Wei Tan

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Wei Tan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Tan has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 34 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 34 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Wei Tan's work include Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (22 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (19 papers) and Terahertz technology and applications (19 papers). Wei Tan is often cited by papers focused on Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (22 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (19 papers) and Terahertz technology and applications (19 papers). Wei Tan collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Wei Tan's co-authors include Yong Sun, Hong Chen, Hongqiang Li, Jensen Li, Zheng Feng, Song Sun, Dacheng Wang, Zhiguo Wang, Shiyi Xiao and Rong Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Wei Tan

75 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Experimental Demonstration of a Coherent Perfect Absorber with PT Phase Transition

2014 392 citations Yong Sun, Wei Tan et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Dynamically controlling terahertz wavefronts with cascaded metasurfaces

2021 202 citations Xiaodong Cai, Rong Tang et al. Advanced Photonics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Tan China	19	880	667	576	353	254	80	1.6k
Artur R. Davoyan United States	26	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.7×	764 1.3×	1.2k 3.4×	101 0.4×	65	2.6k
Kevin P. O’Brien United States	22	1.5k 1.7×	1.3k 1.9×	518 0.9×	499 1.4×	81 0.3×	47	3.1k
Keya Zhou China	20	656 0.7×	551 0.8×	330 0.6×	614 1.7×	93 0.4×	92	1.3k
Yongquan Zeng Singapore	19	672 0.8×	596 0.9×	321 0.6×	186 0.5×	90 0.4×	44	1.3k
A. Tsukernik Israel	18	1.1k 1.3×	549 0.8×	838 1.5×	510 1.4×	44 0.2×	35	1.9k
Clifford M. Krowne United States	20	718 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	384 0.7×	160 0.5×	23 0.1×	155	1.7k
S. S. Prabhu India	21	582 0.7×	913 1.4×	672 1.2×	522 1.5×	12 0.0×	154	1.7k
Michael Hilke Canada	21	977 1.1×	742 1.1×	153 0.3×	351 1.0×	68 0.3×	73	1.9k
Matteo Carrega Italy	25	1.8k 2.0×	404 0.6×	413 0.7×	747 2.1×	553 2.2×	73	2.6k
Alexander J. Giles United States	16	1.0k 1.2×	455 0.7×	662 1.1×	1.1k 3.3×	46 0.2×	38	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Tan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Tan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Tan

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

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Zhang, Lian, Jianxing Xu, Zhe Cheng, et al.. (2025). AlGaN/GaN Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors With Record fᴛ/fₘₐₓ=21.6 /4.23 GHz. IEEE Electron Device Letters. 46(6). 912–915.

Tan, Wei, Zhaozhao Zhu, Gangbei Zhu, et al.. (2025). Quantitative analysis of the spintronic terahertz pulse under bidirectional femtosecond pump. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 58(17). 175005–175005.

Shi, Kaixiang, Kaixin Wang, Tong Li, et al.. (2024). Apically guiding electron/mass transfer reaction induced by Ag/FeN Mott-Schottky effect within a hollow star reactor toward high performance zinc-air batteries. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 95. 106–116. 13 indexed citations

Tan, Wei, et al.. (2024). Impact on Quality during In-Use Preparation of an Antibody Drug Conjugate with Eight Different Closed System Transfer Device Brands. The AAPS Journal. 26(3). 61–61. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Zhifang, et al.. (2024). Dual-drive acoustic micromixer for rapid nucleation and ultrafast growth of perovskite nanoparticles. Lab on a Chip. 25(1). 7–15. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Xing, Dongna Liu, Hehao Chen, et al.. (2023). 3D printing of combustive inks for hierarchically porous electrochemical electrodes. Applied Materials Today. 35. 101984–101984. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Lian, Xinyuan Wang, Jianping Zeng, et al.. (2022). AlGaN/GaN Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors With High Current Gain and Low Specific on-Resistance. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 69(12). 6633–6636. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Dacheng, Song Sun, Zheng Feng, & Wei Tan. (2021). Complete Terahertz Polarization Control with Broadened Bandwidth via Dielectric Metasurfaces. Nanoscale Research Letters. 16(1). 157–157. 7 indexed citations

Cai, Xiaodong, Rong Tang, Haoyang Zhou, et al.. (2021). Dynamically controlling terahertz wavefronts with cascaded metasurfaces. Advanced Photonics. 3(3). 202 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Min, Xinyi Shen, Wei Tan, et al.. (2021). Co@N-doped Porous Carbon Derived from Co-MOFs as an Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Full Water Splitting. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16(2). 210218–210218. 1 indexed citations

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Feng, Zheng, Dacheng Wang, Song Sun, & Wei Tan. (2020). Spintronic terahertz emitter: Performance, manipulation, and applications. Acta Physica Sinica. 69(20). 208705–208705. 3 indexed citations

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Feng, Zheng, Jiang Li, Wei Tan, et al.. (2020). Ghost spintronic THz-emitter-array microscope. Light Science & Applications. 9(1). 99–99. 96 indexed citations

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Wang, Rong, Xiaodong Tong, Jianxing Xu, et al.. (2020). Acceptor Decoration of Threading Dislocations in (Al,Ga)N/GaN Heterostructures. Physical Review Applied. 14(2). 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Ding, Juan Su, Zhaoying Chen, et al.. (2018). Repeatable Room Temperature Negative Differential Resistance in AlN/GaN Resonant Tunneling Diodes Grown on Sapphire. Advanced Electronic Materials. 5(2). 35 indexed citations

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Tan, Wei, et al.. (2017). Titania with Alkaline Treated Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C₃N₄) to Improve Photocatalysis Properties. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering. 205. 12023–12023. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Chao & Wei Tan. (2016). Transmission performance of one waveguide and double micro-ring resonator using 3×3 optical fiber coupler. Journal of Modern Optics. 63(17). 1726–1733. 2 indexed citations

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Tan, Wei, et al.. (2014). The combined effect of side-coupled gain cavity and lossy cavity on the plasmonic response of metal-dielectric-metal surface plasmon polariton waveguide. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 26(25). 255301–255301. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Yong, Wei Tan, Hongqiang Li, Jensen Li, & Hong Chen. (2014). Experimental Demonstration of a Coherent Perfect Absorber with PT Phase Transition. Physical Review Letters. 112(14). 143903–143903. 392 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tan, Wei, Yong Sun, Zhiguo Wang, & Hong Chen. (2011). Propagation of photons in metallic chain through side-branch resonators. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 44(33). 335101–335101. 4 indexed citations

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Tan, Wei, et al.. (2009). Transparency induced by coupled resonances in disordered metamaterials. Optics Express. 17(26). 24371–24371. 9 indexed citations

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