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Gerald S. Buller 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 Gerald S. Buller sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 356 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gerald S. Buller 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 Gerald S. Buller sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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

  • 2017 - OSA Fellows Gerald S. Buller Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom “for pioneering work in single-photon detection and applications of single-photon technology in three-dimensional imaging and quantum communications” (Engineering and Science Research)
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Gerald S. Buller is affiliated with Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom. Their work spans multiple areas of physics and engineering with a focus on optical sensing technologies and imaging techniques.

The primary fields of study for this researcher include Physics and Astronomy, with 54 publications, and Engineering with 31 publications. Key subfields of study consist of Instrumentation, Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main research topics addressed in their publications encompass Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies, Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging, Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research, and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies.

Frequent publication venues reflect their engagement with optics and imaging communities and include Optics Express (11 publications), arXiv (Cornell University) (5), Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (4), Optica (3), and IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging (3).

Recent publications highlight ongoing contributions in single-photon detection and LiDAR imaging under challenging environments:

  • "Single-photon detection for long-range imaging and sensing", 2023, Optica
  • "Full Waveform LiDAR for Adverse Weather Conditions", 2020, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • "Robust real-time 3D imaging of moving scenes through atmospheric obscurant using single-photon LiDAR", 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Submerged single-photon LiDAR imaging sensor used for real-time 3D scene reconstruction in scattering underwater environments", 2023, Optics Express
  • "Multichannel Superposition of Grafted Perfect Vortex Beams", 2022, Advanced Materials

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their career, with frequent coauthors including Abderrahim Halimi, Stephen McLaughlin, Rachael Tobin, Aongus McCarthy, and Peter W. R. Connolly.

Recognition of their professional contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2010 and receiving the OSA Fellows award in 2017. The latter was awarded for pioneering work in single-photon detection and applications in three-dimensional imaging and quantum communications.

Best Publications

  • Experimental high-dimensional two-photon entanglement and violations of generalized Bell inequalities

    Adetunmise C. Dada;Jonathan Leach;Gerald S. Buller;Miles J. Padgett

  • Long-range time-of-flight scanning sensor based on high-speed time-correlated single-photon counting.

    Aongus McCarthy;Robert J. Collins;Nils J. Krichel;Verónica Fernández

  • Single-photon three-dimensional imaging at up to 10 kilometers range.

    Agata M. Pawlikowska;Abderrahim Halimi;Robert A. Lamb;Gerald Stuart Buller

  • Kilometre-range, high resolution depth imaging using 1560 nm wavelength single-photon detection

    Aongus McCarthy;Nils J. Krichel;Nathan R. Gemmell;Ximing Ren

  • Single-photon sensitive light-in-flight imaging

    Genevieve Gariepy;Nikola Krstajić;Robert Henderson;Chunyong Li

  • Imaging high-dimensional spatial entanglement with a camera

    Matthew P. Edgar;Daniel S. Tasca;Frauke Izdebski;Ryan E. Warburton

  • Single-photon generation and detection

    G S Buller;R J Collins

  • Polarization Encoded Color Image Embedded in a Dielectric Metasurface.

    Xiaofei Zang;Xiaofei Zang;Fengliang Dong;Fuyong Yue;Chunmei Zhang

  • Underwater depth imaging using time-correlated single-photon counting

    Aurora Maccarone;Aongus McCarthy;Ximing Ren;Ryan E. Warburton

  • Laser-based distance measurement using picosecond resolution time-correlated single-photon counting

    Sara Pellegrini;Gerald S Buller;Jason M Smith;Andrew M Wallace

  • Kilometer-range depth imaging at 1550 nm wavelength using an InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diode detector

    Aongus McCarthy;Ximing Ren;Adriano Della Frera;Nathan R Gemmell

  • Real-time 3D reconstruction from single-photon lidar data using plug-and-play point cloud denoisers.

    Julián Tachella;Yoann Altmann;Nicolas Mellado;Aongus McCarthy

  • Lidar Waveform-Based Analysis of Depth Images Constructed Using Sparse Single-Photon Data

    Yoann Altmann;Ximing Ren;Aongus McCarthy;Gerald S. Buller

  • Ranging and Three-Dimensional Imaging Using Time-Correlated Single-Photon Counting and Point-by-Point Acquisition

    G. Buller;A. Wallace

  • A short wavelength GigaHertz clocked fiber-optic quantum key distribution system

    K.J. Gordon;V. Fernandez;P.D. Townsend;G.S. Buller

  • High performance planar germanium-on-silicon single-photon avalanche diode detectors.

    Peter Vines;Kateryna Kuzmenko;Jarosław Kirdoda;Derek C. S. Dumas

  • Design and performance of an InGaAs-InP single-photon avalanche diode detector

    S. Pellegrini;R.E. Warburton;L.J.J. Tan;Jo Shien Ng

  • Performance and design of InGaAs /InP photodiodes for single-photon counting at 1.55 microm.

    Philip A. Hiskett;Gerald S. Buller;Alison Y. Loudon;Jason M. Smith

  • Time-of-flight optical ranging system based on time-correlated single-photon counting

    John S. Massa;Gerald S. Buller;Andrew C. Walker;Sergio Cova

  • Photon-sparse microscopy: Visible light imaging using infrared illumination

    Reuben S. Aspden;Nathan R Gemmell;Peter A. Morris;Daniel S Tasca

  • Experimental demonstration of quantum digital signatures using phase-encoded coherent states of light

    Patrick J. Clarke;Robert J. Collins;Vedran Dunjko;Erika Andersson

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen McLaughlin
Stephen McLaughlin Heriot-Watt University
Robert H. Hadfield
Robert H. Hadfield University of Glasgow
Paul D. Townsend
Paul D. Townsend Tyndall National Institute
Sergio Cova
Sergio Cova Polytechnic University of Milan
Jonathan Leach
Jonathan Leach Heriot-Watt University
Douglas J. Paul
Douglas J. Paul University of Glasgow
Miles J. Padgett
Miles J. Padgett University of Glasgow
Robert Henderson
Robert Henderson University of Edinburgh
Jason M. Smith
Jason M. Smith University of Oxford
Ivan Rech
Ivan Rech Polytechnic University of Milan

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