M. Lax

29.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
205 papers, 23.1k citations indexed

About

M. Lax is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Lax has authored 205 papers receiving a total of 23.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 52 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 45 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in M. Lax's work include Theoretical and Computational Physics (25 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (23 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (19 papers). M. Lax is often cited by papers focused on Theoretical and Computational Physics (25 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (23 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (19 papers). M. Lax collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Slovakia. M. Lax's co-authors include Kun Huang, Max Born, H. Scher, Bertrand I. Halperin, D. F. Nelson, Takashi Odagaki, W. B. McKnight, William H. Louisell, Horace P. Yuen and Elias Burstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

M. Lax

200 papers receiving 21.2k citations

Hit Papers

Dynamical Theory of Crystal Lattices 1951 2026 1976 2001 1955 1952 1973 1951 1960 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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. Dynamical Theory of Crystal Lattices
    1955 8.3k citations M. Lax et al. profile →
  2. The Franck-Condon Principle and Its Application to Crystals
    1952 1.1k citations M. Lax The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  3. Stochastic Transport in a Disordered Solid. I. Theory
    1973 981 citations H. Scher, M. Lax Physical review. B, Solid state profile →
  4. Multiple Scattering of Waves
    1951 968 citations M. Lax profile →
  5. Cascade Capture of Electrons in Solids
    1960 726 citations M. Lax Physical Review profile →
  6. From Maxwell to paraxial wave optics
    1975 688 citations M. Lax et al. Physical review. A, General physics profile →
  7. Multiple Scattering of Waves. II. The Effective Field in Dense Systems
    1952 570 citations M. Lax Physical Review profile →
  8. Impurity-Band Tails in the High-Density Limit. I. Minimum Counting Methods
    1966 563 citations M. Lax et al. Physical Review profile →
  9. Temperature rise induced by a laser beam
    1977 492 citations M. Lax profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. Lax United States 54 11.4k 8.1k 5.4k 2.6k 2.5k 205 23.1k
L.D. LANDAU United States 31 10.1k 0.9× 4.4k 0.5× 3.6k 0.7× 4.3k 1.6× 2.4k 1.0× 67 28.0k
Stuart A. Rice United States 69 11.6k 1.0× 8.1k 1.0× 2.7k 0.5× 3.4k 1.3× 1.8k 0.7× 462 26.4k
Erio Tosatti Italy 74 10.2k 0.9× 8.6k 1.1× 3.7k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 3.8k 1.5× 547 19.7k
N. Bloembergen United States 71 13.3k 1.2× 5.3k 0.6× 6.1k 1.1× 2.5k 1.0× 920 0.4× 260 22.2k
E.M. LIFSHITZ United States 27 8.8k 0.8× 3.9k 0.5× 3.2k 0.6× 3.8k 1.4× 1.6k 0.6× 47 24.9k
G. D. Mahan United States 62 9.1k 0.8× 11.1k 1.4× 5.1k 0.9× 1.9k 0.7× 2.8k 1.1× 236 19.8k
Ryogo Kubo Japan 45 13.7k 1.2× 6.2k 0.8× 3.0k 0.5× 2.2k 0.8× 5.4k 2.1× 164 26.9k
Heng Fan China 60 15.2k 1.3× 11.1k 1.4× 7.4k 1.4× 2.8k 1.1× 3.4k 1.3× 411 29.7k
R. Loudon United Kingdom 64 11.3k 1.0× 3.2k 0.4× 4.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 202 15.4k
B. J. Alder United States 43 9.2k 0.8× 12.7k 1.6× 3.7k 0.7× 5.3k 2.0× 3.9k 1.5× 136 23.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lax, M.. (2000). The Lax–Onsager regression `theorem' revisited. Optics Communications. 179(1-6). 463–476. 18 indexed citations
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Cai, Wei, S. K. Gayen, Min Xu, et al.. (1999). Optical tomographic image reconstruction from ultrafast time-sliced transmission measurements. Applied Optics. 38(19). 4237–4237. 44 indexed citations
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Lax, M., et al.. (1997). Nonradiative energy transfer from the impurity ion into the host lattice forCr4+-doped forsterite laser crystal. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 56(22). 14391–14398. 3 indexed citations
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Cai, Wei, et al.. (1996). Time Resolved Diffusion Tomographic Image Reconstruction in Highly Scattering Turbid Media. 264. RIA269–RIA269. 1 indexed citations
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Lax, M., et al.. (1995). Spontaneous emission in non-Hermitian optical systems: Distributed-feedback semiconductor lasers. Physical Review A. 52(3). 2376–2387. 8 indexed citations
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Lax, M., L. P. Gor’kov, & Joseph L. Birman. (1990). Frontiers in condensed matter theory. Toxicology and Industrial Health. 36(1). 30–40. 2 indexed citations
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Lax, M., et al.. (1990). Coupling between 2-D electrons in quantum wells and 3-D phonons. AIP conference proceedings. 213. 195–206. 1 indexed citations
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Agrawal, Govind P. & M. Lax. (1982). Fraunhofer diffraction in the beam approximation from two longitudinally separated slits. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 72(1). 164–164. 2 indexed citations
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Lax, M.. (1981). Hopping conductivity in random systems. 225. 1 indexed citations
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Marcuse, D. & M. Lax. (1981). Principles of Quantum Electronics. Physics Today. 34(3). 65–66. 86 indexed citations
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Agrawal, Govind P. & M. Lax. (1979). Effects of interference on gain saturation in laser resonators. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 69(12). 1717–1717. 22 indexed citations
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Lax, M.. (1976). The Method of Moments for Linear Random Boundary Value Problems. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics. 31(1). 62–83. 9 indexed citations
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Scher, H. & M. Lax. (1973). Stochastic Transport in a Disordered Solid. I. Theory. Physical review. B, Solid state. 7(10). 4491–4502. 981 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lax, M., et al.. (1973). Exact Photocount Statistics: Lasers near Threshold. Physical review. A, General physics. 7(2). 750–771. 31 indexed citations
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Rosenberg, R. & M. Lax. (1958). Free-Carrier Absorption inn-Type Ge. Physical Review. 112(3). 843–852. 61 indexed citations
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Lax, M., et al.. (1958). Statistics of the Ising Ferromagnet. Physical Review. 110(5). 1016–1027. 10 indexed citations
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Lax, M.. (1955). Molecular Field in the Spherical Model. Physical Review. 97(3). 629–640. 46 indexed citations
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Lax, M. & Joel L. Lebowitz. (1954). Moment Singularity Analysis of Vibration Spectra. Physical Review. 96(3). 594–598. 22 indexed citations
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Rosenberg, R. & M. Lax. (1953). High Temperature Susceptibility of Permanent Dipole Lattices. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 21(3). 424–428. 41 indexed citations
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Lax, M.. (1952). Multiple Scattering of Waves. II. The Effective Field in Dense Systems. Physical Review. 85(4). 621–629. 570 indexed citations breakdown →

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