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Overview

Zhen Tian is affiliated with Tianjin University in China and has a research focus primarily in engineering and materials science. Their scholarly work spans various subfields, including electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and materials chemistry.

The primary topics covered in Tian's research include terahertz technology and applications, metamaterials and metasurfaces applications, plasmonic and surface plasmon research, photonic and optical devices, photonic crystals and their applications, advanced antenna and metasurface technologies, and spectroscopy and laser applications.

Tian's research output features several recently published papers, covering topics at the intersection of optics, materials, and terahertz science. Notable recent publications include:

  • Terahertz surface plasmonic waves: a review, 2020, Advanced Photonics
  • Advanced Terahertz Refractive Sensing And Fingerprint Recognition Through Metasurface-Excited Surface Waves, 2024, Advanced Materials
  • Multi-cycle reconfigurable THz extraordinary optical transmission using chalcogenide metamaterials, 2022, Opto-Electronic Science
  • Dielectric Metasurfaces for Complete Control of Phase, Amplitude, and Polarization, 2021, Advanced Optical Materials
  • Highly sensitive terahertz metamaterial biosensor for bovine serum albumin (BSA) detection, 2021, Optical Materials Express

The scientist frequently publishes in a select group of journals that include Laser & Photonics Review, Photonics Research, Applied Physics Letters, Optics Express, and Advanced Optical Materials.

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Tian's research activities. Regular co-authors include Weili Zhang, Jiaguang Han, Xieyu Chen, Chunmei Ouyang, and Shoujun Zhang, reflecting ongoing partnerships in their scientific investigations.

Best Publications

  • Active control of electromagnetically induced transparency analogue in terahertz metamaterials

    Jianqiang Gu;Ranjan Singh;Xiaojun Liu;Xueqian Zhang

  • Broadband Terahertz Wave Deflection Based on C‐shape Complex Metamaterials with Phase Discontinuities

    Xueqian Zhang;Zhen Tian;Weisheng Yue;Jianqiang Gu

  • A perfect metamaterial polarization rotator

    Longqing Cong;Wei Cao;Xueqian Zhang;Zhen Tian

  • Electromagnetically induced transparency in terahertz plasmonic metamaterials via dual excitation pathways of the dark mode

    Xiaojun Liu;Jianqiang Gu;Ranjan Singh;Yingfang Ma

  • Active graphene–silicon hybrid diode for terahertz waves

    Quan Li;Zhen Tian;Xueqian Zhang;Ranjan Singh

  • A Broadband Metasurface‐Based Terahertz Flat‐Lens Array

    Qiu Wang;Xueqian Zhang;Yuehong Xu;Zhen Tian

  • Broadband metasurface holograms: toward complete phase and amplitude engineering.

    Qiu Wang;Xueqian Zhang;Yuehong Xu;Jianqiang Gu

  • Manipulating the plasmon-induced transparency in terahertz metamaterials.

    Zhongyang Li;Yingfang Ma;Ran Huang;Ranjan Singh

  • Terahertz surface plasmonic waves: a review

    Xueqian Zhang;Quan Xu;Lingbo Xia;Yanfeng Li

  • Anomalous Refraction and Nondiffractive Bessel-Beam Generation of Terahertz Waves through Transmission-Type Coding Metasurfaces

    Shuo Liu;Ahsan Noor;Liang Liang Du;Lei Zhang

  • Thermally Dependent Dynamic Meta-Holography Using a Vanadium Dioxide Integrated Metasurface

    Xingbo Liu;Qiu Wang;Xueqian Zhang;Hua Li

  • Efficient flat metasurface lens for terahertz imaging

    Quanlong Yang;Jianqiang Gu;Dongyang Wang;Xueqian Zhang

  • High‐Efficiency Dielectric Metasurfaces for Polarization‐Dependent Terahertz Wavefront Manipulation

    Huifang Zhang;Xueqian Zhang;Quan Xu;Chunxiu Tian

  • Terahertz superconductor metamaterial

    Jianqiang Gu;Ranjan Singh;Zhen Tian;Wei Cao

  • Frequency‐Dependent Dual‐Functional Coding Metasurfaces at Terahertz Frequencies

    Shuo Liu;Lei Zhang;Quan Long Yang;Quan Xu

  • Monolayer graphene sensing enabled by the strong Fano-resonant metasurface

    Quan Li;Quan Li;Longqing Cong;Ranjan Singh;Ningning Xu

  • Broadband plasmon induced transparency in terahertz metamaterials.

    Zhihua Zhu;Xu Yang;Jianqiang Gu;Jun Jiang

  • Manipulating polarization states of terahertz radiation using metamaterials

    Longqing Cong;Wei Cao;Zhen Tian;Jianqiang Gu

  • Electrically Tunable Perfect Terahertz Absorber Based on a Graphene Salisbury Screen Hybrid Metasurface

    Xieyu Chen;Zhen Tian;Yongchang Lu;Yuehong Xu

  • Plasmon-induced transparency in twisted Fano terahertz metamaterials

    Yingfang Ma;Zhongyang Li;Yuanmu Yang;Ran Huang

  • Dual control of active graphene–silicon hybrid metamaterial devices

    Quan Li;Zhen Tian;Xueqian Zhang;Ningning Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Weili Zhang
Weili Zhang Oklahoma State University
Jianqiang Gu
Jianqiang Gu Tianjin University
Shuang Zhang
Shuang Zhang University of Hong Kong
Xixiang Zhang
Xixiang Zhang King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Zhenxiang Cheng
Zhenxiang Cheng University of Wollongong
Andrea Alù
Andrea Alù City University of New York
Hou-Tong Chen
Hou-Tong Chen Los Alamos National Laboratory
John F. O'Hara
John F. O'Hara Oklahoma State University
Alex Krasnok
Alex Krasnok Florida International University
Arthur C. Gossard
Arthur C. Gossard University of California, Santa Barbara

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