Ajay Nahata

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
135 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Ajay Nahata is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ajay Nahata has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 68 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 65 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ajay Nahata's work include Terahertz technology and applications (82 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (60 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (49 papers). Ajay Nahata is often cited by papers focused on Terahertz technology and applications (82 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (60 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (49 papers). Ajay Nahata collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Japan. Ajay Nahata's co-authors include Tony F. Heinz, Amit Agrawal, Z. Valy Vardeny, Aniruddha S. Weling, Hua Cao, Shashank Pandey, Wenqi Zhu, Tatsunosuke Matsui, James T. Yardley and R. A. Linke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ajay Nahata

129 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A wideband coherent terahertz spectroscopy system using optical rectification and electro-optic sampling
    1996 598 citations Ajay Nahata et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ajay Nahata United States 32 2.7k 1.9k 1.9k 1.0k 565 135 4.1k
P. Kužel Czechia 40 2.7k 1.0× 1.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 1.1× 325 0.6× 159 4.4k
V. V. Popov Russia 34 2.1k 0.8× 1.8k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 597 0.6× 176 0.3× 184 3.3k
M. R. Freeman Canada 32 2.3k 0.9× 2.9k 1.5× 1.2k 0.6× 769 0.7× 73 0.1× 138 4.2k
Roberto Paiella United States 32 1.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 959 0.5× 620 0.6× 957 1.7× 117 3.2k
L. Faraone Australia 32 4.7k 1.7× 2.6k 1.3× 947 0.5× 706 0.7× 213 0.4× 426 5.9k
Oleg Mitrofanov United Kingdom 31 2.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 958 0.5× 610 0.6× 288 0.5× 128 2.9k
Jean‐Louis Coutaz France 24 2.5k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 702 0.4× 272 0.3× 772 1.4× 116 3.0k
Yuriy Fedoryshyn Switzerland 34 3.6k 1.3× 1.6k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 223 0.4× 157 4.5k
Kuniaki Konishi Japan 23 1.1k 0.4× 1.0k 0.5× 588 0.3× 900 0.9× 159 0.3× 98 2.1k
Seongkwan Mark Lee United States 25 1.8k 0.7× 1.0k 0.5× 885 0.5× 1.9k 1.8× 114 0.2× 96 3.6k

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All Works

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Zhai, Yaxin, Ashish Chanana, Sangita Baniya, et al.. (2018). Color Selective Control of Terahertz Radiation Using Two-Dimensional Hybrid Organic Inorganic Lead-Trihalide Perovskites. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2018.
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Arezoomandan, Sara, Abhinav Prakash, Ashish Chanana, et al.. (2018). THz characterization and demonstration of visible-transparent/terahertz-functional electromagnetic structures in ultra-conductive La-doped BaSnO3 Films. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 3577–3577. 18 indexed citations
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Pandey, Shashank, et al.. (2017). Terahertz magneto-plasmonics using cobalt subwavelength aperture arrays. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 12019–12019. 4 indexed citations
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Chanana, Ashish, Yaxin Zhai, Sangita Baniya, et al.. (2017). Colour selective control of terahertz radiation using two-dimensional hybrid organic inorganic lead-trihalide perovskites. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1328–1328. 36 indexed citations
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Pandey, Shashank, et al.. (2016). Direct observation of Anderson localization in plasmonic terahertz devices. Light Science & Applications. 6(3). e16232–e16232. 18 indexed citations
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Liu, Shuchang, Z. Valy Vardeny, & Ajay Nahata. (2013). Concentration of broadband terahertz radiation using a periodic array of conically tapered apertures. Optics Express. 21(10). 12363–12363. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Jinqi, Shuchang Liu, Z. Valy Vardeny, & Ajay Nahata. (2012). Liquid metal-based plasmonics. Optics Express. 20(3). 2346–2346. 46 indexed citations
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Wang, Jinqi, Shuchang Liu, & Ajay Nahata. (2012). Reconfigurable plasmonic devices using liquid metals. Optics Express. 20(11). 12119–12119. 44 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Tho Duc, Shuchang Liu, Z. Valy Vardeny, & Ajay Nahata. (2011). Engineering the properties of terahertz filters using multilayer aperture arrays. Optics Express. 19(19). 18678–18678. 8 indexed citations
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Kumar, Gagan, et al.. (2011). Planar terahertz waveguides based on complementary split ring resonators. Optics Express. 19(2). 1072–1072. 47 indexed citations
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Pandey, Shashank, Gagan Kumar, & Ajay Nahata. (2010). Slot waveguide-based splitters for broadband terahertz radiation. Optics Express. 18(22). 23466–23466. 20 indexed citations
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Vardeny, Z. Valy, et al.. (2010). Concentration of terahertz radiation through a conically tapered aperture. Optics Express. 18(24). 25441–25441. 16 indexed citations
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Agrawal, Amit, Z. Valy Vardeny, & Ajay Nahata. (2008). Engineering the dielectric function of plasmonic lattices. Optics Express. 16(13). 9601–9601. 31 indexed citations
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Zhu, Wenqi, Amit Agrawal, & Ajay Nahata. (2008). Planar plasmonic terahertz guided-wave devices. Optics Express. 16(9). 6216–6216. 111 indexed citations
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Agrawal, Amit, et al.. (2008). Extraordinary optical transmission through metallic films perforated with aperture arrays having short-range order. Optics Express. 16(9). 6267–6267. 8 indexed citations
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Matsui, Tatsunosuke, Amit Agrawal, Ajay Nahata, & Z. Valy Vardeny. (2007). Terahertz Transmission Through Quasiperiodic Arrays of Subwavelength Apertures. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Matsui, Tatsunosuke, Amit Agrawal, Ajay Nahata, & Z. Valy Vardeny. (2007). Transmission resonances through aperiodic arrays of subwavelength apertures. Nature. 446(7135). 517–521. 233 indexed citations
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Matsui, Tatsunosuke, Z. Valy Vardeny, Amit Agrawal, Ajay Nahata, & Reghu Menon. (2006). Resonantly-enhanced transmission through a periodic array of subwavelength apertures in heavily-doped conducting polymer films. Applied Physics Letters. 88(7). 21 indexed citations
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Cao, Hua, R. A. Linke, & Ajay Nahata. (2004). Broadband generation of terahertz radiation in a waveguide. Optics Letters. 29(15). 1751–1751. 36 indexed citations
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Nahata, Ajay, R. A. Linke, Tsutomu Ishi, & Keishi Ohashi. (2003). Enhanced nonlinear optical conversion from a periodically nanostructured metal film. Optics Letters. 28(6). 423–423. 130 indexed citations

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