2026 Jonathan Knight: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	106	1312	1242	118	110	566	55075

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Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Jonathan Knight is affiliated with the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interconnected fields within engineering and physics, particularly focusing on electrical and electronic engineering as well as atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The main fields of study for Jonathan Knight include:

Engineering
Physics and Astronomy

Their work addresses multiple subfields, demonstrating a diverse research portfolio:

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Spectroscopy
Ceramics and Composites
Materials Chemistry

Jonathan Knight's research concentrates on the following primary topics:

Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
Optical Network Technologies
Glass properties and applications

Their frequent coauthors are:

Fei Yu
Dakun Wu
Lili Hu
T. A. Birks
W. J. Wadsworth

Jonathan Knight has contributed research articles notably published in the following venues:

Optics Express
arXiv (Cornell University)
Sensors
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Optics Letters

Significant recent publications include:

"Antiresonant Hollow-Core Fiber-Based Dual Gas Sensor for Detection of Methane and Carbon Dioxide in the Near- and Mid-Infrared Regions," 2020, Sensors
"Delivery of CW laser power up to 300 watts at 1080 nm by an uncooled low-loss anti-resonant hollow-core fiber," 2020, Optics Express
"Visible emission and energy transfer in Tb ³⁺/Dy ³⁺ co-doped phosphate glasses," 2020, Journal of the American Ceramic Society
"Emission properties of Pr3+-doped aluminosilicate glasses at visible wavelengths," 2020, Journal of Luminescence
"Molecular detection of Gram-positive bacteria in the human lung through an optical fiber-based endoscope," 2020, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Jonathan Knight was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2019.

Best Publications

All-silica single-mode optical fiber with photonic crystal cladding

J.C. Knight;T.A. Birks;P.St.J. Russell;D.M. Atkin

4583
Citations
Endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fiber.

Tim A. Birks;Jonathan C. Knight;Philip St J Russell

4388
Citations
Single-Mode Photonic Band Gap Guidance of Light in Air.

R. F. Cregan;B. J. Mangan;J. C. Knight;T. A. Birks

2913
Citations
Photonic crystal fibres

Philip St. John Russell;Timothy Adam Birks;Jonathan Cave Knight

2352
Citations
Photonic Band Gap Guidance in Optical Fibers

J. C. Knight;J. Broeng;T. A. Birks;P. St. J. Russell

1979
Citations
Optical frequency synthesizer for precision spectroscopy

R. Holzwarth;Th. Udem;T. W. Hänsch;J. C. Knight

1699
Citations
Stimulated Raman Scattering in Hydrogen-Filled Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber

F. Benabid;J. C. Knight;G. Antonopoulos;P. St. J. Russell

1388
Citations
Phase-matched excitation of whispering-gallery-mode resonances by a fiber taper

J. C. Knight;G. Cheung;F. Jacques;T. A. Birks

1181
Citations
Ultimate low loss of hollow-core photonic crystal fibres.

P. J. Roberts;F. Couny;H. Sabert;B. J. Mangan

1084
Citations
Anomalous dispersion in photonic crystal fiber

J.C. Knight;J. Arriaga;T.A. Birks;A. Ortigosa-Blanch

1059
Citations
Large mode area photonic crystal fibre

J.C. Knight;T.A. Birks;R.F. Cregan;P.St.J. Russell

846
Citations
Submicrometer axial resolution optical coherence tomography

B. Povazay;K. Bizheva;A. Unterhuber;B. Hermann

842
Citations
Experimental evidence for supercontinuum generation by fission of higher-order solitons in photonic fibers.

J. Herrmann;U. Griebner;N. Zhavoronkov;A. Husakou

815
Citations
Highly birefringent photonic crystal fibers

A. Ortigosa-Blanch;J. C. Knight;W. J. Wadsworth;J. Arriaga

779
Citations
Supercontinuum generation by stimulated Raman scattering and parametric four-wave mixing in photonic crystal fibers

Stéphane Coen;Alvin Hing Lun Chau;Rainer Leonhardt;John D. Harvey

765
Citations
Demonstration of ultra-flattened dispersion in photonic crystal fibers

W H Reeves;J C Knight;P S J Russell;P J Roberts

759
Citations
Supercontinuum and four-wave mixing with Q-switched pulses in endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fibres

William J. Wadsworth;N. Joly;Jonathan C. Knight;Tim A. Birks

658
Citations
Compact, stable and efficient all-fibre gas cells using hollow-core photonic crystal fibres

F. Benabid;F. Couny;J. C. Knight;T. A. Birks

641
Citations
Properties of photonic crystal fiber and the effective index model

J.C. Knight;T.A. Birks;P.St.J. Russell;J.P. de Sandro

619
Citations
Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers and optical fiber tapers: a novel light source

William J. Wadsworth;Arturo Ortigosa-Blanch;Jonathan C. Knight;Tim A. Birks

599
Citations