Faraz Monifi

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Faraz Monifi is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Faraz Monifi has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 27 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Faraz Monifi's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (27 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (16 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (9 papers). Faraz Monifi is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (27 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (16 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (9 papers). Faraz Monifi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and China. Faraz Monifi's co-authors include Lan Yang, Şahin Kaya Özdemir, Bo Peng, Franco Nori, Carl M. Bender, Gui‐Lu Long, Fuchuan Lei, Shanhui Fan, Mariagiovanna Gianfreda and Mehrdad Djavid and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Faraz Monifi

29 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Parity–time-symmetric whispering-gallery microcavities 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2014 500 1000 1.5k
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. Parity–time-symmetric whispering-gallery microcavities
    2014 1.8k citations Bo Peng, Şahin Kaya Özdemir et al. Nature Physics profile →
  2. Loss-induced suppression and revival of lasing
    2014 744 citations Bo Peng, Şahin Kaya Özdemir 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
Faraz Monifi United States 18 3.5k 1.7k 1.4k 297 242 31 3.8k
Alfredo De Rossi France 32 2.6k 0.7× 2.5k 1.5× 311 0.2× 251 0.8× 530 2.2× 182 3.1k
Huiping Tian China 28 2.0k 0.6× 2.1k 1.3× 351 0.3× 86 0.3× 792 3.3× 174 2.7k
Sergei F. Mingaleev Ukraine 20 1.2k 0.3× 832 0.5× 420 0.3× 77 0.3× 318 1.3× 45 1.6k
Evgeny N. Bulgakov Russia 25 1.9k 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 501 0.4× 92 0.3× 766 3.2× 102 2.2k
Krassimir Panajotov Belgium 33 1.9k 0.5× 3.4k 2.0× 622 0.5× 328 1.1× 143 0.6× 272 4.1k
Shayan Mookherjea United States 29 2.5k 0.7× 2.7k 1.7× 119 0.1× 354 1.2× 311 1.3× 132 3.1k
Robert Keil Germany 28 2.1k 0.6× 936 0.6× 694 0.5× 837 2.8× 364 1.5× 80 2.7k
J. A. Levenson France 23 1.8k 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 141 0.1× 693 2.3× 126 0.5× 81 2.0k
E. V. Podivilov Russia 32 2.5k 0.7× 2.1k 1.3× 256 0.2× 254 0.9× 473 2.0× 144 3.2k
Momchil Minkov United States 25 1.2k 0.3× 1.4k 0.8× 120 0.1× 759 2.6× 459 1.9× 66 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Faraz Monifi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Faraz Monifi

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Jing, Bo Peng, Seunghwi Kim, et al.. (2021). Optomechanical dissipative solitons. Nature. 600(7887). 75–80. 64 indexed citations
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Monifi, Faraz, et al.. (2018). Channel dispersed Fourier transform spectrometer. Communications Physics. 1(1). 9 indexed citations
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Fang, Bo, Şahin Kaya Özdemir, Faraz Monifi, et al.. (2017). Controllable oscillatory lateral coupling in a waveguide-microdisk-resonator system. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 8045–8045. 5 indexed citations
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Vallini, Felipe, et al.. (2016). Heteroclinic dynamics of coupled semiconductor lasers with optoelectronic feedback. Optics Letters. 41(22). 5238–5238. 4 indexed citations
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Monifi, Faraz, Jing Zhang, Şahin Kaya Özdemir, et al.. (2016). Optomechanically induced stochastic resonance and chaos transfer between optical fields. Nature Photonics. 10(6). 399–405. 189 indexed citations
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Puckett, Matthew W., Rajat Sharma, Felipe Vallini, et al.. (2015). Silicon nanoridge array waveguides for nonlinear and sensing applications. Optics Express. 23(22). 28224–28224. 4 indexed citations
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Peng, Bo, Şahin Kaya Özdemir, Fuchuan Lei, et al.. (2014). Parity–time-symmetric whispering-gallery microcavities. Nature Physics. 10(5). 394–398. 1839 indexed citations breakdown →
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Özdemir, Şahin Kaya, Faraz Monifi, Tandeep S. Chadha, et al.. (2014). Titanium Dioxide Whispering Gallery Microcavities. Advanced Optical Materials. 2(8). 711–717. 53 indexed citations
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Özdemir, Şahin Kaya, Lirong He, Faraz Monifi, et al.. (2013). On-chip whispering-gallery-mode microlasers and their applications for nanoparticle sensing. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8627. 86270N–86270N.
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He, Lina, Şahin Kaya Özdemir, Jian‐Gang Zhu, et al.. (2013). Statistics of multiple-scatterer-induced frequency splitting in whispering gallery microresonators and microlasers. New Journal of Physics. 15(7). 73030–73030. 19 indexed citations
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Monifi, Faraz, Jacob T. Friedlein, Şahin Kaya Özdemir, & Lan Yang. (2012). A Robust and Tunable Add–Drop Filter Using Whispering Gallery Mode Microtoroid Resonator. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 30(21). 3306–3315. 94 indexed citations
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Monifi, Faraz, et al.. (2012). An on-chip tunable add-drop filter using a microtoroid resonator. 85. 260–261. 1 indexed citations
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Monifi, Faraz, A. Ghaffari, Mehrdad Djavid, & Mohammad Sadegh Abrishamian. (2009). Three output port channel-drop filter based on photonic crystals. Applied Optics. 48(4). 804–804. 37 indexed citations
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Ghaffari, A., Faraz Monifi, Mehrdad Djavid, & Mohammad Sadegh Abrishamian. (2008). Photonic crystal bends and power splitters based on ring resonators. Optics Communications. 281(23). 5929–5934. 61 indexed citations
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Djavid, Mehrdad, et al.. (2008). Photonic Crystal Narrow Band Filters Using Biperiodic Structures. Journal of Applied Sciences. 8(10). 1891–1897. 26 indexed citations
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Djavid, Mehrdad, et al.. (2008). Photonic crystal power dividers using L-shaped bend based on ring resonators. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 25(8). 1231–1231. 29 indexed citations
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Monifi, Faraz, et al.. (2008). Design of efficient photonic crystal bend and power splitter using super defects. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 25(11). 1805–1805. 12 indexed citations
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Djavid, Mehrdad, A. Ghaffari, Faraz Monifi, & Mohammad Sadegh Abrishamian. (2008). Heterostructure photonic crystal channel drop filters using mirror cavities. Journal of Optics A Pure and Applied Optics. 10(5). 55203–55203. 21 indexed citations
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Ghaffari, A., Mehrdad Djavid, Faraz Monifi, & Mohammad Sadegh Abrishamian. (2008). Photonic crystal power splitter and wavelength multi/demultiplexer based on directional coupling. Journal of Optics A Pure and Applied Optics. 10(7). 75203–75203. 28 indexed citations
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Monifi, Faraz, et al.. (2007). A numeric analysis of photonic crystal tunable add-drop filters based on ring resonators. Conference proceedings. 351–352. 5 indexed citations

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