Z.L. Sámson

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Z.L. Sámson is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Z.L. Sámson has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Z.L. Sámson's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (7 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (5 papers) and Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (3 papers). Z.L. Sámson is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (7 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (5 papers) and Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (3 papers). Z.L. Sámson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Taiwan. Z.L. Sámson's co-authors include Kevin F. MacDonald, Nikolay I. Zheludev, Mark I. Stockman, Daniel W. Hewak, K. Knight, Enzo Di Fabrizio, Francesco De Angelis, Behrad Gholipour, Chung‐Che Huang and Péter Horák and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Nature Photonics and Optics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Z.L. Sámson

8 papers receiving 982 citations

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Ultrafast active plasmonics

2008 656 citations Kevin F. MacDonald, Z.L. Sámson et al. Nature Photonics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Z.L. Sámson United Kingdom	5	803	556	496	425	131	8	1.0k
Yixiao Gao China	20	790 1.0×	433 0.8×	759 1.5×	566 1.3×	191 1.5×	98	1.2k
Landobasa Y. M. Tobing Singapore	19	489 0.6×	334 0.6×	530 1.1×	384 0.9×	181 1.4×	75	910
Meir Grajower Israel	16	580 0.7×	431 0.8×	418 0.8×	438 1.0×	204 1.6×	28	1.0k
Kenneth Diest United States	12	822 1.0×	460 0.8×	844 1.7×	540 1.3×	146 1.1×	19	1.3k
Alok P. Vasudev United States	7	718 0.9×	358 0.6×	551 1.1×	375 0.9×	282 2.2×	9	1.0k
Samad Roshan Entezar Iran	16	391 0.5×	286 0.5×	364 0.7×	626 1.5×	75 0.6×	78	773
Alexandre Baron France	17	487 0.6×	432 0.8×	371 0.7×	446 1.0×	100 0.8×	48	897
Nima Dabidian United States	6	752 0.9×	642 1.2×	392 0.8×	382 0.9×	137 1.0×	12	1.0k
Itai Epstein Israel	15	642 0.8×	351 0.6×	302 0.6×	624 1.5×	197 1.5×	32	984
Dingbo Chen China	17	580 0.7×	452 0.8×	723 1.5×	376 0.9×	77 0.6×	55	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Z.L. Sámson

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Sámson, Z.L., Péter Horák, Kevin F. MacDonald, & Nikolay I. Zheludev. (2011). Femtosecond surface plasmon pulse propagation. Optics Letters. 36(2). 250–250. 33 indexed citations

2.

Sámson, Z.L., Kevin F. MacDonald, K. Knight, et al.. (2010). Chalcogenide glasses in active plasmonics. physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters. 4(10). 274–276. 48 indexed citations

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Sámson, Z.L., Kevin F. MacDonald, Francesco De Angelis, et al.. (2010). Metamaterial electro-optic switch of nanoscale thickness. Applied Physics Letters. 96(14). 255 indexed citations

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Sámson, Z.L., Kevin F. MacDonald, & Nikolay I. Zheludev. (2009). Ultrafast control of surface plasmon propagation. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 2 indexed citations

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Sámson, Z.L., Kevin F. MacDonald, & Nikolay I. Zheludev. (2009). Femtosecond active plasmonics: ultrafast control of surface plasmon propagation. Journal of Optics A Pure and Applied Optics. 11(11). 114031–114031. 21 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Kevin F., Z.L. Sámson, & Nikolay I. Zheludev. (2009). Active plasmonics: Current status. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 9. 77–77. 4 indexed citations

7.

Sámson, Z.L., Kevin F. MacDonald, Francesco De Angelis, et al.. (2009). Chalcogenide Glass Metamaterial Optical Switch. PDPB1–PDPB1. 1 indexed citations

8.

MacDonald, Kevin F., Z.L. Sámson, Mark I. Stockman, & Nikolay I. Zheludev. (2008). Ultrafast active plasmonics. Nature Photonics. 3(1). 55–58. 656 indexed citations breakdown →

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