P. C. Becker

5.7k citations

68 papers · 4.1k · 3 hit papers · h-index 30

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.5%
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
Ceramics and Composites top 2%

Papers in

Electrical and Electronic Engineering 57
- Optical Network Technologies 23
- Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics 19
- Solid State Laser Technologies 17
- Photonic and Optical Devices 11
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 38
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies 16
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications 11

Co-authors: C. V. Shank (9 shared papers)J.R. Simpson (16 shared papers)R. L. Fork (9 shared papers)C. H. Brito Cruz (9 shared papers)N.A. Olsson (10 shared papers)H. L. Fragnito (6 shared papers)E. Desurvire (4 shared papers)J.-Y. Bigot (2 shared papers)
Journals: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (8 papers)Applied Physics Letters (7 papers)Optics Letters (7 papers)Physical review. B, Condensed matter (5 papers)Electronics Letters (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany France

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66 papers receiving 3.9k citations

P. C. Becker's Hit Papers

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Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers: Fundamentals and Technology 1999 · 474 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1999 Medical Entomology and Zoology
1987 Optics Letters
1987 Optics Letters

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1	Compression of optical pulses to six femtoseconds by using cubic phase compensation Optics Letters ·R. L. Fork, C. H. Brito Cruz, P. C. Becker, C. V. Shank Hit paper breakdown →	1987	610
2	Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers: Fundamentals and Technology Medical Entomology and Zoology ·P. C. Becker, N.A. Olsson, J.R. Simpson Hit paper breakdown →	1999	474
3	High-gain erbium-doped traveling-wave fiber amplifier Optics Letters ·E. Desurvire, J.R. Simpson, P. C. Becker Hit paper breakdown →	1987	402
4	Femtosecond Photon Echoes from Band-to-Band Transitions in GaAs Physical Review Letters ·P. C. Becker, H. L. Fragnito, C. H. Brito Cruz, R. L. Fork, J. E. Cunningham, J. E. Henry, C. V. Shank	1988	321
5	Dynamics of spectral hole burning IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics ·C. H. Brito Cruz, J. P. Gordon, P. C. Becker, R. L. Fork, C. V. Shank	1988	228
6	Evolution of the vibronic absorption spectrum in a molecule following impulsive excitation with a 6 fs optical pulse Chemical Physics Letters ·H. L. Fragnito, J.-Y. Bigot, P. C. Becker, C. V. Shank	1989	225
7	Femtosecond photon echoes from molecules in solution Physical Review Letters ·P. C. Becker, H. L. Fragnito, J.-Y. Bigot, C. H. Brito Cruz, R. L. Fork, C. V. Shank	1989	184
8	Stress-induced formation of high-density amorphous carbon thin films Journal of Applied Physics ·J. Schwan, S. Ulrich, T. Theel, H. Roth, H. Ehrhardt, P. C. Becker, S. Ravi P. Silva	1997	102
9	Er-diffused Ti:LiNbO3 waveguide laser of 1563 and 1576 nm emission wavelengths Applied Physics Letters ·P. C. Becker, Ralf Brinkmann, M. Dinand, W. Sohler, H. Suche	1992	101
10	Femtosecond intervalley scattering in GaAs Applied Physics Letters ·P. C. Becker, H. L. Fragnito, C. H. Brito Cruz, Jagdeep Shah, R. L. Fork, J. E. Cunningham, J. E. Henry, C. V. Shank	1988	87
11	Giant enhancement of luminescence intensity in Er-doped Si/SiO2 resonant cavities Applied Physics Letters ·E. F. Schubert, A. M. Vredenberg, N. E. J. Hunt, Y. H. Wong, P. C. Becker, J. M. Poate, D. C. Jacobson, L. C. Feldman, G. J. Zydzik	1992	86
12	Two-color synchronously mode-locked femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser Optics Letters ·M.R.X. de Barros, P. C. Becker	1993	79
13	Erbium luminescence in porous silicon doped from spin-on films Journal of Applied Physics ·A. M. Dorofeev, Н. В. Гапоненко, Vitaly Bondarenko, E. E. Bachilo, N.M. Kazuchits, А. А. Лешок, G. N. Troyanova, N. N. Vorosov, В. Е. Борисенко, Hubert Gnaser, Wolfgang Böck, P. C. Becker, H. Oechsner	1995	68
14	Concentration-dependent /sup 4/I/sub 13/2/ lifetimes in Er/sup 3+/-doped fibers and Er/sup 3+/-doped planar waveguides IEEE Photonics Technology Letters ·G. Nykolak, P. C. Becker, J. Shmulovich, Y. H. Wong, D. J. DiGiovanni, A.J. Bruce	1993	67
15	Phase separation in magnetron sputtered superhard BCN thin films Diamond and Related Materials ·S. Ulrich, H. Ehrhardt, T. Theel, J. Schwan, S. Westermeyr, M. Scheib, P. C. Becker, H. Oechsner, G. Dollinger, A. Bergmaier	1998	59
16	Crystal field analysis of Tm3+ and Yb3+ in YPO4 and LuPO4 The Journal of Chemical Physics ·P. C. Becker, T. Hayhurst, George V. Shalimoff, John G. Conway, Norman M. Edelstein, L. A. Boatner, M. M. Abraham	1984	56
17	Intensities and asymmetries of electronic Raman scattering inErPO4andTmPO4 Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·P. C. Becker, Norman M. Edelstein, G. M. Williams, J. J. Bucher, R. E. Russo, J. A. Koningstein, L. A. Boatner, M. M. Abraham	1985	51
18	8-mV threshold Er/sup 3+/-doped planar waveguide amplifier IEEE Photonics Technology Letters ·Ruby N. Ghosh, J. Shmulovich, C.F. Kane, M.R.X. de Barros, G. Nykolak, A.J. Bruce, P. C. Becker	1996	49
19	Systems evaluation of an Er/sup 3+/-doped planar waveguide amplifier IEEE Photonics Technology Letters ·G. Nykolak, M. Haner, P. C. Becker, J. Shmulovich, Y. H. Wong	1993	48
20	Er ³⁺ glass waveguide amplifier at 1.5 μm on silicon Electronics Letters ·J. Shmulovich, Y. H. Wong, P. C. Becker, A.J. Bruce, R. Adar, Apollo P. Y. Wong	1992	45

About P. C. Becker

P. C. Becker is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Ceramics and Composites and Spectroscopy, having authored 68 papers that have together received 4.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Optical Network Technologies (23 papers), Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (19 papers), Solid State Laser Technologies (17 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (16 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (11 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (11 papers), Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (9 papers) and Glass properties and applications (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.6k citations), Ceramics and Composites (389 citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2.3k citations), Biophysics (160 citations) and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (248 citations). P. C. Becker has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Frequent co-authors include C. V. Shank, J.R. Simpson, R. L. Fork, C. H. Brito Cruz, N.A. Olsson, H. L. Fragnito, E. Desurvire, J.-Y. Bigot, J. E. Cunningham and J. E. Henry. Their work appears in journals such as IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Applied Physics Letters, Optics Letters, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Electronics Letters.

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