Sterling Backus

7.7k citations
83 papers · 5.9k · 4 hit papers · h-index 33

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Sterling Backus

76 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Sterling Backus's Hit Papers

Shaped-pulse optimization of coherent emission of high-harmonic soft X-rays 2000 · 554 citations
5540+9+18Years since publication200400600

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Sterling Backus
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  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5.0k
  • Structural Biology 168
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1.5k
  • Biophysics 311
  • Radiation 414
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Sterling Backus, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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Phase-Matched Generation of Coherent Soft X-rays
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1998687
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Shaped-pulse optimization of coherent emission of high-harmonic soft X-rays
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2000554
3
High power ultrafast lasers
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1998462
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Short-Pulse Laser Damage in Transparent Materials as a Function of Pulse Duration
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1999450
5 2002300
6 2003280
7 1999274
8 2003253
9 1999209
10 1999171
11 2018171
12 1996143
13 1997127
14 2010114
15 1997110
16 2004101
17 201097
18 200194
19 200193
20 200088

About Sterling Backus

Sterling Backus is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation and Mechanics of Materials, having authored 83 papers that have together received 5.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (66 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (53 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (25 papers), Solid State Laser Technologies (23 papers), Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (12 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (9 papers), Laser Design and Applications (8 papers) and Laser Material Processing Techniques (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (5.0k citations), Structural Biology (168 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.5k citations), Biophysics (311 citations) and Radiation (414 citations). Sterling Backus has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Bulgaria and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Henry C. Kapteyn, Margaret M. Murnane, Charles G. Durfee, Randy A. Bartels, Ivan P. Christov, Andy Rundquist, Catherine M. Herne, G. Mourou, Erik Zeek and Gleb Vdovin. Their work appears in journals such as Optics Letters, Optics Express, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Physical Review Letters and Optics and Photonics News.

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