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D-Index
66
Citations
36655
World Ranking
1362
National Ranking
444

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1967 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Leonard Mandel was affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States and contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research primarily focused on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Biomedical Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Additional areas of study included Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their work covered several main topics, such as:

  • Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies
  • Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies

Leonard Mandel authored notable papers, including:

  • "Advances in light transverse momenta and optical lateral forces" (2023), published in Advances in Optics and Photonics
  • "Observation of high-order imaginary Poynting momentum optomechanics in structured light" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Momentum-Topology-Induced Optical Pulling Force" (2020), published in Physical Review Letters
  • "Extraordinary Multipole Modes and Ultra-Enhanced Optical Lateral Force by Chirality" (2020), published in Physical Review Letters
  • "Reactive helicity and reactive power in nanoscale optics: Evanescent waves. Kerker conditions. Optical theorems and reactive dichroism" (2021), published in Physical Review Research

Frequent co-authors who collaborated with Leonard Mandel included Xiaohao Xu, Cheng-Wei Qiu, Yuzhi Shi, Baoli Yao, and Baojun Li.

Their research was published in several recurrent venues, notably:

  • Physical Review Letters
  • Laser & Photonics Review
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Research
  • Advances in Optics and Photonics

Leonard Mandel was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2001 and was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1967.

Best Publications

  • Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics

    Leonard Mandel;Emil Wolf

  • Photon Antibunching in Resonance Fluorescence

    H. J. Kimble;M. Dagenais;L. Mandel

  • Sub-Poissonian Photon Statistics in Resonance Fluorescence

    Leonard Mandel

  • Coherence Properties of Optical Fields

    L. Mandel;E. Wolf

  • Violation of Bell's inequality and classical probability in a two-photon correlation experiment.

    Z. Y. Ou;L. Mandel

  • Induced coherence and indistinguishability in optical interference.

    X. Y. Zou;L. J. Wang;L. Mandel

  • Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics

    Leonard Mandel;Emil Wolf;Pierre Meystre

  • Fluctuations of Photon Beams: The Distribution of the Photo-Electrons

    L Mandel

  • Theory of parametric frequency down conversion of light.

    C. K. Hong;L. Mandel

  • COHERENCE AND QUANTUM OPTICS

    Leonard Mandel;Emil Wolf

  • Theory of resonance fluorescence

    H. J. Kimble;L. Mandel

  • Generation of spin squeezing via continuous quantum nondemolition measurement

    A. Kuzmich;L. Mandel;N. P. Bigelow

  • Fluctuations of Photon Beams and their Correlations

    L Mandel

  • Observation of nonclassical effects in the interference of two photons.

    R. Ghosh;L. Mandel

  • Higher-order squeezing of a quantum field.

    CK Hong;L Mandel

  • Spectral coherence and the concept of cross-spectral purity

    Leonard Mandel;Emil Wolf

  • Squeezed States and Sub-Poissonian Photon Statistics

    L. Mandel

  • Quantum effects in one-photon and two-photon interference

    L. Mandel

  • Generation of higher-order squeezing of quantum electromagnetic fields.

    CK Hong;L Mandel

  • Measurement of the quantum phase by photon counting.

    JW Noh;A Fougères;L Mandel

Frequent Co-Authors

Emil Wolf
Emil Wolf University of Rochester
Mario Dagenais
Mario Dagenais University of Maryland, College Park
Lipo Wang
Lipo Wang Nanyang Technological University
Robert W. Boyd
Robert W. Boyd University of Ottawa
E. C. G. Sudarshan
E. C. G. Sudarshan The University of Texas at Austin
Joseph H. Eberly
Joseph H. Eberly University of Rochester
Girish S. Agarwal
Girish S. Agarwal Texas A&M University
Pierre Meystre
Pierre Meystre University of Arizona

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