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Random lasers and scattering media

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Mark Lyubarov
ITMO University
2
Hady Moussa
City University of New York
3
Fei Wang
University of Science and Technology of China
4
Fei Zhang
Chongqing University
5
Romain Tirole
The Graduate Center, CUNY
6
Zicheng Shen
Tsinghua University
7
Mudi Wang
Wuhan University
8
Cheng Wu
University of Science and Technology of China
9
Ying Zhou
Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics
10
Christian Anker Rosiek
Technical University of Denmark

Rising Stars Papers

1
Second harmonic generation at a time-varying interface
Nature Communications|2024
30 cit.
2
Enhancing charge-emitting shallow traps in metal halide perovskites by >100 times by surface strain
Joule|2024
23 cit.
3
Three-dimensional nonreciprocal transport in photonic topological heterostructure of arbitrary shape
Science Advances|2025
17 cit.
4
Quadrature Squeezing Enhances Wigner Negativity in a Mechanical Duffing Oscillator
PRX Quantum|2024
14 cit.
5
Plastic hinge length of RC shear walls: Practical approximation via machine learning and probabilistic assessment
Engineering Failure Analysis|2024
14 cit.
6
Dispersion-engineered spin photonics based on folded-path metasurfaces
Light Science & Applications|2025
11 cit.
7
Post-tensioned coupling beams: Mechanics, cyclic response, and damage evaluation
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering|2024
10 cit.
8
Baseline‐free structured light 3D imaging using a metasurface double‐helix dot projector
Nanophotonics|2025
9 cit.
9
Steel rebar bond-slip behavior in CFRP-strengthened low-strength concrete: ML-driven solution and reliability analysis
Construction and Building Materials|2025
9 cit.
10
Nonlinear Dielectric Epsilon Near‐Zero Hybrid Nanogap Antennas
Advanced Optical Materials|2024
6 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Zhigang Zang
Chongqing University
2
Daqin Chen
Fujian Normal University
3
Xiangeng Meng
Qilu University of Technology
4
Felix Heide
Stanford University
5
Zhaohui Li
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)
6
Mingbo Pu
Chinese Academy of Sciences
7
Angika Bulbul
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
8
Deniz Mengü
Samueli Institute
9
Philipp del Hougne
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
10
Marc Guillon
Université Paris Cité

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
2D/3D heterojunction engineering at the buried interface towards high-performance inverted methylammonium-free perovskite solar cells
Nature Energy|2023
383 cit.
2
Compact ultrabroadband light-emitting diodes based on lanthanide-doped lead-free double perovskites
Light Science & Applications|2022
259 cit.
3
Efficient and Stable Perovskite White Light‐Emitting Diodes for Backlit Display
Advanced Functional Materials|2023
207 cit.
4
Crystallization manipulation and holistic defect passivation toward stable and efficient inverted perovskite solar cells
Energy & Environmental Science|2023
175 cit.
5
Stabilizing Buried Interface via Synergistic Effect of Fluorine and Sulfonyl Functional Groups Toward Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells
Nano-Micro Letters|2022
147 cit.
6
Tailoring multifunctional anion modifiers to modulate interfacial chemical interactions for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells
Nano Energy|2022
140 cit.
7
Template Assembled Large‐Size CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> Nanocomposite Films toward Flexible, Stable, and High‐Performance X‐Ray Scintillators
Laser & Photonics Review|2022
131 cit.
8
Silver coordination-induced n-doping of PCBM for stable and efficient inverted perovskite solar cells
Nature Communications|2024
131 cit.
9
Functional Layers of Inverted Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells and Effective Technologies for Device Commercialization
Small Structures|2023
129 cit.
10
Boosting STE and Nd<sup>3+</sup> NIR Luminescence in Cs<sub>2</sub>AgInCl<sub>6</sub> Double Perovskite via Na<sup>+</sup>/Bi<sup>3+</sup>‐Induced Local Structure Engineering
Advanced Functional Materials|2023
119 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Miles J. Padgett
University of Glasgow
2
Sylvain Gigan
Collège de France
3
Allard P. Mosk
University of Twente
4
Ad Lagendijk
University of Twente
5
Richard G. Baraniuk
Rice University
6
Mordechai Segev
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
7
Yanhua Shih
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
8
Robert W. Boyd
University of Ottawa
9
Yaron Silberberg
Palo Alto Institute
10
Lihong V. Wang
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Compressive Sensing [Lecture Notes]
IEEE Signal Processing Magazine|2007
4.2k cit.
2
Single-pixel imaging via compressive sampling
IEEE Signal Processing Magazine|2008
3.6k cit.
3
MCML—Monte Carlo modeling of light transport in multi-layered tissues
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine|1995
3.3k cit.
4
Orbital angular momentum: origins, behavior and applications
Advances in Optics and Photonics|2011
3.2k cit.
5
New High-Intensity Source of Polarization-Entangled Photon Pairs
Physical Review Letters|1995
3.1k cit.
6
Photoacoustic imaging in biomedicine
Review of Scientific Instruments|2006
2.7k cit.
7
A Simple Proof of the Restricted Isometry Property for Random Matrices
Constructive Approximation|2008
2.4k cit.
8
Tweezers with a twist
Nature Photonics|2011
2.2k cit.
9
Focusing coherent light through opaque strongly scattering media
Optics Letters|2007
1.9k cit.
10
Functional photoacoustic microscopy for high-resolution and noninvasive in vivo imaging
Nature Biotechnology|2006
1.8k cit.

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