OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Advanced Photonics is 19. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Hyperentanglement goes deterministic and large-scale	262
End-to-end closed-loop optoelectronic computing breaking precision–accuracy coupling	184
Reconfigurable integrated photonic processor for NP-complete problems	122
Robust structured light in atmospheric turbulence	111
On-chip metamaterial-enabled high-order mode-division multiplexing	105
Submilliwatt, widely tunable coherent microcomb generation with feedback-free operation	101
Light–matter interaction in van der Waals heterostructures with Mie voids	96
Photons continue to surprise: a conversation with Harry Atwater	92
About the cover: Advanced Photonics Volume 7, Issue 2	92
All-optical spatiotemporal oscilloscope for few-cycle optical waveform	92
Strain-induced boundary states and phase transitions in photonic graphene flakes	90
Cascaded adaptive aberration-eliminating multimode fiber imaging	81
Electrically controlled real-time terahertz “microladder” integrated with VO2 patches for broadband holographic encryption	80
Spatiotemporal topology of plasmonic spin meron pairs revealed by polarimetric photo-emission microscopy	75
Microcomb-driven photonic chip for solving partial differential equations	70
Self-assembled mid-infrared metasurfaces for high-contrast femtosecond switching	69
Photoswitchable vibrational nanoscopy with sub-100-nm optical resolution	68
Light touch in quantum: an interview with Prof. Serge Haroche	62
Nonrelativistic and nonmagnetic terahertz-wave generation via ultrafast current control in anisotropic conductive heterostructures	60
Direct laser writing breaking diffraction barrier based on two-focus parallel peripheral-photoinhibition lithography	58
Optical Orbital Angular Momentum: Thirty Years and Counting	57
High-efficiency vectorial holography based on ultra-thin metasurfaces	55
High-capacity free-space optical link in the midinfrared thermal atmospheric windows using unipolar quantum devices	54
About the cover: Advanced Photonics Volume 7, Issue 6	53
Optical transparency in live animals: a leap toward deep-tissue applications	51

Large-scale distributed diffractive-interference hybrid photonic chiplets	50
Towards ideal focusing of diffused light via optical wavefront shaping	50
Toward the meta-atom library: experimental validation of machine learning-based Mie-tronics	47
Highly tunable broadband coherent wavelength conversion with a fiber-based optomechanical system	47
Large-inductance superconducting microstrip photon detector enabling 10 photon-number resolution	46
Massively parallel universal linear transformations using a wavelength-multiplexed diffractive optical network	46
Advanced metasurfaces: precise modulations of light in space and time domains	45
AI-augmented photon-trapping spectrometer-on-a-chip on silicon platform with extended near-infrared sensitivity	45
Generation of fractional spatiotemporal optical vortices and anomalous topological conservation in the second harmonic	43
New opportunities with an old optical material: an interview with Professor Marko Lončar	42
Advanced Photonics: Thank you for five wonderful years	42
Surfing the metasurface: a conversation with Din Ping Tsai	42
Recent advances in tin perovskites and their applications	41
Writing nanometer-scale structures for centimeter-scale color printing	40
Shining the shortest flashes of light on the secret life of electrons	39
Quantum-secured DSP-lite data transmission architecture for AI-driven data centers	39
Three-dimensional direct laser writing of biomimetic neuron interfaces in the era of artificial intelligence: principles, materials, and applications	39
Black silicon nanostructures for solar energy conversion and photonic applications: a review	37
λ/20-Thick cavity for mimicking electromagnetically induced transparency at telecommunication wavelengths	37
PolariX TDS revolution: attosecond electron–photon dynamics and multidimensional XFEL metrology	36
Autonomous aeroamphibious invisibility cloak with stochastic-evolution learning	35
Physics and artificial intelligence: illuminating the future of optics and photonics	35
Endless frontier of plasmonics: a conversation with Naomi Halas	35
Organic near-infrared optoelectronic materials and devices: an overview	34
