Light-Science & Applications

Article	Citations
Light People: Professor Manijeh Razeghi	518
Light People: Professor Cheng Zhang	411
Doped high-entropy glassy materials to create optical coherence from maximally disordered systems	400
Observing half-integer topological winding numbers in non-Hermitian synthetic lattices	347
Efficient ultrafast laser writing with elliptical polarization	326
Generation of squeezed vacuum state in the millihertz frequency band	302
Demonstration of 85% pump depletion and 10−6 noise content in quasi-parametric chirped-pulse amplification	292
Dimensionality-enhanced mid-infrared light vortex detection based on multilayer graphene	286
Thickness bound for nonlocal wide-field-of-view metalenses	285
Non-reciprocal response in silicon photonic resonators integrated with 2D CuCrP2S6 at short-wave infrared	281
Strong-field photoelectron holography in the subcycle limit	275
Advancing lasers in silicon photonics	261
Chip-based label-free incoherent super-resolution optical microscopy	254
High efficiency pure blue perovskite quantum dot light-emitting diodes based on formamidinium manipulating carrier dynamics and electron state filling	250
A multi-mode super-fano mechanism for enhanced third harmonic generation in silicon metasurfaces	241
Learnable digital signal processing: a new benchmark of linearity compensation for optical fiber communications	238
Orbital angular momentum-mediated machine learning for high-accuracy mode-feature encoding	223
A self-assembling nanoplatform for pyroptosis and ferroptosis enhanced cancer photoimmunotherapy	212
Enhancing spatiotemporal focusing of light deep inside scattering media with Time-Gated Reflection Matrix	207
Topological control of chirality and spin with structured light	205
Non-convex optimization for inverse problem solving in computer-generated holography	203
Anneal-free ultra-low loss silicon nitride integrated photonics	202
All-angle reflectionless negative refraction with ideal photonic Weyl metamaterials	199
Self-assembled liquid crystal architectures for soft matter photonics	193
OLED illuminated metasurfaces for holographic image projection	190

Quantum correlation-enhanced dual-comb spectroscopy	186
From past to future: on-chip laser sources for photonic integrated circuits	185
Geometric phase-encoded stimuli-responsive cholesteric liquid crystals for visualizing real-time remote monitoring: humidity sensing as a proof of concept	182
Ultrasound sensing with optical microcavities	181
Comment on “Early cancer detection by serum biomolecular fingerprinting spectroscopy with machine learning”	174
Double-chirped mirrors expand the bandwidth of infrared frequency combs	172
Exploiting optical degrees of freedom for information multiplexing in diffractive neural networks	171
Highly DUV to NIR-II responsive broadband quantum dots heterojunction photodetectors by integrating quantum cutting luminescent concentrators	169
Fractal photonic anomalous Floquet topological insulators to generate multiple quantum chiral edge states	169
Long-range-interacting topological photonic lattices breaking channel-bandwidth limit	161
Multi-dimensional camouflage against VIS-NIR hyperspectral, MIR intensity, and MIR polarization imaging	161
Aberration-robust monocular passive depth sensing using a meta-imaging camera	160
Quantum imaging with ultra-thin metasurfaces	159
Nonlinear Rydberg exciton-polaritons in Cu2O microcavities	159
Image processing with Optical matrix vector multipliers implemented for encoding and decoding tasks	158
High-power pulsed electrochemiluminescence for optogenetic manipulation of Drosophila larval behaviour	156
Soft X-ray imaging with coherence tomography in the water window spectral range using high-harmonic generation	154
Dose-efficient scanning Compton X-ray microscopy	153
Optoelectronic polymer memristors with dynamic control for power-efficient in-sensor edge computing	153
Liquid bidentate ligand for full ligand coverage towards efficient near-infrared perovskite quantum dot LEDs	147
Advancing on-chip Kerr optical parametric oscillation towards coherent applications covering the green gap	147
High-order femtosecond vortices up to the 30th order generated from a powerful mode-locked Hermite-Gaussian laser	145
Electrodynamics of photonic temporal interfaces	144
Mn5+-activated Ca6Ba(PO4)4O near-infrared phosphor and its application in luminescence thermometry	141
Perovskite single-pixel detector for dual-color metasurface imaging recognition in complex environment	139
