24th Photonics North Conference

Top Research Topics at Photonics North?

• Optics (63.13%)
• Optoelectronics (31.23%)
• Laser (17.61%)

Photonics North mainly tackles studies in Optics, Optoelectronics, Laser, Photonics and Optical fiber. The presentations discussing Optics offer insights in topics such as Fiber Bragg grating, Grating, Refractive index, Wavelength and Fiber laser. The study on Fiber Bragg grating presented in Photonics North intersects with the topics under PHOSFOS.

It is focused mainly on Grating, particularly Diffraction grating. Plasmon, Silicon, Silicon photonics, Photonic-crystal fiber and Waveguide (optics) are among the areas of Optoelectronics tackled. Photonics North covers various topics on Laser such as Semiconductor laser theory, Femtosecond, Laser power scaling and Distributed feedback laser.

It focuses on Photonics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Electronic engineering and Photonic crystal. Topics in Optical fiber were tackled in line with various other fields like Fiber and Dispersion (optics).

What are the most cited papers published at the conference?

• 40 GHz electro-optic polarization modulator for fiber optic communications systems (159 citations)
• Temperature insensitive long-period grating sensors in photonic crystal fibre (95 citations)
• TFT active image sensor with current-mode readout circuit for digital x-ray fluoroscopy (83 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Photonics North:

The most cited papers tackle a plethora of topics, such as Optics, Optoelectronics, Grating, Optical fiber and Telecommunications. While the primary focus in the most cited publications is Optics, they also dissect topics surrounding Silicon on insulator and Power dividers and directional couplers as a whole. The published Optoelectronics works encompass concepts such as Solar cell and examines them in conjunction with Solar mirror.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each conference is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing at Photonics North (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chang-Qing Xu (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Pierre Berini (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Raman Kashyap (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Muthukumaran Packirisamy (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jianping Yao (29 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing at this conference is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the conference for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing at Photonics North (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Ottawa (201 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Toronto (111 papers) absent at the last edition,
• National Research Council (107 papers) absent at the last edition,
• McMaster University (106 papers) absent at the last edition,
• McGill University (74 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing at this conference is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the conference for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions at the conference edition to all articles published within that conference. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the conference.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing at the conference. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 100.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of conferences they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same conference from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the conference in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing at a conference. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a conference, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.