Zihan Tao

1.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
22 papers, 777 citations indexed

About

Zihan Tao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Zihan Tao has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 777 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 3 papers in Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Zihan Tao's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (15 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (9 papers) and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (8 papers). Zihan Tao is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (15 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (9 papers) and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (8 papers). Zihan Tao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Zihan Tao's co-authors include Haowen Shu, Xingjun Wang, Bitao Shen, Lin Chang, Weiqiang Xie, John E. Bowers, Ruixuan Chen, Yuansheng Tao, Ming Jin and Bowen Bai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Zihan Tao

20 papers receiving 689 citations

Hit Papers

Microcomb-driven silicon photonic systems 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 2023 2023 50 100 150 200
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. Microcomb-driven silicon photonic systems
    2022 241 citations Haowen Shu, Lin Chang et al. Nature profile →
  2. Microcomb-based integrated photonic processing unit
    2023 165 citations Bowen Bai, Haowen Shu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Breaking the temporal and frequency congestion of LiDAR by parallel chaos
    2023 133 citations Ruixuan Chen, Haowen Shu et al. Nature Photonics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zihan Tao China 11 630 409 221 46 36 22 777
Bitao Shen China 13 755 1.2× 469 1.1× 265 1.2× 58 1.3× 41 1.1× 27 909
Avi Feshali United States 10 787 1.2× 559 1.4× 66 0.3× 81 1.8× 63 1.8× 28 897
Mikael Mazur United States 19 1.2k 1.9× 663 1.6× 73 0.3× 91 2.0× 11 0.3× 144 1.3k
Jian Tang China 15 732 1.2× 597 1.5× 39 0.2× 46 1.0× 11 0.3× 44 842
Mingxiao Li United States 14 1.0k 1.6× 920 2.2× 43 0.2× 35 0.8× 8 0.2× 52 1.1k
Vahid Ansari Germany 16 361 0.6× 535 1.3× 244 1.1× 36 0.8× 33 0.9× 34 683
Su‐Peng Yu United States 16 817 1.3× 1.4k 3.5× 578 2.6× 131 2.8× 5 0.1× 47 1.6k
Birgit Stiller Germany 16 684 1.1× 803 2.0× 272 1.2× 72 1.6× 9 0.3× 63 961
F. A. S. Barbosa Brazil 9 456 0.7× 715 1.7× 335 1.5× 46 1.0× 4 0.1× 22 832
Jinghui Yang United States 11 444 0.7× 482 1.2× 27 0.1× 30 0.7× 14 0.4× 29 518

Countries citing papers authored by Zihan Tao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zihan Tao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zihan Tao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zihan Tao. The network helps show where Zihan Tao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zihan Tao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zihan Tao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zihan Tao 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 Zihan Tao. Zihan Tao 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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Wang, Yimeng, Bitao Shen, Bo Wang, et al.. (2025). Unifying optical gain and electro-optical dynamics in Er-doped thin-film lithium niobate platform. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10462–10462.
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Tao, Yuansheng, Zihan Tao, Le Li, et al.. (2025). Silicon integrated microwave photonics. Science China Information Sciences. 68(4).
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Tao, Zihan, Haoyu Wang, Hanke Feng, et al.. (2025). Ultrabroadband on-chip photonics for full-spectrum wireless communications. Nature. 645(8079). 80–87. 3 indexed citations
4.
Li, Wei, Siyuan Zhao, Zihan Tao, et al.. (2025). Carboxymethyl cellulose-enhanced recombinant human collagen hydrogel promotes hemostasis and wound healing. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 315(Pt 2). 144458–144458. 1 indexed citations
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Tao, Zihan, Bitao Shen, Wencan Li, et al.. (2024). Versatile photonic molecule switch in multimode microresonators. Light Science & Applications. 13(1). 13 indexed citations
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Shen, Bitao, Xuguang Zhang, Yimeng Wang, et al.. (2024). Reliable intracavity reflection for self-injection locking lasers and microcomb generation. Photonics Research. 12(5). A41–A41. 7 indexed citations
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Ling, Yong, Zihan Tao, Yiming Wan, et al.. (2024). Associations of Sedentary Behavior with Risks of Cardiovascular Disease Events among Chinese Adults. Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis. 31(10). 1398–1415. 1 indexed citations
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Shen, Bitao, Yuansheng Tao, Xuguang Zhang, et al.. (2024). Multifunctional mixed analog/digital signal processor based on integrated photonics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(8). 240012–240012. 18 indexed citations
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Tao, Zihan, Lei Liu, Minliang Wu, et al.. (2023). Metformin promotes angiogenesis by enhancing VEGFa secretion by adipose-derived stem cells via the autophagy pathway. Regenerative Biomaterials. 10. rbad043–rbad043. 4 indexed citations
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Deng, Qingzhong, Ming Jin, Jun Qin, et al.. (2023). On‐Chip Light Polarization Management by Mapping the Polarization Information to Phase Shift. Laser & Photonics Review. 18(1). 5 indexed citations
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Bai, Bowen, Haowen Shu, Lin Chang, et al.. (2023). Microcomb-based integrated photonic processing unit. Nature Communications. 14(1). 66–66. 165 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shu, Haowen, Lin Chang, Bitao Shen, et al.. (2023). Submilliwatt, widely tunable coherent microcomb generation with feedback-free operation. Advanced Photonics. 5(3). 16 indexed citations
13.
Chen, Ruixuan, Haowen Shu, Bitao Shen, et al.. (2023). Breaking the temporal and frequency congestion of LiDAR by parallel chaos. Nature Photonics. 17(4). 306–314. 133 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wan, Yiming, Ziliang Zhang, Yong Ling, et al.. (2023). Association of triglyceride-glucose index with cardiovascular disease among a general population: a prospective cohort study. Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome. 15(1). 204–204. 19 indexed citations
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Shu, Haowen, Lin Chang, Yuansheng Tao, et al.. (2022). Microcomb-driven silicon photonic systems. Nature. 605(7910). 457–463. 241 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tao, Zihan, Bo Wang, Bowen Bai, et al.. (2022). An ultra-compact polarization-insensitive slot-strip mode converter. Frontiers of Optoelectronics. 15(1). 5–5. 4 indexed citations
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Tao, Yuansheng, Fenghe Yang, Zihan Tao, et al.. (2022). Fully On‐Chip Microwave Photonic Instantaneous Frequency Measurement System. Laser & Photonics Review. 16(11). 34 indexed citations
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Chen, Ruixuan, Haowen Shu, Bitao Shen, et al.. (2022). Breaking the temporal and frequency congestion of LiDAR by parallel chaos. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 10 indexed citations
19.
Tao, Yuansheng, Haowen Shu, Xingjun Wang, et al.. (2021). Hybrid-integrated high-performance microwave photonic filter with switchable response. Photonics Research. 9(8). 1569–1569. 58 indexed citations
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Tao, Zihan, Bowen Bai, Ruixuan Chen, & Xingjun Wang. (2020). Adiabatic slot-to-strip waveguide mode converters based on self-imaging effect of MMI structures. 29. M4A.146–M4A.146. 1 indexed citations

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