2026 Emil Wolf: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	101	1558	822	640	105832

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

101

1558

822

640

105832

Overview

Emil Wolf was affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States during their academic career.

Wolf collaborated with other researchers in their field, most notably with Max Born, with whom they co-authored work.

Among their contributions to scientific literature, Emil Wolf authored a book titled Principles of Optics: 60th Anniversary Edition, published by the European Organization for Nuclear Research in 2020. This publication has been cited in academic contexts, reflecting its relevance within the optics research community.

Their main areas of study were not explicitly detailed, nor were specific topics, subfields, or notable publication venues recorded in the available data.

Best Publications

Principles of Optics

Max Born;Emil Wolf

39682
Citations
Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics

Leonard Mandel;Emil Wolf

11610
Citations
Principles of optics : electromagnetic theory of propagation, interference and diffraction of light

Max Born;Emil Wolf;Eugene Hecht

7475
Citations
Electromagnetic Diffraction in Optical Systems. II. Structure of the Image Field in an Aplanatic System

B. Richards;E. Wolf

3795
Citations
Principles of Optics (7th Ed)

Max Born;Emil Wolf

2701
Citations
Three-dimensional structure determination of semi-transparent objects from holographic data

Emil Wolf

1529
Citations
Coherence Properties of Optical Fields

L. Mandel;E. Wolf

1434
Citations
Introduction to the theory of coherence and polarization of light

Emil Wolf

1313
Citations
Unified theory of coherence and polarization of random electromagnetic beams

Emil Wolf

1059
Citations
Electromagnetic Diffraction in Optical Systems. I. An Integral Representation of the Image Field

E. Wolf

1017
Citations
Principles of optics. Electromagnetic theory of propagation, interference and diffraction of light

Max Born;Emil Wolf

892
Citations
CALCULUS FOR FUNCTIONS OF NONCOMMUTING OPERATORS AND GENERAL PHASE-SPACE METHODS IN QUANTUM MECHANICS. I. MAPPING THEOREMS AND ORDERING OF FUNCTIONS OF NONCOMMUTING OPERATORS.

G. S. Agarwal;E. Wolf

817
Citations
New theory of partial coherence in the space–frequency domain. Part I: spectra and cross spectra of steady-state sources

Emil Wolf

654
Citations
Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics

Leonard Mandel;Emil Wolf;Pierre Meystre

632
Citations
Spreading of partially coherent beams in random media

Greg Gbur;Emil Wolf

588
Citations
COHERENCE AND QUANTUM OPTICS

Leonard Mandel;Emil Wolf

538
Citations
Invariance of the spectrum of light on propagation.

Emil Wolf

510
Citations
Focal shifts in diffracted converging spherical waves

Yajun Li;Emil Wolf

452
Citations
Mode analysis of spreading of partially coherent beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence

Tomohiro Shirai;Aristide Dogariu;Emil Wolf

429
Citations
Spectral coherence and the concept of cross-spectral purity

Leonard Mandel;Emil Wolf

402
Citations