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D-Index
37
Citations
10759
World Ranking
5016
National Ranking
205

Yukio Narukawa publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yukio Narukawa sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 95 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Yukio Narukawa D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yukio Narukawa sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yukio Narukawa is affiliated with Nichia Corporation in Japan, engaging primarily in materials science research with a focus on optical and electronic applications. Their work spans several subfields, including electronic, optical, and magnetic materials; surfaces, coatings, and films; electrical and electronic engineering; atomic and molecular physics and optics; as well as materials chemistry.

The scientist's research addresses topics such as liquid crystal research advancements, optical coatings and gratings, organic light-emitting diodes research, photonic crystals and their applications, and photochromic and fluorescence chemistry. These topics reflect a multidisciplinary approach towards developing and understanding advanced materials for optical and electronic devices.

Yukio Narukawa has contributed to recent publications emphasizing coating polarizers with high polarization performance and dimensional stability. Key papers include:

  • New coating polarizer with high polarization performance and dimensional stability, 2025, Journal of the Society for Information Display
  • 98-1: Distinguished Paper: New Coating Polarizer with High Polarization Performance and Dimensional Stability, 2025, SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers

Their research outputs have appeared primarily in the Journal of the Society for Information Display and the SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers.

Frequent collaborators in Yukio Narukawa's research include Toshikazu Sumi, Hiroyuki Okusa, Ryuhei Nagai, Yasuhiro Kuwayama, and Naoki Koito. These coauthors appear consistently across various works and contribute to the development of related materials science and applied optics research.

Best Publications

  • Surface-Plasmon-Enhanced Light Emitters Based on InGaN Quantum Wells

    Koichi Okamoto;Isamu Niki;Isamu Niki;Alexander Shvartser;Yukio Narukawa

  • Role of self-formed InGaN quantum dots for exciton localization in the purple laser diode emitting at 420 nm

    Yukio Narukawa;Yoichi Kawakami;Mitsuru Funato;Shizuo Fujita

  • White light emitting diodes with super-high luminous efficacy

    Yukio Narukawa;Masatsugu Ichikawa;Daisuke Sanga;Masahiko Sano

  • InGaN-Based Near-Ultraviolet and Blue-Light-Emitting Diodes with High External Quantum Efficiency Using a Patterned Sapphire Substrate and a Mesh Electrode

    Motokazu Yamada;Tomotsugu Mitani;Yukio Narukawa;Shuji Shioji

  • Surface plasmon enhanced spontaneous emission rate of InGaN∕GaN quantum wells probed by time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy

    Koichi Okamoto;Isamu Niki;Axel Scherer;Yukio Narukawa

  • Blue, Green, and Amber InGaN/GaN Light-Emitting Diodes on Semipolar {11-22} GaN Bulk Substrates

    Mitsuru Funato;Masaya Ueda;Yoichi Kawakami;Yukio Narukawa

  • Phosphor-Conversion White Light Emitting Diode Using InGaN Near-Ultraviolet Chip

    Yukio Narukawa;Isamu Niki;Kunihiro Izuno;Motokazu Yamada

  • Phosphor Free High-Luminous-Efficiency White Light-Emitting Diodes Composed of InGaN Multi-Quantum Well

    Motokazu Yamada;Yukio Narukawa;Takashi Mukai

  • Ultra-High Efficiency White Light Emitting Diodes

    Yukio Narukawa;Junya Narita;Takahiko Sakamoto;Kouichiro Deguchi

  • Dimensionality of excitons in laser-diode structures composed of In x Ga 1-x N multiple quantum wells

    Yukio Narukawa;Yoichi Kawakami;Shigeo Fujita;Shuji Nakamura

  • Efficient radiative recombination from -oriented InxGa1-xN multiple quantum wells fabricated by the regrowth technique

    K. Nishizuka;M. Funato;Y. Kawakami;Sg. Fujita

  • Slip systems and misfit dislocations in InGaN epilayers

    S. Srinivasan;L. Geng;R. Liu;Fernando Ponce

  • Monolithic Polychromatic Light-Emitting Diodes Based on InGaN Microfacet Quantum Wells toward Tailor-Made Solid-State Lighting

    Mitsuru Funato;Takeshi Kondou;Keita Hayashi;Shotaro Nishiura

  • Nitride semiconductor element having a silicon substrate and a current passing region

    Yukio Narukawa;Tomotsugu Mitani;Masatsugu Ichikawa;Akira Kitano

  • Recent progress of high efficiency white LEDs

    Yukio Narukawa;Junya Narita;Takahiko Sakamoto;Takao Yamada

  • Improvement in Output Power of 280-nm Deep Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diode by Using AlGaN Multi Quantum Wells

    Akira Fujioka;Takao Misaki;Takashi Murayama;Yukio Narukawa

  • Improvement of Luminous Efficiency in White Light Emitting Diodes by Reducing a Forward-bias Voltage

    Yukio Narukawa;Masahiko Sano;Masatsugu Ichikawa;Shunsuke Minato

  • Epitaxial growth and optical properties of semipolar (112¯2) GaN and InGaN∕GaN quantum wells on GaN bulk substrates

    M. Ueda;K. Kojima;M. Funato;Y. Kawakami

  • Semiconductor light-emitting element substrate manufacturing method and semiconductor light-emitting element using the same

    Shunsuke Minato;俊介 湊;Junya Narita;准也 成田

  • Recent development of nitride LEDs and LDs

    Atsuo Michiue;Takashi Miyoshi;Tomoya Yanamoto;Tokuya Kozaki

  • Radiative and nonradiative recombination processes in ultraviolet light-emitting diode composed of an In0.02Ga0.98N active layer

    Yukio Narukawa;Shin Saijou;Yoichi Kawakami;Shigeo Fujita

  • Emission color tunable light-emitting diodes composed of InGaN multifacet quantum wells

    M. Funato;K. Hayashi;M. Ueda;Y. Kawakami

  • Phosphor Free High-Luminous-Efficiency White Light-Emitting Diodes Composed of InGaN Multi-Quantum Well : Optics and Quantum Electronics

    Motokazu Yamada;Yukio Narukawa;Takashi Mukai

Frequent Co-Authors

Takashi Mukai
Takashi Mukai National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Yoichi Kawakami
Yoichi Kawakami Kyoto University
Axel Scherer
Axel Scherer California Institute of Technology
Shizuo Fujita
Shizuo Fujita Kyoto University
Masahiko Sano
Masahiko Sano Nichia Corporation (Japan)
Fernando Ponce
Fernando Ponce Arizona State University
Takao Yamada
Takao Yamada Nichia Corporation (Japan)
Shuji Nakamura
Shuji Nakamura University of California, Santa Barbara
Riping Liu
Riping Liu Yanshan University
Shin-ichi Nagahama
Shin-ichi Nagahama Nichia Corporation (Japan)

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