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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
67
Citations
19175
World Ranking
1070
National Ranking
449

Materials Science

D-Index
62
Citations
18025
World Ranking
6376
National Ranking
1619

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Jonathan A. Fan is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within engineering and materials science, with a strong focus on optics and photonics.

The primary fields of study in their work include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these fields, Jonathan A. Fan contributes notably to several subfields such as:

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

They have worked extensively on topics related to optical and photonic technologies. These topics commonly addressed in their publications include:

  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators

Jonathan A. Fan has published in a number of academic venues with some of the more frequent ones being:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Photonics
  • Laser & Photonics Review
  • OSA Optical Design and Fabrication 2021 (Flat Optics, Freeform, IODC, OFT)
  • Journal of the Optical Society of America B

Some recent representative papers authored or co-authored include:

  • Freeform metasurface design based on topology optimization, 2020, MRS Bulletin
  • Numerical Optimization Methods for Metasurfaces, 2020, Laser & Photonics Review
  • Robust Freeform Metasurface Design Based on Progressively Growing Generative Networks, 2020, ACS Photonics
  • Optical meta-waveguides for integrated photonics and beyond, 2021, Light Science & Applications
  • Roadmap for Optical Metasurfaces, 2024, ACS Photonics

The list of frequent co-authors reflects recurring collaborative relationships and includes:

  • Shang-Jie Yu
  • Mingkun Chen
  • Jiaqi Jiang
  • Chenkai Mao
  • You Zhou

Jonathan A. Fan received the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship in 2016, indicating recognition within their scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Self-assembled plasmonic nanoparticle clusters

    Jonathan A. Fan;Chihhui Wu;Kui Bao;Jiming Bao

  • Stretchable batteries with self-similar serpentine interconnects and integrated wireless recharging systems.

    Sheng Xu;Yihui Zhang;Yihui Zhang;Jiung Cho;Juhwan Lee

  • Fractal design concepts for stretchable electronics

    Jonathan A. Fan;Woon Hong Yeo;Woon Hong Yeo;Yewang Su;Yewang Su;Yoshiaki Hattori

  • Deep neural networks for the evaluation and design of photonic devices

    Jiaqi Jiang;Mingkun Chen;Jonathan A. Fan

  • Fano Resonances in Plasmonic Nanoclusters: Geometrical and Chemical Tunability

    J. Britt Lassiter;Heidar Sobhani;Jonathan A. Fan;Janardan Kundu

  • Large-Angle, Multifunctional Metagratings Based on Freeform Multimode Geometries

    David Sell;Jianji Yang;Sage Doshay;Rui Yang

  • Spectrally selective chiral silicon metasurfaces based on infrared Fano resonances

    Chihhui Wu;Nihal Arju;Glen Kelp;Jonathan A. Fan

  • Metal oxide redox chemistry for chemical looping processes

    Liang Zeng;Zhuo Cheng;Jonathan A. Fan;Liang-Shih Fan

  • Fano-like interference in self-assembled plasmonic quadrumer clusters.

    Jonathan A. Fan;Kui Bao;Chihhui Wu;Jiming Bao

  • Global Optimization of Dielectric Metasurfaces Using a Physics-Driven Neural Network

    Jiaqi Jiang;Jonathan A. Fan

  • Optical meta-waveguides for integrated photonics and beyond.

    Yuan Meng;Yizhen Chen;Longhui Lu;Yimin Ding

  • Large-area MRI-compatible epidermal electronic interfaces for prosthetic control and cognitive monitoring.

    Limei Tian;Benjamin Zimmerman;Aadeel Akhtar;Ki Jun Yu

  • Free-Form Diffractive Metagrating Design Based on Generative Adversarial Networks

    Jiaqi Jiang;David Sell;Stephan Hoyer;Jason Hickey

  • Designer spoof surface plasmon structures collimate terahertz laser beams

    Nanfang Yu;Qi Jie Wang;Qi Jie Wang;Mikhail A. Kats;Jonathan A. Fan

  • Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Serpentine Microstructures Bonded To Prestrained Elastomers for Stretchable Electronics

    Yihui Zhang;Yihui Zhang;Shuodao Wang;Xuetong Li;Xuetong Li;Jonathan A. Fan

  • High-efficiency, large-area, topology-optimized metasurfaces

    Thaibao Phan;David Sell;Evan W. Wang;Sage Doshay

  • Materials and Designs for Wireless Epidermal Sensors of Hydration and Strain

    Xian Huang;Yuhao Liu;Huanyu Cheng;Woo Jung Shin

  • Review of numerical optimization techniques for meta-device design [Invited]

    Sawyer D. Campbell;David Sell;Ronald P. Jenkins;Eric B. Whiting

  • Multifunctional Skin-Like Electronics for Quantitative, Clinical Monitoring of Cutaneous Wound Healing

    Yoshiaki Hattori;Leo Falgout;Woosik Lee;Sung Young Jung

  • Roadmap for Optical Metasurfaces

    Unknown

  • Small-divergence semiconductor lasers by plasmonic collimation

    Nanfang Yu;Jonathan Fan;Qi Jie Wang;Christian Pflügl

  • Terahertz quantum cascade lasers with copper metal-metal waveguides operating up to 178 K

    Mikhail A. Belkin;Jonathan A. Fan;Sahand Hormoz;Federico Capasso

  • Spectrally selective chiral silicon metasurfaces based on infrared Fano resonances

    Chihhui Wu;Nihal Arju;Jonathan Fan;Igal Brener

Frequent Co-Authors

Federico Capasso
Federico Capasso Harvard University
John A. Rogers
John A. Rogers Northwestern University
Yihui Zhang
Yihui Zhang Tsinghua University
Yonggang Huang
Yonggang Huang Northwestern University
Liang-Shih Fan
Liang-Shih Fan The Ohio State University
Yewang Su
Yewang Su University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mikhail A. Belkin
Mikhail A. Belkin Technical University of Munich
Edmund H. Linfield
Edmund H. Linfield University of Leeds
Peter Nordlander
Peter Nordlander Rice University
Qi Jie Wang
Qi Jie Wang Nanyang Technological University

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