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William J. Wadsworth

William J. Wadsworth

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
63
Citations
19110
World Ranking
1341
National Ranking
63

Overview

William J. Wadsworth is affiliated with the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a particular emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics, and optics. Wadsworth's work spans several subfields including spectroscopy, media technology, and biophysics.

Their research topics cover a range of advanced technological and optical subjects. These include:

  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Image Processing Techniques and Applications

Wadsworth has contributed scholarly articles to multiple publication venues. Frequent venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Optics Express
  • Optics & Laser Technology
  • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by William J. Wadsworth are:

  • "Guidance of ultraviolet light down to 190 nm in a hollow-core optical fibre," 2024, Optics Express
  • "Effect of curing beam intensity and photoinitiator concentration on the geometrical features and optical transmission of light induced polymer waveguides," 2020, Optics & Laser Technology
  • "ACute3D: A Compact, Cost-Effective, 3-D Printed Laser Autocollimator," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
  • "Developing the OpenFlexure Microscope towards medical use: technical and social challenges of developing globally accessible hardware for healthcare," 2024, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Multi-core anti-resonant hollow core optical fiber," 2024, Optics Letters

Wadsworth frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Kerrianne Harrington
  • R.J. Mears
  • T. A. Birks
  • James M. Stone
  • J. C. Knight

Best Publications

  • Optical frequency synthesizer for precision spectroscopy

    R. Holzwarth;Th. Udem;T. W. Hänsch;J. C. Knight

  • Supercontinuum generation in tapered fibers

    T. A. Birks;W. J. Wadsworth;P. St. J. Russell

  • Anomalous dispersion in photonic crystal fiber

    J.C. Knight;J. Arriaga;T.A. Birks;A. Ortigosa-Blanch

  • Submicrometer axial resolution optical coherence tomography

    B. Povazay;K. Bizheva;A. Unterhuber;B. Hermann

  • Experimental evidence for supercontinuum generation by fission of higher-order solitons in photonic fibers.

    J. Herrmann;U. Griebner;N. Zhavoronkov;A. Husakou

  • Highly birefringent photonic crystal fibers

    A. Ortigosa-Blanch;J. C. Knight;W. J. Wadsworth;J. Arriaga

  • Supercontinuum generation by stimulated Raman scattering and parametric four-wave mixing in photonic crystal fibers

    Stéphane Coen;Alvin Hing Lun Chau;Rainer Leonhardt;John D. Harvey

  • Supercontinuum and four-wave mixing with Q-switched pulses in endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fibres

    William J. Wadsworth;N. Joly;Jonathan C. Knight;Tim A. Birks

  • Supercontinuum generation in submicron fibre waveguides

    S. G. Leon-Saval;T. A. Birks;W. J. Wadsworth;P. St.J. Russell

  • Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers and optical fiber tapers: a novel light source

    William J. Wadsworth;Arturo Ortigosa-Blanch;Jonathan C. Knight;Tim A. Birks

  • Low loss silica hollow core fibers for 3–4 μm spectral region

    Fei Yu;William J Wadsworth;Jonathan C Knight

  • White-light supercontinuum generation with 60-ps pump pulses in a photonic crystal fiber

    Stéphane Coen;Alvin Hing Lun Chau;Rainer Leonhardt;John D. Harvey

  • Photonic crystal fiber source of correlated photon pairs.

    JG Rarity;J Fulconis;JL Duligall;WJ Wadsworth

  • Scalar modulation instability in the normal dispersion regime by use of a photonic crystal fiber.

    John D. Harvey;Rainer Leonhardt;Stéphane Coen;Gordon K. L. Wong

  • High power air-clad photonic crystal fibre laser.

    W Wadsworth;R Percival;G Bouwmans;J Knight

  • Soliton effects in photonic crystal fibres at 850 nm

    W.J. Wadsworth;J.C. Knight;A. Ortigosa-Blanch;J. Arriaga

  • Coherent supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber with all-normal group velocity dispersion.

    Lucy E Hooper;Peter James Mosley;Alistair C Muir;William J Wadsworth

  • Nonclassical interference and entanglement generation using a photonic crystal fiber pair photon source.

    Jérémie Fulconis;Olivier Alibart;Jeremy L O'Brien;William J Wadsworth

  • Supercontinuum generation system for optical coherence tomography based on tapered photonic crystal fibre

    G. Humbert;W. J. Wadsworth;S. G. Leon-Saval;J. C. Knight

  • Enhanced visualization of choroidal vessels using ultrahigh resolution ophthalmic OCT at 1050 nm

    B. Povazay;K. Bizheva;B. Hermann;A. Unterhuber

Frequent Co-Authors

John Rarity
John Rarity University of Bristol
Fiorenzo G. Omenetto
Fiorenzo G. Omenetto Tufts University
Marc Sorel
Marc Sorel University of Glasgow
Theodore B. Norris
Theodore B. Norris University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael J. Strain
Michael J. Strain University of Strathclyde

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