Aaron Bauer

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Aaron Bauer is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron Bauer has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 19 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Aaron Bauer's work include Advanced optical system design (28 papers), Optical Coatings and Gratings (19 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (18 papers). Aaron Bauer is often cited by papers focused on Advanced optical system design (28 papers), Optical Coatings and Gratings (19 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (18 papers). Aaron Bauer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and China. Aaron Bauer's co-authors include Jannick P. Rolland, Eric M. Schiesser, Kevin P. Thompson, Konstantinos Falaggis, Thomas J. Suleski, C. J. Evans, Matthew A. Davies, John C. Lambropoulos, Kenneth R. Koedinger and A. Nick Vamivakas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Science Advances and Optics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Aaron Bauer

43 papers receiving 958 citations

Hit Papers

Freeform optics for imaging 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Freeform optics for imaging
    2021 238 citations Jannick P. Rolland, Matthew A. Davies et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aaron Bauer United States 15 818 399 384 252 226 48 1.1k
Rengmao Wu China 21 959 1.2× 514 1.3× 452 1.2× 314 1.2× 262 1.2× 78 1.3k
Guofan Jin China 20 457 0.6× 458 1.1× 262 0.7× 245 1.0× 436 1.9× 88 1.2k
Michael A. Golub Israel 18 455 0.6× 434 1.1× 270 0.7× 195 0.8× 352 1.6× 97 1.0k
R. Völkel Germany 12 724 0.9× 224 0.6× 315 0.8× 194 0.8× 457 2.0× 41 990
Jacques Duparré Germany 15 788 1.0× 202 0.5× 306 0.8× 546 2.2× 368 1.6× 36 1.1k
Dewen Cheng China 26 912 1.1× 589 1.5× 380 1.0× 1.3k 5.2× 476 2.1× 159 2.2k
Guo-Dung J. Su Taiwan 18 652 0.8× 273 0.7× 205 0.5× 144 0.6× 694 3.1× 119 1.2k
Junjie Yu China 19 462 0.6× 433 1.1× 190 0.5× 44 0.2× 355 1.6× 65 1.0k
Robert Leitel Germany 12 414 0.5× 108 0.3× 234 0.6× 178 0.7× 317 1.4× 38 741
Yongjun Lim South Korea 16 481 0.6× 565 1.4× 262 0.7× 411 1.6× 229 1.0× 61 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Aaron Bauer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aaron Bauer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aaron Bauer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Chi, Jannick P. Rolland, & Aaron Bauer. (2025). Continuous zoom freeform afocal telescope. Optics Letters. 50(6). 1827–1827. 1 indexed citations
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Hoang, T, et al.. (2025). Nonlinear optical microscopy with an obscuration-free, freeform reflective objective. Biomedical Optics Express. 16(11). 4530–4530.
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Bauer, Aaron, Eric M. Schiesser, & Jannick P. Rolland. (2024). Geometry Selection in Three-Mirror Freeform Imagers with an Accessible Exit Pupil. Sensors. 24(15). 4816–4816. 1 indexed citations
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Bauer, Aaron, Chi Zhang, & Jannick P. Rolland. (2024). Freeform afocal telescope design methods and constraints. 42–42.
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Bauer, Aaron, et al.. (2021). Metaform optics: Bridging nanophotonics and freeform optics. Science Advances. 7(18). 72 indexed citations
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Rolland, Jannick P., Aaron Bauer, Kyle Fuerschbach, Tobias Schmid, & Kevin P. Thompson. (2020). Roland V. Shack’s discovery of nodal aberration theory, the expansion into the aberrations of freeform optics, and impact in optical design. 14–14. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jun, et al.. (2019). Design of an oblique camera based on a field-dependent parameter. Applied Optics. 58(21). 5650–5650. 13 indexed citations
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Schiesser, Eric M., Aaron Bauer, & Jannick P. Rolland. (2019). Effect of freeform surfaces on the volume and performance of unobscured three mirror imagers in comparison with off-axis rotationally symmetric polynomials. Optics Express. 27(15). 21750–21750. 33 indexed citations
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Bauer, Aaron, et al.. (2019). On-the-fly surface manufacturability constraints for freeform optical design enabled by orthogonal polynomials. Optics Express. 27(5). 6129–6129. 24 indexed citations
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Cheng, Fei, et al.. (2019). See-through reflective metasurface diffraction grating. Optical Materials Express. 9(10). 4070–4070. 6 indexed citations
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Bauer, Aaron, Eric M. Schiesser, & Jannick P. Rolland. (2018). Starting geometry creation and design method for freeform optics. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1756–1756. 175 indexed citations
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Bauer, Aaron, et al.. (2018). Degeneracy in freeform surfaces described with orthogonal polynomials. Applied Optics. 57(35). 10348–10348. 17 indexed citations
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Bauer, Aaron, et al.. (2017). Freeform spectrometer enabling increased compactness. Light Science & Applications. 6(7). e17026–e17026. 185 indexed citations
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Thompson, Kevin P., Aaron Bauer, Kevin Whiteaker, et al.. (2017). Increased Compactness of an Imaging Spectrometer Enabled by Freeform Surfaces. JW2C.5–JW2C.5. 4 indexed citations
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Bauer, Aaron, Jannick P. Rolland, & Kevin P. Thompson. (2016). Ray-based optical design tool for freeform optics: coma full-field display. Optics Express. 24(1). 459–459. 10 indexed citations
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Bauer, Aaron & Jannick P. Rolland. (2015). Design Process for an All-Reflective Freeform Electronic Viewfinder. FW3B.2–FW3B.2. 1 indexed citations
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Bauer, Aaron & Jannick P. Rolland. (2014). Visual space assessment of two all-reflective, freeform, optical see-through head-worn displays. Optics Express. 22(11). 13155–13155. 67 indexed citations
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Bauer, Aaron, et al.. (2012). Computational optical distortion correction using a radial basis function-based mapping method. Optics Express. 20(14). 14906–14906. 30 indexed citations
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Bauer, Aaron & Kenneth R. Koedinger. (2008). Note-taking, selecting, and choice. 397–406. 3 indexed citations
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Bauer, Aaron & Kenneth R. Koedinger. (2005). Designing an Online Note Taking Tool from the Ground Up. EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology. 2005(1). 4181–4186. 5 indexed citations

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