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Photonic and Optical Devices

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Shiyue Hua
OptiGrate (United States)
2
Hamed Arianfard
Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology
3
Anika Tun Naziba
American International University-Bangladesh
4
Xiaolong You
The University of Adelaide
5
Ridong Jia
Nanyang Technological University
6
Xiaosheng Zhang
University of California, Berkeley
7
Yitong Chen
Xidian University
8
Rongxiang Guo
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
9
Qianyi Shangguan
Yangtze University
10
Md. Ibrahim
Bangladesh University of Business and Technology

Papers

1
An integrated large-scale photonic accelerator with ultralow latency
Nature|2025
145 cit.
2
Publication (2025) [112 citations, W4414605054]
Unknown Journal|2025
112 cit.
3
Publication in Laser & Photonics Review (2025) [108 citations, W4406126870]
Laser & Photonics Review|2025
108 cit.
4
High-Q silicon microring resonator with ultrathin sub-wavelength thicknesses for sensitive gas sensing
Applied Physics Reviews|2024
83 cit.
5
Publication in Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2024) [41 citations, W4391719514]
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials|2024
41 cit.
6
Publication in Advanced Materials (2024) [23 citations, W4405476432]
Advanced Materials|2024
23 cit.
7
Suspended nanomembrane silicon photonic integrated circuits
Chip|2024
17 cit.
8
Publication in Advanced Materials (2025) [15 citations, W4409335703]
Advanced Materials|2025
15 cit.
9
Publication in International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems (2024) [11 citations, W4391044969]
International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems|2024
11 cit.
10
Publication in Advanced Materials (2025) [9 citations, W4409361999]
Advanced Materials|2025
9 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Maik Stappers
University of Münster
2
Qi‐Fan Yang
California Institute of Technology
3
Manan Raval
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4
Maxim Karpov
nLIGHT (United States)
5
Yichen Shen
Zhejiang University
6
Stefan Abel
Lumiphase (Switzerland)
7
Xingchen Ji
Northwest University
8
Ruffin E. Evans
Harvard University
9
Daniel Brunner
Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems
10
Hamed Saghaei
Islamic Azad University of Shahrekord

Papers

1
A ferroelectric multilevel non-volatile photonic phase shifter
Nature Photonics|2022
137 cit.
2
Photonic neuromorphic computing using vertical cavity semiconductor lasers
Optical Materials Express|2022
79 cit.
3
Integrated vortex soliton microcombs
Nature Photonics|2024
64 cit.
4
Ultra‐Low‐Loss Silicon Nitride Photonics Based on Deposited Films Compatible with Foundries
Laser & Photonics Review|2023
56 cit.
5
Penrose tiling-inspired graphene-covered multiband terahertz metamaterial absorbers
Optics Express|2023
42 cit.
6
Ultra-fast tunable optoelectronic 2-to-4 binary decoder using graphene-coated silica rods in photonic crystal ring resonators
Optical and Quantum Electronics|2022
34 cit.
7
Ultra-fast tunable optoelectronic full-adder based on photonic crystal ring resonators covered by graphene nanoshells
Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures|2022
32 cit.
8
Quantum decoherence of dark pulses in optical microresonators
Nature Communications|2023
32 cit.
9
Strategy for the Preparation of PBAT/Starch Blended Foam with High Resilience and Shrinkage Resistance
Journal of Polymers and the Environment|2024
32 cit.
10
Combining one and two photon polymerization for accelerated high performance (3 + 1)D photonic integration
Nanophotonics|2022
30 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
John E. Bowers
University of California, Santa Barbara
2
Michal Lipson
Columbia University
3
Tobias J. Kippenberg
Applied Photonics (United Kingdom)
4
Kerry J. Vahala
California Institute of Technology
5
Shanhui Fan
Stanford University
6
David Moss
Australian Research Council
7
Susumu Noda
Kyoto University
8
Xiang Zhang
Shanghai University
9
Roel Baets
Ghent University
10
Thomas W. Ebbesen
Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires

Papers

1
Surface plasmon subwavelength optics
Nature|2003
11.6k cit.
2
Extraordinary optical transmission through sub-wavelength hole arrays
Nature|1998
7.6k cit.
3
Discovery of intrinsic ferromagnetism in two-dimensional van der Waals crystals
Nature|2017
5k cit.
4
Optical microcavities
Nature|2003
4.7k cit.
5
Sub-Diffraction-Limited Optical Imaging with a Silver Superlens
Science|2005
4k cit.
6
Passive radiative cooling below ambient air temperature under direct sunlight
Nature|2014
3.4k cit.
7
A graphene-based broadband optical modulator
Nature|2011
3.4k cit.
8
Photonic crystals: putting a new twist on light
Nature|1997
3.1k cit.
9
Large-scale synthesis of carbon nanotubes
Nature|1992
3.1k cit.
10
High-Q photonic nanocavity in a two-dimensional photonic crystal
Nature|2003
2.7k cit.

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