Huibin Zhou

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
142 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Huibin Zhou is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Huibin Zhou has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 81 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Huibin Zhou's work include Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (69 papers), Optical Network Technologies (63 papers) and Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (57 papers). Huibin Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (69 papers), Optical Network Technologies (63 papers) and Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (57 papers). Huibin Zhou collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and China. Huibin Zhou's co-authors include Alan E. Willner, Hao Song, Kaiheng Zou, Kai Pang, Xinzhou Su, Moshe Tur, Runzhou Zhang, Haoqian Song, Nanzhe Hu and Amir Minoofar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Photonics and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Huibin Zhou

124 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Orbital angular momentum of light for communications 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200 250
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. Orbital angular momentum of light for communications
    2021 251 citations Alan E. Willner, Kai Pang 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
Huibin Zhou United States 21 954 859 332 149 118 142 1.5k
Wolfgang Fichtner Switzerland 19 1.1k 1.2× 432 0.5× 511 1.5× 24 0.2× 31 0.3× 101 1.7k
P. Chevalier France 31 2.6k 2.7× 465 0.5× 245 0.7× 11 0.1× 122 1.0× 173 2.8k
Ali E. Yılmaz United States 19 1.1k 1.1× 860 1.0× 180 0.5× 30 0.2× 209 1.8× 140 1.4k
Guoyong Zhang China 16 498 0.5× 88 0.1× 95 0.3× 36 0.2× 250 2.1× 73 839
Xizheng Ke China 13 492 0.5× 264 0.3× 184 0.6× 104 0.7× 174 1.5× 184 1.0k
N. Ahmed Malaysia 13 1.0k 1.1× 1.5k 1.7× 682 2.1× 307 2.1× 163 1.4× 71 2.1k
M. Kamon United States 13 1.4k 1.5× 327 0.4× 105 0.3× 73 0.5× 112 0.9× 40 1.7k
Zizheng Cao Netherlands 29 2.4k 2.5× 641 0.7× 117 0.4× 66 0.4× 140 1.2× 197 2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Huibin Zhou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Huibin Zhou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Huibin Zhou 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 Huibin Zhou. Huibin Zhou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Su, Xinzhou, Kaiheng Zou, Yingning Wang, et al.. (2025). Space-time wave packets in multimode optical fibers with controlled dynamic motions and tunable group velocities. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2027–2027. 5 indexed citations
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Zhou, Huibin, Xinzhou Su, Hao Song, et al.. (2024). Experimental Demonstration of Underwater Optical Ranging With Enhanced Accuracy in Scattering Medium Using Multiple Bessel Modes. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 43(3). 1123–1129. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Runzhou, Kaiheng Zou, Xinzhou Su, et al.. (2023). Turbulence-resilient differential-phase-shift-keying free-space optical communications using automatic multi-mode optoelectronic mixing. Optics Communications. 534. 129330–129330.
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Willner, Alan E., Kaiheng Zou, Kai Pang, et al.. (2023). Free-space mid-IR communications using wavelength and mode division multiplexing. Optics Communications. 541. 129518–129518. 13 indexed citations
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Song, Haoqian, Haoqian Song, Runzhou Zhang, et al.. (2023). Investigation of the 2-D modal coupling of a Laguerre Gaussian beam through the dynamic air–water interface. Optics Communications. 545. 129689–129689.
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Minoofar, Amir, Xinzhou Su, Huibin Zhou, & Alan E. Willner. (2023). High-Capacity THz Communications Using Multiple Orbital-Angular-Momentum Beams. 23–28. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Huibin, Xinzhou Su, Hao Song, et al.. (2023). Atmospheric turbulence strength distribution along a propagation path probed by longitudinally structured optical beams. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4701–4701. 30 indexed citations
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Zou, Kaiheng, Kai Pang, Hao Song, et al.. (2022). High-capacity free-space optical communications using wavelength- and mode-division-multiplexing in the mid-infrared region. Nature Communications. 13(1). 111 indexed citations
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Song, Hao, Huibin Zhou, Kaiheng Zou, et al.. (2022). Experimental Demonstration of Generating a 10-Gbit/s QPSK Laguerre-Gaussian Beam using Integrated Circular Antenna Arrays to Tune Both Spatial Indices. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. SM2N.2–SM2N.2. 4 indexed citations
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Zou, Kaiheng, Xinzhou Su, Мurat Yessenov, et al.. (2022). Tunability of space-time wave packet carrying tunable and dynamically changing OAM value. Optics Letters. 47(21). 5751–5751. 13 indexed citations
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Song, Hao, Hao Song, Xinzhou Su, et al.. (2021). Simultaneous turbulence mitigation and channel demultiplexing using a single multi-plane light convertor for a free-space optical link with two 100-Gbit/s OAM channels. Optics Communications. 501. 127359–127359. 12 indexed citations
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Song, Haoqian, Runzhou Zhang, Nanzhe Hu, et al.. (2021). Experimental Investigation on Degradation of an Orbital- Angular-Momentum Beam Passing Through Dynamic Aerosol and Air-Water Interface for Air-to-Water Communications. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. SM4A.5–SM4A.5. 1 indexed citations
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Song, Hao, Huibin Zhou, Kaiheng Zou, et al.. (2021). Experimental Demonstration of an Integrated Broadband Pixel-Array Structure Generating Two Tunable Orbital-Angular-Momentum Mode Values and Carrying 100-Gbit/s QPSK Data. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. SM4C.3–SM4C.3. 3 indexed citations
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Song, Haoqian, Haoqian Song, Runzhou Zhang, et al.. (2021). Dynamic aerosol and dynamic air‐water interface curvature effects on a 2‐Gbit/s free‐space optical link using orbital‐angular‐momentum multiplexing. Nanophotonics. 11(4). 885–895. 7 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhe, Runzhou Zhang, Hao Song, et al.. (2020). Fundamental System-Degrading Effects in THz Communications Using Multiple OAM beams With Turbulence. 1–7. 8 indexed citations
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Lu, Jianing, Xiang Li, Songnian Fu, et al.. (2017). Joint carrier phase and frequency-offset estimation with parallel implementation for dual-polarization coherent receiver. Optics Express. 25(5). 5217–5217. 19 indexed citations
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Chen, Xi, Zhenhua Feng, Ming Tang, et al.. (2016). A 3-D adaptive loading algorithm for direct detection optical OFDM system. International Conference on Photonics in Switching. 1–3. 1 indexed citations

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