Aleksandar D. Rakić

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
184 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Aleksandar D. Rakić is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Aleksandar D. Rakić has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 56 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 48 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Aleksandar D. Rakić's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (105 papers), Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (101 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (48 papers). Aleksandar D. Rakić is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (105 papers), Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (101 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (48 papers). Aleksandar D. Rakić collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and France. Aleksandar D. Rakić's co-authors include M.L. Majewski, Aleksandra B. Djurišić, J. Elazar, Karl Bertling, Yah Leng Lim, Thomas Taimre, Thierry Bosch, M. Nikolić, Paul Dean and D. Indjin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, ACS Nano and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Aleksandar D. Rakić

164 papers receiving 6.7k citations

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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.

Optical properties of metallic films for vertical-cavity optoelectronic devices

1998 3.3k citations Aleksandar D. Rakić et al. Applied Optics profile →
Algorithm for the determination of intrinsic optical constants of metal films: application to aluminum

1995 521 citations Aleksandar D. Rakić Applied Optics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aleksandar D. Rakić Australia	31	4.1k	2.8k	2.4k	1.5k	766	184	7.0k
Andrea Cusano Italy	49	5.9k 1.4×	2.4k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	783 0.5×	191 0.2×	370	8.0k
Juejun Hu United States	51	7.0k 1.7×	2.8k 1.0×	3.6k 1.5×	2.1k 1.4×	346 0.5×	300	9.9k
Sanjay Krishna United States	50	7.5k 1.8×	2.4k 0.9×	5.9k 2.4×	1.1k 0.7×	970 1.3×	449	9.6k
Markus B. Raschke United States	55	3.3k 0.8×	5.4k 1.9×	3.7k 1.5×	3.1k 2.0×	285 0.4×	183	9.8k
S. R. J. Brueck United States	52	4.3k 1.1×	4.5k 1.6×	4.9k 2.0×	3.0k 2.0×	466 0.6×	388	10.6k
Glenn D. Boreman United States	34	2.5k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	115 0.2×	265	5.7k
C. Sibilia Italy	34	1.7k 0.4×	2.2k 0.8×	2.8k 1.1×	2.1k 1.4×	130 0.2×	309	5.3k
M. Bertolotti Italy	36	3.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	4.0k 1.6×	1.0k 0.7×	137 0.2×	455	6.6k
Tarik Bourouina France	35	2.5k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	877 0.6×	147 0.2×	234	4.7k
Qi Jie Wang Singapore	50	5.6k 1.4×	2.9k 1.0×	3.9k 1.6×	1.9k 1.2×	632 0.8×	249	9.4k

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Aziz, Shazed, Xiao Guo, Karl Bertling, et al.. (2025). Wood/PHAs biocomposites with mechanical properties comparable to conventional plastics: Model-based prediction and experimental validation. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 194. 108916–108916. 5 indexed citations

Cometta, Silvia, Bogdan C. Donose, Akhilandeshwari Ravichandran, et al.. (2024). Unravelling the physicochemical and antimicrobial mechanisms of human serum albumin/tannic acid coatings for medical-grade polycaprolactone scaffolds. Bioactive Materials. 42. 68–84. 7 indexed citations

Dubois, Marc, Shaojun Fu, Yao‐Ting Wang, et al.. (2024). Collimated beam formation in 3D acoustic sonic crystals. New Journal of Physics. 26(7). 73021–73021. 2 indexed citations

Qi, Xiaoqiong, Karl Bertling, Jari Torniainen, et al.. (2024). Terahertz in vivo imaging of human skin: Toward detection of abnormal skin pathologies. APL Bioengineering. 8(1). 16117–16117. 9 indexed citations

Torniainen, Jari, Karl Bertling, Bogdan C. Donose, et al.. (2024). Detecting Genetic Variation in Plants by Mapping Cell Water Dynamics With Terahertz Laser Feedback Interferometry. IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology. 14(5). 665–674. 1 indexed citations

Qi, Xiaoqiong, Karl Bertling, Mitchell Stark, et al.. (2023). Terahertz imaging of human skin pathologies using laser feedback interferometry with quantum cascade lasers. Biomedical Optics Express. 14(4). 1393–1393. 17 indexed citations

Torniainen, Jari, Karl Bertling, Khushboo Singh, et al.. (2023). Coherent terahertz laser feedback interferometry for hydration sensing in leaves. Optics Express. 31(15). 23877–23877. 7 indexed citations

Qi, Xiaoqiong, et al.. (2023). Frequency combs in quantum cascade lasers: An overview of modeling and experiments. APL Photonics. 8(2). 23 indexed citations

Qi, Xiaoqiong, et al.. (2023). Harmonic active mode locking in terahertz quantum cascade lasers. Physical review. A. 108(1). 3 indexed citations

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Qi, Xiaoqiong, et al.. (2022). Self-Pulsations in Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers under Strong Optical Feedback: The Effect of Multiple Reflections in the External Cavity. Sensors. 22(21). 8501–8501.

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Qi, Xiaoqiong, Valentino Pistore, Lianhe Li, et al.. (2022). Ultrafast Buildup Dynamics of Terahertz Pulse Generation in Mode-Locked Quantum Cascade Lasers. Physical Review Applied. 18(6). 4 indexed citations

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Qi, Xiaoqiong, et al.. (2022). Multimode dynamics of terahertz quantum cascade lasers: Spontaneous and actively induced generation of dense and harmonic coherent regimes. Physical review. A. 106(5). 17 indexed citations

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Qi, Xiaoqiong, Karl Bertling, Thomas Taimre, et al.. (2021). Terahertz quantum cascade laser under optical feedback: effects of laser self-pulsations on self-mixing signals. Optics Express. 29(24). 39885–39885. 7 indexed citations

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Qi, Xiaoqiong, Gary Agnew, Thomas Taimre, et al.. (2020). Laser feedback interferometry in multi-mode terahertz quantum cascade lasers. Optics Express. 28(10). 14246–14246. 16 indexed citations

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Keeley, James, Karl Bertling, Yah Leng Lim, et al.. (2019). Detection sensitivity of laser feedback interferometry using a terahertz quantum cascade laser. Optics Letters. 44(13). 3314–3314. 17 indexed citations

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Rakić, Aleksandar D., Thomas Taimre, Karl Bertling, et al.. (2019). Sensing and imaging using laser feedback interferometry with quantum cascade lasers. Applied Physics Reviews. 6(2). 21320–21320. 59 indexed citations

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Agnew, Gary, Thomas Taimre, Karl Bertling, et al.. (2018). Frequency Tuning Range Control in Pulsed Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers: Applications in Interferometry. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 54(2). 1–8. 11 indexed citations

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Agnew, Gary, Thomas Taimre, Yah Leng Lim, et al.. (2015). Efficient prediction of terahertz quantum cascade laser dynamics from steady-state simulations. Applied Physics Letters. 106(16). 26 indexed citations

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Dean, Paul, Yah Leng Lim, A. Valavanis, et al.. (2011). Terahertz imaging through self-mixing in a quantum cascade laser. Optics Letters. 36(13). 2587–2587. 120 indexed citations

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Tucker, J. R., et al.. (2005). Signal-to-noise ratio study of full-field Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography. Applied Optics. 44(36). 7722–7722. 12 indexed citations

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