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L. Allen

National Institutes of Health

63

Works

20,520

Citations

31

h-index

37

i10-index

Research Topics

Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

Affiliations

Andrews University2002–2002

University of Essex1994–2005

Leiden University1992–1993

National Institutes of Health2025–2025

Harvard University1968–1968

Top Works

Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes

L. Allen,Marco W. Beijersbergen,et al.

199210,081 citations

Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry

Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques

Astigmatic laser mode converters and transfer of orbital angular momentum

Marco W. Beijersbergen,L. Allen,et al.

19931,438 citations

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

N. B. Simpson,Kishan Dholakia,et al.

19971,118 citations

IV The Orbital Angular Momentum of Light

L. Allen,Miles J. Padgett,et al.

19991,067 citations

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Nature of the Orbital Angular Momentum of a Light Beam

Anna T. O’Neil,I. MacVicar,et al.

2002984 citations

Advances in optical angular momentum

Sonja Franke‐Arnold,L. Allen,et al.

2008915 citations

Orbital angular momentum and nonparaxial light beams

Stephen M. Barnett,L. Allen

1994468 citations

The generation of free-space Laguerre-Gaussian modes at millimetre-wave frequencies by use of a spiral phaseplate

Graham A. Turnbull,Duncan A. Robertson,et al.

1996456 citations

The Poynting vector in Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes

Miles J. Padgett,L. Allen

1995326 citations