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Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal

Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
105
Citations
50324
World Ranking
1362
National Ranking
24

Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 373 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - OSA Fellows Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain For fundamental contributions to nanophotonics and plasmonics

Overview

Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain. Their research spans multiple fields, predominantly focusing on Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions also within Engineering.

Their work includes a strong emphasis on the subfields of Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Key topics addressed in their research are:

  • Strong Light-Matter Interactions
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena

Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal has published frequently in various scientific venues. The most common venues for their publications include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Photonics
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Nanophotonics
  • Nature

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Garcia-Vidal include:

  • "Manipulating matter by strong coupling to vacuum fields" (2021, Science)
  • "Theoretical Challenges in Polaritonic Chemistry" (2022, ACS Photonics)
  • "Spoof surface plasmon photonics" (2022, Reviews of Modern Physics)
  • "Magneto-optics in a van der Waals magnet tuned by self-hybridized polaritons" (2023, Nature)
  • "A plasmonic route for the integrated wireless communication of subdiffraction-limited signals" (2020, Light Science & Applications)

The scientist has worked extensively with collaborators including Johannes Feist, Antonio I. Fernández-Domínguez, Ching Eng Png, Yu Luo, and Guangwei Hu.

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to academic books, notably publishing with Cambridge University Press, including the book "Spoof Surface Plasmon Metamaterials" released in 2020.

Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal was recognized as an OSA Fellow in 2021 for contributions to nanophotonics and plasmonics.

Best Publications

  • Mimicking Surface Plasmons with Structured Surfaces

    J. B. Pendry;L. Martín-Moreno;F. J. Garcia-Vidal

  • Beaming light from a subwavelength aperture.

    H. J. Lezec;A. Degiron;E. Devaux;R. A. Linke

  • Theory of extraordinary optical transmission through subwavelength hole arrays.

    L. Martín-Moreno;F. J. García-Vidal;H. J. Lezec;K. M. Pellerin

  • Fornel, Frédérique de

    T. W. Ebbesen;F. J. García-Vidal;H. J. Lezec;L. Martín-Moreno

  • Transmission Resonances on Metallic Gratings with Very Narrow Slits

    J. A. Porto;F. J. García-Vidal;J. B. Pendry

  • Light passing through subwavelength apertures

    F. J. García-Vidal;Luis Martín-Moreno;T. W. Ebbesen;L. Kuipers

  • Surfaces with holes in them: new plasmonic metamaterials

    F J Garcia-Vidal;L Martín-Moreno;J B Pendry

  • Collective Theory for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering.

    F. J. García-Vidal;J. B. Pendry

  • Terahertz surface plasmon-polariton propagation and focusing on periodically corrugated metal wires

    Stefan A. Maier;Steve R. Andrews;L. Martín-Moreno;F. J. García-Vidal

  • Conformal surface plasmons propagating on ultrathin and flexible films

    Xiaopeng Shen;Tie Jun Cui;Diego Martin-Cano;Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal;Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal

  • Theory of highly directional emission from a single subwavelength aperture surrounded by surface corrugations.

    L. Martín-Moreno;F. J. García-Vidal;H. J. Lezec;A. Degiron

  • A holey-structured metamaterial for acoustic deep-subwavelength imaging

    Jie Zhu;Johan Christensen;Jesper Jung;Luis Martin-Moreno

  • Highly confined guiding of terahertz surface plasmon polaritons on structured metal surfaces

    Christopher R Williams;Steven R Andrews;S A Maier;A I Fernández-Domínguez

  • Evanescently coupled resonance in surface plasmon enhanced transmission

    A Krishnan;T Thio;T.J Kim;H.J Lezec

  • Multiple paths to enhance optical transmission through a single subwavelength slit.

    F. J. García-Vidal;H. J. Lezec;T. W. Ebbesen;L. Martín-Moreno

  • Entanglement of Two Qubits Mediated by One-Dimensional Plasmonic Waveguides

    A. González-Tudela;Diego Martín-Cano;Esteban Moreno;Luis Martín-Moreno

  • Edge and waveguide terahertz surface plasmon modes in graphene microribbons

    A. Yu. Nikitin;A. Yu. Nikitin;F. Guinea;F. J. García-Vidal;L. Martín-Moreno

  • Efficient unidirectional nanoslit couplers for surface plasmons

    F. López-Tejeira;Sergio G. Rodrigo;Luis Martín-Moreno;F. J. García-Vidal

  • Transmission and focusing of light in one-dimensional periodically nanostructured metals

    F. J. García-Vidal;L. Martín-Moreno

  • Radiative Heat Transfer

    Juan Carlos Cuevas;Francisco J. García-Vidal;Francisco J. García-Vidal

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis Martín-Moreno
Luis Martín-Moreno University of Zaragoza
Fernando Flores
Fernando Flores Autonomous University of Madrid
John B. Pendry
John B. Pendry Imperial College London
Thomas W. Ebbesen
Thomas W. Ebbesen University of Strasbourg
Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi
Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi University of Southern Denmark
Karsten Reuter
Karsten Reuter Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Angel Rubio
Angel Rubio Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Cheng-Wei Qiu
Cheng-Wei Qiu National University of Singapore
Stefan A. Maier
Stefan A. Maier Monash University
Francisco Guinea
Francisco Guinea IMDEA Nanoscience Institute

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