Three decades riding the photonic crystal fiber wave: an interview with Prof. Philip Russell	31
Optical computing and optical signal processing for recovery of spatiotemporally coupled optical communications channels	31
Near-energy-free photonic Fourier transformation for convolution operation acceleration	31
Fluorescence interference structured illumination microscopy for 3D morphology imaging with high axial resolution	31
Unevenly distributed pixel-based camouflage metasurface hiding multiwavelength holograms in color printing	30
Compact multi-mode silicon-nitride micro-ring resonator with low loss	30
Topological encryption enabled by longitudinal component of structured light field	29
On-the-fly precision spectroscopy with a dual-modulated tunable diode laser and Hz-level referencing to a cavity	29
About the cover: Advanced Photonics Volume 5, Issue 3	29
Wide field-of-view metalens: a tutorial	29
Increasing the design degree of freedom for polarization through multilayer synchronous polarization projection	29
Metasurface-empowered integrated silicon photonics: foundational principles, representative applications, and fabrication strategies	28
Breaking the diffraction limit in molecular imaging by structured illumination mid-infrared photothermal microscopy	28
Sub-100-fs deep-red mode-locked fiber laser for multicolor two-photon microscopy	27
Multiplane compressive imaging with axial-coded multiphoton microscopy	26
Attosecond time-resolved measurements of electron and photon beams with a variable polarization X-band radiofrequency deflector at an X-ray free-electron laser	26
Overcoming the limitations of 3D sensors with wide field of view metasurface-enhanced scanning lidar	26
Subwavelength van der Waals GeSe arrays for enhanced weak-light polarization photodetection	25
Generation of time-varying orbital angular momentum beams with space-time-coding digital metasurface	25
Torsion pendulum driven by the angular momentum of light: Beth’s legacy continues	25
Observing the collapse of super-Bloch oscillations in strong-driving photonic temporal lattices	25
Ultra-thin meta-platform for vectorial holography	24
About the cover: Advanced Photonics Volume 8 Issue 2	24
Statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics in random fiber lasers: from theory to multidisciplinary applications	24
About the cover: Advanced Photonics Volume 4, Issue 5	24
Parallelization of frequency domain quantum gates: manipulation and distribution of frequency-entangled photon pairs generated by a 21 GHz silicon microresonator	23

Orthogonal emitted upconversion nanocomposite mediates the generation of oxygen-independent multiple reactive oxygen species for cancer metastasis inhibition	22
Quantum leap: observing antiferromagnetic transition in a 3D fermionic Hubbard model with ultracold atoms	22
First demonstration of lithium niobate photonic chip for dense wavelength-division multiplexing transmitters	21
Toward infrared spectral imaging at high resolution and high sensitivity	21
Chip-scale metalens microscope for wide-field and depth-of-field imaging	21
Advent of torsional optomechanics from Beth’s legacy	21
Single-shot Kramers–Kronig complex orbital angular momentum spectrum retrieval	21
Emergence of tunable intersubband-plasmon-polaritons in graphene superlattices	20
Harnessing the magic of light: spatial coherence instructed swin transformer for universal holographic imaging	20
Optical information transfer through random unknown diffusers using electronic encoding and diffractive decoding	20
Spatiotemporal-multiplexed Fourier ptychographic diffraction tomography for high-speed, label-free 3D imaging of live cells	20
On-chip digitally tunable positive/negative dispersion controller using bidirectional chirped multimode waveguide gratings	20
Engineering optical microcavities in black phosphorus photodiodes: a path to ultrafast polarization-sensitive infrared sensing	20
Topological Landau–Zener nanophotonic circuits	19
Advances in lithium niobate thin-film lasers and amplifiers: a review	19
Propagation of transverse photonic orbital angular momentum through few-mode fiber	19
Interview with light-wave architect Jelena Vučković	19
Tunable interlayer coupling in twisted 2D organic–inorganic heterostructure	19
Observation of topological vortex solitons on disclinations	19
Optogenetic technology: breakthroughs and challenges from basic research to clinical translation	19