Ofer Shapira

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Ofer Shapira is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Ofer Shapira has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 20 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 4 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Ofer Shapira's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (18 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (12 papers) and Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (11 papers). Ofer Shapira is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (18 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (12 papers) and Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics (11 papers). Ofer Shapira collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Türkiye. Ofer Shapira's co-authors include John D. Joannopoulos, Yoel Fink, Ayman F. Abouraddy, Marin Soljačić, N. Orf, Bo Zhen, Wenjun Qiu, Fabien Sorin, Song-Liang Chua and Jeongwon Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ofer Shapira

33 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Towards multimaterial multifunctional fibres that see, hear, sense and communicate
    2007 390 citations Ayman F. Abouraddy, Mehmet Bayındır et al. 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
Ofer Shapira United States 20 1.2k 775 667 272 260 33 1.9k
Guangya Zhou Singapore 28 1.7k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 1.1k 1.6× 251 0.9× 167 0.6× 156 2.5k
Kyoung‐Ho Kim South Korea 23 841 0.7× 578 0.7× 607 0.9× 562 2.1× 451 1.7× 110 1.8k
Peter Dannberg Germany 24 989 0.8× 864 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 106 0.4× 265 1.0× 99 2.3k
Muhan Choi South Korea 20 1.1k 0.9× 640 0.8× 954 1.4× 1.2k 4.4× 255 1.0× 70 2.3k
Rui Yang China 21 934 0.8× 536 0.7× 479 0.7× 400 1.5× 542 2.1× 85 1.7k
Tianrui Zhai China 28 1.0k 0.9× 1.2k 1.6× 733 1.1× 375 1.4× 562 2.2× 191 2.8k
Damian J. Gardiner United Kingdom 19 570 0.5× 753 1.0× 219 0.3× 817 3.0× 347 1.3× 34 1.5k
M. O’Boyle United States 11 2.4k 2.0× 2.5k 3.3× 1.4k 2.0× 233 0.9× 949 3.6× 17 3.8k
Jonathan J. D. McKendry United Kingdom 36 3.7k 3.0× 676 0.9× 900 1.3× 423 1.6× 810 3.1× 120 4.8k
Can Huang China 21 1.3k 1.0× 810 1.0× 550 0.8× 527 1.9× 574 2.2× 54 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ofer Shapira

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ofer Shapira

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ofer Shapira. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ofer Shapira 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 Ofer Shapira. Ofer Shapira is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shapira, Ofer, et al.. (2015). Binary Polarization Kernels From Code Decompositions. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 61(5). 2227–2239. 25 indexed citations
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Hsu, Chia Wei, Bo Zhen, Wenjun Qiu, et al.. (2014). Transparent displays enabled by resonant nanoparticle scattering. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3152–3152. 180 indexed citations
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Lee, Jeongwon, Bo Zhen, Song-Liang Chua, Ofer Shapira, & Marin Soljačić. (2014). Fabricating centimeter-scale high quality factor two-dimensional periodic photonic crystal slabs. Optics Express. 22(3). 3724–3724. 5 indexed citations
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Hsu, Chia Wei, Bo Zhen, Qiu Wang, et al.. (2014). Transparent Displays Enabled by Resonant Nanoparticle Scattering. FW3K.1–FW3K.1. 7 indexed citations
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Ruff, Zachary, Alexander M. Stolyarov, Grisha Spektor, et al.. (2013). Asymmetric wave propagation in planar chiral fibers. Optics Express. 21(2). 1465–1465. 9 indexed citations
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Zhen, Bo, Song-Liang Chua, Jeongwon Lee, et al.. (2013). Enabling enhanced emission and low-threshold lasing of organic molecules using special Fano resonances of macroscopic photonic crystals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(34). 13711–13716. 116 indexed citations
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Lee, Jeongwon, Bo Zhen, Song-Liang Chua, et al.. (2012). Observation and Differentiation of Unique High-Q Optical Resonances Near Zero Wave Vector in Macroscopic Photonic Crystal Slabs. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 24 indexed citations
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Stolyarov, Alexander M., et al.. (2012). Microfluidic directional emission control of an azimuthally polarized radial fibre laser. Nat. Photonics 4, 229-233. 2 indexed citations
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Orf, N., Ofer Shapira, Fabien Sorin, et al.. (2011). Fiber draw synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(12). 4743–4747. 60 indexed citations
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Shapira, Ofer, et al.. (2011). Polar codes with mixed kernels. 6–10. 12 indexed citations
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Ruff, Zachary, et al.. (2010). Polymer-composite fibers for transmitting high peak power pulses at 155 microns. Optics Express. 18(15). 15697–15697. 11 indexed citations
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Shapira, Ofer, et al.. (2010). Enabling coherent superpositions of iso-frequency optical states in multimode fibers. Optics Express. 18(12). 12622–12622. 5 indexed citations
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Sorin, Fabien, Ofer Shapira, Ayman F. Abouraddy, et al.. (2009). Exploiting Collective Effects of Multiple Optoelectronic Devices Integrated in a Single Fiber. Nano Letters. 9(7). 2630–2635. 41 indexed citations
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Abouraddy, Ayman F., Mehmet Bayındır, Gaboury Benoit, et al.. (2007). Towards multimaterial multifunctional fibres that see, hear, sense and communicate. Nature Materials. 6(5). 336–347. 390 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sorin, Fabien, Ayman F. Abouraddy, N. Orf, et al.. (2007). Multimaterial Photodetecting Fibers: a Geometric and Structural Study. Advanced Materials. 19(22). 3872–3877. 68 indexed citations
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Abouraddy, Ayman F., Ofer Shapira, Mehmet Bayındır, et al.. (2006). Large-scale optical-field measurements with geometric fibre constructs. Nature Materials. 5(7). 532–536. 74 indexed citations
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Bayındır, Mehmet, Ayman F. Abouraddy, Ofer Shapira, et al.. (2006). Kilometer-Long Ordered Nanophotonic Devices by Preform-to-Fiber Fabrication. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 12(6). 1202–1213. 33 indexed citations
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Shapira, Ofer, Ken Kuriki, N. Orf, et al.. (2006). Surface-emitting fiber lasers. Optics Express. 14(9). 3929–3929. 62 indexed citations
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Shapira, Ofer, Ayman F. Abouraddy, John D. Joannopoulos, & Yoel Fink. (2005). Complete Modal Decomposition for Optical Waveguides. Physical Review Letters. 94(14). 143902–143902. 119 indexed citations
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Bayındır, Mehmet, Ofer Shapira, Jeff Viens, et al.. (2005). Integrated fibres for self-monitored optical transport. Nature Materials. 4(11). 820–825. 55 indexed citations

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