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Hermann A. Haus

Hermann A. Haus

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
99
Citations
44383
World Ranking
154
National Ranking
54

Physics

D-Index
105
Citations
47938
World Ranking
1365
National Ranking
712

Hermann A. Haus 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 Hermann A. Haus sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 460 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hermann A. Haus 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 Hermann A. Haus sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 1995 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his fundamental and seminal research contributions to the field of quantum electronics, noise and ultra-fast optics; and for his service to the engineering profession through teaching.", Awarded by President Clinton at a White House ceremony on October 18, 1995.
  • 1994 - Frederic Ives Medal, The Optical Society For his fundamental and seminal contribution to the understanding of quantum noise in optical systems and for a lifetime of dedication to science and engineering education.
  • 1991 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering and sustained contributions to the understanding of laser modelocking, optical waveguide devices, and quantum optics
  • 1987 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1959 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Hermann A. Haus was affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Throughout their career, they contributed to the fields of quantum electronics, noise in optical systems, and ultra-fast optics. Their work also touched on optical waveguide devices, laser modelocking, and quantum optics.

The scientist received several notable awards recognizing their research contributions and professional service. Among these honors were the US President's National Medal of Science in 1995, awarded by President Clinton for fundamental and seminal research in quantum electronics, noise, and ultra-fast optics as well as service to engineering education.

In 1994, they received the Frederic Ives Medal from The Optical Society, acknowledging their lifetime contributions to understanding quantum noise in optical systems and dedication to science and engineering education. The American Physical Society named them a Fellow in 1991, citing their pioneering contributions to laser modelocking, optical waveguide devices, and quantum optics. They had been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1987 and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation since 1959.

Throughout their career, Hermann A. Haus had no frequently listed co-authors or a known set of repeated publication venues, reflecting either a broad collaboration network or dispersed publication record. Similarly, there are no available records of recent papers or specific book publications tied to particular publishers.

Their recognized awards and fellowships indicate a research focus rooted in the fundamental aspects of quantum electronics and optics, including noise phenomena and ultrafast optical processes.

Best Publications

  • Microring resonator channel dropping filters

    B.E. Little;S.T. Chu;H.A. Haus;J. Foresi

  • Mode-locking of lasers

    H.A. Haus

  • Waves and fields in optoelectronics

    Hermann A. Haus

  • Random walk of coherently amplified solitons in optical fiber transmission

    James P. Gordon;Hermann A. Haus

  • 77-fs pulse generation from a stretched-pulse mode-locked all-fiber ring laser

    K Tamura;E P Ippen;H A Haus;L E Nelson

  • Coupled-mode theory

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  • Ultrashort-pulse fiber ring lasers

    L.E. Nelson;D.J. Jones;K. Tamura;H.A. Haus

  • Channel Drop Tunneling through Localized States

    Shanhui Fan;Pierre R. Villeneuve;J. D. Joannopoulos;H. A. Haus

  • Coupling of modes analysis of resonant channel add-drop filters

    C. Manolatou;M.J. Khan;S. Fan;P.R. Villeneuve

  • Theory of mode locking with a fast saturable absorber

    Hermann A. Haus

  • Raman response function of silica-core fibers

    Roger H. Stolen;James P. Gordon;W. J. Tomlinson;Hermann A. Haus

  • Sub-two-cycle pulses from a Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser.

    U Morgner;F X Kärtner;S H Cho;Y Chen

  • Structures for additive pulse mode locking

    Hermann A. Haus;James G. Fujimoto;Erich P. Ippen

  • Ultra-compact Si-SiO 2 microring resonator optical channel dropping filters

    B.E. Little;J.S. Foresi;G. Steinmeyer;E.R. Thoen

  • Quantum nondemolition measurement of the photon number via the optical Kerr effect

    N. Imoto;H. A. Haus;Y. Yamamoto

  • GaAs FET device and circuit simulation in SPICE

    H. Statz;P. Newman;I.W. Smith;R.A. Pucel

  • Theory of mode locking with a slow saturable absorber

    H. Haus

  • Solitons in optical communications

    Hermann A. Haus;William S. Wong

  • Noise of mode-locked lasers

    H.A. Haus;A. Mecozzi

  • Coupled-mode theory of optical waveguides

    H. Haus;W. Huang;S. Kawakami;N. Whitaker

  • Stretched-pulse additive pulse mode-locking in fiber ring lasers: theory and experiment

    H.A. Haus;K. Tamura;L.E. Nelson;E.P. Ippen

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher R. Doerr
Christopher R. Doerr Doerr Consulting LLC
David A. B. Miller
David A. B. Miller Stanford University
Antonio Mecozzi
Antonio Mecozzi University of L'Aquila
Miloš A. Popović
Miloš A. Popović Boston University
Brent E. Little
Brent E. Little University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Yoshihisa Yamamoto Stanford University

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