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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
62
Citations
15879
World Ranking
1435
National Ranking
70

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Optics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Laser

His main research concerns Optics, Optoelectronics, Electronic engineering, Laser and Multi-mode optical fiber. His Optoelectronics research focuses on Optical amplifier and how it relates to Photonics, Optical switch, Phase modulation and Telecommunications. His Electronic engineering research incorporates themes from Electrical engineering, Optical cross-connect, Power budget and Subcarrier multiplexing.

Ian H. White has researched Laser in several fields, including Pulse-width modulation, Diode, Multimode fibre and Carbon nanotube. Ian H. White interconnects Modal dispersion, Single-mode optical fiber and Gigabit Ethernet in the investigation of issues within Multi-mode optical fiber. In his research, Signal regeneration is intimately related to Modulation, which falls under the overarching field of Wavelength-division multiplexing.

His most cited work include:

  • Wideband-tuneable, nanotube mode-locked, fibre laser (502 citations)
  • A simple device to allow enhanced bandwidths at 850 nm in multimode fibre links for gigabit LANs (345 citations)
  • An experimental and theoretical study of the offset launch technique for the enhancement of the bandwidth of multimode fiber links (274 citations)

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

Ian H. White focuses on Optics, Optoelectronics, Laser, Electronic engineering and Semiconductor laser theory. His studies link Modulation with Optics. His Optoelectronics research includes elements of Quantum well and Optical amplifier.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Grating, Diode and Gallium arsenide. His Electronic engineering research focuses on subjects like Multi-mode optical fiber, which are linked to Data transmission. His study ties his expertise on Optical cross-connect together with the subject of Optical switch.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Optics (48.39%)
  • Optoelectronics (47.65%)
  • Laser (29.73%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Electronic engineering (26.18%)
  • Optoelectronics (47.65%)
  • Optics (48.39%)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Electronic engineering, Optoelectronics, Optics, Multi-mode optical fiber and Optical switch. His study in Electronic engineering is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Transmission, Optical performance monitoring, Wavelength-division multiplexing, Quantum key distribution and Optical fiber. His studies deal with areas such as Laser and Data transmission as well as Optoelectronics.

Ian H. White combines topics linked to Modulation with his work on Optics. The concepts of his Multi-mode optical fiber study are interwoven with issues in Waveguide, Polymer, Printed circuit board, Bandwidth and Polymer waveguide. His Optical switch study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Power, Optical burst switching, Telecommunications, Optical amplifier and Port.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • High Bandwidth GaN-Based Micro-LEDs for Multi-Gb/s Visible Light Communications (177 citations)
  • Towards 10 Gb/s orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-based visible light communication using a GaN violet micro-LED (144 citations)
  • Layered ACO-OFDM for intensity-modulated direct-detection optical wireless transmission (119 citations)

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

  • Optics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Laser

Ian H. White spends much of his time researching Electronic engineering, Optoelectronics, Optics, Multi-mode optical fiber and Optical performance monitoring. The Electronic engineering study combines topics in areas such as Radio over fiber, Wavelength-division multiplexing, Quadrature amplitude modulation and Electrical engineering. As part of his studies on Optoelectronics, Ian H. White frequently links adjacent subjects like Data transmission.

Ian H. White works mostly in the field of Optics, limiting it down to concerns involving Modulation and, occasionally, Transmission. Ian H. White combines subjects such as Optical link, Printed circuit board and Polymer waveguide with his study of Multi-mode optical fiber. His research in Optical performance monitoring focuses on subjects like Optical cross-connect, which are connected to Physical layer and Computer network.

Best Publications

  • Wideband-tuneable, nanotube mode-locked, fibre laser

    F. Wang;A. G. Rozhin;V. Scardaci;Z. Sun

  • A simple device to allow enhanced bandwidths at 850 nm in multimode fibre links for gigabit LANs

    M. Webster;L.J. Sargent;P.J. Heard;K.A. Williams

  • An experimental and theoretical study of the offset launch technique for the enhancement of the bandwidth of multimode fiber links

    L. Raddatz;I.H. White;D.G. Cunningham;M.C. Nowell

  • Towards 10 Gb/s orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-based visible light communication using a GaN violet micro-LED

    Mohamed Sufyan Islim;Ricardo X. Ferreira;Xiangyu He;Enyuan Xie

  • High Bandwidth GaN-Based Micro-LEDs for Multi-Gb/s Visible Light Communications

    Ricardo X. G. Ferreira;Enyuan Xie;Jonathan J. D. McKendry;Sujan Rajbhandari

  • WASPNET: a wavelength switched packet network

    D.K. Hunter;M.H.M. Nizam;M.C. Chia;I. Andonovic

  • Wavelength conversion using semiconductor optical amplifiers

    M. Asghari;I.H. White;R.V. Penty

  • Uplink and Downlink Coverage Improvements of 802.11g Signals Using a Distributed Antenna Network

    M.J. Crisp;Sheng Li;A. Watts;R.V. Penty

  • InGaAs Quantum-Dot Mode-Locked Laser Diodes

    M.G. Thompson;A.R. Rae;Mo Xia;R.V. Penty

  • Cambridge quantum network

    JF Dynes;Adrian Wonfor;Wws Tam;AW Sharpe

  • Layered ACO-OFDM for intensity-modulated direct-detection optical wireless transmission

    Qi Wang;Chen Qian;Xuhan Guo;Zhaocheng Wang

  • Emerging light-emitting diodes for next-generation data communications

    Aobo Ren;Aobo Ren;Hao Wang;Wei Zhang;Jiang Wu

  • Long-wavelength monolithic mode-locked diode lasers

    K A Williams;K A Williams;M G Thompson;I H White

  • Ultrafast stretched-pulse fiber laser mode-locked by carbon nanotubes

    Zhipei Sun;Tawfique Hasan;Fengqiu Wang;Aleksey G. Rozhin

  • A statistical analysis of conditioned launch for gigabit ethernet links using multimode fiber

    M. Webster;L. Raddatz;I.H. White;D.G. Cunningham

  • Cost-Effective Multimode Polymer Waveguides for High-Speed On-Board Optical Interconnects

    N. Bamiedakis;J. Beals;R.V. Penty;I.H. White

  • Carbon Nanotube Polycarbonate Composites for Ultrafast Lasers

    Vittorio Scardaci;Zhipei Sun;Frank Wang;Aleksey G. Rozhin

  • L-band ultrafast fiber laser mode locked by carbon nanotubes

    Z. Sun;A. G. Rozhin;F. Wang;V. Scardaci

  • 35 GHz mode-locking of 1.3 μm quantum dot lasers

    M. Kuntz;G. Fiol;M. Lämmlin;D. Bimberg

  • 400 Gigabit Ethernet using advanced modulation formats: Performance, complexity, and power dissipation

    Jinlong Wei;Qixiang Cheng;Richard V. Penty;Ian H. White

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard V. Penty
Richard V. Penty University of Cambridge
Mark G. Thompson
Mark G. Thompson University of Bristol
A. R. Kovsh
A. R. Kovsh Arista (United States)
Jinlong Wei
Jinlong Wei Huawei Technologies (China)
Siyuan Yu
Siyuan Yu Sun Yat-sen University
Alwyn J. Seeds
Alwyn J. Seeds University College London
Dieter Bimberg
Dieter Bimberg Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP)
Fengqiu Wang
Fengqiu Wang Nanjing University
Mark G. Blamire
Mark G. Blamire University of Cambridge
Andrea C. Ferrari
Andrea C. Ferrari University of Cambridge

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