Steven G. Johnson

47.6k citations

315 papers · 34.2k indexed · 14 hit papers · h-index 76

Impact in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.01%
- Photonic Crystals and Applications
- Mechanical and Optical Resonators
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
Surfaces, Coatings and Films top 0.02%
- Optical Coatings and Gratings

Papers in

Acoustics and Ultrasonics 8
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 224
- Photonic Crystals and Applications 139
- Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect 35
- Mechanical and Optical Resonators 28

Co-authors: John D. Joannopoulos Matteo Frigo Joshua N. Winn Robert D. Meade Mihai Ibanescu Marin Soljačić J. D. Joannopoulos Alejandro W. Rodríguez
Journals: Optics Express (45 papers)Physical Review A (21 papers)Physical Review Letters (21 papers)Optics Letters (15 papers)Applied Physics Letters (12 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Japan

In The Last Decade

Steven G. Johnson

297 papers receiving 32.4k citations

Hit Papers

14 papers align trajectories log scale

A framework for scintillation in nanophotonics 2022 · 147 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Science
2022 Nature Communications
2022 ACS Photonics
2013 Nature
2011 Nature Photonics
2011 Princeton University Press eBooks
2009 Computer Physics Communications
2008 Princeton University Press eBooks
2005 Proceedings of the IEEE
2002 Physical review. B, Condensed matter
2002 FFTW: an adaptive software architecture for the FFT
2001 Optics Express
1999 Physical review. B, Condensed matter
1995 CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Steven G. Johnson, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Eigenvalue-accelerated LDOS optimization of high- Q optical resonances Optics Express ·George Shaker, Beñat Martinez de Aguirre Jokisch, Pengning Chao, Steven G. Johnson	2026	0
2	Validation and characterization of algorithms and software for photonics inverse design Journal of the Optical Society of America B ·Mo Chen, Rasmus E. Christiansen, Jonathan A. Fan, Göktuğ Işıklar, Jiaqi Jiang, Steven G. Johnson, Wenchao Ma, Owen D. Miller, Ardavan Oskooi, Martin F. Schubert, Fengwen Wang, Ian A. D. Williamson, Wenjin Xue, You Zhou	2023	21
3	Module-Level Polaritonic Thermophotovoltaic Emitters via Hierarchical Sequential Learning Nano Letters ·Qixiang Wang, Zhequn Huang, Jiazhou Li, Guan-Yao Huang, Dewen Wang, Heng Zhang, Jiang Guo, Min Ding, Jintao Chen, Zihan Zhang, Zhenhua Rui, Wen Shang, Jiayue Xu, Jian Zhang, Junichiro Shiomi, Tairan Fu, Tao Deng, Steven G. Johnson, Hongxing Xu, Kehang Cui	2023	13
4	Inverse design enables large-scale high-performance meta-optics reshaping virtual reality Nature Communications ·Zhaoyi Li, Raphaël Pestourie, Joon‐Suh Park, Yao‐Wei Huang, Steven G. Johnson, Federico Capasso Hit paper breakdown →	2022	181
5	Inverse‐Designed Meta‐Optics with Spectral‐Spatial Engineered Response to Mimic Color Perception Advanced Optical Materials ·Chris Munley, Wenchao Ma, Johannes E. Fröch, Quentin A. A. Tanguy, Elyas Bayati, K. F. Böhringer, Zin Lin, Raphaël Pestourie, Steven G. Johnson, Arka Majumdar	2022	4
6	Inverse designed extended depth of focus meta‐optics for broadband imaging in the visible Nanophotonics ·Elyas Bayati, Raphaël Pestourie, Shane Colburn, Zin Lin, Steven G. Johnson, Arka Majumdar	2021	42
7	∂PV: An end-to-end differentiable solar-cell simulator Computer Physics Communications ·Sean Mann, Eric Fadel, Samuel S. Schoenholz, Ekin D. Cubuk, Steven G. Johnson, Giuseppe Romano	2021	10
8	Inverse Designed Metalenses with Extended Depth of Focus ACS Photonics ·Elyas Bayati, Raphaël Pestourie, Shane Colburn, Zin Lin, Steven G. Johnson, Arka Majumdar	2020	68
9	Inverse designed metalenses with extended depth of focus Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·Elyas Bayati, Raphaël Pestourie, Shane Colburn, Zin Lin, Steven G. Johnson, Arka Majumdar	2020	4