Tunnelling of electrons via the neighboring atom	138
Microcomb-enabled parallel self- calibration optical convolution streaming processor	135
Light People: Prof. Juejun Hu, exploring the light	127
Creating and moving nanoantenna cold spots anywhere	126
Reconstructive spectrometers taper down in price	121
V-band ultra-fast tunable thin-film lithium niobate Fourier-domain mode-locked optoelectronic oscillator	119
Revealing hidden tissue architecture with mid-infrared dichroism photoacoustic microscopy	116
Synchronization of complex spatio-temporal dynamics with lasers	115
Transverse mode coupling in monolithic few-mode fiber laser oscillators	114
Phase-tailored assembly and encoding of dissipative soliton molecules	112
Using light to image millimeter wave based on stacked meta-MEMS chip	112
Broadband infrared imaging governed by guided-mode resonance in dielectric metasurfaces	111
Frequency comb-to-comb stabilization over a 1.3-km free-space atmospheric optical link	110
End-to-end design of multicolor scintillators for enhanced energy resolution in X-ray imaging	110
Metamaterial-enabled arbitrary on-chip spatial mode manipulation	109
Symmetric private information retrieval supported by quantum-secure key-exchange network	109
15-Fold increase in solar thermoelectric generator performance through femtosecond-laser spectral engineering and thermal management	108
Transient stimulated Raman scattering spectroscopy and imaging	108
Snapshot multispectral imaging using a diffractive optical network	108
Tandem light-emitting technology accelerates the commercial application of perovskite LEDs	104
Mold-free self-assembled scalable microlens arrays with ultrasmooth surface and record-high resolution	103
Paintable soft photonic architectures featuring multi-stable light-actuation	100
Mid-infrared III–V semiconductor lasers epitaxially grown on Si substrates	100
Ultrabright near-infrared light	99
Enhanced multiscale human brain imaging by semi-supervised digital staining and serial sectioning optical coherence tomography	99

Integrated, ultrafast all-optical polariton transistors with sub-wavelength grating microcavities	98
Real-time whole-brain imaging of hemodynamics and oxygenation at micro-vessel resolution with ultrafast wide-field photoacoustic microscopy	98
Label-free mid-infrared dichroism-sensitive photoacoustic microscopy for histostructural analysis of engineered heart tissues	97
Efficient second harmonic generation by harnessing bound states in the continuum in semi-nonlinear etchless lithium niobate waveguides	97
Deep learning-based virtual staining, segmentation, and classification in label-free photoacoustic histology of human specimens	96
Self-powered and broadband opto-sensor with bionic visual adaptation function based on multilayer γ-InSe flakes	95
Quartz-enhanced laser spectroscopy sensing	95
Construction of optical spatiotemporal skyrmions	95
Universal adaptive optics for microscopy through embedded neural network control	94
Towards higher-dimensional structured light	93
Deep-trap ultraviolet persistent phosphor for advanced optical storage application in bright environments	93
Light People | Prof. Wei Lu spoke about infrared physics	93
Absolute thermometry based on Brillouin scattering in gases	92
Quantum computing predicts particle trajectories in optical tweezers	92
Shedding light on biology and healthcare—preface to the special issue on Biomedical Optics	92
Polarization multiplexed diffractive computing: all-optical implementation of a group of linear transformations through a polarization-encoded diffractive network	91
Visualizing the internalization and biological impact of nanoplastics in live intestinal organoids by Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM)	91
Excitation-wavelength-dependent persistent luminescence from single-component nonstoichiometric CaGaxO4:Bi for dynamic anti-counterfeiting	89
E2E-BPF microscope: extended depth-of-field microscopy using learning-based implementation of binary phase filter and image deconvolution	89
Fast, faster, and the fastest structured illumination microscopy	88
Dynamic control and manipulation of near-fields using direct feedback	87
Small and simple: next-generation miniaturized diffraction-based spectrometer with computational reconstruction algorithms	87
“QuanTour” illuminates Europe with single photons: celebrating the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025	87
