Bo Zhen

5.6k citations

44 papers · 4.1k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 19

Impact in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.5%
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics
- Photonic Crystals and Applications
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics top 0.5%
- Nonlinear Photonic Systems
- Quantum chaos and dynamical systems

Papers in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 38
- Topological Materials and Phenomena 19
- Photonic Crystals and Applications 12
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies 8
- Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics 7
- Strong Light-Matter Interactions 4
Acoustics and Ultrasonics 1

Co-authors: Marin Soljačić Chia Wei Hsu Liang Fu Huitao Shen John D. Joannopoulos Steven G. Johnson Song-Liang Chua Jeongwon Lee
Journals: Physical Review Letters (7 papers)Optics Express (3 papers)Nature (3 papers)Scientific Reports (2 papers)Nanophotonics (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Israel

In The Last Decade

Bo Zhen

41 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Observation of topologically enabled unidirectional guided resonances 2020 · 293 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Nature
2018 Physical Review Letters
2014 Physical Review Letters
2013 Nature

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Towards Floquet Chern insulators of light Nature Nanotechnology ·Jicheng Jin, Li He, Jian Lu, Lauren Pierce, Shang Chen, John E. Bowers, E. J. Melé, Bo Zhen	2025	0
2	Probabilistic risk assessment method considering machining-induced random residual stress International Journal of Mechanical Sciences ·В В Папырин, Junbo Liu, 苏耀忠, Shuiting Ding, Guo Li, Shirin Laturkar, Ruifeng Li, Bhakti Ratnaparkhi, Bo Zhen	2024	4
3	Direct observation of Landau levels in silicon photonic crystals Nature Photonics ·Mora Calderón, Fabien Grisé, Hoirul Fatihin, Bo Dai, Jonathan Guglielmon, Michael I. Weinstein, О. В. Левченко, Bo Zhen, Randall L. McEntaffer, Mikael C. Rechtsman	2024	21
4	CMOS‐compatible, AlScN‐based integrated electro‐optic phase shifter Nanophotonics ·B. Burckhardt-Vischer, Jicheng Jin, Dequan Xu, Zichen Tang, Roy H. Olsson, Bo Zhen	2024	7
5	General duality and magnet-free passive phononic Chern insulators Nature Communications ·Yannick Debruyne, Li He, E. J. Melé, Bo Zhen, A. T. Charlie Johnson	2023	5
6	Probabilistic Failure Risk of Aeroengine Life-Limited Parts Considering the Random Load Interference Effect Aerospace ·董路, Cláudio Marin Rodrigues, Savikin Katarina, مسعود يونس عطوان عطا, Shuiting Ding, Bhakti Ratnaparkhi, Bo Zhen	2023	4
7	Coherent FIR/THz wave generation and steering via surface-emitting thin film lithium niobate waveguides Optics Express ·B. Burckhardt-Vischer, Jicheng Jin, Bo Zhen	2023	4
8	Observation of miniaturized bound states in the continuum with ultra-high quality factors Science Bulletin ·Zihao Chen, Xuefan Yin, Jicheng Jin, Karla Sunally Pereira de Sousa. Silva, Zixuan Zhang, Feifan Wang, Li He, Bo Zhen, Chao Peng	2021	91
9	Non-Abelian generalizations of the Hofstadter model: spin–orbit-coupled butterfly pairs Light Science & Applications ·Yi Yang, Bo Zhen, John D. Joannopoulos, Marin Soljačić	2020	18
10	Observation of topologically enabled unidirectional guided resonances Nature ·Xuefan Yin, Jicheng Jin, Marin Soljačić, Chao Peng, Bo Zhen Hit paper breakdown →	2020	293
11	Floquet Chern Insulators of Light Li He, Geert Allermand, Jicheng Jin, E. J. Melé, Steven G. Johnson, Bo Zhen	2019	2
12	Topological Band Theory for Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians Physical Review Letters ·Huitao Shen, Bo Zhen, Liang Fu Hit paper breakdown →	2018	848
13	Bound states in the continuum in low-contrast fiber Bragg gratings arXiv (Cornell University) ·Il Yu, Chia Wei Hsu, Bo Zhen, Marin Soljačić, Hongsheng Chen	2017	4
14	Observation of bulk Fermi arc and polarization half charge from paired exceptional points DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·Yoseob Yoon, Chia Wei Hsu, Keith A. Nelson, Hengyun Zhou, Chao Peng, Liang Fu, John D. Joannopoulos, Marin Soljačić, Bo Zhen	2017	241
15	Controlling Directionality and Dimensionality of Radiation by Perturbing Separable Bound States in the Continuum Nature ·Chia Wei Hsu, Hrvoje Buljan, Nicholas Rivera, Bo Zhen, John D. Joannopoulos, Marin Soljačić	2016	2
16	Controlling Directionality and Dimensionality of Radiation by Perturbing Separable Bound States in the Continuum Scientific Reports ·Nicholas Rivera, Chia Wei Hsu, Bo Zhen, Hrvoje Buljan, John D. Joannopoulos, Marin Soljačić	2016	31
17	Flexible yet robust Nature Materials ·Bo Zhen, Marin Soljačić	2016	1
18	Topological Nature of Optical Bound States in the Continuum Physical Review Letters ·Bo Zhen, Chia Wei Hsu, Ling Lü, A. Douglas Stone, Marin Soljačić Hit paper breakdown →	2014	807
19	Observation of trapped light within the radiation continuum Nature ·Chia Wei Hsu, Bo Zhen, Jeongwon Lee, Song-Liang Chua, Steven G. Johnson, John D. Joannopoulos, Marin Soljačić Hit paper breakdown →	2013	1088
20	Enabling enhanced emission and low-threshold lasing of organic molecules using special Fano resonances of macroscopic photonic crystals Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Bo Zhen, Song-Liang Chua, Jeongwon Lee, Alejandro W. Rodríguez, Xiangdong Liang, Steven G. Johnson, John D. Joannopoulos, Marin Soljačić, Ofer Shapira	2013	116

About Bo Zhen

Bo Zhen is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Acoustics and Ultrasonics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 44 papers that have together received 4.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Topological Materials and Phenomena (19 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (18 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (12 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (8 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics (7 papers), Nonlinear Photonic Systems (7 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (6 papers) and Strong Light-Matter Interactions (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (3.3k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (923 citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (1.1k citations), Acoustics and Ultrasonics (34 citations) and Biomedical Engineering (1.4k citations). Bo Zhen has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Israel. Frequent co-authors include Marin Soljačić, Chia Wei Hsu, Liang Fu, Huitao Shen, John D. Joannopoulos, Steven G. Johnson, Song-Liang Chua, Jeongwon Lee, A. Douglas Stone and Ling Lü. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Optics Express, Nature, Scientific Reports and Nanophotonics.

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