Harry A. Atwater

75.9k total citations · 26 hit papers
759 papers, 58.0k citations indexed

About

Harry A. Atwater is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Harry A. Atwater has authored 759 papers receiving a total of 58.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 495 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 275 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 252 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Harry A. Atwater's work include Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (136 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (125 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (119 papers). Harry A. Atwater is often cited by papers focused on Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (136 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (125 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (119 papers). Harry A. Atwater collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Taiwan. Harry A. Atwater's co-authors include Albert Polman, Stefan A. Maier, Nathan S. Lewis, Vivian E. Ferry, Luke A. Sweatlock, Jennifer A. Dionne, Pieter G. Kik, Ryan M. Briggs, Koray Aydın and Alexandra Boltasseva and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Harry A. Atwater

736 papers receiving 56.2k citations

Hit Papers

Plasmonics for improved p... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2010 2003 2005 2011 2011 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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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. Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices
    2010 6.8k citations Harry A. Atwater, Albert Polman profile →
  2. Local detection of electromagnetic energy transport below the diffraction limit in metal nanoparticle plasmon waveguides
    2003 1.8k citations Stefan A. Maier, Harry A. Atwater et al. profile →
  3. Plasmonics: Localization and guiding of electromagnetic energy in metal/dielectric structures
    2005 1.5k citations Stefan A. Maier, Harry A. Atwater profile →
  4. Broadband polarization-independent resonant light absorption using ultrathin plasmonic super absorbers
    2011 1.5k citations Harry A. Atwater et al. Nature Communications profile →
  5. Low-Loss Plasmonic Metamaterials
    2011 1.2k citations Harry A. Atwater et al. profile →
  6. Comparison of the device physics principles of planar and radial p-n junction nanorod solar cells
    2005 1.1k citations Harry A. Atwater, Nathan S. Lewis et al. profile →
  7. Plasmon slot waveguides: Towards chip-scale propagation with subwavelength-scale localization
    2006 934 citations Jennifer A. Dionne, Luke A. Sweatlock et al. Physical Review B profile →
  8. A comparative technoeconomic analysis of renewable hydrogen production using solar energy
    2016 752 citations Harry A. Atwater, Nathan S. Lewis et al. profile →
  9. Photonic design principles for ultrahigh-efficiency photovoltaics
    2012 691 citations Albert Polman, Harry A. Atwater profile →
  10. Plasmonic nanoparticle enhanced light absorption in GaAs solar cells
    2008 650 citations Harry A. Atwater et al. profile →
  11. Theoretical predictions for hot-carrier generation from surface plasmon decay
    2014 632 citations Ravishankar Sundararaman, Prineha Narang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  12. Subwavelength integrated photonics
    2018 627 citations Harry A. Atwater et al. profile →
  13. Plasmonic Nanostructure Design for Efficient Light Coupling into Solar Cells
    2008 617 citations Luke A. Sweatlock, Harry A. Atwater et al. Nano Letters profile →
  14. Nonradiative Plasmon Decay and Hot Carrier Dynamics: Effects of Phonons, Surfaces, and Geometry
    2015 585 citations Ana M. Brown, Ravishankar Sundararaman et al. ACS Nano profile →
  15. Gate-Tunable Conducting Oxide Metasurfaces
    2016 581 citations Ruzan Sokhoyan, Harry A. Atwater et al. Nano Letters profile →
  16. The Promise of Plasmonics
    2007 573 citations Harry A. Atwater profile →
