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Rene-Jean Essiambre

Rene-Jean Essiambre

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
53
Citations
15386
World Ranking
2354
National Ranking
916

Rene-Jean Essiambre 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 Rene-Jean Essiambre sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 249 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rene-Jean Essiambre 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 Rene-Jean Essiambre sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% 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

  • 2007 - OSA Fellows For discoveries and seminal contributions to the field of nonlinear propagation in fibers.

Overview

Rene-Jean Essiambre is a researcher affiliated with Nokia in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering as well as Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics.

The scientist has contributed to multiple areas within optical and photonic technologies. Their main research topics include:

  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

Essiambre has published several papers across prominent journals and venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Arthur Ashkin: Father of the optical tweezers," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Randomly-Coupled Multi-Core Fiber Technology," 2022, Proceedings of the IEEE
  • "A Comparative Study of Few-Mode Fiber and Coupled-Core Multi-Core Fiber Transmission," 2021, Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • "High Capacity Transmission in a Coupled-Core Three-Core Multi-Core Fiber," 2020, Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • "Multicore Cladding-Pumped Fiber Amplifier With Annular Erbium Doping for Low Gain Compression," 2022, Journal of Lightwave Technology

Their frequent co-authors include Roland Ryf, Nicolas K. Fontaine, Haoshuo Chen, Georg Rademacher, and Benjamin J. Puttnam. These collaborations highlight a network of researchers focused on optical fiber technologies and related communication systems.

Essiambre's publications have appeared in leading venues, including:

  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
  • IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
  • Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

In recognition of their contributions, Rene-Jean Essiambre was named an OSA Fellow in 2007 for discoveries and seminal contributions to the field of nonlinear propagation in fibers.

Best Publications

  • Capacity Limits of Optical Fiber Networks

    R.-J. Essiambre;G. Kramer;P.J. Winzer;G.J. Foschini

  • Mode-Division Multiplexing Over 96 km of Few-Mode Fiber Using Coherent 6 $\, imes\,$ 6 MIMO Processing

    R. Ryf;S. Randel;A. H. Gnauck;C. Bolle

  • Advanced Optical Modulation Formats

    P.J. Winzer;R.-J. Essiambre

  • Capacity Trends and Limits of Optical Communication Networks

    R. Essiambre;R. W. Tkach

  • Advanced Modulation Formats for High-Capacity Optical Transport Networks

    P.J. Winzer;R.-J. Essiambre

  • 6×56-Gb/s mode-division multiplexed transmission over 33-km few-mode fiber enabled by 6×6 MIMO equalization

    Sebastian Randel;Roland Ryf;Alberto Sierra;Peter J. Winzer

  • Nonlinear Propagation in Multimode and Multicore Fibers: Generalization of the Manakov Equations

    S. Mumtaz;R-J Essiambre;G. P. Agrawal

  • Nonlinear Shannon Limit in Pseudolinear Coherent Systems

    A. Mecozzi;R. Essiambre

  • Intra-channel cross-phase modulation and four-wave mixing in high-speed TDM systems

    R.-J. Essiambre;B. Mikkelsen;G. Raybon

  • Space-division multiplexing over 10 km of three-mode fiber using coherent 6 × 6 MIMO processing

    R. Ryf;S. Randel;A. H. Gnauck;C. Bolle

  • Capacity limits of information transport in fiber-optic networks.

    Rene ´ Jean Essiambre;Gerard J. Foschini;Gerhard Kramer;Peter J. Winzer

  • 32-bit/s/Hz spectral efficiency WDM transmission over 177-km few-mode fiber

    R. Ryf;S. Randel;N. K. Fontaine;M. Montoliu

  • Experimental Investigation of Inter-Modal Four-Wave Mixing in Few-Mode Fibers

    R. Essiambre;M. A. Mestre;R. Ryf;A. H. Gnauck

  • Space-division multiplexed transmission over 4200-km 3-core microstructured fiber

    R. Ryf;R.-J. Essiambre;A. H. Gnauck;S. Randel

  • Mode-multiplexed 6×20-GBd QPSK transmission over 1200-km DGD-compensated few-mode fiber

    S. Randel;R. Ryf;A. H. Gnauck;M. A. Mestre

  • Pseudo-Linear Transmission of High-Speed TDM Signals: 40 and 160 Gb/s

    René-Jean Essiambre;Gregory Raybon;Benny Mikkelsen

  • Breakthroughs in Photonics 2012: Space-Division Multiplexing in Multimode and Multicore Fibers for High-Capacity Optical Communication

    R.-J Essiambre;R. Ryf;N. K. Fontaine;S. Randel

  • Theory of intermodal four-wave mixing with random linear mode coupling in few-mode fibers

    Yuzhe Xiao;René-Jean Essiambre;Marc Desgroseilliers;Antonia M. Tulino

  • Design of bidirectionally pumped fiber amplifiers generating double Rayleigh backscattering

    R.-J. Essiambre;P. Winzer;J. Bromage;Chul Han Kim

  • Integrated cladding-pumped multicore few-mode erbium-doped fibre amplifier for space-division-multiplexed communications

    H. Chen;C. Jin;C. Jin;B. Huang;B. Huang;N. K. Fontaine

  • Capacity Limits of Fiber-Optic Communication Systems

    René-Jean Essiambre;Gerard Foschini;Peter Winzer;Gerhard Kramer

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Ryf
Roland Ryf Nokia (United States)
Peter J. Winzer
Peter J. Winzer Nokia (United States)
Nicolas K. Fontaine
Nicolas K. Fontaine Nokia (United States)
Haoshuo Chen
Haoshuo Chen Nokia Bell Labs
Sebastian Randel
Sebastian Randel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Gerhard Kramer
Gerhard Kramer Technical University of Munich
Govind P. Agrawal
Govind P. Agrawal University of Rochester
Alan H. Gnauck
Alan H. Gnauck Nokia (United States)
Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa
Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa University of Central Florida
Younes Messaddeq
Younes Messaddeq Université Laval

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