LabCompass

Daniel E. Leaird

Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1988
Advanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesPhotonic and Optical DevicesLaser-Matter Interactions and ApplicationsOptical Network TechnologiesAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems

Publications

453

Citations

14,024

Est. group size

~10

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

38

Publishing since 1988

Research summary
AI-generated

Daniel E. Leaird works in photonics and optical engineering, with a focus on fiber lasers, LiDAR (laser-based remote sensing) systems, and nonlinear optical effects such as stimulated Raman scattering in gas-filled fibers. Recent work applies these techniques to spectral and multispectral LiDAR for material classification and atmospheric sensing, sometimes combined with machine learning methods, and also touches on quantum photonics topics like entangled photon pairs generated on photonic chips. This research is generally applied and experimental, aimed at developing new optical devices and light-based sensing technologies.

Fiber optics and lasersLiDAR and remote sensingNonlinear optics (Raman scattering)Photonic devices and communication systemsQuantum and entangled photon sources

Publication output has declined over the last decade, dropping from around 18 papers per year in 2017-2019 to roughly 5-7 per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.4/year recently
2017: 18 publications172018: 16 publications182019: 19 publications19192020: 12 publications202021: 11 publications212022: 13 publications222023: 7 publications232024: 7 publications242025: 5 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics×42
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×13
  • Optics Letters×7
  • Optics Express×7
  • Optica×6
Similar researchers
By research-topic overlap
  • Andrew M. Weiner

    Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

  • Chi Zhang

    Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

  • Cong Wang

    Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

  • Nathan P. O’Malley

    Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

  • Lifan Yang

    Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

Claim or correct this profile