Emil Wolf

51.1k citations
277 papers · 31.4k · 8 hit papers · h-index 57

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Emil Wolf

270 papers receiving 29.3k citations

Emil Wolf's Hit Papers

Introduction to the theory of coherence and polarization of light 2007 · 594 citations
5940+21+42Years since publication2.5k5.0k7.5k

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Emil Wolf
Comparison fields: 5 of 173
  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics 2.5k
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 21.1k
  • Structural Biology 485
  • Biomedical Engineering 10.9k
  • Biophysics 1.3k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Emil Wolf, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Principles of Optics
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19998346
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Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics
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19955705
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Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light
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20002872
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Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics
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19961828
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Three-dimensional structure determination of semi-transparent objects from holographic data
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1969914
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Unified theory of coherence and polarization of random electromagnetic beams
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2003677
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Introduction to the theory of coherence and polarization of light
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2007594
8 1982449
9 2002365
10 1986308
11 1981298
12 2003283
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Principles of Optics Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light
1959274
14 2004225
15 1987206
16 1978203
17 2005192
18 2004179
19 1996179
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Generalization of the Maggi-Rubinowicz Theory of the Boundary Diffraction Wave—Part I†
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1962176

About Emil Wolf

Emil Wolf is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Acoustics and Ultrasonics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, having authored 277 papers that have together received 31.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (125 papers), Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry (65 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (42 papers), Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies (33 papers), Random lasers and scattering media (32 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (30 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (28 papers) and Near-Field Optical Microscopy (27 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Acoustics and Ultrasonics (2.5k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (21.1k citations), Structural Biology (485 citations), Biomedical Engineering (10.9k citations) and Biophysics (1.3k citations). Emil Wolf has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and India. Frequent co-authors include Max Born, L. Mandeļ, Max Born, Eugene Hecht, Pierre Meystre, Olga Korotkova, Greg Gbur, Yajun Li, Tomohiro Shirai and Daniel F. V. James. Their work appears in journals such as Optics Communications, Optics Letters, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Journal of Modern Optics and Physics Letters A.

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