Light-Science & Applications

Article	Citations
Light People: Professor Manijeh Razeghi	540
Light People: Professor Cheng Zhang	406
Advancing lasers in silicon photonics	355
Doped high-entropy glassy materials to create optical coherence from maximally disordered systems	333
Double-chirped mirrors expand the bandwidth of infrared frequency combs	326
Dimensionality-enhanced mid-infrared light vortex detection based on multilayer graphene	305
Nonlinear Rydberg exciton-polaritons in Cu2O microcavities	296
Image processing with Optical matrix vector multipliers implemented for encoding and decoding tasks	286
Chip-based label-free incoherent super-resolution optical microscopy	270
Exploiting optical degrees of freedom for information multiplexing in diffractive neural networks	258
Dose-efficient scanning Compton X-ray microscopy	253
Advancing on-chip Kerr optical parametric oscillation towards coherent applications covering the green gap	247
Aberration-robust monocular passive depth sensing using a meta-imaging camera	244
All-angle reflectionless negative refraction with ideal photonic Weyl metamaterials	236
OLED illuminated metasurfaces for holographic image projection	222
Enhancing spatiotemporal focusing of light deep inside scattering media with Time-Gated Reflection Matrix	218
Topological control of chirality and spin with structured light	209
Generation of squeezed vacuum state in the millihertz frequency band	205
Strong-field photoelectron holography in the subcycle limit	199
Anneal-free ultra-low loss silicon nitride integrated photonics	198
Quantum imaging with ultra-thin metasurfaces	195
Soft X-ray imaging with coherence tomography in the water window spectral range using high-harmonic generation	195
Thickness bound for nonlocal wide-field-of-view metalenses	192
Fractal photonic anomalous Floquet topological insulators to generate multiple quantum chiral edge states	191
Ultrasound sensing with optical microcavities	188

Efficient ultrafast laser writing with elliptical polarization	180
Geometric phase-encoded stimuli-responsive cholesteric liquid crystals for visualizing real-time remote monitoring: humidity sensing as a proof of concept	179
Multi-dimensional camouflage against VIS-NIR hyperspectral, MIR intensity, and MIR polarization imaging	175
From past to future: on-chip laser sources for photonic integrated circuits	174
High-power pulsed electrochemiluminescence for optogenetic manipulation of Drosophila larval behaviour	167
Orbital angular momentum-mediated machine learning for high-accuracy mode-feature encoding	166
Observing half-integer topological winding numbers in non-Hermitian synthetic lattices	161
Decoding chirality at the nanoscale with momentum-space polarimetry	160
Non-convex optimization for inverse problem solving in computer-generated holography	159
Quantum correlation-enhanced dual-comb spectroscopy	158
Demonstration of 85% pump depletion and 10−6 noise content in quasi-parametric chirped-pulse amplification	157
Optoelectronic polymer memristors with dynamic control for power-efficient in-sensor edge computing	157
Non-reciprocal response in silicon photonic resonators integrated with 2D CuCrP2S6 at short-wave infrared	150
High efficiency pure blue perovskite quantum dot light-emitting diodes based on formamidinium manipulating carrier dynamics and electron state filling	149
A self-assembling nanoplatform for pyroptosis and ferroptosis enhanced cancer photoimmunotherapy	148
A multi-mode super-fano mechanism for enhanced third harmonic generation in silicon metasurfaces	147
Liquid bidentate ligand for full ligand coverage towards efficient near-infrared perovskite quantum dot LEDs	145
Self-assembled liquid crystal architectures for soft matter photonics	143
Long-range-interacting topological photonic lattices breaking channel-bandwidth limit	142
Learnable digital signal processing: a new benchmark of linearity compensation for optical fiber communications	141
High-order femtosecond vortices up to the 30th order generated from a powerful mode-locked Hermite-Gaussian laser	135
Comment on “Early cancer detection by serum biomolecular fingerprinting spectroscopy with machine learning”	126
Highly DUV to NIR-II responsive broadband quantum dots heterojunction photodetectors by integrating quantum cutting luminescent concentrators	119
