
Prof. Muhammad Rafiq Abuturab
Professor
Email Id :rafiq.abuturab@gmail.com
Phone :+91-8210406294
Educational Qualifications:Ph. D. (Physics)
Research Interests: Optical Information Processing (Optical Information Cryptosystems), Optical Signal Processing (Optical Transforms), Digital Holography (Information Security Schemes)
Teaching Interest: Optics, Quantum Mechanics, Electromagnetic theory, Atomic Physics, Molecular Physics, Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics
Research Publication of Muhammad Rafiq Abuturab
DETAILS RESEARCH METRICS
- Number of citations: 1388, h-index: 25 (Source: Google Scholar)
- Number of citations: 1222, h-index: 24 (Source: Scopus)
- Number of citations: 1148, h-index: 23 (Source: Web of Science)
- Impact factor per Research Paper or Article: 2.8 (Source: Clarivate Analytics, 2023)
- Citation per Research Paper or Article: 35 (Source: Google Scholar)
RESEARCH PAPERS/ARTICLES
- Number of Research Papers/Articles as a single author: 37
- Number of Research Papers/Articles as a first/corresponding author: 02
- 39. M. R. Abuturab, A single-channel-double-optical information cryptosystem using GSVD, 3D-chaotic face biometric mask fusion and modulation for multiple color images, Optics Communications,131905 (2025). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131905 Publisher: Elsevier, Netherlands, 2023 Impact Factor: 2.2, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 38. M. R. Abuturab, Optical single-channel cryptosystem using equal modulus decomposition, non-negative matrix factorization, and spiral face biometric phase encoding, Journal of Modern Optics,1–17, (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09500340.2024.2442678 Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd., UK, 2023 Impact Factor: 1.2, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q3, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 37. M. R. Abuturab, Multiple color information cryptosystem using Hessenberg decomposition modulated chaotic and face biometric phase encoding, Applied Optics, 63, 35 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.538132 Publisher: Optica Publishing Group, USA, 2023 Impact Factor: 1.7, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 36. M. R. Abuturab, Multilevel information cryptosystem using generalized singular value decomposition, optical interference, and devil’s vortex Fresnel lens encoding, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 181, 108399 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2024.108399 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2023 Impact Factor: 3.5, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 35. M. R. Abuturab, Multiple single-channel cryptosystem based on QZ decomposition, CMYK color space fusion and wavelength multiplexing, Optical and Quantum Electronics, 56, 365 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-023-06001-2 Publisher: Springer Nature, Germany, 2022 Impact Factor: 3, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Electrical and Electronic Engineering 34. M. R. Abuturab, Multiple color image cryptosystem based on coupled-logistic-map- biometric keys, QR decomposition with column pivoting and optical Fresnel transform, Optics & Laser Technology, 161,109109 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2023.109109 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 5, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 33. M. R. Abuturab, Optical single-channel security system using 3D-logistic map biometric keys for multiple color images, Optical and Quantum Electronics, 55, 1-19 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-022-04493-y Publisher: Springer Nature, Germany, 2022 Impact Factor: 3, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- 32. M. R. Abuturab and A. Alfalou, Multiple color image fusion, compression, and encryption using compressive sensing, chaotic-biometric keys, and optical fractional Fourier transform, Optics & Laser Technology, 151,108071(2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2022.108071 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 5, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 31. M. R. Abuturab, Securing multiple-single-channel color image using unequal spectrum decomposition and 2D-SLIM-biometric keys, Optics Communications, 493, 127034 (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2021.127034 Publisher: Elsevier, Netherlands, 2022 Impact Factor: 2.4, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 30. M. R. Abuturab, A superposition based multiple-image encryption using Fresnel- domain high dimension chaotic phase encoding, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 129, 106038 (2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2020.106038 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 4.6, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 29. M. R. Abuturab, Multiple-information security system using key image phase and chaotic random phase encoding in Fresnel transform domain, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 124, 105810 (2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2019.105810 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 4.6, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 28. M. R. Abuturab, Securing multiple information using wavelet transform and Yang- Gu mixture amplitude-phase retrieval algorithm, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 118, 42–51 (2019). