2026 Limin Tong: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	73	3833	3709	1216	1210	358	20263

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Research.com Recognitions

2015 - OSA Fellows Limin Tong Zhejiang University, China For seminal work in optical nanofibers and significant contributions to nanophotonics.

Overview

Limin Tong is affiliated with Zhejiang University in China, specializing primarily in the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Materials Chemistry.

The principal research topics covered by Limin Tong include:

Photonic and Optical Devices
Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Photonic Crystals and Applications
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications

Frequent publication venues for their work are diverse, with notable contributions to:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Light Science & Applications
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Photonics Research

They have numerous frequent collaborators, including Pan Wang, Xin Guo, Lei Zhang, Ni Yao, and Wei Fang.

Selected recent papers by Limin Tong illustrate the breadth and focus of their research:

"High-performance silicon−graphene hybrid plasmonic waveguide photodetectors beyond 1.55 μm" (2020) published in Light Science & Applications
"A multifunctional skin-like wearable optical sensor based on an optical micro-/nanofibre" (2020) published in Nanoscale
"Optical Micro/Nanofiber-Enabled Compact Tactile Sensor for Hardness Discrimination" (2021) published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
"Molecular Plasmonics with Metamaterials" (2022) published in Chemical Reviews
"Single optical microfiber enabled tactile sensor for simultaneous temperature and pressure measurement" (2022) published in Photonics Research

In 2015, Limin Tong was recognized as an OSA Fellow for seminal work in optical nanofibers and contributions to nanophotonics.

Best Publications

Subwavelength-diameter silica wires for low-loss optical waveguiding

Eric Mazur;Limin Tong;Rafael Gattass

1967
Citations
Single-mode guiding properties of subwavelength-diameter silica and silicon wire waveguides

Limin Tong;Jingyi Lou;Eric Mazur

945
Citations
Ultrafast All-Optical Graphene Modulator

Wei Li;Bigeng Chen;Chao Meng;Wei Fang

787
Citations
2D Materials for Optical Modulation: Challenges and Opportunities.

Shaoliang Yu;Xiaoqin Wu;Yipei Wang;Xin Guo

555
Citations
Single-nanowire spectrometers

Zongyin Yang;Thomas Albrow-Owen;Hanxiao Cui;Jack Allen Alexander-Webber

543
Citations
Direct coupling of plasmonic and photonic nanowires for hybrid nanophotonic components and circuits.

Xin Guo;Min Qiu;Jiming Bao;Benjamin J. Wiley

360
Citations
Polymer single-nanowire optical sensors.

Fuxing Gu;Lei Zhang;Xuefeng Yin;Limin Tong

347
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Assembly of silica nanowires on silica aerogels for microphotonic devices

Limin Tong;Jingyi Lou;Rafael R Gattass;Sailing He

336
Citations
Demonstration of optical microfiber knot resonators

Xiaoshun Jiang;Limin Tong;Guillaume Vienne;Xin Guo

294
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Modeling of silica nanowires for optical sensing

Jingyi Lou;Limin Tong;Zhizhen Ye

276
Citations
Functionalized polymer nanofibers: a versatile platform for manipulating light at the nanoscale

Pan Wang;Yipei Wang;Limin Tong

269
Citations
Microfiber Optical Sensors: A Review

Jingyi Lou;Yipei Wang;Limin Tong

257
Citations
Single-nanowire single-mode laser.

Yao Xiao;Chao Meng;Pan Wang;Yu Ye

249
Citations
Optical microfibers and nanofibers: A tutorial

Limin Tong;Fei Zi;Xin Guo;Jingyi Lou

246
Citations
Photonic nanowires directly drawn from bulk glasses

Limin Tong;Lili Hu;Junjie Zhang;Jianrong Qiu

246
Citations
High-performance silicon-graphene hybrid plasmonic waveguide photodetectors beyond 1.55 μm.

Jingshu Guo;Jiang Li;Chaoyue Liu;Yanlong Yin

242
Citations
Photonic Nanowires: From Subwavelength Waveguides to Optical Sensors

Xin Guo;Yibin Ying;Limin Tong

239
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Mach-Zehnder interferometers assembled with optical microfibers or nanofibers

Yuhang Li;Limin Tong

218
Citations
Polymer Nanofibers Embedded with Aligned Gold Nanorods: A New Platform for Plasmonic Studies and Optical Sensing

Pan Wang;Lei Zhang;Lei Zhang;Younan Xia;Limin Tong

209
Citations
All-optical graphene modulator based on optical Kerr phase shift

Shaoliang Yu;Xiaoqin Wu;Keren Chen;Bigeng Chen

206
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Data for: Single-nanowire spectrometers

Zongyin Yang;Tom Albrow-Owen;Hanxiao Cui;Jack Allen Alexander-Webber

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