Tandem light-emitting technology accelerates the commercial application of perovskite LEDs	118
Synchronization of complex spatio-temporal dynamics with lasers	117
Symmetric private information retrieval supported by quantum-secure key-exchange network	115
Transverse mode coupling in monolithic few-mode fiber laser oscillators	114
Light People: Prof. Juejun Hu, exploring the light	113
Creating and moving nanoantenna cold spots anywhere	112
Tunnelling of electrons via the neighboring atom	111
Metamaterial-enabled arbitrary on-chip spatial mode manipulation	110
Broadband infrared imaging governed by guided-mode resonance in dielectric metasurfaces	109
Using light to image millimeter wave based on stacked meta-MEMS chip	108
Integrated, ultrafast all-optical polariton transistors with sub-wavelength grating microcavities	107
Paintable soft photonic architectures featuring multi-stable light-actuation	104
Reconstructive spectrometers taper down in price	103
V-band ultra-fast tunable thin-film lithium niobate Fourier-domain mode-locked optoelectronic oscillator	103
Mold-free self-assembled scalable microlens arrays with ultrasmooth surface and record-high resolution	102
Electrodynamics of photonic temporal interfaces	102
Construction of optical spatiotemporal skyrmions	102
End-to-end design of multicolor scintillators for enhanced energy resolution in X-ray imaging	101
Enhanced multiscale human brain imaging by semi-supervised digital staining and serial sectioning optical coherence tomography	100
Mid-infrared III–V semiconductor lasers epitaxially grown on Si substrates	99
Revealing hidden tissue architecture with mid-infrared dichroism photoacoustic microscopy	99
Ultrabright near-infrared light	99
Microcomb-enabled parallel self- calibration optical convolution streaming processor	98
Perovskite single-pixel detector for dual-color metasurface imaging recognition in complex environment	98
Label-free mid-infrared dichroism-sensitive photoacoustic microscopy for histostructural analysis of engineered heart tissues	96
Mn5+-activated Ca6Ba(PO4)4O near-infrared phosphor and its application in luminescence thermometry	96
Phonon-polaritonic skyrmions: transition from bubble- to Néel-type	96

Universal adaptive optics for microscopy through embedded neural network control	94
Phase-tailored assembly and encoding of dissipative soliton molecules	94
Deep learning-based virtual staining, segmentation, and classification in label-free photoacoustic histology of human specimens	94
Frequency comb-to-comb stabilization over a 1.3-km free-space atmospheric optical link	93
Snapshot multispectral imaging using a diffractive optical network	92
Deep-trap ultraviolet persistent phosphor for advanced optical storage application in bright environments	91
Towards higher-dimensional structured light	91
15-Fold increase in solar thermoelectric generator performance through femtosecond-laser spectral engineering and thermal management	90
Efficient second harmonic generation by harnessing bound states in the continuum in semi-nonlinear etchless lithium niobate waveguides	90
Self-powered and broadband opto-sensor with bionic visual adaptation function based on multilayer γ-InSe flakes	89
Quartz-enhanced laser spectroscopy sensing	88
Transient stimulated Raman scattering spectroscopy and imaging	87
Shedding light on biology and healthcare—preface to the special issue on Biomedical Optics	87
Seeing without touching: weak-disturbance imaging and characterization of ultra-confined optical near fields	86
Professor John Rarity	86
Near infrared light controlled gene editing	85
Toward noninvasive optoacoustic imaging of whole-heart dynamics in mice	84
Tunable optical topological transitions of plasmon polaritons in WTe2 van der Waals films	84
Ultrafast near-infrared pyroelectric detector based on inhomogeneous plasmonic metasurface	82
Programmable optical encryption using thickness-controlled stretchable chiral liquid crystal elastomers	82
Fast, faster, and the fastest structured illumination microscopy	81
Light people: professor Fei Ding	80
Light People | Prof. Wei Lu spoke about infrared physics	80
“QuanTour” illuminates Europe with single photons: celebrating the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025	80
Quantum computing predicts particle trajectories in optical tweezers	80
Intelligent metasurfaces can recognize objects	79
