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Vahagn Mkhitaryan

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2012Rising activity
Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchPhotonic and Optical DevicesPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsMetamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications

Publications

70

Citations

1,067

Est. group size

~12

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

15

Publishing since 2012

Research summary
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Vahagn Mkhitaryan works in nanophotonics, the study of how light interacts with materials and structures at scales smaller than its wavelength. His recent work focuses on ultrathin metal and oxide films, plasmonics (light-driven electron oscillations at metal surfaces), and engineered nanostructures for controlling optical signals, nonlinear light generation, and chiral (mirror-asymmetric) light detection. Much of this research combines materials fabrication with computational design tools to create compact optical devices.

Plasmonics and surface polaritonsUltrathin metal and oxide films for nonlinear opticsMetasurfaces and inverse-designed photonic structuresTransparent conducting oxides for optical modulationChiral and van der Waals nanomaterials

Publication output has grown steadily over the last decade, rising from a few papers per year around 2017-2019 to a notably higher and increasing rate by 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 8.8/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 1 publication182019: 2 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 8 publications232024: 11 publications242025: 17 publications17252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×11
  • ACS Photonics×4
  • Nano Letters×3
  • Advanced Optical Materials×3
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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