Qi‐Fan Yang

6.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
82 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Qi‐Fan Yang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Qi‐Fan Yang has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 64 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 7 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Qi‐Fan Yang's work include Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (63 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (58 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (19 papers). Qi‐Fan Yang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (63 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (58 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (19 papers). Qi‐Fan Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Qi‐Fan Yang's co-authors include Kerry J. Vahala, Ki Youl Yang, Xu Yi, Myoung‐Gyun Suh, Heming Wang, Boqiang Shen, Lue Wu, John E. Bowers, Qing-Xin Ji and Yun‐Feng Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Qi‐Fan Yang

72 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Microresonator soliton dual-comb spectroscopy 2015 2026 2018 2022 2016 2015 2020 2019 100 200 300 400 500
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. Microresonator soliton dual-comb spectroscopy
    2016 569 citations Myoung‐Gyun Suh, Qi‐Fan Yang et al. profile →
  2. Soliton frequency comb at microwave rates in a high-Q silica microresonator
    2015 379 citations Qi‐Fan Yang, Ki Youl Yang et al. Optica profile →
  3. Integrated turnkey soliton microcombs
    2020 324 citations Boqiang Shen, Lin Chang et al. profile →
  4. Self-starting bi-chromatic LiNbO3 soliton microcomb
    2019 302 citations Yang He, Qi‐Fan Yang et al. Optica profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Qi‐Fan Yang China 26 3.4k 3.2k 316 170 120 82 3.7k
Pascal Del’Haye Germany 24 4.6k 1.4× 4.1k 1.3× 334 1.1× 142 0.8× 242 2.0× 98 4.9k
Ki Youl Yang United States 29 3.5k 1.0× 3.5k 1.1× 270 0.9× 143 0.8× 111 0.9× 74 4.1k
Martin H. P. Pfeiffer Switzerland 21 3.8k 1.1× 3.6k 1.1× 356 1.1× 139 0.8× 126 1.1× 65 4.0k
Hansuek Lee South Korea 26 3.1k 0.9× 3.0k 0.9× 107 0.3× 68 0.4× 56 0.5× 88 3.6k
Johann Riemensberger Switzerland 20 2.2k 0.6× 2.2k 0.7× 131 0.4× 62 0.4× 129 1.1× 76 2.6k
Mengjie Yu United States 29 3.6k 1.1× 3.7k 1.1× 200 0.6× 61 0.4× 201 1.7× 79 4.3k
D. Seidel United States 25 2.4k 0.7× 2.3k 0.7× 107 0.3× 52 0.3× 61 0.5× 84 2.6k
Erwan Lucas Switzerland 18 1.9k 0.6× 1.8k 0.6× 199 0.6× 95 0.6× 56 0.5× 55 2.1k
Boqiang Shen United States 18 1.6k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 87 0.3× 55 0.3× 44 0.4× 38 1.8k
E. Gavartin Switzerland 11 2.7k 0.8× 2.2k 0.7× 115 0.4× 34 0.2× 36 0.3× 18 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qi‐Fan Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qi‐Fan Yang

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lu, Cuicui, Yan Yang, Ze Wang, et al.. (2025). Microcomb-driven photonic chip for solving partial differential equations. Advanced Photonics. 7(1). 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yang, Rui Ma, Ze Wang, et al.. (2025). Broadband microwave-rate dark pulse microcombs in dissipation-engineered LiNbO3 microresonators. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2389–2389. 6 indexed citations
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Xiong, Xiao, Zhenzhong Hao, Qi‐Fan Yang, et al.. (2025). Toward ultimate-efficiency frequency conversion in nonlinear optical microresonators. Science Advances. 11(18). eadu7605–eadu7605. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Jiachuan, Fei Meng, Qi‐Fan Yang, et al.. (2025). Highly coherent two-color laser and its application for low-noise microwave generation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4034–4034. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Ze, Xin Zhou, Feng-Xiao Sun, et al.. (2025). Large-scale cluster quantum microcombs. Light Science & Applications. 14(1). 164–164. 7 indexed citations
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Yang, Qi‐Fan, Shuhong Li, & Xiangdong Wang. (2024). Strategy for the Preparation of PBAT/Starch Blended Foam with High Resilience and Shrinkage Resistance. Journal of Polymers and the Environment. 32(8). 3557–3568. 17 indexed citations
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Jin, Xing, Xin Zhou, Ze Wang, et al.. (2024). Taming Brillouin Optomechanics Using Supermode Microresonators. Physical Review X. 14(1). 9 indexed citations
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Hu, Zhigang, et al.. (2024). Coupling ideality of standing-wave supermode microresonators. Photonics Research. 12(8). 1610–1610. 1 indexed citations
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Tang, Shui‐Jing, Mingjie Zhang, Jialve Sun, et al.. (2023). Single-particle photoacoustic vibrational spectroscopy using optical microresonators. Nature Photonics. 17(11). 951–956. 55 indexed citations
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Jin, Xing, Lin Chang, Heming Wang, et al.. (2023). Quantum decoherence of dark pulses in optical microresonators. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1802–1802. 14 indexed citations
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Gao, Maodong, Qi‐Fan Yang, Qing-Xin Ji, et al.. (2022). Probing material absorption and optical nonlinearity of integrated photonic materials. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3323–3323. 59 indexed citations
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Chang, Lin, Weiqiang Xie, Haowen Shu, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Ultra-efficient frequency comb generation in AlGaAs-on-insulator microresonators. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1803–1803. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Qi‐Fan, Qing-Xin Ji, Lue Wu, et al.. (2021). Dispersive-wave induced noise limits in miniature soliton microwave sources. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1442–1442. 50 indexed citations
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Jin, Warren, Qi‐Fan Yang, Lin Chang, et al.. (2021). Publisher Correction: Hertz-linewidth semiconductor lasers using CMOS-ready ultra-high-Q microresonators. Nature Photonics. 15(7). 549–549. 3 indexed citations
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Bao, Chengying, Myoung‐Gyun Suh, Boqiang Shen, et al.. (2021). Quantum diffusion of microcavity solitons. Nature Physics. 17(4). 462–466. 42 indexed citations
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Lai, Yu-Hung, Myoung‐Gyun Suh, Yu‐Kun Lu, et al.. (2020). Earth rotation measured by a chip-scale ring laser gyroscope. Nature Photonics. 14(6). 345–349. 171 indexed citations
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Chang, Lin, Weiqiang Xie, Haowen Shu, et al.. (2020). Ultra-efficient frequency comb generation in AlGaAs-on-insulator microresonators. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1331–1331. 189 indexed citations
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Wu, Lue, Heming Wang, Qi‐Fan Yang, et al.. (2020). Greater than one billion Q factor for on-chip microresonators. Optics Letters. 45(18). 5129–5129. 61 indexed citations
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He, Yang, Qi‐Fan Yang, Jingwei Ling, et al.. (2019). Self-starting bi-chromatic LiNbO3 soliton microcomb. Optica. 6(9). 1138–1138. 302 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Ki Youl, et al.. (2017). Integrated Ultra-High-Q Optical Resonator. arXiv (Cornell University). 5 indexed citations

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