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Akira Hasegawa

Akira Hasegawa

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
61
Citations
23372
World Ranking
1987
National Ranking
21

Akira Hasegawa publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akira Hasegawa sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 281 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Akira Hasegawa D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akira Hasegawa sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1979 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to linear and nonlinear wave dynamics in laboratory and space plasmas, to nonlinear optics, and to nonlinear fluid dynamics.
  • 1975 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Optics

Akira Hasegawa mainly investigates Optics, Soliton, Optical fiber, Plasma and Dispersion. The Soliton study combines topics in areas such as Guiding center, Nonlinear Schrödinger equation, Schrödinger equation and Self-phase modulation. His studies in Optical fiber integrate themes in fields like Modulational instability, Nonlinear optics and Optical amplifier.

His study in Plasma is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Energy, Condensed matter physics, Magnetic field and Atomic physics. His Dispersion research incorporates elements of Amplitude, Transmission and Pulse. His Pulse study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Soliton and Zero-dispersion wavelength.

His most cited work include:

  • Transmission of stationary nonlinear optical pulses in dispersive dielectric fibers. I. Anomalous dispersion (1938 citations)
  • Pseudo-three-dimensional turbulence in magnetized nonuniform plasma (697 citations)
  • Optical solitons in fibers (662 citations)

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

Akira Hasegawa mainly focuses on Optics, Plasma, Soliton, Dispersion and Atomic physics. His Optics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Soliton transmission and Soliton. His Plasma study also includes

  • Classical mechanics together with Vortex,
  • Quantum electrodynamics together with Wave propagation.

He has included themes like Nonlinear Schrödinger equation, Wavelength-division multiplexing and Nonlinear optics in his Soliton study. His Dispersion research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Fiber, Transmission, Single-mode optical fiber, Zero-dispersion wavelength and Modal dispersion. His Atomic physics study incorporates themes from Electromagnetic electron wave, Ion, Cyclotron, Electric field and Excitation.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Optics (33.33%)
  • Plasma (21.48%)
  • Soliton (19.26%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1998-2021)?

  • Optics (33.33%)
  • Dispersion (16.30%)
  • Soliton (19.26%)

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

His main research concerns Optics, Dispersion, Soliton, Optoelectronics and Electronic engineering. He has researched Optics in several fields, including Transmission and Soliton transmission, Soliton. In his research on the topic of Soliton, Group velocity is strongly related with Modulational instability.

Akira Hasegawa combines subjects such as Fiber, Kerr effect, Classical mechanics and Zero-dispersion wavelength with his study of Dispersion. As part of one scientific family, he deals mainly with the area of Classical mechanics, narrowing it down to issues related to the Plasma, and often Self-organization, Mesoscopic physics and Lorentz force. Akira Hasegawa interconnects Nonlinear Schrödinger equation, Optical communication, Pulse and Dissipation in the investigation of issues within Soliton.

Between 1998 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Dispersion and nonlinear management for femtosecond optical solitons (60 citations)
  • High-speed soliton transmission in dense periodic fibers (59 citations)
  • Soliton-based optical communications: an overview (51 citations)

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Optics

Optics, Soliton, Dispersion, Electronic engineering and Soliton transmission are his primary areas of study. His Optics research incorporates themes from Jitter and Soliton. His Soliton research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Optical fiber and Nonlinear Schrödinger equation.

His research integrates issues of Fiber, Non-return-to-zero, Kerr effect and Transmission in his study of Dispersion. His Soliton transmission study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Dispersion managed, All optical and Modulational instability. His Computational physics research integrates issues from Instability and Classical mechanics.

Best Publications

  • Transmission of stationary nonlinear optical pulses in dispersive dielectric fibers. I. Anomalous dispersion

    Akira Hasegawa;Frederick Tappert

  • Pseudo-three-dimensional turbulence in magnetized nonuniform plasma

    Akira Hasegawa;Kunioki Mima

  • Observation of modulational instability in optical fibers.

    K. Tai;A. Hasegawa;A. Tomita

  • Optical solitons in fibers

    Akira Hasegawa

  • Plasma instabilities and nonlinear effects

    Akira Hasegawa

  • Novel Soliton Solutions of the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation Model

    Vladimir N. Serkin;Akira Hasegawa

  • Nonautonomous solitons in external potentials.

    V. N. Serkin;Akira Hasegawa;T. L. Belyaeva

  • Plasma Distribution Function in a Superthermal Radiation Field

    Akira Hasegawa;Kunioki Mima;Minh Duong-van

  • Plasma Edge Turbulence

    Akira Hasegawa;Masahiro Wakatani

  • Nonlinear behavior and turbulence spectra of drift waves and Rossby waves

    Akira Hasegawa;Carol G. Maclennan;Yuji Kodama

  • Stationary Spectrum of Strong Turbulence in Magnetized Nonuniform Plasma

    Akira Hasegawa;Kunioki Mima

  • Generation of a train of soliton pulses by induced modulational instability in optical fibers.

    Akira Hasegawa

  • Self-organization processes in continuous media

    Akira Hasegawa

  • Generation of asymptotically stable optical solitons and suppression of the Gordon-Haus effect.

    Yuji Kodama;Akira Hasegawa

  • Guiding-center soliton in optical fibers.

    Akira Hasegawa;Yuji Kodama

  • Plasma heating by spatial resonance of Alfven wave

    Liu Chen;Akira Hasegawa

  • Optical Solitons in Fibers

    Akira Hasegawa;Masayuki Matsumoto

  • Self-organization of electrostatic turbulence in a cylindrical plasma.

    Akira Hasegawa;Masahiro Wakatani

  • Guiding-center soliton.

    Akira Hasegawa;Yuji Kodama

  • Exact solitary Alfven wave

    Akira Hasegawa;Kunioki Mima

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuji Kodama
Yuji Kodama The Ohio State University
Akihiro Maruta
Akihiro Maruta Osaka University
Morio Ikehara
Morio Ikehara Osaka University
Liu Chen
Liu Chen Zhejiang University
Louis J. Lanzerotti
Louis J. Lanzerotti New Jersey Institute of Technology
Peter A. Andrekson
Peter A. Andrekson Chalmers University of Technology
Osamu Matoba
Osamu Matoba Kobe University
Kazuhide Inoue
Kazuhide Inoue Kyushu University
Victor L. Granatstein
Victor L. Granatstein University of Maryland, College Park
Kunihito Koumoto
Kunihito Koumoto Nagoya University

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