2026 Luca Dal Negro: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

2018 - OSA Fellows Luca Dal Negro Boston Univ., USA For numerous contributions in the theoretical and experimental aspects of wave interaction with aperiodic nanostructures, nanophotonics and plasmonics leading to novel engineering applications.

Overview

Luca Dal Negro is affiliated with Boston University in the United States, focusing on research at the intersection of physics, astronomy, and engineering. Their work primarily explores wave interaction with complex nanostructures and photonics, contributing to both theoretical and experimental advancements in these areas.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Physics and Astronomy
Engineering

Within these areas, they concentrate on several subfields:

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Acoustics and Ultrasonics
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Their research topics cover various aspects of photonics and materials science, with notable themes including:

Photonic Crystals and Applications
Photonic and Optical Devices
Random lasers and scattering media
Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies

Luca Dal Negro's publication record features papers in prominent venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review B, Applied Physics Letters, APL Photonics, and Optical Materials Express. Their recent scientific articles include:

"Physics-informed neural networks for imaging and parameter retrieval of photonic nanostructures from near-field data" (2022, APL Photonics)
"Subdiffusive wave transport and weak localization transition in three-dimensional stealthy hyperuniform disordered systems" (2022, Physical Review B)
"Cavity-enhanced light-matter interaction in Vogel-spiral devices as a platform for quantum photonics" (2021, Applied Physics Letters)
"Cavity quantum electro-dynamics with solid-state emitters in aperiodic nano-photonic spiral devices" (2020, Applied Physics Letters)
"Structure-dependent optical nonlinearity of indium tin oxide" (2022, Applied Physics Letters)

Collaboration forms a significant part of the scientist's work. Frequent coauthors include:

Yuyao Chen
Fabrizio Sgrignuoli
Wesley A. Britton
Yilin Zhu
Tornike Shubitidze

The scientist has authored books in addition to journal articles. One notable book publication is:

"Waves in Complex Media" (2022), published by Cambridge University Press

Among the awards received, Luca Dal Negro was named an OSA Fellow in 2018 for contributions to wave interaction with aperiodic nanostructures, nanophotonics, and plasmonics, which have led to novel engineering applications.

Best Publications

Physics-informed neural networks for inverse problems in nano-optics and metamaterials.

Yuyao Chen;Lu Lu;George Em Karniadakis;Luca Dal Negro

1030
Citations
Engineered SERS substrates with multiscale signal enhancement: nanoparticle cluster arrays.

Bo Yan;Anupama Thubagere;W Ranjith Premasiri;Lawrence D Ziegler

462
Citations
Will silicon be the photonic material of the third millenium

L Pavesi

391
Citations
Light transport through the band-edge states of Fibonacci quasicrystals.

Luca Dal Negro;Claudio J. Oton;Zeno Gaburro;Lorenzo Pavesi

381
Citations
Optical super-resolution by high-index liquid-immersed microspheres

Arash Darafsheh;Gary F Walsh;Luca Dal Negro;Vasily N Astratov

366
Citations
Silver Nanoparticles with Broad Multiband Linear Optical Absorption

Osman M. Bakr;Osman M. Bakr;Vincenzo Amendola;Christine M. Aikens;Wim Wenseleers

329
Citations
Deterministic aperiodic arrays of metal nanoparticles for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)

Ashwin Gopinath;Svetlana V Boriskina;Björn M Reinhard;Luca Dal Negro

300
Citations
Modeling and perspectives of the Si nanocrystals-Er interaction for optical amplification

Domenico Pacifici;Giorgia Franzo;Francesco Priolo;Fabio Iacona

275
Citations
Plasmonic Nanogalaxies: Multiscale Aperiodic Arrays for Surface-Enhanced Raman Sensing

Ashwin Gopinath;Svetlana V. Boriskina;W. Ranjith Premasiri;Lawrence Ziegler

253
Citations
Enhanced third-harmonic generation in Si-compatible epsilon-near-zero indium tin oxide nanolayers.

Antonio Capretti;Yu Wang;Nader Engheta;Luca Dal Negro

250
Citations
Nano-and Micropatterning of Optically Transparent, Mechanically Robust, Biocompatible Silk Fibroin Films

Hannah Perry;Ashwin Gopinath;David L. Kaplan;Luca Dal Negro

249
Citations
Dynamics of stimulated emission in silicon nanocrystals

L. Dal Negro;M. Cazzanelli;L. Pavesi;Stefano Ossicini

221
Citations
Stimulated emission in nanocrystalline silicon superlattices

J. Ruan;P. M. Fauchet;L. Dal Negro;M. Cazzanelli

216
Citations
Comparative Study of Second-Harmonic Generation from Epsilon-Near-Zero Indium Tin Oxide and Titanium Nitride Nanolayers Excited in the Near-Infrared Spectral Range

Antonio Capretti;Yu Wang;Nader Engheta;Luca Dal Negro

200
Citations
Rapid Nanoimprinting of Silk Fibroin Films for Biophotonic Applications

Jason J. Amsden;Peter Domachuk;Ashwin Gopinath;Robert D. White

198
Citations
Photonic-Plasmonic Scattering Resonances in Deterministic Aperiodic Structures

Ashwin Gopinath;Svetlana V. Boriskina;Ning-Ning Feng;Björn M. Reinhard

196
Citations
Applicability conditions and experimental analysis of the variable stripe length method for gain measurements

L.Dal Negro;P Bettotti;M Cazzanelli;D Pacifici

192
Citations
Stimulated emission in plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposited silicon nanocrystals

L. Dal Negro;M. Cazzanelli;N. Daldosso;Z. Gaburro

189
Citations
Towards the First Silicon Laser

Lorenzo Pavesi;Sergey Gaponenko;Luca Negro

186
Citations
Light emission from silicon-rich nitride nanostructures

L. Dal Negro;J. H. Yi;L. C. Kimerling;S. Hamel

186
Citations
Optical gain in silicon nanocrystals

Lorenzo Pavesi;Luca Dal Negro;Massimo Cazzanelli;Georg Pucker

3
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