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Physics D-index 113 Citations 49,799 451 World Ranking 648 National Ranking 61

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Awards & Achievements

2019 - Rumford Medal, Royal Society (UK) for world leading research on optical orbital momentum including an angular form of the Einstein-Padolsky-Rosen paradox

2017 - Max Born Award, Optical Society

2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

2013 - SPIE Fellow

2012 - OSA Fellows For experimental and theoretical advances in the interplay of orbital and spin angular momentum of light and its interaction with matter.

2001 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Optics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Laser

Miles J. Padgett mainly investigates Optics, Orbital angular momentum of light, Angular momentum, Total angular momentum quantum number and Angular momentum of light. His work is dedicated to discovering how Optics, Phase are connected with Interference and Plane wave and other disciplines. Miles J. Padgett works in the field of Orbital angular momentum of light, namely Orbital angular momentum multiplexing.

His Orbital angular momentum multiplexing research incorporates themes from Multiplexing and Computational physics. In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Angular momentum, Photon entanglement is strongly linked to Photon. His work in Total angular momentum quantum number covers topics such as Rotational transition which are related to areas like Specific relative angular momentum.

His most cited work include:

  • Free-space information transfer using light beams carrying orbital angular momentum (1659 citations)
  • Orbital angular momentum: origins, behavior and applications (1633 citations)
  • Tweezers with a twist (1041 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Optics, Angular momentum, Orbital angular momentum of light, Optical tweezers and Angular momentum of light. His research in Photon, Light beam, Laser, Detector and Beam are components of Optics. His Angular momentum research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Multiplexing, Computational physics and Rotation.

Miles J. Padgett studies Orbital angular momentum of light, namely Orbital angular momentum multiplexing. His Optical tweezers study which covers Holography that intersects with Phase. His Total angular momentum quantum number study focuses mostly on Angular momentum coupling and Azimuthal quantum number.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Optics (58.13%)
  • Angular momentum (23.48%)
  • Orbital angular momentum of light (20.23%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Optics (58.13%)
  • Photon (12.59%)
  • Artificial intelligence (6.93%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Miles J. Padgett mostly deals with Optics, Photon, Artificial intelligence, Angular momentum and Detector. His study on Photon also encompasses disciplines like

  • Quantum and related Quantum optics and Theoretical physics,
  • Group velocity, which have a strong connection to Plane wave. He has researched Artificial intelligence in several fields, including Lidar and Computer vision.

His work deals with themes such as Computational physics and Rotation, which intersect with Angular momentum. Miles J. Padgett works mostly in the field of Optical tweezers, limiting it down to topics relating to Holography and, in certain cases, Spatial light modulator. Miles J. Padgett regularly ties together related areas like Angular momentum of light in his Orbital angular momentum of light studies.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • High-dimensional quantum cryptography with twisted light (369 citations)
  • Orbital angular momentum 25 years on [Invited] (303 citations)
  • Imaging with a small number of photons (221 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Optics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Laser

His scientific interests lie mostly in Optics, Detector, Photon, Image resolution and Computer vision. His research integrates issues of Optoelectronics and Orbital angular momentum of light in his study of Optics. Miles J. Padgett does research in Orbital angular momentum of light, focusing on Orbital angular momentum multiplexing specifically.

His Orbital angular momentum multiplexing research also covers Angular momentum coupling, Total angular momentum quantum number and Angular momentum studies. As a part of the same scientific family, Miles J. Padgett mostly works in the field of Photon, focusing on Quantum and, on occasion, Quantum optics. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Three dimensional imaging and Artificial intelligence.

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Best Publications

Free-space information transfer using light beams carrying orbital angular momentum

Graham Gibson;Johannes Courtial;Miles J. Padgett;Mikhail Vasnetsov.
Optics Express (2004)

2177 Citations

Orbital angular momentum: origins, behavior and applications

Alison M. Yao;Miles J. Padgett.
Advances in Optics and Photonics (2011)

1918 Citations

Tweezers with a twist

Miles J. Padgett;Richard Bowman.
Nature Photonics (2011)

1124 Citations

Mechanical equivalence of spin and orbital angular momentum of light: an optical spanner.

N. B. Simpson;K. Dholakia;L. Allen;M. J. Padgett.
Optics Letters (1997)

1090 Citations

THE ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM OF LIGHT

L. Allen;L. Allen;M.J. Padgett;M. Babiker.
Progress in Optics (1999)

1064 Citations

High-capacity millimetre-wave communications with orbital angular momentum multiplexing

Yan Yan;Guodong Xie;Martin P. J. Lavery;Hao Huang.
Nature Communications (2014)

1040 Citations

Measuring the orbital angular momentum of a single photon.

Jonathan Leach;Miles J. Padgett;Stephen M. Barnett;Sonja Franke-Arnold.
Physical Review Letters (2002)

1015 Citations

Optical Angular Momentum

L. Allen;Stephen M. Barnett;Miles J. Padgett.
(2003)

1011 Citations

Intrinsic and extrinsic nature of the orbital angular momentum of a light beam.

A. T. O'Neil;I. MacVicar;L. Allen;M. J. Padgett.
Physical Review Letters (2002)

843 Citations

Roadmap on structured light

Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop;Andrew Forbes;Michael V Berry;Mark R Dennis.
Journal of Optics (2017)

836 Citations

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