Ming Yan

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
160 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Ming Yan is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming Yan has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 82 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 33 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Ming Yan's work include Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (72 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (32 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (28 papers). Ming Yan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (72 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (32 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (28 papers). Ming Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Ming Yan's co-authors include Lewis J. Rothberg, Timothy Miller, Mary E. Galvin, Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos, Elizabeth W. Kwock, Thomas Huser, N. Picqué, Heping Zeng, Theodor W. Hänsch and Kun Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ming Yan

153 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Defect Quenching of Conjugated Polymer Luminescence 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 2023 100 200 300 400
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. Defect Quenching of Conjugated Polymer Luminescence
    1994 457 citations Ming Yan et al. profile →
  2. Mid-infrared single-pixel imaging at the single-photon level
    2023 105 citations Yinqi Wang, Kun Huang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ming Yan China 36 3.5k 1.7k 1.5k 1.4k 577 160 5.4k
Michael D. Barnes United States 34 1.8k 0.5× 725 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 804 0.6× 775 1.3× 127 3.4k
Wunshain Fann Taiwan 33 2.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 2.0k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 2.0× 109 4.6k
Kyung Hwan Kim South Korea 36 2.1k 0.6× 679 0.4× 2.1k 1.4× 1.2k 0.8× 814 1.4× 200 5.0k
Tobias Unruh Germany 37 1.9k 0.5× 684 0.4× 2.0k 1.3× 1.4k 1.0× 522 0.9× 187 5.3k
Masaaki Yokoyama Japan 41 3.3k 0.9× 533 0.3× 1.9k 1.3× 2.1k 1.5× 338 0.6× 399 6.6k
Adam P. Willard United States 30 1.5k 0.4× 1.0k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 532 0.4× 534 0.9× 77 4.1k
Takeshi Hasegawa Japan 36 1.4k 0.4× 661 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 450 0.3× 1.1k 2.0× 321 5.0k
Zhenrong Sun China 35 1.2k 0.4× 1.3k 0.8× 1.6k 1.1× 275 0.2× 1.3k 2.2× 399 4.9k
Haibo Ma China 31 1.5k 0.4× 710 0.4× 1.4k 1.0× 658 0.5× 315 0.5× 129 3.2k
Jun Ye China 38 2.4k 0.7× 657 0.4× 2.4k 1.6× 673 0.5× 572 1.0× 151 4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ming Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ming Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ming Yan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ming Yan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ming Yan 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 Ming Yan. Ming Yan 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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Liu, Tingting, Mei Yang, Ming Yan, et al.. (2025). Generation of 6-μJ ultrafast pulses from an Er-doped laser system. Results in Physics. 77. 108439–108439.
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Ma, Hui, J. L. Luo, Ming Yan, et al.. (2025). High-precision time-domain stereoscopic imaging with a femtosecond electro-optic comb. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6839–6839.
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Peng, Bo, Ming Yan, Tingting Zheng, et al.. (2024). Broadband Up‐Conversion Mid‐Infrared Time‐Stretch Spectroscopy (Laser Photonics Rev. 18(1)/2024). Laser & Photonics Review. 18(1).
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Fan, D. Y., et al.. (2024). Vacuum partial pressure measurement using low-budget dual comb system. Vacuum. 224. 113105–113105.
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Pan, Jin, Ming Yan, Jiteng Sheng, et al.. (2023). Dual-comb optomechanical spectroscopy. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5037–5037. 19 indexed citations
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Wu, Wen-Jong, Jing Ma, Kun Huang, et al.. (2023). Free-Running Single-Photon Detection via GHz Gated InGaAs/InP APD for High Time Resolution and Count Rate up to 500 Mcount/s. Micromachines. 14(2). 437–437. 7 indexed citations
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Fang, Jian‐an, Kun Huang, E Wu, Ming Yan, & Heping Zeng. (2023). Mid-infrared single-photon 3D imaging. Light Science & Applications. 12(1). 144–144. 31 indexed citations
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Peng, Bo, Ming Yan, Tingting Zheng, et al.. (2023). Broadband Up‐Conversion Mid‐Infrared Time‐Stretch Spectroscopy. Laser & Photonics Review. 18(1). 9 indexed citations
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Li, Min, Zheng Liu, Yu Xia, et al.. (2023). Terahertz Time-of-Flight Ranging with Adaptive Clock Asynchronous Optical Sampling. Sensors. 23(2). 715–715. 3 indexed citations
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Ren, Xinyi, et al.. (2022). The development and application of dual-comb spectroscopy in analytical chemistry. Chinese Chemical Letters. 34(1). 107254–107254. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, Kang, Jiabin Shen, Jiafeng Cao, et al.. (2021). Phase change of Ge2Sb2Te5 under terahertz laser illumination. APL Materials. 9(10). 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Yinqi, Xinyi Ren, Kun Huang, Ming Yan, & Heping Zeng. (2020). Frequency comb interference spectroscopy using a fiber laser comb and a multi-colour laser. Laser Physics. 30(5). 55702–55702.
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Chen, Zaijun, Ming Yan, Theodor W. Hänsch, & N. Picqué. (2017). Evanescent-Wave Gas Sensing with Dual-Comb Spectroscopy. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. SF1M.7–SF1M.7. 3 indexed citations
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Yan, Ming, Pei-Ling Luo, Kana Iwakuni, et al.. (2017). Mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy with electro-optic modulators. Light Science & Applications. 6(10). e17076–e17076. 156 indexed citations
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Millot, G., Stéphane Pitois, Ming Yan, et al.. (2015). Frequency-agile dual-comb spectroscopy. Nature Photonics. 10(1). 27–30. 257 indexed citations
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Zheng, Mingxia, et al.. (2013). Bergapten prevents lipopolysaccharide mediated osteoclast formation, bone resorption and osteoclast survival. International Orthopaedics. 38(3). 627–634. 32 indexed citations
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Li, Wenxue, et al.. (2012). Electronic control of nonlinear-polarization-rotation mode locking in Yb-doped fiber lasers. Optics Letters. 37(16). 3426–3426. 53 indexed citations
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Yang, Kangwen, et al.. (2012). High-power ultra-broadband frequency comb from ultraviolet to infrared by high-power fiber amplifiers. Optics Express. 20(12). 12899–12899. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yun, et al.. (2012). Inhibitory effects of beta-tricalciumphosphate wear particles on osteocytes via apoptotic response and Akt inactivation. Toxicology. 297(1-3). 57–67. 32 indexed citations
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Li, Yao, Xiaorong Gu, Ming Yan, E Wu, & Heping Zeng. (2009). Square nanosecond mode-locked Er-fiber laser synchronized to a picosecond Yb-fiber laser. Optics Express. 17(6). 4526–4526. 14 indexed citations

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