Intelligent metasurfaces can recognize objects	86
Seeing without touching: weak-disturbance imaging and characterization of ultra-confined optical near fields	85
Light people: professor Fei Ding	85
Optical nonlinearity goes ultrafast in 2D semiconductor-based nanocavities	85
Near infrared light controlled gene editing	83
Professor John Rarity	83
Passive radiant cooling without sacrificing the aesthetics of objects	82
Measurement-device-independent continuous variable entanglement witness in a quantum network	82
Real-time reconfigurable metasurfaces enabling agile terahertz wave front manipulation	81
One-dimensional photonic crystal nano-ridge surface emitting lasers epitaxially grown on a standard 300 mm silicon wafer	80
Visualizing mitochondrial dynamics at the nanoscale	80
Electro-optic tuning in composite silicon photonics based on ferroionic 2D materials	80
A new function of photochromic spiropyran: an efficient photoinitiator for two-photon polymerization	79
Programmable optical encryption using thickness-controlled stretchable chiral liquid crystal elastomers	79
Advance of large-area achromatic flat lenses	78
Suspended waveguide-enhanced near-infrared photothermal spectroscopy for ppb-level molecular gas sensing on a chalcogenide chip	78
Photonic neuromorphic architecture for tens-of-task lifelong learning	78
A multichannel optical computing architecture for advanced machine vision	78
Efficient on-chip terahertz generation and detection with GaN photoconductive emitters	77
Strongly absorbing molecules make tissue transparent: a new insight for understanding tissue optical clearing	77
Physisorption-assistant optoelectronic synaptic transistors based on Ta2NiSe5/SnS2 heterojunction from ultraviolet to near-infrared	76
Time-bin encoded quantum key distribution over 120 km with a telecom quantum dot source	76
Experimental demonstration of 8190-km long-haul semiconductor-laser chaos synchronization induced by digital optical communication signal	76
Correction: Dielectric metalens for miniaturized imaging systems: progress and challenges	75
Attentional Ptycho-Tomography (APT) for three-dimensional nanoscale X-ray imaging with minimal data acquisition and computation time	75
Exciton-harvesting enabled efficient charged particle detection in zero-dimensional halides	74
Anisotropic leaky-like perturbation with subwavelength gratings enables zero crosstalk	74
Portable astronomical observation system based on large-aperture concentric-ring metalens	73
Quantum dot-enabled infrared hyperspectral imaging with single-pixel detection	73
Ultrafast near-infrared pyroelectric detector based on inhomogeneous plasmonic metasurface	73
Dynamically tunable long-range coupling enabled by bound state in the continuum	72
EventLFM: event camera integrated Fourier light field microscopy for ultrafast 3D imaging	72
Tunable optical topological transitions of plasmon polaritons in WTe2 van der Waals films	72
Monolithic integration of embedded III-V lasers on SOI	72
Bio-inspired micropatterned thermochromic hydrogel for concurrent smart solar transmission and rapid visible-light stealth at all-working temperatures	72
All-optical permittivity-asymmetric quasi-bound states in the continuum	72
Developing momentum in vanishing index photonics	71
Shape optimization for high efficiency metasurfaces: theory and implementation	71
Non-volatile photonic-electronic memory via 3D monolithic ferroelectric-silicon ring resonator	71
Toward noninvasive optoacoustic imaging of whole-heart dynamics in mice	71
FACE-ing the future of single-pixel complex-field microscopy beyond the visible spectrum	71
High-efficiency femtosecond laser fabrication of graphene-hybrid planar micro-supercapacitors with micro/nanostructured electrodes	70
A whispering-gallery scanning microprobe for Raman spectroscopy and imaging	70
Manipulating cavity photon dynamics by topologically curved space	70
Interface second harmonic generation enhancement in bulk WS2/MoS2 hetero-bilayer van der Waals nanoantennas	69
Photo-induced macro/mesoscopic scale ion displacement in mixed-halide perovskites: ring structures and ionic plasma oscillations	69
Shaping the light of VCSELs through cavity geometry design	69
Anti-interference diffractive deep neural networks for multi-object recognition	69
Perovskite beyond solar: toward novel developments of lasers and detectors for photonic circuits	68
Low-threshold interlayer exciton multiplication in twisted transition metal dichalcogenides heterobilayers	68
