Most cited papers in Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
What are the most cited papers in Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics?
The most cited paper in Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics is "Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes" (Leslie Allen, Marco W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw et al., 1992), with 10,522 citations. Next come "Light Propagation with Phase Discontinuities: Generalized Laws of Reflection and Refraction" (10,346) and "Observation of a single-beam gradient force optical trap for dielectric particles" (7,072).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 898 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes Leslie Allen, Marco W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw et al. · Physical Review A | Jun 1992 | 10,522 |
| 2 | Light Propagation with Phase Discontinuities: Generalized Laws of Reflection and Refraction Nanfang Yu, Patrice Genevet, Mikhail A. Kats et al. · Science | Sep 2011 | 10,346 |
| 3 | Observation of a single-beam gradient force optical trap for dielectric particles Arthur Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic, John E. Bjorkholm et al. · Optics Letters | May 1986 | 7,072 |
| 4 | A revolution in optical manipulation David G. Grier · Nature | Aug 2003 | 5,145 |
| 5 | Terabit free-space data transmission employing orbital angular momentum multiplexing Jian Wang, Jeng-Yuan Yang, Irfan M. Fazal et al. · Nature Photonics | 22 Jun 2012 | 4,661 |
| 6 | Optical Conformal Mapping Ulf Leonhardt · Science | 26 May 2006 | 4,045 |
| 7 | Statistical fluid mechanics A. Tsinober · European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids | Jul 1998 | 3,684 |
| 8 | Diffraction-free beams J. Durnin, Joseph J. Miceli, Joseph H. Eberly · Physical Review Letters | 13 Apr 1987 | 3,681 |
| 9 | Elementary Theory of Angular Momentum M. E. Rose, Bernard T. Feld · Physics Today | Nov 1957 | 3,611 |
| 10 | Entanglement of the orbital angular momentum states of photons Alois Mair, Alipasha Vaziri, Gregor Weihs et al. · Nature | Jul 2001 | 3,342 |
| 11 | Orbital angular momentum: origins, behavior and applications Alison M. Yao, Miles J. Padgett · Advances in Optics and Photonics | 15 May 2011 | 3,323 |
| 12 | Cylindrical vector beams: from mathematical concepts to applications Qiwen Zhan · Advances in Optics and Photonics | 2009 | 2,996 |
| 13 | Terabit-Scale Orbital Angular Momentum Mode Division Multiplexing in Fibers Nenad Bozinovic, Yang Yue, Yongxiong Ren et al. · Science | 27 Jun 2013 | 2,946 |
| 14 | Metasurface holograms reaching 80% efficiency Guoxing Zheng, Holger Mühlenbernd, Mitchell Kenney et al. · Nature Nanotechnology | 20 Feb 2015 | 2,904 |
| 15 | Dielectric metasurfaces for complete control of phase and polarization with subwavelength spatial resolution and high transmission Amir Arbabi, Yu Horie, Mahmood Bagheri et al. · Nature Nanotechnology | 27 Aug 2015 | 2,848 |
| 16 | Overstretching B-DNA: The Elastic Response of Individual Double-Stranded and Single-Stranded DNA Molecules Steven B. Smith, Yujia Cui, Carlos Bustamante · Science | 9 Feb 1996 | 2,798 |
| 17 | Exact solutions for nondiffracting beams I The scalar theory J. Durnin · Journal of the Optical Society of America A | Apr 1987 | 2,630 |
| 18 | Free-space information transfer using light beams carrying orbital angular momentum Graham M. Gibson, Johannes Courtial, Miles J. Padgett et al. · Optics Express | 2004 | 2,572 |
| 19 | Observation of Accelerating Airy Beams Georgios A. Siviloglou, J. Broky, Aristide C. Dogariu et al. · Physical Review Letters | 20 Nov 2007 | 2,425 |
| 20 | Optical trapping and manipulation of single cells using infrared laser beams Arthur Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic, Tsuyoshi Yamane · Nature | Dec 1987 | 2,317 |
| 21 | Optical vortices 30 years on: OAM manipulation from topological charge to multiple singularities Yijie Shen, Xuejiao Wang, Zhenwei Xie et al. · Light Science & Applications | 2 Oct 2019 | 2,311 |
| 22 | Spin–orbit interactions of light Konstantin Yu Bliokh, Francisco J. Rodríguez‐Fortuño, Franco Nori et al. · Nature Photonics | 27 Nov 2015 | 2,305 |
| 23 | Femtosecond pulse shaping using spatial light modulators Andrew M. Weiner · Review of Scientific Instruments | May 2000 | 2,297 |
