William L. Barnes

38.7k total citations · 11 hit papers
362 papers, 30.6k citations indexed

About

William L. Barnes is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William L. Barnes has authored 362 papers receiving a total of 30.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 126 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 109 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in William L. Barnes's work include Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (120 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (103 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (79 papers). William L. Barnes is often cited by papers focused on Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (120 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (103 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (79 papers). William L. Barnes collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. William L. Barnes's co-authors include Thomas W. Ebbesen, Alain Dereux, V. V. Salomonson, Päivi Törmä, Baptiste Auguié, W. Andrew Murray, Piers Andrew, J. R. Sambles, Xiaoxiong Xiong and Nina Meinzer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

William L. Barnes

354 papers receiving 29.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Surface plasmon subwavelength optics

2003 9.1k citations William L. Barnes, Alain Dereux et al. Nature profile →
Strong coupling between surface plasmon polaritons and emitters: a review

2014 1.2k citations William L. Barnes et al. profile →
Plasmonic Surface Lattice Resonances: A Review of Properties and Applications

2018 1.0k citations William L. Barnes et al. profile →
Collective Resonances in Gold Nanoparticle Arrays

2008 877 citations William L. Barnes et al. profile →
MODIS: advanced facility instrument for studies of the Earth as a system

1989 876 citations V. V. Salomonson, William L. Barnes et al. profile →
Plasmonic meta-atoms and metasurfaces

2014 802 citations William L. Barnes et al. profile →
Fluorescence near interfaces: The role of photonic mode density

1998 796 citations William L. Barnes profile →
Plasmonic Materials

2007 680 citations William L. Barnes et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Prelaunch characteristics of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on EOS-AM1

1998 669 citations William L. Barnes, V. V. Salomonson et al. profile →
Surface Plasmon Polaritons and Their Role in the Enhanced Transmission of Light through Periodic Arrays of Subwavelength Holes in a Metal Film

2004 577 citations William L. Barnes, Thomas W. Ebbesen et al. profile →
Surface plasmon–polariton length scales: a route to sub-wavelength optics

2006 494 citations William L. Barnes profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Response to Comment on “Non‐Polaritonic Effects in Cavity‐Modified Photochemistry”: On the Importance of Experimental Details 2025 ·Advanced Materials ·Philip A. Thomas, William L. Barnes	1
2	Dispersion of backward-propagating waves in a surface defect on a three-dimensional photonic band-gap crystal 2025 ·Physical review. B. ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William L. Barnes, Ad Lagendijk, Willem L. Vos	0
3	Strong coupling in molecular systems: a simple predictor employing routine optical measurements 2024 ·Nanophotonics ·Marie S. Rider, Edwin C. Johnson, (unknown), William P. Wardley, (unknown), Robert D. J. Oliver, Steven P. Armes, Graham J. Leggett, William L. Barnes	3
4	Long‐range molecular energy transfer mediated by strong coupling to plasmonic topological edge states 2024 ·Nanophotonics ·(unknown), José A. Sánchez‐Gil, Vincenzo Giannini, William L. Barnes, Marie S. Rider	2
5	Wavefront shaping to improve beam quality: converting a speckle pattern into a Gaussian spot 2023 ·Physica Scripta ·(unknown), William L. Barnes, Jacopo Bertolotti	1
6	Author Correction: All-optical switching of an epsilon-near-zero plasmon resonance in indium tin oxide 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Justus Bohn, Ting S. Luk, (unknown), Sam W. Hutchings, Igal Brener, S. A. R. Horsley, William L. Barnes, E. Hendry	3
7	All-optical switching of an epsilon-near-zero plasmon resonance in indium tin oxide 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Justus Bohn, Ting S. Luk, (unknown), Sam W. Hutchings, Igal Brener, S. A. R. Horsley, William L. Barnes, E. Hendry	92
8	Electrically Tuneable Exciton‐Polaritons through Free Electron Doping in Monolayer WS₂ Microcavities 2019 ·Advanced Optical Materials ·Henry A. Fernández, Freddie Withers, Saverio Russo, William L. Barnes	21
9	Design and fabrication of plasmonic cavities for magneto-optical sensing 2018 ·AIP Advances ·(unknown), (unknown), P. S. Keatley, E. Hendry, William L. Barnes, R. J. Hicken, Joshua F. Einsle, (unknown), William Hendren, R. M. Bowman, P. Dawson	4
10	Enhancing the magneto-optical Kerr effect through the use of a plasmonic antenna 2018 ·Optics Express ·(unknown), P. S. Keatley, E. Hendry, William L. Barnes, R. J. Hicken	20
11	New horizons for nanophotonics 2017 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·Yuri S. Kivshar, William L. Barnes, Ortwin Hess, Nikolay I. Zheludev	2
12	Ensemble strong coupling 2015 ·New Journal of Physics ·William L. Barnes	4
13	An Overview of Terra MODIS Reflective Solar Bands On-orbit Calibration 2006 ·Xiao Xiong, V. V. Salomonson, William L. Barnes, B. Guenther, Xiaobo Xie, (unknown)	2
14	Acto-myosin crossbridge kinetics in humans with coronary artery disease: Influence of sex and diabetes mellitus 2005 ·Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology ·Naomi K. Fukagawa, Bryan D. Palmer, William L. Barnes, Blair R. Leavitt, Frank P. Ittleman, Martin M. LeWinter, David W. Maughan	13
15	Surface plasmon subwavelength optics breakdown → 2003 ·Nature ·William L. Barnes, Alain Dereux, Thomas W. Ebbesen	9087
16	Lessons learned from MODIS calibration and characterization 2002 ·(unknown), William L. Barnes, R.E. Murphy	14
17	A three thousand year record of North Atlantic climate 2002 ·Climate Dynamics ·C. Patrick Proctor, Andy Baker, William L. Barnes	108
18	Work Production and Work Absorption in Muscle Strips from Vertebrate Cardiac and Insect Flight Muscle Fibers 1998 ·Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·David W. Maughan, Jeffrey R. Moore, Jim O. Vigoreaux, William L. Barnes, L. A. Mulieri	31
19	High-Power Er3+/Yb3+ fibre laser pumped by a 962nm diode-array. 1992 ·Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·J.D. Minelly, William L. Barnes, P.R. Morkel, J.E. Townsend, S.G. Grubb, D.N. Payne	1
20	MODIS - A global ocean facility for the Earth Observing System 1987 ·William L. Barnes	1

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