Submonolayer biolasers for ultrasensitive biomarker detection	67
Light People: Professor Stefan Hell	67
Integrated-photonics-based systems for polarization-gradient cooling of trapped ions	67
Wavelength-multiplexed multi-mode EUV reflection ptychography based on automatic differentiation	67
1-Pbps orbital angular momentum fibre-optic transmission	66
Harnessing the capabilities of VCSELs: unlocking the potential for advanced integrated photonic devices and systems	66
All-on-chip reconfigurable generation of scalar and vectorial orbital angular momentum beams	66

An Optoelectronic thermometer based on microscale infrared-to-visible conversion devices	65
A single-photon source based on topological bulk cavity	65
Optical probing of ultrafast laser-induced solid-to-overdense-plasma transitions	65
Plasmonic metafibers electro-optic modulators	65
Laser-written reconfigurable photonic integrated circuit directly coupled to a single-photon avalanche diode array	65
NIR-II-triggered plasmonic catalysis with tip-localized enhancement: a strategy for hypoxic biofilm eradication on orthopedic implants	65
Chaotic microlasers caused by internal mode interaction for random number generation	64
Carbonized polymer dots enhanced stability and flexibility of quasi-2D perovskite photodetector	64
Tunable liquid crystal grating based holographic 3D display system with wide viewing angle and large size	64
A system-on-chip microwave photonic processor solves dynamic RF interference in real time with picosecond latency	63
Pockels laser directly driving ultrafast optical metrology	63
Ultraprecision, high-capacity, and wide-gamut structural colors enabled by a mixture probability sampling network	63
Multifunctional photon conversion materials for enhancing silicon solar cells	63
Neural stimulation and modulation with sub-cellular precision by optomechanical bio-dart	63
A new member of the structured light family: optical spatiotemporal vortices	63
Two-photon emission from a superlattice-based superconducting light-emitting structure	63
Ultra-compact fiber tapering: plasmonics and structural bending as new combination of heat and pull	62
A memristive-photoconductive transduction methodology for accurately nondestructive memory readout	62
High-efficiency 90Sr radio-photovoltaic cells based on waveguide light concentration structure	62
Light People: Professor Cheng-Wei Qiu	62
Twisted microdomains in liquid crystals for polarization-insensitive phase modulation	62
Bioinspired phototransistor with tunable sensitivity for low-contrast target detection	62
Single-shot compressed optical field topography	62
Single-view neural illumination estimation and editing for dynamic light field display	62
Simultaneous delayed fluorescence and phosphorescence in organic luminescent material employing multiple excited states	61
High brightness terahertz quantum cascade laser with near-diffraction-limited Gaussian beam	61
Single 5-nm quantum dot detection via microtoroid optical resonator photothermal microscopy	61
High efficiency, high color purity red micro-light-emitting diodes	61
Low cross-talk optical addressing of trapped-ion qubits using a novel integrated photonic chip	61
Epsilon-near-zero nonlinearity enhancement in the extreme ultraviolet	60
From light sensing to adaptive learning: hafnium diselenide reconfigurable memcapacitive devices in neuromorphic computing	60
Quasicrystal metasurface for optical holography and diffraction	60
Dual-function perovskite light-emitting/sensing devices for optical interactive display	59
Multifaceted control of focal points along an arbitrary 3D curved trajectory	59
Tunable single emitter-cavity coupling strength through waveguide-assisted energy quantum transfer	59
Dispersion coding of ENZ media via multiple photonic dopants	59
Author Correction: Strong nonlinear optical processes with extraordinary polarization anisotropy in inversion-symmetry broken two-dimensional PdPSe	59
A multifunctional optoelectronic device based on 2D material with wide bandgap	59
A wideband, high-resolution vector spectrum analyzer for integrated photonics	59
Light People: Professor Guangcan Guo	58
Rapid species identification of pathogenic bacteria from a minute quantity exploiting three-dimensional quantitative phase imaging and artificial neural network	58
Topology-driven energy transfer networks for upconversion stimulated emission depletion microscopy	58
Optical demonstration of quantum fault-tolerant threshold	58
