Light-Science & Applications

Article	Citations
Light People: Professor Manijeh Razeghi	471
Light People: Professor Cheng Zhang	463
Doped high-entropy glassy materials to create optical coherence from maximally disordered systems	433
Learnable digital signal processing: a new benchmark of linearity compensation for optical fiber communications	373
Non-reciprocal response in silicon photonic resonators integrated with 2D CuCrP2S6 at short-wave infrared	365
Observing half-integer topological winding numbers in non-Hermitian synthetic lattices	356
Exploiting optical degrees of freedom for information multiplexing in diffractive neural networks	302
OLED illuminated metasurfaces for holographic image projection	301
Long-range-interacting topological photonic lattices breaking channel-bandwidth limit	264
Advancing lasers in silicon photonics	263
Chip-based label-free incoherent super-resolution optical microscopy	255
Nonlinear Rydberg exciton-polaritons in Cu2O microcavities	237
Dimensionality-enhanced mid-infrared light vortex detection based on multilayer graphene	234
Celebrate a decade of publishing: ten things in ten years	231
New soliton dynamics revealed in the normal dispersion region	228
Dose-efficient scanning Compton X-ray microscopy	225
Double-chirped mirrors expand the bandwidth of infrared frequency combs	220
From past to future: on-chip laser sources for photonic integrated circuits	216
Enhancing spatiotemporal focusing of light deep inside scattering media with Time-Gated Reflection Matrix	215
Comment on “Early cancer detection by serum biomolecular fingerprinting spectroscopy with machine learning”	214
Fractal photonic anomalous Floquet topological insulators to generate multiple quantum chiral edge states	209
Highly DUV to NIR-II responsive broadband quantum dots heterojunction photodetectors by integrating quantum cutting luminescent concentrators	203
Quantum correlation-enhanced dual-comb spectroscopy	201
Advancing on-chip Kerr optical parametric oscillation towards coherent applications covering the green gap	190
Anneal-free ultra-low loss silicon nitride integrated photonics	190

Polarization modulation with optical lock-in detection reveals universal fluorescence anisotropy of subcellular structures in live cells	177
Orbital angular momentum-mediated machine learning for high-accuracy mode-feature encoding	177
Quantum imaging with ultra-thin metasurfaces	176
All-angle reflectionless negative refraction with ideal photonic Weyl metamaterials	173
Generation of squeezed vacuum state in the millihertz frequency band	167
High efficiency pure blue perovskite quantum dot light-emitting diodes based on formamidinium manipulating carrier dynamics and electron state filling	165
Aberration-robust monocular passive depth sensing using a meta-imaging camera	164
Image processing with Optical matrix vector multipliers implemented for encoding and decoding tasks	161
Optoelectronic polymer memristors with dynamic control for power-efficient in-sensor edge computing	159
A self-assembling nanoplatform for pyroptosis and ferroptosis enhanced cancer photoimmunotherapy	157
Geometric phase-encoded stimuli-responsive cholesteric liquid crystals for visualizing real-time remote monitoring: humidity sensing as a proof of concept	155
Liquid bidentate ligand for full ligand coverage towards efficient near-infrared perovskite quantum dot LEDs	155
Ultrasound sensing with optical microcavities	154
Demonstration of 85% pump depletion and 10−6 noise content in quasi-parametric chirped-pulse amplification	153
Thickness bound for nonlocal wide-field-of-view metalenses	149
High-order femtosecond vortices up to the 30th order generated from a powerful mode-locked Hermite-Gaussian laser	146
Strong-field photoelectron holography in the subcycle limit	145
Efficient ultrafast laser writing with elliptical polarization	144
Non-convex optimization for inverse problem solving in computer-generated holography	142
Self-assembled liquid crystal architectures for soft matter photonics	141
A multi-mode super-fano mechanism for enhanced third harmonic generation in silicon metasurfaces	140
Transient stimulated Raman scattering spectroscopy and imaging	139
Perovskite single-pixel detector for dual-color metasurface imaging recognition in complex environment	139
Revealing the nature of optical activity in carbon dots produced from different chiral precursor molecules	139
Electrodynamics of photonic temporal interfaces	138
