Muhammad Ali Butt

7.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
232 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

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Muhammad Ali Butt is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Ali Butt has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 171 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 102 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 80 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Ali Butt's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (152 papers), Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (82 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (71 papers). Muhammad Ali Butt is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (152 papers), Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (82 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (71 papers). Muhammad Ali Butt collaborates with scholars based in Russia, Poland and Pakistan. Muhammad Ali Butt's co-authors include Svetlana N. Khonina, Nikolay L. Kazanskiy, Ryszard Piramidowicz, С. В. Карпеев, Andrzej Kaźmierczak, Ruslan V. Kutluyarov, Elizaveta P. Grakhova, Grigory S. Voronkov, S. A. Degtyarev and Sergey Fomchenkov and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Ali Butt

221 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Recent advances in photonic crystal optical devices: A review

2021 173 citations Muhammad Ali Butt, Svetlana N. Khonina et al. Optics & Laser Technology profile →
Thin-Film Coating Methods: A Successful Marriage of High-Quality and Cost-Effectiveness—A Brief Exploration

2022 173 citations Muhammad Ali Butt profile →
Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Biodetection Systems: Principles, Progress and Applications—A Comprehensive Review

2025 31 citations Muhammad Ali Butt Biosensors profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Muhammad Ali Butt Russia	39	3.5k	2.7k	1.7k	778	400	232	5.1k
S. S. A. Obayya Egypt	38	4.5k 1.3×	2.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	851 1.1×	472 1.2×	382	5.7k
Andrea Cusano Italy	49	5.9k 1.7×	2.4k 0.9×	2.1k 1.2×	783 1.0×	306 0.8×	370	8.0k
Zhe Chen China	42	3.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	674 0.9×	66 0.2×	255	5.1k
Liu Liu China	40	4.9k 1.4×	1.1k 0.4×	2.9k 1.7×	348 0.4×	462 1.2×	224	5.6k
Libo Yuan China	39	7.5k 2.2×	2.7k 1.0×	3.0k 1.8×	644 0.8×	137 0.3×	805	9.5k
Vigneswaran Dhasarathan India	40	3.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	799 1.0×	164 0.4×	177	4.3k
Timothy D. Wilkinson United Kingdom	36	2.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	2.1k 1.2×	1.7k 2.1×	172 0.4×	261	4.5k
Tarik Bourouina France	35	2.5k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	877 1.1×	243 0.6×	234	4.7k
Wei Wu United States	38	3.0k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	997 0.6×	839 1.1×	595 1.5×	142	5.1k
R.R.A. Syms United Kingdom	33	2.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	414 0.5×	271 0.7×	238	4.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Butt, Muhammad Ali. (2025). A perspective on Smart contact lenses: Pioneering non-intrusive eye health monitoring. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 387. 116399–116399. 4 indexed citations

Butt, Muhammad Ali. (2025). Two decades of slot waveguides: light-matter interaction in integrated photonics. Optics & Laser Technology. 195. 114500–114500.

Butt, Muhammad Ali. (2025). Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Biodetection Systems: Principles, Progress and Applications—A Comprehensive Review. Biosensors. 15(1). 35–35. 31 indexed citations breakdown →

Butt, Muhammad Ali, et al.. (2025). Investigation of Modal Characteristics of Silicon Nitride Ridge Waveguides for Enhanced Refractive Index Sensing. Micromachines. 16(2). 119–119. 9 indexed citations

Butt, Muhammad Ali, et al.. (2025). Mid-Infrared Photonic Sensors: Exploring Fundamentals, Advanced Materials, and Cutting-Edge Applications. Sensors. 25(4). 1102–1102. 9 indexed citations

Khorin, Pavel A., et al.. (2025). Application of Machine Learning Methods for Identifying Wave Aberrations from Combined Intensity Patterns Generated Using a Multi-Order Diffractive Spatial Filter. Technologies. 13(6). 212–212. 1 indexed citations

Kazanskiy, Nikolay L., et al.. (2024). Exploring the functional characteristics of diffractive optical Element: A comprehensive review. Optics & Laser Technology. 183. 112383–112383. 3 indexed citations

Kazanskiy, Nikolay L., Svetlana N. Khonina, & Muhammad Ali Butt. (2024). Advancing frontiers: Semiconductor fibers in modern technology. Optics Communications. 560. 130495–130495. 11 indexed citations

Butt, Muhammad Ali. (2024). Plasmonic Sensor System Embedded with Orthogonal Mode Couplers for Simultaneous Monitoring of Temperature and Refractive Index. Plasmonics. 20(1). 459–469. 25 indexed citations

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Butt, Muhammad Ali, Nikolay L. Kazanskiy, Svetlana N. Khonina, et al.. (2023). A Review on Photonic Sensing Technologies: Status and Outlook. Preprints.org. 19 indexed citations

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Butt, Muhammad Ali, Nikolay L. Kazanskiy, & Svetlana N. Khonina. (2023). Tapered waveguide mode converters for metal-insulator-metal waveguide plasmonic sensors. Measurement. 211. 112601–112601. 50 indexed citations

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Butt, Muhammad Ali, Nikolay L. Kazanskiy, & Svetlana N. Khonina. (2023). Metal‐Insulator‐Metal Waveguide Plasmonic Sensor System for Refractive Index Sensing Applications. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(7). 29 indexed citations

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Rehman, Atiq Ur, et al.. (2023). Human tracking robotic camera based on image processing for live streaming of conferences and seminars. Heliyon. 9(8). e18547–e18547. 2 indexed citations

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Butt, Muhammad Ali, et al.. (2023). Semi-Analytical Approach versus Finite Element Method for Analysis of Propagation Properties in Rectangular Waveguides: Silica-Titania Technological Platform. Electronics. 13(1). 73–73. 1 indexed citations

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Butt, Muhammad Ali, Cuma Tyszkiewicz, Paweł Karasiński, et al.. (2022). Optical Thin Films Fabrication Techniques—Towards a Low-Cost Solution for the Integrated Photonic Platform: A Review of the Current Status. Materials. 15(13). 4591–4591. 29 indexed citations

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Butt, Muhammad Ali, Grigory S. Voronkov, Elizaveta P. Grakhova, et al.. (2022). Environmental Monitoring: Emphasis on Optical Waveguide and Fiber-Based Sensors: A Review. Preprints.org. 27 indexed citations

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Khonina, Svetlana N., Nikolay L. Kazanskiy, Pavel A. Khorin, & Muhammad Ali Butt. (2021). Modern Types of Axicons: New Functions and Applications. Sensors. 21(19). 6690–6690. 68 indexed citations

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Butt, Muhammad Ali, Nikolay L. Kazanskiy, & Svetlana N. Khonina. (2020). Highly Sensitive Refractive Index Sensor Based on Plasmonic Bow Tie Configuration. Photonic Sensors. 10(3). 223–232. 57 indexed citations

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Kazanskiy, Nikolay L., Svetlana N. Khonina, & Muhammad Ali Butt. (2020). Polarization-Insensitive Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguide Design for Evanescent Field Absorption Gas Sensor. Photonic Sensors. 11(3). 279–290. 27 indexed citations

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Fomchenkov, Sergey & Muhammad Ali Butt. (2017). Fabrication of amplitude-phase type diffractive optical elements in aluminium films. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 917. 62026–62026. 1 indexed citations

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