2026 Hou-Tong Chen: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	61	6634	6411	1677	1558	225	23813

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - OSA Fellows Hou-Tong Chen Los Alamos National Lab., USA For seminal contributions to the field of metamaterials, including active metamaterials and the realization of novel electromagnetic structures at terahertz frequencies.
2015 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the development of active metamaterials and devices, and the development and understanding of fewlayer metamaterials and metasurfaces, especially in the terahertz frequency range

Overview

Hou-Tong Chen is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States and has an extensive research profile in engineering and materials science. Their work primarily focuses on metamaterials, metasurfaces, and terahertz technologies.

The main fields of study for Hou-Tong Chen include:

Engineering
Materials Science

Their subfields of specialization cover:

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Biomedical Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Aerospace Engineering

Hou-Tong Chen's research addresses key topics such as:

Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
Terahertz technology and applications
Photonic Crystals and Applications
Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
Antenna Design and Analysis
Photonic and Optical Devices

Frequent coauthors in Chen's publications include:

Chun-Chieh Chang
Imran Mehdi
Sharri Shaw
Frank Maiwald
Scott Barker

The venues where Chen has published frequently are:

IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
Light Science & Applications
Nanophotonics
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Hou-Tong Chen include:

"Surface-wave-assisted nonreciprocity in spatio-temporally modulated metasurfaces," 2020, Nature Communications
"Ultrafast terahertz emission from emerging symmetry-broken materials," 2023, Light Science & Applications
"Light-driven nanoscale vectorial currents," 2024, Nature
"IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology
"Core-shell metallic alloy nanopillars-in-dielectric hybrid metamaterials with magneto-plasmonic coupling," 2021, Materials Today

Chen has been recognized by professional organizations, receiving the following awards:

OSA Fellows, 2018: For seminal contributions to metamaterials, including active metamaterials and novel electromagnetic structures at terahertz frequencies
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2015: For contributions to the development of active metamaterials and devices, including few-layer metamaterials and metasurfaces in the terahertz frequency range

Best Publications

Active terahertz metamaterial devices

Houtong Chen;Willie John Padilla;Richard Douglas Averitt;John F. O'Hara

2884
Citations
A review of metasurfaces: physics and applications.

Hou Tong Chen;Antoinette J. Taylor;Nanfang Yu

2474
Citations
Terahertz Metamaterials for Linear Polarization Conversion and Anomalous Refraction

Nathaniel K. Grady;Jane E. Heyes;Dibakar Roy Chowdhury;Yong Zeng

2074
Citations
Active control of electromagnetically induced transparency analogue in terahertz metamaterials

Jianqiang Gu;Ranjan Singh;Xiaojun Liu;Xueqian Zhang

1255
Citations
A metamaterial solid-state terahertz phase modulator

Hou-Tong Chen;Willie J. Padilla;Michael J. Cich;Abul K. Azad

1147
Citations
Interference theory of metamaterial perfect absorbers

Hou-Tong Chen

998
Citations
Experimental demonstration of frequency-agile terahertz metamaterials

Hou-Tong Chen;John F. O'Hara;Abul K. Azad;Antoinette J. Taylor

968
Citations
Active Terahertz Metamaterial Devices

Hou-Tong Chen;John F. O’Hara;Abul K. Azad;D. Shrekenhamer

802
Citations
Terahertz imaging with nanometer resolution

Hou-Tong Chen;Roland Kersting;Gyu Cheon Cho

665
Citations
Photoinduced handedness switching in terahertz chiral metamolecules

Shuang Zhang;Jiangfeng Zhou;Yong-Shik Park;Junsuk Rho

528
Citations
Antireflection coating using metamaterials and identification of its mechanism.

Hou-Tong Chen;Jiangfeng Zhou;John F. O’Hara;Frank Chen

449
Citations
Experimental demonstration of terahertz metamaterial absorbers with a broad and flat high absorption band

Li Huang;Dibakar Roy Chowdhury;Suchitra Ramani;Matthew T. Reiten

445
Citations
Complementary planar terahertz metamaterials

Hou-Tong Chen;John F. O'Hara;Antoinette J. Taylor;Richard D. Averitt

434
Citations
A spatial light modulator for terahertz beams

Wai Lam Chan;Hou-Tong Chen;Antoinette J. Taylor;Igal Brener

390
Citations
Ultrafast optical switching of terahertz metamaterials fabricated on ErAs/GaAs nanoisland superlattices

Hou-Tong Chen;Willie J. Padilla;Joshua M. O. Zide;Seth R. Bank

338
Citations
Metasurface Broadband Solar Absorber

Abul K. Azad;Wilton J. M. Kort-Kamp;Milan Sykora;Nina R. Weisse-Bernstein

331
Citations
Tuning the resonance in high-temperature superconducting terahertz metamaterials.

Hou-Tong Chen;Hao Yang;Hao Yang;Ranjan Singh;John F. O’Hara

314
Citations
Electrically Tunable Metasurface with Independent Frequency and Amplitude Modulations

Jin Zhang;Xingzhan Wei;Ivan D. Rukhlenko;Ivan D. Rukhlenko;Hou-Tong Chen

311
Citations
Hybrid graphene metasurfaces for high-speed mid-infrared light modulation and single-pixel imaging

Beibei Zeng;Zhiqin Huang;Akhilesh Singh;Yu Yao

305
Citations
Terahertz chiral metamaterials with giant and dynamically tunable optical activity

Jiangfeng Zhou;Dibakar Roy Chowdhury;Rongkuo Zhao;Abul K. Azad

287
Citations