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2019.01.015 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 4.6, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 27. M. R. Abuturab, Asymmetric multiple image encryption using a wavelet transform and gyrator transform, Optics Continuum, 1, 1111–1130(2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OSAC.1.001111 Publisher: Optica Publishing Group, USA, 2022 Impact Factor: 1.6, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 26. M. R. Abuturab, Asymmetric multiple information cryptosystem based on chaotic spiral phase mask and random spectrum decomposition, Optics & Laser Technology, 98, 298–308(2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2017.08.010 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 5, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 25. M. R. Abuturab, Securing multiple information using chaotic spiral phase encoding with simultaneous interference and superposition methods, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 98, 1–16 (2017). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2017.05.001 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 4.6, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 24. M. R. Abuturab, Multiple information encryption by user-image-based gyrator transform hologram, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 92, 76–84 (2017). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2017.01.001 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 4.6, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 23. M. R. Abuturab, Multiple color-image fusion and watermarking based on optical interference and wavelet transform, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 89, 47–58 (2017). Published in Special issue of Optics and Lasers in Engineering (Optical Image Processing in the context of 3D Imaging, Metrology, and Data Security) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2016.02.014 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 4.6, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 22. S. P. Barfungpa and M. R. Abuturab, Asymmetric cryptosystem using coherent superposition and equal modulus decomposition of fractional Fourier spectrum, Optical and Quantum Electronics, 48, 520 (2016). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-016-0786-5 Publisher: Springer Nature, Germany, 2022 Impact Factor: 3, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- 21. M. R. Abuturab, Multiple color-image authentication system using HSI color-space and QR decomposition in gyrator transform domains, Journal of Modern Optics, 63, 1035-1050 (2016). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09500340.2015.1117671 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd., UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 1.3, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q3, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 20. M. R. Abuturab, Fully phase multiple information encoding based on superposition of two beams and Fresnel-transform domain, Optics Communications, 356, 306-324 (2015). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2015.07.085 Publisher: Elsevier, Netherlands, 2022 Impact Factor: 2.4, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 19. M. R. Abuturab, Gyrator wavelet transform based non-linear multiple single channel information fusion and authentication, Optics Communications, 355, 462- 478 (2015). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2015.06.069 Publisher: Elsevier, Netherlands, 2022 Impact Factor: 2.4, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 18. M. R. Abuturab, Group-multiple-image encoding and watermarking using coupled logistic maps and gyrator wavelet transform, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 32, 1811-1820 (2015). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.32.001811 Publisher: Optica Publishing Group, USA, 2022 Impact Factor: 1.9, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 17. M. R. Abuturab, An asymmetric single-channel color image encryption using discrete Hartley transform and gyrator transform, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 69, 49-57 (2015). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2015.01.001 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 4.6, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 16. M. R. Abuturab, Generalized Arnold map-based optical multiple color-image encoding in gyrator transform domain, Optics Communications, 343, 157-171 (2015). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2014.12.085 Publisher: Elsevier, Netherlands, 2022 Impact Factor: 2.4, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 15. M. R. Abuturab, Optical interference-based multiple-image encryption using spherical wave illumination and gyrator transform, Applied Optics, 53, 6719- 6728(2014). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.53.006719 Publisher: Optica Publishing Group, USA, 2022 Impact Factor: 1.9, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 14. M. R. Abuturab, Single-channel color information security system using LU decomposition in gyrator transform domains, Optics Communications, 323, 100-109 (2014). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2014.02.061 Publisher: Elsevier, Netherlands, 2022 Impact Factor: 2.4, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 13. M. R. Abuturab, An asymmetric color image cryptosystem based on Schur decomposition in gyrator transform domains, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 58, 39-47(2014). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2014.01.023 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 4.6, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 12. M. R. Abuturab, Color information verification system based on singular value decomposition in gyrator transform domains, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 57, 13-19 (2014). