Ming Cai

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Ming Cai is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming Cai has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 32 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 26 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ming Cai's work include Semiconductor materials and devices (17 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (17 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (14 papers). Ming Cai is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor materials and devices (17 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (17 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (14 papers). Ming Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Ming Cai's co-authors include Kerry J. Vahala, Oskar Painter, Peter C. Sercel, Yadong Gong, Yuying Yang, Yao Sun, Shuoshuo Qu, Hongxia Liu, Shulong Wang and Na Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ming Cai

87 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Observation of Critical Coupling in a Fiber Taper to a Silica-Microsphere Whispering-Gallery Mode System

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ming Cai China	24	1.6k	1.1k	576	488	279	98	2.4k
Yazhou Sun China	30	671 0.4×	767 0.7×	837 1.5×	921 1.9×	658 2.4×	130	2.6k
P.J. McNally Ireland	21	1.3k 0.8×	482 0.4×	727 1.3×	682 1.4×	751 2.7×	217	2.6k
Yun Peng China	24	1.2k 0.8×	271 0.3×	719 1.2×	360 0.7×	184 0.7×	64	2.2k
Liang Pan United States	21	394 0.2×	304 0.3×	935 1.6×	418 0.9×	262 0.9×	82	1.8k
Wei Qiu China	26	649 0.4×	284 0.3×	359 0.6×	330 0.7×	784 2.8×	145	1.8k
Dan Zhao China	27	927 0.6×	319 0.3×	780 1.4×	372 0.8×	1.4k 4.9×	130	2.6k
Hao Wu China	25	802 0.5×	332 0.3×	569 1.0×	677 1.4×	251 0.9×	118	2.4k
Lin Zhang China	26	1.0k 0.6×	376 0.3×	739 1.3×	556 1.1×	548 2.0×	148	2.1k
Liang Yu China	21	253 0.2×	363 0.3×	246 0.4×	582 1.2×	439 1.6×	92	1.4k
Abhishek Kumar India	23	508 0.3×	337 0.3×	202 0.4×	692 1.4×	620 2.2×	115	2.0k

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Cai, Ming, Han Su, Min Lü, et al.. (2025). Transmission characteristics of silicon-based grating-gated AlN/GaN HEMTs in the mid-infrared frequency range. Micro and Nanostructures. 199. 208072–208072.

Wang, Tao, et al.. (2024). Unidirectional ice-templating for aerogel adsorbents: Excellent pore structure and high CO2 capture performance for direct air capture. Separation and Purification Technology. 355. 129588–129588. 6 indexed citations

Cai, Ming, et al.. (2024). Influences of Heat Rejection from Split A/C Conditioners on Mixed-Mode Buildings: Energy Use and Indoor Air Pollution Exposure Analysis. Buildings. 14(2). 318–318. 4 indexed citations

Zhu, Guang, et al.. (2023). A new calibration method for a dynamic coordinate system in a robotic blade grinding and polishing system based on the six-point limit principle. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 83. 102561–102561. 14 indexed citations

Yang, Song, et al.. (2023). Study on the recycling of waste wind turbine blades. Journal of Engineering Research. 11(3). 13–17. 21 indexed citations

Liu, Hongxia, et al.. (2023). Modeling and Simulation Investigation of Ferroelectric-Based Electrostatic Doping for Tunnelling Field-Effect Transistor. Micromachines. 14(3). 672–672. 5 indexed citations

Cai, Ming, et al.. (2022). Transmission properties of grating-gate GaN-based HEMTs under different incident angles in the mid-infrared region. Optics Express. 30(25). 45599–45599. 2 indexed citations

Cai, Ming, et al.. (2022). Polarization properties in grating-gated AlN/GaN HEMTs at mid-infrared frequencies. Optics Express. 30(9). 14748–14748. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Hongxia, et al.. (2022). Hybrid Nanowire–Rectangular Plasmonic Waveguide for Subwavelength Confinement at 1550 Nm. Micromachines. 13(7). 1009–1009. 4 indexed citations

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Gong, Yadong, et al.. (2021). Face Grinding Surface Quality of High Volume Fraction SiCp/Al Composite Materials. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 34(1). 14 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongxia, et al.. (2020). Electrical Phase Control Based on Graphene Surface Plasmon Polaritons in Mid-infrared. Nanomaterials. 10(3). 576–576. 8 indexed citations

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Cai, Ming, et al.. (2020). Graphene Electro-Optical Switch Modulator by Adjusting Propagation Length Based on Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguide in Infrared Band. Sensors. 20(10). 2864–2864. 7 indexed citations

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Han, Tao, Hongxia Liu, Shulong Wang, et al.. (2019). Design and Investigation of the Junction-Less TFET with Ge/Si0.3Ge0.7/Si Heterojunction and Heterogeneous Gate Dielectric. Electronics. 8(5). 476–476. 17 indexed citations

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Cai, Ming, et al.. (2019). Experimental Study on Grinding Surface Processing Property of Nickel-Based Superalloy. Journal of Northeastern University. 40(2). 234. 3 indexed citations

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Han, Tao, Hongxia Liu, Shulong Wang, et al.. (2019). Probing the Optical Properties of MoS2 on SiO2/Si and Sapphire Substrates. Nanomaterials. 9(5). 740–740. 31 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongxia, et al.. (2019). Optical Transport Properties of Graphene Surface Plasmon Polaritons in Mid-Infrared Band. Crystals. 9(7). 354–354. 24 indexed citations

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Cai, Ming, et al.. (2019). Experiment of Grinding Surface Quality and Subsurface Microstructure for Nickel-Based Single Crystal Superalloy. Journal of Northeastern University. 40(3). 386. 2 indexed citations

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Cai, Ming, et al.. (2018). A New Electro-Optical Switch Modulator Based on the Surface Plasmon Polaritons of Graphene in Mid-Infrared Band. Sensors. 19(1). 89–89. 14 indexed citations

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Han, Tao, Hongxia Liu, Shulong Wang, et al.. (2018). Research on the Factors Affecting the Growth of Large-Size Monolayer MoS2 by APCVD. Materials. 11(12). 2562–2562. 5 indexed citations

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Cai, Ming. (2011). Estimation of Remanence in Transformer Core. Power System Technology. 2 indexed citations

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