2026 L. Kuipers: 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	63	6237	6033	80	73	242	13211

L. Kuipers 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 L. Kuipers sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 242 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

L. Kuipers 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 L. Kuipers sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

L. Kuipers is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, contributing extensively to the fields of Physics and Astronomy, Engineering, and Materials Science. Their research spans various subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Acoustics and Ultrasonics.

The scientist has focused primarily on topics related to Photonic Crystals and Applications, Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research, 2D Materials and Applications, Topological Materials and Phenomena, Photonic and Optical Devices, Perovskite Materials and Applications, and Quantum Optics and Atomic Interactions.

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by L. Kuipers are:

Observation of Landau levels and chiral edge states in photonic crystals through pseudomagnetic fields induced by synthetic strain, 2024, Nature Photonics
Direct quantification of topological protection in symmetry-protected photonic edge states at telecom wavelengths, 2021, Light Science & Applications
Radiationless anapole states in on-chip photonics, 2021, Light Science & Applications
Nonlinear Optical Response of a WS₂ Monolayer at Room Temperature upon Multicolor Laser Excitation, 2021, ACS Photonics
Vertically-oriented MoS₂ nanosheets for nonlinear optical devices, 2020, Nanoscale

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include René Barczyk, Ewold Verhagen, Sonakshi Arora, Thomas Bauer, and Sònia Conesa-Boj.

Publications have been featured across multiple venues, notably:

arXiv (Cornell University)
ACS Photonics
Light Science & Applications
Physical Review Letters
Science Advances

Best Publications

Light passing through subwavelength apertures

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

1491
Citations
Real-Space Observation of Ultraslow Light in Photonic Crystal Waveguides

H. Gersen;T.J. Karle;R.J.P. Engelen;W. Bogaerts

665
Citations
Î»/4 Resonance of an Optical Monopole Antenna Probed by Single Molecule Fluorescence

Tim H. Taminiau;Robert J. Moerland;Frans B. Segerink;Laurens Kuipers

476
Citations
Role of shape and localized resonances in extraordinary transmission through periodic arrays of subwavelength holes: Experiment and theory

K.L. van der Molen;K.J. Klein Koerkamp;S. Enoch;Franciscus B. Segerink

413
Citations
High definition aperture probes for near-field optical microscopy fabricated by focused ion beam milling

J. A. Veerman;A. M. Otter;L. Kuipers;N. F. van Hulst

356
Citations
Nanofocusing in laterally tapered plasmonic waveguides

Ewold Verhagen;Albert Polman;L. (Kobus) Kuipers

310
Citations
Nanowire Plasmon Excitation by Adiabatic Mode Transformation

Ewold Verhagen;Marko Spasenović;Albert Polman;L. (Kobus) Kuipers

305
Citations
Nanoscale chiral valley-photon interface through optical spin-orbit coupling

Su Hyun Gong;Filippo Alpeggiani;Beniamino Sciacca;Erik C. Garnett

294
Citations
Probing the Magnetic Field of Light at Optical Frequencies

M. Burresi;D. van Oosten;T. Kampfrath;H. Schoenmaker

290
Citations
Strong Modification of the Nonlinear Optical Response of Metallic Subwavelength Hole Arrays

J.A.H. van Nieuwstadt;M. Sandtke;R.H. Harmsen;Franciscus B. Segerink

272
Citations
Exciton Polaritons Confined in a ZnO Nanowire Cavity

Lambert K. van Vugt;Sven Rühle;Prasanth Ravindran;Hans C. Gerritsen

244
Citations
Flatband slow light in photonic crystals featuring spatial pulse compression and terahertz bandwidth

M.D. Settle;R.J.P. Engelen;M. Salib;A. Michaeli

236
Citations
Loss engineered slow light waveguides

Liam O'Faolain;Sebastian Andreas Schulz;Daryl Matthew Beggs;Tom P White

235
Citations
Time-varying triplet state lifetimes of single molecules

J. A. Veerman;M. F. Garcia-Parajo;L. Kuipers;N. F. van Hulst

230
Citations
Mapping nanoscale light fields

N. Rotenberg;L. Kuipers

229
Citations
The effect of higher-order dispersion on slow light propagation in photonic crystal waveguides.

R.J.P. Engelen;Y. Sugimoto;Y. Watanabe;J.P. Korterik

212
Citations
Local observations of phase singularities in optical fields in waveguide structures

M.L.M. Balistreri;Jeroen P. Korterik;L. Kuipers;N.F. van Hulst

209
Citations
Direct observation of topological edge states in silicon photonic crystals: Spin, dispersion, and chiral routing.

Nikhil Parappurath;Filippo Alpeggiani;L. Kuipers;Ewold Verhagen

191
Citations
ß-Cyclodextrin Host-Guest Complexes Probed under Thermodynamic Equilibrium: Thermodynamics and AFM Force Spectroscopy

Tommaso Auletta;Menno R. De Jong;Alart Mulder;Frank C. J. M. Van Veggel

187
Citations
Enhanced Nonlinear Optical Effects with a Tapered Plasmonic Waveguide

Ewold Verhagen;Laurens Kuipers;Albert Polman

187
Citations
Slow guided surface plasmons at telecom frequencies

M. Sandtke;L. Kuipers

184
Citations
Active spatial control of plasmonic fields

Bergin Gjonaj;Jochen Aulbach;Patrick M. Johnson;Allard P. Mosk

181
Citations