World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Christopher R. Doerr

Christopher R. Doerr

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
67
Citations
16128
World Ranking
1092
National Ranking
460

Christopher R. Doerr publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher R. Doerr sits on this spectrum.

34–53 publications: 24 scientists 54–73 publications: 52 scientists 74–93 publications: 114 scientists 94–113 publications: 203 scientists 114–133 publications: 269 scientists 134–153 publications: 355 scientists 154–173 publications: 403 scientists 174–193 publications: 445 scientists 194–213 publications: 430 scientists 214–233 publications: 431 scientists 234–253 publications: 399 scientists 254–273 publications: 366 scientists 274–293 publications: 335 scientists 294–313 publications: 300 scientists 314–333 publications: 276 scientists 334–353 publications: 250 scientists 354–373 publications: 214 scientists 374–393 publications: 187 scientists 394–413 publications: 152 scientists 414–433 publications: 169 scientists 434–453 publications: 147 scientists 454–473 publications: 111 scientists 474–493 publications: 117 scientists 494–513 publications: 103 scientists 514–533 publications: 99 scientists 534–553 publications: 92 scientists 554–573 publications: 75 scientists 574–593 publications: 58 scientists 594–613 publications: 69 scientists 614–633 publications: 50 scientists 634–653 publications: 62 scientists 654–673 publications: 54 scientists 674–693 publications: 44 scientists 694–713 publications: 37 scientists 714–733 publications: 28 scientists 734–753 publications: 26 scientists 754–773 publications: 26 scientists 774–793 publications: 19 scientists 794–813 publications: 23 scientists 814–833 publications: 20 scientists 834–853 publications: 16 scientists 854–873 publications: 20 scientists 874–893 publications: 11 scientists 894–913 publications: 11 scientists 914–933 publications: 16 scientists 934–953 publications: 13 scientists 954–973 publications: 10 scientists 974–993 publications: 11 scientists 994–1,013 publications: 9 scientists 1,014–1,033 publications: 9 scientists 1,034–1,053 publications: 10 scientists 1,054–1,064 publications: 6 scientists 1,065+ publications: 99 scientists
34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 508 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Christopher R. Doerr D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher R. Doerr sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 178 scientists 31 D-Index: 257 scientists 32 D-Index: 263 scientists 33 D-Index: 262 scientists 34 D-Index: 244 scientists 35 D-Index: 236 scientists 36 D-Index: 211 scientists 37 D-Index: 220 scientists 38 D-Index: 214 scientists 39 D-Index: 214 scientists 40 D-Index: 205 scientists 41 D-Index: 187 scientists 42 D-Index: 194 scientists 43 D-Index: 201 scientists 44 D-Index: 155 scientists 45 D-Index: 189 scientists 46 D-Index: 148 scientists 47 D-Index: 160 scientists 48 D-Index: 134 scientists 49 D-Index: 130 scientists 50 D-Index: 141 scientists 51 D-Index: 156 scientists 52 D-Index: 108 scientists 53 D-Index: 130 scientists 54 D-Index: 112 scientists 55 D-Index: 97 scientists 56 D-Index: 111 scientists 57 D-Index: 102 scientists 58 D-Index: 108 scientists 59 D-Index: 120 scientists 60 D-Index: 103 scientists 61 D-Index: 93 scientists 62 D-Index: 92 scientists 63 D-Index: 74 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 73 scientists 66 D-Index: 64 scientists 67 D-Index: 69 scientists 68 D-Index: 60 scientists 69 D-Index: 39 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 59 scientists 72 D-Index: 46 scientists 73 D-Index: 49 scientists 74 D-Index: 38 scientists 75 D-Index: 35 scientists 76 D-Index: 32 scientists 77 D-Index: 35 scientists 78 D-Index: 31 scientists 79 D-Index: 22 scientists 80 D-Index: 34 scientists 81 D-Index: 31 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 23 scientists 84 D-Index: 18 scientists 85 D-Index: 30 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 20 scientists 89 D-Index: 8 scientists 90 D-Index: 17 scientists 91 D-Index: 7 scientists 92 D-Index: 14 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 10 scientists 98 D-Index: 10 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 16 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 8 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 13 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 5 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 8 scientists 111+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - OSA Fellows For significant contributions to planar lightwave/photonic integrated circuits.
  • 2007 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to planar lightwave circuits

Overview

Christopher R. Doerr is affiliated with Doerr Consulting LLC in the United States. Their research primarily revolves around engineering and physics, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering as well as atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The main topics of their work include photonic and optical devices, optical network technologies, advanced fiber laser technologies, advanced fiber optic sensors, semiconductor lasers and optical devices, quantum optics and atomic interactions, and optical coatings and gratings.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Christopher R. Doerr cover a range of topics related to optical and photonic technologies. These include:

  • Compact ultrabroad-bandwidth cascaded arrayed waveguide gratings, 2020, Optics Express
  • Silicon-photonic laser emitting tunable dual wavelengths with highly correlated phase noise, 2020, Optics Letters
  • Low-chirp push-pull dual-ring modulator with 144 Gb/s PAM-4 data transmission, 2020, Optics Express
  • Linear 2D Beam Steering With a Large Focusing Grating via Focal Point Movement and Wavelength, 2021, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • Silicon-photonics multi-wavelength common-gain tunable laser providing both source and pump for an amplified transceiver, 2021, Optics Letters

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Doerr include Dinh Ton, Binbin Guan, Xue Huang, Chuan Qin, and J. F. Heanue.

