Ad Lagendijk

18.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
197 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Ad Lagendijk is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Acoustics and Ultrasonics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ad Lagendijk has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 108 papers in Acoustics and Ultrasonics and 60 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ad Lagendijk's work include Random lasers and scattering media (108 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (41 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (26 papers). Ad Lagendijk is often cited by papers focused on Random lasers and scattering media (108 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (41 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (26 papers). Ad Lagendijk collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Belgium. Ad Lagendijk's co-authors include Meint P. van Albada, Diederik S. Wiersma, Allard P. Mosk, B. A. van Tiggelen, Willem L. Vos, Roberto Righini, Paolo Bartolini, Pedro de Vries, Geoffroy Lerosey and Mathias Fink and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ad Lagendijk

189 papers receiving 12.8k citations

Hit Papers

Localization of light in a disordered medium 1985 2026 1998 2012 1997 2012 1985 2012 2009 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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. Localization of light in a disordered medium
    1997 1.1k citations Diederik S. Wiersma, Ad Lagendijk et al. profile →
  2. Controlling waves in space and time for imaging and focusing in complex media
    2012 1.0k citations Allard P. Mosk, Ad Lagendijk et al. profile →
  3. Observation of Weak Localization of Light in a Random Medium
    1985 963 citations Meint P. van Albada, Ad Lagendijk Physical Review Letters profile →
  4. Non-invasive imaging through opaque scattering layers
    2012 820 citations Ad Lagendijk, Willem L. Vos et al. profile →
  5. Fifty years of Anderson localization
    2009 565 citations Ad Lagendijk, B. A. van Tiggelen et al. profile →
  6. Exploiting disorder for perfect focusing
    2010 536 citations Ad Lagendijk, Allard P. Mosk et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ad Lagendijk Netherlands 53 8.3k 7.5k 3.8k 3.6k 1.3k 197 13.4k
Hui Cao United States 41 5.8k 0.7× 3.9k 0.5× 1.6k 0.4× 2.9k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 183 9.1k
Yaron Silberberg Israel 73 17.3k 2.1× 3.0k 0.4× 3.0k 0.8× 5.7k 1.6× 702 0.5× 322 23.5k
Sylvain Gigan France 41 5.1k 0.6× 4.3k 0.6× 2.7k 0.7× 3.4k 1.0× 180 0.1× 149 9.8k
Sajeev John Canada 58 16.8k 2.0× 2.1k 0.3× 5.6k 1.5× 11.8k 3.3× 2.8k 2.1× 216 20.5k
Bahaa E. A. Saleh United States 51 7.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.2× 2.3k 0.6× 3.9k 1.1× 452 0.3× 333 11.8k
Azriel Z. Genack United States 45 4.6k 0.6× 2.4k 0.3× 1.2k 0.3× 2.6k 0.7× 533 0.4× 168 6.5k
Allard P. Mosk Netherlands 38 4.0k 0.5× 5.2k 0.7× 2.8k 0.7× 1.6k 0.4× 174 0.1× 132 7.8k
G. Maret Germany 52 3.0k 0.4× 2.5k 0.3× 2.7k 0.7× 1.0k 0.3× 3.5k 2.6× 168 10.0k
C. M. Soukoulis United States 48 6.4k 0.8× 893 0.1× 2.0k 0.5× 4.3k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 119 8.8k
Andrew Forbes South Africa 58 10.3k 1.2× 625 0.1× 4.4k 1.2× 3.6k 1.0× 311 0.2× 422 12.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tiggelen, B. A. van, Ad Lagendijk, & Willem L. Vos. (2025). Mesoscopic theory of wavefront shaping to focus waves deep inside disordered media. Physical review. A. 111(5). 1 indexed citations
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Lagendijk, Ad, et al.. (2024). Probing the position-dependent optical energy fluence rate in three-dimensional scattering samples. Physical review. A. 110(3). 1 indexed citations
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Lagendijk, Ad, et al.. (2024). Symmetries and wave functions of photons confined in three-dimensional photonic band gap superlattices. Physical review. B.. 109(23). 1 indexed citations
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Lagendijk, Ad, et al.. (2023). Wavefront shaping through a free-form scattering object. Optics Express. 31(26). 43351–43351. 2 indexed citations
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Lagendijk, Ad, et al.. (2023). Sensing the position of a single scatterer in an opaque medium by mutual scattering. Optics Express. 31(9). 15058–15058.
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Lagendijk, Ad, et al.. (2022). Scaling Theory of Wave Confinement in Classical and Quantum Periodic Systems. Physical Review Letters. 129(17). 176401–176401. 6 indexed citations
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Lagendijk, Ad, et al.. (2022). Breakdown of light transport models in photonic scattering slabs with strong absorption and anisotropy. Physical review. A. 105(3). 4 indexed citations
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Lagendijk, Ad, et al.. (2021). Observation of mutual extinction and transparency in light scattering. Physical review. A. 104(4). 5 indexed citations
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Pacureanu, Alexandra, et al.. (2019). X-ray Imaging of Functional Three-Dimensional Nanostructures on Massive Substrates. ACS Nano. 13(12). 13932–13939. 13 indexed citations
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Vos, Willem L., et al.. (2013). Broadband mean free path of diffuse light in polydisperse ensembles of scatterers for white light-emitting diode lighting. Applied Optics. 52(12). 2602–2602. 27 indexed citations
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Aulbach, Jochen, Bergin Gjonaj, P. M. Johnson, & Ad Lagendijk. (2012). Spatiotemporal focusing in opaque scattering media by wave front shaping with nonlinear feedback. Optics Express. 20(28). 29237–29237. 25 indexed citations
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Aulbach, Jochen, Bergin Gjonaj, P. M. Johnson, Allard P. Mosk, & Ad Lagendijk. (2011). Control of Light Transmission through Opaque Scattering Media in Space and Time. Physical Review Letters. 106(10). 103901–103901. 182 indexed citations
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Faez, Sanli, P. M. Johnson, & Ad Lagendijk. (2009). Varying the Effective Refractive Index to Measure Optical Transport in Random Media. Physical Review Letters. 103(5). 53903–53903. 15 indexed citations
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Mosk, Allard P., et al.. (2007). Gain Narrowing in Few-Atom Systems. Physical Review Letters. 98(10). 103601–103601. 12 indexed citations
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Wiersma, Diederik S., Meint P. van Albada, & Ad Lagendijk. (1995). Coherent Backscattering of Light from Amplifying Random Media. Physical Review Letters. 75(9). 1739–1742. 156 indexed citations
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Albada, Meint P. van, Johannes F. de Boer, & Ad Lagendijk. (1990). Observation of long range intensity correlation in the transport of coherent light through a random medium. 14 indexed citations
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Lagendijk, Ad. (1990). Comment on ‘‘Invariance of the spectrum of light on propagation’’. Physical Review Letters. 65(16). 2082–2082. 10 indexed citations
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Groeneveld, Rogier H. M., Rudolf Sprik, & Ad Lagendijk. (1990). Ultra-Fast Relaxation of Electrons Probed by Surface Plasmons at a Thin Silver Film. WD3–WD3. 2 indexed citations
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Albada, Meint P. van & Ad Lagendijk. (1986). Observation of weak localization of light in a random medium. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 3. 226.

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