| High-power (> 0.5-W CW) diode-pumped vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers with circular TEM/sub 00/beams M Kuznetsov, F Hakimi, R Sprague, A Mooradian IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 9 (8), 1063-1065, 1997 | 1194* | 1997 |
| Progress in the development of a durable silver-based high-reflectance coating for astronomical telescopes DY Song, RW Sprague, HA Macleod, MR Jacobson Applied optics 24 (8), 1164-1170, 1985 | 93 | 1985 |
| Symbolic substitution using ZnS interference filters MT Tsao, L Wang, R Jin, RW Sprague, G Gigioli, HM Kulcke, YD Li, ... Optical Engineering 26 (1), 41-44, 1987 | 47 | 1987 |
| Interference filters as nonlinear decision-making elements for three-spot pattern recognition and associative memories L Wang, V Esch, R Feinleib, L Zhang, R Jin, HM Chou, RW Sprague, ... Applied Optics 27 (9), 1715-1720, 1988 | 26 | 1988 |
| Near infrared optical interference filters with improved transmission R Sprague, S Bai US Patent App. 15/046,889, 2016 | 25 | 2016 |
| Water penetration fronts in thin films deposited at oblique incidence IJ Hodgkinson, MR Jacobson, HA Macleod, RH Potoff, M Sikkens, ... Thin solid films 138 (2), 289-296, 1986 | 18 | 1986 |
| All-optical compare-and-exchange switches L Zhang, R Jin, CW Stirk, G Khitrova, RA Athale, HM Gibbs, HM Chou, ... IEEE journal on selected areas in communications 6 (7), 1273-1279, 1988 | 17 | 1988 |
| Rugate notch filters find use in laser-based applications RW Sprague, B Shnapir, GL Minott Laser focus world 40 (9), 107-111, 2004 | 14 | 2004 |
| Near infrared optical interference filters with improved transmission R Sprague | 11 | 2020 |
| The influence of argon ion bombardment on form birefringence in thin films of titania RW Sprague, CF Hickey, IJ Hodgkinson Journal of applied physics 71 (7), 3201-3203, 1992 | 10 | 1992 |
| Anisotropic moisture-penetration in optical coatings (A) CC Lee, M Sikkens, IJ Hodgkinson, HA MacLeod, RH Potoff, RW Sprague, ... Journal of the Optical Society of America (1917-1983) 73, 1871, 1983 | 9 | 1983 |
| Symbolic substitution using ZnS interference filters L Wang, HM Chou, HM Gibbs, GC Gigioli, G Khitrova, HM Kulcke, R Jin, ... Digital Optical Computing 752, 14-17, 1987 | 8 | 1987 |
| Enhancement of output of optically pumped phosphor by use of surface nanostructures R Sprague, MP Newell US Patent 10,437,042, 2019 | 7 | 2019 |
| Simultaneous optical bistable switching of adjacent pixels on ZnS and ZnSe interference filters R Jin, L Wang, RW Sprague, HM Gibbs, GC Gigioli, H Kulcke, ... Optical Bistability III: Proceedings of the Topical Meeting, Tucson, Arizona …, 1986 | 7 | 1986 |
| Effects of design parameters on ZnS bistable etalons RW Sprague, GC Gigioli, HM Chou, MT Tsao, L Wang, R Jin, HA Macleod, ... Optical Thin Films II: New Developments 678, 167-172, 1986 | 6 | 1986 |
| Near infrared optical interference filters with improved transmission R Sprague, S Bai US Patent 11,372,144, 2022 | 3 | 2022 |
| Method of fabricating anisotropic optical interference filter R Sprague US Patent 9,804,310, 2017 | 3 | 2017 |
| Interference filters as nonlinear decision-making elements for associative memories G Khitrova, L Wang, V Esch, R Feinleib, HM Chou, RW Sprague, ... Optical Computing and Nonlinear Materials 881, 60-66, 1988 | 3 | 1988 |
| Quantitative visualization of large-variation phase objects R Sprague | 2 | 1971 |
| Reflective color correction for phosphor illumination systems R Sprague, MP Newell US Patent 11,474,422, 2022 | 1 | 2022 |
