OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Nanophotonics is 4. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Compound meta-optics: there is plenty of room at the top	113
Enhancing radiative heat transfer with meta-atomic displacement	54
Digital laser-induced printing of MoS₂	44
Optical filters made from random metasurfaces using Bayesian optimization	39
Novel two-dimensional materials based bio-nanophotonics	35
Experimental generation of optimally chiral azimuthally-radially polarized beams	34
Mid-infrared wavelength multiplexers on an InP platform	33
Coherent control of symmetry breaking in transverse-field Ising chains using few-cycle pulses	32
Free-space-coupled wavelength-scale disk resonators	32
End-to-end design of metasurface-based complex-amplitude holograms by physics-driven deep neural networks	30
Recent advances in quantum nanophotonics: plexcitonic and vibro-polaritonic strong coupling and its biomedical and chemical applications	30
Temporal interface in dispersive hyperbolic media	30
Electrochemical photonics: a pathway towards electrovariable optical metamaterials	29
3D-printed mirror-less helicity preserving metasurface “mirror” for THz applications	29
XUV yield optimization of two-color high-order harmonic generation in gases	28
Tailoring optical response of MXene thin films	24
Vortex beam nanofocusing and optical skyrmion generation via hyperbolic metamaterials	24
Solitons in ultrafast semiconductor lasers with saturable absorber	24
Recent advances in optical label-free characterization of extracellular vesicles	23
High Q-contrast terahertz quantum cascade laser via bandgap-confined bound state in the continuum	23
A nonlocal metasurface for optical edge detection in the far-field	23
Multidimensional quantitative characterization of basal cell carcinoma by spectral- and time-resolved two-photon microscopy	22
Direct observation of quantum percolation dynamics	22
Quantum nanophotonics	22
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Nano-kirigami enabled chiral nano-cilia with enhanced circular dichroism at visible wavelengths	21
Quantum-enhanced detection of viral cDNA via luminescence resonance energy transfer using upconversion and gold nanoparticles	21
Tip-enhanced photoluminescence of monolayer MoS₂ increased and spectrally shifted by injection of electrons	20
Integrated circuits based on broadband pixel-array metasurfaces for generating data-carrying optical and THz orbital angular momentum beams	19
Guided domino lithography for uniform fabrication of single-digit-nanometer scale plasmonic nanoantenna	19
Deuterated SiNx: a low-loss, back-end CMOS-compatible platform for nonlinear integrated optics	19
Broadband spin-multiplexed single-celled metasurface holograms: a comprehensive comparison between different strategies	19
Fabrication of quantum dot and ring arrays by direct laser interference patterning for nanophotonics	18
A universal metasurface transfer technique for heterogeneous integration	18
Towards chiral acoustoplasmonics	18
Arbitrary polarization and rotation multiplexed metasurface hologram	18
Circularly symmetric nanopores in 3D femtosecond laser nanolithography with burst control and the role of energy dose	18
The theory of the quantum walk comb laser	16
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Exciton–polariton condensation in MAPbI₃ films from bound states in the continuum metasurfaces	16
Deterministic time rewinding of waves in time-varying media	16
Crosstalk prohibition at the deep-subwavelength scale by epsilon-near-zero claddings	16
Neural network enabled wide field-of-view imaging with hyperbolic metalenses	15
Quasi-bound states in the continuum in finite waveguide grating couplers	15
Electrically switchable metallic polymer metasurface device with gel polymer electrolyte	15
Non-linear bistability in pulsed optical traps	15
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Machine learning to optimize additive manufacturing for visible photonics	14
Semiconductor lasers with integrated metasurfaces for direct output beam modulation, enabled by innovative fabrication methods	13
Towards field-resolved visible microscopy of 2D materials	13
Highly active selenium nanotherapeutics combined with metformin to achieve synergistic sensitizing effect on NK cells for osteosarcoma therapy	13
Purcell enhancement and polarization control of single-photon emitters in monolayer WSe₂ using dielectric nanoantennas	12
Replicating physical motion with Minkowskian isorefractive spacetime crystals	12
Recent advances in the ab initio theory of solid-state defect qubits	12
Advanced optical nanolithography by enhanced transmission through bull’s eye nanostructured meta-mask	12
Comparing between steady-state excitonic transitions and ultrafast polaronic photoexcitations in layered perovskites: the role of electron–phonon interaction	11
Aspects of cavity engineering in THz quantum cascade laser frequency combs	11
