C. K. Law

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
120 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

C. K. Law is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, C. K. Law has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 52 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in C. K. Law's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (52 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (37 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (27 papers). C. K. Law is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (52 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (37 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (27 papers). C. K. Law collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, United States and China. C. K. Law's co-authors include J. H. Eberly, N. P. Bigelow, Han Pu, Jie‐Qiao Liao, Ian A. Walmsley, P. T. Leung, Paul S. F. Yip, H. J. Kimble, Him Cheung and Kam Wai Clifford Chan and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

C. K. Law

116 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Interaction between a moving mirror and radiation pressure: A Hamiltonian formulation

1995 494 citations C. K. Law Physical Review A profile →
Quantum Spins Mixing in Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensates

1998 485 citations C. K. Law, Han Pu et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. K. Law Hong Kong	39	4.9k	2.5k	1.1k	496	365	120	6.0k
Wolfgang Dür Austria	51	11.4k 2.3×	11.6k 4.6×	748 0.7×	526 1.1×	516 1.4×	169	14.0k
Chao‐Yang Lu China	51	8.6k 1.8×	8.0k 3.2×	3.1k 2.9×	225 0.5×	48 0.1×	144	11.6k
Andrea Morello Australia	42	6.4k 1.3×	2.8k 1.1×	3.9k 3.7×	88 0.2×	48 0.1×	143	8.3k
Takuya Kitagawa United States	21	4.7k 1.0×	930 0.4×	292 0.3×	689 1.4×	18 0.0×	49	5.3k
D. E. McClelland Australia	30	2.5k 0.5×	571 0.2×	1.1k 1.1×	94 0.2×	41 0.1×	189	3.3k
Wolfgang von der Linden Germany	36	1.9k 0.4×	283 0.1×	364 0.3×	216 0.4×	81 0.2×	172	3.9k
F. Blanchard France	40	1.3k 0.3×	108 0.0×	1.9k 1.7×	301 0.6×	71 0.2×	194	4.9k
Robert G. Harrison United Kingdom	30	1.3k 0.3×	120 0.0×	1.3k 1.2×	572 1.2×	18 0.0×	221	3.2k
Michael E. Tobar Australia	45	4.9k 1.0×	377 0.1×	2.5k 2.3×	839 1.7×	33 0.1×	384	7.3k
Zhong Wang China	33	5.6k 1.1×	176 0.1×	301 0.3×	2.1k 4.3×	16 0.0×	165	6.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. K. Law

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Mahumud, Rashidul Alam, C. K. Law, Johannes H. W. de Wilt, et al.. (2025). Economic Evaluation of Inguinal Versus Ilio-inguinal Lymphadenectomy for Patients with Stage III Metastatic Melanoma to Groin Lymph Nodes: Evidence from the EAGLE FM Randomized Trial. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 32(6). 4211–4222. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Jiaying, C. K. Law, John Piggott, & Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan. (2024). Health Capacity to Work among Older People in Thailand. Asian Development Review. 41(1). 169–194. 1 indexed citations

Farey, John, T. Hooper, Justine Naylor, et al.. (2022). Dual mobility versus conventional total hip arthroplasty in femoral neck fractures (DISTINCT): protocol for a registry-nested, open-label, cluster-randomised crossover trial. BMJ Open. 12(9). e064478–e064478. 7 indexed citations

Zhao, Jiaying, C. K. Law, Matthew Kelly, et al.. (2022). How do cohabitation and marital status affect mortality risk? Results from a cohort study in Thailand. BMJ Open. 12(9). e062811–e062811. 3 indexed citations

Law, C. K., Andrew R. L. Stevenson, Michael J. Solomon, et al.. (2021). Healthcare Costs of Laparoscopic versus Open Surgery for Rectal Cancer Patients in the First 12 Months: A Secondary Endpoint Analysis of the Australasian Laparoscopic Cancer of the Rectum Trial (ALaCaRT). Annals of Surgical Oncology. 29(3). 1923–1934. 6 indexed citations

McMurray, Anne, et al.. (2021). The Cost Consequences of the Gold Coast Integrated Care Programme. International Journal of Integrated Care. 21(3). 9–9. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Shanquan, et al.. (2021). Coordinated Management of COVID-19 Response: Lessons From Whole-of-Society and Whole-of-Health Strategies in Wuhan, China. Frontiers in Public Health. 9. 664214–664214. 5 indexed citations

Law, C. K., Chris Brown, Kate Wilson, et al.. (2020). Return to work following laparoscopic‐assisted resection or open resection for rectal cancer: Findings from AlaCaRT—Australasian Laparoscopic Cancer of the Rectum Trial. Cancer Medicine. 10(2). 552–562. 5 indexed citations

Law, C. K., Paul S. F. Yip, Wincy S. C. Chan, et al.. (2008). Evaluating the effectiveness of barrier installation for preventing railway suicides in Hong Kong. Journal of Affective Disorders. 114(1-3). 254–262. 79 indexed citations

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Chan, Wincy S. C., C. K. Law, Kayuet Liu, et al.. (2008). Suicidality in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong: the role of family and cultural influences. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 44(4). 278–284. 51 indexed citations

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Liu, Kayuet, Annette L. Beautrais, Eric D. Caine, et al.. (2007). Charcoal burning suicides in Hong Kong and urban Taiwan: an illustration of the impact of a novel suicide method on overall regional rates. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 61(3). 248–253. 128 indexed citations

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Law, C. K., et al.. (2007). Negativity of asymmetric two-mode Gaussian states: An explicit analytic formula and physical interpretation. Physical Review A. 76(5). 13 indexed citations

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Cheung, Yin Bun, C. K. Law, Brandford H. Y. Chan, Kayuet Liu, & Paul S. F. Yip. (2006). Suicidal ideation and suicidal attempts in a population-based study of Chinese people: Risk attributable to hopelessness, depression, and social factors. Journal of Affective Disorders. 90(2-3). 193–199. 90 indexed citations

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Müller, P., Li-Bang Wang, K. Bailey, et al.. (2003). Towards measuring the charge radius of 6He and 8He. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 204. 536–539. 5 indexed citations

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Chan, Kam Wai Clifford, C. K. Law, & J. H. Eberly. (2002). Localized Single-Photon Wave Functions in Free Space. Physical Review Letters. 88(10). 100402–100402. 62 indexed citations

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Law, C. K., et al.. (2001). Critical velocity in a binary mixture of moving Bose condensates. Physical Review A. 63(6). 42 indexed citations

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Raghavan, S., Han Pu, C. K. Law, & N. P. Bigelow. (2000). . Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 119(3/4). 437–460. 8 indexed citations

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Law, C. K. & H. J. Kimble. (1997). Deterministic generation of a bit-stream of single-photon pulses. Journal of Modern Optics. 44(11-12). 2067–2074. 110 indexed citations

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Eberly, J. H., R. Grobe, C. K. Law, & Q. Su. (1992). Numerical Experiments in Strong and Super-Strong Fields. 4(5). 301–334. 5 indexed citations

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Law, C. K., Q. Su, & J. H. Eberly. (1991). Stabilization of a model atom undergoing three-photon ionization. Physical Review A. 44(11). 7844–7847. 24 indexed citations

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