Yao Yao

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

About

Yao Yao is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yao Yao has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 37 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yao Yao's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (32 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (20 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (19 papers). Yao Yao is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (32 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (20 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (19 papers). Yao Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Yao Yao's co-authors include Xing Xiao, Li Ge, Chuan Sun, Yan‐Ling Li, Qiang Zheng, Xiao‐Qiang Shao, Zheng‐Fu Han, Hong-Wei Li, C. P. Sun and Kai‐Ming Ho and has published in prestigious journals such as ACS Nano, Journal of Applied Physics and Nature Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Yao Yao

60 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Quantum coherence in multipartite systems 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200 250
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. Quantum coherence in multipartite systems
    2015 286 citations Yao Yao, Xing Xiao et al. Physical Review A profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yao Yao China 24 1.2k 1.0k 220 216 168 67 1.6k
Pepijn W. H. Pinkse Germany 30 2.7k 2.3× 1.6k 1.5× 82 0.4× 602 2.8× 117 0.7× 92 3.2k
Tobias Gehring Denmark 21 1.6k 1.3× 1.5k 1.4× 159 0.7× 517 2.4× 51 0.3× 58 2.2k
Da‐Wei Wang China 19 1.3k 1.1× 644 0.6× 130 0.6× 427 2.0× 146 0.9× 80 1.7k
G. S. Paraoanu Finland 28 2.1k 1.7× 1.4k 1.3× 165 0.8× 315 1.5× 232 1.4× 88 2.4k
Matthew J. Collins Australia 17 1.1k 1.0× 911 0.9× 55 0.3× 805 3.7× 81 0.5× 30 1.7k
Zu-En Su China 13 1.8k 1.5× 1.9k 1.8× 81 0.4× 478 2.2× 53 0.3× 24 2.4k
Lars S. Madsen Denmark 14 1.0k 0.9× 970 0.9× 38 0.2× 448 2.1× 42 0.3× 25 1.6k
Xiao‐Hui Bao China 22 1.9k 1.6× 1.7k 1.6× 258 1.2× 392 1.8× 17 0.1× 46 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Yao Yao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yao Yao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yao Yao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yao Yao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yao 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 Yao Yao. Yao Yao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Gandla, Srinivas, Jung Woo Leem, Min Seok Kim, et al.. (2025). Multiplex Optical Unclonable Functions: Advances and Perspectives in Optics and Photonics for Hardware Security. ACS Nano. 19(30). 27033–27074.
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Chen, Kun, Feng Huang, Ping Wang, & Yao Yao. (2025). Statistical evaluation for enhancing the robustness of optical PUF-based authentication systems. Optics Letters. 50(7). 2121–2121.
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Yao, Yao, et al.. (2025). An Optimization Strategy for High-Energy, Few-Cycle Pulse Generation Directly From Er-Doped Mamyshev Oscillators. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 43(19). 9432–9441.
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Wang, Jing, Guosheng Wang, Yizeng Li, et al.. (2024). Chimeric nanobody-decorated liposomes by self-assembly. Nature Nanotechnology. 19(6). 818–824. 40 indexed citations
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Guo, Xinyu, Guang Yang, Yao Yao, et al.. (2024). Direct electrospinning for producing multiple activity nanofibers consisting of aggregated luteolin/hydroxypropyl-gamma-cyclodextrin inclusion complex. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 270(Pt 1). 132344–132344. 28 indexed citations
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Yao, Yao, et al.. (2023). Coherence-assisted superradiant laser with hertz-level linewidth and 10−10-W power. Physical review. A. 107(6).
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Huang, Feng, et al.. (2023). Analysis of entropy source for random number generation based on optical PUFs. Journal of Applied Physics. 133(17). 5 indexed citations
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Yuan, Jun, et al.. (2022). On-Chip Silicon Optical Scattering Physical Unclonable Function Towards Hardware Security. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 41(5). 1487–1494. 10 indexed citations
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Yao, Yao, et al.. (2016). Frobenius-norm-based measures of quantum coherence and asymmetry. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 32010–32010. 33 indexed citations
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Yao, Yao, Ming Gao, Mo Li, & Jian Zhang. (2016). Quantum cloning attacks against PUF-based quantum authentication systems. Quantum Information Processing. 15(8). 3311–3325. 15 indexed citations
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Chen, Feiliang, Qian Li, Mo Li, et al.. (2016). Simulation of perfect absorber at visible frequencies using TiN-based refractory plasmonic metamaterials. Optical and Quantum Electronics. 48(11). 4 indexed citations
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Li, Yan‐Ling, Xing Xiao, & Yao Yao. (2015). Classical-driving-enhanced parameter-estimation precision of a non-Markovian dissipative two-state system. Physical Review A. 91(5). 54 indexed citations
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Yao, Yao, et al.. (2015). Efficient and accurate treatment of electron correlations with Correlation Matrix Renormalization theory. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 13478–13478. 8 indexed citations
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Yao, Yao, Xing Xiao, Li Ge, Xiaoguang Wang, & Chang-Pu Sun. (2014). Quantum Fisher information in noninertial frames. Physical Review A. 89(4). 75 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guiping, et al.. (2013). Electronic and spin transport properties of graphene nanoribbon mediated by metal adatoms: a study by the QUAMBO–NEGF approach. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 25(10). 105302–105302. 10 indexed citations
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Yao, Yao, Chong Wang, & Kai‐Ming Ho. (2011). The benchmark of Gutzwiller density functional theory in hydrogen systems. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 112(1). 240–246. 5 indexed citations
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Yao, Yao, Hong-Wei Li, Zhen−Qiang Yin, & Zheng‐Fu Han. (2011). Geometric interpretation of the geometric discord. Physics Letters A. 376(4). 358–364. 26 indexed citations
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Yao, Yao, et al.. (2009). A first-principles divide-and-conquer approach for electronic structure of large systems and its application to graphene nanoribbons. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 21(23). 235501–235501. 22 indexed citations

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