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Mark L. Brongersma

Mark L. Brongersma

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
108
Citations
59071
World Ranking
115
National Ranking
55

Materials Science

D-Index
108
Citations
58756
World Ranking
743
National Ranking
252

Physics

D-Index
109
Citations
59716
World Ranking
1191
National Ranking
624

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2011 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2010 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions and seminal works on plasmonics and silicon nanophotonics
  • 2009 - OSA Fellows For pioneering and seminal works on plasmonics and silicon nanophotonics.

Overview

Mark L. Brongersma is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans key domains within engineering and materials science, with a particularly strong focus on biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and the study of electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their work is concentrated on several main topics including:

  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

Mark L. Brongersma has published extensively, with frequent appearances in journals and conference venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Photonics
  • Science
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Nature Communications

Some of their recent scientific contributions include:

  • "All-solid-state spatial light modulator with independent phase and amplitude control for three-dimensional LiDAR applications," 2020, Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Metasurface-driven OLED displays beyond 10,000 pixels per inch," 2020, Science
  • "Roadmap for Optical Metasurfaces," 2024, ACS Photonics
  • "High quality factor phase gradient metasurfaces," 2020, Nature Nanotechnology
  • "High-specific-power flexible transition metal dichalcogenide solar cells," 2021, Nature Communications

Collaboration is a significant part of their research approach. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Qitong Li
  • Jorik van de Groep
  • Jung-Hwan Song
  • Pieter G. Kik
  • Jung-Hwan Song

Over the course of their career, Mark L. Brongersma has been recognized with several distinctions including:

  • SPIE Fellow, 2011
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), 2010 - Citation for pioneering contributions and seminal works on plasmonics and silicon nanophotonics
  • OSA Fellow, 2009 - For pioneering and seminal works on plasmonics and silicon nanophotonics

Best Publications

  • Plasmonics for extreme light concentration and manipulation.

    Jon A. Schuller;Edward S. Barnard;Wenshan Cai;Young Chul Jun

  • Plasmon-induced hot carrier science and technology

    Mark L. Brongersma;Naomi J. Halas;Peter Nordlander

  • Optically resonant dielectric nanostructures

    Arseniy I. Kuznetsov;Andrey E. Miroshnichenko;Mark L. Brongersma;Yuri S. Kivshar

  • Dielectric gradient metasurface optical elements.

    Dianmin Lin;Pengyu Fan;Erez Hasman;Mark L. Brongersma

  • Plasmonics—A Route to Nanoscale Optical Devices

    Stefan A. Maier;Mark L. Brongersma;Pieter G. Kik;Sheffer Meltzer

  • Polarization-sensitive broadband photodetector using a black phosphorus vertical p–n junction

    Hongtao Yuan;Xiaoge Liu;Farzaneh Afshinmanesh;Wei Li

  • Self-limited plasmonic welding of silver nanowire junctions

    Erik C. Garnett;Wenshan Cai;Judy J. Cha;Fakhruddin Mahmood;Fakhruddin Mahmood

  • Electromagnetic energy transfer and switching in nanoparticle chain arrays below the diffraction limit

    Mark L. Brongersma;John W. Hartman;Harry A. Atwater

  • Plasmonics: the next chip-scale technology

    Rashid Zia;Jon A. Schuller;Anu Chandran;Mark L. Brongersma

  • Engineering light absorption in semiconductor nanowire devices

    Linyou Cao;Justin S. White;Joon Shik Park;Jon A. Schuller

  • Light management for photovoltaics using high-index nanostructures.

    Mark L. Brongersma;Yi Cui;Shanhui Fan

  • Design of Plasmonic Thin‐Film Solar Cells with Broadband Absorption Enhancements

    Ragip A. Pala;Justin White;Edward Barnard;John Liu

  • Spatiotemporal light control with active metasurfaces

    Amr M. Shaltout;Vladimir M. Shalaev;Mark L. Brongersma

  • Geometries and materials for subwavelength surface plasmon modes.

    Rashid Zia;Mark D. Selker;Peter B. Catrysse;Mark L. Brongersma

  • Nanowire Solar Cells

    Erik C. Garnett;Mark L. Brongersma;Yi Cui;Michael D. McGehee

  • The Case for Plasmonics

    Mark L. Brongersma;Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • SURFACE PLASMON NANOPHOTONICS

    Mark L Brongersma;Pieter G Kik

  • Semiconductor Nanowire Optical Antenna Solar Absorbers

    Linyou Cao;Pengyu Fan;Alok P. Vasudev;Justin S. White

  • Planar lenses based on nanoscale slit arrays in a metallic film.

    Lieven Verslegers;Peter B. Catrysse;Zongfu Yu;Justin S. White

  • Observation of near-field coupling in metal nanoparticle chains using far-field polarization spectroscopy

    Stefan A. Maier;Mark L. Brongersma;Pieter G. Kik;Harry A. Atwater

Frequent Co-Authors

Shanhui Fan
Shanhui Fan Stanford University
Yi Cui
Yi Cui Stanford University
Harry A. Atwater
Harry A. Atwater California Institute of Technology
Wenshan Cai
Wenshan Cai Georgia Institute of Technology
Zongfu Yu
Zongfu Yu University of Wisconsin–Madison
Krishna C. Saraswat
Krishna C. Saraswat Stanford University
Linyou Cao
Linyou Cao North Carolina State University
Albert Polman
Albert Polman Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics
Hongtao Yuan
Hongtao Yuan Nanjing University
Michael D. McGehee
Michael D. McGehee University of Colorado Boulder

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