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Papers

(The median citation count of Nanophotonics is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Optical filters made from random metasurfaces using Bayesian optimization	102
Enhancing radiative heat transfer with meta-atomic displacement	51
Compound meta-optics: there is plenty of room at the top	42
Digital laser-induced printing of MoS₂	37
Free-space-coupled wavelength-scale disk resonators	32
Coherent control of symmetry breaking in transverse-field Ising chains using few-cycle pulses	32
Novel two-dimensional materials based bio-nanophotonics	30
Experimental generation of optimally chiral azimuthally-radially polarized beams	30
Mid-infrared wavelength multiplexers on an InP platform	29
Recent advances in quantum nanophotonics: plexcitonic and vibro-polaritonic strong coupling and its biomedical and chemical applications	28
Characterizing nanoscale spatiotemporal defects of multi-layered MoSe₂ in hyper-temporal transient nanoscopy	28
End-to-end design of metasurface-based complex-amplitude holograms by physics-driven deep neural networks	27
3D-printed mirror-less helicity preserving metasurface “mirror” for THz applications	27
Anchor-controlled generative adversarial network for high-fidelity electromagnetic and structurally diverse metasurface design	26
Near-field refractometry of van der Waals crystals	25
Image analysis optimization for nanowire-based optical detection of molecules	23
XUV yield optimization of two-color high-order harmonic generation in gases	23
Electrochemical photonics: a pathway towards electrovariable optical metamaterials	22
Tailoring optical response of MXene thin films	22
Reliable, efficient, and scalable photonic inverse design empowered by physics-inspired deep learning	21
Quantum nanophotonics	21
High Q-contrast terahertz quantum cascade laser via bandgap-confined bound state in the continuum	21
Multidimensional quantitative characterization of basal cell carcinoma by spectral- and time-resolved two-photon microscopy	21
Frontmatter	20
Direct observation of quantum percolation dynamics	20

Recent advances in optical label-free characterization of extracellular vesicles	20
Self-ordered silver nanoparticles on nanoconcave plasmonic lattices for SERS multi-antibiotic detection	18
Deuterated SiNx: a low-loss, back-end CMOS-compatible platform for nonlinear integrated optics	18
Quantum-enhanced detection of viral cDNA via luminescence resonance energy transfer using upconversion and gold nanoparticles	18
A universal metasurface transfer technique for heterogeneous integration	18
Nano-kirigami enabled chiral nano-cilia with enhanced circular dichroism at visible wavelengths	18
Frontmatter	18
Tip-enhanced photoluminescence of monolayer MoS₂ increased and spectrally shifted by injection of electrons	18
Circularly symmetric nanopores in 3D femtosecond laser nanolithography with burst control and the role of energy dose	17
Broadband spin-multiplexed single-celled metasurface holograms: a comprehensive comparison between different strategies	17
Integrated circuits based on broadband pixel-array metasurfaces for generating data-carrying optical and THz orbital angular momentum beams	17
Guided domino lithography for uniform fabrication of single-digit-nanometer scale plasmonic nanoantenna	16
Crosstalk prohibition at the deep-subwavelength scale by epsilon-near-zero claddings	15
Ensemble emission of isolated organic chromophores incorporated into an organometallic single crystal	15
Frontmatter	14
The theory of the quantum walk comb laser	14
Fabrication of quantum dot and ring arrays by direct laser interference patterning for nanophotonics	14
Towards chiral acoustoplasmonics	14
Quasi-bound states in the continuum in finite waveguide grating couplers	14
Cascaded metasurface for polarization-dependent varifocal vortex beam manipulation	14
Electrically switchable metallic polymer metasurface device with gel polymer electrolyte	13
Non-linear bistability in pulsed optical traps	13
Machine learning to optimize additive manufacturing for visible photonics	13
Generation of Bessel beams with tunable topological charge and polarization	13
Highly active selenium nanotherapeutics combined with metformin to achieve synergistic sensitizing effect on NK cells for osteosarcoma therapy	12
Purcell enhancement and polarization control of single-photon emitters in monolayer WSe₂ using dielectric nanoantennas	12
Towards field-resolved visible microscopy of 2D materials	12
Frontmatter	12
Recent advances in the ab initio theory of solid-state defect qubits	11
Two-dimensional nanostructures based ‘-onics’ and ‘-omics’ in personalized medicine	11
High performance mode (de)multiplexer assisted with a microring resonator on the lithium niobate-on-insulator platform	11
Semiconductor lasers with integrated metasurfaces for direct output beam modulation, enabled by innovative fabrication methods	11
Advanced optical nanolithography by enhanced transmission through bull’s eye nanostructured meta-mask	10
Dynamic selection of visible wavelengths using resonant TiO₂ nanostructures	10
Frontmatter	10
Dual-mode hyperbolicity, supercanalization, and leakage in self-complementary metasurfaces	10
Comparing between steady-state excitonic transitions and ultrafast polaronic photoexcitations in layered perovskites: the role of electron–phonon interaction	10
Controlled compression, amplification and frequency up-conversion of optical pulses by media with time-dependent refractive index	10
Replicating physical motion with Minkowskian isorefractive spacetime crystals	10
Designing the response-spectra of microwave metasurfaces: theory and experiments	10
A reconfigurable multi-channel on-chip photonic filter for programmable optical frequency division	10
Nano-infrared imaging of metal insulator transition in few-layer 1T-TaS₂	9
Supershift properties for nonanalytic signals	9
Micro-mirror aided mid-infrared plasmonic beam combiner monolithically integrated with quantum cascade lasers and detectors	9
DNA as grabbers and steerers of quantum emitters	9
Active metasurface designs for lensless and detector-limited imaging	9
Hybrid SiO₂/Si pillar-based optomechanical crystals for on-chip photonic integration	9
Experimental demonstration of dual-polarization multiplexed optical phased array empowered by inverse design	9
Skyrmion bag robustness in plasmonic bilayer and trilayer moiré superlattices	9
Maximum electromagnetic local density of states via material structuring	9

