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D-Index
57
Citations
9783
World Ranking
2011
National Ranking
103

Markus Pollnau publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Markus Pollnau sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 574 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Markus Pollnau D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Markus Pollnau sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - OSA Fellows For seminal contributions to rare-earth-ion spectroscopy and highly efficient dielectric waveguide amplifiers and lasers.

Overview

Markus Pollnau is affiliated with the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interrelated fields including Physics and Astronomy, Materials Science, and Engineering, with specific attention given to subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ceramics and Composites, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The scientist's work prominently covers the following main topics:

  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
  • Glass properties and applications
  • Quantum optics and atomic interactions
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
  • Solid State Laser Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices

Markus Pollnau has authored multiple papers, including these recent publications:

  • Spectral coherence, Part I: Passive-resonator linewidth, fundamental laser linewidth, and Schawlow-Townes approximation, 2020, Progress in Quantum Electronics
  • Probing traps in the persistent phosphor SrAl2O4:Eu2+,Dy3+,B3+ - A wavelength, temperature and sample dependent thermoluminescence investigation, 2020, Journal of Luminescence
  • Fundamental Loading-Curve Characteristics of the Persistent Phosphor SrAl2O4:Eu2+,Dy3+,B3+: The Effect of Temperature and Excitation Density, 2022, Advanced Photonics Research
  • Pr3+-doped Y2O3 nanocrystals embedded in Y2O3 thin films as a sandwich-like structure prepared by pulsed laser deposition, 2022, Journal of Luminescence
  • Spectroscopy, Cooperative Upconversion and Optical Gain in Amorphous Al2O3:Yb3+ Waveguides on Silicon, 2020, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Frequently publishing in various scientific venues, their work appears in:

  • Journal of Luminescence
  • Progress in Quantum Electronics
  • Advanced Photonics Research
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Collaborations with coauthors have been notable with several recurring partners, including:

  • Teresa Delgado
  • Nando Gartmann
  • B. Walfort
  • Hans Hagemann
  • Pavel Loiko

Markus Pollnau has been recognized with the following award:

  • OSA Fellows, 2013, for seminal contributions to rare-earth-ion spectroscopy and highly efficient dielectric waveguide amplifiers and lasers

Best Publications

  • Erbium-doped integrated waveguide amplifiers and lasers

    Jonathan D.B. Bradley;Markus Pollnau

  • Femtosecond laser microstructuring: an enabling tool for optofluidic lab-on-chips

    Roberto Osellame;Hugo J.W.M. Hoekstra;Giulio Cerullo;Markus Pollnau

  • Fabry-Pérot resonator: spectral line shapes, generic and related Airy distributions, linewidths, finesses, and performance at low or frequency-dependent reflectivity.

    Nur Ismail;Cristine Calil Kores;Dimitri Geskus;Markus Pollnau

  • Organic solid-state integrated amplifiers and lasers

    Christos Grivas;Christos Grivas;Markus Pollnau

  • Energy-transfer upconversion and thermal lensing in high-power end-pumped Nd:YLF laser crystals

    P.J. Hardman;W.A. Clarkson;G.J. Friel;M. Pollnau

  • Three-dimensional Mach-Zehnder interferometer in a microfluidic chip for spatially-resolved label-free detection

    Andrea Crespi;Yu Gu;Bongkot Ngamsom;Hugo J. W. M. Hoekstra

  • Upconversion-induced heat generation and thermal lensing in Nd:YLF and Nd:YAG

    Markus Pollnau;P.J. Hardman;M.A. Kern;W.A. Clarkson

  • Reliable Low-Cost Fabrication of Low-Loss $\hbox{Al}_{2}\hbox{O} _{3}{:}\hbox{Er}^{3+}$ Waveguides With 5.4-dB Optical Gain

    K. Worhoff;J.D.B. Bradley;F. Ay;D. Geskus

  • Fabrication of low-loss channel waveguides in Al2O3 and Y2O3 layers by inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching

    J. Bradley;F. Ay;Kerstin Worhoff;Markus Pollnau

  • Ultrahigh resolution optical coherence tomography using a superluminescent light source

    Andrew M. Kowalevicz;Tony Ko;Ingmar Hartl;James G. Fujimoto

  • Gain bandwidth of 80 nm and 2 dB/cm peak gain in Al2O3:Er3+ optical amplifiers on silicon

    J. Bradley;L. Agazzi;D. Geskus;F. Ay

  • Ultra-narrow-linewidth, single-frequency distributed feedback waveguide laser in Al2O3:Er3+ on silicon.

    E.H. Bernhardi;H.A.G.M. van Wolferen;L. Agazzi;M.R.H. Khan

  • Diode-pumped 1.7-W erbium 3-µm fiber laser

    Stuart D. Jackson;Terence A. King;Markus Pollnau

  • Explanation of the cw operation of the Er3+ 3-µm crystal laser

    Markus Pollnau;Th. Graf;J.E. Balmer;W. Lüthy

  • Generation of high-power blue light in periodically poled LiNbO 3

    G.W. Ross;M. Pollnau;P.G.R. Smith;W.A. Clarkson

  • Femtosecond irradiation induced refractive-index changes and channel waveguiding in bulk Ti/sup 3+/:sapphire

    V. Apostolopoulos;L. Laversenne;T. Colomb;C. Depeursinge

  • Integration of femtosecond laser written optical waveguides in a lab-on-chip

    Rebeca Martinez Vazquez;Roberto Osellame;Daniela Nolli;Chaitanya Dongre

  • Yb-doped KY(WO4)2 planar waveguide laser

    Yaroslav E. Romanyuk;Camelia N. Borca;Markus Pollnau;Simon Rivier

  • Double Tungstate Lasers: From Bulk Toward On-Chip Integrated Waveguide Devices

    M. Pollnau;Y.E. Romanyuk;F. Gardillou;C.N. Borca

  • Near-infrared to visible upconversion in Er3+ doped Cs3Lu2Cl9, Cs3Lu2Br9, and Cs3Y2I9 excited at 1.54 µm

    Stefan R. Lüthi;Markus Pollnau;Hans U. Güdel;Markus P. Hehlen

  • Thulium channel waveguide laser with 1.6 W of output power and ~80% slope efficiency

    K. van Dalfsen;S. Aravazhi;C. Grivas;S.M. García-Blanco

  • Monolithic integration of erbium-doped amplifiers with silicon-on-insulator waveguides

    Laura Agazzi;Jonathan D.B. Bradley;Meindert Dijkstra;Feridun Ay

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Osellame
Roberto Osellame National Research Council (CNR)
Giulio Cerullo
Giulio Cerullo Polytechnic University of Milan
H.P. Weber
H.P. Weber University of Bern
Robert W. Eason
Robert W. Eason University of Southampton
Klaus Petermann
Klaus Petermann Technical University of Berlin
Yaroslav E. Romanyuk
Yaroslav E. Romanyuk Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Stuart D. Jackson
Stuart D. Jackson Macquarie University
W.A. Clarkson
W.A. Clarkson University of Southampton
Patrik Hoffmann
Patrik Hoffmann Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Uwe Griebner
Uwe Griebner Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy

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