What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Optics
- Laser
- Quantum mechanics
His primary scientific interests are in Optics, Laser, Optoelectronics, Waveguide and Slope efficiency.
His Optics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Doping, Dopant and Silicon.
As part of his studies on Laser, Markus Pollnau frequently links adjacent subjects like Resonator.
His Optoelectronics study combines topics in areas such as Amplifier and Isotropic etching.
The Waveguide study combines topics in areas such as Refractive index and Optical amplifier.
His Lasing threshold study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Atomic physics and Photon upconversion.
His most cited work include:
- Power dependence of upconversion luminescence in lanthanide and transition-metal-ion systems (1481 citations)
- Femtosecond laser microstructuring: an enabling tool for optofluidic lab-on-chips (196 citations)
- Erbium‐doped integrated waveguide amplifiers and lasers (182 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Markus Pollnau focuses on Optoelectronics, Optics, Laser, Waveguide and Doping.
Markus Pollnau combines subjects such as Sapphire, Amplifier, Net gain and Optical amplifier with his study of Optoelectronics.
His works in Waveguide, Refractive index, Wavelength, Grating and Optical coherence tomography are all subjects of inquiry into Optics.
The concepts of his Waveguide study are interwoven with issues in Optical pumping, Reactive-ion etching, Silicon and Epitaxy.
His Doping study incorporates themes from Ion, Tungstate, Neodymium and Analytical chemistry.
As a member of one scientific family, Markus Pollnau mostly works in the field of Ion, focusing on Luminescence and, on occasion, Atomic physics.
He most often published in these fields:
- Optoelectronics (63.12%)
- Optics (63.46%)
- Laser (46.83%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2020)?
- Optics (63.46%)
- Optoelectronics (63.12%)
- Laser (46.83%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of investigation include Optics, Optoelectronics, Laser, Doping and Laser linewidth.
The various areas that Markus Pollnau examines in his Optoelectronics study include Amplifier, Net gain and Optical amplifier.
His Laser study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Amorphous solid and Atomic physics.
His Atomic physics research incorporates themes from Stimulated emission and Ion, Photon upconversion.
His work deals with themes such as Excitation and Quantum efficiency, which intersect with Ion.
His study looks at the relationship between Doping and topics such as Tungstate, which overlap with Ytterbium.
Between 2013 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- Fabry-Pérot resonator: spectral line shapes, generic and related Airy distributions, linewidths, finesses, and performance at low or frequency-dependent reflectivity. (80 citations)
- Thulium channel waveguide laser with 1.6 W of output power and ~80% slope efficiency (65 citations)
- Erbium-doped spiral amplifiers with 20 dB of net gain on silicon (42 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Optics
- Laser
- Quantum mechanics
His primary areas of study are Optics, Laser, Optoelectronics, Laser linewidth and Amplifier.
Markus Pollnau has researched Optics in several fields, including Thin film and Doping.
His Doping study also includes fields such as
- Silicon together with Photon upconversion,
- Luminescence which connect with Monoclinic crystal system and Dysprosium.
His studies in Laser integrate themes in fields like Waveguide and Pulse.
His biological study deals with issues like Net gain, which deal with fields such as Optical amplifier.
Markus Pollnau works mostly in the field of Laser linewidth, limiting it down to topics relating to Resonator and, in certain cases, Fabry–Pérot interferometer, as a part of the same area of interest.
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