Nir Shitrit

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Nir Shitrit is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nir Shitrit has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 14 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nir Shitrit's work include Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (13 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (12 papers) and Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (7 papers). Nir Shitrit is often cited by papers focused on Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (13 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (12 papers) and Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (7 papers). Nir Shitrit collaborates with scholars based in Israel and United States. Nir Shitrit's co-authors include Erez Hasman, Vladimir Kleiner, Dekel Veksler, Yuri Gorodetski, Elhanan Maguid, Dror Ozeri, Igor Yulevich, Xiang Zhang, Yuan Wang and Pankaj K. Jha and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Nir Shitrit

18 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Spin-Optical Metamaterial Route to Spin-Controlled Photonics 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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. Spin-Optical Metamaterial Route to Spin-Controlled Photonics
    2013 403 citations Nir Shitrit, Igor Yulevich et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nir Shitrit Israel 11 794 735 641 215 206 18 1.1k
Igor Yulevich Israel 7 701 0.9× 881 1.2× 537 0.8× 408 1.9× 198 1.0× 9 1.2k
J. Perczel United States 6 417 0.5× 395 0.5× 285 0.4× 150 0.7× 117 0.6× 6 717
Hoyeong Kwon United States 9 316 0.4× 439 0.6× 260 0.4× 181 0.8× 292 1.4× 14 732
Sina Saravi Germany 10 589 0.7× 271 0.4× 342 0.5× 76 0.4× 479 2.3× 35 824
Tan Shi China 9 406 0.5× 678 0.9× 360 0.6× 376 1.7× 225 1.1× 11 895
Carlos García‐Meca Spain 14 339 0.4× 548 0.7× 468 0.7× 271 1.3× 289 1.4× 44 879
Valerio Flavio Gili Italy 10 411 0.5× 291 0.4× 421 0.7× 62 0.3× 300 1.5× 26 621
Xinbo Sha China 6 330 0.4× 389 0.5× 239 0.4× 160 0.7× 194 0.9× 10 619
Ori Avayu Israel 10 461 0.6× 677 0.9× 556 0.9× 277 1.3× 198 1.0× 16 918
Hammad Ahmed United Kingdom 14 397 0.5× 568 0.8× 268 0.4× 305 1.4× 174 0.8× 31 765

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nir Shitrit

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nir Shitrit

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nir Shitrit. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nir Shitrit based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nir Shitrit. Nir Shitrit is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Shitrit, Nir & Connie J. Chang-Hasnain. (2022). Toward 3D Imaging with Ultracompact Structured Light System of Metasurface-Combining VCSELs. 15. 3Th3A.1–3Th3A.1. 1 indexed citations
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Shitrit, Nir, et al.. (2020). Ultracompact Structured Light System of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers Combining Metagratings. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. FTh4B.5–FTh4B.5. 4 indexed citations
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Shitrit, Nir, et al.. (2018). Asymmetric Free-Space Light Transport at Nonlinear Metasurfaces. Physical Review Letters. 121(4). 46101–46101. 30 indexed citations
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Jha, Pankaj K., Nir Shitrit, Xuexin Ren, Yuan Wang, & Xiang Zhang. (2018). Spontaneous Exciton Valley Coherence in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers Interfaced with an Anisotropic Metasurface. Physical Review Letters. 121(11). 116102–116102. 39 indexed citations
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Jha, Pankaj K., Nir Shitrit, Jeongmin Kim, et al.. (2017). Metasurface-Mediated Quantum Entanglement. ACS Photonics. 5(3). 971–976. 54 indexed citations
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Veksler, Dekel, Elhanan Maguid, Nir Shitrit, et al.. (2015). Multiple Wavefront Shaping by Metasurface Based on Mixed Random Antenna Groups. ACS Photonics. 2(5). 661–667. 81 indexed citations
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Yulevich, Igor, Elhanan Maguid, Nir Shitrit, et al.. (2015). Optical Mode Control by Geometric Phase in Quasicrystal Metasurface. Physical Review Letters. 115(20). 205501–205501. 26 indexed citations
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Shitrit, Nir, Igor Yulevich, Elhanan Maguid, et al.. (2013). Spin-Optical Metamaterial Route to Spin-Controlled Photonics. Science. 340(6133). 724–726. 403 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shitrit, Nir, Igor Yulevich, Vladimir Kleiner, & Erez Hasman. (2013). Spin-controlled plasmonics via optical Rashba effect. Applied Physics Letters. 103(21). 22 indexed citations
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Shitrit, Nir, Shai Maayani, Dekel Veksler, Vladimir Kleiner, & Erez Hasman. (2013). Rashba-type plasmonic metasurface. Optics Letters. 38(21). 4358–4358. 24 indexed citations
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Shitrit, Nir, Igor Yulevich, Elhanan Maguid, et al.. (2013). Spinoptical Metamaterials: A Novel Class of Metasurfaces. Optics and Photonics News. 24(12). 53–53. 1 indexed citations
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Shitrit, Nir, Vladimir Kleiner, & Erez Hasman. (2012). Spin-Dependent Plasmonics Based on Interfering Topological Defects. QTh4F.6–QTh4F.6. 1 indexed citations
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Shitrit, Nir, Sergey Nechayev, Vladimir Kleiner, & Erez Hasman. (2012). Spin-Dependent Plasmonics Based on Interfering Topological Defects. Nano Letters. 12(3). 1620–1623. 40 indexed citations
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Shitrit, Nir, et al.. (2011). Optical Spin Hall Effects in Plasmonic Chains. Nano Letters. 11(5). 2038–2042. 247 indexed citations
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Hasman, Erez, et al.. (2011). Optical spin-Hall effects in plasmonics. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8096. 80961T–80961T. 2 indexed citations
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Gorodetski, Yuri, et al.. (2009). Whirling Plasmons: Angular Momentum Selection Rule. Optics and Photonics News. 20(12). 26–26. 2 indexed citations
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Gorodetski, Yuri, et al.. (2009). Observation of Optical Spin Symmetry Breaking in Nanoapertures. Nano Letters. 9(8). 3016–3019. 134 indexed citations
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Hasman, Erez, et al.. (2009). Spinoptics: spin symmetry breaking in plasmonic nanostructures. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7394. 73941W–73941W. 2 indexed citations

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