2026 Mordechai Segev: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	120	801	758	7	7	862	64004

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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

3812
Citations
Photonic Floquet topological insulators

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

3268
Citations
Transport and Anderson localization in disordered two-dimensional photonic lattices

Tal Schwartz;Guy Bartal;Shmuel Fishman;Mordechai Segev

1825
Citations
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

1689
Citations
Optical Spatial Solitons and Their Interactions: Universality and Diversity.

George I. Stegeman;Mordechai Segev;Mordechai Segev

1420
Citations
Topological insulator laser: Experiments

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

1259
Citations
Phase Retrieval with Application to Optical Imaging: A contemporary overview

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

1250
Citations
Spatial solitons in photorefractive media.

Mordechai Segev;Bruno Crosignani;Amnon Yariv;Baruch Fischer

1143
Citations
Steady-state spatial screening solitons in photorefractive materials with external applied field.

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

913
Citations
Observation of self-trapping of an optical beam due to the photorefractive effect.

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

903
Citations
Topologically protected bound states in photonic parity–time-symmetric crystals

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

839
Citations
Topological insulator laser: Theory

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

818
Citations
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

772
Citations
Discrete solitons in photorefractive optically induced photonic lattices

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

769
Citations
Observation of a Topological Transition in the Bulk of a Non-Hermitian System.

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

730
Citations
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

714
Citations
Experimental Observation of Optical Bound States in the Continuum

Yonatan Plotnik;Or Peleg;Felix Dreisow;Matthias Heinrich

690
Citations
Anderson localization of light

Mordechai Segev;Yaron Silberberg;Demetrios N. Christodoulides

682
Citations
Dark and bright photovoltaic spatial solitons

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

612
Citations
Self-Trapping of Partially Spatially Incoherent Light

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

571
Citations