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Abraham Katzir

Abraham Katzir

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
46
Citations
7782
World Ranking
3413
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1990 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Abraham Katzir is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work engages particularly with subfields such as Biophysics, Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, Analytical Chemistry, and Molecular Biology.

Their recent publications cover a variety of topics and research methods, including:

  • Real-time bioprocess monitoring using a mid-infrared fibre-optic sensor (2020), published in Biochemical Engineering Journal
  • Laser tissue soldering of the gastrointestinal tract: A systematic review (2023), published in Heliyon
  • Technical Note: Noninvasive mid-IR fiber-optic evanescent wave spectroscopy (FEWS) for early detection of skin cancers (2020), published in Medical Physics
  • Bowel Incision Closure with a Semi-Automated Robot-Assisted Laser Tissue Soldering System (2025), published in arXiv (Cornell University)

The main research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
  • Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Surgical Sutures and Adhesives
  • Pain Management and Treatment
  • Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine
  • Optical Coherence Tomography Applications

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts consist of:

  • Max Platkov
  • Svetlana Basov
  • Ido Ashbell
  • Ilana Nisky
  • Uri Netz

The venues chosen for publication reflect a diversity of interdisciplinary interest and include:

  • Biochemical Engineering Journal
  • Heliyon
  • Medical Physics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Abraham Katzir has been recognized with the title of SPIE Fellow since 1990, indicating professional acknowledgment within the optics and photonics community.

Best Publications

  • Theory of fiber-optic, evanescent-wave spectroscopy and sensors.

    A. Messica;A. Greenstein;A. Katzir

  • Lasers and Optical Fibers in Medicine

    Abraham Katzir;Irving Itzkan

  • Probing the secondary structure of bovine serum albumin during heat-induced denaturation using mid-infrared fiberoptic sensors

    Rui Lu;Wen-Wei Li;Abraham Katzir;Yosef Raichlin

  • 4 – Single Optical Fibers

    Abraham Katzir

  • The effect of complex coupling coefficients on distributed feedback lasers

    E. Kapon;A. Hardy;A. Katzir

  • Chirped‐grating demultiplexers in dielectric waveguides

    A. C. Livanos;A. Katzir;A. Yariv;C. S. Hong

  • Fiber-optic evanescent wave spectroscopy in the middle infrared.

    Y. Raichlin;A. Katzir

  • GaAs‐GaAlAs distributed‐feedback diode lasers with separate optical and carrier confinement

    K. Aiki;M. Nakamura;J. Umeda;A. Yariv

  • High-sensitivity infrared attenuated total reflectance sensors for in situ multicomponent detection of volatile organic compounds in water

    Rui Lu;Wen-Wei Li;Boris Mizaikoff;Abraham Katzir

  • Novel attenuated total internal reflectance spectroscopic cell using infrared fibers for aqueous solutions

    S. Simhony;E. M. Kosower;A. Katzir

  • Infrared fiber-optical chemical sensors with reactive surface coatings

    B. Mizaikoff;R. Göbel;R. Krska;K. Taga

  • Chirped gratings in integrated optics

    A. Katzir;A. Livanos;J. Shellan;A. Yariv

  • Fourier-transform infrared spectra of organic compounds in solution and as thin layers obtained by using an attenuated total internal reflectance fiber-optic cell

    Shimon. Simhony;Abraham. Katzir;Edward M. Kosower

  • Heating of biological tissue by laser irradiation: theoretical model

    A. M. Sagi-Dolev;Avraham Shitzer;Abraham Katzir;Solange Akselrod

  • Fiber optic sensor for chlorinated hydrocarbons in water based on infrared fibers and tunable diode lasers

    R. Krska;R. Kellner;U. Schiessl;M. Tacke

  • Evanescent wave infrared spectroscopy of liquids using silver halide optical fibers

    S. Simhony;I. Schnitzer;A. Katzir;E. M. Kosower

  • Use of infrared fibers for low‐temperature radiometric measurements

    A. Zur;A. Katzir

  • Mid-infrared fiber-optic attenuated total reflection spectroscopy of the solid-liquid phase transition of water.

    Arnon Millo;Yosef Raichlin;Abraham Katzir

  • Towards a remote IR fiber-optic sensor system for the determination of chlorinated hydrocarbons in water

    M. Jakusch;B. Mizaikoff;R. Kellner;A. Katzir

  • Optical fibers in medicine.

    Abraham Katzir

Frequent Co-Authors

Amnon Yariv
Amnon Yariv California Institute of Technology
Edward Bormashenko
Edward Bormashenko Ariel University
Eli Kapon
Eli Kapon École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Stephen R. Elliott
Stephen R. Elliott University of Oxford
Federico Capasso
Federico Capasso Harvard University
Mitsunobu Miyagi
Mitsunobu Miyagi Tohoku University
David J. Richardson
David J. Richardson Microsoft (United States)

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