Mercedeh Khajavikhan

13.2k total citations · 9 hit papers
145 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Mercedeh Khajavikhan is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mercedeh Khajavikhan has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 64 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 46 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mercedeh Khajavikhan's work include Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics (60 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (57 papers) and Nonlinear Photonic Systems (51 papers). Mercedeh Khajavikhan is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics (60 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (57 papers) and Nonlinear Photonic Systems (51 papers). Mercedeh Khajavikhan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Poland. Mercedeh Khajavikhan's co-authors include Demetrios N. Christodoulides, Ramy El‐Ganainy, Hossein Hodaei, Steffen Wittek, Stefan Rotter, Absar U. Hassan, Konstantinos G. Makris, Ziad H. Musslimani, Mohammad‐Ali Miri and Matthias Heinrich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Mercedeh Khajavikhan

130 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

Non-Hermitian physics and PT symmetry 2012 2026 2016 2021 2018 2017 2014 2018 2018 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. Non-Hermitian physics and PT symmetry
    2018 1.8k citations Ramy El‐Ganainy, Mercedeh Khajavikhan et al. Nature Physics profile →
  2. Enhanced sensitivity at higher-order exceptional points
    2017 1.3k citations Hossein Hodaei, Absar U. Hassan et al. Nature profile →
  3. Parity-time–symmetric microring lasers
    2014 1.2k citations Hossein Hodaei, Mohammad‐Ali Miri et al. Science profile →
  4. Topological insulator laser: Experiments
    2018 961 citations Steffen Wittek, Midya Parto et al. Science profile →
  5. Topological insulator laser: Theory
    2018 632 citations Mercedeh Khajavikhan, Demetrios N. Christodoulides et al. Science profile →
  6. Thresholdless nanoscale coaxial lasers
    2012 415 citations Mercedeh Khajavikhan et al. Nature profile →
  7. Edge-Mode Lasing in 1D Topological Active Arrays
    2018 389 citations Midya Parto, Steffen Wittek et al. profile →
  8. Dynamically Encircling Exceptional Points: Exact Evolution and Polarization State Conversion
    2017 241 citations Absar U. Hassan, Mercedeh Khajavikhan et al. profile →
  9. Non‐Hermitian and topological photonics: optics at an exceptional point
    2020 193 citations Midya Parto, Yuzhou G. N. Liu 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
Mercedeh Khajavikhan United States 34 8.6k 4.5k 1.7k 832 720 145 9.4k
Konstantinos G. Makris United States 31 10.7k 1.2× 8.1k 1.8× 890 0.5× 622 0.7× 434 0.6× 104 11.1k
Yonatan Plotnik Israel 17 5.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.3× 958 0.6× 767 0.9× 609 0.8× 50 5.5k
Oded Zilberberg Switzerland 33 7.0k 0.8× 1.2k 0.3× 1.1k 0.6× 668 0.8× 454 0.6× 100 7.6k
Detlef Kip Germany 28 5.2k 0.6× 3.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.9× 324 0.4× 318 0.4× 186 5.7k
Nathan Goldman Belgium 40 9.4k 1.1× 1.2k 0.3× 842 0.5× 527 0.6× 346 0.5× 105 9.8k
Bo Zhen United States 19 3.3k 0.4× 923 0.2× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 1.4k 1.9× 44 4.1k
Daniel Leykam Singapore 27 3.2k 0.4× 1.3k 0.3× 487 0.3× 410 0.5× 253 0.4× 80 3.6k
Hamidreza Ramezani United States 20 3.7k 0.4× 2.5k 0.6× 442 0.3× 556 0.7× 360 0.5× 53 4.0k
Julia M. Zeuner Germany 11 4.0k 0.5× 978 0.2× 644 0.4× 542 0.7× 344 0.5× 23 4.2k
Hannah M. Price Italy 19 3.9k 0.5× 646 0.1× 692 0.4× 466 0.6× 301 0.4× 43 4.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wei, Yunxuan, et al.. (2024). Guiding charged particles in vacuum via Lagrange points. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6882–6882.
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Chen, Zhigang, Mercedeh Khajavikhan, Guoqing Chang, Alessia Pasquazi, & Anna C. Peacock. (2024). Nonlinear Optics: feature issue introduction. Optics Express. 32(12). 20862–20862.
