Yanhua Shih

15.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
170 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Yanhua Shih is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Acoustics and Ultrasonics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanhua Shih has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 82 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 58 papers in Acoustics and Ultrasonics. Recurrent topics in Yanhua Shih's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (78 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (63 papers) and Random lasers and scattering media (58 papers). Yanhua Shih is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (78 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (63 papers) and Random lasers and scattering media (58 papers). Yanhua Shih collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. Yanhua Shih's co-authors include Alexander V. Sergienko, Dmitry Strekalov, T. B. Pittman, А. В. Сергиенко, C. O. Alley, Paul G. Kwiat, Giuliano Scarcelli, Anton Zeilinger, Klaus Mattle and Harald Weinfurter and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yanhua Shih

160 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

New High-Intensity Source... 1988 2026 2000 2013 1995 1995 1995 2005 1988 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. New High-Intensity Source of Polarization-Entangled Photon Pairs
    1995 2.1k citations Alexander V. Sergienko, Yanhua Shih et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Optical imaging by means of two-photon quantum entanglement
    1995 1.6k citations T. B. Pittman, Yanhua Shih et al. Physical Review A profile →
  3. Observation of Two-Photon “Ghost” Interference and Diffraction
    1995 655 citations Dmitry Strekalov, Yanhua Shih et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  4. Two-Photon Imaging with Thermal Light
    2005 643 citations Giuliano Scarcelli, Yanhua Shih et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  5. New Type of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bohm Experiment Using Pairs of Light Quanta Produced by Optical Parametric Down Conversion
    1988 641 citations Yanhua Shih, C. O. Alley Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yanhua Shih United States 43 8.2k 6.1k 4.6k 2.0k 1.3k 170 11.0k
Alexander V. Sergienko United States 37 6.4k 0.8× 4.8k 0.8× 2.4k 0.5× 864 0.4× 1.5k 1.2× 161 8.3k
L. A. Lugiato Italy 43 6.0k 0.7× 2.1k 0.3× 2.8k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 1.7k 1.3× 181 8.0k
A. Gatti Italy 32 3.3k 0.4× 1.5k 0.3× 3.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 641 0.5× 108 5.0k
Ling-An Wu China 30 3.7k 0.4× 2.0k 0.3× 2.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 946 0.7× 146 5.3k
Bahaa E. A. Saleh United States 51 7.6k 0.9× 3.9k 0.6× 1.2k 0.3× 702 0.3× 3.9k 3.1× 333 11.8k
Dmitry Strekalov United States 33 4.4k 0.5× 1.5k 0.2× 2.0k 0.4× 870 0.4× 2.5k 1.9× 126 5.9k
Allard P. Mosk Netherlands 38 4.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.2× 5.2k 1.1× 1.4k 0.7× 1.6k 1.2× 132 7.8k
T. B. Pittman United States 24 3.1k 0.4× 2.8k 0.5× 1.5k 0.3× 647 0.3× 656 0.5× 77 4.3k
Yaron Bromberg Israel 27 2.3k 0.3× 1.5k 0.2× 2.2k 0.5× 806 0.4× 997 0.8× 77 4.3k
Hui Cao United States 41 5.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.2× 3.9k 0.8× 656 0.3× 2.9k 2.3× 183 9.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shih, Yanhua. (2024). Ghost imaging—its physics and application [Invited]. Chinese Optics Letters. 22(6). 60011–60011. 1 indexed citations
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Shih, Yanhua, et al.. (2024). Nontrivial intensity correlation from a coherent continuous-wave laser beam. Physical review. A. 110(3). 1 indexed citations
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Shih, Yanhua, et al.. (2024). Multi-band interference and imaging via joint-detection of two-photon beats from thermal radiation. Optics Express. 32(5). 7640–7640.
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Shih, Yanhua, et al.. (2018). Turbulence-Free Double-slit Interferometer. Physical Review Letters. 120(6). 63606–63606. 39 indexed citations
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Peng, Tao & Yanhua Shih. (2015). Bell correlation of thermal fields in photon-number fluctuations. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 112(6). 60006–60006. 2 indexed citations
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Peng, Tao, et al.. (2014). Delayed-Choice Quantum Eraser with Thermal Light. Physical Review Letters. 112(18). 180401–180401. 30 indexed citations
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Meyers, Ronald E., et al.. (2012). Ghost imaging experiment with sunlight compared to laboratory experiment with thermal light. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8518. 851805–851805. 18 indexed citations
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Meyers, Ronald E., Yanhua Shih, & Keith S. Deacon. (2011). Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging IX. 8163. 2 indexed citations
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Shih, Yanhua. (2007). Quantum Imaging. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 31 indexed citations
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Shih, Yanhua. (2007). Quantum Imaging. IFH1–IFH1. 1 indexed citations
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Meyers, Ronald E., Yanhua Shih, & Keith S. Deacon. (2006). Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging IV. 6305. 4 indexed citations
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Scarcelli, Giuliano, V. Berardi, & Yanhua Shih. (2006). Quantum interference approach to two-photon correlation phenomena of chaotic light. Journal of Modern Optics. 53(16-17). 2279–2292. 7 indexed citations
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Shih, Yanhua. (2003). Entangled photons. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 22 indexed citations
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Kim, Yoon-Ho, et al.. (2002). Quantum teleportation with a complete Bell state measurement. 282. 223–223. 1 indexed citations
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Shih, Yanhua. (2001). Quantum entanglement and quantum teleportation. Annalen der Physik. 10(1-2). 19–34. 10 indexed citations
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Strekalov, Dmitry & Yanhua Shih. (1997). Two-photon geometrical phase. Physical Review A. 56(4). 3129–3133. 14 indexed citations
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Shih, Yanhua, et al.. (1996). The study of nonlinear optical effects of GaN and AlGaN epitaxial films. 17–18.
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Pittman, T. B., Yanhua Shih, Dmitry Strekalov, & Alexander V. Sergienko. (1995). Optical imaging by means of two-photon quantum entanglement. Physical Review A. 52(5). R3429–R3432. 1554 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shih, Yanhua, Alexander V. Sergienko, Morton H. Rubin, Thomas E. Kiess, & C. O. Alley. (1994). Two-photon entanglement in type-II parametric down-conversion. Physical Review A. 50(1). 23–28. 62 indexed citations
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Shih, Yanhua, et al.. (1992). Two-wave coupling and self-pumped phase conjugation at near infrared wavelengths in BaTiO3. Optics Communications. 88(4-6). 424–430. 5 indexed citations

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