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2014.01.006 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 4.6, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 11. M. R. Abuturab, Securing multiple color information by optical coherent superposition based spiral phase encoding, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 56, 152-163 (2014). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2013.12.018 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 4.6, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 10. M. R. Abuturab, Information Authentication system using interference of two beams in gyrator transform domain, Applied Optics, 52, 5133-5142 (2013). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.52.005133 Publisher: Optica Publishing Group, USA, 2022 Impact Factor: 1.9, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 9. M. R. Abuturab, Security enhancement of color image cryptosystem by optical interference principle and spiral phase encoding, Applied Optics, 52, 1555-1563 (2013). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.52.0015 55 Publisher: Optica Publishing Group, USA, 2022 Impact Factor: 1.9, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 8. M. R. Abuturab, Noise-free recovery of color information using a joint-extended gyrator transform correlator, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 51, 230-239 (2013). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2012.10.007 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 4.6, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 7. M. R. Abuturab, Color image security system based on discrete Hartley transform in gyrator transform domain, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 51, 317-324 (2013). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2012.09.008 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 4.6, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 6. M. R. Abuturab, Color information security system using Arnold transform and double structured phase encoding in gyrator transform domain, Optics & Laser Technology, 45, 525-532 (2013). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2012.05.037 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 5, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 5. M. R. Abuturab, Color information cryptosystem based on optical superposition principle and phase-truncated gyrator transform, Applied Optics, 51, 7994-8002 (2012). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.51.007994 Publisher: Optica Publishing Group, USA, 2022 Impact Factor: 1.9, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 4. M. R. Abuturab, Securing color image using discrete cosine transform in gyrator transform domain structured-phase encoding, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 50, 1383-1390 (2012). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2012.04.011 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 4.6, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 3. M. R. Abuturab, Color information security system using discrete cosine transform in gyrator transform domain radial-Hilbert phase encoding, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 50, 1209-1216 (2012). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2012.03.020 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 4.6, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- 2. M. R. Abuturab, Securing color information using Arnold transform in gyrator transform domain, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 50, 772-779 (2012). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2011.12.006 Publisher: Elsevier, UK, 2022 Impact Factor: 4.6, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q1, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics One of the most-cited papers of Optics and Lasers in Engineering in 2015
- 1. M. R. Abuturab, Color image security system using double random-structured phase encoding in gyrator transform domain, Applied Optics, 51, 3006-3016 (2012). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.51.003006 Publisher: Optica Publishing Group, USA, 2022 Impact Factor: 1.9, Indexed in SCIE, Q index: Q2, Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics Figure from the article was selected to appear on the cover page of Applied Optics on 20 May 2012 Link: https://www.osapublishing.org/ao/issue.cfm?volume=51&issue=15
BOOK CHAPTERS
- 2. M. R. Abuturab, Optical information cryptosystem based on structured phase encoding Book Title: Recent Advances in Image security Technologies Book Subtitle: Intelligent Image, Signal, and Video Processing Editor: Hang Chen and Zhengjun Liu Chapter: 1, Page: 1-31 Online ISBN: 978-3-031-22809-4 Print ISBN: 978-3-031-22808-7 Publisher: Springer, Cham, Switzerland AG, 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22809-4_1
- 1. M. R. Abuturab, Optical information security systems based on a gyrator wavelet transform Book Title: Advanced Secure Optical Image Processing for Communications Editor: Ayman Al Falou Chapter: 1, Page: 1-39 Online ISBN: 978-0-7503-1457-2 Print ISBN: 978-0-7503-1455-8 Publisher: IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK, 2018 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/978-0-7503-1457-2ch1
Achievements
- Figures among World's Top 2% Scientists in the Career-Long Impact Database (which provides a measure of long-term performance) and Single Year Impact Database (which provides a measure of single-year performance) in the field of Optoelectronics & Photonics released by Stanford University for the Fifth Consecutive Year (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) with Top % less than 1%
- Ranking Third among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in India in the field of Optoelectronics & Photonics in 2024.