Kai Ou

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 838 citations indexed

About

Kai Ou is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Ou has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 838 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Kai Ou's work include Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (20 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (13 papers) and Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (12 papers). Kai Ou is often cited by papers focused on Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (20 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (13 papers) and Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (12 papers). Kai Ou collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Germany. Kai Ou's co-authors include Hui Yang, Guanhai Li, Xiaohong Chen, Wei Lü, Huigao Duan, Yueqiang Hu, Feilong Yu, Yuting Jiang, Tianxin Li and Honghui Jia and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nanoscale and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Kai Ou

22 papers receiving 779 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Angular momentum holography via a minimalist metasurface for optical nested encryption

2023 169 citations Hui Yang, Kai Ou et al. Light Science & Applications profile →
Metasurface higher-order poincaré sphere polarization detection clock

2025 23 citations Hui Yang, Kai Ou et al. Light Science & Applications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Ou China	14	635	358	311	298	173	22	838
Seong‐Won Moon South Korea	15	549 0.9×	309 0.9×	288 0.9×	247 0.8×	219 1.3×	24	815
MohammadSadegh Faraji-Dana United States	6	744 1.2×	372 1.0×	445 1.4×	324 1.1×	252 1.5×	12	1.0k
Hyounghan Kwon United States	12	531 0.8×	374 1.0×	234 0.8×	298 1.0×	194 1.1×	28	796
Qinmiao Chen China	15	618 1.0×	424 1.2×	310 1.0×	280 0.9×	253 1.5×	22	914
Gyeongtae Kim South Korea	10	850 1.3×	420 1.2×	454 1.5×	291 1.0×	282 1.6×	13	1.2k
Lei Jin China	9	750 1.2×	376 1.1×	462 1.5×	303 1.0×	152 0.9×	30	1.0k
Jangwoon Sung South Korea	15	557 0.9×	263 0.7×	311 1.0×	204 0.7×	198 1.1×	23	736
Tsung Lin Chung Taiwan	6	808 1.3×	390 1.1×	388 1.2×	492 1.7×	229 1.3×	8	1.0k
Rajath Sawant France	4	609 1.0×	367 1.0×	329 1.1×	215 0.7×	121 0.7×	8	751
Xiujuan Zou China	14	468 0.7×	264 0.7×	249 0.8×	340 1.1×	231 1.3×	35	781

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Ou

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Yang, Hui, Kai Ou, Qiang Liu, et al.. (2025). Metasurface higher-order poincaré sphere polarization detection clock. Light Science & Applications. 14(1). 63–63. 23 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xie, Lingyun, Kai Ou, Zining Wang, et al.. (2024). High‐Efficiency Broadband Achromatic Metadevice for Spin‐to‐Orbital Angular Momentum Conversion of Light in the Near‐Infrared. Small Science. 4(5). 1 indexed citations

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Xie, Lingyun, Kai Ou, Zining Wang, et al.. (2024). High‐Efficiency Broadband Achromatic Metadevice for Spin‐to‐Orbital Angular Momentum Conversion of Light in the Near‐Infrared. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(5). 2300273–2300273. 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Hui, Kai Ou, Yueqiang Hu, et al.. (2023). Metasurface-empowered optical cryptography. Materials Today. 67. 424–445. 66 indexed citations

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Ou, Kai, Guangfeng Wang, Siyu Dong, et al.. (2023). Advances in Meta-Optics and Metasurfaces: Fundamentals and Applications. Nanomaterials. 13(7). 1235–1235. 34 indexed citations

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Yang, Hui, Kai Ou, Yueqiang Hu, et al.. (2023). Angular momentum holography via a minimalist metasurface for optical nested encryption. Light Science & Applications. 12(1). 79–79. 169 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Hui, Yuting Jiang, Yueqiang Hu, Kai Ou, & Huigao Duan. (2022). Noninterleaved Metasurface for Full‐Polarization Three‐Dimensional Vectorial Holography. Laser & Photonics Review. 16(11). 57 indexed citations

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Ou, Kai, et al.. (2022). Electric-Driven Polarization Meta-Optics for Tunable Edge-Enhanced Images. Micromachines. 13(4). 541–541. 5 indexed citations

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Ou, Kai, Feilong Yu, Guanhai Li, et al.. (2021). Broadband Achromatic Metalens in Mid‐Wavelength Infrared. Laser & Photonics Review. 15(9). 88 indexed citations

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Yang, Hui, Zhenwei Xie, Guanhai Li, et al.. (2021). All-dielectric metasurface for fully resolving arbitrary beams on a higher-order Poincaré sphere. Photonics Research. 9(3). 331–331. 27 indexed citations

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Ou, Kai, Guanhai Li, Zengyue Zhao, et al.. (2021). Tunable and polarization-sensitive perfect absorber with a phase-gradient heterojunction metasurface in the mid-infrared. Optics Express. 29(9). 12893–12893. 20 indexed citations

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Ou, Kai, Feilong Yu, Guanhai Li, et al.. (2020). Mid-infrared polarization-controlled broadband achromatic metadevice. Science Advances. 6(37). 109 indexed citations

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Ou, Kai, Feilong Yu, Jin Chen, et al.. (2020). Controllable chiral emissions from free-electron driven plasmonic metasurfaces. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 54(10). 105105–105105. 7 indexed citations

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Ou, Kai, Guanhai Li, Xiaoyan Li, et al.. (2020). Tunable phase change polaritonic perfect absorber in the mid-infrared region. Optics Express. 28(8). 11721–11721. 22 indexed citations

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Yang, Hui, Kai Ou, Guangtao Cao, et al.. (2019). Polarization beam splitter with disparate functionality in transmission and reflection modes. Optics Communications. 443. 104–109. 12 indexed citations

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Yang, Hui, Guangtao Cao, Kai Ou, Guanhai Li, & Xiaohong Chen. (2018). Broadband Spin‐Driven Anomalous Surface Plasmon Polariton Steering via V‐Shaped Aperture Metasurfaces. Advanced Theory and Simulations. 2(2). 22 indexed citations

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Yang, Hui, Guanhai Li, Guangtao Cao, et al.. (2018). Broadband polarization resolving based on dielectric metalenses in the near-infrared. Optics Express. 26(5). 5632–5632. 38 indexed citations

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Yang, Hui, Guanhai Li, Guangtao Cao, et al.. (2018). High efficiency dual-wavelength achromatic metalens via cascaded dielectric metasurfaces. Optical Materials Express. 8(7). 1940–1940. 18 indexed citations

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Ou, Kai, Guanhai Li, Tianxin Li, et al.. (2018). High efficiency focusing vortex generation and detection with polarization-insensitive dielectric metasurfaces. Nanoscale. 10(40). 19154–19161. 101 indexed citations

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Ou, Kai. (2011). RESEARCH ON THE AXIAL STIFFNESS OF Ω-SHAPED BELLOWS. Jixie qiangdu. 1 indexed citations

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