2026 Marlan O. Scully: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	114	1004	946	531	492	1303	66517

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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

8553
Citations
Distribution functions in physics: Fundamentals

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

3321
Citations
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

1682
Citations
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

1303
Citations
Enhancement of the index of refraction via quantum coherence.

Marlan O. Scully;Marlan O. Scully

1052
Citations
The ring laser gyro

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

1006
Citations
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

888
Citations
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

872
Citations
Quantum Theory of an Optical Maser. I. General Theory

Marlan O. Scully;Willis E. Lamb

798
Citations
Delayed "Choice" quantum eraser

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

745
Citations
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

743
Citations
Spectral Line Elimination and Spontaneous Emission Cancellation via Quantum Interference

Shi Yao Zhu;Marlan O. Scully

688
Citations
Ultra-thin plasmonic optical vortex plate based on phase discontinuities

Patrice Genevet;Nanfang Yu;Francesco Aieta;Jiao Lin

602
Citations
High-sensitivity magnetometer based on index-enhanced media

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

508
Citations
Analogy between the Laser Threshold Region and a Second-Order Phase Transition

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

501
Citations
From lasers and masers to phaseonium and phasers

Marlan O. Scully;Marlan O. Scully

489
Citations
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

478
Citations
Statistical Methods in Quantum Optics 1: Master Equations and Fokker-Planck Equations

Howard J. Carmichael;Marlan O. Scully

396
Citations
The Quantum Theory of Light

Rodney Loudon;Marlan O. Scully

32
Citations
Quantum optics: Quantum theory of the laser – density operator approach

Marlan O. Scully;M. Suhail Zubairy

1
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