Israel De Leon

6.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
71 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Israel De Leon is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Israel De Leon has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 42 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 38 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Israel De Leon's work include Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (48 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (28 papers) and Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (20 papers). Israel De Leon is often cited by papers focused on Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (48 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (28 papers) and Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (20 papers). Israel De Leon collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, Canada and United States. Israel De Leon's co-authors include Robert W. Boyd, Pierre Berini, M. Zahirul Alam, Sebastian A. Schulz, Jeremy Upham, Ebrahim Karimi, Hammam Qassim, Orad Reshef, Zhimin Shi and Peter Banzer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Israel De Leon

65 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Large optical nonlinearity of indium tin oxide in its epsilon-near-zero region

2016 804 citations Israel De Leon, Robert W. Boyd et al. profile →
Surface plasmon–polariton amplifiers and lasers

2011 655 citations Pierre Berini, Israel De Leon profile →
Generating optical orbital angular momentum at visible wavelengths using a plasmonic metasurface

2014 649 citations Ebrahim Karimi, Sebastian A. Schulz et al. profile →
Nonlinear optical effects in epsilon-near-zero media

2019 378 citations Israel De Leon, Robert W. Boyd et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Israel De Leon Mexico	23	2.7k	2.5k	2.3k	1.7k	543	71	4.4k
Mikhail V. Rybin Russia	24	2.5k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.2×	664 1.2×	124	4.4k
Mohsen Rahmani United Kingdom	42	3.8k 1.4×	2.5k 1.0×	3.3k 1.5×	1.8k 1.1×	766 1.4×	122	5.4k
M. F. Limonov Russia	28	2.2k 0.8×	2.9k 1.2×	1.7k 0.7×	2.0k 1.2×	437 0.8×	122	4.5k
Sergey Kruk Australia	32	2.6k 1.0×	2.8k 1.1×	3.2k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 2.3×	80	5.0k
Kevin F. MacDonald United Kingdom	35	2.9k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	2.6k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	589 1.1×	134	4.9k
Tal Ellenbogen Israel	28	2.0k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	594 1.1×	90	3.8k
Bumki Min South Korea	33	1.8k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	2.5k 1.5×	840 1.5×	90	4.4k
Yuanmu Yang China	29	2.9k 1.1×	2.4k 1.0×	3.7k 1.6×	2.0k 1.2×	1.6k 3.0×	67	5.5k
Nikitas Papasimakis United Kingdom	27	3.8k 1.4×	2.6k 1.0×	3.9k 1.7×	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 2.4×	59	5.7k
Sheng Liu United States	29	2.5k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	2.6k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 2.1×	76	4.5k

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Vásquez, G. Cristian, Manuel Herrera, R. Margoth Córdova‐Castro, et al.. (2025). Yb3+-Mediated Luminescence Enhancement in Er3+-Doped 3D-Printed ZrO2 Microarchitectures. Applied Materials Today. 44. 102714–102714. 1 indexed citations

Kirchner, Robert, Alan Aguirre‐Soto, Robert W. Boyd, et al.. (2025). From Single to Multi‐Material 3D Printing of Glass‐Ceramics for Micro‐Optics. Small Methods. 9(8). e2401809–e2401809. 3 indexed citations

Choi, Hyung Woo, et al.. (2025). Selective modal excitation in a multimode nanoslit by interference of surface plasmon waves. Nanoscale Advances. 7(5). 1305–1317.

Vásquez, G. Cristian, Bastian Mei, Israel De Leon, et al.. (2024). Temperature Promotes Photoluminescence in Lanthanide‐Doped 3D Ceramic Microarchitectures. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 11(32). 3 indexed citations

Lesina, Antonio Calà, et al.. (2023). Dynamic Nanophotonics in Epsilon‐Near‐Zero Conductive Oxide Films and Metasurfaces: A Quantitative, Nonlinear, Computational Model. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(6). 1 indexed citations

Offerhaus, Herman L., et al.. (2023). Understanding the conditions for the optimum nonlinear refraction of epsilon-near-zero films based on transparent conducting oxides. Optics Express. 31(5). 8775–8775. 3 indexed citations

Medina-Cruz, David, Sergio Alfonso Pérez‐García, Israel De Leon, et al.. (2022). Composition-Dependent Cytotoxic and Antibacterial Activity of Biopolymer-Capped Ag/Au Bimetallic Nanoparticles against Melanoma and Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens. Nanomaterials. 12(5). 779–779. 24 indexed citations

Smirnov, Yury, Jeroen P. Korterik, J. A. Álvarez-Chávez, et al.. (2022). Broadband Nonlinear Optical Response of Indium–Zirconium Oxide in the Epsilon‐Near‐Zero Region. Advanced Optical Materials. 10(24). 5 indexed citations

Berenschot, Erwin, et al.. (2021). A wafer-scale fabrication method for three-dimensional plasmonic hollow nanopillars. Nanoscale Advances. 3(17). 4926–4939. 9 indexed citations

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Chaitanya, N. Apurv, et al.. (2020). Experimental Verification of Vortex Generation through Spin-Orbit Coupling in Epsilon-Near-Zero films. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 99. FM2B.8–FM2B.8. 2 indexed citations

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Veilleux, Sylvain, et al.. (2020). High-Q nanobeam cavities on a silicon nitride platform enabled by slow light. APL Photonics. 5(6). 5 indexed citations

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Cardenas‐Benitez, Braulio, Carsten Eschenbaum, Dario Mager, et al.. (2019). Pyrolysis-induced shrinking of three-dimensional structures fabricated by two-photon polymerization: experiment and theoretical model. Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 5(1). 38–38. 51 indexed citations

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Banzer, Peter, Paweł Woźniak, Uwe Mick, Israel De Leon, & Robert W. Boyd. (2016). Chiral optical response of planar and symmetric nanotrimers enabled by heteromaterial selection. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13117–13117. 68 indexed citations

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Schulz, Sebastian A., Ebrahim Karimi, Israel De Leon, et al.. (2014). Plasmonic metasurfaces for the generation of optical orbital angular momentum. FTu2A.3–FTu2A.3. 1 indexed citations

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Boyd, Robert W., Zhimin Shi, & Israel De Leon. (2014). The third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility of gold. Optics Communications. 326. 74–79. 185 indexed citations

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Vázquez‐Guardado, Abraham, et al.. (2012). Lorentzian-Like Gain in the Analysis of Gain Assisted Slow Surface Plasmon-Polaritons. FTu3A.53–FTu3A.53. 1 indexed citations

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Vázquez‐Guardado, Abraham, et al.. (2012). Slow Surface Plasmon-Polaritons in a Metal-Dielectric Structure Incorporating a Lorentzian Gain Medium. Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference. LM2A.27–LM2A.27. 1 indexed citations

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Murugkar, Sangeeta, Israel De Leon, Zhimin Shi, et al.. (2012). Development of a slow-light spectrometer on a chip. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8264. 82640T–82640T.

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Leon, Israel De & Pierre Berini. (2008). Theory of surface plasmon-polariton amplification in planar structures incorporating dipolar gain media. Physical Review B. 78(16). 67 indexed citations

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Villaseñor, L., M. A. Vargas, G. Paić, et al.. (2007). Characterization of the ACORDE scintillator counters using a PCI electronic card. Revista Mexicana de Física. 53(2). 120–125.

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