Eli Yablonovitch

628 total papers · 52.6k total citations
383 papers, 40.0k citations indexed

About

Eli Yablonovitch is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Eli Yablonovitch has authored 383 papers receiving a total of 40.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 273 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 210 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 85 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Eli Yablonovitch's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (103 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (73 papers) and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (54 papers). Eli Yablonovitch is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (103 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (73 papers) and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (54 papers). Eli Yablonovitch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Eli Yablonovitch's co-authors include T. J. Gmitter, Daniel F. Sievenpiper, R.F.J. Broas, Lijun Zhang, George D. Cody, Owen D. Miller, K. Leung, N. Bloembergen, T.J. Gmitter and E. O. Kane and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Eli Yablonovitch

364 papers receiving 37.8k citations

Hit Papers

Inhibited Spontaneous Emi... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1987 1999 1993 1991 2015 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k 10.0k
What are hit papers?

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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Inhibited Spontaneous Emission in Solid-State Physics and Electronics
    1987 10.7k citations Eli Yablonovitch Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. High-impedance electromagnetic surfaces with a forbidden frequency band
    1999 3.1k citations Daniel F. Sievenpiper, Lijun Zhang et al. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques profile →
  3. Photonic band-gap structures
    1993 1.1k citations Eli Yablonovitch Journal of the Optical Society of America B profile →
  4. Photonic band structure: The face-centered-cubic case employing nonspherical atoms
    1991 1.1k citations Eli Yablonovitch, T. J. Gmitter et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  5. Near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield in MoS 2
    2015 998 citations Matin Amani, Der‐Hsien Lien et al. Science profile →
  6. Strong interlayer coupling in van der Waals heterostructures built from single-layer chalcogenides
    2014 911 citations Hui Fang, Corsin Battaglia et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. Statistical ray optics
    1982 831 citations Eli Yablonovitch Journal of the Optical Society of America profile →
  8. Strong Internal and External Luminescence as Solar Cells Approach the Shockley–Queisser Limit
    2012 784 citations Owen D. Miller, Eli Yablonovitch et al. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics profile →
  9. Unusually Low Surface-Recombination Velocity on Silicon and Germanium Surfaces
    1986 771 citations Eli Yablonovitch, David L. Allara et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  10. Intensity enhancement in textured optical sheets for solar cells
    1982 677 citations Eli Yablonovitch, George D. Cody IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices profile →
  11. Limiting efficiency of silicon solar cells
    1984 667 citations T. Tiedje, Eli Yablonovitch et al. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices profile →
  12. Donor and acceptor modes in photonic band structure
    1991 654 citations Eli Yablonovitch, T. J. Gmitter et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  13. Electron-spin-resonance transistors for quantum computing in silicon-germanium heterostructures
    2000 639 citations R. B. Vrijen, Eli Yablonovitch et al. Physical Review A profile →
  14. Extreme selectivity in the lift-off of epitaxial GaAs films
    1987 611 citations Eli Yablonovitch, T.J. Gmitter et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →
  15. Photonic band structure: The face-centered-cubic case
    1989 562 citations Eli Yablonovitch, T. J. Gmitter Physical Review Letters profile →
  16. 30% external quantum efficiency from surface textured, thin-film light-emitting diodes
    1993 504 citations I. Schnitzer, Eli Yablonovitch et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →
  17. Adjoint shape optimization applied to electromagnetic design
    2013 450 citations Samarth Bhargava, Owen D. Miller et al. Optics Express profile →
  18. Electrical suppression of all nonradiative recombination pathways in monolayer semiconductors
    2019 307 citations Der‐Hsien Lien, Shiekh Zia Uddin et al. Science profile →
  19. Collisionless Multiphoton Dissociation of SF6: A Statistical Thermodynamic Process
    1977 201 citations Jerry G. Black, Eli Yablonovitch et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Eli Yablonovitch 25.7k 23.6k 9.4k 8.1k 5.8k 383 40.0k
Steven G. Johnson 18.2k 0.7× 23.4k 1.0× 8.0k 0.9× 2.4k 0.3× 5.7k 1.0× 312 34.0k
C. T. Chan 8.3k 0.3× 20.8k 0.9× 16.3k 1.7× 7.6k 0.9× 14.2k 2.4× 545 40.1k
John D. Joannopoulos 42.0k 1.6× 49.9k 2.1× 18.3k 1.9× 10.3k 1.3× 13.8k 2.4× 577 75.3k
Marin Soljačić 19.8k 0.8× 24.3k 1.0× 11.0k 1.2× 3.5k 0.4× 9.6k 1.6× 405 42.3k
Ekmel Özbay 9.3k 0.4× 8.5k 0.4× 8.1k 0.9× 3.3k 0.4× 11.1k 1.9× 741 21.6k
Shanhui Fan 37.6k 1.5× 46.8k 2.0× 23.3k 2.5× 9.8k 1.2× 14.9k 2.6× 883 83.3k
Costas M. Soukoulis 9.4k 0.4× 14.1k 0.6× 13.3k 1.4× 2.4k 0.3× 23.9k 4.1× 371 34.6k
Sailing He 18.7k 0.7× 11.2k 0.5× 11.5k 1.2× 4.6k 0.6× 9.3k 1.6× 1.4k 35.2k
Susumu Noda 17.3k 0.7× 19.2k 0.8× 6.0k 0.6× 2.4k 0.3× 2.0k 0.3× 577 22.8k
Ping Sheng 7.5k 0.3× 8.2k 0.3× 21.8k 2.3× 9.9k 1.2× 12.4k 2.1× 618 42.2k

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