Mold-free self-assembled scalable microlens arrays with ultrasmooth surface and record-high resolution	138
Broadband infrared imaging governed by guided-mode resonance in dielectric metasurfaces	138
Construction of optical spatiotemporal skyrmions	138
Tunnelling of electrons via the neighboring atom	138
Tandem light-emitting technology accelerates the commercial application of perovskite LEDs	136
Frequency comb-to-comb stabilization over a 1.3-km free-space atmospheric optical link	136
Light People: Prof. Juejun Hu, exploring the light	135
Metamaterial-enabled arbitrary on-chip spatial mode manipulation	134
Reconstructive spectrometers taper down in price	134
Creating and moving nanoantenna cold spots anywhere	134
Ultrabright near-infrared light	133
Transverse mode coupling in monolithic few-mode fiber laser oscillators	132
Using light to image millimeter wave based on stacked meta-MEMS chip	130
Efficient second harmonic generation by harnessing bound states in the continuum in semi-nonlinear etchless lithium niobate waveguides	129
V-band ultra-fast tunable thin-film lithium niobate Fourier-domain mode-locked optoelectronic oscillator	127
15-Fold increase in solar thermoelectric generator performance through femtosecond-laser spectral engineering and thermal management	126
Universal adaptive optics for microscopy through embedded neural network control	121
Mid-infrared III–V semiconductor lasers epitaxially grown on Si substrates	119
Symmetric private information retrieval supported by quantum-secure key-exchange network	117
Phase-tailored assembly and encoding of dissipative soliton molecules	117
Real-time whole-brain imaging of hemodynamics and oxygenation at micro-vessel resolution with ultrafast wide-field photoacoustic microscopy	116
Snapshot multispectral imaging using a diffractive optical network	114
Deep-trap ultraviolet persistent phosphor for advanced optical storage application in bright environments	114
Deep learning-based virtual staining, segmentation, and classification in label-free photoacoustic histology of human specimens	111
End-to-end design of multicolor scintillators for enhanced energy resolution in X-ray imaging	110

Mn5+-activated Ca6Ba(PO4)4O near-infrared phosphor and its application in luminescence thermometry	109
Enhanced multiscale human brain imaging by semi-supervised digital staining and serial sectioning optical coherence tomography	106
Towards higher-dimensional structured light	105
Paintable soft photonic architectures featuring multi-stable light-actuation	105
Quartz-enhanced laser spectroscopy sensing	102
Self-powered and broadband opto-sensor with bionic visual adaptation function based on multilayer γ-InSe flakes	101
Fast, faster, and the fastest structured illumination microscopy	101
Dynamically tunable long-range coupling enabled by bound state in the continuum	101
Shedding light on biology and healthcare—preface to the special issue on Biomedical Optics	100
Light People | Prof. Wei Lu spoke about infrared physics	100
Quantum computing predicts particle trajectories in optical tweezers	100
Polarization multiplexed diffractive computing: all-optical implementation of a group of linear transformations through a polarization-encoded diffractive network	98
Real-time reconfigurable metasurfaces enabling agile terahertz wave front manipulation	96
Calibration-free speckle matrix imaging	91
Small and simple: next-generation miniaturized diffraction-based spectrometer with computational reconstruction algorithms	91
“QuanTour” illuminates Europe with single photons: celebrating the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025	91
Intelligent metasurfaces can recognize objects	90
Optical nonlinearity goes ultrafast in 2D semiconductor-based nanocavities	89
Light people: professor Fei Ding	88
All-optical permittivity-asymmetric quasi-bound states in the continuum	87
Visualizing mitochondrial dynamics at the nanoscale	87
Measurement-device-independent continuous variable entanglement witness in a quantum network	86
Momentum considerations inside near-zero index materials	86
Attentional Ptycho-Tomography (APT) for three-dimensional nanoscale X-ray imaging with minimal data acquisition and computation time	85
Toward noninvasive optoacoustic imaging of whole-heart dynamics in mice	84
Dynamic control and manipulation of near-fields using direct feedback	84
Correction: Dielectric metalens for miniaturized imaging systems: progress and challenges	84
