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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
56
Citations
11836
World Ranking
2076
National Ranking
813

Materials Science

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59
Citations
13881
World Ranking
7317
National Ranking
1815

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions to optical fibers, most notably to novel fiber optic materials and their fabrication
  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2017 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to optical fibers and optoelectronic materials
  • 2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2012 - OSA Fellows For research on optical and optoelectronic materials and fibers both directly and through his formation and direction of the Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies at Clemson University.
  • 2011 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

John Ballato is affiliated with Clemson University in the United States and has a research focus spanning several areas within engineering, particularly electrical and electronic engineering. Their work also touches on atomic and molecular physics, optics, ceramics and composites, materials chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

Ballato's main research topics include:

  • Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Glass properties and applications
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Solid State Laser Technologies
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors

Some of Ballato's recent publications are:

  • The past, present and future of photonic glasses: A review in homage to the United Nations International Year of glass 2022, 2023, Progress in Materials Science
  • Post-2000 nonlinear optical materials and measurements: data tables and best practices, 2022, Journal of Physics Photonics
  • Laser cooling in a silica optical fiber at atmospheric pressure, 2020, Optics Letters
  • Semiconductor core fibres: materials science in a bottle, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Radiation-balanced silica fiber laser, 2021, Optica

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Ballato include:

  • Thomas W. Hawkins
  • Peter D. Dragic
  • Ursula J. Gibson
  • Anna C. Peacock
  • Li Shen

Ballato's research has been published predominantly in venues such as:

  • Optical Materials Express
  • Optics Letters
  • Optical Materials
  • Optics Express
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

The scientist's contributions have been recognized with several fellowships and awards including:

  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (2020) for pioneering contributions to optical fibers, specifically novel fiber optic materials and their fabrication
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2019)
  • IEEE Fellow (2017) for contributions to optical fibers and optoelectronic materials
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2015)
  • OSA Fellow (2012) for research on optical and optoelectronic materials and fibers as well as leadership of the Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies at Clemson University
  • SPIE Fellow (2011)

Best Publications

  • Carbon Nanotube Doped Polyaniline

    Huseyin Zengin;Wensheng Zhou;Jianyong Jin;Richard Czerw

  • Monopod, bipod, tripod, and tetrapod gold nanocrystals

    Sihai Chen;Zhong Lin Wang;John Ballato;Stephen H. Foulger

  • Silicon optical fiber.

    J. Ballato;T. Hawkins;P. Foy;R. Stolen

  • Fabrication of fibers with high rare-earth concentrations for Faraday isolator applications

    John Ballato;Elias Snitzer

  • Hole blocking in carbon nanotube–polymer composite organic light-emitting diodes based on poly (m-phenylene vinylene-co-2, 5-dioctoxy-p-phenylene vinylene)

    H. S. Woo;R. Czerw;S. Webster;D. L. Carroll

  • OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF INFRARED EMITTING RARE-EARTH-DOPED FLUORIDE NANOCRYSTALS AND THEIR TRANSPARENT NANOCOMPOSITES

    G. A. Kumar;C. W. Chen;J. Ballato;R. E. Riman

  • Materials for optical fiber lasers: A review

    P. D. Dragic;M. Cavillon;J. Ballato

  • Sapphire-derived all-glass optical fibres

    Peter D Dragic;T. Hawkins;P. Foy;S. Morris

  • Apoptosis of lung carcinoma cells induced by a flexible optical fiber-based cold microplasma.

    Jae Young Kim;John Ballato;Paul Foy;Thomas Hawkins

  • Perfluorocyclobutyl Copolymers for Microphotonics

    Dennis W. Smith;Shengrong Chen;Suresh M. Kumar;John Ballato

  • Mechanochromic Response of Poly(ethylene glycol) Methacrylate Hydrogel Encapsulated Crystalline Colloidal Arrays

    Stephen H. Foulger;Ping Jiang;Amanda C. Lattam;Dennis W. Smith

  • Image transport through a disordered optical fibre mediated by transverse Anderson localization

    Salman Karbasi;Ryan J. Frazier;Karl W. Koch;Thomas Hawkins

  • Photonic crystal composites with reversible high-frequency stop band shifts

    Stephen H. Foulger;Ping Jiang;Amanda Lattam;Dennis W. Smith

  • Processes for forming photonic bandgap structures

    Stephen C. Danforth;Ahmad Safari;John Ballato;Remco van Weeren

  • Glass-clad single-crystal germanium optical fiber.

    J. Ballato;T. Hawkins;P. Foy;B. Yazgan-Kokuoz

  • Photonic Bandgap Composites

    Stephen H. Foulger;Ping Jiang;Yurong Ying;Amanda C. Lattam

  • Synthesis, Processing, and Properties of Submicrometer-Grained Highly Transparent Yttria Ceramics

    Karn Serivalsatit;Baris Kokuoz;Basak Yazgan-Kokuoz;Marian Kennedy

  • Advancements in semiconductor core optical fiber

    J. Ballato;T. Hawkins;P. Foy;B. Yazgan-Kokuoz

  • Rethinking Optical Fiber: New Demands, Old Glasses

    John Ballato;Peter Dragic

  • Laser recrystallization and inscription of compositional microstructures in crystalline SiGe-core fibres

    David Andre Coucheron;Michael Fokine;Nilesh Patil;Dag Werner Breiby;Dag Werner Breiby

  • Sapphire-Derived All-Glass Optical Fibers

    Peter Dragic;Thomas Hawkins;Paul Foy;Stephanie Morris

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter D. Dragic
Peter D. Dragic University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Anna C. Peacock
Anna C. Peacock University of Southampton
Dennis W. Smith
Dennis W. Smith Mississippi State University
Richard E. Riman
Richard E. Riman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
David L. Carroll
David L. Carroll Wake Forest University
Mool C. Gupta
Mool C. Gupta University of Virginia
Ahmad Mehdi
Ahmad Mehdi Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Fredrik Laurell
Fredrik Laurell Royal Institute of Technology
Joseph W. Kolis
Joseph W. Kolis Clemson University
Michel J. F. Digonnet
Michel J. F. Digonnet Stanford University

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