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Wu, Fan O., et al.. (2023). Coherence properties of light in highly multimoded nonlinear parabolic fibers under optical equilibrium conditions. Optics Letters. 48(5). 1208–1208. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuzhou G. N., Yunxuan Wei, Omid Hemmatyar, et al.. (2022). Complex skin modes in non-Hermitian coupled laser arrays. Light Science & Applications. 11(1). 336–336. 55 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuzhou G. N., Lei Ding, Absar U. Hassan, et al.. (2022). Topological modes in a laser cavity through exceptional state transfer. Science. 375(6583). 884–888. 59 indexed citations
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Nasari, Hadiseh, G. López-Galmiche, Absar U. Hassan, et al.. (2021). Towards a Common Path Photonic Emulator for Dynamically Encircling an Exceptional Point. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. FTu2L.2–FTu2L.2. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuzhou G. N., Omid Hemmatyar, Absar U. Hassan, et al.. (2021). Engineering interaction dynamics in active resonant photonic structures. APL Photonics. 6(5). 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuzhou G. N., Paweł S. Jung, Midya Parto, Demetrios N. Christodoulides, & Mercedeh Khajavikhan. (2021). Gain-induced topological response via tailored long-range interactions. Nature Physics. 17(6). 704–709. 52 indexed citations
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López-Galmiche, G., Absar U. Hassan, Tsampikos Kottos, et al.. (2020). Omnipolarizer Action via Encirclement of Exceptional Points. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. FM1A.3–FM1A.3. 3 indexed citations
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Parto, Midya, William E. Hayenga, Demetrios N. Christodoulides, & Mercedeh Khajavikhan. (2019). Mode-Dependent Coupling and Vectorial Optical Vortices in Metallic Nanolaser Arrays. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations
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Zhong, Qi, Mercedeh Khajavikhan, Demetrios N. Christodoulides, & Ramy El‐Ganainy. (2018). Winding around non-Hermitian singularities. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4808–4808. 83 indexed citations
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Hodaei, Hossein, Absar U. Hassan, Steffen Wittek, et al.. (2017). Enhanced sensitivity at higher-order exceptional points. Nature. 548(7666). 187–191. 1251 indexed citations breakdown →
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Parto, Midya, et al.. (2017). Topological Aharonov-Bohm Suppression of Optical Tunneling in Twisted Nonlinear Multicore Fibers. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 45. FTh1D.4–FTh1D.4.
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Khajavikhan, Mercedeh, et al.. (2016). A Multimodal Analgesia of Cyclooxygenase-2 for Postoperative Pain. Der pharmacia lettre. 8(7). 113–120. 2 indexed citations
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Khajavikhan, Mercedeh. (2016). Association between Hyperglycaemia with Neurological Outcomes Following Severe Head Trauma. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH. 10(4). PC11–3. 15 indexed citations
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Khajavikhan, Mercedeh. (2016). Outcome and Predicting Factor Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH. 10(2). PC16–9. 13 indexed citations
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Jaafarpour, Molouk, Ali Khani Jeihooni, & Mercedeh Khajavikhan. (2015). The Effect of Dexamethasone on the incidence of laryngospasm in pediatric patients after Tonsillectomy. 2(3). 113–117. 2 indexed citations
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Heinrich, Matthias, Mohammad‐Ali Miri, Mercedeh Khajavikhan, & Demetrios N. Christodoulides. (2015). PT symmetry in optics and nonlinear optics. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research. 1 indexed citations
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Sayehmiri, Kourosh, et al.. (2014). Association between nurses’ coping strategies and their gender and workplace in Jahrom. Advances in nursing and midwifery. 23(81). 77–84. 1 indexed citations
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Khajavikhan, Mercedeh & James R. Leger. (2009). Modal Analysis of Path Length Sensitivity in Superposition Architectures for Coherent Laser Beam Combining. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 15(2). 281–290. 23 indexed citations

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