Igor A. Litvin

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Igor A. Litvin is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Igor A. Litvin has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 30 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Igor A. Litvin's work include Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (37 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (17 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (9 papers). Igor A. Litvin is often cited by papers focused on Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (37 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (17 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (9 papers). Igor A. Litvin collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Germany and France. Igor A. Litvin's co-authors include Andrew Forbes, Angela Dudley, Liesl Burger, Sandile Ngcobo, Darryl Naidoo, Filippus S. Roux, Lorenzo Marrucci, Bruno Piccirillo, Kamel Aı̈t-Ameur and Hend Sroor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Photonics and Optics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Igor A. Litvin

50 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Controlled generation of higher-order Poincaré sphere beams from a laser

2016 520 citations Darryl Naidoo, Filippus S. Roux et al. profile →
A digital laser for on-demand laser modes

2013 308 citations Sandile Ngcobo, Igor A. Litvin et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Igor A. Litvin South Africa	19	1.4k	619	535	259	71	55	1.6k
Darryl Naidoo South Africa	15	1.5k 1.0×	610 1.0×	568 1.1×	408 1.6×	66 0.9×	48	1.7k
Xuejiao Wang China	10	1.5k 1.0×	705 1.1×	474 0.9×	380 1.5×	49 0.7×	32	1.7k
Yoshihiko Arita United Kingdom	21	1.5k 1.0×	922 1.5×	340 0.6×	290 1.1×	61 0.9×	39	1.8k
Chenhao Wan China	17	1.3k 0.9×	589 1.0×	271 0.5×	275 1.1×	32 0.5×	48	1.4k
Ioannis Chremmos Greece	19	1.5k 1.0×	773 1.2×	520 1.0×	282 1.1×	47 0.7×	54	1.7k
Ralf Dorn Germany	4	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.7×	311 0.6×	257 1.0×	91 1.3×	7	1.7k
Zdeněk Bouchal Czechia	20	1.6k 1.1×	955 1.5×	287 0.5×	169 0.7×	76 1.1×	70	1.8k
Zhi‐Han Zhu China	20	1.1k 0.7×	427 0.7×	367 0.7×	278 1.1×	40 0.6×	55	1.3k
Chenghou Tu China	21	1.1k 0.7×	496 0.8×	222 0.4×	135 0.5×	46 0.6×	95	1.2k
Lei Gong China	25	1.2k 0.8×	886 1.4×	399 0.7×	184 0.7×	42 0.6×	77	1.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Litvin, Igor A., et al.. (2025). Robust calibration and energy optimization in reconfigurable photonic processors. Optics Express. 33(16). 35011–35011.

Litvin, Igor A., et al.. (2025). Modeling and analysis of phase instability in a photonic processor. Applied Optics. 64(14). 3995–3995.

Dehdashti, Shahram, et al.. (2024). Quantum advantages for data transmission in future networks: An overview. Computer Networks. 254. 110727–110727. 1 indexed citations

Naidoo, Darryl, Igor A. Litvin, & Andrew Forbes. (2018). Brightness enhancement in a solid-state laser by mode transformation: publisher’s note. Optica. 5(9). 1135–1135. 2 indexed citations

Sroor, Hend, et al.. (2018). Generation and amplification of vector vortex beams. 1711. 66–66. 2 indexed citations

Naidoo, Darryl, Igor A. Litvin, & Andrew Forbes. (2018). Brightness enhancement in a solid-state laser by mode transformation. Optica. 5(7). 836–836. 14 indexed citations

Litvin, Igor A., et al.. (2014). Doughnut laser beam as an incoherent superposition of two petal beams. Optics Letters. 39(3). 704–704. 45 indexed citations

Burger, Liesl, Igor A. Litvin, Sandile Ngcobo, & Andrew Forbes. (2014). How to make a digital laser. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9257. 925706–925706. 1 indexed citations

Ngcobo, Sandile, Igor A. Litvin, Liesl Burger, & Andrew Forbes. (2013). A digital laser for on-demand laser modes. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2289–2289. 308 indexed citations breakdown →

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Litvin, Igor A.. (2013). Stability of a laser cavity with non-parabolic phase transformation elements. Optics Express. 21(9). 10706–10706. 1 indexed citations

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Dudley, Angela, Christian Schulze, Igor A. Litvin, Michael Duparré, & Andrew Forbes. (2013). Quantitatively measuring the orbital angular momentum density of light. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8810. 88100E–88100E. 3 indexed citations

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Litvin, Igor A.. (2012). The behavior of the instantaneous Poynting vector of symmetrical laser beams. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 29(6). 901–901. 4 indexed citations

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Dudley, Angela, Igor A. Litvin, & Andrew Forbes. (2012). Quantitative measurement of the orbital angular momentum density of light. Applied Optics. 51(7). 823–823. 29 indexed citations

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Litvin, Igor A., Angela Dudley, Filippus S. Roux, & Andrew Forbes. (2012). Azimuthal decomposition with digital holograms. Optics Express. 20(10). 10996–10996. 56 indexed citations

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Litvin, Igor A., Angela Dudley, & Andrew Forbes. (2011). Poynting vector and orbital angular momentum density of superpositions of Bessel beams. Optics Express. 19(18). 16760–16760. 69 indexed citations

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Litvin, Igor A.. (2011). Implementation of intra-cavity beam shaping technique to enhance pump efficiency. Journal of Modern Optics. 59(3). 241–244. 5 indexed citations

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Litvin, Igor A., Н. А. Хило, Andrew Forbes, & В. Н. Белый. (2010). Intra–cavity generation of Bessel–like beams with longitudinally dependent cone angles. Optics Express. 18(5). 4701–4701. 18 indexed citations

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Litvin, Igor A. & Andrew Forbes. (2009). Gaussian mode selection with intracavity diffractive optics. Optics Letters. 34(19). 2991–2991. 21 indexed citations

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Litvin, Igor A. & Andrew Forbes. (2009). Intra–cavity flat–top beam generation. Optics Express. 17(18). 15891–15891. 45 indexed citations

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Litvin, Igor A., Philip W. Loveday, Craig S. Long, et al.. (2008). Intracavity mode competition between classes of flat-top beams. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7062. 706210–706210. 1 indexed citations

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