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D-Index
52
Citations
8468
World Ranking
2568
National Ranking
977

Peter J. Delfyett 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 Peter J. Delfyett sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 599 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter J. Delfyett 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 Peter J. Delfyett sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% 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

  • 2016 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2013 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions to the understanding of the physics and implementation of ultrafast diode lasers

Overview

Peter J. Delfyett is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their work covers multiple main topics, including:

  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
  • Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Quantum optics and atomic interactions

Delfyett has contributed to various publication venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Nature Communications
  • Optics Letters
  • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Some recent notable papers include:

  • Multi-dimensional data transmission using inverse-designed silicon photonics and microcombs (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Free-space optical delay line using space-time wave packets (2020, Nature Communications)
  • A Monolithically Integrated Racetrack Colliding-Pulse Mode-Locked Laser With Pulse-Picking Modulator (2020, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics)
  • Photonic crystal resonators for inverse-designed multi-dimensional optical interconnects (2022, Optics Letters)
  • Synchronization of Electro-Optically Modulated Kerr Soliton to a Chip-Scale Mode-Locked Laser PIC via Regenerative Harmonic Injection Locking (2021, Journal of Lightwave Technology)

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Lawrence Trask
  • Chinmay Shirpurkar
  • Srinivas Varma Pericherla
  • Scott B. Papp
  • Travis C. Briles

Peter J. Delfyett has received several awards, such as:

  • SPIE Fellow (2016)
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2013)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2011) with a citation for pioneering contributions to the understanding of the physics and implementation of ultrafast diode lasers

Best Publications

  • Optical disk readout method using optical coherence tomography and spectral interferometry

    Jannick P. Rolland;Peter J. Delfyett

  • Optical frequency combs from semiconductor lasers and applications in ultrawideband signal processing and communications

    P.J. Delfyett;S. Gee;Myoung-Taek Choi;H. Izadpanah

  • High-power ultrafast laser diodes

    P.J. Delfyett;L.T. Florez;N. Stoffel;T. Gmitter

  • Multiwavelength 10-GHz picosecond pulse generation from a single-stripe semiconductor diode laser

    H. Shi;J. Finlay;G.A. Alphonse;J.C. Connolly

  • Tellurite glasses with peak absolute Raman gain coefficients up to 30 times that of fused silica.

    Robert Stegeman;Ladislav Jankovic;Hongki Kim;Clara Rivero

  • Ultraflat Optical Comb Generation by Phase-Only Modulation of Continuous-Wave Light

    S. Ozharar;F. Quinlan;I. Ozdur;S. Gee

  • Demonstration of phase correlation in multiwavelength mode-locked semiconductor diode lasers.

    H. Shi;I. Nitta;A. Schober;P. J. Delfyett

  • Toward a photonic arbitrary waveform generator using a modelocked external cavity semiconductor laser

    T. Yilmaz;C.M. DePriest;T. Turpin;J.H. Abeles

  • Femtosecond self- and cross-phase modulation in semiconductor laser amplifiers

    M.Y. Hong;Y.H. Chang;A. Dienes

  • Fully programmable ring-resonator-based integrated photonic circuit for phase coherent applications

    A. Agarwal;P. Toliver;R. Menendez;S. Etemad

  • Optical clock distribution using a mode-locked semiconductor laser diode system

    P.J. Delfyett;D.H. Hartman;S.Z. Ahmad

  • Second-harmonic generation in periodically-poled thin film lithium niobate wafer-bonded on silicon.

    Ashutosh Rao;Marcin Malinowski;Amirmahdi Honardoost;Javed Rouf Talukder

  • Simultaneous optical comb frequency stabilization and super-mode noise suppression of harmonically mode-locked semiconductor ring laser using an intracavity etalon

    S. Gee;F. Quinlan;S. Ozharar;P.J. Delfyett

  • Harmonically mode-locked semiconductor-based lasers as high repetition rate ultralow noise pulse train and optical frequency comb sources

    F Quinlan;S Ozharar;S Gee;P J Delfyett

  • Multiwavelength modelocked semiconductor diode laser

    Peter J. Delfyett;Hong Shi

  • Spectrally efficient optical CDMA using coherent phase-frequency coding

    S. Etemad;P. Toliver;R. Menendez;J. Young

  • Optical pulse-shaping device and method, and optical communications station and method

    Eugene Waite Chase;Peter John Delfyett;Robert Norton Thurston

  • High-Power, Low-Noise 1.5-μm Slab-Coupled Optical Waveguide (SCOW) Emitters: Physics, Devices, and Applications

    P. W. Juodawlkis;J. J. Plant;W. Loh;L. J. Missaggia

  • 1.4kW high peak power generation from an all semiconductor mode-locked master oscillator power amplifier system based on eXtreme Chirped Pulse Amplification(X-CPA)

    Kyungbum Kim;Shinwook Lee;Peter J. Delfyett

  • Advanced Ultrafast Technologies Based on Optical Frequency Combs

    P. J. Delfyett;I. Ozdur;N. Hoghooghi;M. Akbulut

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert R. Alfano
Robert R. Alfano City College of New York
Kathleen Richardson
Kathleen Richardson University of Central Florida
George I. Stegeman
George I. Stegeman University of Central Florida
Ming C. Wu
Ming C. Wu University of California, Berkeley
Sasan Fathpour
Sasan Fathpour University of Central Florida
Fred A. Kish
Fred A. Kish Infinera (United States)
Ayman F. Abouraddy
Ayman F. Abouraddy University of Central Florida
Thierry Cardinal
Thierry Cardinal Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jannick P. Rolland
Jannick P. Rolland University of Rochester
Stefano Galli
Stefano Galli Peraton Labs

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