2026 Willem L. Vos: 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	57	7888	7627	100	92	414	14069

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to our understanding of multiple scattering of light in photonic band gap crystals and random media
2012 - OSA Fellows For seminal contributions, both theoretical and experimental, to the understanding of light propagation and emission in random and periodic media.

Overview

Willem L. Vos is affiliated with the University of Twente in the Netherlands. Their research spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering, with a significant focus on subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Acoustics and Ultrasonics; Biomedical Engineering; and Surfaces, Coatings and Films.

The main topics of their scientific work involve Photonic Crystals and Applications, Random lasers and scattering media, Photonic and Optical Devices, Optical Coatings and Gratings, Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies, Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics, and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices.

Willem L. Vos has published extensively in several recognized venues. Frequent publication venues include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Optics Express
Physical Review A
Physical Review B

Notable recent papers authored by or co-authored with Willem L. Vos include:

"Spatially Shaping Waves to Penetrate Deep inside a Forbidden Gap," 2021, Physical Review Letters
"Local density of optical states in the three-dimensional band gap of a finite photonic crystal," 2020, Physical Review B
"Quantitative Determination of Dark Chromophore Population Explains the Apparent Low Quantum Yield of Red Fluorescent Proteins," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
"Targeted Positioning of Quantum Dots Inside 3D Silicon Photonic Crystals Revealed by Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence Tomography," 2022, ACS Nano
"Deep reactive ion etching of cylindrical nanopores in silicon for photonic crystals," 2023, Nanotechnology

Frequent collaborators of Willem L. Vos include Ad Lagendijk, J.J.W. van der Vegt, Alfredo Rates, Marek Kozoň, and Matthias Schlottbom.

Willem L. Vos has been recognized within the scientific community by receiving fellowship honors. These include:

Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), awarded in 2013, for contributions to the understanding of multiple scattering of light in photonic band gap crystals and random media
OSA Fellow, awarded in 2012, for contributions to the understanding of light propagation and emission in random and periodic media

Best Publications

Preparation of photonic crystals made of air spheres in titania

Judith E. G. J. Wijnhoven;Willem L. Vos

2349
Citations
Controlling the dynamics of spontaneous emission from quantum dots by photonic crystals

Peter Lodahl;A. Floris van Driel;Ivan S. Nikolaev;Arie Irman

1597
Citations
Novel H 2 -H 2 O clathrates at high pressures

Willem L. Vos;Larry W. Finger;Russell J. Hemley;Ho-kwang Mao

417
Citations
Scattering lens resolves sub-100 nm structures with visible light.

E.G. van Putten;D. Akbulut;J. Bertolotti;J. Bertolotti;Willem L. Vos

363
Citations
Spectroscopy of Fluorescein (FITC) Dyed Colloidal Silica Spheres

A. Imhof;M. Megens;J.J. Engelberts;D.T.N. de Lang

309
Citations
Broad-band and Omnidirectional Antireflection Coatings Based on Semiconductor Nanorods

Silke L. Diedenhofen;Gabriele Vecchi;Rienk E. Algra;Alex Hartsuiker

299
Citations
Strong effects of photonic band structures on the diffraction of colloidal crystals

W.L. Vos;R. Sprik;A. van Blaaderen;A. van Blaaderen;A. Imhof

287
Citations
Structure and formation of a gel of colloidal disks

Mark Kroon;Willem L. Vos;Gerard H. Wegdam

283
Citations
Frequency-Dependent Spontaneous Emission Rate from CdSe and CdTe Nanocrystals: Influence of Dark States

A.F. van Driel;G. Allan;C. Delerue;P. Lodahl

262
Citations
Electrochemical assembly of ordered macropores in gold

Judith E.G.J. Wijnhoven;Stephan J.M. Zevenhuizen;Michel A. Hendriks;Daniël Vanmaekelbergh

256
Citations
Fluorescence lifetimes and linewidths of dye in photonic crystals

Mischa Megens;Judith E. G. J. Wijnhoven;Ad Lagendijk;Willem L. Vos

250
Citations
Statistical analysis of time-resolved emission from ensembles of semiconductor quantum dots: Interpretation of exponential decay models

A.F. van Driel;I.S. Nikolaev;I.S. Nikolaev;P. Vergeer;P. Lodahl;P. Lodahl

245
Citations
Fabrication and Characterization of Large Macroporous Photonic Crystals in Titania

Judith E. G. J. Wijnhoven;Lydia Bechger;Willem L. Vos

242
Citations
Large Dispersive Effects near the Band Edges of Photonic Crystals

Arnout Imhof;Willem L. Vos;Rudolf Sprik;Ad Lagendijk

215
Citations
Multiple Bragg wave coupling in photonic band-gap crystals

Henry M. van Driel;Willem L. Vos

209
Citations
Directional fluorescence spectra of laser dye in opal and inverse opal photonic crystals.

Lydia Bechger;Peter Lodahl;Willem L. Vos

201
Citations
Optical extinction due to intrinsic structural variations of photonic crystals

A. Femius Koenderink;Ad Lagendijk;Willem L. Vos

197
Citations
INHIBITED LIGHT PROPAGATION AND BROADBAND REFLECTION IN PHOTONIC AIR-SPHERE CRYSTALS

Michiel S. Thijssen;Rudolf Sprik;Judith E. G. J. Wijnhoven;Mischa Megens

196
Citations
Focusing light through random photonic media by binary amplitude modulation

D. Akbulut;T.J. Huisman;E.G. van Putten;W.L. Vos

179
Citations
X-ray Diffraction of Photonic Colloidal Single Crystals

W.L. Vos;M. Megens;C.M. van Kast;P. Boesecke

177
Citations
Broadband fivefold reduction of vacuum fluctuations probed by dyes in photonic crystals.

A. Femius Koenderink;Lydia Bechger;H. P. Schriemer;Ad Lagendijk

165
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