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Marlan O. Scully publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marlan O. Scully sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,303 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Marlan O. Scully D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marlan O. Scully sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 114 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1970 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Marlan O. Scully is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within physics and biochemistry, with a focus on atomic, molecular, and optical physics as well as biophysics and biomedical engineering.

Their recent publications cover topics in quantum light spectroscopy, fluorescence imaging, coherent Raman spectroscopy, and laser spectroscopic techniques. Notable papers include:

  • Roadmap on quantum light spectroscopy, 2020, Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
  • Label-free sensing of cells with fluorescence lifetime imaging: The quest for metabolic heterogeneity, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Entangled photons enabled time-frequency-resolved coherent Raman spectroscopy and applications to electronic coherences at femtosecond scale, 2022, Light Science & Applications
  • Laser spectroscopic technique for direct identification of a single virus I: FASTER CARS, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Transient absorption spectroscopy to explore cellular pathways to photobiomodulation, 2021, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Alexei V. Sokolov
  • Zhenhuan Yi
  • Anatoly A. Svidzinsky
  • Tao Peng
  • G. S. Agarwal

Marlan O. Scully publishes regularly in prominent venues, with multiple papers in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review A
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Optics Express

Their academic output includes book contributions, notably with Elsevier BV, publishing titles such as Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in 2022.

Main fields of study encompass:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of focus include:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biophysics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics
  • Artificial Intelligence

The primary topics of research cover:

  • Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
  • Random lasers and scattering media
  • Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Quantum optics and atomic interactions

In 1970, Marlan O. Scully was awarded the title of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Quantum optics: Frontmatter

    Marlan O. Scully;M. Suhail Zubairy

  • Distribution functions in physics: Fundamentals

    M. Hillery;M. Hillery;R.F. O'Connell;M.O. Scully;M.O. Scully;Eugene P. Wigner

  • ULTRASLOW GROUP VELOCITY AND ENHANCED NONLINEAR OPTICAL EFFECTS IN A COHERENTLY DRIVEN HOT ATOMIC GAS

    Michael M. Kash;Michael M. Kash;Vladimir A. Sautenkov;Alexander S. Zibrov;Alexander S. Zibrov;L. Hollberg

  • Degenerate quantum-beat laser: Lasing without inversion and inversion without lasing.

    Marlan O. Scully;Marlan O. Scully;Shi-Yao Zhu;Shi-Yao Zhu;Athanasios Gavrielides

  • Enhancement of the index of refraction via quantum coherence.

    Marlan O. Scully;Marlan O. Scully

  • The ring laser gyro

    W. W. Chow;J. Gea-Banacloche;L. M. Pedrotti;V. E. Sanders

  • Extracting Work from a Single Heat Bath via Vanishing Quantum Coherence

    Marlan O. Scully;M. Suhail Zubairy;M. Suhail Zubairy;Girish S. Agarwal;Herbert Walther

  • Quantum eraser: A proposed photon correlation experiment concerning observation and "delayed choice" in quantum mechanics

    Marlan O. Scully;Marlan O. Scully;Kai Drühl;Kai Drühl

  • Quantum Theory of an Optical Maser. I. General Theory

    Marlan O. Scully;Willis E. Lamb

  • Delayed "Choice" quantum eraser

    Yoon-Ho Kim;Rong Yu;Sergei P. Kulik;Yanhua Shih

  • Experimental demonstration of laser oscillation without population inversion via quantum interference in Rb

    A S. Zibrov;M D. Lukin;M D. Lukin;M D. Lukin;D E. Nikonov;D E. Nikonov;D E. Nikonov;Leo W. Hollberg

  • Spectral Line Elimination and Spontaneous Emission Cancellation via Quantum Interference

    Shi Yao Zhu;Marlan O. Scully

  • Ultra-thin plasmonic optical vortex plate based on phase discontinuities

    Patrice Genevet;Nanfang Yu;Francesco Aieta;Jiao Lin

  • High-sensitivity magnetometer based on index-enhanced media

    Marlan O. Scully;Marlan O. Scully;Michael Fleischhauer;Michael Fleischhauer

  • Analogy between the Laser Threshold Region and a Second-Order Phase Transition

    V. DeGiorgio;Marlan O. Scully;Marlan O. Scully

  • From lasers and masers to phaseonium and phasers

    Marlan O. Scully;Marlan O. Scully

  • Quantum heat engine power can be increased by noise-induced coherence

    Marlan O. Scully;Kimberly R. Chapin;Konstantin E. Dorfman;Konstantin E. Dorfman;Moochan Barnabas Kim

  • Statistical Methods in Quantum Optics 1: Master Equations and Fokker-Planck Equations

    Howard J. Carmichael;Marlan O. Scully

  • The Quantum Theory of Light

    Rodney Loudon;Marlan O. Scully

  • Quantum optics: Quantum theory of the laser – density operator approach

    Marlan O. Scully;M. Suhail Zubairy

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Suhail Zubairy
M. Suhail Zubairy Texas A&M University
Vladislav V. Yakovlev
Vladislav V. Yakovlev Texas A&M University
Herbert Walther
Herbert Walther Max Planck Society
Michael Fleischhauer
Michael Fleischhauer Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Dmitri E. Nikonov
Dmitri E. Nikonov Intel (United States)
Wolfgang P. Schleich
Wolfgang P. Schleich University of Ulm
Girish S. Agarwal
Girish S. Agarwal Texas A&M University
Goong Chen
Goong Chen Texas A&M University
Andrey B. Matsko
Andrey B. Matsko Jet Propulsion Lab
Alexei P. Sokolov
Alexei P. Sokolov University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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