Masahiro Imada

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Masahiro Imada is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahiro Imada has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 35 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 8 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Masahiro Imada's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (34 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (34 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (12 papers). Masahiro Imada is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (34 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (34 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (12 papers). Masahiro Imada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Ireland. Masahiro Imada's co-authors include Susumu Noda, Alongkarn Chutinan, Masamitsu Mochizuki, Makoto Okano, Goro Sasaki, Takashi Tokuda, Michio Murata, Mitsuru Yokoyama, Shinpei Ogawa and Susumu Yoshimoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Masahiro Imada

31 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Trapping and emission of photons by a single defect in a photonic bandgap structure

2000 801 citations Susumu Noda, Alongkarn Chutinan et al. Nature profile →
Coherent two-dimensional lasing action in surface-emitting laser with triangular-lattice photonic crystal structure

1999 555 citations Masahiro Imada, Susumu Noda et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masahiro Imada Japan	18	2.8k	2.6k	791	747	329	39	3.2k
R.M. De La Rue United Kingdom	30	2.6k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	746 0.9×	505 0.7×	318 1.0×	112	2.8k
Ovidiu Toader Canada	16	2.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	723 0.9×	774 1.0×	594 1.8×	19	2.6k
Naoki Ikeda Japan	27	2.1k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	469 0.6×	826 1.1×	576 1.8×	202	3.0k
Alongkarn Chutinan Japan	28	4.2k 1.5×	4.0k 1.5×	1.3k 1.7×	1.2k 1.7×	643 2.0×	52	5.1k
Christian Seassal France	38	3.0k 1.0×	3.8k 1.5×	867 1.1×	1.2k 1.6×	560 1.7×	188	4.5k
Yong-Hee Lee South Korea	26	1.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	412 0.5×	987 1.3×	286 0.9×	52	2.5k
D. Cassagne France	25	2.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	729 0.9×	567 0.8×	131 0.4×	69	2.3k
I. Kim United States	7	1.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	444 0.6×	510 0.7×	143 0.4×	12	2.0k
Pierre Viktorovitch France	29	1.8k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	618 0.8×	524 0.7×	443 1.3×	157	2.5k
Soon-Hong Kwon South Korea	25	2.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	392 0.5×	1.2k 1.7×	344 1.0×	80	2.9k

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Fujiwara, Kosuke, Mikihiko Oogane, Akitake Kanno, et al.. (2018). Magnetocardiography and magnetoencephalography measurements at room temperature using tunnel magneto-resistance sensors. Applied Physics Express. 11(2). 23001–23001. 91 indexed citations

Takahashi, Shigeki, Katsuyoshi SUZUKI, Makoto Okano, et al.. (2009). Direct creation of three-dimensional photonic crystals by a top-down approach. Nature Materials. 8(9). 721–725. 124 indexed citations

Imada, Masahiro, et al.. (2007). High-Precision Alignment and Bonding System for the Fabrication of 3-D Nanostructures. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 16(5). 1140–1144. 23 indexed citations

Okano, Makoto, et al.. (2005). Design of donor-type line-defect waveguides in three-dimensional photonic crystals. Optics Express. 13(24). 9774–9774. 18 indexed citations

Noda, Susumu, Takashi Asano, & Masahiro Imada. (2004). Novel nanostructures for light: photonic crystals. 2. 277–278.

Ogawa, Shinpei, Masahiro Imada, & Susumu Noda. (2003). Analysis of thermal stress in wafer bonding of dissimilar materials for the introduction of an InP-based light emitter into a GaAs-based three-dimensional photonic crystal. Applied Physics Letters. 82(20). 3406–3408. 17 indexed citations

Asano, Takashi, Masamitsu Mochizuki, Susumu Noda, Makoto Okano, & Masahiro Imada. (2003). A channel drop filter using a single defect in a 2-D photonic crystal slab - Defect engineering with respect to polarization mode and ratio of emissions from upper and lower sides. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 21(5). 1370–1376. 25 indexed citations

Noda, Susumu, Takashi Asano, & Masahiro Imada. (2003). Semiconductor photonic crystals and devices. 17 d. 437–438.

Noda, Susumu & Masahiro Imada. (2002). 2D photonic crystal surface-emitting laser using triangular-lattice structure. IEICE Transactions on Electronics. 85(1). 45–51. 2 indexed citations

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Noda, Susumu, Masahiro Imada, Alongkarn Chutinan, & Noritsugu Yamamoto. (2002). III–V based-semiconductor photonic crystals. Optical and Quantum Electronics. 34(8). 723–736. 3 indexed citations

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Imada, Masahiro, et al.. (2002). Light-emitting devices with one- and two-dimensional air/semiconductor gratings embedded by wafer fusion technique. 211–212.

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Noda, Susumu, Takashi Asano, & Masahiro Imada. (2002). Photonic Crystals and Their Applications.

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Noda, Susumu, Masahiro Imada, Makoto Okano, et al.. (2002). Semiconductor three-dimensional and two-dimensional photonic crystals and devices. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 38(7). 726–735. 66 indexed citations

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Imada, Masahiro, Alongkarn Chutinan, Masamitsu Mochizuki, Tetsu Tanaka, & Susumu Noda. (2002). Theoretical analysis of trapping and emission of photons by a single defect in a 2D photonic crystal slab. 1. I–286.

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Yokoyama, Mitsuru, et al.. (2001). Wafer Fusion Condition for GaAs/AlGaAs System and Its Application to Laser Diode. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 40(8A). L847–L847.

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Noda, Susumu, Alongkarn Chutinan, & Masahiro Imada. (2000). Trapping and emission of photons by a single defect in a photonic bandgap structure. Nature. 407(6804). 608–610. 801 indexed citations breakdown →

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Imada, Masahiro, Susumu Noda, Alongkarn Chutinan, et al.. (1999). Coherent two-dimensional lasing action in surface-emitting laser with triangular-lattice photonic crystal structure. Applied Physics Letters. 75(3). 316–318. 555 indexed citations breakdown →

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Imada, Masahiro, Susumu Noda, Haruo Kobayashi, & Goro Sasaki. (1999). Characterization of a distributed feedback laser with air/semiconductor gratings embedded by the wafer fusion technique. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 35(9). 1277–1283. 9 indexed citations

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Imada, Masahiro, Susumu Noda, Atsushi Sasaki, Haruo Kobayashi, & Goro Sasaki. (1997). Distributed feedback surface-emitting laser with air/semiconductor gratings embedded by mass-transport assisted wafer fusion technique. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 9(4). 419–421. 8 indexed citations

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Imada, Masahiro. (1978). Crystal phases of nonohmic Zinc oxide ceramics. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 17. 1–10. 32 indexed citations

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