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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
40
Citations
15007
World Ranking
4380
National Ranking
1551

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - OSA Fellows For fundamental contributions to optical amplifiers and lightwave CATV systems and for pioneering work on and tenacious advocacy of all-optical networking.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Telecommunications
  • Computer network
  • Electrical engineering

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Computer network, Telecommunications network, Amplifier, Electronic engineering and Scalability. His Telecommunications network research is within the category of Telecommunications. His work deals with themes such as Optical pumping and Control theory, Nonlinear system, which intersect with Amplifier.

His Electronic engineering research includes themes of Electrical engineering and Data transmission. While the research belongs to areas of Data transmission, he spends his time largely on the problem of Antenna, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Delay spread, Multipath propagation and Attenuation. His Communication channel research incorporates themes from Rayleigh scattering, Computational physics and Root mean square.

His most cited work include:

  • A Statistical Model for Indoor Multipath Propagation (2882 citations)
  • Frequency-Independent and Frequency-Dependent Nonlinear Models of TWT Amplifiers (1223 citations)
  • Distributed Antennas for Indoor Radio Communications (482 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Electronic engineering, Optics, Amplifier, Wavelength-division multiplexing and Computer network. His Electronic engineering research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Intermodulation and Signal. The concepts of his Amplifier study are interwoven with issues in Nonlinear system and Optical amplifier.

His Wavelength-division multiplexing study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Crossbar switch, Integrated optics, Circuit switching, Multiplexing and Interconnection. The various areas that Adel A. M. Saleh examines in his Computer network study include Optical performance monitoring, Telecommunications and Optical switch. His Telecommunications study incorporates themes from Multiwavelength optical networking and Wideband.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Electronic engineering (31.68%)
  • Optics (21.78%)
  • Amplifier (20.79%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Crossbar switch (10.89%)
  • Silicon photonics (9.90%)
  • Optoelectronics (12.87%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Adel A. M. Saleh spends much of his time researching Crossbar switch, Silicon photonics, Optoelectronics, Resonator and Optical switch. His work in Crossbar switch tackles topics such as Wavelength-division multiplexing which are related to areas like Interconnection. His study in Resonator is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Wavelength and Circuit switching.

His work deals with themes such as Computer network and Silicon, which intersect with Optical switch. Adel A. M. Saleh has researched Computer network in several fields, including Multiplexer and Optical cross-connect. As a part of the same scientific family, Adel A. M. Saleh mostly works in the field of Photonics, focusing on Signal and, on occasion, Routing.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Multi-wavelength selective crossbar switch. (25 citations)
  • On-chip wavelength locking for photonic switches. (13 citations)
  • Wavelength-Selective CDC ROADM Designs Using Reduced-Sized Optical Cross-Connects (13 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Telecommunications
  • Electrical engineering
  • Computer network

Adel A. M. Saleh mostly deals with Optoelectronics, Resonator, Crossbar switch, Wavelength and Wavelength-division multiplexing. His Optoelectronics research integrates issues from Circuit switching and Optics. The Circuit switching study combines topics in areas such as Silicon photonics, Application-specific integrated circuit, Data transmission and Insertion loss.

His work on Crosstalk, Photodetector and Photonics is typically connected to Statistical variability as part of general Optics study, connecting several disciplines of science. The concepts of his Wavelength-division multiplexing study are interwoven with issues in Node, Bandwidth, Interconnection and Network packet. His Node research is classified as research in Computer network.

Best Publications

  • A Statistical Model for Indoor Multipath Propagation

    A. A.M. Saleh;R. Valenzuela

  • Frequency-Independent and Frequency-Dependent Nonlinear Models of TWT Amplifiers

    A.A.M.Saleh

  • Distributed Antennas for Indoor Radio Communications

    A.A.M. Saleh;A. Rustako;R. Roman

  • Adaptive linearization of power amplifiers in digital radio systems

    A. A. M. Saleh;J. Salz

  • Modeling of gain in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

    A.A.M. Saleh;R.M. Jopson;J.D. Evankow;J. Aspell

  • MONET: multiwavelength optical networking

    R.E. Wagner;R.C. Alferness;A.A.M. Saleh;M.S. Goodman

  • A wideband all-optical WDM network

    I.P. Kaminow;C.R. Doerr;C. Dragone;T. Koch

  • A precompetitive consortium on wide-band all-optical networks

    S.B. Alexander;R.S. Bondurant;D. Byrne;V.W.S. Chan

  • Optical Networking: Past, Present, and Future

    J. Berthold;A.A.M. Saleh;L. Blair;J.M. Simmons

  • Architectural principles of optical regional and metropolitan access networks

    A.A.M. Saleh;J.M. Simmons

  • The near/far effect in local ALOHA radio communications

    D.J. Goodman;A.A.M. Saleh

  • Fundamental limit on number of channels in subcarrier-multiplexed lightwave CATV system

    A.A.M. Saleh

  • Improving the Power-Added Efficiency of FET Amplifiers Operating with Varying-Envelope Signals

    A.A.M. Saleh;D.C. Cox

  • Evolution toward the next-generation core optical network

    A.A.M. Saleh;J.M. Simmons

  • Quantifying the benefit of wavelength add-drop in WDM rings with distance-independent and dependent traffic

    J.M. Simmons;E.L. Goldstein;A.A.M. Saleh

  • Technology and architecture to enable the explosive growth of the internet

    A A M Saleh;J M Simmons

  • All-Optical Networking—Evolution, Benefits, Challenges, and Future Vision

    A. A. M. Saleh;J. M. Simmons

  • Planar Electrically Symmetric n-Way Hybrid Power Dividers/Combiners

    A.A.M. Saleh

  • Model for gain dynamics in erbium-doped fibre amplifiers

    Y. Sun;G. Luo;J.L. Zyskind;A.A.M. Saleh

  • Two-stage Fabry-Perot filters as demultiplexers in optical FDMA LANs

    A.A.M. Saleh;J. Stone

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonard J. Cimini
Leonard J. Cimini University of Delaware
Thomas Edward Darcie
Thomas Edward Darcie University of Victoria
Clint L. Schow
Clint L. Schow University of California, Santa Barbara
Reinaldo A. Valenzuela
Reinaldo A. Valenzuela Nokia (United States)
Ivan P. Kaminow
Ivan P. Kaminow University of California, Berkeley
Uziel Koren
Uziel Koren Nokia (United States)
David J. Goodman
David J. Goodman New York University
John E. Bowers
John E. Bowers University of California, Santa Barbara
L.W. Stulz
L.W. Stulz Nokia (United States)

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