10	Luneburg Lens for Wide-Angle Chip-Scale Optical Beam Steering Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·Samuel Kim, Jamison Sloan, Josué J. López, Dave Kharas, Jeffrey S. Herd, Suraj Bramhavar, P Juodawlkis, George Barbastathis, Steven G. Johnson, Cheryl Sorace-Agaskar, Marin Soljačić	2019	3
11	Cavity-enhanced second-harmonic generation via nonlinear-overlap optimization Optica ·Zin Lin, Xiangdong Liang, Marko Lončar, Steven G. Johnson, Alejandro W. Rodríguez	2016	119
12	Advances in FDTD Computational Electrodynamics: Photonics and Nanotechnology Steven G. Johnson, Ardavan Oskooi, Allen Taflove	2013	170
13	Bloch surface eigenstates within the radiation continuum Nature ·Chia Wei Hsu, Bo Zhen, Song-Liang Chua, Steven G. Johnson, John D. Joannopoulos, Marin Soljačić	2013	6
14	Using in-fiber fluid instabilities for the scalable production of structured spherical particles Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Ayman F. Abouraddy, Joshua J. Kaufman, Guangming Tao, Soroush Shabahang, Esmaeil‐Hooman Banaei, Daosheng Deng, Xiangdong Liang, Steven G. Johnson, Yoel Fink	2012	0
15	Geometry-dependent Casimir forces on a silicon chip arXiv (Cornell University) ·Jie Zou, Z. Marcet, Alejandro W. Rodríguez, M. T. Homer Reid, Alexander P. McCauley, Ivan I. Kravchenko, Tao Lű, Yiliang Bao, Steven G. Johnson, H. B. Chan	2012	1
16	Structured spheres generated by an in-fibre fluid instability Nature ·Joshua J. Kaufman, Guangming Tao, Soroush Shabahang, Esmaeil‐Hooman Banaei, Daosheng Deng, Xiangdong Liang, Steven G. Johnson, Yoel Fink, Ayman F. Abouraddy	2012	161
17	General scaling limitations of ground-plane cloaks arXiv (Cornell University) ·Hila Hashemi, Ardavan Oskooi, John D. Joannopoulos, Steven G. Johnson	2011	1
18	Casimir forces in the time domain: Applications APS ·Steven G. Johnson, Alejandro W. Rodríguez, Alexander P. McCauley, John D. Joannopoulos	2010	0
19	Efficient low-power terahertz generation via on-chip triply-resonant nonlinear frequency mixing DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·Peter T. Rakich, Alejandro W. Rodríguez, John D. Joannopoulos, (unknown), Steven G. Johnson, (unknown)	2009	13
20	Adiabatic theorem and continuous coupled-mode theory for efficient taper transitions in photonic crystals Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·Steven G. Johnson, Peter Bienstman, Maksim Skorobogatiy, Mihai Ibanescu, Elefterios Lidorikis, J. D. Joannopoulos	2002	181

About Steven G. Johnson

Steven G. Johnson is a scholar working on Acoustics and Ultrasonics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, having authored 315 papers that have together received 34.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Photonic Crystals and Applications (139 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (132 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (43 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (37 papers), Optical Coatings and Gratings (35 papers), Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (35 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (28 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (27 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (23.4k citations), Surfaces, Coatings and Films (4.5k citations), Acoustics and Ultrasonics (506 citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (18.2k citations) and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (5.7k citations). Steven G. Johnson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Frequent co-authors include John D. Joannopoulos, Matteo Frigo, Joshua N. Winn, Robert D. Meade, Mihai Ibanescu, Marin Soljačić, J. D. Joannopoulos, Alejandro W. Rodríguez, Shanhui Fan and Ardavan Oskooi. Their work appears in journals such as Optics Express, Physical Review A, Physical Review Letters, Optics Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

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