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D-Index
49
Citations
18060
World Ranking
4206
National Ranking
1202

Qianfan Xu 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 Qianfan Xu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 218 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Qianfan Xu 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 Qianfan Xu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Qianfan Xu is a researcher affiliated with Rice University in the United States, specializing in the fields of engineering with a particular focus on electrical and electronic engineering and atomic and molecular physics, and optics. Their work primarily explores photonic and optical devices, optical network technologies, and quantum optics and atomic interactions.

Their publication record includes recent papers such as Low-chirp push-pull dual-ring modulator with 144 Gb/s PAM-4 data transmission (2020), published in Optics Express, and Research on Time Bank's Mutual-support Old-aged Care Mode Based on Blockchain Technology (2021), published in E3S Web of Conferences.

Qianfan Xu frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Xinru Wu
  • Binbin Guan
  • C. R. Doerr
  • Long Chen
  • Xiaoxiang Zhang

They have contributed to research published in venues such as:

  • Optics Express
  • E3S Web of Conferences

Their research spans core topics including:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Quantum optics and atomic interactions

This scientist's work integrates aspects of advanced optical communications and applications of blockchain technology in social care models, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach within engineering and physics domains.

Best Publications

  • Micrometre-scale silicon electro-optic modulator

    Qianfan Xu;Bradley Schmidt;Sameer Pradhan;Michal Lipson

  • Guiding and confining light in void nanostructure.

    Vilson R. Almeida;Qianfan Xu;Carlos A. Barrios;Michal Lipson

  • 12.5 Gbit/s carrier-injection-based silicon micro-ring silicon modulators

    Qianfan Xu;Sasikanth Manipatruni;Brad Schmidt;Jagat Shakya

  • Experimental demonstration of guiding and confining light in nanometer-size low-refractive-index material.

    Qianfan Xu;Vilson R. Almeida;Roberto R. Panepucci;Michal Lipson

  • Experimental realization of an on-chip all-optical analogue to electromagnetically induced transparency

    Qianfan Xu;Sunil Sandhu;Michelle L. Povinelli;Jagat Shakya

  • Excitation of Plasmonic Waves in Graphene by Guided-Mode Resonances

    Weilu Gao;Jie Shu;Ciyuan Qiu;Qianfan Xu

  • Silicon microring resonators with 1.5-microm radius.

    Qianfan Xu;David Fattal;Raymond G Beausoleil

  • All-optical logic based on silicon micro-ring resonators

    Qianfan Xu;Michal Lipson

  • Cascaded silicon micro-ring modulators for WDM optical interconnection.

    Qianfan Xu;Brad Schmidt;Jagat Shakya;Michal Lipson

  • Breaking the delay-bandwidth limit in a photonic structure

    Qianfan Xu;Po Dong;Michal Lipson

  • Observation of structure in the $J/\psi$-pair mass spectrum

    R. Aaij;C. Abellán Beteta;T. Ackernley

  • Changing the colour of light in a silicon resonator

    Stefan F. Preble;Qianfan Xu;Michal Lipson

  • Excitation and Active Control of Propagating Surface Plasmon Polaritons in Graphene

    Weilu Gao;Gang Shi;Zehua Jin;Jie Shu

  • Carrier-induced optical bistability in silicon ring resonators.

    Qianfan Xu;Michal Lipson

  • High-contrast terahertz wave modulation by gated graphene enhanced by extraordinary transmission through ring apertures.

    Weilu Gao;Jie Shu;Kimberly Reichel;Daniel V. Nickel

  • Reconfigurable optical directed-logic circuits using microresonator-based optical switches

    Qianfan Xu;Richard Soref

  • Direct chemical conversion of graphene to boron- and nitrogen- and carbon-containing atomic layers

    Yongji Gong;Gang Shi;Zhuhua Zhang;Wu Zhou

  • Amplitude analysis of the B+→D+D−K+ decay

    R. Aaij;C. Abellán Beteta;T. Ackernley;B. Adeva

  • All-optical slow-light on a photonic chip

    Yoshitomo Okawachi;Mark A. Foster;Jay E. Sharping;Alexander L. Gaeta

  • Devices and architectures for photonic chip-scale integration

    J. Ahn;M. Fiorentino;R. G. Beausoleil;N. Binkert

  • High Speed Carrier Injection 18 Gb/s Silicon Micro-ring Electro-optic Modulator

    S. Manipatruni;Qianfan Xu;B. Schmidt;J. Shakya

Frequent Co-Authors

Marina Artuso
Marina Artuso Syracuse University
Massimiliano Fiorini
Massimiliano Fiorini University of Ferrara

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