John A. Polo

1.1k total citations
31 papers, 786 citations indexed

About

John A. Polo is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Polo has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 786 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in John A. Polo's work include Optical Coatings and Gratings (21 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (18 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (17 papers). John A. Polo is often cited by papers focused on Optical Coatings and Gratings (21 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (18 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (17 papers). John A. Polo collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. John A. Polo's co-authors include Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Tom G. Mackay, Sudarshan R. Nelatury, R. V. Coleman, R. M. Fleming, M.K. Lei, Jun Gao and Matthew D. Pickett and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical review. B, Condensed matter, Journal of the Optical Society of America A and Journal of the Optical Society of America B.

In The Last Decade

John A. Polo

31 papers receiving 768 citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John A. Polo United States 15 527 427 388 301 253 31 786
Jorge Gaspar-Armenta Mexico 17 592 1.1× 291 0.7× 338 0.9× 162 0.5× 140 0.6× 59 736
Justin W. Cleary United States 15 210 0.4× 414 1.0× 347 0.9× 145 0.5× 298 1.2× 58 708
Dennis Lehr Germany 14 270 0.5× 409 1.0× 253 0.7× 141 0.5× 337 1.3× 26 691
Thierry Laroche France 10 235 0.4× 431 1.0× 270 0.7× 90 0.3× 163 0.6× 28 587
J. A. Porto Spain 12 853 1.6× 1.5k 3.6× 742 1.9× 689 2.3× 555 2.2× 17 1.8k
D. Rosenblatt Israel 7 584 1.1× 264 0.6× 666 1.7× 665 2.2× 98 0.4× 7 864
Shivashankar Vangala United States 13 315 0.6× 314 0.7× 386 1.0× 66 0.2× 299 1.2× 75 768
M. Mayy United States 9 396 0.8× 633 1.5× 293 0.8× 68 0.2× 562 2.2× 15 855
S. Hava Israel 12 190 0.4× 112 0.3× 296 0.8× 145 0.5× 51 0.2× 68 472
H. Sami Sözüer Türkiye 6 657 1.2× 132 0.3× 508 1.3× 194 0.6× 71 0.3× 9 687

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Polo, John A., Tom G. Mackay, & Akhlesh Lakhtakia. (2013). Electromagnetic Surface Waves: A Modern Perspective. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 165 indexed citations
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Polo, John A., Tom G. Mackay, & Akhlesh Lakhtakia. (2011). Mapping multiple surface-plasmon-polariton-wave modes at the interface of a metal and a chiral sculptured thin film. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 28(11). 2656–2656. 13 indexed citations
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Polo, John A. & Akhlesh Lakhtakia. (2011). Dyakonov–Tamm waves guided by the planar interface of an isotropic dielectric material and an electro-optic ambichiral Reusch pile. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 28(3). 567–567. 2 indexed citations
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Polo, John A. & Akhlesh Lakhtakia. (2009). Energy flux in a surface-plasmon-polariton wave bound to the planar interface of a metal and a structurally chiral material. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 26(7). 1696–1696. 17 indexed citations
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Gao, Jun, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, John A. Polo, & M.K. Lei. (2009). Dyakonov-Tamm wave guided by a twist defect in a structurally chiral material. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 26(7). 1615–1615. 18 indexed citations
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Lakhtakia, Akhlesh & John A. Polo. (2008). Engineering the phase speed of surface-plasmon wave at the planar interface of a metal and a chiral sculptured thin film. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 50(7). 1966–1970. 2 indexed citations
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Polo, John A. & Akhlesh Lakhtakia. (2008). Morphological effects on surface-plasmon-polariton waves at the planar interface of a metal and a columnar thin film. Optics Communications. 281(21). 5453–5457. 11 indexed citations
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Nelatury, Sudarshan R., John A. Polo, & Akhlesh Lakhtakia. (2008). Review of the role of dielectric anisotropy in Dyakonov surface-wave propagation. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7041. 70410T–70410T. 1 indexed citations
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Nelatury, Sudarshan R., John A. Polo, & Akhlesh Lakhtakia. (2008). Electrical Control of Surface-Wave Propagation at the Planar Interface of a Linear Electro-Optic Material and an Isotropic Dielectric Material. Electromagnetics. 28(3). 162–174. 13 indexed citations
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Polo, John A. & Akhlesh Lakhtakia. (2008). On the surface plasmon polariton wave at the planar interface of a metal and a chiral sculptured thin film. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 465(2101). 87–107. 50 indexed citations
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Polo, John A. & Akhlesh Lakhtakia. (2008). Special Issue on Surface Waves and Complex Mediums: Guest Editorial. Electromagnetics. 28(3). 123–125. 1 indexed citations
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Nelatury, Sudarshan R., John A. Polo, & Akhlesh Lakhtakia. (2007). Surface waves with simple exponential transverse decay at a biaxial bicrystalline interface. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 24(3). 856–856. 25 indexed citations
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Polo, John A., Sudarshan R. Nelatury, & Akhlesh Lakhtakia. (2007). Surface waves at a biaxial bicrystalline interface. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 24(9). 2974–2974. 24 indexed citations
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Polo, John A.. (2007). Propagation of surface waves at the planar interface of a columnar thin film and an isotropic substrate. Journal of Nanophotonics. 1(1). 13501–13501. 29 indexed citations
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Lakhtakia, Akhlesh & John A. Polo. (2007). Dyakonov-Tamm wave at the planar interface of a chiral sculptured thin film and an isotropic dielectric material. Journal of the European Optical Society Rapid Publications. 2. 7021–7021. 44 indexed citations
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Nelatury, Sudarshan R., John A. Polo, & Akhlesh Lakhtakia. (2007). Surface waves with simple exponential transverse decay at a biaxial bicrystalline interface: errata. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 24(7). 2102–2102. 4 indexed citations
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Polo, John A., Sudarshan R. Nelatury, & Akhlesh Lakhtakia. (2006). Surface Electromagnetic Wave at a Tilted Uniaxial Bicrystalline Interface. Electromagnetics. 26(8). 629–642. 24 indexed citations
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Pickett, Matthew D., Akhlesh Lakhtakia, & John A. Polo. (2004). Spectral responses of gyrotropic chiral sculptured thin films to obliquely incident plane waves. Optik. 115(9). 393–398. 12 indexed citations
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Coleman, R. V., et al.. (1981). Magnetotransport and the Fermi surface of iron. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 23(6). 2491–2512. 17 indexed citations

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