M. Zahirul Alam

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

M. Zahirul Alam is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Zahirul Alam has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in M. Zahirul Alam's work include Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (21 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (20 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (14 papers). M. Zahirul Alam is often cited by papers focused on Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (21 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (20 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (14 papers). M. Zahirul Alam collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Israel. M. Zahirul Alam's co-authors include Robert W. Boyd, Israel De Leon, Orad Reshef, Jeremy Upham, Sebastian A. Schulz, Mohammad Karimi, Jacques Albert, Cong Liu, Yiyu Zhou and Alan E. Willner and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

M. Zahirul Alam

31 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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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 M. Zahirul Alam, Israel De Leon et al. Science profile →
Nonlinear optical effects in epsilon-near-zero media

2019 378 citations Orad Reshef, Israel De Leon et al. Nature Reviews Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Zahirul Alam Canada	14	1.2k	1.1k	941	935	206	34	2.0k
Clayton DeVault United States	17	885 0.7×	750 0.7×	724 0.8×	676 0.7×	198 1.0×	36	1.5k
Sergey Lepeshov Russia	16	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	969 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	521 2.5×	31	2.5k
Artur R. Davoyan United States	26	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	764 0.8×	214 1.0×	65	2.6k
R. Gómez-Medina Spain	15	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	318 0.3×	796 0.9×	175 0.8×	18	1.7k
Stephanie Law United States	22	728 0.6×	758 0.7×	619 0.7×	619 0.7×	111 0.5×	89	1.7k
Matthias W. Klein Germany	11	905 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	503 0.5×	1.4k 1.5×	441 2.1×	14	1.8k
Alexander J. Giles United States	16	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	455 0.5×	662 0.7×	125 0.6×	38	2.0k
Gregory M. Peake United States	18	848 0.7×	559 0.5×	640 0.7×	507 0.5×	145 0.7×	57	1.4k
Sean Molesky United States	13	708 0.6×	270 0.3×	402 0.4×	383 0.4×	124 0.6×	33	1.2k
Ganesh Balakrishnan United States	29	1.9k 1.6×	567 0.5×	2.0k 2.1×	196 0.2×	78 0.4×	173	2.6k

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Xu, Yang, Saumya Choudhary, M. Zahirul Alam, & Robert W. Boyd. (2024). Non-perturbative quantum nature of high harmonic generation driven by non-classical light. JTu5A.36–JTu5A.36.

Huidobro, Paloma A., M. Zahirul Alam, Nader Engheta, & Víctor Pacheco‐Peña. (2023). Feature issue introduction: temporal and spatiotemporal metamaterials. Optics Express. 31(11). 18072–18072. 2 indexed citations

Karimi, Mohammad, Kashif M. Awan, Rasoul Alaee, et al.. (2023). Interactions of Fundamental Mie Modes with Thin Epsilon-near-Zero Substrates. Nano Letters. 23(24). 11555–11561. 9 indexed citations

Eismann, Jörg S., Sergey Nechayev, M. Zahirul Alam, et al.. (2022). Enhanced spin–orbit coupling in an epsilon-near-zero material. Optica. 9(9). 1094–1094. 8 indexed citations

Alam, M. Zahirul, Dominik Beutel, Lin Cheng, et al.. (2022). Optically tunable bianisotropy in a sphere made from an epsilon-near-zero material. Optics Letters. 48(3). 783–783. 2 indexed citations

Pang, Kai, M. Zahirul Alam, Yiyu Zhou, et al.. (2021). Adiabatic Frequency Conversion Using a Time-Varying Epsilon-Near-Zero Metasurface. Nano Letters. 21(14). 5907–5913. 46 indexed citations

Liu, Cong, M. Zahirul Alam, Kai Pang, et al.. (2021). Photon Acceleration Using a Time-Varying Epsilon-near-Zero Metasurface. ACS Photonics. 8(3). 716–720. 34 indexed citations

Liu, Cong, M. Zahirul Alam, Kai Pang, et al.. (2021). Tunable Doppler shift using a time-varying epsilon-near-zero thin film near 1550 nm. Optics Letters. 46(14). 3444–3444. 9 indexed citations

Reshef, Orad, et al.. (2020). Enhanced Nonlinear Optical Responses of Layered Epsilon-near-Zero Metamaterials at Visible Frequencies. ACS Photonics. 8(1). 125–129. 59 indexed citations

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Liu, Cong, M. Zahirul Alam, Kai Pang, et al.. (2020). Experimental Demonstration of Self-Phase-Modulation Induced Wavelength Shift in an 80-nm thick ITO-ENZ Material in the Telecom c Band. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. FTu3Q.5–FTu3Q.5. 2 indexed citations

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Lobet, Michaël, Iñigo Liberal, Erik Knall, et al.. (2020). Fundamental Radiative Processes in Near-Zero-Index Media of Various Dimensionalities. ACS Photonics. 7(8). 1965–1970. 33 indexed citations

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Manukyan, Karapet, M. Zahirul Alam, Cong Liu, et al.. (2020). Generation of Pulses with Dynamic Polarization Evolution Using Time-Varying Epsilon-Near-Zero Metasurface. 352. 1–2. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yiyu, M. Zahirul Alam, Mohammad Karimi, et al.. (2020). Broadband frequency translation through time refraction in an epsilon-near-zero material. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2180–2180. 164 indexed citations

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Manukyan, Karapet, M. Zahirul Alam, Cong Liu, et al.. (2020). Interaction Between a Nanoantenna Array and an Epsilon- Near-Zero Thin Film: Ultrastrong Coupling and Resonance Pinning for Engineered Highly Nonlinear Metasurface. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 11. FM1B.6–FM1B.6. 3 indexed citations

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Reshef, Orad, M. Zahirul Alam, Jeremy Upham, et al.. (2020). Ultra-High-Q Resonance in a Plasmonic Metasurface. NoW1C.3–NoW1C.3. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yiyu, Jeremy Upham, Orad Reshef, et al.. (2019). Frequency conversion through time refraction using an epsilon-near-zero material. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 14. FF1B.3–FF1B.3. 1 indexed citations

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Reshef, Orad, Israel De Leon, M. Zahirul Alam, & Robert W. Boyd. (2019). Nonlinear optical effects in epsilon-near-zero media. Nature Reviews Materials. 4(8). 535–551. 378 indexed citations breakdown →

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Alam, M. Zahirul, Yiyu Zhou, Mohammad Karimi, et al.. (2019). Epsilon-near-zero Material for Time Refraction. NTh3A.4–NTh3A.4. 1 indexed citations

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Alam, M. Zahirul, Israel De Leon, & Robert W. Boyd. (2016). Large optical nonlinearity of indium tin oxide in its epsilon-near-zero region. Science. 352(6287). 795–797. 804 indexed citations breakdown →

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Alam, M. Zahirul & Jacques Albert. (2013). Selective Excitation of Radially and Azimuthally Polarized Optical Fiber Cladding Modes. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 31(19). 3167–3175. 64 indexed citations

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