Zachary Coppens

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Zachary Coppens is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zachary Coppens has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 6 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zachary Coppens's work include Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (8 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (6 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (4 papers). Zachary Coppens is often cited by papers focused on Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (8 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (6 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (4 papers). Zachary Coppens collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Spain. Zachary Coppens's co-authors include Jason Valentine, Wei Li, Wenyi Wang, Alexander O. Govorov, Lucas V. Besteiro, D. G. Walker, Arka Majumdar, K. F. Böhringer, Zheyi Han and Ivan I. Kravchenko and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Zachary Coppens

12 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Circularly polarized light detection with hot electrons in chiral plasmonic metamaterials

2015 657 citations Wei Li, Zachary Coppens et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Jingyi Tian China

Maksim Zalkovskij Denmark

Zhendong Yan China

M. Eich Germany

Tobias W. W. Maß Germany

Junyu Li China

Manohar Chirumamilla Denmark

Florian Sterl Germany

Renwen Yu Spain

Bayram Bütün Türkiye

Jingyi Tian China

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zachary Coppens

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

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Anderson, Owen, et al.. (2025). Broadband long-range thermal imaging via meta-correctors. Applied Optics. 64(13). 3473–3473. 4 indexed citations

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Baltes, M, et al.. (2025). Single-shot phase diversity wavefront sensing in deep turbulence via metasurface optics. Nature Photonics. 19(12). 1315–1321.

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Huang, Luocheng, Zheyi Han, Vishwanath Saragadam, et al.. (2024). Broadband thermal imaging using meta-optics. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1662–1662. 38 indexed citations

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Choi, Minho, et al.. (2024). Meta-optics triplet for zoom imaging at mid-wave infrared. Applied Physics Letters. 125(21). 6 indexed citations

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Fröch, Johannes E., Zheyi Han, Luocheng Huang, et al.. (2023). Large field-of-view thermal imaging via all-silicon meta-optics. Applied Optics. 62(20). 5467–5467. 11 indexed citations

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Huang, Luocheng, Zachary Coppens, Kent A. Hallman, et al.. (2021). Long wavelength infrared imaging under ambient thermal radiation via an all-silicon metalens. Optical Materials Express. 11(9). 2907–2907. 32 indexed citations

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Scalora, Michael, J. Trull, Domenico de Ceglia, et al.. (2020). Electrodynamics of conductive oxides: Intensity-dependent anisotropy, reconstruction of the effective dielectric constant, and harmonic generation. Physical review. A. 101(5). 23 indexed citations

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Coppens, Zachary & Jason Valentine. (2017). Spatial and Temporal Modulation of Thermal Emission. Advanced Materials. 29(39). 105 indexed citations

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Coppens, Zachary, Ivan I. Kravchenko, & Jason Valentine. (2016). Lithography‐Free Large‐Area Metamaterials for Stable Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion. Advanced Optical Materials. 4(5). 671–676. 23 indexed citations

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Li, Wei, Zachary Coppens, Lucas V. Besteiro, et al.. (2015). Circularly polarized light detection with hot electrons in chiral plasmonic metamaterials. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8379–8379. 657 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Wei, et al.. (2015). Circularly Polarized Light Detection with Hot Electrons in Chiral Plasmonic Metamaterials. FTh3F.5–FTh3F.5. 33 indexed citations

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Li, Wei, Zachary Coppens, D. G. Walker, & Jason Valentine. (2013). Electron beam physical vapor deposition of thin ruby films for remote temperature sensing. Journal of Applied Physics. 113(16). 3 indexed citations

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Coppens, Zachary, Wei Li, D. G. Walker, & Jason Valentine. (2013). Probing and Controlling Photothermal Heat Generation in Plasmonic Nanostructures. Nano Letters. 13(3). 1023–1028. 163 indexed citations

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