Surface-emitting lasers meet metasurfaces	58
Versatile optoelectronic memristor based on wide-bandgap Ga2O3 for artificial synapses and neuromorphic computing	57
Vertically stacked skin-like active-matrix display with ultrahigh aperture ratio	57
A high-precision multi-dimensional microspectroscopic technique for morphological and properties analysis of cancer cell	57
Silicon-photonics-enabled chip-based 3D printer	57
Quantum sensing with optically accessible spin defects in van der Waals layered materials	56
Recent advances in metasurface design and quantum optics applications with machine learning, physics-informed neural networks, and topology optimization methods	56
Photoenergy harvesting by ammonium molybdate soft hydrogel drops	56
Lanthanide ion-doped upconversion nanoparticles for low-energy super-resolution applications	56
Advancing optothermal manipulation: decoupling temperature and flow fields in quasi-isothermal microscale streaming	56
Twisted phonon polaritons at deep subwavelength scale	56
Rare-earth based materials: an effective toolbox for brain imaging, therapy, monitoring and neuromodulation	56
Cavity-enhanced photoacoustic dual-comb spectroscopy	56
Metalens and microtaper spectrometers on a fingertip	56
Parity-Time symmetry helps breaking a new limit	55
Observation of ~100% valley-coherent excitons in monolayer MoS2 through giant enhancement of valley coherence time	55
Revolutionizing solid-state single-photon sources with multifunctional metalenses	55
Rapid trapping and label-free optical characterization of single nanoscale extracellular vesicles and nanoparticles in solution	55
Terabits without fibres	55
Ultrafast lasers for attosecond science	55
Programmable electron-induced color router array	55
Inaugural message from the new Co-Editor-in-Chief	55
Parameter estimation of the structured illumination pattern based on principal component analysis (PCA): PCA-SIM	54
Gapless tunable intense terahertz pulse generation in strained diamond	54
Water-insensitive down-shifting nanoparticles for sensitive biosensing	54
Mid-infrared InAs/InP quantum-dot lasers	54
Large-scale combinatorial optical barcoding of cells with laser particles	53
Direct demonstration of triplet excimer in purely organic room temperature phosphorescence through rational molecular design	53
Precise mode control of laser-written waveguides for broadband, low-dispersion 3D integrated optics	52
Significant reduction of corrosion of stainless steel by strong-field laser surface passivation	52
Compact multi-foci metalens spectrometer	52
Ultra-simplified diffraction-based computational spectrometer	52
Experimental verification of generalized eigenstate thermalization hypothesis in an integrable system	52
Large-area photonic circuits for terahertz detection and beam profiling	52
Operando ZnO recrystallization for efficient quantum-dot light-emitting diodes	51
Giant mid-IR resonant coupling to molecular vibrations in sub-nm gaps of plasmonic multilayer metafilms	51
Transport of intensity diffraction tomography with non-interferometric synthetic aperture for three-dimensional label-free microscopy	51
Efficient photon-pair generation in layer-poled lithium niobate nanophotonic waveguides	50
Unusual impulse-momentum relationship in non-reciprocal light interactions	50
TRIXS: a multilayer grating solution towards highly efficient resonant inelastic tender X-ray scattering	50
Observation of nonlinear edge states in an interacting atomic trimer array	50
Optical sorting: past, present and future	50
Light People: Prof. Eric Mazur speaks about ultrafast optics and education	50
Large-scale coherent Ising machine based on optoelectronic parametric oscillator	50
Non-contact and nanometer-scale measurement of PN junction depth buried in Si wafers using terahertz emission spectroscopy	50
Impinge Weyl advantages on light	50
Control of light emission of quantum emitters coupled to silicon nanoantenna using cylindrical vector beams	50
Planarized THz quantum cascade lasers for broadband coherent photonics	50
Multi-dimensional band structure spectroscopy in the synthetic frequency dimension	49
Correction: A chip-scale second-harmonic source via self-injection-locked all-optical poling	49
Controlled on-chip fabrication of large-scale perovskite single crystal arrays for high-performance laser and photodetector integration	49
Dynamical control of nanoscale light-matter interactions in low-dimensional quantum materials	49