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Papers

(The median citation count of Nanophotonics is 2. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Tunable structural colors based on grayscale lithography and conformal coating of VO₂	94
Electro-optic frequency shift of single photons from a quantum dot	89
Visible transparency modulated cooling windows using pseudorandom dielectric multilayers	84
Baseline-free structured light 3D imaging using a metasurface double-helix dot projector	77
Edge roughness analysis in nanoscale for single-molecule localization microscopy images	70
Optical filters made from random metasurfaces using Bayesian optimization	59
DNA as grabbers and steerers of quantum emitters	39
Maximum electromagnetic local density of states via material structuring	38
Fabrication of quantum dot and ring arrays by direct laser interference patterning for nanophotonics	36
Enhanced electrochromic switching contrast in the blue by 3,4-propylenedioxypyrrole – implementation on structural colors	34
Telecom single-photon emitters in GaN operating at room temperature: embedment into bullseye antennas	27
Digital laser-induced printing of MoS₂	26
Singular optics empowered by engineered optical materials	25
Crosstalk prohibition at the deep-subwavelength scale by epsilon-near-zero claddings	25
Recent advances in nano-opto-electro-mechanical systems	24
Frontmatter	24
Towards chiral acoustoplasmonics	24
Broadband nonlinear optical modulator enabled by VO₂/V₂O₅ core–shell heterostructures	24
Oxygen-supplied electrotherapy for enhanced photodynamic synergistic therapy overcomes hypoxia tumor microenvironment	24
Photo-activated polymerization inhibition process in photoinitiator systems for high-throughput 3D nanoprinting	22
Efficient non-Hermitian wave-modulation protocol with a rapid parametric jump	22
Adaptive optics enables multimode 3D super-resolution microscopy via remote focusing	21
Directional color routing assisted by switchable Fano resonance in bimetallic metagrating	20
Highly conformable terahertz metasurface absorbers via two-photon polymerization on polymeric ultra-thin films	20
Localization of nanoscale objects with light singularities	20

Enhanced electric field sensitivity of quantum dot/rod two-photon fluorescence and its relevance for cell transmembrane voltage imaging	19
Enhancing radiative heat transfer with meta-atomic displacement	19
Microsphere-assisted manipulation of a single Ag nanowire	19
One-dimensional planar topological laser	18
Emerging nanophotonic biosensor technologies for virus detection	18
Fluorescence enabled phonon counting in an erbium-doped piezo-optomechanical microcavity	18
On-chip optical spatial-domain integrator based on Fourier optics and metasurface	17
Black phosphorus nanosheets and paclitaxel encapsulated hydrogel for synergistic photothermal-chemotherapy	17
Optical vortex lattice: an exploitation of orbital angular momentum	16
Universal transient radiation dynamics by abrupt and soft temporal transitions in optical waveguides	16
Space-time couplings in ultrashort lasers with arbitrary nonparaxial focusing	15
Photocurrent-induced harmonics in nanostructures	15
High accuracy inverse design of reconfigurable metasurfaces with transmission-reflection-integrated achromatic functionalities	15
Perfect metamaterial absorber improved laser-driven flyer	14
Dynamic beam control based on electrically switchable nanogratings from conducting polymers	14
Self-powered broadband photodetector based on MoS₂/Sb₂Te₃ heterojunctions: a promising approach for highly sensitive detection	14
Free-space-coupled wavelength-scale disk resonators	14
Fabrication of single color centers in sub-50 nm nanodiamonds using ion implantation	14
Broadband transfer of binary images via optically long wire media	14
Mesoporous biophotonic carbon spheres with tunable curvature for intelligent drug delivery	14
Redeposition-free inductively-coupled plasma etching of lithium niobate for integrated photonics	14
Defining the zerogap: cracking along the photolithographically defined Au–Cu–Au lines with sub-nanometer precision	13
Emergent 2D van der Waals materials photonic sources	13
Quantum efficiency of the B-center in hexagonal boron nitride	13
Novel two-dimensional materials based bio-nanophotonics	13
Probing electron transport in plasmonic molecular junctions with two-photon luminescence spectroscopy	13
Coherent control of symmetry breaking in transverse-field Ising chains using few-cycle pulses	13
Frontmatter	13
