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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
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2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
100
Citations
40193
World Ranking
182
National Ranking
91

Physics

D-Index
105
Citations
43931
World Ranking
1379
National Ranking
720

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - OSA Fellows Jelena Vuckovic Stanford University, United States For field-opening contributions to the science and engineering of photonic crystals, and in particular for the use of 2-D microcavities for the Purcell-like enhancement of the spontaneous emission rate of embedded quantum dots.
  • 2015 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For major and field opening contributions to nano photonics and its application to information science including the design and fabrication of 2D photonic crystals with integrated quantum dot structures

Overview

Jelena Vuckovic is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans the main fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering, with extensive contributions in related subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Artificial Intelligence, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their work covers several main topics, notably Photonic and Optical Devices, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research, Optical Network Technologies, Quantum Information and Cryptography, and Quantum Optics and Atomic Interactions.

Jelena Vuckovic has published numerous papers in diverse venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • ACS Photonics
  • Nature Photonics
  • Nano Letters

Several recent papers illustrate the breadth of their research. Notable publications include:

  • "Quantum Simulators: Architectures and Opportunities" (2021, PRX Quantum)
  • "Inverse-designed non-reciprocal pulse router for chip-based LiDAR" (2020, Nature Photonics)
  • "Revealing multiple classes of stable quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride with correlated optical and electron microscopy" (2020, Nature Materials)
  • "Nanophotonic inverse design with SPINS: Software architecture and practical considerations" (2020, Applied Physics Reviews)
  • "Multi-dimensional data transmission using inverse-designed silicon photonics and microcombs" (2022, Nature Communications)

Throughout their career, Jelena Vuckovic has collaborated frequently with colleagues including Geun Ho Ahn, Daniil M. Lukin, Melissa A. Guidry, Ki Youl Yang, and Alexander D. White.

Recognition of their work includes fellowships such as the OSA Fellows awarded in 2016 for contributions to photonic crystals and 2-D microcavities enhancing spontaneous emission rates of quantum dots. They were also named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2015 for work on nanophotonics and the design and fabrication of 2D photonic crystals integrated with quantum dot structures.

Best Publications

  • Photonic quantum technologies

    Jeremy L. O'Brien;Akira Furusawa;Jelena Vučković

  • Indistinguishable photons from a single-photon device

    C. Santori;D. Fattal;J. Vuckovic;G.S. Solomon

  • Outlook for inverse design in nanophotonics

    Sean Molesky;Zin Lin;Alexander Y. Piggott;Weiliang Jin

  • Inverse design in nanophotonics

    Sean Molesky;Zin Lin;Alexander Y. Piggott;Weiliang Jin

  • Controlling the spontaneous emission rate of single quantum dots in a two-dimensional photonic crystal.

    Dirk Englund;David Fattal;Edo Waks;Glenn Solomon

  • Inverse design and demonstration of a compact and broadband on-chip wavelength demultiplexer

    Alexander Y. Piggott;Jesse Lu;Konstantinos G. Lagoudakis;Jan Petykiewicz

  • Efficient source of single photons: a single quantum dot in a micropost microcavity.

    Matthew Pelton;Charles Santori;Jelena Vuc̆ković;Bingyang Zhang

  • Monolayer semiconductor nanocavity lasers with ultralow thresholds

    Sanfeng Wu;Sonia Buckley;John R. Schaibley;Liefeng Feng

  • Controlling cavity reflectivity with a single quantum dot

    Dirk Englund;Andrei Faraon;Ilya Fushman;Nick Stoltz

  • Ultrafast photonic crystal nanocavity laser

    Hatice Altug;Dirk Englund;Jelena Vučković

  • Coherent generation of non-classical light on a chip via photon-induced tunnelling and blockade

    Andrei Faraon;Ilya Fushman;Dirk Englund;Nick Stoltz

  • Defect Modes of a Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal in an Optically Thin Dielectric Slab

    Oskar Painter;Jelena Vuckovic;Axel Scherer

  • Controlled phase shifts with a single quantum dot.

    Ilya Fushman;Dirk Englund;Andrei Faraon;Nick Stoltz

  • Engineered quantum dot single-photon sources.

    Sonia Buckley;Kelley Rivoire;Jelena Vučković

  • Waveguiding in Planar Photonic Crystals

    Marko Lončar;Dušan Nedeljković;Theodor Doll;Jelena Vučković

  • Design and fabrication of silicon photonic crystal optical waveguides

    M. Loncar;T. Doll;J. Vuckovic;A. Scherer

  • Ultralow-threshold electrically pumped quantum-dot photonic-crystal nanocavity laser

    Bryan Ellis;Marie A. Mayer;Marie A. Mayer;Gary Shambat;Tomas Sarmiento

  • Quantum Simulators: Architectures and Opportunities

    Ehud Altman;Kenneth R. Brown;Giuseppe Carleo;Lincoln D. Carr

  • Design of photonic crystal microcavities for cavity QED

    Jelena Vučković;Marko Lončar;Hideo Mabuchi;Axel Scherer

  • 4H-silicon-carbide-on-insulator for integrated quantum and nonlinear photonics

    Daniil M. Lukin;Constantin Dory;Melissa A. Guidry;Ki Youl Yang

  • Secure communication: quantum cryptography with a photon turnstile.

    Edo Waks;Kyo Inoue;Charles Santori;David Fattal

  • Ultra-low Threshold electrically pumped quantum dot photonic crystal nanocavity laser

    Bryan Ellis;Marie A. Mayer;Gary Shambat;Tomas Sarmiento

Frequent Co-Authors

Arka Majumdar
Arka Majumdar University of Washington
Andrei Faraon
Andrei Faraon California Institute of Technology
Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Yoshihisa Yamamoto Stanford University
Axel Scherer
Axel Scherer California Institute of Technology
Marko Loncar
Marko Loncar Harvard University
James S. Harris
James S. Harris Stanford University
Edo Waks
Edo Waks University of Maryland, College Park
Pierre Petroff
Pierre Petroff University of California, Santa Barbara
Hatice Altug
Hatice Altug École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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