Small and simple: next-generation miniaturized diffraction-based spectrometer with computational reconstruction algorithms	79
Measurement-device-independent continuous variable entanglement witness in a quantum network	78
Passive radiant cooling without sacrificing the aesthetics of objects	77
One-dimensional photonic crystal nano-ridge surface emitting lasers epitaxially grown on a standard 300 mm silicon wafer	76
Visualizing mitochondrial dynamics at the nanoscale	76
Absolute thermometry based on Brillouin scattering in gases	76
Advance of large-area achromatic flat lenses	76
Strongly absorbing molecules make tissue transparent: a new insight for understanding tissue optical clearing	75
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	75
Time-bin encoded quantum key distribution over 120 km with a telecom quantum dot source	75
Real-time reconfigurable metasurfaces enabling agile terahertz wave front manipulation	75
A new function of photochromic spiropyran: an efficient photoinitiator for two-photon polymerization	74
Suspended waveguide-enhanced near-infrared photothermal spectroscopy for ppb-level molecular gas sensing on a chalcogenide chip	74
Dynamic control and manipulation of near-fields using direct feedback	74
Visualizing the internalization and biological impact of nanoplastics in live intestinal organoids by Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM)	74
Physisorption-assistant optoelectronic synaptic transistors based on Ta2NiSe5/SnS2 heterojunction from ultraviolet to near-infrared	73
Anisotropic leaky-like perturbation with subwavelength gratings enables zero crosstalk	73
All-optical permittivity-asymmetric quasi-bound states in the continuum	73
Reversible optical data storage and encryption enabled by phase-change and hydrogel integration	73
Dynamically tunable long-range coupling enabled by bound state in the continuum	72
Experimental demonstration of 8190-km long-haul semiconductor-laser chaos synchronization induced by digital optical communication signal	72
Efficient on-chip terahertz generation and detection with GaN photoconductive emitters	71
A multichannel optical computing architecture for advanced machine vision	70
E2E-BPF microscope: extended depth-of-field microscopy using learning-based implementation of binary phase filter and image deconvolution	70
Portable astronomical observation system based on large-aperture concentric-ring metalens	70
Monolithic integration of embedded III-V lasers on SOI	70
EventLFM: event camera integrated Fourier light field microscopy for ultrafast 3D imaging	70
Electro-optic tuning in composite silicon photonics based on ferroionic 2D materials	69
Quantum dot-enabled infrared hyperspectral imaging with single-pixel detection	69
Bio-inspired micropatterned thermochromic hydrogel for concurrent smart solar transmission and rapid visible-light stealth at all-working temperatures	69
Photonic neuromorphic architecture for tens-of-task lifelong learning	69
Shape optimization for high efficiency metasurfaces: theory and implementation	69
Excitation-wavelength-dependent persistent luminescence from single-component nonstoichiometric CaGaxO4:Bi for dynamic anti-counterfeiting	69
Non-volatile photonic-electronic memory via 3D monolithic ferroelectric-silicon ring resonator	68
FACE-ing the future of single-pixel complex-field microscopy beyond the visible spectrum	68
Manipulating cavity photon dynamics by topologically curved space	67
Photo-induced macro/mesoscopic scale ion displacement in mixed-halide perovskites: ring structures and ionic plasma oscillations	67
Shaping the light of VCSELs through cavity geometry design	67
Light People: Professor Stefan Hell	66
Perovskite beyond solar: toward novel developments of lasers and detectors for photonic circuits	66
Wavelength-multiplexed multi-mode EUV reflection ptychography based on automatic differentiation	66
Anti-interference diffractive deep neural networks for multi-object recognition	66
Laser-written reconfigurable photonic integrated circuit directly coupled to a single-photon avalanche diode array	66
Low-threshold interlayer exciton multiplication in twisted transition metal dichalcogenides heterobilayers	66
Two-photon emission from a superlattice-based superconducting light-emitting structure	65
Plasmonic metafibers electro-optic modulators	65