| 24 | Tweezers with a twist Miles J. Padgett, Richard W Bowman · Nature Photonics | 31 May 2011 | 2,236 |
| 25 | Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Viruses and Bacteria Arthur Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic · Science | 20 Mar 1987 | 2,192 |
| 26 | Optical trapping Keir C. Neuman, Steven M. Block · Review of Scientific Instruments | Sep 2004 | 2,171 |
| 27 | Optical Spin-to-Orbital Angular Momentum Conversion in Inhomogeneous Anisotropic Media Lorenzo Marrucci, Carlo Manzo, Domenico Paparo · Physical Review Letters | 28 Apr 2006 | 2,130 |
| 28 | Sharper Focus for a Radially Polarized Light Beam Ralf Dorn, Susanne Quabis, Gerd Leuchs · Physical Review Letters | 2 Dec 2003 | 2,127 |
| 29 | Large single-molecule fluorescence enhancements produced by a bowtie nanoantenna Anika A. Kinkhabwala, Zongfu Yu, Shanhui Fan et al. · Nature Photonics | 18 Oct 2009 | 2,038 |
| 30 | Optical communications using orbital angular momentum beams Alan Eli Willner, Hao Wei Huang, Yuqi Yan et al. · Advances in Optics and Photonics | 31 Mar 2015 | 1,984 |
| 31 | Accelerating finite energy Airy beams Georgios A. Siviloglou, Demetrios N. Christodoulides · Optics Letters | 19 Mar 2007 | 1,961 |
| 32 | Focusing coherent light through opaque strongly scattering media Ivo M. Vellekoop, Allard P. Mosk · Optics Letters | 2 Aug 2007 | 1,946 |
| 33 | Direct observation of kinesin stepping by optical trapping interferometry Karel Svoboda, Christoph F. Schmidt, Bruce J. Schnapp et al. · Nature | Oct 1993 | 1,936 |
| 34 | Microscopic artificial swimmers Rémi Dreyfus, Jean Baudry, Marcus L. Roper et al. · Nature | Oct 2005 | 1,873 |
| 35 | Aberration-Free Ultrathin Flat Lenses and Axicons at Telecom Wavelengths Based on Plasmonic Metasurfaces Francesco Aieta, Patrice Genevet, Mikhail A. Kats et al. · Nano Letters | 15 Aug 2012 | 1,811 |
| 36 | Biological Applications of Optical Forces Karel Svoboda, Stephan Block · Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure | Jun 1994 | 1,801 |
| 37 | Focusing of high numerical aperture cylindrical-vector beams Kathleen S. Youngworth, Thomas G. Brown · Optics Express | 17 Jul 2000 | 1,697 |
| 38 | Forces of a single-beam gradient laser trap on a dielectric sphere in the ray optics regime Arthur Ashkin · Biophysical Journal | Feb 1992 | 1,690 |
| 39 | Direct Observation of Transfer of Angular Momentum to Absorptive Particles from a Laser Beam with a Phase Singularity Huan He, M. E. J. Friese, N. R. Heckenberg et al. · Physical Review Letters | 31 Jul 1995 | 1,677 |
| 40 | Helical-wavefront laser beams produced with a spiral phaseplate Marco W. Beijersbergen, R.P.C. Coerwinkel, M. Kristensen et al. · Optics Communications | Dec 1994 | 1,601 |
| 41 | Generalized theory of interference, and its applications Shanti Pancharatnam · Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Section A | Nov 1956 | 1,589 |
| 42 | Measurement of the Wigner distribution and the density matrix of a light mode using optical homodyne tomography: Application to squeezed states and the vacuum D. T. Smithey, M. Beck, Michael G. Raymer et al. · Physical Review Letters | Mar 1993 | 1,556 |
| 43 | Dynamic holographic optical tweezers Jennifer E. Curtis, Brian A. Koss, David G. Grier · Optics Communications | Jun 2002 | 1,534 |
| 44 | Metasurface holograms for visible light Xingjie Ni, Alexander V. Kildishev, Vladimir M. Shalaev · Nature Communications | 15 Nov 2013 | 1,522 |
| 45 | Trapping of Neutral Sodium Atoms with Radiation Pressure Eric L. Raab, Mara Goff Prentiss, Alex Cable et al. · Physical Review Letters | 7 Dec 1987 | 1,498 |
| 46 | Optical trapping and manipulation of neutral particles using lasers Arthur Ashkin · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 13 May 1997 | 1,480 |
| 47 | Massively parallel manipulation of single cells and microparticles using optical images Pei Yu Chiou, Aaron T. Ohta, Ming C. Wu · Nature | Jul 2005 | 1,453 |
| 48 | Plasmon nano-optical tweezers Mathieu L. Juan, Maurizio Righini, Romain Quidant · Nature Photonics | 31 May 2011 | 1,444 |
| 49 | Generation of optical phase singularities by computer-generated holograms N. R. Heckenberg, R. G. Mcduff, C. P. Smith et al. · Optics Letters | Feb 1992 | 1,391 |
| 50 | Bessel beams: Diffraction in a new light David McGloin, Kishan Dholakia · Contemporary Physics | 16 Dec 2004 | 1,380 |
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