DeepQR: single-molecule QR codes for optical gene-expression analysis	13
Single-shot imaging of surface molecular ionization in nanosystems	12
A fiber-pigtailed quantum dot device generating indistinguishable photons at GHz clock-rates	12
Polariton lasing and energy-degenerate parametric scattering in non-resonantly driven coupled planar microcavities	12
Unmixing octopus camouflage by multispectral mapping of Octopus bimaculoides’ chromatic elements	12
Photon number resolution without optical mode multiplication	11
Recent advances in quantum nanophotonics: plexcitonic and vibro-polaritonic strong coupling and its biomedical and chemical applications	11
Ukraine and singular optics	11
Local field effects in ultrafast light–matter interaction measured by pump-probe spectroscopy of monolayer MoSe₂	11
Nanophotonics in support of Ukrainian Scientists	11
Frequency-comb-referenced multiwavelength interferometry for high-precision and high-speed 3D measurement in heterogeneous semiconductor packaging	10
Scaled transverse translation by planar optical elements for sub-pixel sampling and remote super-resolution imaging	10
On-chip multivariant COVID 19 photonic sensor based on silicon nitride double-microring resonators	10
Data-efficient prediction of OLED optical properties enabled by transfer learning	10
Rod and slit photonic crystal microrings for on-chip cavity quantum electrodynamics	10
Luminescence thermometry based on photon emitters in nanophotonic silicon waveguides	9
Harnessing in-plane optical anisotropy in WS₂ through ReS₂ crystal	9
Optical phased array receiver with mode diversity and coherent combination	9
All-optical control of charge-trapping defects in rare-earth doped oxides	9
Polarization-independent narrowband photodetection with plasmon-induced thermoelectric effect in a hexagonal array of Au nanoholes	9
Resonance modes in microstructured photonic waveguides: efficient and accurate computation based on AAA rational approximation	9
Multimodal Purcell enhancement and optical coherence of Eu³⁺ ions in a single nanoparticle coupled to a microcavity	9

Tunable meta-device for large depth of field quantitative phase imaging	9
Manganese-functionalized MXene theranostic nanoplatform for MRI-guided synergetic photothermal/chemodynamic therapy of cancer	8
Quantum-enhanced interferometer using Kerr squeezing	8
Carbon nanomaterials for phototherapy	8
End-to-end design of metasurface-based complex-amplitude holograms by physics-driven deep neural networks	8
3D nanopolymerization and damage threshold dependence on laser wavelength and pulse duration	8
Quasi-bound states in the continuum with a stable resonance wavelength in dimer dielectric metasurfaces	8
Quantum emitter interacting with a dispersive dielectric object: a model based on the modified Langevin noise formalism	8
Electrically switchable metallic polymer metasurface device with gel polymer electrolyte	8
Interband plasmonic nanoresonators for enhanced thermoelectric photodetection	8
Large tuning of the optical properties of nanoscale NdNiO₃ via electron doping	8
BioMeta: modular reprogrammable metasurface for noninvasive human respiration monitoring	7
Tunable nonlinear optical responses of few-layer graphene through lithium intercalation	7
Spectroscopic ellipsometry for low-dimensional materials and heterostructures	7
Highly sensitive microdisk laser sensor for refractive index sensing via periodic meta-hole patterning	7
Electrochemical photonics: a pathway towards electrovariable optical metamaterials	7
Inverse design in quantum nanophotonics: combining local-density-of-states and deep learning	7
Through thick and thin: how optical cavities control spin	7
Semimetal–dielectric–metal metasurface for infrared camouflage with high-performance energy dissipation in non-atmospheric transparency window	7
Overcoming stress limitations in SiN nonlinear photonics via a bilayer waveguide	7
Twist angle dependent absorption feature induced by interlayer rotations in CVD bilayer graphene	7
Self-assembled metal-oxide nanoparticles on GaAs: infrared absorption enabled by localized surface plasmons	7
Nanoscale heat generation in a single Si nanowire	6
Space-time wedges	6
High-harmonic generation from subwavelength silicon films	6
Deterministic generation and nanophotonic integration of 2D quantum emitters for advanced quantum photonic functionalities	6
Fluorescein-derived carbon dots with chitin-targeting for ultrafast and superstable fluorescent imaging of fungi	6
Spatio-spectral localized modal coupling for room-temperature quantum coherence protection	6