A new function of photochromic spiropyran: an efficient photoinitiator for two-photon polymerization	84
Author Correction: Graphene-driving strain engineering to enable strain-free epitaxy of AlN film for deep ultraviolet light-emitting diode	83
Visualizing the internalization and biological impact of nanoplastics in live intestinal organoids by Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM)	83
Programmable optical encryption using thickness-controlled stretchable chiral liquid crystal elastomers	83
Efficient on-chip terahertz generation and detection with GaN photoconductive emitters	83
Strongly absorbing molecules make tissue transparent: a new insight for understanding tissue optical clearing	82
Portable astronomical observation system based on large-aperture concentric-ring metalens	82
Advance of large-area achromatic flat lenses	81
Photonic neuromorphic architecture for tens-of-task lifelong learning	81
Passive radiant cooling without sacrificing the aesthetics of objects	80
Electro-optic tuning in composite silicon photonics based on ferroionic 2D materials	80
Exciton-harvesting enabled efficient charged particle detection in zero-dimensional halides	79
Ultrafast near-infrared pyroelectric detector based on inhomogeneous plasmonic metasurface	79
Anisotropic leaky-like perturbation with subwavelength gratings enables zero crosstalk	79
A multichannel optical computing architecture for advanced machine vision	78
Excitation-wavelength-dependent persistent luminescence from single-component nonstoichiometric CaGaxO4:Bi for dynamic anti-counterfeiting	78
EventLFM: event camera integrated Fourier light field microscopy for ultrafast 3D imaging	77
Monolithic integration of embedded III-V lasers on SOI	77
Shape optimization for high efficiency metasurfaces: theory and implementation	76
Bio-inspired micropatterned thermochromic hydrogel for concurrent smart solar transmission and rapid visible-light stealth at all-working temperatures	76
Experimental demonstration of 8190-km long-haul semiconductor-laser chaos synchronization induced by digital optical communication signal	76
Physisorption-assistant optoelectronic synaptic transistors based on Ta2NiSe5/SnS2 heterojunction from ultraviolet to near-infrared	75
E2E-BPF microscope: extended depth-of-field microscopy using learning-based implementation of binary phase filter and image deconvolution	74
Tunable optical topological transitions of plasmon polaritons in WTe2 van der Waals films	74
Quantum dot-enabled infrared hyperspectral imaging with single-pixel detection	74
Non-volatile photonic-electronic memory via 3D monolithic ferroelectric-silicon ring resonator	73
Developing momentum in vanishing index photonics	73
A new member of the structured light family: optical spatiotemporal vortices	73
Laser-written reconfigurable photonic integrated circuit directly coupled to a single-photon avalanche diode array	73
Optical probing of ultrafast laser-induced solid-to-overdense-plasma transitions	72
Two-photon emission from a superlattice-based superconducting light-emitting structure	72
Carbonized polymer dots enhanced stability and flexibility of quasi-2D perovskite photodetector	72
Shaping the light of VCSELs through cavity geometry design	72
Light People: Professor Stefan Hell	71
Manipulating cavity photon dynamics by topologically curved space	71
Pockels laser directly driving ultrafast optical metrology	70
Photo-induced macro/mesoscopic scale ion displacement in mixed-halide perovskites: ring structures and ionic plasma oscillations	70
Interface second harmonic generation enhancement in bulk WS2/MoS2 hetero-bilayer van der Waals nanoantennas	69
A memristive-photoconductive transduction methodology for accurately nondestructive memory readout	69
An Optoelectronic thermometer based on microscale infrared-to-visible conversion devices	69
Perovskite beyond solar: toward novel developments of lasers and detectors for photonic circuits	68
Chaotic microlasers caused by internal mode interaction for random number generation	68
Submonolayer biolasers for ultrasensitive biomarker detection	67
Neural stimulation and modulation with sub-cellular precision by optomechanical bio-dart	67
A whispering-gallery scanning microprobe for Raman spectroscopy and imaging	67
Multifunctional photon conversion materials for enhancing silicon solar cells	66
A system-on-chip microwave photonic processor solves dynamic RF interference in real time with picosecond latency	65
Single-shot compressed optical field topography	64
