W. Liang

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

W. Liang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Liang has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 20 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 1 paper in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in W. Liang's work include Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (19 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (16 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (6 papers). W. Liang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (19 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (16 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (6 papers). W. Liang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. W. Liang's co-authors include Andrey B. Matsko, Lute Maleki, Anatoliy A. Savchenkov, D. Seidel, Vladimir S. Ilchenko, Danny Eliyahu, Vladimir S. Ilchenko, J. F. Nye, M.J.W. Rodwell and Shamsul Arafin and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Nature Photonics.

In The Last Decade

W. Liang

18 papers receiving 897 citations

Hit Papers

High spectral purity Kerr frequency comb radio frequency ... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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. High spectral purity Kerr frequency comb radio frequency photonic oscillator
    2015 345 citations W. Liang, Danny Eliyahu 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
W. Liang China 13 979 938 72 40 25 21 1.0k
Kovendhan Vijayan Sweden 7 842 0.9× 840 0.9× 90 1.3× 26 0.7× 20 0.8× 36 947
Romain Bouchand Switzerland 8 756 0.8× 695 0.7× 70 1.0× 29 0.7× 10 0.4× 18 807
Leonardo Del Bino United Kingdom 10 447 0.5× 385 0.4× 43 0.6× 18 0.5× 18 0.7× 21 484
Pei‐Hsun Wang United States 10 1.3k 1.4× 1.3k 1.3× 132 1.8× 64 1.6× 23 0.9× 16 1.4k
Fahmida Ferdous United States 6 649 0.7× 646 0.7× 36 0.5× 15 0.4× 8 0.3× 12 699
Rémi Henriet France 9 436 0.4× 434 0.5× 37 0.5× 15 0.4× 21 0.8× 17 482
Zhizhou Lu China 11 536 0.5× 502 0.5× 62 0.9× 35 0.9× 15 0.6× 34 567
Qing-Xin Ji United States 12 776 0.8× 799 0.9× 63 0.9× 34 0.8× 15 0.6× 27 917
Jinghui Yang United States 11 482 0.5× 444 0.5× 44 0.6× 36 0.9× 23 0.9× 29 518
G. Lihachev Switzerland 9 1.3k 1.4× 1.2k 1.3× 181 2.5× 68 1.7× 40 1.6× 22 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Liang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Liang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. Liang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. Liang 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 W. Liang. W. Liang 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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Lin, Jingjing, W. Liang, Yi Zou, et al.. (2025). Multifunctional fronthaul architecture enabled by electro-optic comb cloning. Photonics Research. 13(6). 1591–1591.
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Chen, Hongjie, et al.. (2025). Dynamical diversity of FWM-induced pulsating solitons in an ultrafast fiber laser. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 11280–11280.
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Song, Yufeng, et al.. (2024). Decoding polarization domain switching in 1600 nm fiber lasers: An experimental analysis. Optics & Laser Technology. 183. 112361–112361. 1 indexed citations
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Arafin, Shamsul, W. Liang, Danny Eliyahu, et al.. (2017). Power-Efficient Kerr Frequency Comb Based Tunable Optical Source. IEEE photonics journal. 9(3). 1–14. 12 indexed citations
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Liang, W., Danny Eliyahu, Vladimir S. Ilchenko, et al.. (2015). High spectral purity Kerr frequency comb radio frequency photonic oscillator. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7957–7957. 345 indexed citations breakdown →
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Savchenkov, Anatoliy A., Danny Eliyahu, W. Liang, et al.. (2013). Stabilization of a Kerr frequency comb oscillator. Optics Letters. 38(15). 2636–2636. 44 indexed citations
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Savchenkov, Anatoliy A., Andrey B. Matsko, W. Liang, et al.. (2012). Kerr frequency comb generation in overmoded resonators. Optics Express. 20(24). 27290–27290. 73 indexed citations
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Savchenkov, Anatoliy A., Andrey B. Matsko, W. Liang, et al.. (2012). Transient regime of Kerr-frequency-comb formation. Physical Review A. 86(1). 10 indexed citations
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Liang, W., Andrey B. Matsko, Anatoliy A. Savchenkov, et al.. (2011). Generation of Kerr combs in MgF<inf>2</inf> and CaF<inf>2</inf> microresonators. 1–6. 3 indexed citations
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Maleki, Lute, Anatoliy A. Savchenkov, Vladimir S. Ilchenko, et al.. (2011). All-Optical Integrated rubidium Atomic Clock. 1–5. 13 indexed citations
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Matsko, Andrey B., Anatoliy A. Savchenkov, W. Liang, et al.. (2011). Mode-locked Kerr frequency combs. Optics Letters. 36(15). 2845–2845. 168 indexed citations
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Liang, W., Anatoliy A. Savchenkov, Andrey B. Matsko, et al.. (2011). Generation of near-infrared frequency combs from a MgF_2 whispering gallery mode resonator. Optics Letters. 36(12). 2290–2290. 100 indexed citations
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Savchenkov, Anatoliy A., Andrey B. Matsko, W. Liang, et al.. (2011). Kerr combs with selectable central frequency. Nature Photonics. 5(5). 293–296. 91 indexed citations
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Matsko, Andrey B., Anatoliy A. Savchenkov, W. Liang, et al.. (2011). Spectrum engineering in whispering gallery mode resonators. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7913. 79130Q–79130Q. 1 indexed citations
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Matsko, Andrey B., et al.. (2011). Group Velocity Dispersion and Stability of Resonant Hyper-Parametric Oscillations. NWD2–NWD2. 4 indexed citations
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Liang, W., Vladimir S. Ilchenko, Anatoliy A. Savchenkov, et al.. (2010). Passively Mode-Locked Raman Laser. Physical Review Letters. 105(14). 143903–143903. 56 indexed citations
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Savchenkov, Anatoliy A., Vladimir S. Ilchenko, W. Liang, et al.. (2010). Whispering-gallery mode based opto-electronic oscillators. 554–557. 25 indexed citations
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Matsko, Andrey B., Anatoliy A. Savchenkov, W. Liang, et al.. (2009). Collective emission and absorption in a linear resonator chain. Optics Express. 17(17). 15210–15210. 4 indexed citations
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Savchenkov, Anatoliy A., W. Liang, Andrey B. Matsko, et al.. (2009). Tunable optical single-sideband modulator with complete sideband suppression. Optics Letters. 34(9). 1300–1300. 41 indexed citations
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Nye, J. F. & W. Liang. (1996). Theory and measurement of the field of a pyramidal horn. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 44(11). 1488–1498. 17 indexed citations

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