Ya Cheng

18.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
472 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Ya Cheng is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ya Cheng has authored 472 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 275 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 195 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 157 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ya Cheng's work include Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (182 papers), Laser Material Processing Techniques (149 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (136 papers). Ya Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (182 papers), Laser Material Processing Techniques (149 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (136 papers). Ya Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and Canada. Ya Cheng's co-authors include Koji Sugioka, Zhizhan Xu, Katsumi Midorikawa, Wei Chu, Jintian Lin, Min Huang, Fuli Zhao, Zhiwei Fang, Min Wang and Lingling Qiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Ya Cheng

440 papers receiving 13.2k 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.

Ultrafast lasers—reliable tools for advanced materials processing

2014 1.1k citations Koji Sugioka, Ya Cheng Light Science & Applications profile →
Origin of Laser-Induced Near-Subwavelength Ripples: Interference between Surface Plasmons and Incident Laser

2009 738 citations Ya Cheng et al. profile →
Femtosecond laser three-dimensional micro- and nanofabrication

2014 363 citations Koji Sugioka, Ya Cheng profile →
Advances in on-chip photonic devices based on lithium niobate on insulator

2020 272 citations Jintian Lin, Ya Cheng et al. Photonics Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ya Cheng China	58	7.8k	5.4k	5.0k	4.9k	1.6k	472	14.3k
Katsumi Midorikawa Japan	55	7.1k 0.9×	3.0k 0.6×	3.5k 0.7×	3.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	532	12.1k
H. M. van Driel Canada	51	7.4k 0.9×	5.1k 1.0×	3.2k 0.6×	2.9k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	259	11.8k
А. А. Ионин Russia	31	1.5k 0.2×	2.0k 0.4×	2.1k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	1.6k 1.0×	502	5.5k
Leonid V. Zhigilei United States	55	1.4k 0.2×	1.0k 0.2×	5.0k 1.0×	3.8k 0.8×	4.5k 2.9×	178	10.5k
François Légaré Canada	50	6.9k 0.9×	2.3k 0.4×	527 0.1×	1.1k 0.2×	697 0.4×	253	9.2k
Thomas Lippert Switzerland	54	1.0k 0.1×	3.1k 0.6×	2.5k 0.5×	2.7k 0.5×	2.1k 1.3×	453	12.3k
Minoru Obara Japan	36	1.9k 0.2×	1.9k 0.4×	950 0.2×	1.1k 0.2×	888 0.6×	290	4.8k
Andrei V. Rode Australia	41	2.4k 0.3×	1.8k 0.3×	2.0k 0.4×	2.1k 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	234	6.5k
Peter G. Kazansky United Kingdom	46	4.2k 0.5×	2.5k 0.5×	4.1k 0.8×	3.4k 0.7×	787 0.5×	274	8.2k
Kiyotaka Miura Japan	34	1.6k 0.2×	1.5k 0.3×	3.1k 0.6×	2.0k 0.4×	399 0.3×	147	5.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ya Cheng

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All Works

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Fang, Zhiwei, Zhenhua Wang, Yuan Zhou, et al.. (2025). On-chip tunable single-mode high-power narrow-linewidth Fabry–Perot microcavity laser on Yb ³⁺ -doped thin-film lithium niobate. Photonics Research. 13(4). 935–935. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Jia, Yimeng Gao, Jinyi Wang, et al.. (2025). GD2-CAR–Engineered Microglia Exhibit Antitumor Effects in Organoids and Animal Models of Retinoblastoma. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 66(14). 26–26.

Gao, Renhong, Jintian Lin, Chuntao Li, et al.. (2025). Monolithic tunable single-frequency microlaser on erbium-doped lithium niobate on insulator. Optics & Laser Technology. 190. 113242–113242.

