Nima Ashrafi

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Nima Ashrafi is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nima Ashrafi has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 16 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nima Ashrafi's work include Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (21 papers), Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (12 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (4 papers). Nima Ashrafi is often cited by papers focused on Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (21 papers), Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (12 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (4 papers). Nima Ashrafi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and United Kingdom. Nima Ashrafi's co-authors include Solyman Ashrafi, Guodong Xie, Moshe Tur, Yongxiong Ren, Zhe Zhao, Alan E. Willner, Andreas F. Molisch, Hao Huang, Martin P. J. Lavery and Yinwen Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Optics Letters and IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters.

In The Last Decade

Nima Ashrafi

22 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Optical communications using orbital angular momentum beams 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 400 800 1.2k
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. Optical communications using orbital angular momentum beams
    2015 1.4k citations Alan E. Willner, Hao Huang et al. Advances in Optics and Photonics profile →

Peers

Nima Ashrafi
Shuhui Li China
Long Zhu China
В. Пасько Ukraine
Solyman Ashrafi United States
Nenad Bozinovic United States
J. Broky United States
Xuejiao Wang China
Alessandro Ciattoni Italy
Yuanjie Yang China
Ioannis Chremmos Greece
Shuhui Li China
Nima Ashrafi
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Countries citing papers authored by Nima Ashrafi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nima Ashrafi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nima Ashrafi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nima Ashrafi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nima Ashrafi 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 Nima Ashrafi. Nima Ashrafi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yan, Yan, Long Li, Guodong Xie, et al.. (2016). Multipath Effects in Millimetre-Wave Wireless Communication using Orbital Angular Momentum Multiplexing. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 33482–33482. 39 indexed citations
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Willner, Alan E., Guodong Xie, Long Li, et al.. (2016). Design challenges and guidelines for free-space optical communication links using orbital-angular-momentum multiplexing of multiple beams. Journal of Optics. 18(7). 74014–74014. 34 indexed citations
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Li, Long, Guodong Xie, Yongxiong Ren, et al.. (2016). Orbital-angular-momentum-multiplexed free-space optical communication link using transmitter lenses. Applied Optics. 55(8). 2098–2098. 26 indexed citations
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Ren, Yongxiong, Zhe Wang, Guodong Xie, et al.. (2016). Atmospheric turbulence mitigation in an OAM-based MIMO free-space optical link using spatial diversity combined with MIMO equalization. Optics Letters. 41(11). 2406–2406. 77 indexed citations
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Ashrafi, Nima, et al.. (2016). Physical phaseplate for the generation of a millimeter-wave hermite-Gaussian beam. 234–237. 1 indexed citations
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Ashrafi, Nima, et al.. (2016). Patch Antenna Array for the Generation of Millimeter-Wave Hermite–Gaussian Beams. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 15. 1947–1950. 21 indexed citations
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Li, Long, Yongxiong Ren, Yinwen Cao, et al.. (2016). CMA Equalization for a 2 Gb/s Orbital Angular Momentum Multiplexed Optical Underwater Link through Thermally Induced Refractive Index Inhomogeneity. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 20. SW1F.2–SW1F.2. 2 indexed citations
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Willner, Alan E., Hao Huang, Yuqi Yan, et al.. (2015). Optical communications using orbital angular momentum beams. Advances in Optics and Photonics. 7(1). 66–66. 1382 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhao, Zhe, Yongxiong Ren, Guodong Xie, et al.. (2015). Dividing and multiplying the mode order for orbital-angular-momentum beams. 5. 1–3. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Long, Guodong Xie, Yongxiong Ren, et al.. (2015). Performance Enhancement of an Orbital-Angular-Momentum-Based Free-Space Optical Communication Link through Beam Divergence Controlling. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. M2F.6–M2F.6. 6 indexed citations
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Ren, Yongxiong, Zhe Wang, Guodong Xie, et al.. (2015). Free-space optical communications using orbital-angular-momentum multiplexing combined with MIMO-based spatial multiplexing. Optics Letters. 40(18). 4210–4210. 63 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Nisar, Martin P. J. Lavery, Peicheng Liao, et al.. (2015). Demonstration of Distance Emulation for an Orbital-Angular-Momentum Beam. 6. STh1F.6–STh1F.6. 2 indexed citations
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Xie, Guodong, Long Li, Yongxiong Ren, et al.. (2015). Performance metrics and design considerations for a free-space optical orbital-angular-momentum–multiplexed communication link. Optica. 2(4). 357–357. 173 indexed citations
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