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Dual-mode hyperbolicity, supercanalization, and leakage in self-complementary metasurfaces	11
Designing the response-spectra of microwave metasurfaces: theory and experiments	11
Active metasurface designs for lensless and detector-limited imaging	11
Two-dimensional nanostructures based ‘-onics’ and ‘-omics’ in personalized medicine	11
Oxygen vacancy-driven bandgap tuning and ultrafast laser performance in Bi₂O₂Se	11
Supershift properties for nonanalytic signals	11
Nano-infrared imaging of metal insulator transition in few-layer 1T-TaS₂	10
Dynamic selection of visible wavelengths using resonant TiO₂ nanostructures	10
Maximum electromagnetic local density of states via material structuring	10
Controlled compression, amplification and frequency up-conversion of optical pulses by media with time-dependent refractive index	10
Enhanced electrochromic switching contrast in the blue by 3,4-propylenedioxypyrrole – implementation on structural colors	10
Skyrmion bag robustness in plasmonic bilayer and trilayer moiré superlattices	10
Optical phased arrays for wavefront shaping in forward scattering media	10
DNA as grabbers and steerers of quantum emitters	10
Large tuning of the optical properties of nanoscale NdNiO₃ via electron doping	9
Micro-mirror aided mid-infrared plasmonic beam combiner monolithically integrated with quantum cascade lasers and detectors	9

Manganese-functionalized MXene theranostic nanoplatform for MRI-guided synergetic photothermal/chemodynamic therapy of cancer	9
Dynamic beam control based on electrically switchable nanogratings from conducting polymers	9
Nanophotonics in support of Ukrainian Scientists	9
Defining the zerogap: cracking along the photolithographically defined Au–Cu–Au lines with sub-nanometer precision	8
Carbon nanomaterials for phototherapy	8
Gigahertz femtosecond laser-by a novel asymmetric one-dimensional photonic crystal saturable absorber device with defect layer	8
Mesoporous biophotonic carbon spheres with tunable curvature for intelligent drug delivery	8
Diagnostic oriented discrimination of different Shiga toxins via PCA-assisted SERS-based plasmonic metasurface	8
From far-infrared detectors to THz QCLs	7
Overcoming stress limitations in SiN nonlinear photonics via a bilayer waveguide	7
Goos–Hänchen effect singularities in transdimensional plasmonic films	7
Topologically driven Rabi-oscillating interference dislocation	7
Deep neural networks for inverse design of multimode integrated gratings with simultaneous amplitude and phase control	7
Full-color generation enabled by refractory plasmonic crystals	7
Reconfigurable nonlinear optical element using tunable couplers and inverse-designed structure	6
Tunable up-conversion single-photon detector at telecom wavelengths	6
Sustainable chemistry with plasmonic photocatalysts	6
Machine-learning-assisted photonic device development: a multiscale approach from theory to characterization	6
Direct laser writing of 3D metallic mid- and far-infrared wave components	6
Ultralow loss visible light metamaterials assembled by metaclusters	6
Biomaterial-based random lasers achieved from peanut kernel doped with birch leaf–derived carbon dots	6
Field enhancement of epsilon-near-zero modes in realistic ultrathin absorbing films	6
Reversible electrical switching of nanostructural color pixels	6
Nanoparticle-on-mirror pairs: building blocks for remote spectroscopies	5
λ/20 surface nanostructuring of ZnO by mask-less ultrafast laser processing	5
Phase-matched electron–photon interactions enabled by 3D-printed helical waveguides	5
Three birds with one stone: oxygen self-supply engineering palladium nanocluster/titanium carbide hybrid for single-NIR laser-triggered synergistic photodynamic-photothermal therapy	5
On the generalized Snell–Descartes laws, shock waves, water wakes, and Cherenkov radiation	5
Experimental analysis of the thermal management and internal quantum efficiency of terahertz quantum cascade laser harmonic frequency combs	5
Plasmonic signal modulation at sub-GHz frequency via on-chip integration of tunnel junctions	5
Spin-dependent phenomena at chiral temporal interfaces	4
Quantum-enhanced interferometer using Kerr squeezing	4
Strong broadband intensity noise squeezing from infrared to terahertz frequencies in lasers with nonlinear dissipation	4
Tilting light’s polarization plane to spatially separate the ultrafast nonlinear response of chiral molecules	4
Rod and slit photonic crystal microrings for on-chip cavity quantum electrodynamics	4
Self-powered broadband photodetector based on MoS₂/Sb₂Te₃ heterojunctions: a promising approach for highly sensitive detection	4
Broadband nonlinear optical modulator enabled by VO₂/V₂O₅ core–shell heterostructures	4
Hybrid LiDAR–radar at 9 μm wavelength with unipolar quantum optoelectronic devices	4
Fabrication of single color centers in sub-50 nm nanodiamonds using ion implantation	4