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Optical Wireless Communication Technologies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Fengxian Guo
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
2
Kangda Zhi
Technische Universität Berlin
3
Fatemeh Aghlmand
California Institute of Technology
4
Changsheng You
Southern University of Science and Technology
5
Mohammad Furqan Ali
Instituto de Novas Tecnologias
6
Hoang D. Le
National Economics University
7
Zewei Shao
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics
8
Yuqiang Ding
University of Central Florida
9
Thang V. Nguyen
Research Institute of Posts and Telecommunications
10
Olfa Ben Yahia
Polytechnique Montréal

Rising Stars Papers

1
Tri-band electrochromic smart window for energy savings in buildings
Nature Sustainability|2024
264 cit.
2
Next Generation Advanced Transceiver Technologies for 6G and Beyond
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications|2025
75 cit.
3
Breaking the in-coupling efficiency limit in waveguide-based AR displays with polarization volume gratings
Light Science & Applications|2024
72 cit.
4
Performance Analysis and Low-Complexity Design for XL-MIMO With Near-Field Spatial Non-Stationarities
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications|2024
71 cit.
5
SWIPT in Mixed Near- and Far-Field Channels: Joint Beam Scheduling and Power Allocation
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications|2024
43 cit.
6
Evolution of High-Throughput Satellite Systems: A Vision of Programmable Regenerative Payload
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials|2024
24 cit.
7
High-efficiency RGB achromatic liquid crystal diffractive optical elements
Opto-Electronic Advances|2025
24 cit.
8
Breaking the optical efficiency limit of virtual reality with a nonreciprocal polarization rotator
Opto-Electronic Advances|2024
21 cit.
9
Near-Field Positioning and Attitude Sensing Based on Electromagnetic Propagation Modeling
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications|2024
16 cit.
10
Polarization conversion effect in cholesteric liquid crystal-based polarization volume gratings
Optics Express|2024
14 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Pengfei Tian
Robotics Research (United States)
2
Madhusanka Liyanage
University College Dublin
3
Kai Pang
University of Southern California
4
Fangchen Hu
Shanghai Zhangjiang Laboratory
5
Daoyin Zhang
Unknown
6
Hakan Kaya
Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University
7
Huibin Zhou
University of Southern California
8
Jacopo Catani
National Institute of Optics
9
Ebrahim E. Elsayed
Mansoura University
10
Abbie T. Watnik
United States Naval Research Laboratory

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
A Survey on the Convergence of Edge Computing and AI for UAVs: Opportunities and Challenges
IEEE Internet of Things Journal|2022
432 cit.
2
Autonomous vehicles in 5G and beyond: A survey
Vehicular Communications|2022
212 cit.
3
Atmospheric turbulence mitigation of MIMO-RF/FSO DWDM communication systems using advanced diversity multiplexing with hybrid N-SM/OMI M-ary spatial pulse-position modulation schemes
Optics Communications|2024
149 cit.
4
Federated Learning for the Healthcare Metaverse: Concepts, Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions
IEEE Internet of Things Journal|2023
142 cit.
5
Open RAN security: Challenges and opportunities
Journal of Network and Computer Applications|2023
137 cit.
6
A survey on Zero touch network and Service Management (ZSM) for 5G and beyond networks
Journal of Network and Computer Applications|2022
133 cit.
7
Coding techniques for diversity enhancement of dense wavelength division multiplexing MIMO‐FSO fault protection protocols systems over atmospheric turbulence channels
IET Optoelectronics|2024
118 cit.
8
A Survey on Network Slicing Security: Attacks, Challenges, Solutions and Research Directions
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials|2023
105 cit.
9
A Survey on Role of Blockchain for IoT: Applications and Technical Aspects
Computer Networks|2023
96 cit.
10
Explainable AI for 6G Use Cases: Technical Aspects and Research Challenges
IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society|2024
94 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Harald Haas
Hochschule Bremen
2
Mohamed‐Slim Alouini
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
3
Rui Zhang
National University of Singapore
4
Alan E. Willner
University of Southern California
5
H. Vincent Poor
Princeton University
6
Murat Uysal
New York University Abu Dhabi
7
Masaki Nakagawa
Eisai (Japan)
8
Lajos Hanzo
University of Southampton
9
Nan Chi
Fudan University
10
John R. Barry
Northeastern University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Intelligent Reflecting Surface Enhanced Wireless Network via Joint Active and Passive Beamforming
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications|2019
4.6k cit.
2
Terabit free-space data transmission employing orbital angular momentum multiplexing
Nature Photonics|2012
4.6k cit.
3
Towards Smart and Reconfigurable Environment: Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Wireless Network
IEEE Communications Magazine|2019
4.3k cit.
4
Harnessing Nonlinearity: Predicting Chaotic Systems and Saving Energy in Wireless Communication
Science|2004
3.8k cit.
5
Wireless infrared communications
Proceedings of the IEEE|1997
3.3k cit.
6
Wireless Communications Through Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
IEEE Access|2019
3.3k cit.
7
Fundamental analysis for visible-light communication system using LED lights
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics|2004
3.3k cit.
8
Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Aided Wireless Communications: A Tutorial
IEEE Transactions on Communications|2021
2.9k cit.
9
MIMO Broadcasting for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications|2013
2.9k cit.
10
An Overview of Massive MIMO: Benefits and Challenges
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing|2014
2.8k cit.

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