Topic · Advanced optical system design
Most cited papers in Advanced optical system design
What are the most cited papers in Advanced optical system design?
The most cited paper in Advanced optical system design is "Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light" (Max Born, Emil Wolf, Eugene Hecht, 2000), with 4,134 citations. Next come "Electromagnetic diffraction in optical systems, II. Structure of the image field in an aplanatic system" (3,073) and "HIRES: the high-resolution echelle spectrometer on the Keck 10-m Telescope" (1,645).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 212 citations is listed.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light Max Born, Emil Wolf, Eugene Hecht · Physics Today | Oct 2000 | 4,134 |
| 2 | Electromagnetic diffraction in optical systems, II. Structure of the image field in an aplanatic system Bukola A. Richards, E. A. De Wolf · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 15 Dec 1959 | 3,073 |
| 3 | HIRES: the high-resolution echelle spectrometer on the Keck 10-m Telescope Steven S. Vogt et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE | Jun 1994 | 1,645 |
| 4 | Free-space optical communication through atmospheric turbulence channels Xiaoming Zhu, Joseph M. Kahn · IEEE Transactions on Communications | Aug 2002 | 1,636 |
| 5 | Digital cameras with designs inspired by the arthropod eye Young Min Song, Yizhu Xie, Viktor Malyarchuk et al. · Nature | 30 Apr 2013 | 1,152 |
| 6 | The Axicon: A New Type of Optical Element John H. McLeod · Journal of the Optical Society of America | Aug 1954 | 975 |
| 7 | Two-photon direct laser writing of ultracompact multi-lens objectives Timo Gissibl, Simon Thiele, Alois Herkommer et al. · Nature Photonics | 27 Jun 2016 | 928 |
| 8 | Light trapping properties of pyramidally textured surfaces Patrick R. Campbell, Martin Andrew Green · Journal of Applied Physics | Jul 1987 | 881 |
| 9 | Manufacturing and measurement of freeform optics Fengzhou Fang, X.D. Zhang, Albert A. Weckenmann et al. · CIRP Annals | 2013 | 824 |
| 10 | Active perception R.K. Bajcsy · Proceedings of the IEEE | 1988 | 821 |
| 11 | Electromagnetic diffraction in optical systems - I. An integral representation of the image field E. A. De Wolf · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 15 Dec 1959 | 792 |
| 12 | Biologically Inspired Artificial Compound Eyes Ki‐Hun Jeong, Jaeyoun Jay Kim, Luke P. Lee · Science | 27 Apr 2006 | 663 |
| 13 | Pupil plane wavefront sensing with an oscillating prism Roberto Ragazzoni · Journal of Modern Optics | Feb 1996 | 626 |
| 14 | Curvature sensing and compensation: a new concept in adaptive optics Francois J. Roddier · Applied Optics | Apr 1988 | 593 |
| 15 | Liquid-Crystal Lens-Cells with Variable Focal Length Susumu Sato · Japanese Journal of Applied Physics | Sep 1979 | 578 |
| 16 | Atmospheric turbulence effects on a partially coherent Gaussian beam: implications for free-space laser communication Jennifer C. Ricklin, Frederic M. Davidson · Journal of the Optical Society of America A | Sep 2002 | 571 |
| 17 | Production and uses of diffractionless beams Roman Maria Herman, Thomas A. Wiggins · Journal of the Optical Society of America A | Jun 1991 | 562 |
| 18 | Mathematical Theory of Optics Rudolf K. Luneburg, H. Mendlowitz · Physics Today | Dec 1965 | 516 |
| 19 | Technique for monolithic fabrication of microlens arrays Zoran D. Popović, Robert A. Sprague, G. A. N. Connell · Applied Optics | Apr 1988 | 514 |
| 20 | The maxwellian view Gerald Westheimer · Vision Research | Dec 1966 | 500 |
| 21 | Observation of optical polarization Möbius strips Thomas A. Bauer, Peter Banzer, Ebrahim Karimi et al. · Science | 30 Jan 2015 | 494 |
| 22 | Power vector analysis of the optical outcome of refractive surgery Larry N. Thibos, Douglas G. Horner · Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery | 2001 | 483 |
| 23 | The frequency response of a defocused optical system Harold H. Hopkins · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 19 Jul 1955 | 468 |
| 24 | Theory of Fresnel Images I Plane Periodic Objects in Monochromatic Light* John Winthrop, C.R. Worthington · Journal of the Optical Society of America | Apr 1965 | 445 |
