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Michael R. Watts

Michael R. Watts

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
56
Citations
14075
World Ranking
2046
National Ranking
804

Overview

Michael R. Watts is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields, with a strong emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering, emergency medicine, emergency medical services, instrumentation, and atomic and molecular physics, and optics.

The scientist's work primarily focuses on areas including photonic and optical devices, semiconductor lasers and optical devices, advanced photonic communication systems, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, emergency and acute care studies, advanced optical sensing technologies, and disaster response and management.

Recent publications by Michael R. Watts include:

  • Coherent LiDAR With an 8,192-Element Optical Phased Array and Driving Laser, 2022, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
  • 8192-Element Optical Phased Array with 100° Steering Range and Flip-Chip CMOS, 2020, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • The implementation of an emergency nursing framework (HIRAID) reduces patient deterioration: A multi-centre quasi-experimental study, 2021, International Emergency Nursing
  • Broadband 200-nm second-harmonic generation in silicon in the telecom band, 2020, Light Science & Applications
  • A Silicon Photonic Data Link with a Monolithic Erbium-Doped Laser, 2020, Scientific Reports

Michael R. Watts collaborates frequently with several researchers, indicating consistent teamwork and co-authorship. Frequent co-authors include Christopher V. Poulton, Matthew J. Byrd, Erman Timurdogan, Kate Curtis, and Belinda Munroe.

The scientist's work has been disseminated through several well-known publication venues. These include:

  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • BMC Medical Ethics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Large-scale nanophotonic phased array

    Jie Sun;Erman Timurdogan;Ami Yaacobi;Ehsan Shah Hosseini

  • Coherent solid-state LIDAR with silicon photonic optical phased arrays

    Christopher V Poulton;Ami Yaacobi;David B Cole;Matthew J Byrd

  • Polarization-transparent microphotonic devices in the strong confinement limit

    Tymon Barwicz;Michael R. Watts;Michael R. Watts;Miloš A. Popovi cacute;Peter T. Rakich

  • Long-Range LiDAR and Free-Space Data Communication With High-Performance Optical Phased Arrays

    Christopher Vincent Poulton;Matthew J. Byrd;Peter Russo;Erman Timurdogan

  • An ultralow power athermal silicon modulator

    Erman Timurdogan;Cheryl M. Sorace-Agaskar;Jie Sun;Ehsan Shah Hosseini

  • Adiabatic thermo-optic Mach–Zehnder switch

    Michael R Watts;Jie Sun;Christopher DeRose;Douglas C Trotter

  • Ultra compact 45 GHz CMOS compatible Germanium waveguide photodiode with low dark current

    Christopher T. DeRose;Douglas C. Trotter;William A. Zortman;Andrew L. Starbuck

  • Large-scale silicon nitride nanophotonic phased arrays at infrared and visible wavelengths.

    Christopher V. Poulton;Matthew J. Byrd;Manan Raval;Zhan Su

  • Electric field-induced second-order nonlinear optical effects in silicon waveguides

    E. Timurdogan;C. V. Poulton;M. J. Byrd;M. R. Watts

  • Integrated mode-evolution-based polarization rotators

    M. R. Watts;H. A. Haus

  • Vertical junction silicon microdisk modulators and switches

    Michael R. Watts;William A. Zortman;Douglas C. Trotter;Ralph W. Young

  • Multistage high-order microring-resonator add-drop filters.

    Milos A Popovíc;Tymon Barwicz;Michael R Watts;Peter T Rakich

  • Low-Voltage, Compact, Depletion-Mode, Silicon Mach–Zehnder Modulator

    M.R. Watts;W.A. Zortman;D.C. Trotter;R.W. Young

  • Ultralow power silicon microdisk modulators and switches

    M.R. Watts;D.C. Trotter;R.W. Young;A.L. Lentine

  • Silicon photonics manufacturing.

    William A Zortman;Douglas C Trotter;Michael R Watts

  • Coupling-induced resonance frequency shifts in coupled dielectric multi-cavity filters.

    Miloš A. Popović;Christina Manolatou;Michael R. Watts

  • Fabrication and analysis of add-drop filters based on microring resonators in SiN

    T. Barwicz;M.A. Popovic;P.T. Rakich;M.R. Watts

  • Integrated phased array for wide-angle beam steering

    Ami Yaacobi;Jie Sun;Michele Moresco;Gerald Leake

  • Ultralow-loss silicon ring resonators

    Aleksandr Biberman;Michael J. Shaw;Erman Timurdogan;Jeremy B. Wright

  • Coherent LiDAR With an 8,192-Element Optical Phased Array and Driving Laser

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  • Fabrication of add-drop filters based on frequency-matched microring resonators

    T. Barwicz;M.A. Popovic;M.R. Watts;P.T. Rakich

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas D. Coolbaugh
Douglas D. Coolbaugh University at Albany, State University of New York
Miloš A. Popović
Miloš A. Popović Boston University
Anthony L. Lentine
Anthony L. Lentine Sandia National Laboratories
Tymon Barwicz
Tymon Barwicz X, the moonshot factory
Vladimir Stojanovic
Vladimir Stojanovic University of California, Berkeley
Jason S. Orcutt
Jason S. Orcutt IBM (United States)

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