The scientist has published multiple papers in notable venues such as:

  • Optics Express
  • Optics Letters
  • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Christopher R. Doerr has been recognized with professional honors including the IEEE Fellow award in 2007 for contributions to planar lightwave circuits and the OSA Fellow distinction in 2009 for significant contributions to planar lightwave and photonic integrated circuits.

Best Publications

  • What is — and what is not — an optical isolator

    Dirk Jalas;Alexander Petrov;Manfred Eich;Wolfgang Freude

  • Spectrally Efficient Long-Haul Optical Networking Using 112-Gb/s Polarization-Multiplexed 16-QAM

    P.J. Winzer;A.H. Gnauck;C.R. Doerr;M. Magarini

  • 2.5 Tb/s (64/spl times/42.7 Gb/s) transmission over 40/spl times/100 km NZDSF using RZ-DPSK format and all-Raman-amplified spans

    A.H. Gnauck;G. Raybon;S. Chandrasekhar;J. Leuthold

  • A wideband all-optical WDM network

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

  • All-Optical Network Consortium-ultrafast TDM networks

    R.A. Barry;V.W.S. Chan;K.L. Hall;E.S. Kintzer

  • Multi-core optical fiber and optical communication systems

    Peter J. Winzer;Christopher Richard Doerr

  • Silicon photonic integration in telecommunications

    Christopher Richard Doerr

  • Interleaver technology: comparisons and applications requirements

    S. Cao;J. Chen;J.N. Damask;C.R. Doerr

  • Technique for obtaining high-energy ultrashort pulses from an additive-pulse mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring laser.

    K. Tamura;C. R. Doerr;L. E. Nelson;H. A. Haus

  • 25.6-Tb/s WDM Transmission of Polarization-Multiplexed RZ-DQPSK Signals

    A.H. Gnauck;G. Charlet;P. Tran;P.J. Winzer

  • Wide Bandwidth Silicon Nitride Grating Coupler

    Christopher R Doerr;Long Chen;Young-Kai Chen;Larry L Buhl

  • Advances in Silica Planar Lightwave Circuits

    C.R. Doerr;K. Okamoto

  • Single-chip silicon photonics 100-Gb/s coherent transceiver

    Christopher R. Doerr;Long Chen;Diedrik Vermeulen;Torben Nielsen

  • Compact polarization rotator on silicon for polarization-diversified circuits

    Long Chen;Christopher R. Doerr;Young-Kai Chen

  • Monolithic Polarization and Phase Diversity Coherent Receiver in Silicon

    C.R. Doerr;P.J. Winzer;Young-Kai Chen;S. Chandrasekhar

  • 100-Gb/s DQPSK Transmission: From Laboratory Experiments to Field Trials

    P.J. Winzer;G. Raybon;Haoyu Song;A. Adamiecki

  • Cubic meter volume optical coherence tomography.

    Zhao Wang;Benjamin Potsaid;Long Chen;Chris Doerr

  • 25.6-Tb/s C+L-band transmission of polarization-multiplexed RZ-DQPSK signals

    Alan H. Gnauck;Gabriel Charlet;Patrice Tran;Peter Winzer

  • Stretched-pulse fiber laser

    Kohichi R. Tamura;Erich P. Ippen;Hermann A. Haus;Lynn E. Nelson

  • Simple multichannel optical equalizer mitigating intersymbol interference for 40-Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero signals

    C.R. Doerr;S. Chandrasekhar;P.J. Winzer;A.R. Chraplyvy

  • Optically restorable WDM ring network using simple add/drop circuitry

    B. Glance;C.R. Doerr;I.P. Kaminow;R. Montagne

Frequent Co-Authors

L.W. Stulz
L.W. Stulz Nokia (United States)
Peter J. Winzer
Peter J. Winzer Nokia (United States)
Sethumadhavan Chandrasekhar
Sethumadhavan Chandrasekhar Nokia (United States)
Alan H. Gnauck
Alan H. Gnauck Nokia (United States)
Juerg Leuthold
Juerg Leuthold ETH Zurich
G. Raybon
G. Raybon Nokia (United States)
Young-Kai Chen
Young-Kai Chen Princeton University
Tetsuya Kawanishi
Tetsuya Kawanishi Waseda University

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

For those interested in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, exploring related online degrees and career pathways can offer flexibility and enhanced job prospects. Many online programs offer immediate enrollment options, making it easier to start your education without delay. Consider checking out online colleges that start immediately to jumpstart your academic journey at your convenience.

In addition to traditional degrees, short-term certifications can boost your credentials quickly. Some 6-month certificate programs that pay well provide practical skills relevant to the electrical and electronics fields, helping you enter the workforce faster or enhance your current role.

For graduates or professionals who prefer focused, independent work, fields in engineering and project management can be ideal. Online best accelerated project management degree programs online are designed to develop leadership and organizational skills, benefiting those transitioning into technical management roles.

Moreover, many careers in electronics and electrical engineering suit individuals who thrive in quieter, more introspective environments. Exploring the best jobs for introverts can help you identify positions that align well with your personality while leveraging your technical expertise.

Best Scientists Citing Christopher R. Doerr

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles