2026 Stephen A. Payne: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	66	5263	5092	1377	1290	408	19167

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Materials Science

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19167

Overview

Stephen A. Payne is affiliated with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within physics and engineering, with a focus on radiation detection, luminescence properties of materials, and solid-state laser technologies.

The main fields of study represented in their work include:

Physics and Astronomy
Engineering

Payne's subfields of study are diverse, reflecting interdisciplinary approaches to advanced material and radiation sciences. These subfields include:

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Materials Chemistry
Radiation
Computational Mechanics

Their research focuses on several key topics around detection technologies and advanced materials science, which are:

Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
Solid State Laser Technologies
Laser Material Processing Techniques
Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials
Photonic Crystals and Applications

Notable recent papers by Stephen A. Payne include:

"Thallium Bromide Gamma-Ray Spectrometers and Pixel Arrays," 2020, Frontiers in Physics
"Material jet printing of transparent ceramic Yb:YAG planar waveguides," 2021, Optics Letters
"Fabrication of engineered dopant profiles in Er/Lu:YAG transparent laser ceramics via additive manufacturing," 2023, Optical Materials Express
"Performance of High Stopping Power Bismuth-Loaded Plastic Scintillators for Radiation Portal Monitors," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
"Additively manufactured transparent ceramic thin disk gain medium," 2022, Optical Materials Express

The primary venues where their research has been published, highlighting areas of repeated contribution, include:

Optical Materials Express
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Optical Materials X
Frontiers in Physics
Optics Letters

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated on multiple publications with Payne are:

Nerine J. Cherepy
Zachary Seeley
Sean O'Neal
Thomas J. Rudzik
Alexander D. Drobshoff

This profile presents an overview of Stephen A. Payne's multidisciplinary research trajectory, centered on applied physics and materials science relating to radiation detection, laser technology, and ceramic materials.

Best Publications

Evaluation of absorption and emission properties of Yb/sup 3+/ doped crystals for laser applications

L.D. DeLoach;S.A. Payne;L.L. Chase;L.K. Smith

1127
Citations
Infrared cross-section measurements for crystals doped with Er/sup 3+/, Tm/sup 3+/, and Ho/sup 3+/

S.A. Payne;L.L. Chase;L.K. Smith;W.L. Kway

1122
Citations
Transition metal-doped zinc chalcogenides: Spectroscopy and laser demonstration of a new class of gain media

Laura D. Deloach;Ralph H. Page;Gary D. Wilke;Stephen A. Payne

854
Citations
Nonlinear refractive index of optical crystals.

Robert Adair;L. L. Chase;Stephen A. Payne

820
Citations
Laser performance of LiSrAlF6:Cr3+

Stephen A. Payne;L. L. Chase;L. K. Smith;Wayne L. Kway

506
Citations
Resonance transition 795-nm rubidium laser

William F. Krupke;Raymond J. Beach;V. Keith Kanz;Stephen A. Payne

478
Citations
Cr/sup 2+/-doped zinc chalcogenides as efficient, widely tunable mid-infrared lasers

R.H. Page;K.I. Schaffers;L.D. DeLoach;G.D. Wilke

459
Citations
Quantum electronic properties of the Na/sub 3/Ga/sub 2/Li/sub 3/F/sub 12/:Cr/sup 3+/ laser

J.A. Caird;S.A. Payne;P.R. Staber;A.J. Ramponi

450
Citations
LiCaAlF/sub 6/:Cr/sup 3+/: a promising new solid-state laser material

S.A. Payne;L.L. Chase;H.W. Newkirk;L.K. Smith

430
Citations
Nonlinear refractive-index measurements of glasses using three-wave frequency mixing

Robert Adair;L. L. Chase;Stephen A. Payne

416
Citations
Plastic scintillators with efficient neutron/gamma pulse shape discrimination

Natalia Zaitseva;Benjamin L. Rupert;Iwona PaweŁczak;Andrew Glenn

414
Citations
End-pumped continuous-wave alkali vapor lasers: experiment, model, and power scaling

Raymond J. Beach;William F. Krupke;V. Keith Kanz;Stephen A. Payne

413
Citations
Strontium and barium iodide high light yield scintillators

Nerine J. Cherepy;Giulia Hull;Alexander D. Drobshoff;Stephen A. Payne

396
Citations
Upconversion-pumped luminescence efficiency of rare-earth-doped hosts sensitized with trivalent ytterbium

Ralph H. Page;Kathleen I. Schaffers;Phillip A. Waide;John B. Tassano

390
Citations
Ultraviolet laser emission properties of Ce 3+ -doped LiSrAlF 6 and LiCaAlF 6

C. D. Marshall;J. A. Speth;Stephen A. Payne;William F. Krupke

374
Citations
115-W Tm:YAG diode-pumped solid-state laser

E.C. Honea;R.J. Beach;S.B. Sutton;J.A. Speth

346
Citations
Laser demonstration of Yb/sub 3/Al/sub 5/O/sub 12/ (YbAG) and materials properties of highly doped Yb:YAG

F.D. Patel;E.C. Honea;J. Speth;S.A. Payne

307
Citations
Scintillators With Potential to Supersede Lanthanum Bromide

N.J. Cherepy;S.A. Payne;S.J. Asztalos;G. Hull

276
Citations
Laser and spectroscopic properties of Sr 5 (PO 4 ) 3 F:Yb

Laura D. DeLoach;Stephen A. Payne;Larry K. Smith;Wayne L. Kway

233
Citations
High-power dual-rod Yb:YAG laser

Eric C. Honea;Raymond J. Beach;Scott C. Mitchell;Jay A. Skidmore

231
Citations