| 25 | Adaptive Optics in Astronomy Francois J. Roddier, Laird A. Thompson · Physics Today | Apr 2000 | 439 |
| 26 | Anisoplanatism in adaptive optics David L. Fried · Journal of the Optical Society of America | 1982 | 436 |
| 27 | Red, green, and blue LEDs for white light illumination S. Muthu, Frank J. P. Schuurmans, M. D. Pashley · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics | 2002 | 422 |
| 28 | Design, fabrication and testing of microlens arrays for sensors and microsystems Ph. Nussbaum, R. Völkel, Hans Peter Herzig et al. · Pure and Applied Optics Journal of the European Optical Society Part A | Nov 1997 | 401 |
| 29 | Complex refractive indices measurements of polymers in visible and near-infrared bands Xiaoning Zhang, Jun Qiu, Xingcan Li et al. · Applied Optics | 23 Jan 2020 | 391 |
| 30 | A subjective method for the measurement of monochromatic* aberrations of the eye Howard C. Howland, Bradford Howland · Journal of the Optical Society of America | Nov 1977 | 388 |
| 31 | NAOS, the first AO system of the VLT: on-sky performance Gérard Rousset, F. Lacombe, P. Puget et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE | Feb 2003 | 384 |
| 32 | Design and performance of a refractive optical system that converts a Gaussian to a flattop beam John A. Hoffnagle, C. Michael Jefferson · Applied Optics | 20 Oct 2000 | 380 |
| 33 | Freeform LED lens for uniform illumination Yi Ding, Xü Liu, Zhenrong Zheng et al. · Optics Express | 11 Aug 2008 | 380 |
| 34 | First Light Adaptive Optics Images from the Keck II Telescope: A New Era of High Angular Resolution Imagery Peter L. Wizinowich, D. S. Acton, Chris Shelton et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific | Mar 2000 | 378 |
| 35 | MOSFIRE, the multi-object spectrometer for infra-red exploration at the Keck Observatory Ian S. McLean, Charles C. Steidel, Harland W. Epps et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE | 27 Sep 2012 | 374 |
| 36 | Optical Systems with Resolving Powers Exceeding the Classical Limit* W. Lukosz · Journal of the Optical Society of America | Nov 1966 | 366 |
| 37 | Zernike polynomials: a guide Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan, Andre Fleck · Journal of Modern Optics | 6 Apr 2011 | 364 |
| 38 | Fabricating Microlens Arrays by Surface Wrinkling Edwin P. Chan, Alfred J. Crosby · Advanced Materials | 24 Nov 2006 | 360 |
| 39 | Light Collection within the Framework of Geometrical Optics* Roland Winston · Journal of the Optical Society of America | Feb 1970 | 359 |
| 40 | Miniature curved artificial compound eyes Dario Floreano, Ramón Pericet-Cámara, Stéphane Viollet et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 20 May 2013 | 358 |
| 41 | Optical Methods in Heat Transfer Werner Hauf, Ulrich Grigull · Advances in heat transfer | 1970 | 354 |
| 42 | Multiscale gigapixel photography David J. Brady, Michael E. Gehm, Ron A. Stack et al. · Nature | Jun 2012 | 347 |
| 43 | Modeling the radiation pattern of LEDs Iván Moreno, Ching‐Cherng Sun · Optics Express | 2008 | 339 |
| 44 | Exploitation of multiple incidences spectrometric measurements for thin film reverse engineering Lihong Gao, Fabien Lemarchand, Michel Lequime · Optics Express | 27 Jun 2012 | 336 |
| 45 | Optical data processing and filtering systems Louis J. Cutrona, Emmett Leith, C. J. Palermo et al. · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory | Jun 1960 | 333 |
| 46 | Optical Systems with Resolving Powers Exceeding the Classical Limit II W. Lukosz · Journal of the Optical Society of America | Jul 1967 | 332 |
| 47 | Indoor broadcasting via white LEDs and OFDM Hany Elgala, Raed Mesleh, Harald Haas · IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics | Aug 2009 | 330 |
| 48 | 3D-printed eagle eye: Compound microlens system for foveated imaging Simon Thiele, Kathrin Arzenbacher, Timo Gissibl et al. · Science Advances | 3 Feb 2017 | 328 |
| 49 | Description of the third-order optical aberrations of near-circular pupil optical systems without symmetry Kevin P. Thompson · Journal of the Optical Society of America A | Jul 2005 | 313 |
| 50 | Resolving Power and Information Giuliano Toraldo di Francia · Journal of the Optical Society of America | Jul 1955 | 305 |
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