A. Ashkin

34.3k total citations · 23 hit papers
97 papers, 24.5k citations indexed

About

A. Ashkin is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Ashkin has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 24.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in A. Ashkin's work include Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (38 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (22 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (16 papers). A. Ashkin is often cited by papers focused on Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (38 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (22 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (16 papers). A. Ashkin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. A. Ashkin's co-authors include J. M. Dziedzic, J. E. Bjorkholm, Steven Chu, Tsuyoshi Yamane, G. D. Boyd, J. P. Gordon, R. H. Stolen, A. A. Ballman, P. W. Smith and A. Cable and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

A. Ashkin

96 papers receiving 22.7k citations

Hit Papers

Observation of a single-beam gradient force optical trap ... 1966 2026 1986 2006 1986 1970 1987 1987 1992 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k

Peers

A. Ashkin
Comparison fields: 5 of 144
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 19.9k
  • Biomedical Engineering 12.8k
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5.7k
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1.6k
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 1.5k
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Fields of papers citing papers by A. Ashkin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Ashkin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 52
2 46
3 54
4
Forces of a single-beam gradient laser trap on a dielectric sphere in the ray optics regime breakdown →
1230
5
The study of cells by optical trapping and manipulation of living cells using infrared laser beams.
10
6
Force generation of organelle transport measured in vivo by an infrared laser trap breakdown →
404
7
Optical trapping and manipulation of single cells using infrared laser beams breakdown →
1668
8 7
9 23
10 128
11 61
12
Observation of optical resonances of dielectric spheres by light scattering breakdown →
198
13
Motion of atoms in a radiation trap breakdown →
454
14 63
15 105
16 32
17 184
18 33
19 22
20 2

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