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Robert L. Thornton

Observed names: R L. Thornton, R. L. THORNTON, R. L. Thornton, R. Thornton, R.L. Thornton, ROBERT L. THORNTON, Robert L Thornton, Robert Lawrence Thornton, THORNTON ROBERT L, THORNTON, ROBERT L., Thornton, Robert L.

Observed institutions: University of California, Santa Barbara, Palo Alto Research Center, Nike (United States), Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, OSGeo, Samsung Semiconductor (United States), Fair Isaac Corporation (United States), Stanford University

OpenAlex ID: A5111527277

Ultrahigh light transmission through a C-shaped nanoaperture

2003 · Xiaolei Shi, Lambertus Hesselink, et al. · Optics Letters · 198

Hydrogen passivation of shallow-acceptor impurities inp-type GaAs

1986 · N. M. Johnson, R. D. Burnham, et al. · Physical review. B, Condensed matter · 192

Stripe-geometry quantum well heterostructure AlxGa1−xAs-GaAs lasers defined by defect diffusion

1986 · D. G. Deppe, L. J. Guido, et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 189

Effects of dielectric encapsulation and As overpressure on Al-Ga interdiffusion in AlxGa1−x As-GaAs quantum-well heterostructures

1987 · L. J. Guido, N. Holonyak, et al. · Journal of Applied Physics · 151

Drift leakage current in AlGaInP quantum-well lasers

1993 · D.P. Bour, D.W. Treat, et al. · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics · 146

Comparison of timing jitter in external and monolithic cavity mode-locked semiconductor lasers

1991 · D. J. Derickson, P. A. Morton, et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 135

Strained Ga/sub x/In/sub 1-x/P/(AlGa)/sub 0.5/In/sub 0.5/P heterostructures and quantum-well laser diodes

1994 · D.P. Bour, R.S. Geels, et al. · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics · 113

Ultrafast dynamics in field-enhanced saturable absorbers

1994 · J. R. Karin, R. J. Helkey, et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 88

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Monolithic waveguide coupled cavity lasers and modulators fabricated by impurity induced disordering

1988 · R.L. Thornton, W.J. Mosby, et al. · Journal of Lightwave Technology · 82

Low-threshold disorder-defined buried-heterostructure AlxGa1−xAs-GaAs quantum well lasers

1985 · D. G. Deppe, K. C. Hsieh, et al. · Journal of Applied Physics · 75

Low threshold planar buried heterostructure lasers fabricated by impurity-induced disordering

1985 · R. L. Thornton, R. D. Burnham, et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 72

Theory of loss measurements of Fabry–Perot resonators by Fourier analysis of the transmission spectra

1997 · Daniel Hofstetter, Robert L. Thornton · Optics Letters · 65

Excitation of a higher order transverse mode in an optically pumped In0.15Ga0.85N/In0.05Ga0.95N multiquantum well laser structure

1997 · Daniel Hofstetter, David P. Bour, et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 60

Stripe-geometry AlxGa1−xAs-GaAs quantum well heterostructure lasers defined by Si diffusion and disordering

1985 · K. Meehan, P. Gavrilović, et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 60

Room-temperature pulsed operation of an electrically injected InGaN/GaN multi-quantum well distributed feedback laser

1998 · Daniel Hofstetter, Robert L. Thornton, et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 53

Laser induced disordering of GaAs-AlGaAs superlattice and incorporation of Si impurity

1986 · J. E. Epler, R. D. Burnham, et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 52

Doped contacts for high-longevity optically activated, high-gain GaAs photoconductive semiconductor switches

2000 · A. Mar, G.M. Loubriel, et al. · IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science · 50

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Measurement of optical cavity properties in semiconductor lasers by Fourier analysis of the emission spectrum

1998 · D. Hofstetter, R.L. Thornton · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics · 48

Impurity-disordered, coupled-stripe AlxGa1−xAs-GaAs quantum well laser

1985 · P. Gavrilovic, K. Meehan, et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 45

High reflectivity GaAs-AlGaAs mirrors fabricated by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

1984 · R. L. Thornton, R. D. Burnham, et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 45

Optically controlled two channel integrated-optical switch

1978 · P. Cross, R. Schmidt, et al. · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics · 42

High power (2.1 W) 10-stripe AlGaAs laser arrays with Si disordered facet windows

1986 · R. L. Thornton, D. F. Welch, et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 41

Highly efficient multiple emitter index guided array lasers fabricated by silicon impurity induced disordering

1986 · R. L. Thornton, R. D. Burnham, et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 41

Nano-aperture with 1000x power throughput enhancement for very small aperture laser system (VSAL)

2002 · Xiaolei Shi, Robert L. Thornton, et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 40

Loss measurements on semiconductor lasers by Fourier analysis of the emission spectra

1998 · Daniel Hofstetter, Robert L. Thornton · Applied Physics Letters · 38

Works count: 180

Citation count: 3,067

H-index: 29

I10-index: 66