| Free-space information transfer using light beams carrying orbital angular momentum G Gibson, J Courtial, MJ Padgett, M Vasnetsov, V Pas’ko, SM Barnett, ... Optics express 12 (22), 5448-5456, 2004 | 2801 | 2004 |
| Measuring the orbital angular momentum of a single photon J Leach, MJ Padgett, SM Barnett, S Franke-Arnold, J Courtial Physical review letters 88 (25), 257901, 2002 | 1214 | 2002 |
| Efficient sorting of orbital angular momentum states of light GCG Berkhout, MPJ Lavery, J Courtial, MW Beijersbergen, MJ Padgett Physical review letters 105 (15), 153601, 2010 | 1055 | 2010 |
| Light's orbital angular momentum M Padgett, J Courtial, L Allen Physics today 57 (5), 35-40, 2004 | 753 | 2004 |
| Poincaré-sphere equivalent for light beams containing orbital angular momentum MJ Padgett, J Courtial Optics letters 24 (7), 430-432, 1999 | 452 | 1999 |
| Interferometric methods to measure orbital and spin, or the total angular momentum of a single photon J Leach, J Courtial, K Skeldon, SM Barnett, S Franke-Arnold, MJ Padgett Physical review letters 92 (1), 013601, 2004 | 376 | 2004 |
| Rotational frequency shift of a light beam J Courtial, DA Robertson, K Dholakia, L Allen, MJ Padgett Physical review letters 81 (22), 4828, 1998 | 352 | 1998 |
| Second-harmonic generation and the conservation of orbital angular momentum with high-order Laguerre-Gaussian modes J Courtial, K Dholakia, L Allen, MJ Padgett Physical Review A 56 (5), 4193, 1997 | 329 | 1997 |
| Uncertainty principle for angular position and angular momentum S Franke-Arnold, SM Barnett, E Yao, J Leach, J Courtial, M Padgett New Journal of Physics 6 (1), 103, 2004 | 302 | 2004 |
| Measurement of the rotational frequency shift imparted to a rotating light beam possessing orbital angular momentum J Courtial, K Dholakia, DA Robertson, L Allen, MJ Padgett Physical review letters 80 (15), 3217, 1998 | 291 | 1998 |
| Vortex knots in light J Leach, MR Dennis, J Courtial, MJ Padgett New Journal of Physics 7 (1), 55, 2005 | 283 | 2005 |
| Refractive elements for the measurement of the orbital angular momentum of a single photon MPJ Lavery, DJ Robertson, GCG Berkhout, GD Love, MJ Padgett, ... Optics express 20 (3), 2110-2115, 2012 | 275 | 2012 |
| 3D manipulation of particles into crystal structures using holographic optical tweezers J Leach, G Sinclair, P Jordan, J Courtial, MJ Padgett, J Cooper, ZJ Laczik Optics Express 12 (1), 220-226, 2004 | 261 | 2004 |
| Performance of a cylindrical lens mode converter for producing Laguerre–Gaussian laser modes J Courtial, MJ Padgett Optics communications 159 (1-3), 13-18, 1999 | 241 | 1999 |
| Knotted threads of darkness J Leach, MR Dennis, J Courtial, MJ Padgett Nature 432 (7014), 165-165, 2004 | 240 | 2004 |
| Gaussian beams with very high orbital angular momentum J Courtial, K Dholakia, L Allen, MJ Padgett Optics communications 144 (4-6), 210-213, 1997 | 217 | 1997 |
| Interactive approach to optical tweezers control J Leach, K Wulff, G Sinclair, P Jordan, J Courtial, L Thomson, G Gibson, ... Applied optics 45 (5), 897-903, 2006 | 206 | 2006 |
| Interactive application in holographic optical tweezers of a multi-plane Gerchberg-Saxton algorithm for three-dimensional light shaping G Sinclair, J Leach, P Jordan, G Gibson, E Yao, ZJ Laczik, MJ Padgett, ... Optics Express 12 (8), 1665-1670, 2004 | 198 | 2004 |
| Assembly of 3-dimensional structures using programmable holographic optical tweezers G Sinclair, P Jordan, J Courtial, M Padgett, J Cooper, ZJ Laczik Optics Express 12 (22), 5475-5480, 2004 | 186 | 2004 |
| Holographic generation and orbital angular momentum of high-order Mathieu beams S Chávez-Cerda, MJ Padgett, I Allison, GHC New, JC Gutiérrez-Vega, ... Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics 4 (2), S52, 2002 | 175 | 2002 |
Miles PadgettRoyal Society Research Professor and Kelvin Chair, University of GlasgowVerified email at glasgow.ac.uk
