, D.C. Hanna, S.T. Davey, Daryl Szebesta	1994	77
17	CW room temperature operation of praseodymium-doped fluorozirconate glass fibre lasers in the blue-green, green and red spectral regions Optics Communications ·Richard G. Smart, J.N. Carter, A.C. Tropper, D.C. Hanna, S.T. Davey, S.F. Carter, Daryl Szebesta	1991	72
18	Continuous-wave oscillation of a monomode thulium-doped fibre laser Electronics Letters ·D.C. Hanna, I.M. Jauncey, R.M. Percival, I.R. Perry, Richard G. Smart, Paul Suni, J.E. Townsend, A.C. Tropper	1988	70
19	Growth and low-threshold laser oscillation of an epitaxially grown Nd:YAG waveguide Optics Letters ·Simon J. Field, Isabelle Soucy Chartier, Bernard Ferrand, D.C. Hanna, A.C. Large, Denis Pelenc, D.P. Shepherd, A.C. Tropper	1992	70
20	Continuous-wave oscillation of a monomode ytterbium-doped fibre laser Electronics Letters ·D.C. Hanna, R.M. Percival, I.R. Perry, Richard G. Smart, Paul Suni, J.E. Townsend, A.C. Tropper	1988	67

About A.C. Tropper

A.C. Tropper is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ceramics and Composites, Spectroscopy and Materials Chemistry, having authored 146 papers that have together received 5.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Solid State Laser Technologies (93 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (85 papers), Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (49 papers), Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (41 papers), Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (32 papers), Glass properties and applications (24 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (22 papers) and Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ceramics and Composites (946 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (3.7k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (4.5k citations), Acoustics and Ultrasonics (24 citations) and Materials Chemistry (856 citations). A.C. Tropper has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Frequent co-authors include D.C. Hanna, R. Paschotta, Johan Nilsson, D.P. Shepherd, Sjoerd Hoogland, Richard G. Smart, Paul R. Barber, R.M. Percival, Helen Margaret Pask and C.J. Mackechnie. Their work appears in journals such as Electronics Letters, Optics Letters, Optics Communications, Applied Physics Letters and IEEE Photonics Technology Letters.

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