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  • 2020 - OSA Fellows Mark R. Dennis University of Birmingham, UK For seminal contributions to the understanding of the geometry and topology of light, especially polarization, singular optics and knotted optical vortices

Overview

Mark R. Dennis is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their research spans mainly the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions in Engineering as well. The scientist's work focuses strongly on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, which constitute the majority of their publications.

The subfields covered by their research include Biomedical Engineering, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Media Technology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Topics addressed in their studies involve Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics, Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies, Photonic and Optical Devices, Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry, Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, Quantum optics and atomic interactions, and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mark R. Dennis include:

  • Structured light, 2021, Nature Photonics
  • Roadmap on structured waves, 2023, Journal of Optics
  • Shaping caustics into propagation-invariant light, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Optical excitations of Skyrmions, knotted solitons, and defects in atoms, 2022, Communications Physics
  • Optical second-order skyrmionic hopfion, 2023, Optica

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, among whom the most frequent are:

  • Miguel A. Alonso
  • Cornelia Denz
  • Francisco J. Rodríguez-Fortuño
  • Rodrigo Gutiérrez-Cuevas
  • Rajesh Puranik

Mark R. Dennis has published numerous papers in notable journals and repositories. Frequent publication venues include arXiv (Cornell University), Heart Lung and Circulation, Journal of Optics, Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical, and Nature Communications.

In terms of recognition, they became an OSA Fellow in 2020 with a citation emphasizing contributions to the understanding of the geometry and topology of light, particularly in polarization, singular optics, and knotted optical vortices.

Best Publications

  • Structured light

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  • Roadmap on structured light

    Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop;Andrew Forbes;Michael V Berry;Mark R Dennis

  • Singular optics: optical vortices and polarization singularities

    Mark R. Dennis;Kevin O'Holleran;Miles J. Padgett

  • A super-oscillatory lens optical microscope for subwavelength imaging

    Edward T. F. Rogers;Jari Lindberg;Tapashree Roy;Salvatore Savo

  • Isolated optical vortex knots

    Mark R. Dennis;Robert P. King;Robert P. King;Barry Jack;Kevin O’Holleran

  • Polarization singularities in paraxial vector fields: morphology and statistics

    Mark R Dennis

  • Phase singularities in isotropic random waves

    Michael V Berry;Mark R Dennis

  • Polarization singularities in isotropic random vector waves

    Michael V Berry;Mark R Dennis

  • Auto-focusing and self-healing of Pearcey beams

    James D. Ring;Jari Lindberg;Areti Mourka;Michael Mazilu

  • Vortex knots in light

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

  • Polarization Singularities from Unfolding an Optical Vortex through a Birefringent Crystal

    Florian Flossmann;Ulrich T. Schwarz;Max Maier;Mark R. Dennis

  • Knotted and linked phase singularities in monochromatic waves

    Michael V Berry;Mark R Dennis

  • Direct measurements of the extraordinary optical momentum and transverse spin-dependent force using a nano-cantilever

    Massimo Antognozzi;Charlotte R Bermingham;Robert Harniman;Stephen Simpson

  • The optical singularities of birefringent dichroic chiral crystals

    M. V. Berry;M. R. Dennis

  • Relativistic electron vortex beams: angular momentum and spin-orbit interaction.

    Konstantin Y. Bliokh;Mark R. Dennis;Franco Nori

  • Polarization singularities in the clear sky

    Michael V Berry;Mark R Dennis;Mark R Dennis;RL Lee Jr

  • Generation of Nondiffracting Electron Bessel Beams

    Vincenzo Grillo;Ebrahim Karimi;Gian Carlo Gazzadi;Stefano Frabboni

  • Reconstructing the topology of optical polarization knots

    Hugo Larocque;Danica Sugic;Dominic Mortimer;Alexander J. Taylor

  • Roadmap on superoscillations

    Michael Berry;Nikolay Zheludev;Nikolay Zheludev;Yakir Aharonov;Fabrizio Colombo

  • Topology of optical vortex lines formed by the interference of three, four, and five plane waves.

    Kevin O'Holleran;Miles J. Padgett;Mark R. Dennis

  • Direct measurement of the extraordinary optical momentum using a nano-cantilever

    M. Antognozzi;S. Simpson;R. Harniman;J. Senior

  • Super-oscillatory optical needle

    Edward T. F. Rogers;Salvatore Savo;Jari Lindberg;Tapashree Roy

Frequent Co-Authors

Miles J. Padgett
Miles J. Padgett University of Glasgow
Nikolay I. Zheludev
Nikolay I. Zheludev University of Southampton
Michael V Berry
Michael V Berry University of Bristol
Nicholas J. Higham
Nicholas J. Higham University of Manchester
Jonathan Leach
Jonathan Leach Heriot-Watt University
Robert W. Boyd
Robert W. Boyd University of Ottawa
Yuri S. Kivshar
Yuri S. Kivshar Australian National University
F. Javier García de Abajo
F. Javier García de Abajo Institute of Photonic Sciences
Franco Nori
Franco Nori University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ivan I. Smalyukh
Ivan I. Smalyukh University of Colorado Boulder

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