Liesl Burger

600 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 454 citations indexed

About

Liesl Burger is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Liesl Burger has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 454 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 4 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Liesl Burger's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (5 papers), Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (5 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (4 papers). Liesl Burger is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (5 papers), Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (5 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (4 papers). Liesl Burger collaborates with scholars based in South Africa and Belarus. Liesl Burger's co-authors include Andrew Forbes, Igor A. Litvin, Sandile Ngcobo and Cara E. Schwarz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Optics Letters and Optics Express.

In The Last Decade

Liesl Burger

16 papers receiving 411 citations

Hit Papers

A digital laser for on-demand laser modes 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
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. 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Liesl Burger South Africa 7 391 188 144 46 35 16 454
Sandile Ngcobo South Africa 9 534 1.4× 305 1.6× 162 1.1× 49 1.1× 39 1.1× 32 617
Alberto Lencina Argentina 11 367 0.9× 73 0.4× 208 1.4× 53 1.2× 51 1.5× 32 441
Carlos López-Mariscal Mexico 13 450 1.2× 103 0.5× 256 1.8× 37 0.8× 14 0.4× 34 508
Jonathan Pinnell South Africa 8 310 0.8× 119 0.6× 140 1.0× 45 1.0× 33 0.9× 15 389
Katherine Badham United States 9 312 0.8× 87 0.5× 196 1.4× 122 2.7× 32 0.9× 13 388
Salla Gangi Reddy India 12 226 0.6× 78 0.4× 200 1.4× 56 1.2× 10 0.3× 37 382
G.V. Uspleniev Russia 7 388 1.0× 75 0.4× 310 2.2× 46 1.0× 30 0.9× 8 498
Zhengliang Liu China 12 312 0.8× 96 0.5× 191 1.3× 37 0.8× 11 0.3× 45 375
Zhihui Duan China 10 234 0.6× 146 0.8× 152 1.1× 13 0.3× 52 1.5× 25 376
Quanxin Na China 13 378 1.0× 437 2.3× 140 1.0× 48 1.0× 10 0.3× 44 601

Countries citing papers authored by Liesl Burger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liesl Burger

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liesl Burger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Liesl Burger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Liesl Burger based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Liesl Burger. Liesl Burger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Burger, Liesl & Cara E. Schwarz. (2017). Sensitivity of process design to phase equilibrium uncertainty: Study of the isopropanol + DIPE + 2-methoxyethanol system. Fluid Phase Equilibria. 458. 234–242. 6 indexed citations
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Litvin, Igor A., Liesl Burger, & Andrew Forbes. (2015). Self-healing of Bessel-like beams with longitudinally dependent cone angles. Journal of Optics. 17(10). 105614–105614. 8 indexed citations
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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
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Forbes, Andrew, Sandile Ngcobo, Liesl Burger, & Igor A. Litvin. (2014). The digital laser: on-demand laser modes with the click of a button. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8960. 89601K–89601K. 4 indexed citations
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Ngcobo, Sandile, Igor A. Litvin, Liesl Burger, & Andrew Forbes. (2014). Digital control of laser modes with an intra-cavity spatial light modulator. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8960. 89601X–89601X. 1 indexed citations
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Burger, Liesl, Igor A. Litvin, Sandile Ngcobo, & Andrew Forbes. (2014). Implementation of a spatial light modulator for intracavity beam shaping. Journal of Optics. 17(1). 15604–15604. 26 indexed citations
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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., Liesl Burger, & Andrew Forbes. (2013). Angular self-reconstruction of petal-like beams. Optics Letters. 38(17). 3363–3363. 35 indexed citations
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Burger, Liesl & Andrew Forbes. (2008). Kaleidoscope modes in large aperture Porro prism resonators. Optics Express. 16(17). 12707–12707. 10 indexed citations
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Burger, Liesl & Andrew Forbes. (2008). Porro prism lasers: a new perspective. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7070. 70700L–70700L. 2 indexed citations
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Burger, Liesl, Igor A. Litvin, & Andrew Forbes. (2008). Simulating atmospheric turbulence using a phase-only spatial light modulator. SUNScholar (Stellenbosch University). 104. 129–134. 25 indexed citations
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Litvin, Igor A., Liesl Burger, & Andrew Forbes. (2007). Petal-like modes in Porro prism resonators. Optics Express. 15(21). 14065–14065. 23 indexed citations
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Burger, Liesl, et al.. (2006). Physical optics modeling of modal patterns in a crossed porro prism resonator. 1 indexed citations
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Forbes, Andrew, Liesl Burger, & Igor A. Litvin. (2006). Modeling laser brightness from cross Porro prism resonators. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6290. 62900M–62900M. 2 indexed citations
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Litvin, Igor A., Liesl Burger, & Andrew Forbes. (2006). Analysis of transverse field distributions in Porro prism resonators. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6346. 63462G–63462G. 1 indexed citations
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Burger, Liesl, et al.. (1988). Real-time prediction of point-source distributions using an anemometer-bivane and a microprocessor. Atmospheric Environment (1967). 22(7). 1309–1317. 1 indexed citations

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