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60
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World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Jonathan Leach publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jonathan Leach sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 218 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Jonathan Leach D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jonathan Leach sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jonathan Leach is a researcher affiliated with Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom. Their work spans multiple disciplines primarily within Physics and Astronomy, Computer Science, and Engineering, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to scientific inquiry.

Their research contributions cover several subfields, notably Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Instrumentation, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, and Biomedical Engineering. These subfields indicate a focus on both fundamental physical sciences and applied technological developments.

Jonathan Leach has contributed to various topics, with notable emphasis on Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies, Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, and Advanced Vision and Imaging. This range suggests an engagement with both experimental and theoretical aspects of modern optics and photonics.

The researcher has authored numerous papers published in reputable venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Optics Express
  • Optica
  • Science Advances
  • IEEE Access

Recent notable publications include:

  • Single-photon detection for long-range imaging and sensing, 2023, Optica
  • High-speed 3D sensing via hybrid-mode imaging and guided upsampling, 2020, Optica
  • Is high-dimensional photonic entanglement robust to noise?, 2021, AVS Quantum Science
  • Pixels2Pose: Super-resolution time-of-flight imaging for 3D pose estimation, 2022, Science Advances
  • Measuring dimensionality and purity of high-dimensional entangled states, 2021, Nature Communications

Throughout their career, Jonathan Leach has collaborated with numerous co-authors, demonstrating interdisciplinary and collaborative research activity. Frequent collaborators include Alice Ruget, István Gyöngy, Stirling Scholes, Feng Zhu, and Abderrahim Halimi.

Best Publications

  • Measuring the orbital angular momentum of a single photon.

    Jonathan Leach;Miles J. Padgett;Stephen M. Barnett;Sonja Franke-Arnold

  • Experimental high-dimensional two-photon entanglement and violations of generalized Bell inequalities

    Adetunmise C. Dada;Jonathan Leach;Gerald S. Buller;Miles J. Padgett

  • Quantum correlations in optical angle-orbital angular momentum variables

    Jonathan Leach;Barry Jack;Jacqui Romero;Anand K. Jha

  • Observation of the vortex structure of a non-integer vortex beam

    Jonathan Leach;Eric Yao;Miles J Padgett

  • Interferometric methods to measure orbital and spin, or the total angular momentum of a single photon

    Jonathan Leach;Johannes Courtial;Kenneth Skeldon;Stephen M. Barnett

  • Using the nonseparability of vector beams to encode information for optical communication

    Giovanni Milione;Thien An Nguyen;Jonathan Leach;Daniel A. Nolan

  • Influence of atmospheric turbulence on optical communications using orbital angular momentum for encoding

    Mehul Malik;Malcolm O'Sullivan;Brandon Rodenburg;Mohammad Mirhosseini

  • Creating High-Harmonic Beams with Controlled Orbital Angular Momentum

    Genevieve Gariepy;Jonathan Leach;Kyung Taec Kim;Kyung Taec Kim;Thomas J. Hammond

  • Optical ferris wheel for ultracold atoms

    S. Franke-Arnold;J. Leach;M. J. Padgett;V. E. Lembessis

  • Detection and tracking of moving objects hidden from view

    Geneviève Gariépy;Francesco Tonolini;Robert Henderson;Jonathan Leach

  • Single-photon sensitive light-in-flight imaging

    Genevieve Gariepy;Nikola Krstajić;Robert Henderson;Chunyong Li

  • Vortex knots in light

    J Leach;M R Dennis;J Courtial;M J Padgett

  • Imaging high-dimensional spatial entanglement with a camera

    Matthew P. Edgar;Daniel S. Tasca;Frauke Izdebski;Ryan E. Warburton

  • 3D manipulation of particles into crystal structures using holographic optical tweezers

    Jonathan Leach;Gavin Sinclair;Pamela Jordan;Johannes Courtial

  • Direct measurement of a 27-dimensional orbital-angular-momentum state vector

    Mehul Malik;Mohammad Mirhosseini;Martin P. J. Lavery;Jonathan Leach

  • Full characterization of polarization states of light via direct measurement

    Jeff Z. Salvail;Megan Agnew;Allan S. Johnson;Eliot Bolduc

  • Holographic ghost imaging and the violation of a bell inequality

    B. Jack;J. Leach;J. Romero;S. Franke-Arnold

  • Measuring the accuracy of particle position and force in optical tweezers using high-speed video microscopy

    Graham M Gibson;Jonathan Leach;Stephen Keen;Amanda J Wright

  • An optically driven pump for microfluidics

    Jonathan Leach;Hasan Mushfique;Roberto di Leonardo;Miles Padgett

  • Coherent perfect absorption in deeply subwavelength films in the single-photon regime

    Thomas Roger;Stefano Vezzoli;Eliot Bolduc;Joao Valente

  • Violation of a Bell inequality in two-dimensional orbital angular momentum state-spaces

    J. Leach;B. Jack;J. Romero;M. Ritsch-Marte

  • Aberration corrections for free-space optical communications in atmosphere turbulence using orbital angular momentum states

    S. M. Zhao;J. Leach;L. Y. Gong;J. Ding

Frequent Co-Authors

Miles J. Padgett
Miles J. Padgett University of Glasgow
Robert W. Boyd
Robert W. Boyd University of Ottawa
Daniele Faccio
Daniele Faccio University of Glasgow
Stephen M. Barnett
Stephen M. Barnett University of Glasgow
Robert Henderson
Robert Henderson University of Edinburgh
Andrew Forbes
Andrew Forbes Monash University
Gerald S. Buller
Gerald S. Buller Heriot-Watt University
Jonathan M. Cooper
Jonathan M. Cooper University of Glasgow
Giancarlo Ruocco
Giancarlo Ruocco Italian Institute of Technology
Stephen McLaughlin
Stephen McLaughlin Heriot-Watt University

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