Rong Sun

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Rong Sun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Rong Sun has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Rong Sun's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (14 papers), Optical Network Technologies (6 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (4 papers). Rong Sun is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (14 papers), Optical Network Technologies (6 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (4 papers). Rong Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Rong Sun's co-authors include Lionel C. Kimerling, Jürgen Michel, Jing Cheng, Mark Beals, Andrew Pomerene, Sarah Bernardis, Jifeng Liu, Ning-Ning Feng, Ching-yin Hong and Jack T. Holladay and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Nature Photonics.

In The Last Decade

Rong Sun

23 papers receiving 998 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.

Waveguide-integrated, ultralow-energy GeSi electro-absorption modulators

2008 390 citations Jifeng Liu, Mark Beals et al. Nature Photonics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rong Sun United States	12	839	557	156	148	142	26	1.1k
Michael R. Wang United States	16	313 0.4×	257 0.5×	48 0.3×	178 1.2×	389 2.7×	85	870
Paul Bierden United States	12	263 0.3×	269 0.5×	59 0.4×	47 0.3×	236 1.7×	44	514
Paul R. Yoder United States	10	144 0.2×	131 0.2×	142 0.9×	179 1.2×	154 1.1×	58	584
Juichi Noda Japan	19	912 1.1×	623 1.1×	4 0.0×	48 0.3×	264 1.9×	50	1.2k
Marcus Duelk Switzerland	18	989 1.2×	424 0.8×	3 0.0×	25 0.2×	257 1.8×	75	1.2k
Julie A. Perreault United States	7	237 0.3×	228 0.4×	30 0.2×	17 0.1×	185 1.3×	16	369
А. В. Достовалов Russia	22	830 1.0×	610 1.1×	2 0.0×	30 0.2×	386 2.7×	104	1.3k
Victor P. Korolkov Russia	15	186 0.2×	239 0.4×	14 0.1×	29 0.2×	519 3.7×	105	884
Vyas Akondi India	15	106 0.1×	195 0.4×	199 1.3×	104 0.7×	152 1.1×	46	475
José A. Gómez‐Pedrero Spain	11	83 0.1×	86 0.2×	44 0.3×	28 0.2×	102 0.7×	65	431

Countries citing papers authored by Rong Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rong Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rong Sun

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jia, Liping, Hongling Liu, Weiwei Shi, et al.. (2025). A bifunctional recyclable Gemini surfactant catalyst for oxidative nitroso Diels–Alder reactions in water. Green Chemistry. 27(43). 13885–13892.

Ran, Xin, et al.. (2024). Understanding virologic heterogeneity in chronic hepatitis B treatment. JHEP Reports. 7(2). 101249–101249.

Li, Min, et al.. (2015). Dual Metamaterial With Large Birefringence. IEEE photonics journal. 7(6). 1–8. 9 indexed citations

Li, Min, Lirong Huang, Rong Sun, & Zhiwei Li. (2014). Incidence Ways of Electromagnetic Wave and Their Influences on the Absorption and Resonant Wavelength of Split-Ring Resonators. Plasmonics. 10(1). 183–189. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Rong, et al.. (2013). Low outage probability throughput improvement for cooperative wireless networks by utilizing channel state information. 91–96. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Rong, et al.. (2013). CSI assisted and modulation adaptive wireless cooperation for increased spectral efficiency. 53. 85–90. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Rong, Jing Cheng, Jürgen Michel, & Lionel C. Kimerling. (2009). Transparent amorphous silicon channel waveguides and high-Q resonators using a damascene process. Optics Letters. 34(15). 2378–2378. 20 indexed citations

Liu, Naian, Rong Sun, Ying Sun, & Said F. Al-Sarawi. (2009). A smart bushfire monitoring and detection system using GSM technology. International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering and Technology. 2(2/3). 218–218. 13 indexed citations

Ye, Winnie N., et al.. (2008). Thermo-optical compensation in high-index-contrast waveguides. 401–403. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Jifeng, Mark Beals, Andrew Pomerene, et al.. (2008). Ultralow energy, integrated GeSi electroabsorption modulators on SOI. 15. 10–12. 9 indexed citations

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Sun, Rong, Lei Wang, Jing Cheng, et al.. (2008). Theoretical modeling on hydrogen evolution in ultraviolet light-treated hydrogenated silicon nitride. Journal of Applied Physics. 104(9). 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Rong, Mark Beals, Andrew Pomerene, et al.. (2008). Impedance matching vertical optical waveguide couplers for dense high index contrast circuits. Optics Express. 16(16). 11682–11682. 76 indexed citations

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Ye, Winnie N., Jürgen Michel, Louay A. Eldada, et al.. (2008). Thermo-optical Compensation In High-index-contrast Waveguides Using Polymer Claddings. IWG3–IWG3. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Jifeng, Mark Beals, Andrew Pomerene, et al.. (2008). Waveguide-integrated, ultralow-energy GeSi electro-absorption modulators. Nature Photonics. 2(7). 433–437. 390 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Rong, Po Dong, Ning-Ning Feng, et al.. (2007). Horizontal single and multiple slot waveguides: optical transmission at λ = 1550 nm. Optics Express. 15(26). 17967–17967. 154 indexed citations

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Feng, Ning-Ning, Rong Sun, Jürgen Michel, & Lionel C. Kimerling. (2007). Low-loss compact-size slotted waveguide polarization rotator and transformer. Optics Letters. 32(15). 2131–2131. 39 indexed citations

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Feng, Ning-Ning, Rong Sun, Lionel C. Kimerling, & Jürgen Michel. (2007). Lossless strip-to-slot waveguide transformer. Optics Letters. 32(10). 1250–1250. 62 indexed citations

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Hu, Juejun, V. I. Tarasov, Nathan Carlie, et al.. (2007). Low-loss integrated planar chalcogenide waveguides for microfluidic chemical sensing. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6444. 64440N–64440N. 8 indexed citations

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Hiltunen, Jussi, et al.. (2006). Ba Ti O 3 – Sr Ti O 3 multilayer thin film electro-optic waveguide modulator. Applied Physics Letters. 89(24). 26 indexed citations

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Holladay, Jack T., et al.. (1990). Optical performance of multifocal intraocular lenses. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. 16(4). 413–422. 162 indexed citations

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