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Mordechai Segev 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 Mordechai Segev sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 862 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mordechai Segev 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 Mordechai Segev sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 120 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Physics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Physics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2014 - Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, American Physical Society
  • 2009 - Max Born Award, Optical Society
  • 2000 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his contributions to the physics of spatial solitons and the discovery of the photorefractive soliton
  • 1995 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Mordechai Segev is a researcher affiliated with the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Israel. Their work spans several fields within physics and engineering, including a substantial focus on atomic and molecular physics, optics, and electrical and electronic engineering. They also engage in research related to artificial intelligence, acoustics and ultrasonics, and statistical and nonlinear physics.

Their primary areas of research include photonic crystals and applications, topological materials and phenomena, photonic and optical devices, random lasers and scattering media, neural networks and reservoir computing, quantum optics and atomic interactions, and advanced fiber laser technologies.

Segev has contributed extensively to academic literature with notable recent publications such as:

  • "Highlighting photonics: looking into the next decade" (2021, eLight)
  • "Amplified emission and lasing in photonic time crystals" (2022, Science)
  • "Topological insulator vertical-cavity laser array" (2021, Science)
  • "Photonic Floquet topological insulators in a fractal lattice" (2020, Light Science & Applications)
  • "Disordered Photonic Time Crystals" (2021, Physical Review Letters)

The frequent venues for Segev's publications include the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review Letters, Science, and Light Science & Applications.

Segev has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, such as Eran Lustig, Alex Dikopoltsev, Yonatan Sharabi, Yaakov Lumer, and Ohad Segal.

Their research contributions have been recognized by a variety of awards, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2015)
  • Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, American Physical Society (2014)
  • Max Born Award, Optical Society (2009)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2000) for work on spatial solitons and discovery of the photorefractive soliton
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1995)

Best Publications

  • Observation of parity–time symmetry in optics

    Christian E. Rüter;Konstantinos G. Makris;Ramy El-Ganainy;Demetrios N. Christodoulides

  • Photonic Floquet topological insulators

    Mikael C. Rechtsman;Julia M. Zeuner;Yonatan Plotnik;Yaakov Lumer

  • Transport and Anderson localization in disordered two-dimensional photonic lattices

    Tal Schwartz;Guy Bartal;Shmuel Fishman;Mordechai Segev

  • Observation of two-dimensional discrete solitons in optically induced nonlinear photonic lattices

    Jason W. Fleischer;Mordechai Segev;Mordechai Segev;Nikolaos K. Efremidis;Demetrios N. Christodoulides

  • Optical Spatial Solitons and Their Interactions: Universality and Diversity.

    George I. Stegeman;Mordechai Segev;Mordechai Segev

  • Topological insulator laser: Experiments

    Miguel A. Bandres;Steffen Wittek;Gal Harari;Midya Parto

  • Phase Retrieval with Application to Optical Imaging: A contemporary overview

    Yoav Shechtman;Yonina C. Eldar;Oren Cohen;Henry Nicholas Chapman

  • Spatial solitons in photorefractive media.

    Mordechai Segev;Bruno Crosignani;Amnon Yariv;Baruch Fischer

  • Steady-state spatial screening solitons in photorefractive materials with external applied field.

    Mordechai Segev;Mordechai Segev;George C. Valley;Bruno Crosignani;Paolo DiPorto

  • Observation of self-trapping of an optical beam due to the photorefractive effect.

    Galen C. Duree;John L. Shultz;Gregory J. Salamo;Mordechai Segev

  • Topologically protected bound states in photonic parity–time-symmetric crystals

    S. Weimann;M. Kremer;Y. Plotnik;Y. Lumer

  • Topological insulator laser: Theory

    Gal Harari;Miguel A. Bandres;Yaakov Lumer;Mikael C. Rechtsman

  • Observation of discrete solitons in optically induced real time waveguide arrays.

    Jason W. Fleischer;Jason W. Fleischer;Tal Carmon;Mordechai Segev;Mordechai Segev;Nikos K. Efremidis

  • Discrete solitons in photorefractive optically induced photonic lattices

    Nikos K. Efremidis;Suzanne Sears;Demetrios N. Christodoulides;Jason W. Fleischer;Jason W. Fleischer

  • Observation of a Topological Transition in the Bulk of a Non-Hermitian System.

    Julia M. Zeuner;Mikael C. Rechtsman;Yonatan Plotnik;Yaakov Lumer

  • Solitons in nonlinear media with an infinite range of nonlocality: first observation of coherent elliptic solitons and of vortex-ring solitons.

    Carmel Rotschild;Oren Cohen;Ofer Manela;Mordechai Segev

  • Experimental Observation of Optical Bound States in the Continuum

    Yonatan Plotnik;Or Peleg;Felix Dreisow;Matthias Heinrich

  • Anderson localization of light

    Mordechai Segev;Yaron Silberberg;Demetrios N. Christodoulides

  • Dark and bright photovoltaic spatial solitons

    George C. Valley;Mordechai Segev;Bruno Crosignani;Amnon Yariv

  • Self-Trapping of Partially Spatially Incoherent Light

    Matthew Mitchell;Zhigang Chen;Ming-feng Shih;Mordechai Segev

Frequent Co-Authors

Demetrios N. Christodoulides
Demetrios N. Christodoulides University of Southern California
Jason W. Fleischer
Jason W. Fleischer Princeton University
Alexander Szameit
Alexander Szameit University of Rostock
Amnon Yariv
Amnon Yariv California Institute of Technology
Zhigang Chen
Zhigang Chen Nankai University
Yonina C. Eldar
Yonina C. Eldar Weizmann Institute of Science
Gregory J. Salamo
Gregory J. Salamo University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
George C. Valley
George C. Valley The Aerospace Corporation
Stefan Nolte
Stefan Nolte Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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