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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
58
Citations
10737
World Ranking
1902
National Ranking
746

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Optics
  • Electrical engineering

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Optoelectronics, Optics, Optical modulator, Quantum well and Substrate. His research in Optoelectronics intersects with topics in Electronic engineering and Infrared detector. His Optics research incorporates elements of Air gap and Modulation.

His Optical modulator study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Biasing, Electrode and Interferometric modulator display. His Quantum well study combines topics in areas such as Detector, Blueshift, Exciton, Condensed matter physics and Terahertz radiation. His Substrate research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Phase velocity, Transmission line, Silicon and Dielectric.

His most cited work include:

  • Fiber Bragg grating sensors toward structural health monitoring in composite materials: challenges and solutions. (275 citations)
  • Direct view display based on a micromechanical modulation (272 citations)
  • Silicon modulator based on mechanically-active anti-reflection layer with 1 mbit/sec capability for fiber-in-the-loop applications (264 citations)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Optoelectronics, Optics, Quantum well, Optical modulator and Silicon. His Optoelectronics research incorporates themes from Chip and Detector. His work carried out in the field of Quantum well brings together such families of science as Stark effect and Exciton, Condensed matter physics.

His Exciton research includes themes of Ionization and Electric field. His study ties his expertise on Molecular beam epitaxy together with the subject of Optical modulator. His CMOS research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Electronic circuit, Very-large-scale integration and Flip chip.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Optoelectronics (57.71%)
  • Optics (34.04%)
  • Quantum well (17.82%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2005-2020)?

  • Optoelectronics (57.71%)
  • Optics (34.04%)
  • Optical fiber (6.91%)

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

Keith W. Goossen spends much of his time researching Optoelectronics, Optics, Optical fiber, Solar cell and Quantum well. His Optoelectronics research includes elements of Laser and Leakage. His Optics study frequently draws parallels with other fields, such as Coupling.

His Optical fiber research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Composite number and Composite material. His Quantum well course of study focuses on Metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy and Contrast ratio, Microelectronics and Diode. His study in Silicon is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Scale, Chip and Gallium arsenide.

Between 2005 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Fiber Bragg grating sensors toward structural health monitoring in composite materials: challenges and solutions. (275 citations)
  • Very high efficiency solar cell modules (174 citations)
  • Progress in Low-Power Switched Optical Interconnects (98 citations)

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Optics
  • Electrical engineering

Keith W. Goossen mostly deals with Optics, Optoelectronics, Solar cell, Optical fiber and Electronic engineering. His studies deal with areas such as Thin film, Calibration and Renewable energy as well as Optics. His work blends Optoelectronics and Optical interconnect studies together.

Keith W. Goossen has included themes like Integrated optics and Photovoltaic system in his Solar cell study. The Fiber Bragg grating research Keith W. Goossen does as part of his general Optical fiber study is frequently linked to other disciplines of science, such as Process, therefore creating a link between diverse domains of science. His studies in Electronic engineering integrate themes in fields like Radio frequency, Telemetry, Transceiver and 3D optical data storage.

Best Publications

  • Fiber Bragg grating sensors toward structural health monitoring in composite materials: challenges and solutions.

    Damien Kinet;Patrice Mégret;Keith W. Goossen;Liang Qiu

  • GaAs MQW modulators integrated with silicon CMOS

    K.W. Goossen;J.A. Walker;L.A. D'Asaro;S.P. Hui

  • Micromechanical optical modulator having a reduced-mass composite membrane

    Keith Wayne Goossen

  • Very high efficiency solar cell modules

    Allen Barnett;Douglas Kirkpatrick;Christiana Honsberg;Duncan Moore

  • Direct demonstration of a misfit strain‐generated electric field in a [111] growth axis zinc‐blende heterostructure

    E. A. Caridi;T. Y. Chang;K. W. Goossen;L. F. Eastman

  • Terahertz emission in single quantum wells after coherent optical excitation of light hole and heavy hole excitons.

    Paul C. M. Planken;Martin C. Nuss;Igal Brener;Keith W. Goossen

  • Silicon modulator based on mechanically-active anti-reflection layer with 1 mbit/sec capability for fiber-in-the-loop applications

    K.W. Goossen;J.A. Walker;S.C. Arney

  • Micro-mechanical, anti-reflection, switched optical modulator array and fabrication method

    Joseph Earl Ford;Keith Wayne Goossen;James Albert Walker

  • Micromechanical optical modulator with linear operating characteristic

    Keith Wayne Goossen

  • Double-cavity micromechanical optical modulator with plural multilayer mirrors

    Keith Wayne Goossen

  • Optoelectronic-VLSI: photonics integrated with VLSI circuits

    A.V. Krishnamoorthy;K.W. Goossen

  • Mars optical modulators

    David John Bishop;Keith Wayne Goossen;Dennis S. Greywall;James Albert Walker

  • Femtosecond coherent fields induced by many-particle correlations in transient four-wave mixing

    W. Schäfer;D. S. Kim;J. Shah;T. C. Damen

  • A tunable dispersion compensating MEMS all-pass filter

    C.K. Madsen;J.A. Walker;J.E. Ford;K.W. Goossen

  • Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers flip-chip bonded to gigabit-per-second CMOS circuits

    A.V. Krishnamoorthy;L.M.F. Chirovsky;W.S. Hobson;R.E. Leibengath

  • Progress in Low-Power Switched Optical Interconnects

    A V Krishnamoorthy;K W Goossen;W Jan;Xuezhe Zheng

  • Hybrid chip and method therefor

    Keith Wayne Goossen;James A. Walker

  • Observation of room‐temperature blue shift and bistability in a strained InGaAs‐GaAs 〈111〉 self‐electro‐optic effect device

    K. W. Goossen;E. A. Caridi;T. Y. Chang;J. B. Stark

  • Grating enhanced quantum well detector

    K. W. Goossen;Stephen Aplin Lyon

  • Micromechanical fiber-optic attenuator with 3 /spl mu/s response

    J.E. Ford;J.A. Walker;D.S. Greywall;K.W. Goossen

  • 3-D integration of MQW modulators over active submicron CMOS circuits: 375 Mb/s transimpedance receiver-transmitter circuit

    A.V. Krishnamoorthy;A.L. Lentine;K.W. Goossen;J.A. Walker

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph E. Ford
Joseph E. Ford University of California, San Diego
Martin C. Nuss
Martin C. Nuss Nokia (United States)
Wayne H. Knox
Wayne H. Knox University of Rochester
Ernst O. Göbel
Ernst O. Göbel Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Jochen Feldmann
Jochen Feldmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Igal Brener
Igal Brener Sandia National Laboratories
Fan Ren
Fan Ren University of Florida
John M. Poate
John M. Poate Nokia (United States)
Shun Lien Chuang
Shun Lien Chuang University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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