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Andrew P. Knights

Andrew P. Knights

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
33
Citations
5601
World Ranking
5973
National Ranking
264

Overview

Andrew P. Knights is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions to subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Artificial Intelligence, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics Andrew P. Knights has explored in their work encompass Photonic and Optical Devices, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors, Advanced Photonic Communication Systems, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices, and Optical Network Technologies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Andrew P. Knights include:

  • Jonathan D. B. Bradley
  • Henry C. Frankis
  • Khadijeh Miarabbas Kiani
  • Cameron M. Naraine
  • Yanran Xie

Andrew P. Knights has published regularly in several venues, notably:

  • Optics Express
  • Laser & Photonics Review
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Optical Materials Express
  • Optics Letters

Selected recent papers by Andrew P. Knights include:

  • "Graphene oxide integrated silicon photonics for detection of vapour phase volatile organic compounds," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Lasing in a Hybrid Rare-Earth Silicon Microdisk," 2021, Laser & Photonics Review
  • "Subwavelength Grating Metamaterial Waveguides and Ring Resonators on a Silicon Nitride Platform," 2022, Laser & Photonics Review
  • "Thulium-doped tellurium oxide microring lasers integrated on a low-loss silicon nitride platform," 2021, Optical Materials Express
  • "High-speed performance of a TDFA-band micro-ring resonator modulator and detector," 2020, Optics Express

Best Publications

  • Silicon Photonics: An Introduction

    Graham T. Reed;Andrew P. Knights

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  • High-speed detection at two micrometres with monolithic silicon photodiodes

    Jason J. Ackert;David J. Thomson;Li Shen;Anna C. Peacock

  • Silicon waveguide two-photon absorption detector at 1.5 μm wavelength for autocorrelation measurements

    T. K. Liang;H. K. Tsang;I. E. Day;J. Drake

  • Wavelength Locking and Thermally Stabilizing Microring Resonators Using Dithering Signals

    Kishore Padmaraju;Dylan F. Logan;Takashi Shiraishi;Jason J. Ackert

  • High-speed silicon modulators for the 2 μm wavelength band

    Wei Cao;David Hagan;David J. Thomson;Milos Nedeljkovic

  • Silicon waveguide-integrated optical power monitor with enhanced sensitivity at 1550nm

    J. D. B. Bradley;P. E. Jessop;A. P. Knights

  • Positron studies of defects in ion-implanted SiC.

    G. Brauer;W. Anwand;P. G. Coleman;A. P. Knights

  • The evolution of silicon photonics as an enabling technology for optical interconnection

    J.K. Doylend;A.P. Knights

  • Integrated thermal stabilization of a microring modulator

    Kishore Padmaraju;Dylan F Logan;Xiaoliang Zhu;Jason J Ackert

  • Tapered silicon waveguides for low insertion loss highly-efficient high-speed electronic variable optical attenuators

    I. Day;I. Evans;A. Knights;F. Hopper

  • Silicon photonic resonator-enhanced defect-mediated photodiode for sub-bandgap detection

    J. K. Doylend;P. E. Jessop;A. P. Knights

  • Ge-on-Si Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Detectors: Design, Modeling, Fabrication, and Characterization at Wavelengths 1310 and 1550 nm

    Ryan E. Warburton;Giuseppe Intermite;Maksym Myronov;Phil Allred

  • Silicon-based organic light-emitting diode operating at a wavelength of 1.5 μm

    R. J. Curry;William P. Gillin;A. P. Knights;R. Gwilliam

  • Silicon-on-insulator waveguide photodetector with self-ion-implantation-engineered-enhanced infrared response

    A. P. Knights;J. D. B. Bradley;S. H. Gou;P. E. Jessop

  • In-line light sensor

    Andrew Peter Knights;Adrian Petru Vonsovici;Dominic Joseph Brady;Andrew Alan House

  • Silicon Photonic Circuit Design Using Rapid Prototyping Foundry Process Design Kits

    Lukas Chrostowski;Hossam Shoman;Mustafa Hammood;Han Yun

  • Optical detection and modulation at 2µm-2.5µm in silicon.

    D.J. Thomson;L. Shen;J.J. Ackert;E. Huante-Ceron

  • Defect structure of carbon rich a-SiC:H films and the influence of gas and heat treatments

    T. Friessnegg;M. Boudreau;P. Mascher;A. Knights

  • CMOS-compatible optical rib waveguides defined by local oxidation of silicon

    L.K. Rowe;M. Elsey;N.G. Tarr;A.P. Knights

  • Electron and hole mobility reduction and Hall factor in phosphorus-compensated p-type silicon

    F. E. Rougieux;D. Macdonald;A. Cuevas;S. Ruffell

  • Probing the phonon confinement in ultrasmall silicon nanocrystals reveals a size-dependent surface energy

    Iain F. Crowe;Matthew P. Halsall;Oksana Hulko;Andrew P. Knights

  • Design and Simulation of an Integrated Fiber-to-Chip Coupler for Silicon-on-Insulator Waveguides

    J.K. Doylend;A.P. Knights

  • Modeling Defect Enhanced Detection at 1550 nm in Integrated Silicon Waveguide Photodetectors

    D.F. Logan;P.E. Jessop;A.P. Knights

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham T. Reed
Graham T. Reed University of Southampton
Goran Z. Mashanovich
Goran Z. Mashanovich University of Southampton
David J. Thomson
David J. Thomson University of Southampton
Keren Bergman
Keren Bergman Columbia University
Marc Sorel
Marc Sorel University of Glasgow
Alejandro Ortega-Moñux
Alejandro Ortega-Moñux University of Malaga
Anna C. Peacock
Anna C. Peacock University of Southampton
Richard M. Osgood
Richard M. Osgood Columbia University
Alwyn J. Seeds
Alwyn J. Seeds University College London
Gianluigi A. Botton
Gianluigi A. Botton McMaster University

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