Harry A. Atwater

California Institute of Technology — United States

Engineering · Physical Sciences

122h-index75.5kcitations1.3kworks9.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research(177), Nanowire Synthesis and Applications(171), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies(163), solar cell performance optimization(146), Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies(136)

Publications1.3k total

Beyond Earth: Resilience of Quasi‐2D Perovskite Solar Cells in Space
Advanced Materials·2026Open Access
Overcoming Barriers to Dynamic Phase-Only Modulation in Transmissive Metasurfaces via Diffraction Control
ACS Nano·2026
Ultrafast, reconfigurable all-optical beam steering and spatial light modulation
ArXiv.org·2025Open Access
Three photonics grand challenges for energy
2025
Growth and Characterization of Epitaxial FeWO<sub>4</sub> Thin Films with Controlled Oxygen Stoichiometry
Chemistry of Materials·2025
(<i>Invited) </i>Accelerated Materials and Process Innovations for Solar Energy Conversion to Liquid Fuels
ECS Meeting Abstracts·2025
Spalled Barium Titanate Single Crystal Thin Films for Functional Device Applications
Nano Letters·2025
Overcoming Barriers to Dynamic Phase-only Modulation in Transmissive Metasurfaces via Diffraction Control
2025Open Access
Carrier-Selective Contacts for Tungsten Disulfide Photovoltaics
2025
Simulating Proton Transmission Through Thin Radiation Shields for Space Based Solar Power
2025
Ultrathin Spalled Silicon Thin Films for Space Solar Power
2025
Cadmium and Zinc Diffusion-Doped InP Solar Cells for Ultralight Space Power Applications
2025
Emissive Luminescent Solar Concentrators
2025
Space solar power generation: A viable system proposal and technoeconomic analysis
Joule·2025· 9 citedOpen Access
Spalled barium titanate single crystal thin films for functional device applications
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Active metasurface designs for lensless and detector-limited imaging
Nanophotonics·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
High-Temperature Strong Nonreciprocal Thermal Radiation from Semiconductors
ACS Photonics·2025· 27 cited
Cooperative effects associated with high electrolyte concentrations in driving the conversion of CO2 to C2H4 on copper
Chem Catalysis·2025· 5 cited
Ferroelectric nanophotonics: electro-optic active metasurfaces
2025
Lensless imaging with active metasurfaces in detector-limited applications
2025
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Frequent Co-authors

Albert Polman(9), Nathan S. Lewis(7), Vivian E. Ferry(6), Stefan A. Maier(5), Michael D. Kelzenberg(5), Daniel B. Turner‐Evans(5), Morgan C. Putnam(5), Emily L. Warren(5), Luke A. Sweatlock(5), Pieter G. Kik(4), Ryan M. Briggs(4), Shannon W. Boettcher(4), Jennifer A. Dionne(4), Koray Aydın(3), Joshua M. Spurgeon(3), Jeremy N. Munday(3), Marc A. Verschuuren(3), R.E.I. Schropp(3), Brendan M. Kayes(2), Jan Petykiewicz(2)