Remote quantum networks based on quantum memories	6
Machine learning to optimize additive manufacturing for visible photonics	6
All-optical analog differential operation and information processing empowered by meta-devices	6
XUV yield optimization of two-color high-order harmonic generation in gases	6
Quantum super-resolution imaging: a review and perspective	6
Broadband and ultrafast all-optical switching based on transition metal carbide	6
Spin–orbit coupling induced by ascorbic acid crystals	5
Anomalous dips in reflection spectra of optical polymers deposited on plasmonic metals	5
Ultrasensitive circular dichroism spectroscopy based on coupled quasi-bound states in the continuum	5
Enhanced zero-phonon line emission from an ensemble of W centers in circular and bowtie Bragg grating cavities	5
Metasurface-enhanced biomedical spectroscopy	5
Three-dimensionally reconfigurable focusing of laser by mechanically tunable metalens doublet with built-in holograms for alignment	5
Dispersion braiding and band knots in plasmonic arrays with broken symmetries	4
Stimulator-multiplexing framework of microwave-infrared compatible reconfigurable metasurface integrated with LED array	4
Towards lab-on-chip ultrasensitive ethanol detection using photonic crystal waveguide operating in the mid-infrared	4
Dynamics of dual-orbit rotations of nanoparticles induced by spin–orbit coupling	4
Exceptional points in a passive strip waveguide	4
Image analysis optimization for nanowire-based optical detection of molecules	4
Gigahertz femtosecond laser-by a novel asymmetric one-dimensional photonic crystal saturable absorber device with defect layer	4
High numerical aperture imaging allows chirality measurement in individual collagen fibrils using polarization second harmonic generation microscopy	4
Photon-pair generation in a lossy waveguide	4
Second-harmonic radiation by on-chip integrable mirror-symmetric nanodimers with sub-nanometric plasmonic gap	4
Heterostructured CuO@ZnO@Ag biomimetic setaria as wettability-switchable difunctional SERS substrate for trace pesticide and DNA detections	4
Autologous tumor antigens and boron nanosheet-based nanovaccines for enhanced photo-immunotherapy against immune desert tumors	4
Vector spatial and spatiotemporal laser solitons	3
Recovery of topologically robust merging bound states in the continuum in photonic structures with broken symmetry	3
Metasurface for complete measurement of polarization Bell state	3
Special issue on spatiotemporal optical fields	3
Observation of replica symmetry breaking in filamentation and multifilamentation	3
Spatiotemporal optical vortex reconnections of loop vortices	3
Lab on optical fiber: surface nano-functionalization for real-time monitoring of VOC adsorption/desorption in metal-organic frameworks	3
Variational approach to multimode nonlinear optical fibers	3
Liquid crystal lasers: the last decade and the future	3
New opportunities for creating quantum states of light and matter with intense laser fields	3
Role of complex energy and momentum in open cavity resonances	3
Highly active selenium nanotherapeutics combined with metformin to achieve synergistic sensitizing effect on NK cells for osteosarcoma therapy	2
Enhanced terahertz magneto-plasmonic effect enabled by epsilon-near-zero iron slot antennas	2
Semiconductor lasers with integrated metasurfaces for direct output beam modulation, enabled by innovative fabrication methods	2
Electrical addressing of exceptional points in compact plasmonic structures	2
Degradation mechanisms of perovskite light-emitting diodes under electrical bias	2
Coexistence of quantum key distribution and optical communication with amplifiers over multicore fiber	2
Improving quantum metrology protocols with programmable photonic circuits	2
All-optical nonlinear activation function based on stimulated Brillouin scattering	2
Counting and mapping of subwavelength nanoparticles from a single shot scattering pattern	2
Topologically driven Rabi-oscillating interference dislocation	2
Back-propagation-assisted inverse design of structured light fields for given profiles of optical force	2
Nanophotonic device design based on large language models: multilayer and metasurface examples	2
A general recipe to observe non-Abelian gauge field in metamaterials	2
Nanophotonic quantum sensing with engineered spin-optic coupling	2
The potential of SERS as an AST methodology in clinical settings	2
Reconfigurable nonlinear optical element using tunable couplers and inverse-designed structure	2