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Best Scientists

D-Index
177
Citations
132430
World Ranking
672
National Ranking
421

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
174
Citations
129084
World Ranking
6
National Ranking
4

Physics

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184
Citations
141824
World Ranking
102
National Ranking
70

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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
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  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
  • 2011 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to nanophotonics
  • 2010 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2008 - OSA Fellows For many deep and creative contributions to physics, analysis, and novel devices in semiconductor, dielectric and metallic optical nanostructures.
  • 2008 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation Contributions to the theory and applications of nanophotonic structures and devices, including photonic crystals, plasmonics and metamaterials

Overview

Shanhui Fan is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has a significant body of research contributions primarily in the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Engineering. Their work spans subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Artificial Intelligence; Civil and Structural Engineering; and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

Their research covers a variety of topics, including:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications

Shanhui Fan has published extensively in prominent venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Physical Review Letters
  • ACS Photonics
  • Physical Review B

Among recent publications associated with or relevant to their field are:

  • "Inference in artificial intelligence with deep optics and photonics," 2020, Nature
  • "Scalable and hierarchically designed polymer film as a selective thermal emitter for high-performance all-day radiative cooling," 2020, Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Terrestrial radiative cooling: Using the cold universe as a renewable and sustainable energy source," 2020, Science
  • "Transforming heat transfer with thermal metamaterials and devices," 2021, Nature Reviews Materials
  • "Photonics and thermodynamics concepts in radiative cooling," 2022, Nature Photonics

Co-authors who have frequently collaborated with Shanhui Fan include:

  • Cheng Guo
  • Avik Dutt
  • Meir Orenstein
  • Viktar Asadchy
  • Momchil Minkov

The scientist has received several professional recognitions such as:

  • IEEE Fellow in 2011 for contributions to nanophotonics
  • SPIE Fellow in 2010
  • OSA Fellow in 2008 for contributions in semiconductor, dielectric, and metallic optical nanostructures
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2008 for contributions to nanophotonic structures and devices, including photonic crystals, plasmonics, and metamaterials

Best Publications

  • Photonic crystals: putting a new twist on light

    J. D. Joannopoulos;Pierre R. Villeneuve;Shanhui Fan

  • Passive radiative cooling below ambient air temperature under direct sunlight

    Aaswath P. Raman;Marc Abou Anoma;Linxiao Zhu;Eden Rephaeli

  • Parity–time-symmetric whispering-gallery microcavities

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

  • High Transmission through Sharp Bends in Photonic Crystal Waveguides.

    Attila Mekis;J. C. Chen;I. Kurland;Shanhui Fan

  • Large single-molecule fluorescence enhancements produced by a bowtie nanoantenna

    Anika A. Kinkhabwala;Zongfu Yu;Shanhui Fan;Yuri Avlasevich

  • Nanoscale thermal transport. II. 2003–2012

    David G. Cahill;Paul V. Braun;Gang Chen;David R. Clarke

  • A Dielectric Omnidirectional Reflector

    Yoel Fink;Joshua N. Winn;Shanhui Fan;Chiping Chen

  • Temporal coupled-mode theory for the Fano resonance in optical resonators

    Shanhui Fan;Wonjoo Suh;J. D. Joannopoulos

  • Analysis of guided resonances in photonic crystal slabs

    Shanhui Fan;J. D. Joannopoulos

  • Guided modes in photonic crystal slabs

    Steven G. Johnson;Shanhui Fan;Pierre R. Villeneuve;J. D. Joannopoulos

  • Optical absorption enhancement in amorphous silicon nanowire and nanocone arrays.

    Jia Zhu;Zongfu Yu;George F. Burkhard;Ching-Mei Hsu

  • Photonic-bandgap microcavities in optical waveguides

    J. S. Foresi;P. R. Villeneuve;J. Ferrera;E. R. Thoen

  • Realizing effective magnetic field for photons by controlling the phase of dynamic modulation

    Kejie Fang;Zongfu Yu;Shanhui Fan

  • Observation of a broad structure in the pi(+)pi(-)J/psi mass spectrum around 4.26 GeV/c(2)

    B. Aubert;R. Barate;D. Boutigny;F. Couderc

  • Ultrabroadband Photonic Structures To Achieve High-Performance Daytime Radiative Cooling

    Eden Rephaeli;Aaswath Raman;Shanhui Fan

  • The BABAR detector: Upgrades, operation and performance

    B. Aubert;R. Barate;D. Boutigny;F. Couderc

  • Radiative human body cooling by nanoporous polyethylene textile

    Po-Chun Hsu;Alex Y. Song;Peter B. Catrysse;Chong Liu

  • Fundamental limit of nanophotonic light-trapping in solar cells

    Zongfu Yu;Aaswath Raman;Shanhui Fan

  • Nanodome Solar Cells with Efficient Light Management and Self-Cleaning

    Jia Zhu;Ching-Mei Hsu;Zongfu Yu;Shanhui Fan

  • A transparent electrode based on a metal nanotrough network

    Hui Wu;Desheng Kong;Zhichao Ruan;Po-Chun Hsu

  • Complete optical isolation created by indirect interband photonic transitions

    Zongfu Yu;Shanhui Fan

Frequent Co-Authors

Zongfu Yu
Zongfu Yu University of Wisconsin–Madison
K. Honscheid
K. Honscheid The Ohio State University
M. L. Perl
M. L. Perl Stanford University
D. Kirkby
D. Kirkby University of California, Irvine
B. N. Ratcliff
B. N. Ratcliff Stanford University
M. Davier
M. Davier University of Paris-Saclay
J. E. Brau
J. E. Brau University of Oregon
W. H. Toki
W. H. Toki Colorado State University
J. L. Ritchie
J. L. Ritchie The University of Texas at Austin

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