  17. Design Considerations for Plasmonic Photovoltaics
    2010 573 citations Harry A. Atwater et al. profile →
  18. Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Using Si Microwire Arrays
    2011 545 citations Harry A. Atwater, Nathan S. Lewis et al. profile →
  19. Light trapping in ultrathin plasmonic solar cells
    2010 523 citations Ewold Verhagen, Harry A. Atwater et al. Optics Express profile →
  20. Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture
    2021 510 citations Ian Sullivan, Ibadillah A. Digdaya et al. profile →
  21. Plasmonic Color Filters for CMOS Image Sensor Applications
    2012 507 citations Harry A. Atwater et al. Nano Letters profile →
  22. Frequency tunable near-infrared metamaterials based on VO_2 phase transition
    2009 478 citations Luke A. Sweatlock, Harry A. Atwater et al. Optics Express profile →
  23. Photovoltaic Measurements in Single-Nanowire Silicon Solar Cells
    2008 472 citations Nathan S. Lewis, Harry A. Atwater et al. Nano Letters profile →
  24. Highly Confined Tunable Mid-Infrared Plasmonics in Graphene Nanoresonators
    2013 439 citations Harry A. Atwater et al. Nano Letters profile →
  25. All-day fresh water harvesting by microstructured hydrogel membranes
    2021 278 citations Ognjen Ilic, Harry A. Atwater et al. Nature Communications profile →
  26. Electro-optically Tunable Multifunctional Metasurfaces
    2020 254 citations Ruzan Sokhoyan, Harry A. Atwater et al. ACS Nano profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Harry A. Atwater United States 108 29.4k 27.6k 20.3k 19.9k 14.4k 759 58.0k
Mark L. Brongersma United States 90 22.9k 0.8× 16.5k 0.6× 11.5k 0.6× 17.3k 0.9× 11.9k 0.8× 332 38.9k
Peter Nordlander United States 130 44.5k 1.5× 15.1k 0.5× 22.5k 1.1× 44.5k 2.2× 19.1k 1.3× 458 72.5k
Albert Polman Netherlands 92 19.4k 0.7× 21.4k 0.8× 16.8k 0.8× 11.5k 0.6× 10.7k 0.7× 411 39.5k
Alex Zettl United States 118 16.2k 0.5× 19.6k 0.7× 50.4k 2.5× 9.9k 0.5× 17.9k 1.2× 608 69.2k
Thomas W. Ebbesen France 98 38.3k 1.3× 18.3k 0.7× 20.2k 1.0× 17.3k 0.9× 25.2k 1.7× 318 65.0k
Andrea C. Ferrari United Kingdom 102 31.1k 1.1× 44.5k 1.6× 79.3k 3.9× 18.6k 0.9× 20.2k 1.4× 372 110.8k
S. V. Dubonos Russia 23 17.8k 0.6× 25.4k 0.9× 58.7k 2.9× 9.9k 0.5× 18.6k 1.3× 70 73.9k
Vladimir M. Shalaev United States 96 22.4k 0.8× 10.3k 0.4× 6.3k 0.3× 28.1k 1.4× 15.6k 1.1× 481 42.5k
Da Jiang China 21 24.7k 0.8× 35.2k 1.3× 81.2k 4.0× 13.9k 0.7× 21.9k 1.5× 41 98.5k
F. Javier Garcı́a de Abajo Spain 97 26.1k 0.9× 8.9k 0.3× 9.6k 0.5× 21.0k 1.1× 14.6k 1.0× 496 39.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hwang, Jae Sung, et al.. (2024). Broadband nonreciprocal thermal emissivity and absorptivity. Light Science & Applications. 13(1). 176–176. 26 indexed citations
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Bui, Justin C., Kaiwen Wang, Ahmet Kusoglu, et al.. (2024). Asymmetric Bipolar Membrane for High Current Density Electrodialysis Operation with Exceptional Stability. ACS Energy Letters. 9(11). 5596–5605. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Haoyi, Angel T. Garcia‐Esparza, Xiang Li, et al.. (2024). When Photoelectrons Meet Gas Molecules: Determining the Role of Inelastic Scattering in Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. ACS Central Science. 11(1). 98–106. 1 indexed citations
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Aitbekova, Aisulu, Nicholas B. Watkins, Matthias H. Richter, et al.. (2024). Molecular Additives Improve the Selectivity of CO 2 Photoelectrochemical Reduction over Gold Nanoparticles on Gallium Nitride. Nano Letters. 24(4). 1090–1095. 5 indexed citations
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Watkins, Nicholas B., Yungchieh Lai, Zachary J. Schiffer, et al.. (2024). Electrode Surface Heating with Organic Films Improves CO 2 Reduction Kinetics on Copper. ACS Energy Letters. 9(4). 1440–1445. 5 indexed citations
