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Ross C. McPhedran

Ross C. McPhedran

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
70
Citations
17413
World Ranking
1055
National Ranking
67

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Ross C. McPhedran is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and specializes in research areas spanning physics, astronomy, and engineering. Their work intersects multiple subfields, including atomic and molecular physics and optics, electrical and electronic engineering, statistical and nonlinear physics, biomedical engineering, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The research undertaken by McPhedran covers diverse topics within advanced fiber laser technologies, photonic crystal and fiber optics, laser-matter interactions and applications, photonic and optical devices, plasmonic and surface plasmon research, optical network technologies, and nonlinear photonic systems.

They have contributed to numerous scientific journals, with frequent publications in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Optics Letters
  • Physical Review A/Physical Review, A
  • Nature Communications
  • Optics Express

Some of Ross C. McPhedran's recent papers include:

  • Pure-quartic solitons and their generalizations-Theory and experiments, 2021, APL Photonics
  • Generalized dispersion Kerr solitons, 2020, Physical Review A/Physical Review, A
  • Spectrally periodic pulses for enhancement of optical nonlinear effects, 2021, Nature Physics
  • Infinite hierarchy of solitons: Interaction of Kerr nonlinearity with even orders of dispersion, 2021, Physical Review Research
  • Modular nonlinear hybrid plasmonic circuit, 2020, Nature Communications

McPhedran has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Antoine F. J. Runge
  • Tristram J. Alexander
  • Andrea Blanco-Redondo
  • Y. Long Qiang
  • Alessandro Tuniz

The scientist's contributions to physics and engineering have been recognized through their election as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Multipole method for microstructured optical fibers. I. Formulation

    T. P. White;B. T. Kuhlmey;R. C. McPhedran;D. Maystre

  • Transport properties of regular arrays of cylinders

    W. T. Perrins;David R. McKenzie;R. C. McPhedran

  • The conductivity of lattices of spheres I. The simple cubic lattice

    R. C. McPhedran;D. R. McKenzie

  • The Dielectric Lamellar Diffraction Grating

    I.C. Botten;M.S. Craig;R.C. McPhedran;J.L. Adams

  • Multipole method for microstructured optical fibers. II. Implementation and results

    Boris T. Kuhlmey;Thomas P. White;Gilles Renversez;Daniel Maystre

  • Microstructured polymer optical fibre.

    Martijn A. van Eijkelenborg;Maryanne C. J. Large;Alexander Argyros;Joseph Zagari

  • Confinement losses in microstructured optical fibers

    T P White;R C McPhedran;C M de Sterke;L C Botten

  • Symmetry and degeneracy in microstructured optical fibers.

    M. J. Steel;T. P. White;C. Martijn de Sterke;R. C. McPhedran

  • Aphrodite's iridescence

    Andrew R. Parker;Ross C. McPhedran;David R. McKenzie;Lindsay C. Botten

  • Optical and dielectric properties of partially resonant composites

    N. A. Nicorovici;R. C. McPhedran;G. W. Milton

  • Resonances in microstructured optical waveguides

    Natalia M. Litchinitser;Steven C. Dunn;Brian Usner;Benjamin J. Eggleton

  • The conductivity of lattices of spheres II. The body centred and face centred cubic lattices

    David R. McKenzie;R. C. McPhedran;G. H. Derrick

  • Modal cutoff in microstructured optical fibers

    Boris T. Kuhlmey;Ross C. McPhedran;C. Martijn de Sterke

  • The Finitely Conducting Lamellar Diffraction Grating

    L.C. Botten;M.S. Craig;R.C. McPhedran;J.L. Adams

  • Photonic band gaps for arrays of perfectly conducting cylinders

    N. A. Nicorovici;R. C. McPhedran;L. C. Botten

  • Bow-tie antennas on a dielectric half-space: Theory and experiment

    R. Compton;R. McPhedran;Z. Popovic;G. Rebeiz

  • Enhanced SPR sensitivity using periodic metallic structures

    Colin J Alleyne;Andrew G Kirk;Ross C McPhedran;Nicolae-Alexandru P Nicorovici

  • Quasistatic cloaking of two-dimensional polarizable discrete systems by anomalous resonance.

    Nicolae Alexandra P Nicorovici;Graeme W. Milton;Ross C. McPhedran;Lindsay C. Botten

  • Dispersion management with microstructured optical fibers: ultraflattened chromatic dispersion with low losses.

    G. Renversez;B. T. Kuhlmey;R. C. Mcphedran

  • Photonic band structure calculations using scattering matrices.

    L C Botten;N A Nicorovici;R C McPhedran;C M Sterke

  • Resonance and scattering in microstructured optical fibers.

    T. P. White;R. C. McPhedran;C. Martijn de Sterke;N. M. Litchinitser

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Martijn de Sterke
C. Martijn de Sterke University of Sydney
Thomas P. White
Thomas P. White Australian National University
Alexander Movchan
Alexander Movchan University of Liverpool
David R. McKenzie
David R. McKenzie University of Sydney
Benjamin J. Eggleton
Benjamin J. Eggleton University of Sydney
Graeme W. Milton
Graeme W. Milton University of Utah
Yuri S. Kivshar
Yuri S. Kivshar Australian National University
Nicolas Bonod
Nicolas Bonod Aix-Marseille University
Thomas F. Krauss
Thomas F. Krauss University of York
Eric Magi
Eric Magi University of Sydney

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