Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Scientific Publications

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Most cited publications (from ISI Web of Science, August 2009):

  1. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Pairing an Epsilon-Negative Slab with a Mu-Negative Slab: Anomalous Tunneling and Transparency,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat. AP-51, 2558 (2003). (upenn, web): cited 195 times
  2. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Achieving Transparency with Plasmonic and Metamaterial Coatings,” Phys. Rev. E 72, 016623 (2005). (upenn, web, arxiv): cited 176 times
  3. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Guided Modes in a Waveguide Filled with a Pair of Single-Negative (SNG), Double-Negative (DNG), and/or Double-Positive (DPS) Layers,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Th. Techn. 52, 199 (2004). (upenn, web): cited 92 times
  4. N. Engheta, A. Salandrino, and A. Alù, “Circuit Elements at Optical Frequencies: Nanoinductors, Nanocapacitors and Nanoresistors,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 095504 (2005). (upenn, web, arxiv): cited 92 times
  5. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Optical Nano-Transmission Lines: Synthesis of Planar Left-Handed Metamaterials in the Infrared and Visible Regimes,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 23, 571 (2006). (upenn, web, arxiv): cited 63 times
  6. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Polarizabilities and Effective Parameters for Collections of Spherical Nano-Particles Formed by Pairs of Concentric Double-Negative (DNG), Single-Negative (SNG) and/or Double-Positive (DPS) Metamaterial Layers,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 094310 (2005). (upenn, web, arxiv): cited 52 times
  7. A. Alù, A. Salandrino, and N. Engheta, “Negative Effective Permeability and Left-Handed Materials at Optical Frequencies,” Opt. Expr. 14, 1557 (2006). (upenn, web, arxiv): cited 45 times
  8. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Plasmonic Materials in Transparency and Cloaking Problems: Mechanism, Robustness, and Physical Insights,” Opt. Expr. 15, 3318 (2007). (upenn, web): cited 45 times
  9. M. G. Silveirinha, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Parallel Plate Metamaterials for Cloaking Structures,” Phys. Rev. E 75, 036603 (2007). (upenn, web): cited 44 times
  10. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Multifrequency Optical Cloaking with Layered Plasmonic Shells,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 113901 (2008). (upenn, web) cited 33 times
  11. A. Alù, M. G. Silveirinha, A. Salandrino, and N. Engheta, “Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials and Electromagnetic Sources: Tailoring the Radiation Phase Pattern,” Phys. Rev. B 75, 155410 (2007). (upenn, web, arxiv): cited 33 times
  12. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Cloaking and Transparency for Collections of Particles with Metamaterial and Plasmonic Covers,” Opt. Expr. 15, 7578 (2007). (upenn, web): cited 32 times [CST Award 2008]
  13. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Theory of Linear Chains of Metamaterial/Plasmonic Particles as Sub-Diffraction Optical Nanotransmission Lines,” Phys. Rev. B 74, 205436 (2006). (upenn, web, arxiv): cited 28 times
  14. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Three-Dimensional Nanotransmission Lines at Optical Frequencies: a Recipe for Broadband Negative-Refraction Optical Metamaterials,” Phys. Rev. B 75, 02430 (2007). (upenn, web, arxiv): cited 25 times
  15. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Metamaterial Covers over a Small Aperture,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat. AP-54, 1632 (2006). (upenn, web, arxiv): cited 24 times

Total number of citations: 1,104

h-index: 18 (15 first-authorships)

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