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Miles J. Padgett 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 Miles J. Padgett sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 690 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Miles J. Padgett 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 Miles J. Padgett sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 134 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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

  • 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

Miles J. Padgett is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily within the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering. Within these main domains, their work focuses on subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Acoustics and Ultrasonics, Biomedical Engineering, Instrumentation, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's topics of research include diverse areas related to optical science and technologies. These topics are:

  • Random lasers and scattering media
  • Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies
  • Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
  • Digital Holography and Microscopy
  • Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography

Miles J. Padgett has contributed to numerous publications, with several frequent co-authors collaborating on their work:

  • Simon Peter Mekhail (22 collaborations)
  • Graham M. Gibson (16 collaborations)
  • Osian Wolley (15 collaborations)
  • Thomas Gregory (15 collaborations)
  • Steven Johnson (11 collaborations)

Their work appears in a variety of scientific venues, with the most frequent publication outlets including:

  • Scientific Reports (11 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (10 publications)
  • Optics Express (8 publications)
  • Research Square (5 publications)
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (4 publications)

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Miles J. Padgett include:

  • Single-pixel imaging 12 years on: a review, 2020, Optics Express
  • Time-of-flight 3D imaging through multimode optical fibers, 2021, Science
  • Roadmap on structured waves, 2023, Journal of Optics
  • Quantum imaging with a photon counting camera, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • How many photons does it take to form an image?, 2020, Applied Physics Letters

Awards and honors received by Miles J. Padgett include:

  • Rumford Medal, Royal Society (UK), 2019, for world leading research on optical orbital momentum including an angular form of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox
  • Max Born Award, Optical Society, 2017
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2014
  • SPIE Fellow, 2013
  • OSA Fellow, 2012, for experimental and theoretical advances in the interplay of orbital and spin angular momentum of light and its interaction with matter
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2001

Best Publications

  • Orbital angular momentum: origins, behavior and applications

    Alison M. Yao;Miles J. Padgett

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

    Graham Gibson;Johannes Courtial;Miles J. Padgett;Mikhail Vasnetsov

  • Tweezers with a twist

    Miles J. Padgett;Richard Bowman

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

    Yan Yan;Guodong Xie;Martin P. J. Lavery;Hao Huang

  • Measuring the orbital angular momentum of a single photon.

    Jonathan Leach;Miles J. Padgett;Stephen M. Barnett;Sonja Franke-Arnold

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

    N. B. Simpson;K. Dholakia;L. Allen;M. J. Padgett

  • Roadmap on structured light

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

  • IV The Orbital Angular Momentum of Light

    L. Allen;L. Allen;M.J. Padgett;M. Babiker

  • Efficient sorting of orbital angular momentum states of light.

    Gregorius C. G. Berkhout;Martin P. J. Lavery;Johannes Courtial;Marco W. Beijersbergen

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

    A. T. O'Neil;I. MacVicar;L. Allen;M. J. Padgett

  • Optical Angular Momentum

    L. Allen;Stephen M. Barnett;Miles J. Padgett

  • Advances in optical angular momentum

    Sonja Franke-Arnold;Les Allen;Miles Padgett

  • Detection of a Spinning Object Using Light’s Orbital Angular Momentum

    Martin P. J. Lavery;Fiona C. Speirits;Stephen M. Barnett;Miles J. Padgett

  • 3D computational imaging with single-pixel detectors.

    B. Sun;M. P. Edgar;R. Bowman;R. Bowman;L. E. Vittert

  • Singular optics: optical vortices and polarization singularities

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

  • Orbital angular momentum 25 years on [Invited]

    Miles J. Padgett

  • Light’s Orbital Angular Momentum

    Miles Padgett;Johannes Courtial;Les Allen

  • Real-time imaging of methane gas leaks using a single-pixel camera.

    Graham M. Gibson;Baoqing Sun;Matthew P. Edgar;David B. Phillips

  • Detection of a spinning object using lights orbital angular momentum

    Martin P.J. Lavery;Fiona C. Speirits;Stephen M. Barnett;Miles J. Padgett

  • Electromagnetic Force and Momentum

    Masud Mansuripur

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Leach
Jonathan Leach Heriot-Watt University
Robert W. Boyd
Robert W. Boyd University of Ottawa
Stephen M. Barnett
Stephen M. Barnett University of Glasgow
Martin P. J. Lavery
Martin P. J. Lavery University of Glasgow
Andrew Forbes
Andrew Forbes Monash University
Mervyn J Miles
Mervyn J Miles University of Bristol
Guodong Xie
Guodong Xie University of Southern California
Alan E. Willner
Alan E. Willner University of Southern California
Yan Yan
Yan Yan University of Southern California
Mark R. Dennis
Mark R. Dennis University of Birmingham

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