Plasmonic metafibers electro-optic modulators	64
1-Pbps orbital angular momentum fibre-optic transmission	64
Wavelength-multiplexed multi-mode EUV reflection ptychography based on automatic differentiation	64
Harnessing the capabilities of VCSELs: unlocking the potential for advanced integrated photonic devices and systems	64
Tunable liquid crystal grating based holographic 3D display system with wide viewing angle and large size	64

All-on-chip reconfigurable generation of scalar and vectorial orbital angular momentum beams	64
FACE-ing the future of single-pixel complex-field microscopy beyond the visible spectrum	63
A single-photon source based on topological bulk cavity	63
Light People: Professor Cheng-Wei Qiu	62
Author Correction: Strong nonlinear optical processes with extraordinary polarization anisotropy in inversion-symmetry broken two-dimensional PdPSe	61
Twisted microdomains in liquid crystals for polarization-insensitive phase modulation	61
Ultra-compact fiber tapering: plasmonics and structural bending as new combination of heat and pull	61
Quasicrystal metasurface for optical holography and diffraction	61
Dispersion coding of ENZ media via multiple photonic dopants	60
Dual-function perovskite light-emitting/sensing devices for optical interactive display	60
Optical demonstration of quantum fault-tolerant threshold	60
Rare-earth based materials: an effective toolbox for brain imaging, therapy, monitoring and neuromodulation	60
Low cross-talk optical addressing of trapped-ion qubits using a novel integrated photonic chip	60
Publisher Correction: Calibration-free speckle matrix imaging	59
Versatile optoelectronic memristor based on wide-bandgap Ga2O3 for artificial synapses and neuromorphic computing	59
From light sensing to adaptive learning: hafnium diselenide reconfigurable memcapacitive devices in neuromorphic computing	59
Epsilon-near-zero nonlinearity enhancement in the extreme ultraviolet	59
Multifaceted control of focal points along an arbitrary 3D curved trajectory	59
A versatile interferometric technique for probing the thermophysical properties of complex fluids	59
Topology-driven energy transfer networks for upconversion stimulated emission depletion microscopy	59
Light People: Professor Guangcan Guo	59
A multifunctional optoelectronic device based on 2D material with wide bandgap	58
Quantum sensing with optically accessible spin defects in van der Waals layered materials	58
High brightness terahertz quantum cascade laser with near-diffraction-limited Gaussian beam	58
A wideband, high-resolution vector spectrum analyzer for integrated photonics	58
Vertically stacked skin-like active-matrix display with ultrahigh aperture ratio	58
Tunable single emitter-cavity coupling strength through waveguide-assisted energy quantum transfer	58
Adaptive 3D descattering with a dynamic synthesis network	58
Cavity-enhanced photoacoustic dual-comb spectroscopy	58
Rapid species identification of pathogenic bacteria from a minute quantity exploiting three-dimensional quantitative phase imaging and artificial neural network	57
Surface-emitting lasers meet metasurfaces	57
Lanthanide ion-doped upconversion nanoparticles for low-energy super-resolution applications	57
A high-precision multi-dimensional microspectroscopic technique for morphological and properties analysis of cancer cell	57
Simultaneous delayed fluorescence and phosphorescence in organic luminescent material employing multiple excited states	57
Single 5-nm quantum dot detection via microtoroid optical resonator photothermal microscopy	57
High-efficiency 90Sr radio-photovoltaic cells based on waveguide light concentration structure	57
Terabits without fibres	56
Advancing optothermal manipulation: decoupling temperature and flow fields in quasi-isothermal microscale streaming	56
Twisted phonon polaritons at deep subwavelength scale	56
Photoenergy harvesting by ammonium molybdate soft hydrogel drops	56
Metalens and microtaper spectrometers on a fingertip	56
Silicon-photonics-enabled chip-based 3D printer	56
Revolutionizing solid-state single-photon sources with multifunctional metalenses	56
Programmable electron-induced color router array	56
Bioinspired phototransistor with tunable sensitivity for low-contrast target detection	56
Recent advances in metasurface design and quantum optics applications with machine learning, physics-informed neural networks, and topology optimization methods	56
4th generation synchrotron source boosts crystalline imaging at the nanoscale	55