Polarization spatial diversity and multiplexing MIMO surface enabled by graphene for terahertz communications	9
Nanophotonics in support of Ukrainian Scientists	8
Enhanced electrochromic switching contrast in the blue by 3,4-propylenedioxypyrrole – implementation on structural colors	8
Manganese-functionalized MXene theranostic nanoplatform for MRI-guided synergetic photothermal/chemodynamic therapy of cancer	8
Dynamic beam control based on electrically switchable nanogratings from conducting polymers	8
Carbon nanomaterials for phototherapy	8
Mesoporous biophotonic carbon spheres with tunable curvature for intelligent drug delivery	7
Overcoming stress limitations in SiN nonlinear photonics via a bilayer waveguide	7
Large tuning of the optical properties of nanoscale NdNiO₃ via electron doping	7
Diagnostic oriented discrimination of different Shiga toxins via PCA-assisted SERS-based plasmonic metasurface	7
Defining the zerogap: cracking along the photolithographically defined Au–Cu–Au lines with sub-nanometer precision	7
Non-iridescent yet angle-dependent structural colors on titanium surfaces induced by laser oxidation	6
Topologically driven Rabi-oscillating interference dislocation	6
Photonic neural networks at the edge of spatiotemporal chaos in multimode fibers	6
Gigahertz femtosecond laser-by a novel asymmetric one-dimensional photonic crystal saturable absorber device with defect layer	6
Deep neural networks for inverse design of multimode integrated gratings with simultaneous amplitude and phase control	6
Reconfigurable nonlinear optical element using tunable couplers and inverse-designed structure	6
Sustainable chemistry with plasmonic photocatalysts	5
Machine-learning-assisted photonic device development: a multiscale approach from theory to characterization	5
Principles and metrics of extreme learning machines using a highly nonlinear fiber	5
Full-color generation enabled by refractory plasmonic crystals	5
Tunable up-conversion single-photon detector at telecom wavelengths	5
Ultralow loss visible light metamaterials assembled by metaclusters	5
From far-infrared detectors to THz QCLs	5
Trans-scale hierarchical metasurfaces for multispectral compatible regulation of lasers, infrared light, and microwaves	4
Nanoparticle-on-mirror pairs: building blocks for remote spectroscopies	4
On the generalized Snell–Descartes laws, shock waves, water wakes, and Cherenkov radiation	4
Frequency modulated continuous wave LiDAR with expanded field-of-view based on polarization-splitting metasurface	4
Tilting light’s polarization plane to spatially separate the ultrafast nonlinear response of chiral molecules	4
Direct laser writing of 3D metallic mid- and far-infrared wave components	4
Spin-dependent phenomena at chiral temporal interfaces	4
Plasmonic signal modulation at sub-GHz frequency via on-chip integration of tunnel junctions	4
Experimental analysis of the thermal management and internal quantum efficiency of terahertz quantum cascade laser harmonic frequency combs	4
Field enhancement of epsilon-near-zero modes in realistic ultrathin absorbing films	4
Three birds with one stone: oxygen self-supply engineering palladium nanocluster/titanium carbide hybrid for single-NIR laser-triggered synergistic photodynamic-photothermal therapy	4
Reversible electrical switching of nanostructural color pixels	4
DeepQR: single-molecule QR codes for optical gene-expression analysis	3
Fabrication of single color centers in sub-50 nm nanodiamonds using ion implantation	3
Self-powered broadband photodetector based on MoS₂/Sb₂Te₃ heterojunctions: a promising approach for highly sensitive detection	3
High-harmonic generation from subwavelength silicon films	3
λ/20 surface nanostructuring of ZnO by mask-less ultrafast laser processing	3
On-chip deterministic arbitrary-phase-controlling	3
Quantum-enhanced interferometer using Kerr squeezing	3
Broadband nonlinear optical modulator enabled by VO₂/V₂O₅ core–shell heterostructures	3
Rod and slit photonic crystal microrings for on-chip cavity quantum electrodynamics	3
Dispersion braiding and band knots in plasmonic arrays with broken symmetries	3