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D-Index
63
Citations
25099
World Ranking
1713
National Ranking
550

Lan Yang publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lan Yang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 283 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Lan Yang D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lan Yang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Lan Yang is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research activity spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Engineering, with a particular focus on subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Molecular Biology; Statistical and Nonlinear Physics; and Biomedical Engineering.

The main research topics covered by their work include Photonic and Optical Devices, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics, Nonlinear Photonic Systems, Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors, and Nonlinear Waves and Solitons.

Lan Yang has published extensively, with recent papers featuring prominently in reputable journals. Notable publications include:

  • "Coherent perfect absorption at an exceptional point," 2021, Science
  • "Whispering-Gallery Sensors," 2020, Matter
  • "Electromagnetically induced transparency at a chiral exceptional point," 2020, Nature Physics
  • "Optical whispering-gallery mode barcodes for high-precision and wide-range temperature measurements," 2021, Light Science & Applications
  • "Non-reciprocal transmission of microwave acoustic waves in nonlinear parity-time symmetric resonators," 2020, Nature Electronics

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Lan Yang include Changqing Wang, Zhoutian Fu, Xuefeng Jiang, Jie Liao, and Wenbo Mao. These collaborations have contributed to a body of research that is published across multiple venues.

Lan Yang's research outputs have appeared in several scientific journals and repositories, with the most publications found in arXiv (Cornell University), Light Science & Applications, Photonics Research, International Journal of Embedded Systems, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Parity–time-symmetric whispering-gallery microcavities

    Bo Peng;Şahin Kaya Özdemir;Fuchuan Lei;Fuchuan Lei;Faraz Monifi

  • Exceptional points enhance sensing in an optical microcavity

    Weijian Chen;Şahin Kaya Özdemir;Guangming Zhao;Jan Wiersig

  • Parity-time symmetry and exceptional points in photonics.

    Ş. K. Özdemir;S. Rotter;F. Nori;L. Yang

  • On-chip single nanoparticle detection and sizing by mode splitting in an ultrahigh- Q microresonator

    Jiangang Zhu;Sahin Kaya Ozdemir;Yun Feng Xiao;Yun Feng Xiao;Lin Li

  • Dynamical thermal behavior and thermal self-stability of microcavities

    T. Carmon;Lan Yang;K.J. Vahala

  • Loss-induced suppression and revival of lasing.

    B. Peng;Ş. K. Özdemir;S. Rotter;H. Yilmaz

  • Dynamical thermal behavior and thermal self-stability of microcavities.

    Tal Carmon;Lan Yang;Kerry J. Vahala

  • Detecting single viruses and nanoparticles using whispering gallery microlasers.

    Lina He;Şahin Kaya Özdemir;Jiangang Zhu;Woosung Kim

  • Whispering gallery microcavity lasers

    Lina He;Şahin Kaya Özdemir;Lan Yang

  • PT-symmetric phonon laser.

    Hui Jing;Hui Jing;S. K. Özdemir;S. K. Özdemir;Xin You Lü;Jing Zhang;Jing Zhang

  • Temporal behavior of radiation-pressure-induced vibrations of an optical microcavity phonon mode.

    Tal Carmon;Hossein Rokhsari;Lan Yang;Tobias J. Kippenberg

  • Chiral modes and directional lasing at exceptional points.

    Bo Peng;Şahin Kaya Özdemir;Matthias Liertzer;Weijian Chen

  • Label-free detection with high-Q microcavities: a review of biosensing mechanisms for integrated devices.

    Frank Vollmer;Lan Yang

  • High- Q surface-plasmon-polariton whispering-gallery microcavity

    Bumki Min;Bumki Min;Bumki Min;Eric Ostby;Volker Sorger;Erick Ulin-Avila

  • What is and what is not electromagnetically induced transparency in whispering-gallery microcavities

    Bo Peng;Şahin Kaya Özdemir;Weijian Chen;Franco Nori

  • Metrology with PT-Symmetric Cavities: Enhanced Sensitivity near the PT-Phase Transition.

    Zhong Peng Liu;Jing Zhang;Jing Zhang;Şahin Kaya Özdemir;Bo Peng

  • A phonon laser operating at an exceptional point

    Jing Zhang;Jing Zhang;Bo Peng;Bo Peng;Şahin Kaya Özdemir;Şahin Kaya Özdemir;Kevin Pichler

  • Single Nanoparticle Detection Using Optical Microcavities.

    Yanyan Zhi;Xiao-Chong Yu;Qihuang Gong;Lan Yang

  • Whispering gallery microsensors: a review

    Xuefeng Jiang;Abraham J. Qavi;Steven H. Huang;Lan Yang

  • Fabrication of high-Q polydimethylsiloxane optical microspheres for thermal sensing

    C.-H. Dong;C.-H. Dong;L. He;Yun-Feng Xiao;Yun-Feng Xiao;V. R. Gaddam

  • Optomechanically-induced transparency in parity-time-symmetric microresonators

    H. Jing;Şahin K. Özdemir;Z. Geng;Jing Zhang

  • Coherent perfect absorption at an exceptional point

    Changqing Wang;William R. Sweeney;A. Douglas Stone;Lan Yang;Lan Yang

  • Chaos-assisted broadband momentum transformation in optical microresonators

    Xuefeng Jiang;Xuefeng Jiang;Linbo Shao;Shu-Xin Zhang;Xu Yi

  • Optomechanically-Induced Transparency in partiy-time-symmetric microresonators

    H. Jing;S. K. Özdemir;Z. Geng;J. Zhang

  • Highly sensitive detection of nanoparticles with a self-referenced and self-heterodyned whispering-gallery Raman microlaser.

    Şahin Kaya Özdemir;Jiangang Zhu;Xu Yang;Bo Peng

  • Symmetry-breaking-induced nonlinear optics at a microcavity surface

    Xueyue Zhang;Xueyue Zhang;Qi-Tao Cao;Qi-Tao Cao;Zhuo Wang;Yu-xi Liu

  • Highly Unidirectional Emission and Ultralow‐Threshold Lasing from On‐Chip Ultrahigh‐Q Microcavities

    Xue-Feng Jiang;Yun-Feng Xiao;Chang-Ling Zou;Lina He

  • Twofold Transition in PT-Symmetric Coupled Oscillators

    Carl M. Bender;Mariagiovanna Gianfreda;Şahin K. Özdemir;Bo Peng

  • Giant nonlinearity via breaking parity-time symmetry: A route to low-threshold phonon diodes

    Jing Zhang;Jing Zhang;Bo Peng;Şahin Kaya Özdemir;Yu Xi Liu

  • Erbium-implanted high-Q silica toroidal microcavity laser on a silicon chip

    Bumki Min;Tobias J. Kippenberg;Lan Yang;Kerry J. Vahala

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerry J. Vahala
Kerry J. Vahala California Institute of Technology
Yun-Feng Xiao
Yun-Feng Xiao Peking University
Franco Nori
Franco Nori University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Yu-xi Liu
Yu-xi Liu Tsinghua University
Nobuyuki Imoto
Nobuyuki Imoto Osaka University
Gui-Lu Long
Gui-Lu Long Tsinghua University
Chang-Ling Zou
Chang-Ling Zou University of Science and Technology of China
Hui Jing
Hui Jing Hunan Normal University
Tobias J. Kippenberg
Tobias J. Kippenberg École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Qihuang Gong
Qihuang Gong Peking University

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