Mingjian Cheng

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Mingjian Cheng is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mingjian Cheng has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 43 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 25 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mingjian Cheng's work include Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (54 papers), Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (41 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (14 papers). Mingjian Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (54 papers), Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (41 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (14 papers). Mingjian Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Yemen and United Kingdom. Mingjian Cheng's co-authors include Lixin Guo, Jiangting Li, Xu Yan, Yixin Zhang, Yixin Zhang, Dan Zhang, Jie Gao, Zheng-Da Hu, Yun Zhu and Wenjie Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Scientific Reports and Optics Express.

In The Last Decade

Mingjian Cheng

61 papers receiving 925 citations

Hit Papers

Metrology with a twist: probing and sensing with vortex l... 2025 2026 2025 10 20 30
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. Metrology with a twist: probing and sensing with vortex light
    2025 33 citations Mingjian Cheng, Wenjie Jiang 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Mingjian Cheng China 17 824 614 341 161 148 71 1.0k
Jun Qu China 16 785 1.0× 375 0.6× 342 1.0× 76 0.5× 115 0.8× 58 846
Jaime A. Anguita Chile 13 687 0.8× 830 1.4× 291 0.9× 175 1.1× 66 0.4× 48 1.1k
Elena Shchepakina Russia 14 690 0.8× 510 0.8× 367 1.1× 88 0.5× 54 0.4× 40 1.0k
Tomohiro Shirai Japan 22 1.4k 1.7× 526 0.9× 740 2.2× 73 0.5× 88 0.6× 65 1.7k
Italo Toselli United States 18 847 1.0× 841 1.4× 316 0.9× 186 1.2× 68 0.5× 43 1.0k
Hao Song United States 17 1.1k 1.3× 910 1.5× 455 1.3× 153 1.0× 53 0.4× 139 1.5k
Shuhui Li China 24 1.7k 2.0× 1.3k 2.0× 706 2.1× 166 1.0× 81 0.5× 69 2.0k
Long Zhu China 26 1.8k 2.2× 1.4k 2.2× 716 2.1× 141 0.9× 89 0.6× 118 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mingjian Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mingjian Cheng

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

All Works

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Zhao, Zhe, et al.. (2025). Obstacle inversion based on the self-healing property of structured light. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 24379–24379.
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Shi, Yiyu, Zhiwei Cui, Marina Deng, et al.. (2025). Optical chirality of vortex structured light in a temporal medium. Photonics Research. 13(12). B104–B104.
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Cheng, Mingjian, et al.. (2025). Characterizing propagation and vortex-splitting dynamics of Bessel-Gaussian beams in short-range atmospheric conditions. Optics Express. 33(2). 2878–2878. 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Mingjian, et al.. (2025). Machine learning assisted speckle and OAM spectrum analysis for enhanced turbulence characterization. Photonics Research. 13(10). B29–B29.
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Cheng, Mingjian, Wenjie Jiang, Lixin Guo, Jiangting Li, & Andrew Forbes. (2025). Metrology with a twist: probing and sensing with vortex light. Light Science & Applications. 14(1). 4–4. 33 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cheng, Mingjian, et al.. (2024). Investigation on the transmission attenuation of Bessel-Gaussian beams in a dusty environment. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 329. 109200–109200.
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Cheng, Mingjian, et al.. (2024). Introduction of a modified anomalous vortex beam with self-focusing properties. Optics Express. 32(22). 39429–39429. 8 indexed citations
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Cheng, Mingjian, et al.. (2024). Unraveling the propagation dynamics of radially polarized anomalous vortex beams in turbulent maritime atmospheres. Results in Physics. 67. 108038–108038.
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Cheng, Mingjian, et al.. (2023). Unveiling detection probability for multi-Gaussian correlated anomalous vortex modes in maritime atmospheric turbulence. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 40(12). 2277–2277. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Songhua, et al.. (2023). Scattering characteristics of electrically large arbitrarily shaped targets illuminated by an off-axis vortex electromagnetic beam. Journal of Applied Physics. 133(12). 4 indexed citations
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Jiang, Wenjie, et al.. (2023). Attenuation of Bessel vortex beam transmission in the rain environment. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 304. 108620–108620. 10 indexed citations
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Cheng, Mingjian, et al.. (2023). Propagation behavior of orbital angular momentum in vector anomalous vortex beams under maritime atmospheric turbulence. Frontiers in Physics. 11. 9 indexed citations
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Cheng, Mingjian, et al.. (2023). Self-focusing effect analysis of a perfect optical vortex beam in atmospheric turbulence. Optics Express. 31(13). 20861–20861. 21 indexed citations
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Cheng, Mingjian, et al.. (2022). Scattering of partially coherent vortex beam by rough surface in atmospheric turbulence. Optics Express. 30(3). 4165–4165. 12 indexed citations
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Cheng, Mingjian, et al.. (2022). Enhancing Performance of Air–Ground OAM Communication System Utilizing Vector Vortex Beams in the Atmosphere. Photonics. 10(1). 41–41. 9 indexed citations
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Guo, Lixin, et al.. (2020). Aerosol scattering of vortex beams transmission in hazy atmosphere. Optics Express. 28(19). 28072–28072. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Jiangting, et al.. (2020). Polarization characteristics of radially polarized partially coherent vortex beam in anisotropic plasma turbulence. Waves in Random and Complex Media. 31(6). 1931–1944. 18 indexed citations
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Li, Jiangting, et al.. (2017). Remote sensing for aerosol particles in marine atmosphere using scattering of optical vortex. 23–23. 3 indexed citations

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