Sean J. Bentley

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Sean J. Bentley is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean J. Bentley has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 6 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 5 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sean J. Bentley's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (6 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (5 papers) and Random lasers and scattering media (4 papers). Sean J. Bentley is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (6 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (5 papers) and Random lasers and scattering media (4 papers). Sean J. Bentley collaborates with scholars based in United States and India. Sean J. Bentley's co-authors include Robert W. Boyd, Ryan S. Bennink, John C. Howell, G. S. Agarwal, Elna M. Nagasako, Elizabeth de Freitas, William E. Butler, Steve E. Watkins, Alberto M. Marino and Richard A. Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A and Optics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Sean J. Bentley

16 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

“Two-Photon” Coincidence Imaging with a Classical Source

2002 836 citations Ryan S. Bennink, Sean J. Bentley et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sean J. Bentley United States	9	1.2k	1.1k	671	542	225	20	1.7k
Milena D’Angelo Italy	17	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	708 1.1×	592 1.1×	220 1.0×	53	1.9k
Jun Xiong China	18	974 0.8×	806 0.8×	417 0.6×	504 0.9×	317 1.4×	73	1.5k
Kam Wai Clifford Chan United States	17	644 0.5×	774 0.7×	543 0.8×	309 0.6×	157 0.7×	42	1.2k
Xi-Hao Chen China	13	959 0.8×	504 0.5×	218 0.3×	556 1.0×	250 1.1×	23	1.0k
Wei-Tao Liu China	19	531 0.4×	615 0.6×	506 0.8×	292 0.5×	170 0.8×	66	1.1k
De-Zhong Cao China	14	813 0.7×	514 0.5×	218 0.3×	407 0.8×	194 0.9×	57	949
Stephen S. Welsh United Kingdom	6	1.1k 0.9×	401 0.4×	182 0.3×	475 0.9×	245 1.1×	11	1.2k
Malcolm N. O’Sullivan United States	12	516 0.4×	703 0.7×	258 0.4×	262 0.5×	146 0.6×	19	1.0k
Neal Radwell United Kingdom	16	1.2k 1.0×	952 0.9×	286 0.4×	525 1.0×	276 1.2×	35	2.0k
Pere Clemente Spain	17	1.0k 0.8×	677 0.6×	153 0.2×	498 0.9×	453 2.0×	36	1.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Freitas, Elizabeth de & Sean J. Bentley. (2012). Material encounters with mathematics: The case for museum based cross-curricular integration. International Journal of Educational Research. 55. 36–47. 11 indexed citations

Bentley, Sean J., et al.. (2009). Pre-college Outreach at a Technical Conference. International journal of engineering education. 25(3). 436–443. 2 indexed citations

Bentley, Sean J.. (2008). Nonlinear interferometric lithography for arbitrary two-dimensional patterns. Journal of Micro/Nanolithography MEMS and MOEMS. 7(1). 13004–13004. 4 indexed citations

Bentley, Sean J.. (2007). Three-photon absorption for nanosecond excitation in cadmium selenide quantum dots. Optical Engineering. 46(12). 128003–128003. 5 indexed citations

Boyd, Robert W. & Sean J. Bentley. (2006). Recent progress in quantum and nonlinear optical lithography. Journal of Modern Optics. 53(5-6). 713–718. 17 indexed citations

Bentley, Sean J., John E. Heebner, & Robert W. Boyd. (2006). Transverse instabilities and pattern formation in two-beam-excited nonlinear optical interactions in liquids. Optics Letters. 31(7). 951–951. 1 indexed citations

Bennink, Ryan S., Sean J. Bentley, Robert W. Boyd, & John C. Howell. (2004). Publisher’s Note: Quantum and Classical Coincidence Imaging [Phys. Rev. Lett.92, 033601 (2004)]. Physical Review Letters. 92(6). 11 indexed citations

Howell, John C., Ryan S. Bennink, Sean J. Bentley, & Robert W. Boyd. (2004). Realization of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox Using Momentum- and Position-Entangled Photons from Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion. Physical Review Letters. 92(21). 210403–210403. 356 indexed citations

Bennink, Ryan S., Sean J. Bentley, Robert W. Boyd, & John C. Howell. (2004). Quantum and Classical Coincidence Imaging. Physical Review Letters. 92(3). 33601–33601. 317 indexed citations

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Bentley, Sean J. & Robert W. Boyd. (2004). Nonlinear optical lithography with ultra-high sub-Rayleigh resolution. Optics Express. 12(23). 5735–5735. 75 indexed citations

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Bentley, Sean J. & Robert W. Boyd. (2003). Super-resolution by nonlinear optical lithography. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics.

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Bennink, Ryan S., Sean J. Bentley, & Robert W. Boyd. (2003). Quantum and classical aspects of coincidence imaging. 2 pp.–2 pp.. 1 indexed citations

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Bigelow, Matthew S., Sean J. Bentley, Alberto M. Marino, Robert W. Boyd, & C. R. Stroud. (2003). Polarization properties of photons generated by two-beam excited conical emission. Frontiers in Optics. ThA6–ThA6.

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Bennink, Ryan S., Sean J. Bentley, & Robert W. Boyd. (2002). “Two-Photon” Coincidence Imaging with a Classical Source. Physical Review Letters. 89(11). 113601–113601. 836 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nagasako, Elna M., et al.. (2002). Parametric downconversion vs optical parametric amplification: a comparison of their quantum statistics. Journal of Modern Optics. 49(3-4). 529–537. 14 indexed citations

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Bentley, Sean J., Robert W. Boyd, Elna M. Nagasako, & G. S. Agarwal. (2002). Quantum entanglement for optical lithography and microscopy beyond the Rayleigh limit. 2044. 68–69. 1 indexed citations

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Nagasako, Elna M., Sean J. Bentley, Robert W. Boyd, & G. S. Agarwal. (2001). Nonclassical two-photon interferometry and lithography with high-gain parametric amplifiers. Physical Review A. 64(4). 42 indexed citations

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Bentley, Sean J., et al.. (2001). Spatial patterns induced in a laser beam by thermal nonlinearities. Optics Letters. 26(14). 1084–1084. 5 indexed citations

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Bentley, Sean J., et al.. (2000). Measurement of the thermal contribution to the nonlinear refractive index of air at 1064 nm. Optics Letters. 25(16). 1192–1192. 8 indexed citations

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Watkins, Steve E., et al.. (1994). <title>Target velocity measurements from speckled images</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2302. 26–35.

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