E. Wolf

23.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
168 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

E. Wolf is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, E. Wolf has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 66 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 32 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in E. Wolf's work include Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (34 papers), Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry (34 papers) and Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies (28 papers). E. Wolf is often cited by papers focused on Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (34 papers), Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry (34 papers) and Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies (28 papers). E. Wolf collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. E. Wolf's co-authors include B. Richards, L. Mandeļ, G. S. Agarwal, Edward Collett, Erich W. Marchand, D.N. Pattanayak, Taco D. Visser, Anthony J. Devaney, C. L. Mehta and Alexander Starikov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

E. Wolf

166 papers receiving 10.7k 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.

Electromagnetic diffraction in optical systems, II. Structure of the image field in an aplanatic system

1959 2.3k citations B. Richards, E. Wolf Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →
Coherence Properties of Optical Fields

1965 863 citations L. Mandeļ, E. Wolf profile →
Electromagnetic diffraction in optical systems - I. An integral representation of the image field

1959 574 citations E. Wolf Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
E. Wolf United States	52	8.5k	4.9k	2.4k	1.4k	1.0k	168	11.7k
Bahaa E. A. Saleh United States	51	7.6k 0.9×	2.3k 0.5×	3.9k 1.7×	3.9k 2.8×	900 0.9×	333	11.8k
Joseph W. Goodman United States	45	7.9k 0.9×	4.7k 1.0×	7.0k 3.0×	1.1k 0.8×	749 0.7×	221	19.8k
Malvin C. Teich United States	56	6.6k 0.8×	1.9k 0.4×	3.6k 1.5×	3.9k 2.8×	826 0.8×	304	12.8k
J. P. Woerdman Netherlands	49	15.5k 1.8×	6.2k 1.3×	5.1k 2.2×	2.0k 1.5×	157 0.2×	281	17.6k
Ari T. Friberg Finland	42	6.4k 0.8×	3.5k 0.7×	2.4k 1.0×	541 0.4×	272 0.3×	409	8.2k
Max Born United Kingdom	6	3.9k 0.5×	2.6k 0.5×	2.9k 1.2×	243 0.2×	342 0.3×	9	8.7k
L. Allen United Kingdom	29	13.7k 1.6×	6.4k 1.3×	2.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	131 0.1×	40	14.4k
Adolf W. Lohmann Germany	46	4.6k 0.5×	2.1k 0.4×	2.8k 1.2×	341 0.2×	328 0.3×	255	9.7k
Ad Lagendijk Netherlands	53	8.3k 1.0×	3.8k 0.8×	3.6k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	490 0.5×	197	13.4k
Emil Wolf United States	57	21.0k 2.5×	10.9k 2.2×	8.5k 3.6×	3.8k 2.7×	1.4k 1.3×	277	31.2k

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Wolf, E., et al.. (2025). Evaluation of Commercial Camera-Based Solutions for Tracking Hand Kinematics. Sensors. 25(18). 5716–5716.

Ponomarenko, Sergey A., Govind P. Agrawal, & E. Wolf. (2004). Energy spectrum of a nonstationary ensemble of pulses. Optics Letters. 29(4). 394–394. 32 indexed citations

Salem, Mohamed A., Tomohiro Shirai, Aristide Dogariu, & E. Wolf. (2003). Long-distance propagation of partially coherent beams through atmospheric turbulence. Optics Communications. 216(4-6). 261–265. 68 indexed citations

Visser, Taco D. & E. Wolf. (1999). Potential Scattering with a Field Discontinuities at the Boundaries. Physical Review A. 2355–2361. 3 indexed citations

Gbur, Greg, et al.. (1998). Non-propogating string excitations. American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content. 66. 121–123. 1 indexed citations

Carney, P. Scott, et al.. (1998). Remarks on boundary conditions for scalar scattering. Physics Letters A. 249(4). 243–247. 1 indexed citations

Wolf, E.. (1981). New spectral representation of random sources and of the partially coherent fields that they generate. Optics Communications. 38(1). 3–6. 95 indexed citations

Born, M., E. Wolf, & H. J. Haubold. (1980). Book-Review - Principles of Optics - Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation Interference and Diffraction of Light. Astronomische Nachrichten. 301. 257. 1 indexed citations

Collett, Edward & E. Wolf. (1978). Is complete spatial coherence necessary for the generation of highly directional light beams?. Optics Letters. 2(2). 27–27. 165 indexed citations

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Wolf, E. & William H. Carter. (1975). Angular distribution of radiant intensity from sources of different degrees of spatial coherence. Optics Communications. 13(3). 205–209. 49 indexed citations

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Mandeļ, L. & E. Wolf. (1975). Optimum conditions for heterodyne detection of light*. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 65(4). 413–413. 27 indexed citations

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Marchand, Erich W. & E. Wolf. (1972). Angular Correlation and the Far-Zone Behavior of Partially Coherent Fields*. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 62(3). 379–379. 90 indexed citations

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Agarwal, G. S., D.N. Pattanayak, & E. Wolf. (1972). A generalized extinction theorem for exciton polarization in spatially dispersive media. Physics Letters A. 40(4). 279–280. 7 indexed citations

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Richards, B. & E. Wolf. (1959). Electromagnetic diffraction in optical systems, II. Structure of the image field in an aplanatic system. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 253(1274). 358–379. 2314 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wolf, E.. (1959). Electromagnetic diffraction in optical systems - I. An integral representation of the image field. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 253(1274). 349–357. 574 indexed citations breakdown →

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Linfoot, E. H. & E. Wolf. (1956). Phase-distribution in and near the Bright Nucleus of an Aberration-free Diffraction Image. Nature. 178(4535). 691–692. 1 indexed citations

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Wolf, E.. (1955). A macroscopic theory of interference and diffraction of light from finite sources II. Fields with a spectral range of arbitrary width. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 230(1181). 246–265. 108 indexed citations

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Wolf, E.. (1954). A macroscopic theory of interference and diffraction of light from finite sources, I. Fields with a narrow spectral range. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 225(1160). 96–111. 62 indexed citations

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Theimer, O., Günter Wassermann, & E. Wolf. (1952). On the foundation of the scalar diffraction theory of optical imaging. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 212(1110). 426–437. 16 indexed citations

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Wolf, E.. (1951). Light distribution near focus in an error-free diffraction image. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 204(1079). 533–548. 45 indexed citations

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