Wei Ting Chen

17.2k total citations · 12 hit papers
78 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Wei Ting Chen is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Ting Chen has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 40 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 36 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Wei Ting Chen's work include Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (51 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (36 papers) and Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (24 papers). Wei Ting Chen is often cited by papers focused on Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (51 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (36 papers) and Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (24 papers). Wei Ting Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Canada. Wei Ting Chen's co-authors include Federico Capasso, Alexander Y. Zhu, Mohammadreza Khorasaninejad, Jaewon Oh, Robert C. Devlin, Zhujun Shi, Din Ping Tsai, Yao‐Wei Huang, Vyshakh Sanjeev and Eric Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wei Ting Chen

77 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

Metalenses at visible wav... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2016 2017 2012 2019 2013 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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. Metalenses at visible wavelengths: Diffraction-limited focusing and subwavelength resolution imaging
    2016 2.6k citations Mohammadreza Khorasaninejad, Wei Ting Chen et al. profile →
  2. A broadband achromatic metalens for focusing and imaging in the visible
    2017 1.4k citations Wei Ting Chen, Alexander Y. Zhu et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  3. High-Efficiency Broadband Anomalous Reflection by Gradient Meta-Surfaces
    2012 1.1k citations Shulin Sun, Wei Ting Chen et al. profile →
  4. Matrix Fourier optics enables a compact full-Stokes polarization camera
    2019 705 citations Zhujun Shi, Wei Ting Chen et al. profile →
  5. High-Efficiency Broadband Meta-Hologram with Polarization-Controlled Dual Images
    2013 674 citations Wei Ting Chen, Kuang-Yu Yang et al. profile →
  6. Polarization-Insensitive Metalenses at Visible Wavelengths
    2016 577 citations Mohammadreza Khorasaninejad, Alexander Y. Zhu et al. profile →
  7. Flat optics with dispersion-engineered metasurfaces
    2020 558 citations Wei Ting Chen, Alexander Y. Zhu et al. profile →
  8. Aluminum Plasmonic Multicolor Meta-Hologram
    2015 500 citations Yao‐Wei Huang, Wei Ting Chen et al. profile →
  9. Broadband high-efficiency dielectric metasurfaces for the visible spectrum
    2016 458 citations Robert C. Devlin, Mohammadreza Khorasaninejad et al. profile →
  10. A broadband achromatic polarization-insensitive metalens consisting of anisotropic nanostructures
    2019 401 citations Wei Ting Chen, Alexander Y. Zhu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  11. Meta-Lens Doublet in the Visible Region
    2017 378 citations Wei Ting Chen, Federico Capasso et al. profile →
  12. Meta-optics achieves RGB-achromatic focusing for virtual reality
    2021 241 citations Zhaoyi Li, Peng Lin et al. Science Advances profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Wei Ting Chen 11.1k 6.3k 5.4k 4.9k 2.9k 78 13.4k
Mohammadreza Khorasaninejad 9.0k 0.8× 5.1k 0.8× 4.7k 0.9× 4.3k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 70 11.4k
Alexander Y. Zhu 8.0k 0.7× 4.5k 0.7× 4.0k 0.7× 3.7k 0.7× 2.2k 0.7× 56 9.9k
Francesco Aieta 12.2k 1.1× 8.0k 1.3× 5.7k 1.1× 4.6k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 24 14.0k
Mingbo Pu 10.1k 0.9× 6.2k 1.0× 4.6k 0.9× 4.7k 1.0× 2.5k 0.9× 332 12.7k
Robert C. Devlin 7.3k 0.7× 4.1k 0.6× 3.5k 0.7× 3.9k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 30 8.9k
Amir Arbabi 6.4k 0.6× 3.9k 0.6× 3.1k 0.6× 3.4k 0.7× 2.4k 0.8× 122 8.8k
Andrei Faraon 6.5k 0.6× 3.8k 0.6× 3.7k 0.7× 6.8k 1.4× 4.1k 1.4× 156 12.6k
Patrice Genevet 17.4k 1.6× 10.5k 1.7× 8.8k 1.6× 8.2k 1.7× 4.9k 1.7× 139 22.4k
Z. Gaburro 10.3k 0.9× 6.8k 1.1× 5.5k 1.0× 4.5k 0.9× 3.0k 1.0× 76 13.3k
David Schurig 15.8k 1.4× 10.4k 1.7× 5.8k 1.1× 5.8k 1.2× 2.9k 1.0× 61 18.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Ting Chen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brongersma, Mark L., Ragip Pala, Hatice Altug, et al.. (2025). The second optical metasurface revolution: moving from science to technology. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 2(2). 125–143. 21 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei Ting, et al.. (2023). Dispersion-engineered metasurfaces reaching broadband 90% relative diffraction efficiency. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2544–2544. 63 indexed citations
