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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
USA
2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
108
Citations
43974
World Ranking
117
National Ranking
56

Physics

D-Index
111
Citations
45507
World Ranking
1127
National Ranking
598

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
  • 2015 - OSA Fellows Marko Lončar Harvard University, USA For seminal contributions to diamond nanophotonics, nanoscale optomechanics and photonic crystal devices.
  • 2010 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Marko Loncar is a researcher affiliated with Harvard University in the United States whose work spans engineering and physics, with a concentration on optics and photonics. Their research expertise includes several subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, and computational mechanics.

The primary scientific topics covered by Marko Loncar's work include photonic and optical devices, advanced fiber laser technologies, photonic crystals and applications, diamond and carbon-based materials research, photorefractive and nonlinear optics, advanced photonic communication systems, and nonlinear optical materials studies.

Their recent notable publications include:

  • "Coupling of a single tin-vacancy center to a photonic crystal cavity in diamond" (2021, Applied Physics Letters)
  • "Systematic investigation of millimeter-wave optic modulation performance in thin-film lithium niobate" (2022, Photonics Research)
  • "Telecommunication-wavelength two-dimensional photonic crystal cavities in a thin single-crystal diamond membrane" (2021, arXiv (Cornell University))
  • "Integrated lithium niobate photonic computing circuit based on efficient and high-speed electro-optic conversion" (2024, arXiv (Cornell University))
  • "Discrepancies in the free spectral range (FSR) of one-dimensional (1D) photonic crystal/photonic wire coupled-cavities" (2020, Engineering Research Express)

Frequent co-authors in their research include Dylan Renaud, Kazuhiro Kuruma, Cleaven Chia, Neil Sinclair, and Hana Warner.

Marko Loncar's works have been published in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Optics Letters, Applied Physics Letters, Photonics Research, and Engineering Research Express.

Recognized within the scientific community, Marko Loncar has been named an OSA Fellow in 2015 "For seminal contributions to diamond nanophotonics, nanoscale optomechanics and photonic crystal devices." They were also awarded a fellowship by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Integrated lithium niobate electro-optic modulators operating at CMOS-compatible voltages

    Cheng Wang;Cheng Wang;Mian Zhang;Xi Chen;Maxime Bertrand;Maxime Bertrand

  • Integrated photonics on thin-film lithium niobate

    Di Zhu;Linbo Shao;Mengjie Yu;Rebecca Cheng

  • A diamond nanowire single-photon source

    Thomas M. Babinec;Birgit J. M. Hausmann;Birgit J. M. Hausmann;Mughees Khan;Yinan Zhang

  • An integrated diamond nanophotonics platform for quantum optical networks

    A. Sipahigil;R. E. Evans;D. D. Sukachev;D. D. Sukachev;M. J. Burek

  • Broadband electro-optic frequency comb generation in a lithium niobate microring resonator

    Mian Zhang;Brandon Buscaino;Cheng Wang;Cheng Wang;Amirhassan Shams-Ansari;Amirhassan Shams-Ansari

  • Monolithic ultra-high-Q lithium niobate microring resonator

    Mian Zhang;Cheng Wang;Rebecca Cheng;Amirhassan Shams-Ansari

  • Electrically Tunable Metasurface Perfect Absorbers for Ultrathin Mid-Infrared Optical Modulators

    Yu Yao;Raji Shankar;Mikhail A. Kats;Yi Song

  • A robust scanning diamond sensor for nanoscale imaging with single nitrogen-vacancy centres.

    Patrick Maletinsky;Sungkun Hong;Michael Sean Grinolds;Birgit Judith Maria Hausmann

  • Nanophotonic lithium niobate electro-optic modulators.

    Cheng Wang;Mian Zhang;Brian Stern;Michal Lipson

  • Single-Photon Switching and Entanglement of Solid-State Qubits in an Integrated Nanophotonic System

    Alp Sipahigil;Ruffin E. Evans;Denis D. Sukachev;Michael J. Burek

  • Ultrahigh-efficiency wavelength conversion in nanophotonic periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides

    Cheng Wang;Carsten Langrock;Alireza Marandi;Marc Jankowski

  • Experimental demonstration of memory-enhanced quantum communication.

    Mihir Bhaskar;Ralf Riedinger;Bart Machielse;David Levonian

  • Large-scale quantum-emitter arrays in atomically thin semiconductors.

    Carmen Palacios-Berraquero;Dhiren M. Kara;Alejandro R.-P. Montblanch;Matteo Barbone

  • Lithium niobate photonics: Unlocking the electromagnetic spectrum

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  • High quality factor photonic crystal nanobeam cavities

    Parag B. Deotare;Murray W. McCutcheon;Ian W. Frank;Mughees Khan

  • 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

  • Deterministic design of wavelength scale, ultra-high Q photonic crystal nanobeam cavities

    Qimin Quan;Marko Loncar

  • Design of photonic crystal microcavities for cavity QED

    Jelena Vučković;Marko Lončar;Hideo Mabuchi;Axel Scherer

  • Evanescent-wave bonding between optical waveguides

    Michelle L. Povinelli;Marko Lončar;Mihai Ibanescu;Elizabeth J. Smythe

  • Photonic crystal laser sources for chemical detection

    Axel Scherer;Marko Loncar

  • Low-Threshold Photonic Crystal Laser

    Marko Lončar;Tomoyuki Yoshie;Axel Scherer;Pawan Gogna

  • Broadband electro-optic frequency comb generation in an integrated microring resonator

    Mian Zhang;Brandon Buscaino;Cheng Wang;Amirhassan Shams-Ansari

  • Single-Photon Switching and Entanglement of Solid-State Qubits in an Integrated Nanophotonic System

    Ruffin Evans;Alp Sipahigil;Denis Sukachev;Michael Burek

Frequent Co-Authors

Axel Scherer
Axel Scherer California Institute of Technology
Mian Zhang
Mian Zhang HyperLight
Mikhail D. Lukin
Mikhail D. Lukin Harvard University
Federico Capasso
Federico Capasso Harvard University
Jelena Vuckovic
Jelena Vuckovic Stanford University
Hongkun Park
Hongkun Park Harvard University
Joanna Aizenberg
Joanna Aizenberg Harvard University
Alexander L. Gaeta
Alexander L. Gaeta Columbia University
Yoshitomo Okawachi
Yoshitomo Okawachi Columbia University

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