Ultraprecision, high-capacity, and wide-gamut structural colors enabled by a mixture probability sampling network	65
NIR-II-triggered plasmonic catalysis with tip-localized enhancement: a strategy for hypoxic biofilm eradication on orthopedic implants	65
Multifunctional photon conversion materials for enhancing silicon solar cells	65
Optical probing of ultrafast laser-induced solid-to-overdense-plasma transitions	65
Subarray programmable terahertz metasurface for optical logic and high-order amplitude modulation	64
Tunable liquid crystal grating based holographic 3D display system with wide viewing angle and large size	64

Integrated-photonics-based systems for polarization-gradient cooling of trapped ions	64
A single-photon source based on topological bulk cavity	64
A memristive-photoconductive transduction methodology for accurately nondestructive memory readout	64
Interface second harmonic generation enhancement in bulk WS2/MoS2 hetero-bilayer van der Waals nanoantennas	63
A system-on-chip microwave photonic processor solves dynamic RF interference in real time with picosecond latency	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
All-on-chip reconfigurable generation of scalar and vectorial orbital angular momentum beams	63
Spaceborne snapshot compressive hyperspectral imaging	63
Submonolayer biolasers for ultrasensitive biomarker detection	63
High-efficiency femtosecond laser fabrication of graphene-hybrid planar micro-supercapacitors with micro/nanostructured electrodes	63
Chaotic microlasers caused by internal mode interaction for random number generation	62
1-Pbps orbital angular momentum fibre-optic transmission	62
A whispering-gallery scanning microprobe for Raman spectroscopy and imaging	62
Carbonized polymer dots enhanced stability and flexibility of quasi-2D perovskite photodetector	62
Single-shot compressed optical field topography	62
Pockels laser directly driving ultrafast optical metrology	62
Light People: Professor Cheng-Wei Qiu	61
Harnessing the capabilities of VCSELs: unlocking the potential for advanced integrated photonic devices and systems	61
High efficiency, high color purity red micro-light-emitting diodes	60
Author Correction: Strong nonlinear optical processes with extraordinary polarization anisotropy in inversion-symmetry broken two-dimensional PdPSe	60
Ultra-compact fiber tapering: plasmonics and structural bending as new combination of heat and pull	60
Light People: Professor Guangcan Guo	60
Twisted microdomains in liquid crystals for polarization-insensitive phase modulation	60
Surface-emitting lasers meet metasurfaces	60
Single-view neural illumination estimation and editing for dynamic light field display	60
Bioinspired phototransistor with tunable sensitivity for low-contrast target detection	60
A wideband, high-resolution vector spectrum analyzer for integrated photonics	59
Simultaneous delayed fluorescence and phosphorescence in organic luminescent material employing multiple excited states	59
Dispersion coding of ENZ media via multiple photonic dopants	59
Epsilon-near-zero nonlinearity enhancement in the extreme ultraviolet	59
Quasicrystal metasurface for optical holography and diffraction	59
High brightness terahertz quantum cascade laser with near-diffraction-limited Gaussian beam	59
Optical demonstration of quantum fault-tolerant threshold	58
Tunable single emitter-cavity coupling strength through waveguide-assisted energy quantum transfer	58
Multifaceted control of focal points along an arbitrary 3D curved trajectory	58
A multifunctional optoelectronic device based on 2D material with wide bandgap	57
A high-precision multi-dimensional microspectroscopic technique for morphological and properties analysis of cancer cell	57
Low cross-talk optical addressing of trapped-ion qubits using a novel integrated photonic chip	57
Rare-earth based materials: an effective toolbox for brain imaging, therapy, monitoring and neuromodulation	57
Topology-driven energy transfer networks for upconversion stimulated emission depletion microscopy	56
From light sensing to adaptive learning: hafnium diselenide reconfigurable memcapacitive devices in neuromorphic computing	56
Vertically stacked skin-like active-matrix display with ultrahigh aperture ratio	56
Rapid species identification of pathogenic bacteria from a minute quantity exploiting three-dimensional quantitative phase imaging and artificial neural network	56
