X. Steve Yao

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
173 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

X. Steve Yao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, X. Steve Yao has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 85 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in X. Steve Yao's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (90 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (73 papers) and Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (61 papers). X. Steve Yao is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (90 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (73 papers) and Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (61 papers). X. Steve Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. X. Steve Yao's co-authors include Lute Maleki, Ting Feng, Vladimir S. Ilchenko, Tiegen Liu, Zhuo Meng, Fengping Yan, Xiaojun Chen, L. Davis, Zhenyang Ding and G. Lutes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Applied Physics Letters and IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.

In The Last Decade

X. Steve Yao

158 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Optoelectronic microwave oscillator 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 250 500 750
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. Optoelectronic microwave oscillator
    1996 871 citations X. Steve Yao, Lute Maleki profile →

Peers

X. Steve Yao
G. Giuliani Italy
Hao Chi China
A.H. Gnauck United States
Roland Ryf United States
Tetsuya Kawanishi Japan
M. Martinelli Italy
Ninghua Zhu China
H.F. Taylor United States
John E. Heebner United States
C.R. Doerr United States
G. Giuliani Italy
X. Steve Yao
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Countries citing papers authored by X. Steve Yao

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Fields of papers citing papers by X. Steve Yao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of X. Steve Yao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of X. Steve Yao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of X. Steve Yao 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 X. Steve Yao. X. Steve Yao 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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Peng, Hao, et al.. (2025). Three-dimensional correlation method for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring with optical coherence tomography. Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 186. 108821–108821. 3 indexed citations
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Chan, Erwin H. W., et al.. (2025). Parity Time Symmetric Optoelectronic Oscillator With Low Phase Noise and High Sidemode Suppression Ratio. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 43(14). 6613–6619.
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Xu, Xiao‐Ding, Jun Wang, X. Steve Yao, et al.. (2025). Band alignment of SnO/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction and its electrical properties for power device application. Journal of Semiconductors. 46(8). 82503–82503.
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Chan, Erwin H. W., et al.. (2024). Optoelectronic Oscillator Based Microwave Frequency Downconverter With Low Phase Noise and High Conversion Efficiency. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 43(2). 530–538. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Yonggang, et al.. (2024). Interturn Short Circuit Detection of Pumped Storage Unit Based on Optical Fiber Weak Magnetic Sensing. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 39(7). 8732–8743. 2 indexed citations
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Dong, Ziyi, et al.. (2024). Simultaneous Dual-Band Frequency-Agile Microwave Signal Generation With a Dual Loop Fourier Domain Mode Locked Optoelectronic Oscillator. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 42(21). 7710–7716. 2 indexed citations
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Ke, Wei, et al.. (2024). Widely tunable Ka-band optoelectronic oscillator integrated on thin film lithium niobate platform. APL Photonics. 9(9). 4 indexed citations
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Yao, X. Steve, et al.. (2023). Non-mechanical Lidar beamforming enabled by combined wavelength-division- and time-division-multiplexing. Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 164. 107493–107493. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Dongyuan, et al.. (2023). 2-μm-band single-frequency Tm/Ho co-doped fiber laser with several-kHz linewidth in ∼100 nm wavelength-tunable range. Optics & Laser Technology. 167. 109766–109766. 11 indexed citations
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Wu, Shengbao, et al.. (2022). Location resolved internal structure identification and defect detection in PIC chips with optical coherence domain reflectometer. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. JW3B.180–JW3B.180. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiaojun, et al.. (2021). Introduction and measurement of the effective Verdet constant of spun optical fibers. Optics Express. 29(15). 23315–23315. 13 indexed citations
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Ding, Zhenyang, X. Steve Yao, Xiaojun Chen, et al.. (2019). Demonstration of Compact In situ Mueller-Matrix Polarimetry Based on Binary Polarization Rotators. IEEE Access. 7. 144561–144571. 9 indexed citations
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Yao, X. Steve, et al.. (2018). A Method of Monitoring Partial Discharge in Switchgear Based on Ozone Concentration. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 47(1). 654–660. 11 indexed citations
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Ding, Zhenyang, et al.. (2011). Accurate method for measuring the thermal coefficient of group birefringence of polarization-maintaining fibers. Optics Letters. 36(11). 2173–2173. 41 indexed citations
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Chang, William S. C., C.H. Cox, Xiaolin Lu, et al.. (2002). RF Photonic Technology in Optical Fiber Links. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 121 indexed citations
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Yao, X. Steve & G. Lutes. (1995). A High-Speed Photonic Clock and Carrier Regenerator. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 121. 202–210. 6 indexed citations
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Yao, X. Steve & Lute Maleki. (1995). A novel photonic oscillator. Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report. 122. 32–43. 4 indexed citations

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