Huang, Ting, Zhe Wang, Zhiwei Fang, et al.. (2025). Tunable self-injection-locked narrow-linewidth laser based on thin-film lithium niobate. Optics & Laser Technology. 187. 112806–112806. 1 indexed citations

Fang, Zhiwei, Difeng Yin, Jian Liu, et al.. (2024). Integrated Electro‐Optically Tunable Narrow‐Linewidth III–V Laser. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(11). 4 indexed citations

Lin, Jintian, Renhong Gao, Guanghui Zhao, et al.. (2024). Low-Threshold Anti-Stokes Raman Microlaser on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Chip. Materials. 17(5). 1042–1042. 2 indexed citations

Zheng, Yong, Rongbo Wu, Jian Liu, et al.. (2024). Photonic Neural Network Fabricated on Thin Film Lithium Niobate for High‐Fidelity and Power‐Efficient Matrix Computation (Laser Photonics Rev. 18(10)/2024). Laser & Photonics Review. 18(10). 3 indexed citations

Chen, Yewei, Zihan Li, Shunlin Huang, et al.. (2024). Single-shot single-beam coherent Raman scattering thermometry based on optically induced air lasing. Light Science & Applications. 13(1). 7 indexed citations

Yi, Zhen, Zhihao Zhang, Guanghui Zhao, et al.. (2024). Frequency stabilization based on H13C14N absorption in lithium niobate micro-disk laser. Optics & Laser Technology. 181. 111959–111959.

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Zhang, Xiaoyan, Jianing Li, Miao Wu, et al.. (2023). Continuous-flow synthesis of polysubstituted γ-butyrolactones via enzymatic cascade catalysis. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(4). 108896–108896. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Changwen, et al.. (2023). Broadband Second Harmonic Generation in a z-Cut Lithium Niobate on Insulator Waveguide Based on Type-I Modal Phase Matching. Photonics. 10(1). 80–80. 8 indexed citations

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Cheng, Ya. (2023). Air Waveguide from “Donut” Laser Beams. Physics. 16. 1 indexed citations

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Huang, T. C., Yu Ma, Zhiwei Fang, et al.. (2023). Wavelength-Tunable Narrow-Linewidth Laser Diode Based on Self-Injection Locking with a High-Q Lithium Niobate Microring Resonator. Nanomaterials. 13(5). 948–948. 10 indexed citations

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Chen, Jinming, Rongbo Wu, Guanhua Wang, et al.. (2023). Electro-optically tunable optical delay line with a continuous tuning range of ∼220 fs in thin-film lithium niobate. Optics Letters. 48(9). 2261–2261. 18 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yuan, Zhiwei Fang, T. C. Huang, et al.. (2023). Monolithically Integrated Active Passive Waveguide Array Fabricated on Thin Film Lithium Niobate Using a Single Continuous Photolithography Process. Laser & Photonics Review. 17(4). 18 indexed citations

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Yao, Jinping, Jing Zhao, Hongqiang Xie, et al.. (2022). Ultraviolet supercontinuum generation driven by ionic coherence in a strong laser field. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4080–4080. 33 indexed citations

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Gao, Renhong, Haisu Zhang, Bo Fang, et al.. (2021). Broadband highly efficient nonlinear optical processes in on-chip integrated lithium niobate microdisk resonators of Q-factor above 10⁸. New Journal of Physics. 23(12). 123027–123027. 56 indexed citations

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Xie, Hongqiang, Guihua Li, Jinping Yao, et al.. (2015). Mid-infrared ultrafast laser pulses induced third harmonic generation in nitrogen molecules on an excited state. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 16006–16006. 5 indexed citations

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Cheng, Ya. (2012). Breeding and Nest-sitting Behavior of Blackbirds Turdus merula. Dongwuxue zazhi. 1 indexed citations

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Sugioka, Koji & Ya Cheng. (2011). Integrated microchips for biological analysis fabricated by femtosecond laser direct writing. MRS Bulletin. 36(12). 1020–1027. 16 indexed citations

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