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Clinton Randy Giles

Clinton Randy Giles

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
51
Citations
9439
World Ranking
2692
National Ranking
1020

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Optics
  • Optical fiber
  • Telecommunications

Clinton Randy Giles mostly deals with Optics, Optical fiber, Optical amplifier, Wavelength-division multiplexing and Erbium. His studies deal with areas such as Optoelectronics and Diffraction grating as well as Optical fiber. Clinton Randy Giles combines subjects such as Amplifier and Amplified spontaneous emission with his study of Optical amplifier.

His Amplifier study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Signal-to-noise ratio and Noise. Clinton Randy Giles has included themes like Optical cross-connect, Fiber Bragg grating, Electronic engineering and Fiber-optic communication in his Wavelength-division multiplexing study. His Erbium study combines topics in areas such as Stimulated emission and Lambda.

His most cited work include:

  • Modeling erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (931 citations)
  • Lightwave applications of fiber Bragg gratings (320 citations)
  • Propagation of signal and noise in concatenated erbium-doped fiber optical amplifiers (248 citations)

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

Clinton Randy Giles mainly focuses on Optics, Optoelectronics, Electronic engineering, Wavelength-division multiplexing and Optical amplifier. His study in Amplifier extends to Optics with its themes. His Optoelectronics research includes elements of Optical power, Signal and Laser.

His Electronic engineering study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Linear amplifier, Phase-shift keying, Communication channel and Filter. His Wavelength-division multiplexing research includes themes of Fiber-optic communication, Optical cross-connect and Multi-mode optical fiber. His Optical amplifier research incorporates elements of Mach–Zehnder interferometer, All optical and Direct-coupled amplifier.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Optics (54.93%)
  • Optoelectronics (36.62%)
  • Electronic engineering (26.06%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2002-2014)?

  • Optics (54.93%)
  • Optical filter (10.56%)
  • Optical amplifier (23.94%)

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

His primary areas of study are Optics, Optical filter, Optical amplifier, Optical switch and Optoelectronics. His Optics research integrates issues from Signal and Semiconductor. His Optical filter study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Channel spacing and Pulse.

His work in Optical amplifier covers topics such as Mach–Zehnder interferometer which are related to areas like All optical and Astronomical interferometer. His study in Optical switch is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Optical cross-connect and Digital cross connect system. Clinton Randy Giles studies Wavelength, a branch of Optoelectronics.

Between 2002 and 2014, his most popular works were:

  • Beam-steering micromirrors for large optical cross-connects (113 citations)
  • All-optical wavelength conversion using a pulse reformatting optical filter (106 citations)
  • Wavelength blocking filter with flexible data rates and channel spacing (57 citations)

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

  • Optics
  • Telecommunications
  • Optical fiber

His scientific interests lie mostly in Optics, Optical switch, Optical amplifier, Signal and Optoelectronics. His studies deal with areas such as Provisioning, Optical filter, Insertion loss and Digital cross connect system as well as Optical switch. The various areas that Clinton Randy Giles examines in his Optical filter study include Signal regeneration, Dynamic range, Circuit design and Pulse.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Mach–Zehnder interferometer and Semiconductor. His work focuses on many connections between Signal and other disciplines, such as Phase, that overlap with his field of interest in Ultrashort pulse, Signal processing and All optical. His work is dedicated to discovering how Optoelectronics, Optical cross-connect are connected with Waveguide and Astronomical interferometer and other disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Modeling erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

    C.R. Giles;E. Desurvire

  • Lightwave applications of fiber Bragg gratings

    C.R. Giles

  • Propagation of signal and noise in concatenated erbium-doped fiber optical amplifiers

    C.R. Giles;E. Desurvire

  • The Lucent LambdaRouter: MEMS technology of the future here today

    D.J. Bishop;C.R. Giles;G.P. Austin

  • Dispersive properties of optical filters for WDM systems

    G. Lenz;B.J. Eggleton;C.R. Giles;C.K. Madsen

  • Transient gain and cross talk in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers.

    C. R. Giles;Emmanuel Desurvire;Jay R. Simpson

  • Tapered waveguide InGaAs/InGaAsP multiple-quantum-well lasers

    T.L. Koch;U. Koren;G. Eisenstein;M.G. Young

  • A silicon MEMS optical switch attenuator and its use in lightwave subsystems

    C.R. Giles;V. Aksyuk;B. Barber;R. Ruel

  • Gain saturation effects in high-speed, multichannel erbium-doped fiber amplifiers at lambda =1.53 mu m

    E. Desurvire;C.R. Giles;J.R. Simpson

  • Polarization-dependent pulse compression and broadening due to polarization dispersion in dispersion-shifted fiber.

    Craig D. Poole;C. R. Giles

  • A fiber connectorized MEMS variable optical attenuator

    B. Barber;C.R. Giles;V. Askyuk;R. Ruel

  • Beam-steering micromirrors for large optical cross-connects

    V.A. Aksyuk;F. Pardo;D. Carr;D. Greywall

  • Fully provisioned 112/spl times/112 micro-mechanical optical crossconnect with 35.8 Tb/s demonstrated capacity

    D.T. Neilson;V.A. Aksyuk;S. Arney;N.R. Basavanhally

  • Erbium-doped fiber amplifier

    Emmanuel Desurvire;Clinton Randy Giles;John Lehrer Zyskind

  • All-optical wavelength conversion using a pulse reformatting optical filter

    J. Leuthold;D.M. Marom;S. Cabot;J.J. Jaques

  • Design optimization for efficient erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

    E. Desurvire;J.L. Zyskind;C.R. Giles

  • 1296-port MEMS transparent optical crossconnect with 2.07 petabit/s switch capacity

    R. Ryf;J. Kim;J.P. Hickey;A. Gnauck

  • ARTICLE HAVING LIGHT-ACTUATED MICROSCOPIC MACHINE PHOTON SWITCH

    Aksyuk Vladimir A;Bishop David J;Gammel Peter L;Giles C Randy

  • Characterization of erbium-doped fibers and application to modeling 980-nm and 1480-nm pumped amplifiers

    C.R. Giles;C.A. Burrus;D.J. DiGiovanni;N.K. Dutta

  • Multi-stage optical amplifier

    David J. Digiovanni;Clinton Randy Giles

Frequent Co-Authors

Mahmoud Rasras
Mahmoud Rasras New York University Abu Dhabi
Vladimir A. Aksyuk
Vladimir A. Aksyuk National Institute of Standards and Technology
Xiang Liu
Xiang Liu Nanjing Tech University
G. Raybon
G. Raybon Nokia (United States)
Niloy K. Dutta
Niloy K. Dutta University of Connecticut
Thomas H. Wood
Thomas H. Wood Alcatel Lucent (Germany)
Sethumadhavan Chandrasekhar
Sethumadhavan Chandrasekhar Nokia (United States)
C.A. Burrus
C.A. Burrus Nokia (United States)
Roland Ryf
Roland Ryf Nokia (United States)
Steven K. Korotky
Steven K. Korotky Nokia (United States)

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