Chao Lü

21.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
998 papers, 16.0k citations indexed

About

Chao Lü is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Lü has authored 998 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 866 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 323 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 52 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chao Lü's work include Optical Network Technologies (447 papers), Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (335 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (318 papers). Chao Lü is often cited by papers focused on Optical Network Technologies (447 papers), Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (335 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (318 papers). Chao Lü collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and Singapore. Chao Lü's co-authors include Alan Pak Tao Lau, Hwa‐Yaw Tam, Kangping Zhong, Faisal Nadeem Khan, P. K. A. Wai, Changyuan Yu, Perry Ping Shum, Luming Zhao, Xiaoqun Zhou and Liang Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Chao Lü

929 papers receiving 15.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Digital Signal Processing for Short-Reach Optical Communications: A Review of Current Technologies and Future Trends

2018 391 citations Kangping Zhong, Xian Zhou et al. Journal of Lightwave Technology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chao Lü Hong Kong	55	14.1k	6.0k	1.1k	906	474	998	16.0k
Deming Liu China	51	12.0k 0.9×	4.5k 0.7×	2.0k 1.9×	794 0.9×	442 0.9×	1.0k	13.8k
Perry Ping Shum Singapore	58	14.7k 1.0×	7.8k 1.3×	2.7k 2.5×	457 0.5×	287 0.6×	1.1k	17.2k
Ming Tang China	40	6.3k 0.5×	2.4k 0.4×	527 0.5×	449 0.5×	305 0.6×	674	7.2k
Douglas H. Werner United States	64	7.1k 0.5×	3.0k 0.5×	3.3k 3.1×	569 0.6×	231 0.5×	723	16.2k
Lianshan Yan China	48	6.8k 0.5×	3.9k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	954 1.1×	1.2k 2.5×	608	8.8k
Yahya Rahmat‐Samii United States	74	15.0k 1.1×	2.4k 0.4×	3.4k 3.2×	543 0.6×	590 1.2×	680	23.5k
R. Mittra United States	68	15.7k 1.1×	9.9k 1.6×	2.6k 2.5×	146 0.2×	164 0.3×	1.3k	23.4k
Tapan K. Sarkar United States	55	10.1k 0.7×	4.7k 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	289 0.3×	490 1.0×	644	15.4k
Hao Li China	50	4.1k 0.3×	3.7k 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	3.1k 3.4×	169 0.4×	587	9.8k
Joseph M. Kahn United States	50	14.9k 1.1×	2.7k 0.5×	772 0.7×	560 0.6×	1.8k 3.8×	285	16.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao Lü

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Dong, Yuanhao, Jinhui Tang, Wenwei Li, et al.. (2025). A new method to evaluate features importance in machine-learning based prediction of concrete compressive strength. Journal of Building Engineering. 102. 111874–111874. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Junwei, et al.. (2025). Forward polarization sensing triggered area-focus DAS over a bidirectional coherent network. Optics Letters. 50(7). 2227–2227. 2 indexed citations

Tian, Chenchen, Xinyang Liu, Chao Wang, et al.. (2024). Revealing the nanoscale reinforcing mechanism: How topological structure of carbon black clusters influence the mechanics of rubber. Composites Science and Technology. 258. 110847–110847. 8 indexed citations

Avice, Guillaume, Finlay M. Stuart, Yuanyuan Zheng, et al.. (2024). Presence of non-solar derived krypton and xenon unveiled by Chang'e-5 lunar soils. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 637. 118725–118725. 7 indexed citations

Zheng, Hua, Huan Wu, Xinliang Shen, et al.. (2024). Novel mining conveyor monitoring system based on quasi-distributed optical fiber accelerometer array and self-supervised learning. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 221. 111697–111697. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Wei, Dongdong Zou, Qi Sui, et al.. (2024). Alamouti coding enabled polarization insensitive simplified self-homodyne coherent system for short-reach optical interconnects. Optics & Laser Technology. 182. 112164–112164. 1 indexed citations

Yi, Xingwen, et al.. (2024). Inter-channel nonlinearity compensation in long-haul optical fiber communication using overlapped-dense LSTM network: Complexity reduction and visual understanding. Optics Communications. 556. 130274–130274.

Hu, Weibo, Xiang Yan, Haitao Cui, et al.. (2023). A non-pipelined ADC with a GM-R amplifier. Microelectronics Journal. 137. 105807–105807. 5 indexed citations

Li, Xu, Hong Zhang, Chao Lü, et al.. (2023). Influence of leaching agents on the melting behavior of MSWI fly ash and its variation mechanism. Journal of the Energy Institute. 108. 101224–101224. 5 indexed citations

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Lü, Chao, et al.. (2023). Preparation of Artemisia sphaerocephala Krasch. gum gel and ammonia fluorescence response mechanism based on peeling-off reaction. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 683. 133040–133040. 2 indexed citations

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Guo, Xiaojie, et al.. (2023). Few-mode optical parametric amplification in a multiple quasi-phase-matched thin-film lithium niobate waveguide. Optics Communications. 540. 129508–129508. 2 indexed citations

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Lü, Chao, et al.. (2022). Personal predictive model based on systemic inflammation markers for estimation of postoperative pancreatic fistula following pancreaticoduodenectomy. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 14(9). 963–975. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Yu, Weihao Yuan, Zhenggang Lian, et al.. (2021). Hollow Core Bragg Fiber Integrated With Regenerate Fiber Bragg Grating for Simultaneous High Temperature and gas Pressure Sensing. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 39(17). 5643–5649. 37 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiong, Abdullah S. Karar, Kangping Zhong, Alan Pak Tao Lau, & Chao Lü. (2021). Experimental demonstration of pre-electronic dispersion compensation in IM/DD systems using an iterative algorithm. Optics Express. 29(16). 24735–24735. 22 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhenhua, et al.. (2019). Simulation and Sound Field Analysis on Ultrasonic Phased Array Test Based on the Finite Element Method. Materials Evaluation. 77(8). 1054–1062.

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Sun, Lin, Jiangbing Du, Bin Chen, et al.. (2019). Intelligent 2-Dimensional Soft Decision Enabled by K-Means Clustering for VCSEL-Based 112-Gbps PAM-4 and PAM-8 Optical Interconnection. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 37(24). 6133–6146. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qun, Yanfu Yang, Changjian Guo, et al.. (2019). Algorithms for Blind Separation and Estimation of Transmitter and Receiver IQ Imbalances. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 37(10). 2201–2208. 47 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xian, et al.. (2017). Polarization Division Multiplexing System with Direct Decision for Short Reach Optical Communications. Beijing Youdian Xueyuan xuebao. 40(2). 21–28. 4 indexed citations

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Lü, Chao. (2009). Comparative Study on Two Methods for Determination of Total Phosphorus in Wetland Plants. Guangdong nongye kexue. 8 indexed citations

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Qureshi, Khurram Karim, Xinhuan Feng, Luming Zhao, et al.. (2009). C-band single-longitudinal mode lanthanum co-doped bismuth based erbium doped fiber ring laser. Optics Express. 17(18). 16352–16352. 7 indexed citations

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