Azriel Z. Genack

8.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
168 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Azriel Z. Genack is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Acoustics and Ultrasonics. According to data from OpenAlex, Azriel Z. Genack has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 97 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 81 papers in Acoustics and Ultrasonics. Recurrent topics in Azriel Z. Genack's work include Random lasers and scattering media (81 papers), Terahertz technology and applications (55 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (43 papers). Azriel Z. Genack is often cited by papers focused on Random lasers and scattering media (81 papers), Terahertz technology and applications (55 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (43 papers). Azriel Z. Genack collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Hong Kong. Azriel Z. Genack's co-authors include Victor I. Kopp, N. Garcı́a, B. Fan, Hemasiri Vithana, J. M. Drake, A. A. Chabanov, Richard G. Brewer, Zhou Shi, Patrick Sebbah and Xiaojun Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Azriel Z. Genack

161 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

Low-threshold lasing at the edge of a photonic stop band ... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 2016 200 400 600
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. Low-threshold lasing at the edge of a photonic stop band in cholesteric liquid crystals
    1998 648 citations Victor I. Kopp, Azriel Z. Genack et al. profile →
  2. Robust reconfigurable electromagnetic pathways within a photonic topological insulator
    2016 432 citations Xiaojun Cheng, Camille Jouvaud et al. Nature Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Azriel Z. Genack United States 45 4.6k 2.6k 2.4k 1.6k 1.2k 168 6.5k
Daniele Faccio United Kingdom 46 5.7k 1.2× 2.2k 0.8× 712 0.3× 758 0.5× 1.5k 1.2× 299 7.7k
Hui Cao United States 41 5.8k 1.2× 2.9k 1.1× 3.9k 1.6× 1.2k 0.7× 1.6k 1.3× 183 9.1k
J. J. Sáenz Spain 48 5.1k 1.1× 2.4k 0.9× 480 0.2× 1.5k 0.9× 3.4k 2.8× 184 7.4k
Q‐Han Park South Korea 38 1.8k 0.4× 1.8k 0.7× 422 0.2× 1.7k 1.1× 2.0k 1.7× 143 5.1k
M. Rosenbluh Israel 33 2.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 193 0.1× 615 0.5× 135 4.2k
S. L. McCall United States 37 6.5k 1.4× 4.1k 1.6× 309 0.1× 518 0.3× 878 0.7× 83 8.0k
N. M. Lawandy United States 22 2.0k 0.4× 1.0k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 300 0.2× 567 0.5× 162 2.9k
Michael Fleischhauer Germany 53 16.4k 3.5× 2.3k 0.9× 941 0.4× 1.9k 1.2× 2.3k 1.9× 216 17.8k
A. MacKinnon United Kingdom 26 4.2k 0.9× 1.4k 0.5× 368 0.2× 247 0.2× 303 0.3× 108 5.3k
A. S. Zibrov United States 36 11.8k 2.5× 2.5k 1.0× 495 0.2× 750 0.5× 1.4k 1.2× 88 14.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Genack, Azriel Z., et al.. (2022). Wave excitation and dynamics in non-Hermitian disordered systems. Physical Review Research. 4(1). 12 indexed citations
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Genack, Azriel Z., et al.. (2021). Dynamics of transmission in disordered topological insulators. Physical review. A. 103(3). 1 indexed citations
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Genack, Azriel Z., et al.. (2021). Transmission zeros with topological symmetry in complex systems. Physical review. B.. 103(10). 21 indexed citations
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Genack, Azriel Z., et al.. (2021). Statistics of coherent waves inside media with Lévy disorder. Physical Review Research. 3(2). 2 indexed citations
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Genack, Azriel Z., et al.. (2020). Cavity-induced backscattering in a two-dimensional photonic topological system. Physical Review Research. 2(1). 2 indexed citations
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Cheng, Xiaojun, Camille Jouvaud, Xiang Ni, et al.. (2016). Robust reconfigurable electromagnetic pathways within a photonic topological insulator. Nature Materials. 15(5). 542–548. 432 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shi, Zhou, Matthieu Davy, & Azriel Z. Genack. (2015). Statistics and control of waves in disordered media. Optics Express. 23(9). 12293–12293. 14 indexed citations
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Genack, Azriel Z., Matthieu Davy, & Zhou Shi. (2012). Focusing through Random Media: Eigenchannel Participation Number and Intensity Correlation. FTh3F.3–FTh3F.3. 11 indexed citations
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Bliokh, Konstantin Y., et al.. (2008). Coupling and Level Repulsion in the Localized Regime: From Isolated to Quasiextended Modes. Physical Review Letters. 101(13). 133901–133901. 33 indexed citations
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Sebbah, Patrick, Bing Hu, Victor I. Kopp, & Azriel Z. Genack. (2007). Effect of absorption on quasimodes of a random waveguide. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 24(10). A77–A77. 2 indexed citations
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Kopp, Victor I., Victor M. Churikov, & Azriel Z. Genack. (2005). Synchronization of optical polarization conversion and scattering in chiral optical fibers. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5723. 113–113.
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Sanford, R. Lea, et al.. (2005). Light controllable tuning and switching of lasing in chiral liquid crystals. Optics Express. 13(7). 2358–2358. 68 indexed citations
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Genack, Azriel Z. & A. A. Chabanov. (2005). Signatures of photon localization. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 38(49). 10465–10488. 25 indexed citations
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Kopp, Victor I. & Azriel Z. Genack. (2002). Twist Defect in Chiral Photonic Structures. Physical Review Letters. 89(3). 33901–33901. 143 indexed citations
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Tiggelen, B. A. van, Patrick Sebbah, M. Stoytchev, & Azriel Z. Genack. (1999). Delay-time statistics for diffuse waves. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 59(6). 7166–7172. 39 indexed citations
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Kopp, Victor I. & Azriel Z. Genack. (1999). <title>Density of states and lasing at the edge of a photonic stop band in dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystals</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3623. 71–79. 4 indexed citations
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Garcı́a, N., Azriel Z. Genack, & A. A. Lisyansky. (1992). Measurement of the transport mean free path of diffusing photons. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 46(22). 14475–14479. 68 indexed citations
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Genack, Azriel Z. & N. Garcı́a. (1991). Observation of photon localization in a three-dimensional disordered system. Physical Review Letters. 66(16). 2064–2067. 188 indexed citations
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Drake, J. M. & Azriel Z. Genack. (1989). Observation of nonclassical optical diffusion. Physical Review Letters. 63(3). 259–262. 125 indexed citations
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Genack, Azriel Z.. (1986). Optical transmission in disordered media. Annual Meeting Optical Society of America. FS1–FS1. 4 indexed citations

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