Cen Xia

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Cen Xia is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cen Xia has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 4 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Cen Xia's work include Optical Network Technologies (26 papers), Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (18 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (11 papers). Cen Xia is often cited by papers focused on Optical Network Technologies (26 papers), Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (18 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (11 papers). Cen Xia collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Spain. Cen Xia's co-authors include Guifang Li, Neng Bai, Ningbo Zhao, Xiang Zhou, İbrahim Özdür, Rodrigo Amezcua‐Correa, Axel Schülzgen, José Enrique Antonio-Lopez, Enrique Antonio‐Lopez and Xiang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Optics Express, Journal of Lightwave Technology and Light Science & Applications.

In The Last Decade

Cen Xia

32 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Space-division multiplexing: the next frontier in optical... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Space-division multiplexing: the next frontier in optical communication
    2014 586 citations Guifang Li, Neng Bai et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cen Xia United States 13 1.1k 356 51 31 21 32 1.2k
Alberto Sierra United States 8 1.3k 1.2× 453 1.3× 63 1.2× 25 0.8× 20 1.0× 9 1.4k
H. de Waardt Netherlands 15 1.0k 0.9× 276 0.8× 51 1.0× 30 1.0× 14 0.7× 61 1.1k
Ellsworth Burrows United States 9 988 0.9× 330 0.9× 48 0.9× 18 0.6× 13 0.6× 18 1.0k
Mina Esmaeelpour United States 6 864 0.8× 374 1.1× 64 1.3× 13 0.4× 14 0.7× 18 925
Sami Mumtaz France 7 926 0.8× 359 1.0× 48 0.9× 16 0.5× 14 0.7× 16 958
R.G.H. van Uden Netherlands 10 718 0.6× 209 0.6× 34 0.7× 24 0.8× 11 0.5× 24 762
Zhenping Xing Canada 18 1.0k 0.9× 382 1.1× 60 1.2× 116 3.7× 15 0.7× 60 1.1k
M. Salsi United States 19 1.3k 1.2× 272 0.8× 31 0.6× 17 0.5× 13 0.6× 80 1.4k
Urban Westergren Sweden 18 1.2k 1.1× 325 0.9× 65 1.3× 58 1.9× 8 0.4× 83 1.3k
Filipe Ferreira United Kingdom 15 857 0.7× 199 0.6× 34 0.7× 13 0.4× 38 1.8× 110 895

Countries citing papers authored by Cen Xia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cen Xia

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cen Xia

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cen Xia. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cen Xia based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cen Xia. Cen Xia is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Wei, Wei, et al.. (2021). High precision refractometer for salinity measurements based on aspheric surface. 308–308. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Guoqiang, Cen Xia, Juan Su, & Chi Wu. (2021). Fabry-Perot cavity enhanced prism for highly sensitive refractive index measurement of water. Optik. 245. 167688–167688. 8 indexed citations
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Gao, Yuyang, Juhao Li, Chunyan Du, et al.. (2018). Non-circularly-symmetric Mode-group Demultiplexer Based on Fused-type FMF Coupler for MGM Transmission. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. Th1K.5–Th1K.5. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Yuyang, Juhao Li, Cen Xia, et al.. (2018). Stable <tex>$4\times 10\ \text{Gb}/\mathrm{s}$</tex> MIMO-Free IM/DD MDM Transmission Enabled by Degenerate-Mode-Selective Couplers. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research. 1–3. 1 indexed citations
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Wen, He, Qi Mo, Cen Xia, et al.. (2017). Few-mode fibre-optic microwave photonic links. Light Science & Applications. 6(8). e17021–e17021. 36 indexed citations
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Wen, He, et al.. (2016). Four-mode semiconductor optical amplifier. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9774. 977406–977406. 1 indexed citations
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Hayashi, Tetsuya, Roland Ryf, Nicolas K. Fontaine, et al.. (2015). Coupled-core multi-core fibers: High-spatial-density optical transmission fibers with low differential modal properties. 1–3. 28 indexed citations
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Xia, Cen, He Wen, Amado M. Velázquez-Benítez, et al.. (2015). Experimental demonstration of 5-mode PON achieving a net gain of 4 dB in upstream transmission loss budget. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research. 9387. 1–3. 2 indexed citations
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Xia, Cen, Naresh Chand, Amado M. Velázquez-Benítez, et al.. (2015). Time-division-multiplexed few-mode passive optical network. Optics Express. 23(2). 1151–1151. 61 indexed citations
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Xia, Cen, M. A. Eftekhar, Rodrigo Amezcua Correa, et al.. (2015). Supermodes in Coupled Multi-Core Waveguide Structures. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 22(2). 196–207. 45 indexed citations
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Xia, Cen, Amado M. Velázquez-Benítez, Jose Enrique Antonio Lopez, et al.. (2014). TDMA Few-Mode Passive Optical Network. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research. 20. ATh2F.2–ATh2F.2. 2 indexed citations
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Xia, Cen, Rodrigo Amezcua‐Correa, Neng Bai, et al.. (2014). Low-crosstalk few-mode multi-core fiber for high-mode-density space-division multiplexing. 1–3. 1 indexed citations
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Xia, Cen, et al.. (2014). Multi-channel Nonlinearity Compensation of 128-Gb/s PDM-QPSK Signals in Dispersion-Managed Transmission Using Dispersion-Folded Digital Backward Propagation. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. Tu3A.5–Tu3A.5. 1 indexed citations
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Xia, Cen, Neng Bai, Enrique Antonio‐Lopez, et al.. (2013). Supermodes in strongly-coupled multi-core fibers. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research. OTh3K.5–OTh3K.5. 11 indexed citations
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Bai, Neng, Cen Xia, & Guifang Li. (2012). Adaptive frequency-domain equalization for the transmission of the fundamental mode in a few-mode fiber. Optics Express. 20(21). 24010–24010. 30 indexed citations
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Xia, Cen, Rodrigo Amezcua‐Correa, Neng Bai, et al.. (2012). Hole-assisted few-mode multi-core fiber for high-density space-division multiplexing. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research. 206–207. 13 indexed citations
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Xia, Cen. (2000). Runoff concentration simulation of mini-basins. Journal of Hefei University of Technology. 1 indexed citations
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Xia, Cen. (2000). On common cultivation practices on sloping plowland for water and soil conservation. Journal of Hefei University of Technology. 1 indexed citations

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