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Hou-Tong Chen publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hou-Tong Chen sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 225 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Hou-Tong Chen D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hou-Tong Chen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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

  • A review of metasurfaces: physics and applications.

    Hou Tong Chen;Antoinette J. Taylor;Nanfang Yu

  • Terahertz Metamaterials for Linear Polarization Conversion and Anomalous Refraction

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

  • Active control of electromagnetically induced transparency analogue in terahertz metamaterials

    Jianqiang Gu;Ranjan Singh;Xiaojun Liu;Xueqian Zhang

  • A metamaterial solid-state terahertz phase modulator

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

  • Interference theory of metamaterial perfect absorbers

    Hou-Tong Chen

  • Experimental demonstration of frequency-agile terahertz metamaterials

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

  • Active Terahertz Metamaterial Devices

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

  • Terahertz imaging with nanometer resolution

    Hou-Tong Chen;Roland Kersting;Gyu Cheon Cho

  • Photoinduced handedness switching in terahertz chiral metamolecules

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

  • Antireflection coating using metamaterials and identification of its mechanism.

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

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

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

  • Complementary planar terahertz metamaterials

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

  • A spatial light modulator for terahertz beams

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

  • 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

  • Metasurface Broadband Solar Absorber

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

  • Tuning the resonance in high-temperature superconducting terahertz metamaterials.

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

  • Electrically Tunable Metasurface with Independent Frequency and Amplitude Modulations

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

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

    Beibei Zeng;Zhiqin Huang;Akhilesh Singh;Yu Yao

  • Terahertz chiral metamaterials with giant and dynamically tunable optical activity

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Antoinette J. Taylor
Antoinette J. Taylor Los Alamos National Laboratory
John F. O'Hara
John F. O'Hara Oklahoma State University
Richard D. Averitt
Richard D. Averitt University of California, San Diego
Willie J. Padilla
Willie J. Padilla Duke University
Igal Brener
Igal Brener Sandia National Laboratories
Ranjan Singh
Ranjan Singh University of Notre Dame
Daniel M. Mittleman
Daniel M. Mittleman Brown University
Quanxi Jia
Quanxi Jia University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Arthur C. Gossard
Arthur C. Gossard University of California, Santa Barbara
Weili Zhang
Weili Zhang Oklahoma State University

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