Parity-Time symmetry helps breaking a new limit	55
Water-insensitive down-shifting nanoparticles for sensitive biosensing	55
Towards high-power mid-IR light source tunable from 3.8 to 4.5 µm by HBr-filled hollow-core silica fibres	54
Ultra-simplified diffraction-based computational spectrometer	54
Experimental verification of generalized eigenstate thermalization hypothesis in an integrable system	54
Light amplified oxidative stress in tumor microenvironment by carbonized hemin nanoparticles for boosting photodynamic anticancer therapy	54
Nonvolatile electrical switching of optical and valleytronic properties of interlayer excitons	54
Large-scale combinatorial optical barcoding of cells with laser particles	54
A monolithically sculpted van der Waals nano-opto-electro-mechanical coupler	54
Giant mid-IR resonant coupling to molecular vibrations in sub-nm gaps of plasmonic multilayer metafilms	54
Direct demonstration of triplet excimer in purely organic room temperature phosphorescence through rational molecular design	53
Operando ZnO recrystallization for efficient quantum-dot light-emitting diodes	53
Unveiling bulk and surface radiation forces in a dielectric liquid	53
Optical sorting: past, present and future	53
Observation of ~100% valley-coherent excitons in monolayer MoS2 through giant enhancement of valley coherence time	53
Precise mode control of laser-written waveguides for broadband, low-dispersion 3D integrated optics	53
Significant reduction of corrosion of stainless steel by strong-field laser surface passivation	52
Parameter estimation of the structured illumination pattern based on principal component analysis (PCA): PCA-SIM	52
Compact multi-foci metalens spectrometer	52
Large-area photonic circuits for terahertz detection and beam profiling	51
Realization of quantum secure direct communication over 100 km fiber with time-bin and phase quantum states	51
Efficient photon-pair generation in layer-poled lithium niobate nanophotonic waveguides	51
Control of light emission of quantum emitters coupled to silicon nanoantenna using cylindrical vector beams	51
Transport of intensity diffraction tomography with non-interferometric synthetic aperture for three-dimensional label-free microscopy	51
Versatile chip-based nanoscopy becomes ready for histopathology assessment	50
Quantum CZ gates on a single gradient metasurface	50
Fluorescence polarization modulation super-resolution imaging provides refined dynamics orientation processes in biological samples	50
Electrically pumped surface-emitting amplified spontaneous emission from colloidal quantum dots	49
Linear and nonlinear record high optical birefringence in anisotropic van der Waals crystals	49
Impinge Weyl advantages on light	49
Hybrid magnetic resonance and optoacoustic tomography (MROT) for preclinical neuroimaging	49
Deep learning acceleration of multiscale superresolution localization photoacoustic imaging	49
Intense ultraviolet–visible–infrared full-spectrum laser	49
All-optical generation of static electric field in a single metal-semiconductor nanoantenna	48
Observation of nonlinear edge states in an interacting atomic trimer array	48
A multiband NIR upconversion core-shell design for enhanced light harvesting of silicon solar cells	48
First Chinese ultraviolet–visible hyperspectral satellite instrument implicating global air quality during the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020	48
On-chip single-crystal plasmonic optoelectronics for efficient hot carrier collection and photovoltage detection	48
Finite barrier bound state	48
Light People: Prof. Eric Mazur speaks about ultrafast optics and education	48
Non-contact and nanometer-scale measurement of PN junction depth buried in Si wafers using terahertz emission spectroscopy	47
Correction: A chip-scale second-harmonic source via self-injection-locked all-optical poling	47
From genotype to phenotype: decoding mutations in blasts by holo-tomographic flow cytometry	47
An open invisible space enabled by reconfigurable metasurfaces and self-play reinforcement learning	47
Advancements in transfer printing techniques and their applications in photonic integrated circuits	47
Self-frequency-conversion nanowire lasers	47
Holo-imprinting polarization optics with a reflective liquid crystal hologram template	46
Highly-efficient (>70%) and Wide-spectral (400–1700 nm) sub-micron-thick InGaAs photodiodes for future high-resolution image sensors	46