Waveguide (optics)

Optical waveguide - structure that guides electromagnetic waves in the optical spectrum. Article “Waveguide (optics)” in English Wikipedia has 39.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 13 references and 12 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 4.39 points.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Waveguide (optics)”, its content was written by 74 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 200 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 137 times in English Wikipedia and cited 268 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #7483 in May 2002
• Global: #8893 in May 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #121686 in June 2014
• Global: #105798 in September 2009

There are 9 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Chinese (zh) 光波导		42.7144
2	English (en) Waveguide (optics)		39.4871
3	German (de) Lichtleiter		27.0361
4	Portuguese (pt) Guia de ondas óptico		26.0942
5	Arabic (ar) أدلة موجية بصرية		23.0871
6	Japanese (ja) 光導波路		18.2629
7	Catalan (ca) Guia d'ones òptica		16.0147
8	Croatian (hr) Svjetlovod		8.293
9	Serbian (sr) Оптички таласовод		1.8369

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Waveguide (optics)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Waveguide (optics)		834 355
2	German (de) Lichtleiter		289 701
3	Japanese (ja) 光導波路		196 716
4	Croatian (hr) Svjetlovod		39 002
5	Chinese (zh) 光波导		38 414
6	Portuguese (pt) Guia de ondas óptico		6 882
7	Serbian (sr) Оптички таласовод		2 448
8	Arabic (ar) أدلة موجية بصرية		1 504
9	Catalan (ca) Guia d'ones òptica		227

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Waveguide (optics)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Waveguide (optics)		2 192
2	Chinese (zh) 光波导		406
3	Japanese (ja) 光導波路		388
4	German (de) Lichtleiter		346
5	Croatian (hr) Svjetlovod		83
6	Portuguese (pt) Guia de ondas óptico		27
7	Arabic (ar) أدلة موجية بصرية		14
8	Serbian (sr) Оптички таласовод		13
9	Catalan (ca) Guia d'ones òptica		9

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Waveguide (optics)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Lichtleiter		84
2	English (en) Waveguide (optics)		74
3	Croatian (hr) Svjetlovod		13
4	Japanese (ja) 光導波路		11
5	Arabic (ar) أدلة موجية بصرية		5
6	Portuguese (pt) Guia de ondas óptico		5
7	Catalan (ca) Guia d'ones òptica		3
8	Serbian (sr) Оптички таласовод		3
9	Chinese (zh) 光波导		2

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Waveguide (optics)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) أدلة موجية بصرية		0
2	Catalan (ca) Guia d'ones òptica		0
3	German (de) Lichtleiter		0
4	English (en) Waveguide (optics)		0
5	Croatian (hr) Svjetlovod		0
6	Japanese (ja) 光導波路		0
7	Portuguese (pt) Guia de ondas óptico		0
8	Serbian (sr) Оптички таласовод		0
9	Chinese (zh) 光波导		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Waveguide (optics)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Waveguide (optics)		137
2	German (de) Lichtleiter		66
3	Croatian (hr) Svjetlovod		23
4	Japanese (ja) 光導波路		16
5	Portuguese (pt) Guia de ondas óptico		7
6	Catalan (ca) Guia d'ones òptica		5
7	Serbian (sr) Оптички таласовод		5
8	Chinese (zh) 光波导		5
9	Arabic (ar) أدلة موجية بصرية		4

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic أدلة موجية بصرية
ca	Catalan Guia d'ones òptica
de	German Lichtleiter
en	English Waveguide (optics)
hr	Croatian Svjetlovod
ja	Japanese 光導波路
pt	Portuguese Guia de ondas óptico
sr	Serbian Оптички таласовод
zh	Chinese 光波导

Best Rank

English: #121686 06.2014

Global: #105798 09.2009

Best Rank

English: #7483 05.2002

Global: #8893 05.2002

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