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Jha, Pankaj K., et al.. (2024). Photon statistics analysis of h-BN quantum emitters with pulsed and continuous-wave excitation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 3 indexed citations
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Weaver, H., Cora M. Went, Joeson Wong, et al.. (2023). Detecting, Distinguishing, and Spatiotemporally Tracking Photogenerated Charge and Heat at the Nanoscale. ACS Nano. 17(19). 19011–19021. 12 indexed citations
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Sokhoyan, Ruzan, Prachi Thureja, Jared Sisler, et al.. (2023). Electrically tunable conducting oxide metasurfaces for high power applications. Nanophotonics. 12(2). 239–253. 11 indexed citations
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Thureja, Prachi, Jared Sisler, Meir Y. Grajower, Ruzan Sokhoyan, & Harry A. Atwater. (2023). Space-Time Modulated Metasurfaces for Steering of Frequency-Shifted Beams. 68. FTu4D.5–FTu4D.5. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Rengui, Wen‐Hui Cheng, Matthias H. Richter, et al.. (2021). Unassisted Highly Selective Gas-Phase CO2 Reduction with a Plasmonic Au/p-GaN Photocatalyst Using H2O as an Electron Donor. ACS Energy Letters. 6(5). 1849–1856. 75 indexed citations
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Wong, Joeson, Artur R. Davoyan, Bolin Liao, et al.. (2021). Spatiotemporal Imaging of Thickness-Induced Band-Bending Junctions. Nano Letters. 21(13). 5745–5753. 11 indexed citations
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Digdaya, Ibadillah A., Ian Sullivan, Meng Lin, et al.. (2020). A direct coupled electrochemical system for capture and conversion of CO2 from oceanwater. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4412–4412. 173 indexed citations
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Omelchenko, Stefan T., Marco Favaro, Paul Plate, et al.. (2019). Femtosecond time-resolved two-photon photoemission studies of ultrafast carrier relaxation in Cu2O photoelectrodes. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2106–2106. 44 indexed citations
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DuChene, Joseph S., Giulia Tagliabue, Alex J. Welch, Wen‐Hui Cheng, & Harry A. Atwater. (2018). Hot Hole Collection and Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction with Plasmonic Au/p-GaN Photocathodes. Nano Letters. 18(4). 2545–2550. 345 indexed citations
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Grandidier, Jonathan, Harry A. Atwater, J. A. Cutts, et al.. (2018). Low-Intensity High-Temperature (LIHT) Solar Cells for Venus Atmosphere. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 8(6). 1621–1626. 9 indexed citations
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Ilic, Ognjen, Colton R. Bukowsky, Lu Xu, et al.. (2018). Design Criteria for Micro-Optical Tandem Luminescent Solar Concentrators. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 8(6). 1560–1567. 30 indexed citations
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Brown, Ana M., Ravishankar Sundararaman, Prineha Narang, William A. Goddard, & Harry A. Atwater. (2015). Nonradiative Plasmon Decay and Hot Carrier Dynamics: Effects of Phonons, Surfaces, and Geometry. ACS Nano. 10(1). 957–966. 585 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dionne, Jennifer A., Ewold Verhagen, Albert Polman, & Harry A. Atwater. (2008). Are negative index materials achievable with surface plasmon waveguides? A case study of three plasmonic geometries. Optics Express. 16(23). 19001–19001. 83 indexed citations
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Sweatlock, Luke A., Stefan A. Maier, Harry A. Atwater, J. Penninkhof, & Albert Polman. (2005). Highly confined electromagnetic fields in arrays of strongly coupled Ag nanoparticles. Physical Review B. 71(23). 215 indexed citations
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Atwater, Harry A., et al.. (1997). IUMRS General Assembly Reports on Conferences, Publications. MRS Bulletin. 22(4). 41–42. 1 indexed citations

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