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D-Index
54
Citations
11155
World Ranking
2288
National Ranking
893

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2008 - IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award “For pioneering contributions to optoelectronic technologies and their implementation in optical communications systems”
  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to optoelectronic technologies and their implementation in optical communications systems.

Overview

Thomas L. Koch is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Social Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on areas such as Transportation, Building and Construction, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

  • Transportation Planning and Optimization
  • Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques
  • Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Maritime Ports and Logistics
  • Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency
  • Optical Coherence Tomography Applications

Thomas L. Koch has published research in a variety of venues, often contributing to the following journals and conference proceedings:

  • Procedia Computer Science
  • Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
  • Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Optical Materials Express
  • Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing

The recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomas L. Koch include:

  • "Short-Term Forecasting of Off-Street Parking Occupancy," 2021, Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • "Forecasting Public Transport Ridership: Management of Information Systems using CNN and LSTM Architectures," 2021, Procedia Computer Science
  • "A normative database of wide-field swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography quantitative metrics in a large cohort of healthy adults," 2023, Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
  • "Rapid photolithographic fabrication of high density optical interconnects using refractive index contrast polymers," 2022, Optical Materials Express
  • "Short-term time series forecasting for multi-site municipal solid waste management," 2023, Procedia Computer Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, among whom are:

  • Elenna Dugundji
  • Elisabeth Fokker
  • Ruurd Buijs
  • Sergey Khalil
  • Eline A. Belt

Throughout their career, Thomas L. Koch has received recognition in the form of awards that include:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2018)
  • IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award (2008) for pioneering contributions to optoelectronic technologies and their implementation in optical communications systems
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2006) for contributions to optoelectronic technologies and their implementation in optical communications systems

Best Publications

  • Antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides in SiO2‐Si multilayer structures

    M. A. Duguay;Y. Kokubun;T. L. Koch;Loren Pfeiffer

  • Tensile-strained, n-type Ge as a gain medium for monolithic laser integration on Si

    Jifeng Liu;Xiaochen Sun;Dong Pan;Xiaoxin Wang

  • Nature of wavelength chirping in directly modulated semiconductor lasers

    T.L. Koch;John E. Bowers

  • Semiconductor photonic integrated circuits

    T.L. Koch;U. Koren

  • A wavelength-division multiplexed passive optical network with cost-shared components

    N.J. Frigo;P.P. Iannone;P.D. Magill;T.E. Darcie

  • A wideband all-optical WDM network

    I.P. Kaminow;C.R. Doerr;C. Dragone;T. Koch

  • Effect of nonlinear gain reduction on semiconductor laser wavelength chirping

    T. L. Koch;R. A. Linke

  • Semiconductor lasers for coherent optical fiber communications

    T.L. Koch;U. Koren

  • Tapered waveguide InGaAs/InGaAsP multiple-quantum-well lasers

    T.L. Koch;U. Koren;G. Eisenstein;M.G. Young

  • Computer simulation of high-bit-rate optical fiber transmission using single-frequency lasers

    P. Corvini;T. Koch

  • Polarization rotation in asymmetric periodic loaded rib waveguides

    Y. Shani;R. Alferness;T. Koch;U. Koren

  • Continuously tunable 1.5μm multiple-quantum-well GaInAs/GaInAsP distributed-Bragg-reflector lasers

    Thomas L Koch;U. Koren;R. P. Gnall;C. A. Burrus

  • Broadly tunable InGaAsP/InP laser based on a vertical coupler filter with 57‐nm tuning range

    R. C. Alferness;U. Koren;L. L. Buhl;B. I. Miller

  • Width Dependence of Inherent TM-Mode Lateral Leakage Loss in Silicon-On-Insulator Ridge Waveguides

    M.A. Webster;R.M. Pafchek;A. Mitchell;T.L. Koch

  • Thermal compensators for waveguide DBR laser sources

    Jean-Marc Verdiell;Robert J. Lang;Thomas L. Koch;Mehrdad Ziari

  • Grating‐assisted InGaAsP/InP vertical codirectional coupler filter

    R. C. Alferness;T. L. Koch;L. L. Buhl;F. Storz

  • 40 GHz active mode-locking in a 1.5 mu m monolithic extended-cavity laser

    R. S. Tucker;U. Koren;G. Raybon;C. A. Burrus

  • Wavelength division multiplexing light source with integrated quantum well tunable lasers and optical amplifiers

    U. Koren;T. L. Koch;B. I. Miller;G. Eisenstein

  • Analysis and design of coupled-cavity lasers - Part I: Threshold gain analysis and design guidelines

    L. Coldren;T. Koch

  • Dispersion compensation by active predistorted signal synthesis

    T. Koch;R. Alferness

  • GaInAs/GaInAsP multiple-quantum-well integrated heterodyne receiver

    T.L. Koch;U. Koren;R.P. Gnall;F.S. Choa

Frequent Co-Authors

Uziel Koren
Uziel Koren Nokia (United States)
Barry Miller
Barry Miller Nokia (United States)
C.A. Burrus
C.A. Burrus Nokia (United States)
G. Raybon
G. Raybon Nokia (United States)
Arnan Mitchell
Arnan Mitchell RMIT University
Gadi Eisenstein
Gadi Eisenstein Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Thach G. Nguyen
Thach G. Nguyen RMIT University
Andrew R. Chraplyvy
Andrew R. Chraplyvy Nokia (United States)
Won-Tien Tsang
Won-Tien Tsang AT&T (United States)
John E. Bowers
John E. Bowers University of California, Santa Barbara

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