Nathan Kundtz

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Nathan Kundtz is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathan Kundtz has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 19 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Nathan Kundtz's work include Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (22 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (19 papers) and Antenna Design and Analysis (10 papers). Nathan Kundtz is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (22 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (19 papers) and Antenna Design and Analysis (10 papers). Nathan Kundtz collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Nathan Kundtz's co-authors include David R. Smith, Patrick Bowen, Nathan Landy, Okan Yurduseven, Daniel A. Roberts, Steven L. Brunton, J. B. Pendry, J. Nathan Kutz, Yaroslav Urzhumov and Patrick T. Bowen and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Materials and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Nathan Kundtz

26 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Extreme-angle broadband metamaterial lens 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Extreme-angle broadband metamaterial lens
    2009 505 citations Nathan Kundtz, David R. Smith Nature Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nathan Kundtz United States 19 1.2k 1.2k 466 283 238 26 1.6k
Yajuan Han China 22 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 458 1.0× 249 0.9× 352 1.5× 97 1.5k
Zahra Atlasbaf Iran 20 1.1k 0.9× 576 0.5× 718 1.5× 164 0.6× 248 1.0× 139 1.5k
Menghua Jiang China 10 997 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 431 0.9× 416 1.5× 268 1.1× 32 1.5k
Wen Xuan Tang China 27 1.8k 1.5× 1.9k 1.6× 1.2k 2.5× 573 2.0× 856 3.6× 68 2.8k
S.P. Yeo Singapore 16 493 0.4× 407 0.3× 760 1.6× 370 1.3× 579 2.4× 88 1.4k
B. Munk United States 19 1.3k 1.1× 654 0.6× 531 1.1× 274 1.0× 98 0.4× 52 1.5k
Lukáš Jelínek Czechia 20 830 0.7× 696 0.6× 550 1.2× 321 1.1× 267 1.1× 83 1.2k
Te‐Kao Wu United States 15 1.1k 0.9× 529 0.5× 533 1.1× 389 1.4× 143 0.6× 76 1.4k
Younes Ra’di United States 20 1.6k 1.4× 2.0k 1.7× 503 1.1× 633 2.2× 717 3.0× 51 2.6k
Ashwin K. Iyer Canada 20 1.9k 1.6× 1.7k 1.5× 1.2k 2.5× 473 1.7× 353 1.5× 108 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nathan Kundtz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nathan Kundtz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, David R., et al.. (2017). Analysis of a Waveguide-Fed Metasurface Antenna. Physical Review Applied. 8(5). 210 indexed citations
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Brunton, Steven L., et al.. (2015). Extremum-seeking control of the beam pattern of a reconfigurable holographic metamaterial antenna. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 33(1). 59–59. 28 indexed citations
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Sazegar, Mohsen, et al.. (2015). 55.2: Invited Paper : Rethinking Wireless Communications: Advanced Antenna Design using LCD Technology. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers. 46(1). 827–830. 14 indexed citations
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Brunton, Steven L., et al.. (2014). Sidelobe canceling on a reconfigurable holographic metamaterial antenna. 806–809. 11 indexed citations
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Kundtz, Nathan. (2014). Next Generation Communications for Next Generation Satellites. 20 indexed citations
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Bowen, Patrick, et al.. (2014). Discrete-dipole approximation model for control and optimization of a holographic metamaterial antenna. Applied Optics. 53(25). 5791–5791. 39 indexed citations
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Driscoll, Tom, Guy Lipworth, Nathan Landy, et al.. (2012). Performance of a three dimensional transformation-optical-flattened Lüneburg lens. Optics Express. 20(12). 13262–13262. 43 indexed citations
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Bowen, Patrick T., Tom Driscoll, Nathan Kundtz, & David R. Smith. (2012). Using a discrete dipole approximation to predict complete scattering of complicated metamaterials. New Journal of Physics. 14(3). 33038–33038. 34 indexed citations
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Hunt, John, Nathan Kundtz, Bruce Sun, & David R. Smith. (2011). Transformation optics compressed rotman lens implemented with complementary metamaterials. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8021. 80210O–80210O. 4 indexed citations
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Hunt, John, et al.. (2011). Broadband Wide Angle Lens Implemented with Dielectric Metamaterials. Sensors. 11(8). 7982–7991. 25 indexed citations
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Smith, David R., Yaroslav Urzhumov, Nathan Kundtz, & Nathan Landy. (2010). Enhancing imaging systems using transformation optics. Optics Express. 18(20). 21238–21238. 47 indexed citations
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Kundtz, Nathan, David R. Smith, & J. B. Pendry. (2010). Electromagnetic Design With Transformation Optics. Proceedings of the IEEE. 99(10). 1622–1633. 73 indexed citations
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Hunt, John, Nathan Kundtz, Nathan Landy, & David R. Smith. (2010). Relaxation approach for the generation of inhomogeneous distributions of uniformly sized particles. Applied Physics Letters. 97(2). 4 indexed citations
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Urzhumov, Yaroslav, Nathan Kundtz, David R. Smith, & J. B. Pendry. (2010). Cross-section comparisons of cloaks designed by transformation optical and optical conformal mapping approaches. Journal of Optics. 13(2). 24002–24002. 39 indexed citations
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Roberts, Daniel A., Nathan Kundtz, & David R. Smith. (2009). Optical lens compression via transformation optics. Optics Express. 17(19). 16535–16535. 85 indexed citations
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Kundtz, Nathan & David R. Smith. (2009). Extreme-angle broadband metamaterial lens. Nature Materials. 9(2). 129–132. 505 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cummer, Steven A., Nathan Kundtz, & Bogdan‐Ioan Popa. (2009). Electromagnetic surface and line sources under coordinate transformations. Physical Review A. 80(3). 16 indexed citations
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Allen, Jeffery, Nathan Kundtz, Daniel A. Roberts, Steven A. Cummer, & David R. Smith. (2009). Electromagnetic source transformations using superellipse equations. Applied Physics Letters. 94(19). 27 indexed citations
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Kundtz, Nathan, Daniel A. Roberts, Jeffery Allen, Steven A. Cummer, & David R. Smith. (2008). Optical source transformations. Optics Express. 16(26). 21215–21215. 41 indexed citations

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