Lanthanide ion-doped upconversion nanoparticles for low-energy super-resolution applications	56
Dual-function perovskite light-emitting/sensing devices for optical interactive display	56
Versatile optoelectronic memristor based on wide-bandgap Ga2O3 for artificial synapses and neuromorphic computing	56
Silicon-photonics-enabled chip-based 3D printer	56
Single 5-nm quantum dot detection via microtoroid optical resonator photothermal microscopy	56
Quantum sensing with optically accessible spin defects in van der Waals layered materials	56
Cavity-enhanced photoacoustic dual-comb spectroscopy	55
High-efficiency 90Sr radio-photovoltaic cells based on waveguide light concentration structure	55
Advancing optothermal manipulation: decoupling temperature and flow fields in quasi-isothermal microscale streaming	54
Recent advances in metasurface design and quantum optics applications with machine learning, physics-informed neural networks, and topology optimization methods	54
Twisted phonon polaritons at deep subwavelength scale	54
Parameter estimation of the structured illumination pattern based on principal component analysis (PCA): PCA-SIM	53
Terabits without fibres	53
Water-insensitive down-shifting nanoparticles for sensitive biosensing	53
Photoenergy harvesting by ammonium molybdate soft hydrogel drops	53
Programmable electron-induced color router array	53
Parity-Time symmetry helps breaking a new limit	52
Inaugural message from the new Co-Editor-in-Chief	52
Mid-infrared InAs/InP quantum-dot lasers	52
Revolutionizing solid-state single-photon sources with multifunctional metalenses	52
Gapless tunable intense terahertz pulse generation in strained diamond	52
Optical sorting: past, present and future	51
Metalens and microtaper spectrometers on a fingertip	51
Rapid trapping and label-free optical characterization of single nanoscale extracellular vesicles and nanoparticles in solution	51
Significant reduction of corrosion of stainless steel by strong-field laser surface passivation	51
Ultra-simplified diffraction-based computational spectrometer	51
Attosecond three-stage formation and coherent exciton dynamics in a two-dimensional material under strong field	51
Large-area photonic circuits for terahertz detection and beam profiling	51
Observation of ~100% valley-coherent excitons in monolayer MoS2 through giant enhancement of valley coherence time	51
Operando ZnO recrystallization for efficient quantum-dot light-emitting diodes	50
Large-scale combinatorial optical barcoding of cells with laser particles	50
Experimental verification of generalized eigenstate thermalization hypothesis in an integrable system	50
Compact multi-foci metalens spectrometer	50
Ultrafast lasers for attosecond science	50
Transport of intensity diffraction tomography with non-interferometric synthetic aperture for three-dimensional label-free microscopy	50
Giant mid-IR resonant coupling to molecular vibrations in sub-nm gaps of plasmonic multilayer metafilms	50
Precise mode control of laser-written waveguides for broadband, low-dispersion 3D integrated optics	50
Efficient photon-pair generation in layer-poled lithium niobate nanophotonic waveguides	50
Control of light emission of quantum emitters coupled to silicon nanoantenna using cylindrical vector beams	49
Multi-dimensional band structure spectroscopy in the synthetic frequency dimension	49
Deterministic quantum light emitters in DNA origami–engineered molecule–MoS₂ hybrids	49
Correction: A chip-scale second-harmonic source via self-injection-locked all-optical poling	49
TRIXS: a multilayer grating solution towards highly efficient resonant inelastic tender X-ray scattering	49
Finite barrier bound state	49
Linear and nonlinear record high optical birefringence in anisotropic van der Waals crystals	49
Electrically pumped surface-emitting amplified spontaneous emission from colloidal quantum dots	49
Over 1.65 GW cm−2 sr−1 brightness 590 nm yellow second-harmonic generation in MOCVD-grown high-strain InGaAs/GaAs quantum well VECSEL	49
Multi-millijoule terahertz emission from laser-wakefield-accelerated electrons	48
Omnidirectional color wavelength tuning of stretchable chiral liquid crystal elastomers	48
Intense ultraviolet–visible–infrared full-spectrum laser	48
A multiband NIR upconversion core-shell design for enhanced light harvesting of silicon solar cells	48