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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
USA
2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
126
Citations
68705
World Ranking
45
National Ranking
26

Materials Science

D-Index
129
Citations
70888
World Ranking
352
National Ranking
136

Physics

D-Index
131
Citations
72079
World Ranking
543
National Ranking
303

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
  • 2020 - Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids, American Physical Society
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society For pioneering studies of metamaterials, including the first optical negative-index material, broadband optical magnetism, new plasmonic refractory materials and ultrathin optical components.  
  • 2010 - Max Born Award, Optical Society
  • 2010 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to nanophotonics and the development of optical materials
  • 2006 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2003 - OSA Fellows For significant contributions to the optics of novel plasmonic nanomaterials, namely, metal-dielectric percolation films, fractal aggregates and fractal microcavity composites.
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For important research on the optical properties of novel plasmonic nanomaterials and their application in photonics, spectroscopy and laser physics

Overview

Vladimir M. Shalaev is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, with a primary focus on engineering, materials science, and physics and astronomy. Within these broader categories, their work is concentrated in subfields such as atomic and molecular physics and optics, electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad spectrum, including plasmonic and surface plasmon research, photonic and optical devices, photonic crystals and their applications, diamond and carbon-based materials research, advanced fiber laser technologies, metamaterials and metasurfaces applications, and gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications.

Some of the recent notable publications by Vladimir M. Shalaev include:

  • High-efficiency broadband achromatic metalens for near-IR biological imaging window (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Ten years of spasers and plasmonic nanolasers (2020, Light Science & Applications)
  • Roadmap for Optical Metasurfaces (2024, ACS Photonics)
  • Determining plasmonic hot-carrier energy distributions via single-molecule transport measurements (2020, Science)
  • Machine learning-assisted global optimization of photonic devices (2020, Nanophotonics)

Their frequent co-authors include Alexandra Boltasseva, Alexander V. Kildishev, Zhaxylyk A. Kudyshev, Soham Saha, and Alexei Lagutchev.

They have published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being arXiv (Cornell University), Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, ACS Photonics, Nanophotonics, and Optical Materials Express.

Vladimir M. Shalaev has been recognized with several professional honors and awards. These include the Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids from the American Physical Society in 2020, Fellowship in the Materials Research Society in 2015 with a citation for pioneering studies in metamaterials, the Max Born Award from the Optical Society in 2010, IEEE Fellowship in 2010 for contributions to nanophotonics and optical materials development, SPIE Fellowship in 2006, OSA Fellowship in 2003 for contributions to plasmonic nanomaterials optics, and Fellowship of the American Physical Society in 2002 for research on optical properties of plasmonic nanomaterials and their applications.

Best Publications

  • Optical negative-index metamaterials

    Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Planar Photonics with Metasurfaces

    Alexander V. Kildishev;Alexandra Boltasseva;Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Demonstration of a spaser-based nanolaser

    M A Noginov;G Zhu;A M Belgrave;Reuben Bakker

  • Optical cloaking with metamaterials

    Wenshan Cai;Uday K. Chettiar;Alexander V. Kildishev;Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Alternative Plasmonic Materials: Beyond Gold and Silver

    Gururaj V. Naik;Vladimir M. Shalaev;Alexandra Boltasseva;Alexandra Boltasseva

  • Searching for better plasmonic materials

    Paul R. West;Satoshi Ishii;Gururaj V. Naik;Naresh K. Emani

  • Negative Index of Refraction in Optical Metamaterials

    Vladimir M. Shalaev;Wenshan Cai;Uday Chettiar;H.-K. Yuan

  • Metasurface holograms for visible light

    Xingjie Ni;Alexander V. Kildishev;Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Broadband Light Bending with Plasmonic Nanoantennas

    Xingjie Ni;Naresh K. Emani;Alexander V. Kildishev;Alexandra Boltasseva

  • Loss-free and active optical negative-index metamaterials

    Shumin Xiao;Vladimir P. Drachev;Alexander V. Kildishev;Xingjie Ni

  • Optical Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications

    Wenshan Cai;Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Spatiotemporal light control with active metasurfaces

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

  • Refractory plasmonics with titanium nitride: broadband metamaterial absorber.

    Wei Li;Wei Li;Urcan Guler;Nathaniel Kinsey;Gururaj V. Naik

  • Ultra-thin, planar, Babinet-inverted plasmonic metalenses

    Xingjie Ni;Satoshi Ishii;Alexander V Kildishev;Vladimir M Shalaev

  • The Case for Plasmonics

    Mark L. Brongersma;Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Nonlinear optics of random media : fractal composites and metal-dielectric films

    Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Electromagnetic properties of small-particle composites

    Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Engineering photonic density of states using metamaterials

    Zubin Jacob;J Y Kim;G Naik;Alexandra Boltasseva;Alexandra Boltasseva

  • Resonant Field Enhancements from Metal Nanoparticle Arrays

    Dentcho A. Genov;Andrey K. Sarychev;Vladimir M. Shalaev;Alexander Wei

  • Broadband high-efficiency half-wave plate: a supercell-based plasmonic metasurface approach.

    Fei Ding;Zhuoxian Wang;Sailing He;Sailing He;Vladimir M. Shalaev

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandra Boltasseva
Alexandra Boltasseva Purdue University West Lafayette
Alexander V. Kildishev
Alexander V. Kildishev Purdue University West Lafayette
Marcello Ferrera
Marcello Ferrera Heriot-Watt University
Wenshan Cai
Wenshan Cai Georgia Institute of Technology
Viktor A. Podolskiy
Viktor A. Podolskiy University of Massachusetts Lowell
Satoshi Ishii
Satoshi Ishii National Institute for Materials Science
Daniele Faccio
Daniele Faccio University of Glasgow
Evgenii E. Narimanov
Evgenii E. Narimanov Purdue University West Lafayette
Shumin Xiao
Shumin Xiao Harbin Institute of Technology
Thomas A. Klar
Thomas A. Klar Johannes Kepler University of Linz

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