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D-Index
41
Citations
6063
World Ranking
4333
National Ranking
660

Xinlun Cai publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xinlun Cai sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 243 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Xinlun Cai D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Overview

Xinlun Cai is affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University in China and works primarily in the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy. Their research output spans several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Instrumentation.

The main topics of Xinlun Cai's research include Photonic and Optical Devices, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics, Optical Network Technologies, Advanced Photonic Communication Systems, Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics, and Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors.

Xinlun Cai has contributed to a number of scholarly papers published in notable venues. Some of the recent papers include:

  • Dual-polarization thin-film lithium niobate in-phase quadrature modulators for terabit-per-second transmission (2021), Optica
  • 1-Pbps orbital angular momentum fibre-optic transmission (2022), Light Science & Applications
  • High-performance polarization management devices based on thin-film lithium niobate (2022), Light Science & Applications
  • Low-loss edge-coupling thin-film lithium niobate modulator with an efficient phase shifter (2021), Optics Letters
  • Optimizing the efficiency of a periodically poled LNOI waveguide using in situ monitoring of the ferroelectric domains (2020), Applied Physics Letters

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Siyuan Yu
  • Mengyue Xu
  • Zhongjin Lin
  • Heyun Tan
  • Yuntao Zhu

Xinlun Cai's publications are often found in venues such as:

  • Optics Letters
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Asia Communications and Photonics Conference 2021

The breadth of Xinlun Cai's work reflects an extensive involvement in both fundamental and applied research in photonics and optical technologies, focusing on advancing the capabilities of fiber optic communication and photonic device engineering.

Best Publications

  • Integrated Compact Optical Vortex Beam Emitters

    Xinlun Cai;Jianwei Wang;Michael J. Strain;Benjamin Johnson-Morris

  • High-performance hybrid silicon and lithium niobate Mach–Zehnder modulators for 100 Gbit s −1 and beyond

    Mingbo He;Mengyue Xu;Yuxuan Ren;Jian Jian

  • High-performance coherent optical modulators based on thin-film lithium niobate platform

    Mengyue Xu;Mingbo He;Hongguang Zhang;Jian Jian

  • High-Performance Hybrid Silicon and Lithium Niobate Mach-Zehnder Modulators for 100 Gbit/s and Beyond

    Mingbo He;Mengyue Xu;Yuxuan Ren;Jian Jian

  • High-dimensional quantum key distribution based on multicore fiber using silicon photonic integrated circuits

    Yunhong Ding;Davide Bacco;Kjeld Dalgaard;Xinlun Cai

  • Orbital angular momentum complex spectrum analyzer for vortex light based on the rotational Doppler effect.

    Hai-Long Zhou;Dong-Zhi Fu;Jian-Ji Dong;Pei Zhang

  • Fast electrical switching of orbital angular momentum modes using ultra-compact integrated vortex emitters

    Michael J. Strain;Xinlun Cai;Jianwei Wang;Jiangbo Zhu

  • Direct fiber vector eigenmode multiplexing transmission seeded by integrated optical vortex emitters.

    Jun Liu;Shi-Mao Li;Long Zhu;An-Dong Wang

  • 1-Pbps orbital angular momentum fibre-optic transmission

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  • Orbital angular momentum vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

    Huanlu Li;David B. Phillips;Xuyang Wang;Ying-Lung Daniel Ho

  • High Performance Polarization Management Devices Based on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate.

    Zhongjin Lin;Yanmei Lin;Hao Li;Mengyue Xu

  • Scalable mode division multiplexed transmission over a 10-km ring-core fiber using high-order orbital angular momentum modes

    Guoxuan Zhu;Ziyang Hu;Xiong Wu;Cheng Du

  • Low-loss edge-coupling thin-film lithium niobate modulator with an efficient phase shifter

    Pan Ying;Heyun Tan;Junwei Zhang;Mingbo He

  • Optimizing the efficiency of a periodically poled LNOI waveguide using in situ monitoring of the ferroelectric domains

    Yunfei Niu;Chen Lin;Xiaoyue Liu;Yan Chen

  • Ultra-compact broadband polarization diversity orbital angular momentum generator with 3.6 × 3.6 μm2 footprint

    Nan Zhou;Shuang Zheng;Xiaoping Cao;Yifan Zhao

  • Implementing graph-theoretic quantum algorithms on a silicon photonic quantum walk processor

    Xiaogang Qiang;Yizhi Wang;Shichuan Xue;Renyou Ge

  • A Free-Space Orbital Angular Momentum Multiplexing Communication System Based on a Metasurface

    Heyun Tan;Junhong Deng;Ruizhe Zhao;Xiong Wu

  • Flat Optical Frequency Comb Generator Based on Integrated Lithium Niobate Modulators

    Mengyue Xu;Mingbo He;Yuntao Zhu;Siyuan Yu

  • Bias-drift-free Mach–Zehnder modulators based on a heterogeneous silicon and lithium niobate platform

    Shihao Sun;Mingbo He;Mengyue Xu;Shengqian Gao

  • Low-loss two-dimensional silicon photonic grating coupler with a backside metal mirror.

    Yannong Luo;Zhichao Nong;Shengqian Gao;Huamao Huang

  • Ultrabright Multiplexed Energy-Time-Entangled Photon Generation from Lithium Niobate on Insulator Chip

    Guang-Tai Xue;Yun-Fei Niu;Xiaoyue Liu;Jia-Chen Duan

  • Highly efficient thermo-optic tunable micro-ring resonator based on an LNOI platform

    Xiaoyue Liu;Pan Ying;Xuming Zhong;Jian Xu

  • An InP-based vortex beam emitter with monolithically integrated laser.

    Juan Zhang;Changzheng Sun;Bing Xiong;Jian Wang

  • Theoretical model for angular grating-based integrated optical vortex beam emitters

    Jiangbo Zhu;Xinlun Cai;Yujie Chen;Siyuan Yu

  • Mode Division Multiplexing Based on Ring Core Optical Fibers

    Jie Liu;Guoxuan Zhu;Junwei Zhang;Yuanhui Wen

  • Three-dimensional entanglement on a silicon chip

    Liangliang Lu;Lijun Xia;Zhiyu Chen;Leizhen Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Siyuan Yu
Siyuan Yu Sun Yat-sen University
Marc Sorel
Marc Sorel University of Glasgow
Jian Wang
Jian Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Xinliang Zhang
Xinliang Zhang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Jianji Dong
Jianji Dong Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Yunhong Ding
Yunhong Ding Technical University of Denmark
Michael J. Strain
Michael J. Strain University of Strathclyde
Mark G. Thompson
Mark G. Thompson University of Bristol
Shining Zhu
Shining Zhu Nanjing University
Zhaohui Li
Zhaohui Li Sun Yat-sen University

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