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4530
National Ranking
99

Francis Berghmans 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 Francis Berghmans sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 422 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francis Berghmans 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 Francis Berghmans sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% 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

  • 2010 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Francis Berghmans is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and physics, with a focus on fiber optic technologies and sensing applications.

The main fields of study for Berghmans include:

  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these fields, the scientist has contributed to various subfields, notably:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Radiation
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering

The research topics Berghmans is involved in cover specialized areas related to photonics and sensor technology, such as:

  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies

Notable recent publications demonstrate the diversity and application-oriented nature of their work:

  • Practicalities of BVID detection on aerospace-grade CFRP materials with optical fibre sensors, 2020, Composite Structures
  • A global assessment of barely visible impact damage for CFRP sub-components with FBG-based sensors, 2021, Composite Structures
  • Design and two-photon direct laser writing of low-loss waveguides, tapers and S-bends, 2021, Journal of Physics Photonics
  • Challenges in the Fabrication of Biodegradable and Implantable Optical Fibers for Biomedical Applications, 2021, Materials
  • Cascaded Bragg gratings in photonic crystal fiber for plasmonic cladding mode-based biosensing of HER2 protein, 2023, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical

Frequent co-authors in Berghmans' publications include:

  • Tigran Baghdasaryan
  • Thomas Geernaert
  • Hugo Thienpont
  • Jürgen Van Erps
  • Sidney Goossens

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • Sensors
  • Optics Express
  • Optica Advanced Photonics Congress 2022
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Berghmans has been recognized as a SPIE Fellow since 2010, an acknowledgment within the optics and photonics community.

Best Publications

  • Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors: Recent Advancements, Industrial Applications and Market Exploitation

    Andrea Cusano;Antonello Cutolo;Jacques Albert;Francisco M. Araújo

  • Highly birefringent microstructured fibers with enhanced sensitivity to hydrostatic pressure.

    Tadeusz Martynkien;Gabriela Statkiewicz-Barabach;Jacek Olszewski;Jan Wojcik

  • Radiation-tolerant Raman distributed temperature monitoring system for large nuclear infrastructures

    A.F. Fernandez;P. Rodeghiero;B. Brichard;F. Berghmans

  • Temperature monitoring of nuclear reactor cores with multiplexed fiber Bragg grating sensors

    Alberto Fernandez Fernandez;Andreï Gusarov;Benoît Brichard;Serge Bodart

  • Proton- and Gamma-Induced Effects on Erbium-Doped Optical Fibers

    S. Girard;B. Tortech;E. Regnier;M. Van Uffelen

  • Advanced Fiber Optics: Concepts and Technology

    Francis Berghmans;John Dudley;Sébastien Février;Thomas Geernaert

  • High total dose radiation effects on temperature sensing fiber Bragg gratings

    A.I. Gusarov;F. Berghmans;O. Deparis;A.F. Fernandez

  • Transversal Load Sensing With Fiber Bragg Gratings in Microstructured Optical Fibers

    T. Geernaert;G. Luyckx;E. Voet;T. Nasilowski

  • Experimental and theoretical investigations of birefringent holey fibers with a triple defect

    Marcin Szpulak;Gabriela Statkiewicz;Jacek Olszewski;Tadeusz Martynkien

  • Temperature and pressure sensitivities of the highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber with core asymmetry

    Tomasz Nasilowski;T. Martynkien;G. Statkiewicz;M. Szpulak

  • Dose-rate dependencies in gamma-irradiated fiber Bragg grating filters

    A. Fernandez Fernandez;B. Brichard;F. Berghmans;M. Decreton

  • An Introduction to Radiation Effects on Optical Components and Fiber Optic Sensors

    Francis Berghmans;Benoît Brichard;Alberto Fernandez Fernandez;Andrei Gusarov

  • Microstructured Optical Fiber Sensors Embedded in a Laminate Composite for Smart Material Applications

    Camille Sonnenfeld;Sanne Sulejmani;Thomas Geernaert;Sophie Eve

  • Aerospace-grade surface mounted optical fibre strain sensor for structural health monitoring on composite structures evaluated against in-flight conditions

    Sidney Goossens;Ben De Pauw;Thomas Geernaert;Mohammad Saleh Salmanpour

  • Point-by-point fiber Bragg grating inscription in free-standing step-index and photonic crystal fibers using near-IR femtosecond laser

    Thomas Geernaert;Kyriacos Kalli;Charalambos Koutsides;Michael Komodromos

  • Radiation-hardening techniques of dedicated optical fibres used in plasma diagnostic systems in ITER

    B. Brichard;A. Fernandez Fernandez;H. Ooms;F. Berghmans

  • A novel fast phase correlation algorithm for peak wavelength detection of fiber Bragg grating sensors

    A. Lamberti;S. Vanlanduit;B. De Pauw;F. Berghmans

  • Behavior of fibre Bragg gratings under high total dose gamma radiation

    A.I. Gusarov;F. Berghmans;A. Fernandez Fernandez;O. Deparis

  • Fiber Bragg Gratings in Germanium-Doped Highly Birefringent Microstructured Optical Fibers

    T. Geernaert;T. Nasilowski;K. Chah;M. Szpulak

  • Challenges in the fabrication of fibre Bragg gratings in silica and polymer microstructured optical fibres

    Francis Berghmans;Thomas Geernaert;Tigran Baghdasaryan;Hugo Thienpont

  • Photonic crystal fibers for sensing applications

    W. Urbanczyk;T. Martynkien;G. Statkiewicz;A. Anuszkiewicz

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugo Thienpont
Hugo Thienpont Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Patrice Mégret
Patrice Mégret University of Mons
Christophe Caucheteur
Christophe Caucheteur University of Mons
Joris Degrieck
Joris Degrieck Ghent University
Ryszard Buczynski
Ryszard Buczynski University of Warsaw
Sylvain Girard
Sylvain Girard Jean Monnet University
Kyriacos Kalli
Kyriacos Kalli Cyprus University of Technology
Peter Dubruel
Peter Dubruel Ghent University
Hartmut Bartelt
Hartmut Bartelt Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
Sandra Van Vlierberghe
Sandra Van Vlierberghe Ghent University

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