Yan Cai

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Yan Cai is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Cai has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 28 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 15 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yan Cai's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (44 papers), Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (14 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (12 papers). Yan Cai is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (44 papers), Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (14 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (12 papers). Yan Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Yan Cai's co-authors include Lionel C. Kimerling, Jürgen Michel, Rodolfo Camacho‐Aguilera, Jonathan T. Bessette, Neil Patel, M. Romagnoli, Mingbin Yu, Jifeng Liu, Wencheng Yue and Xiaoxin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Yan Cai

57 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

An electrically pumped germanium laser 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400 500
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. An electrically pumped germanium laser
    2012 585 citations Rodolfo Camacho‐Aguilera, Yan Cai et al. Optics Express profile →

Peers

Yan Cai
Joe Margetis United States
Gerald Leake United States
Lili Gui China
Vincent Reboud France
Kevin Gallacher United Kingdom
Hung-Hsiang Cheng Taiwan
Rongguo Lu China
Mansour Mortazavi United States
R. Brenot France
J. M. Hartmann France
Joe Margetis United States
Yan Cai
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Countries citing papers authored by Yan Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yan Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yan Cai 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 Yan Cai. Yan Cai 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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Lu, Liangjun, Shuxiao Wang, Yan Cai, et al.. (2025). High‐Capacity Data Transmission for Optical I/O Driven by Efficient Microcomb and Microring Modulator. Laser & Photonics Review. 19(24). 1 indexed citations
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Luo, Lei, Xindi Wang, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Ray tracing-guided LASIK for high myopia and astigmatism: Initial clinical outcomes. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy. 55. 104715–104715. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hongyi, Liangjun Lu, Shuxiao Wang, et al.. (2024). Dark soliton microcomb with high conversion efficiency in a 400-nm-thick Si3N4 microring for WDM light sources. W3D.4–W3D.4. 1 indexed citations
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Cai, Yan, et al.. (2024). Occam: A Programming System for Reliable Network Management. 148–162. 1 indexed citations
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Yue, Wencheng, Yan Cai, & Mingbin Yu. (2023). Review of 2 × 2 Silicon Photonic Switches. Photonics. 10(5). 564–564. 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Zheng, Yan Cai, Haitao Jiang, Ziao Tian, & Zengfeng Di. (2023). Graphene‐Based Silicon Photonic Devices for Optical Interconnects. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(9). 11 indexed citations
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Li, Xinyu, et al.. (2022). Design and Optimization of High-Responsivity High-Speed Ge/Si Avalanche Photodiode in the C+L Band. Micromachines. 14(1). 108–108. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Zihao, et al.. (2022). Friction regulation of laser textured PVA hydrogels against a titanium alloy. Optics & Laser Technology. 152. 108085–108085. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Jinyu, Yufei Liu, Wencheng Yue, et al.. (2022). High-speed compact folded Michelson interferometer modulator. Optics Express. 30(13). 23704–23704. 6 indexed citations
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Zhu, Zheng, et al.. (2021). An On-Chip Power-Supply Noise Analyzer With Compressed Sensing and Enhanced Quantization. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 57(1). 302–311. 3 indexed citations
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Pastor, David, Hemi H. Gandhi, Austin J. Akey, et al.. (2018). High level active n+ doping of strained germanium through co-implantation and nanosecond pulsed laser melting. Journal of Applied Physics. 123(16). 12 indexed citations
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Li, Wenjing, et al.. (2016). Observation on ultrastructure and histopathology of cornea following femtosecond laser-assisted deep lamellar keratoplasty for acute corneal alkaline burns. International Journal of Ophthalmology. 9(4). 481–6. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, et al.. (2014). A study of the association about serum TGF-β1 and IL-6 in wet age-related macular degeneration. 32(4). 428–431. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Wenjing, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of double-pass optical quality analysis system between SMILE and femtosecond LASIK for myopia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaoxin, Haofeng Li, Rodolfo Camacho‐Aguilera, et al.. (2013). Infrared absorption of n-type tensile-strained Ge-on-Si. Optics Letters. 38(5). 652–652. 21 indexed citations
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Lin, Pao Tai, Vivek Singh, Yan Cai, Lionel C. Kimerling, & Anu Agarwal. (2013). Air-clad silicon pedestal structures for broadband mid-infrared microphotonics. Optics Letters. 38(7). 1031–1031. 50 indexed citations
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Camacho‐Aguilera, Rodolfo, Yan Cai, Neil Patel, et al.. (2012). An electrically pumped germanium laser. Optics Express. 20(10). 11316–11316. 585 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lin, Pao Tai, Neil Patel, Vivek Kumar Singh, et al.. (2012). Engineering broadband and anisotropic photoluminescence emission from rare earth doped tellurite thin film photonic crystals. Optics Express. 20(3). 2124–2124. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Jifeng, Xiaochen Sun, Rodolfo Camacho‐Aguilera, et al.. (2010). Optical gain and lasing from band-engineered Ge-on-Si at room temperature. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 520–521.

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