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P. St. J. Russell

P. St. J. Russell

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
124
Citations
77354
World Ranking
685
National Ranking
57

P. St. J. Russell publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where P. St. J. Russell sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,074 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

P. St. J. Russell D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where P. St. J. Russell sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 124 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2001 - OSA Fellows For the invention of the photonic crystal fiber--an array of micron-spaced sub-micron holes that allow for extremely large mode area single-mode fibers with better power handling.

Overview

P. St. J. Russell is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within physics and engineering, particularly emphasizing optics and photonics.

The scientist's main fields of study include Physics and Astronomy and Engineering, with substantial contributions in subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, and Materials Chemistry.

Key topics covered in their work feature:

  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
  • Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
  • Optical Network Technologies

Their publication record includes frequent contributions to venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Optics Express
  • Optica
  • Photonics Research

Among their most recent papers are:

  • "Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars" (2022, Science)
  • "Three-photon head-mounted microscope for imaging deep cortical layers in freely moving rats" (2020, Nature Methods)
  • "Seven-octave high-brightness and carrier-envelope-phase-stable light source" (2020, Nature Photonics)
  • "Synthesis and dissociation of soliton molecules in parallel optical-soliton reactors" (2021, Light Science & Applications)
  • "Efficient single-cycle pulse compression of an ytterbium fiber laser at 10 MHz repetition rate" (2020, Optics Express)

The researcher has collaborated frequently with:

  • Michael H. Frosz
  • Francesco Tani
  • David Novoa
  • G. K. L. Wong
  • P. Roth

P. St. J. Russell was recognized with the Fellow of the Royal Society award in the United Kingdom in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Photonic crystal fibers

    Phillip Russell

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

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

  • Endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fiber.

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

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

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

  • Photonic crystal fibres

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

  • Photonic-Crystal Fibers

    P.St.J. Russell

  • Photonic Band Gap Guidance in Optical Fibers

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

  • Optical frequency synthesizer for precision spectroscopy

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

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

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

  • Supercontinuum generation in tapered fibers

    T. A. Birks;W. J. Wadsworth;P. St. J. Russell

  • Ultimate low loss of hollow-core photonic crystal fibres.

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

  • Anomalous dispersion in photonic crystal fiber

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

  • Large mode area photonic crystal fibre

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

  • Submicrometer axial resolution optical coherence tomography

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

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

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

  • Highly birefringent photonic crystal fibers

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

  • 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

  • Demonstration of ultra-flattened dispersion in photonic crystal fibers

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

  • Full 2-D photonic bandgaps in silica/air structures

    T.A. Birks;P.J. Roberts;P.S.J. Russell;D.M. Atkin

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Knight
Jonathan Knight University of Bath
Tim A. Birks
Tim A. Birks University of Bath
William J. Wadsworth
William J. Wadsworth University of Bath
Markus A. Schmidt
Markus A. Schmidt Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Peter G. Kazansky
Peter G. Kazansky University of Southampton
Fabio Biancalana
Fabio Biancalana Heriot-Watt University
Fetah Benabid
Fetah Benabid Xlim Research Institute
Laurence Reekie
Laurence Reekie City University of Hong Kong
Fiorenzo G. Omenetto
Fiorenzo G. Omenetto Tufts University
Xin Jiang
Xin Jiang University of Siegen

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