Jonathan Leach

13.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
181 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Leach is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Leach has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 56 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 53 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Leach's work include Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (93 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (49 papers) and Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies (45 papers). Jonathan Leach is often cited by papers focused on Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (93 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (49 papers) and Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies (45 papers). Jonathan Leach collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Jonathan Leach's co-authors include Miles J. Padgett, Johannes Courtial, Sonja Franke‐Arnold, Stephen M. Barnett, Robert W. Boyd, Gerald S. Buller, Eric Yao, Jonathan M. Cooper, Megan Agnew and B. Jack and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Leach

169 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

Measuring the Orbital Angular Momentum of a Single Photon 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2011 2010 250 500 750
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. Measuring the Orbital Angular Momentum of a Single Photon
    2002 795 citations Jonathan Leach, Miles J. Padgett et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Experimental high-dimensional two-photon entanglement and violations of generalized Bell inequalities
    2011 465 citations Jonathan Leach, Gerald S. Buller et al. profile →
  3. Quantum Correlations in Optical Angle–Orbital Angular Momentum Variables
    2010 461 citations Jonathan Leach, Robert W. Boyd 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
Jonathan Leach United Kingdom 50 7.2k 3.5k 2.5k 1.6k 971 181 9.2k
Bahaa E. A. Saleh United States 51 7.6k 1.1× 2.3k 0.6× 3.9k 1.5× 3.9k 2.4× 961 1.0× 333 11.8k
Daniele Faccio United Kingdom 46 5.7k 0.8× 1.5k 0.4× 646 0.3× 2.2k 1.4× 772 0.8× 299 7.7k
Sylvain Gigan France 41 5.1k 0.7× 2.7k 0.8× 2.6k 1.0× 3.4k 2.1× 824 0.8× 149 9.8k
Andrew Forbes South Africa 58 10.3k 1.4× 4.4k 1.3× 2.1k 0.8× 3.6k 2.3× 174 0.2× 422 12.5k
Allard P. Mosk Netherlands 38 4.0k 0.6× 2.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 719 0.7× 132 7.8k
Tomáš Čižmár Czechia 39 4.3k 0.6× 3.9k 1.1× 403 0.2× 1.3k 0.8× 239 0.2× 103 6.4k
Jeffrey H. Shapiro United States 48 8.7k 1.2× 1.1k 0.3× 7.0k 2.8× 2.6k 1.6× 1.2k 1.2× 300 11.8k
Alexander V. Sergienko United States 37 6.4k 0.9× 959 0.3× 4.8k 1.9× 1.5k 1.0× 374 0.4× 161 8.3k
Jonathan P. Dowling United States 50 10.7k 1.5× 1.4k 0.4× 6.7k 2.7× 3.8k 2.4× 197 0.2× 250 12.7k
John Rarity United Kingdom 50 7.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.3× 6.2k 2.5× 3.1k 1.9× 737 0.8× 274 10.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jonathan Leach

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McCarthy, Aongus, et al.. (2024). Robust framework for modelling long range dToF SPAD Lidar performance. Optics Express. 32(27). 47735–47735.
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Leach, Jonathan, et al.. (2024). Path Tracing-Inspired Modeling of Non-Line-of-Sight SPAD Data. Sensors. 24(20). 6522–6522.
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Forbes, Andrew, et al.. (2024). Translated object identification for efficient ghost imaging. Optics Express. 32(23). 41057–41057. 2 indexed citations
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Leach, Jonathan, et al.. (2024). Human Pose Inference Using an Elevated mmWave FMCW Radar. IEEE Access. 12. 115605–115614. 7 indexed citations
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Ghafur, O., et al.. (2023). The importance of molecular axis alignment and symmetry-breaking in photoelectron elliptical dichroism. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 159(21). 3 indexed citations
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Tyler, Max, et al.. (2023). Simultaneously Sorting Overlapping Quantum States of Light. Physical Review Letters. 130(14). 143602–143602. 10 indexed citations
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Cozier, Gyles E., Peter J. Collins, Tom S. F. Haines, et al.. (2023). Instant Detection of Synthetic Cannabinoids on Physical Matrices, Implemented on a Low-Cost, Ultraportable Device. Analytical Chemistry. 95(37). 13829–13837. 8 indexed citations
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Zhu, Feng, et al.. (2022). DroneSense: The Identification, Segmentation, and Orientation Detection of Drones via Neural Networks. IEEE Access. 10. 38154–38164. 18 indexed citations
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Leach, Jonathan, et al.. (2022). Time‐Efficient Object Recognition in Quantum Ghost Imaging. Advanced Quantum Technologies. 6(2). 10 indexed citations
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Nape, Isaac, et al.. (2021). Measuring dimensionality and purity of high-dimensional entangled states. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5159–5159. 23 indexed citations
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Zhu, Feng, et al.. (2021). Is high-dimensional photonic entanglement robust to noise?. AVS Quantum Science. 3(1). 38 indexed citations
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Zhu, Feng, Max Tyler, Natalia Herrera Valencia, Mehul Malik, & Jonathan Leach. (2019). Are high-dimensional entangled states robust to noise?. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Lyons, Ashley, Thomas Roger, Niclas Westerberg, et al.. (2018). How fast is a twisted photon?. Optica. 5(6). 682–682. 25 indexed citations
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Bolduc, Eliot, Daniele Faccio, & Jonathan Leach. (2017). Acquisition of multiple photon pairs with an EMCCD camera. Journal of Optics. 19(5). 54006–54006. 10 indexed citations
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Sonnleitner, Matthias, et al.. (2017). Image reconstruction from photon sparse data. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 42164–42164. 14 indexed citations
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Clerici, Matteo, Gabriel C. Spalding, Ashley Lyons, et al.. (2016). Observation of image pair creation and annihilation from superluminal scattering sources. Science Advances. 2(4). e1501691–e1501691. 12 indexed citations
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Leach, Jonathan, et al.. (2016). The duality principle in the presence of postselection. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 19944–19944. 1 indexed citations
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Malik, Mehul, Mohammad Mirhosseini, Martin P. J. Lavery, et al.. (2013). Direct Measurement of Quantum State Rotations. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Agnew, Megan, et al.. (2011). Tomography of the quantum state of photons entangled in high dimensions. Physical Review A. 84(6). 110 indexed citations
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Leonardo, Roberto Di, Giancarlo Ruocco, Jonathan Leach, et al.. (2007). Parametric Resonance of Optically Trapped Aerosols. Physical Review Letters. 99(1). 10601–10601. 50 indexed citations

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