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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

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72
Citations
26047
World Ranking
792
National Ranking
21

Physics

D-Index
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Citations
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World Ranking
3616
National Ranking
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Wolfgang Freude publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wolfgang Freude sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 602 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Wolfgang Freude D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wolfgang Freude sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Overview

Wolfgang Freude is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics within engineering and physics, with a particular emphasis on photonics and optical technologies.

Their recent research papers include:

  • Generalized Kramers-Kronig receiver for coherent terahertz communications, 2020, Nature Photonics
  • Hybrid multi-chip assembly of optical communication engines by in situ 3D nano-lithography, 2020, Light Science & Applications
  • Silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) Mach-Zehnder modulators for 100 GBd PAM4 signaling with sub-1 dB phase-shifter loss, 2020, Optics Express
  • Biophotonic sensors with integrated Si3N4-organic hybrid (SiNOH) lasers for point-of-care diagnostics, 2021, Light Science & Applications
  • Hybrid external-cavity lasers (ECL) using photonic wire bonds as coupling elements, 2021, Scientific Reports

Freude's collaborative work is frequently conducted with the following co-authors:

  • C. Koos
  • Sebastian Randel
  • Christoph Füllner
  • Matthias Blaicher
  • Dengyang Fang

The primary venues for publication include:

  • Optics Express
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2022

The main fields of study associated with Wolfgang Freude's work are:

  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these fields, their subfields of expertise include:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Instrumentation

Their investigations cover several key topics in optics and photonics, such as:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications

Best Publications

  • Wireless sub-THz communication system with high data rate

    S. Koenig;D. Lopez-Diaz;J. Antes;J. Antes;F. Boes;F. Boes

  • Nonlinear silicon photonics

    J. Leuthold;C. Koos;W. Freude

  • Microresonator-based solitons for massively parallel coherent optical communications

    Pablo Marin-Palomo;Juned N. Kemal;Maxim Karpov;Arne Kordts

  • All-optical high-speed signal processing with silicon–organic hybrid slot waveguides

    C. Koos;C. Koos;P. Vorreau;T. Vallaitis;P. Dumon

  • What is — and what is not — an optical isolator

    Dirk Jalas;Alexander Petrov;Manfred Eich;Wolfgang Freude

  • Ultrafast optical ranging using microresonator soliton frequency combs

    P. Trocha;M. Karpov;D. Ganin;M.H.P Pfeiffer

  • Coherent terabit communications with microresonator Kerr frequency combs.

    Joerg Pfeifle;Victor Brasch;Matthias Lauermann;Yimin Yu

  • Error Vector Magnitude as a Performance Measure for Advanced Modulation Formats

    R. Schmogrow;B. Nebendahl;M. Winter;A. Josten

  • High-speed plasmonic phase modulators

    A. Melikyan;L. Alloatti;A. Muslija;D. Hillerkuss

  • 26 Tbit s-1 line-rate super-channel transmission utilizing all-optical fast Fourier transform processing

    D. Hillerkuss;R. Schmogrow;T. Schellinger;M. Jordan

  • Nonlinear silicon-on-insulator waveguides for all-optical signal processing

    C Koos;L Jacome;C Poulton;J Leuthold

  • Photonic wire bonding: a novel concept for chip-scale interconnects

    N. Lindenmann;G. Balthasar;D. Hillerkuss;R. Schmogrow

  • In situ 3D nanoprinting of free-form coupling elements for hybrid photonic integration

    P.-I. Dietrich;M. Blaicher;I. Reuter;M. Billah

  • High-speed low-voltage electro-optic modulator with a polymer-infiltrated silicon photonic crystal waveguide

    Jan-Michael Brosi;Christian Koos;Lucio Claudio Andreani;Michael Waldow

  • Ultrafast optical ranging using microresonator soliton frequency combs

    Philipp Trocha;Denis Ganin;Maxim Karpov;Martin H. P. Pfeiffer

  • 100 GHz silicon-organic hybrid modulator

    Luca Alloatti;Robert Palmer;Sebastian Diebold;Kai Philipp Pahl

  • Surface plasmon polariton absorption modulator

    A. Melikyan;N. Lindenmann;S. Walheim;P. M. Leufke

  • Femtojoule electro-optic modulation using a silicon–organic hybrid device

    Sebastian Koeber;Robert Palmer;Matthias Lauermann;Wolfgang Heni;Wolfgang Heni

  • Hybrid integration of silicon photonics circuits and InP lasers by photonic wire bonding

    Muhammad Rodlin Billah;Matthias Blaicher;Tobias Hoose;Philipp-Immanuel Dietrich

  • Real-time Nyquist pulse generation beyond 100 Gbit/s and its relation to OFDM

    R. Schmogrow;M. Winter;M. Meyer;D. Hillerkuss

  • 42.7 Gbit/s electro-optic modulator in silicon technology

    L Alloatti;D Korn;R Palmer;D Hillerkuss

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Koos
Christian Koos Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Juerg Leuthold
Juerg Leuthold ETH Zurich
Luca Alloatti
Luca Alloatti ETH Zurich
Sebastian Randel
Sebastian Randel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Larry R. Dalton
Larry R. Dalton University of Washington
Delwin L. Elder
Delwin L. Elder University of Washington
Wim Bogaerts
Wim Bogaerts Ghent University
Roel Baets
Roel Baets Ghent University
Jürgen Becker
Jürgen Becker Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ioannis Tomkos
Ioannis Tomkos University of Patras

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