Zhigang Chen

17.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
406 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Zhigang Chen is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhigang Chen has authored 406 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 330 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 185 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 88 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhigang Chen's work include Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (190 papers), Nonlinear Photonic Systems (181 papers) and Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (109 papers). Zhigang Chen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (190 papers), Nonlinear Photonic Systems (181 papers) and Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (109 papers). Zhigang Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Zhigang Chen's co-authors include Mordechai Segev, Demetrios N. Christodoulides, Allen Taflove, Vadim Backman, Yi Hu, Daohong Song, Jianke Yang, Nikolaos K. Efremidis, Jingjun Xu and Matthew Mitchell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Zhigang Chen

375 papers receiving 11.8k 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.

Photonic nanojet enhancement of backscattering of light by nanoparticles: a potential novel visible-light ultramicroscopy technique

2004 645 citations Zhigang Chen et al. profile →
Trapping and guiding microparticles with morphing autofocusing Airy beams

2011 529 citations Demetrios N. Christodoulides, Zhigang Chen et al. Optics Letters profile →
Optical spatial solitons: historical overview and recent advances

2012 369 citations Zhigang Chen, Mordechai Segev et al. profile →
Highlighting photonics: looking into the next decade

2021 254 citations Zhigang Chen, Mordechai Segev profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhigang Chen China	55	10.7k	5.8k	3.3k	2.4k	912	406	12.5k
Lluís Torner Spain	60	14.0k 1.3×	9.1k 1.6×	2.1k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	983 1.1×	360	15.4k
Ulf Peschel Germany	49	7.5k 0.7×	4.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	2.3k 1.0×	795 0.9×	246	9.0k
J. Stewart Aitchison Canada	53	8.0k 0.7×	4.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.6×	5.2k 2.2×	800 0.9×	387	10.8k
Wiesław Królikowski Australia	56	10.5k 1.0×	7.0k 1.2×	1.7k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	545 0.6×	333	11.9k
Cornelia Denz Germany	42	5.3k 0.5×	2.0k 0.3×	1.7k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	523 0.6×	357	6.9k
Alexander Szameit Germany	60	13.5k 1.3×	5.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.4×	3.3k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	286	15.4k
N. R. Heckenberg Australia	42	6.9k 0.6×	1.0k 0.2×	4.1k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	795 0.9×	195	8.3k
Stefan Nolte Germany	74	14.9k 1.4×	4.2k 0.7×	5.8k 1.7×	7.6k 3.2×	1.1k 1.3×	553	24.8k
Amnon Yariv United States	67	17.0k 1.6×	3.3k 0.6×	3.1k 0.9×	14.8k 6.3×	1.2k 1.3×	459	22.2k
Roberto Morandotti Canada	68	16.5k 1.5×	6.2k 1.1×	2.1k 0.6×	11.1k 4.7×	1.3k 1.4×	481	20.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Jiahao, Yanxue Wang, Jiawei Xiang, & Zhigang Chen. (2025). A simulation guided BCSM blind deconvolution for fault diagnosis in wind turbine bearing. Measurement Science and Technology. 36(3). 36143–36143.

Song, Limin, Shiqi Xia, Yongsheng Liang, et al.. (2025). Bulk-Hole Correspondence and Inner Robust Boundary Modes in Singular Flatband Lattices. Physical Review Letters. 134(6). 63803–63803.

Chen, Zhigang, Jun Liu, Jiajia Zhao, et al.. (2024). Roles of TRPM channels in glioma. Cancer Biology & Therapy. 25(1). 2338955–2338955. 8 indexed citations

Xia, Shiqi, et al.. (2024). Higher‐Order Topological Corner States in a Specially Distorted Photonic Kagome Lattice. Laser & Photonics Review. 18(11). 3 indexed citations

Bongiovanni, Domenico, Ziteng Wang, Xiangdong Wang, et al.. (2024). Topological orbital angular momentum extraction and twofold protection of vortex transport. Nature Photonics. 19(2). 162–169. 14 indexed citations

Zhang, Ya-Hui, Domenico Bongiovanni, Ziteng Wang, et al.. (2023). Realization of photonic p-orbital higher-order topological insulators. Repository of the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. 3(1). 47 indexed citations

Zhang, Weijun, Guangzhao Xu, Jia-Min Xiong, et al.. (2023). Characterization of a superconducting microstrip single-photon detector shunted with an external resistor. Superconductor Science and Technology. 36(6). 65004–65004. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Qiyue, Peng Zhang, Huizhong Xu, Weining Man, & Zhigang Chen. (2023). Generation of nonparaxial self-accelerating beams using pendant droplets. APL Photonics. 8(2). 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yexin, et al.. (2023). Study on the Hydraulic Characteristics of an Eccentric Tapering Outlet Pressure Box Culvert in a Pumping Station. Processes. 11(6). 1598–1598. 3 indexed citations

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Lu, Yao, Qiang Wu, Hao Xiong, et al.. (2022). Light–matter interaction beyond Born–Oppenheimer approximation mediated by stimulated phonon polaritons. Communications Physics. 5(1). 6 indexed citations

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Rhim, Jun‐Won, Liqin Tang, Shiqi Xia, et al.. (2020). Observation of non-contractible loop states in a photonic Kagome lattice of Corbino-geometry. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. FW4A.3–FW4A.3. 2 indexed citations

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Yan, Wenchao, Daohong Song, Shiqi Xia, et al.. (2019). Observation of Flat-band Line States in Photonic Super-honeycomb Lattices. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. FW3D.3–FW3D.3. 1 indexed citations

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Niu, Yuqing, Tao He, Siping Chen, et al.. (2017). A new AIE multi-block polyurethane copolymer material for subcellular microfilament imaging in living cells. Chemical Communications. 53(54). 7541–7544. 35 indexed citations

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Zhang, Peng, et al.. (2013). Self-accelerating and self-breathing Bessel-like beams along arbitrary trajectories. Chinese Optics Letters. 11(11). 110701–110701. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Sheng, Yi Hu, Peng Zhang, et al.. (2012). Tunable self-shifting Bloch modes in anisotropic hexagonal photonic lattices. Optics Letters. 37(12). 2184–2184. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Peng, Cibo Lou, Sheng Liu, et al.. (2010). Tuning of Bloch modes, diffraction, and refraction by two-dimensional lattice reconfiguration. Optics Letters. 35(6). 892–892. 16 indexed citations

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Hu, Yi, Cibo Lou, Sheng Liu, et al.. (2009). Orientation-dependent excitations of lattice soliton trains with hybrid nonlinearity. Optics Letters. 34(7). 1114–1114. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaosheng, Zhigang Chen, & P. G. Kevrekidis. (2006). Observation of Discrete Solitons and Soliton Rotation in Optically Induced Periodic Ring Lattices. Physical Review Letters. 96(8). 83904–83904. 114 indexed citations

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Martín, Héctor, Eugenia D. Eugenieva, Zhigang Chen, & Demetrios N. Christodoulides. (2003). Soliton-induced dislocations and discrete solitons in partially-coherent photonic lattices. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

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Segev, Mordechai, Ming-Feng Shih, Zhigang Chen, et al.. (1996). Photorefractive Spatial Solitons. Nonlinear Guided Waves and Their Applications. SuD.1–SuD.1. 1 indexed citations

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