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A. Ashkin

Active 1965–2001

35
Papers
31,162
Citations
35
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Citations

Citations per year for A. Ashkin1967: 6 citations1968: 9 citations1969: 7 citations1970: 6 citations1971: 6 citations1972: 1 citations1973: 4 citations1974: 1 citations1975: 7 citations1976: 9 citations1977: 8 citations1978: 22 citations1979: 16 citations1980: 23 citations1981: 7 citations1982: 28 citations1983: 15 citations1984: 16 citations1985: 17 citations1986: 44 citations1987: 33 citations1988: 21 citations1989: 52 citations1990: 38 citations1991: 61 citations1992: 55 citations1993: 36 citations1994: 61 citations1995: 64 citations1996: 52 citations1997: 70 citations1998: 72 citations1999: 74 citations2000: 71 citations2001: 63 citations2002: 78 citations2003: 78 citations2004: 65 citations2005: 65 citations2006: 104 citations2007: 101 citations2008: 117 citations2009: 109 citations2010: 116 citations2011: 141 citations2012: 94 citations2013: 125 citations2014: 93 citations2015: 117 citations2016: 116 citations2017: 81 citations2018: 75 citations2019: 167 citations2020: 171 citations2021: 139 citations2022: 89 citations2023: 63 citations2024: 94 citations2025: 31 citations2026: 7 citations

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 783 citing papers, 30.4% of this breakdownChina: 229 citing papers, 8.9% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 199 citing papers, 7.7% of this breakdownGermany: 187 citing papers, 7.2% of this breakdownJapan: 145 citing papers, 5.6% of this breakdownFrance: 98 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownItaly: 88 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownHong Kong: 63 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdownSpain: 62 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdownSingapore: 58 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 57 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdownCanada: 55 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdown
0%30.4%Other 21.6%

Institutions

Fields

  • Physics and Astronomy55.6%
  • Engineering17.6%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15.6%
  • Materials Science2.9%
  • Medicine2.6%
  • Computer Science2.5%
  • Other3.2%

Topics

  • Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics12.2%
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies9.4%
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography5.4%
  • Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates4.6%
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators3.9%
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications3%
  • Other61.5%

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  1. Observation of a single-beam gradient force optical trap for dielectric particles

    Authors: A. Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic, J. E. Bjorkholm, Steven Chu - Optics Letters 1986 cited by 6,990

  2. Acceleration and Trapping of Particles by Radiation Pressure

    Authors: A. Ashkin - Physical Review Letters 1970 cited by 4,969

  3. Optical trapping and manipulation of single cells using infrared laser beams

    Authors: A. Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic, Tsuyoshi Yamane - Nature 1987 cited by 2,301

  4. Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Viruses and Bacteria

    Authors: A. Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic - Science 1987 cited by 2,184

  5. Forces of a single-beam gradient laser trap on a dielectric sphere in the ray optics regime

    Authors: A. Ashkin - Biophysical Journal 1992 cited by 1,677

  6. Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Neutral Particles Using Lasers

    Authors: A. Ashkin - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1997 cited by 1,472

  7. Three-dimensional viscous confinement and cooling of atoms by resonance radiation pressure

    Authors: Steven Chu, L. Hollberg, J. E. Bjorkholm, Alex Cable, A. Ashkin - Physical Review Letters 1985 cited by 811

  8. Force generation of organelle transport measured in vivo by an infrared laser trap

    Authors: A. Ashkin, Karin Schütze, J. M. Dziedzic, Ursula Euteneuer, Manfred Schliwa - Nature 1990 cited by 532

  9. Atomic-Beam Deflection by Resonance-Radiation Pressure

    Authors: A. Ashkin - Physical Review Letters 1970 cited by 337

  10. Second-Harmonic Generation of Light by Focused Laser Beams

    Authors: D. A. Kleinman, A. Ashkin, G. D. Boyd - Physical Review 1966 cited by 213

  11. OPTICALLY-INDUCED REFRACTIVE INDEX INHOMOGENEITIES IN LiNbO3 AND LiTaO3

    Authors: A. Ashkin, G. D. Boyd, J. M. Dziedzic, Richard Smith, A. A. Ballman, J. J. Levinstein, K. Nassau - Applied Physics Letters 1966 cited by 981

  12. History of optical trapping and manipulation of small-neutral particle, atoms, and molecules

    Authors: A. Ashkin - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 2000 cited by 638

  13. Applications of Laser Radiation Pressure

    Authors: A. Ashkin - Science 1980 cited by 611

  14. Motion of atoms in a radiation trap

    Authors: J. P. Gordon, A. Ashkin - Physical review. A, General physics 1980 cited by 582

  15. Trapping of Atoms by Resonance Radiation Pressure

    Authors: A. Ashkin - Physical Review Letters 1978 cited by 562

  16. Internal cell manipulation using infrared laser traps.

    Authors: A. Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1989 cited by 347

  17. Second-Harmonic Generation of Light with Double Refraction

    Authors: G. D. Boyd, A. Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic, D. A. Kleinman - Physical Review 1965 cited by 252

  18. Optical Levitation of Liquid Drops by Radiation Pressure

    Authors: A. Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic - Science 1975 cited by 205

  19. Optical Levitation by Radiation Pressure

    Authors: A. Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic - Applied Physics Letters 1971 cited by 807

  20. Experimental Observation of Optically Trapped Atoms

    Authors: Steven Chu, J. E. Bjorkholm, A. Ashkin, A. Cable - Physical Review Letters 1986 cited by 802

  21. History of Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Small Neutral Particles, Atoms, and Molecules

    Authors: A. Ashkin - Springer series in chemical physics 2001 cited by 430

  22. Observation of Resonances in the Radiation Pressure on Dielectric Spheres

    Authors: A. Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic - Physical Review Letters 1977 cited by 410

  23. Radiation Pressure on a Free Liquid Surface

    Authors: A. Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic - Physical Review Letters 1973 cited by 347

  24. cw Self-Focusing and Self-Trapping of Light in Sodium Vapor

    Authors: J. E. Bjorkholm, A. Ashkin - Physical Review Letters 1974 cited by 319