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D-Index
66
Citations
19167
World Ranking
5261
National Ranking
1375

Stephen A. Payne publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen A. Payne sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 408 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Stephen A. Payne D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen A. Payne sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Nonlinear refractive index of optical crystals.

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

  • Laser performance of LiSrAlF6:Cr3+

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

  • Resonance transition 795-nm rubidium laser

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Plastic scintillators with efficient neutron/gamma pulse shape discrimination

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

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

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

  • Strontium and barium iodide high light yield scintillators

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 115-W Tm:YAG diode-pumped solid-state laser

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

  • 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

  • Scintillators With Potential to Supersede Lanthanum Bromide

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

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

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

  • High-power dual-rod Yb:YAG laser

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

Frequent Co-Authors

William F. Krupke
William F. Krupke Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Arnold Burger
Arnold Burger Fisk University
Raymond J. Beach
Raymond J. Beach Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lynn A. Boatner
Lynn A. Boatner Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Bruce H. T. Chai
Bruce H. T. Chai University of Central Florida
Joshua D. Kuntz
Joshua D. Kuntz Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Alok Mani Srivastava
Alok Mani Srivastava General Electric (United States)
Thomas A. Lograsso
Thomas A. Lograsso Ames Laboratory
Eric B. Duoss
Eric B. Duoss Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Klaus Petermann
Klaus Petermann Technical University of Berlin

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