Thaibao Phan

637 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 483 citations indexed

About

Thaibao Phan is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Aerospace Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thaibao Phan has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 483 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 7 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Thaibao Phan's work include Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (9 papers), Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (7 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (3 papers). Thaibao Phan is often cited by papers focused on Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (9 papers), Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (7 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (3 papers). Thaibao Phan collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and South Korea. Thaibao Phan's co-authors include Jonathan A. Fan, Evan W. Wang, D. D. Sell, Sage Doshay, Jianji Yang, Kofi Edée, Shang‐Jie Yu, Scott Dhuey, Scott Dhuey and Jiaqi Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Light Science & Applications and Laser & Photonics Review.

In The Last Decade

Thaibao Phan

10 papers receiving 457 citations

Hit Papers

High-efficiency, large-area, topology-optimized metasurfaces 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200 250
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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. High-efficiency, large-area, topology-optimized metasurfaces
    2019 264 citations Thaibao Phan, D. D. Sell et al. Light Science & Applications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thaibao Phan United States 6 366 220 201 173 150 11 483
Evan W. Wang United States 6 367 1.0× 220 1.0× 202 1.0× 174 1.0× 148 1.0× 8 483
Jianping Guo China 13 325 0.9× 194 0.9× 195 1.0× 174 1.0× 195 1.3× 68 541
Mahdad Mansouree United States 7 358 1.0× 189 0.9× 195 1.0× 185 1.1× 185 1.2× 18 549
Jonathan Bar-David Israel 11 325 0.9× 169 0.8× 200 1.0× 231 1.3× 172 1.1× 18 496
Qiaoling Lin China 5 383 1.0× 209 0.9× 186 0.9× 151 0.9× 115 0.8× 11 495
Xuexue Guo United States 7 334 0.9× 180 0.8× 220 1.1× 173 1.0× 165 1.1× 14 494
Kerolos M. A. Yousef United States 5 462 1.3× 253 1.1× 197 1.0× 169 1.0× 137 0.9× 7 566
Jeremiah P. Turpin United States 14 531 1.5× 554 2.5× 141 0.7× 113 0.7× 247 1.6× 36 790
Zhiqin Huang United States 6 271 0.7× 132 0.6× 147 0.7× 178 1.0× 156 1.0× 8 428

Countries citing papers authored by Thaibao Phan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thaibao Phan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thaibao Phan

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Wang, Evan W., Shang‐Jie Yu, Thaibao Phan, Scott Dhuey, & Jonathan A. Fan. (2023). Arbitrary Achromatic Polarization Control with Reconfigurable Metasurface Systems (Laser Photonics Rev. 17(7)/2023). Laser & Photonics Review. 17(7).
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Phan, Thaibao, et al.. (2023). Snapshot Mueller spectropolarimeter imager. Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 9(1). 125–125. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Evan W., Shang‐Jie Yu, Thaibao Phan, Scott Dhuey, & Jonathan A. Fan. (2023). Arbitrary Achromatic Polarization Control with Reconfigurable Metasurface Systems. Laser & Photonics Review. 17(7). 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Evan W., Thaibao Phan, Shang‐Jie Yu, Scott Dhuey, & Jonathan A. Fan. (2022). Dynamic circular birefringence response with fractured geometric phase metasurface systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(12). e2122085119–e2122085119. 19 indexed citations
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Phan, Thaibao, Grayson Zulauf, Jonathan A. Fan, & Juan Rivas-Davila. (2020). 1 kW, Multi-MHz Wireless Charging for Electric Transportation. 1–7. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Evan W., D. D. Sell, Thaibao Phan, & Jonathan A. Fan. (2019). Robust design of topology-optimized metasurfaces. Optical Materials Express. 9(2). 469–469. 81 indexed citations
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Phan, Thaibao, D. D. Sell, Evan W. Wang, et al.. (2019). High-efficiency, large-area, topology-optimized metasurfaces. Light Science & Applications. 8(1). 48–48. 264 indexed citations breakdown →
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Phan, Thaibao, D. D. Sell, Jianji Yang, Sage Doshay, & Jonathan A. Fan. (2018). Metasurface Lenses Based on Topology-Optimized Wavelength-Scale Building Blocks. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. FF3C.6–FF3C.6. 1 indexed citations
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Sell, D. D., Jianji Yang, Evan W. Wang, et al.. (2018). Ultra-High-Efficiency Anomalous Refraction with Dielectric Metasurfaces. ACS Photonics. 5(6). 2402–2407. 90 indexed citations
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Jiang, Jiaqi, Thaibao Phan, & Jonathan A. Fan. (2018). High Efficiency Aperiodic Metasurfaces Based on Variable Phase Shifting Element Spacing. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. FF3C.1–FF3C.1. 4 indexed citations
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Phan, Thaibao, Li Zhu, Pengfei Qiao, & Connie J. Chang-Hasnain. (2016). Planar lens with a quasi-periodic circular design. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9757. 97570M–97570M. 1 indexed citations

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