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Li, Zhaoyi, Peng Lin, Yao‐Wei Huang, et al.. (2021). Meta-optics achieves RGB-achromatic focusing for virtual reality. Science Advances. 7(5). 241 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ossiander, Marcus, Yao‐Wei Huang, Wei Ting Chen, et al.. (2021). Slow light nanocoatings for ultrashort pulse compression. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6518–6518. 14 indexed citations
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Shi, Zhujun, Alexander Y. Zhu, Zhaoyi Li, et al.. (2020). Continuous angle-tunable birefringence with freeform metasurfaces for arbitrary polarization conversion. Science Advances. 6(23). eaba3367–eaba3367. 199 indexed citations
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Piccardo, Marco, Benedikt Schwarz, Dmitry Kazakov, et al.. (2020). Frequency combs induced by phase turbulence. Nature. 582(7812). 360–364. 86 indexed citations
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Jin, Lei, Yao‐Wei Huang, Zhongwei Jin, et al.. (2019). Dielectric multi-momentum meta-transformer in the visible. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4789–4789. 115 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei Ting, Alexander Y. Zhu, Jared Sisler, Zameer Bharwani, & Federico Capasso. (2019). A broadband achromatic polarization-insensitive metalens consisting of anisotropic nanostructures. Nature Communications. 10(1). 355–355. 401 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhu, Alexander Y., Wei Ting Chen, Aun Zaidi, et al.. (2017). Giant intrinsic chiro-optical activity in planar dielectric nanostructures. Light Science & Applications. 7(2). 17158–17158. 300 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei Ting, Alexander Y. Zhu, Vyshakh Sanjeev, et al.. (2017). A broadband achromatic metalens for focusing and imaging in the visible. Nature Nanotechnology. 13(3). 220–226. 1397 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Wei Ting, Mohammadreza Khorasaninejad, Alexander Y. Zhu, et al.. (2016). Generation of wavelength-independent subwavelength Bessel beams using metasurfaces. Light Science & Applications. 6(5). e16259–e16259. 262 indexed citations
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Khurgin, Jacob B., et al.. (2015). Ultrafast Thermal Nonlinearity. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 17899–17899. 42 indexed citations
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Wu, Pin Chieh, Wei Ting Chen, Yao‐Wei Huang, et al.. (2015). Plasmon coupling in vertical split-ring resonator metamolecules. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 9726–9726. 73 indexed citations
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Wu, Pin Chieh, Jia‐Wern Chen, Ting‐Yu Chen, et al.. (2015). Vertical split-ring resonator based anomalous beam steering with high extinction ratio. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 11226–11226. 49 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei Ting, Pin Chieh Wu, Kuang-Yu Yang, & Din Ping Tsai. (2014). Manipulation of spectral amplitude and phase with plasmonic nano-structures for information storage. Frontiers of Optoelectronics. 7(4). 437–442. 4 indexed citations
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Huang, Yao‐Wei, Wei Ting Chen, Pin Chieh Wu, et al.. (2013). Toroidal Lasing Spaser. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1237–1237. 110 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei Ting, et al.. (2012). Sub-wavelength GaN-based membrane high contrast grating reflectors. Optics Express. 20(18). 20551–20551. 34 indexed citations
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Huang, Yao‐Wei, Wei Ting Chen, Pin Chieh Wu, et al.. (2012). Design of plasmonic toroidal metamaterials at optical frequencies. Optics Express. 20(2). 1760–1760. 147 indexed citations
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Sun, Shulin, Pin Chieh Wu, Wei Ting Chen, et al.. (2012). Fabrication of three dimensional split ring resonators by stress-driven assembly method. Optics Express. 20(9). 9415–9415. 47 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei Ting, et al.. (2010). Electromagnetic energy vortex associated with sub-wavelength plasmonic Taiji marks. Optics Express. 18(19). 19665–19665. 48 indexed citations

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