Yan‐Lei Zhang

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Yan‐Lei Zhang is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan‐Lei Zhang has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 24 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 15 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Yan‐Lei Zhang's work include Mechanical and Optical Resonators (27 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (20 papers) and Quantum Information and Cryptography (12 papers). Yan‐Lei Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical and Optical Resonators (27 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (20 papers) and Quantum Information and Cryptography (12 papers). Yan‐Lei Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yan‐Lei Zhang's co-authors include Chang‐Ling Zou, Chun‐Hua Dong, Guang‐Can Guo, Zhen Shen, Xu‐Bo Zou, Fang‐Wen Sun, Yuan Chen, Yun‐Feng Xiao, Wei Fu and Hui Jing and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yan‐Lei Zhang

37 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

Experimental realization of optomechanically induced non-reciprocity

2016 455 citations Zhen Shen, Yan‐Lei Zhang et al. Nature Photonics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan‐Lei Zhang China	17	1.4k	1.1k	428	100	95	40	1.6k
Bimu Yao China	16	1.1k 0.8×	479 0.5×	348 0.8×	132 1.3×	44 0.5×	40	1.3k
Jinwei Rao China	20	1.3k 0.9×	492 0.5×	375 0.9×	147 1.5×	74 0.8×	41	1.4k
R. Rivière Germany	10	2.8k 1.9×	2.1k 2.0×	556 1.3×	140 1.4×	77 0.8×	22	2.8k
Fredrik Hocke Germany	5	1.7k 1.2×	463 0.4×	1.0k 2.4×	101 1.0×	42 0.4×	6	1.8k
Yi‐Pu Wang China	21	2.3k 1.6×	945 0.9×	914 2.1×	148 1.5×	47 0.5×	55	2.5k
Alex Krause United States	4	1.9k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	480 1.1×	120 1.2×	53 0.6×	5	2.0k
I. Wilson‐Rae Germany	14	2.1k 1.4×	1.4k 1.3×	522 1.2×	166 1.7×	162 1.7×	18	2.1k
Xiao‐Qing Luo China	12	685 0.5×	276 0.3×	237 0.6×	111 1.1×	18 0.2×	32	801
Jessie Rosenberg United States	14	775 0.5×	955 0.9×	143 0.3×	194 1.9×	74 0.8×	36	1.2k
Su‐Peng Yu United States	16	1.4k 1.0×	817 0.8×	578 1.4×	131 1.3×	33 0.3×	47	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan‐Lei Zhang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Xin‐Biao, Yanjun Gong, Xiao‐Zhuo Qi, et al.. (2025). Optically-driven organic nano-step actuator for reconfigurable photonic circuits. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8213–8213.

Zhang, Yan‐Lei, Ming Li, Xu‐Bo Zou, et al.. (2025). Architecture for a quantum repeater based on Rydberg-atom quantum processors. Physical Review Applied. 24(2). 1 indexed citations

Wang, Jun‐Jie, Dong Zhao, Yan‐Lei Zhang, et al.. (2024). Standing-wave atom tweezer. Optics Express. 32(22). 39039–39039. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Dong, Yan‐Lei Zhang, Chun‐Hua Dong, et al.. (2024). Enhancing single-atom loading in tightly confined dipole traps with an ancillary dipole beam. Physical review. A. 109(4). 2 indexed citations

Lv, Yanan, Hongjie Fan, Gang Li, et al.. (2024). Fluorescence collection efficiency of atoms in dipole traps. Optics Letters. 49(17). 5011–5011.

Li, Ming, et al.. (2024). Breaking the efficiency limitations of dissipative Kerr solitons using nonlinear couplers. Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy. 67(3). 5 indexed citations

Shen, Zhen, Yan‐Lei Zhang, Chen Yuan, et al.. (2023). Nonreciprocal Frequency Conversion and Mode Routing in a Microresonator. Physical Review Letters. 130(1). 13601–13601. 22 indexed citations

Lu, Qijing, et al.. (2023). Level Attraction due to Dissipative Phonon–Phonon Coupling in an Opto-Mechano-Fluidic Resonator. ACS Photonics. 10(3). 699–706. 6 indexed citations

Li, Ming, Yan‐Lei Zhang, Chun‐Hua Dong, et al.. (2022). Single-Mode Photon Blockade Enhanced by Bi-Tone Drive. Physical Review Letters. 129(4). 43601–43601. 19 indexed citations

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Xu, Xin‐Biao, Weiting Wang, Yan‐Lei Zhang, et al.. (2022). High-frequency traveling-wave phononic cavity with sub-micron wavelength. Applied Physics Letters. 120(16). 20 indexed citations

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Wan, Shuai, Yan‐Lei Zhang, Zhen Shen, et al.. (2022). All-Optical Synchronization of Remote Optomechanical Systems. Physical Review Letters. 129(6). 63605–63605. 36 indexed citations

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Shen, Zhen, Yan‐Lei Zhang, Yu Wang, et al.. (2022). Coherent Coupling between Phonons, Magnons, and Photons. Physical Review Letters. 129(24). 243601–243601. 72 indexed citations

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Shen, Zhen, Yan‐Lei Zhang, Chang‐Ling Zou, Guang‐Can Guo, & Chun‐Hua Dong. (2021). Dissipatively Controlled Optomechanical Interaction via Cascaded Photon-Phonon Coupling. Physical Review Letters. 126(16). 163604–163604. 23 indexed citations

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Chen, Yu-An, Yan‐Lei Zhang, Zhen Shen, et al.. (2021). Synthetic Gauge Fields in a Single Optomechanical Resonator. Physical Review Letters. 126(12). 123603–123603. 57 indexed citations

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Jiao, Ya‐Feng, Sheng-Dian Zhang, Yan‐Lei Zhang, et al.. (2020). Nonreciprocal Optomechanical Entanglement against Backscattering Losses. Physical Review Letters. 125(14). 143605–143605. 186 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yan‐Lei, Chang‐Ling Zou, Hui Jing, et al.. (2018). Phase-controlled phonon laser. New Journal of Physics. 20(9). 93005–93005. 25 indexed citations

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Shen, Zhen, Yan‐Lei Zhang, Yuan Chen, et al.. (2018). Reconfigurable optomechanical circulator and directional amplifier. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1797–1797. 165 indexed citations

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Shen, Zhen, Yan‐Lei Zhang, Yuan Chen, et al.. (2016). Experimental realization of optomechanically induced non-reciprocity. Nature Photonics. 10(10). 657–661. 455 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fu, Wei, Fangjie Shu, Yan‐Lei Zhang, et al.. (2015). Integrated optical circulator by stimulated Brillouin scattering induced non-reciprocal phase shift. Optics Express. 23(19). 25118–25118. 24 indexed citations

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Wei, Tao, Yuan Ji, Xiangwei Meng, & Yan‐Lei Zhang. (2008). Sr2NiMoO6−δ as anode material for LaGaO3-based solid oxide fuel cell. Electrochemistry Communications. 10(9). 1369–1372. 66 indexed citations

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