William E. White

11.4k citations

178 papers · 9.0k · 2 hit papers · h-index 40

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Structural Biology top 0.05%
- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Radiation top 0.05%
- Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
- X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis

Papers in

Radiation 31
- Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques 29
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 52
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications 37

Co-authors: A. Sullivan (10 shared papers)R. W. Falcone (5 shared papers)Sheffield Gordon (4 shared papers)Harald Hamster (4 shared papers)Rick P. Trebino (7 shared papers)Kenneth W. DeLong (6 shared papers)James Hunter (5 shared papers)Ronnie L. Shepherd (7 shared papers)
Journals: Optics Letters (7 papers)The Journal of Organic Chemistry (6 papers)Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (5 papers)Physical Review Letters (5 papers)Journal of the Optical Society of America B (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

William E. White

163 papers receiving 8.6k citations

William E. White's Hit Papers

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First lasing and operation of an ångstrom-wavelength free-electron laser 2010 · 2.5k 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.

2010 Nature Photonics
1993 Physical Review Letters

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1	First lasing and operation of an ångstrom-wavelength free-electron laser Nature Photonics ·P. Emma, Ronald A Akre, John Arthur, R. M. Bionta, C. Bostedt, John D. Bozek, A. Brachmann, P. H. Bucksbaum Hit paper breakdown →	2010	2530
2	Subpicosecond, electromagnetic pulses from intense laser-plasma interaction Physical Review Letters ·Harald Hamster, A. Sullivan, Sheffield Gordon, William E. White, R. W. Falcone Hit paper breakdown →	1993	605
3	Simultaneous Femtosecond X-ray Spectroscopy and Diffraction of Photosystem II at Room Temperature Science ·Jan F Kern, Roberto Alonso‐Mori, Rosalie Tran, Johan Hattne, Richard J. Gildea, Nathaniel Echols, Carina Glöckner, Julia Hellmich	2013	372
4	Frequency-resolved optical gating with the use of second-harmonic generation Journal of the Optical Society of America B ·Kenneth W. DeLong, Rick P. Trebino, James Hunter, William E. White	1994	302
5	Absorption of Ultrashort Laser Pulses by Solid Targets Heated Rapidly to Temperatures 1–1000 eV Physical Review Letters ·Dwight F. Price, Richard M. More, R. S. Walling, G. Guethlein, Ronnie L. Shepherd, Richard E. Stewart, William E. White	1995	262
6	Measurements and Simulations of Ultralow Emittance and Ultrashort Electron Beams in the Linac Coherent Light Source Physical Review Letters ·Yuantao Ding, A. Brachmann, F.-J. Decker, D.H. Dowell, P. Emma, J. Frisch, S. Gilevich, G. Hays	2009	261
7	Commissioning the Linac Coherent Light Source injector Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams ·Ronald A Akre, D.H. Dowell, P. Emma, J. Frisch, S. Gilevich, G. Hays, Ph. Hering, Richard H. Iverson	2008	203
8	Femtosecond Visualization of Lattice Dynamics in Shock-Compressed Matter Science ·Despina Milathianaki, Sébastien Boutet, Garth J. Williams, Andrew Higginbotham, Daniel F. Ratner, Arianna Gleason, Marc M. Messerschmidt, Marvin M. Seibert	2013	177
9	Targeted enrichment of ancient pathogens yielding the pPCP1 plasmid of Yersinia pestis from victims of the Black Death Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Verena J. Schuenemann, Kirsten I. Bos, Sharon N. DeWitte, Sarah E. Schmedes, Joslyn Jamieson, Alissa Mittnik, Stephen Forrest, Brian K. Coombes	2011	173
10	Nanoflow electrospinning serial femtosecond crystallography Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography ·Raymond G. Sierra, Hartawan Laksmono, Jan F Kern, Rosalie Tran, Johan Hattne, Roberto Alonso‐Mori, Benedikt Lassalle‐Kaiser, Carina Glöckner	2012	162
11	Some Observations on Corrosion of Carbon Steel in Aqueous Environments Containing Carbon Dioxide CORROSION ·G. I. Ogundele, William E. White	1986	158
12	Time-resolved pump-probe experiments at the LCLS Optics Express ·James M. Glownia, James Cryan, Jakob Andreasson, A. Belkacem, N. Berrah, Cosmin I. Blaga, Christoph Bostedt, John D. Bozek	2010	158
13	Auger Electron Angular Distribution of Double Core-Hole States in the Molecular Reference Frame Physical Review Letters ·James Cryan, James M. Glownia, Jakob Andreasson, A. Belkacem, N. Berrah, Cosmin I. Blaga, C. Bostedt, John D. Bozek	2010	145
14	Room temperature femtosecond X-ray diffraction of photosystem II microcrystals Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jan F Kern, Roberto Alonso‐Mori, Julia Hellmich, Rosalie Tran, Johan Hattne, Hartawan Laksmono, Carina Glöckner, Nathaniel Echols	2012	145
15	Accurate macromolecular structures using minimal measurements from X-ray free-electron lasers Nature Methods ·Johan Hattne, Nathaniel Echols, Rosalie Tran, Jan F Kern, Richard J. Gildea, Aaron S. Brewster, Roberto Alonso‐Mori, Carina Glöckner	2014	137
16	Absence of Yersinia pestis-specific DNA in human teeth from five European excavations of putative plague victims Microbiology ·M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Jon Cuccui, William E. White, Niels Lynnerup, Richard W. Titball, Alan Cooper, Michael B. Prentice	2004	127
17	Measurements of the linac coherent light source laser heater and its impact on the x-ray free-electron laser performance Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams ·Zhirong Huang, A. Brachmann, F.-J. Decker, Yuantao Ding, D.H. Dowell, P. Emma, J. Frisch, S. Gilevich	2010	127
18	The Matter in Extreme Conditions instrument at the Linac Coherent Light Source Journal of Synchrotron Radiation ·Bob Nagler, Brice Arnold, G. Bouchard, Richard Boyce, R.M. Boyce, Alice Callen, Marc Campell, Ruben Curiel	2015	125
19	Demonstration of X-Ray Amplification in Transient Gain Nickel-like Palladium Scheme Physical Review Letters ·James Dunn, Albert L. Osterheld, Ronnie L. Shepherd, William E. White, Vyacheslav N. Shlyaptsev, R. E. Stewart	1998	124
20	Energy-dispersive X-ray emission spectroscopy using an X-ray free-electron laser in a shot-by-shot mode Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Roberto Alonso‐Mori, Jan F Kern, Richard J. Gildea, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Tsu-Chien Weng, Benedikt Lassalle‐Kaiser, Rosalie Tran, Johan Hattne	2012	116

About William E. White

William E. White is a scholar working on Radiation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Structural Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, having authored 178 papers that have together received 9.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (37 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (29 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (27 papers), Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers (20 papers), Laser Design and Applications (15 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (11 papers), bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (10 papers) and Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (1.5k citations), Radiation (3.2k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.9k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (3.2k citations) and Metals and Alloys (197 citations). William E. White has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include A. Sullivan, R. W. Falcone, Sheffield Gordon, Harald Hamster, Rick P. Trebino, Kenneth W. DeLong, James Hunter, Ronnie L. Shepherd, K. Lemone Yielding and Dwight F. Price. Their work appears in journals such as Optics Letters, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Physical Review Letters and Journal of the Optical Society of America B.

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