2026 Zongfu Yu: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	108	1235	1168	651	604	774	59662

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Research.com Recognitions

2020 - OSA Fellows Zongfu Yu University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA For outstanding and sustained contributions to nanophotonics, particularly nonreciprocal optics, photovoltaics optics, and multi-modal light sensors

Overview

Zongfu Yu is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with notable contributions in subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Artificial Intelligence, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

Their work frequently addresses topics including Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications, Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies, Photonic Crystals and Applications, Photonic and Optical Devices, Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies, and Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies.

Zongfu Yu has authored several recent papers, including:

A solution-processed radiative cooling glass, 2023, Science
Vapor condensation with daytime radiative cooling, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Computational spectrometers enabled by nanophotonics and deep learning, 2022, Nanophotonics
Inverse Design of Metasurfaces Based on Coupled-Mode Theory and Adjoint Optimization, 2021, ACS Photonics
Hybrid concentrated radiative cooling and solar heating in a single system, 2021, Cell Reports Physical Science

Their frequent co-authors include Ming Zhou, Yurui Qu, Shanhui Fan, Nanfang Yu, and Momchil Minkov.

Zongfu Yu regularly publishes in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), ACS Photonics, Applied Physics Letters, Optics Express, and the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics.

In 2020, Zongfu Yu was recognized as an OSA Fellow with a citation noting contributions in nanophotonics, particularly nonreciprocal optics, photovoltaics optics, and multi-modal light sensors.

Best Publications

The BABAR detector

B. Aubert;A. Bazan;A. Boucham;D. Boutigny

3365
Citations
Large single-molecule fluorescence enhancements produced by a bowtie nanoantenna

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

2352
Citations
Measurement of the J/ψ meson and b-hadron production cross sections in pp̄ collisions at √s = 1960 GeV

D. Acosta;J. Adelman;T. Affolder;T. Akimoto

1796
Citations
Optical absorption enhancement in amorphous silicon nanowire and nanocone arrays.

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

1517
Citations
Self-assembly of highly efficient, broadband plasmonic absorbers for solar steam generation.

Lin Zhou;Yingling Tan;Dengxin Ji;Bin Zhu

1333
Citations
Realizing effective magnetic field for photons by controlling the phase of dynamic modulation

Kejie Fang;Zongfu Yu;Shanhui Fan

1267
Citations
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

1237
Citations
The BABAR detector: Upgrades, operation and performance

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

1177
Citations
Observation of the narrow state X(3872) → J/ψπ+π- in p̄p collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV

D. Acosta;T. Affolder;M. H. Ahn;M. H. Ahn;M. H. Ahn;T. Akimoto

1121
Citations
Fundamental limit of nanophotonic light-trapping in solar cells

Zongfu Yu;Aaswath Raman;Shanhui Fan

1113
Citations
Nanodome Solar Cells with Efficient Light Management and Self-Cleaning

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

1072
Citations
A transparent electrode based on a metal nanotrough network

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

1053
Citations
What is — and what is not — an optical isolator

Dirk Jalas;Alexander Petrov;Manfred Eich;Wolfgang Freude

1041
Citations
Complete optical isolation created by indirect interband photonic transitions

Zongfu Yu;Shanhui Fan

1000
Citations
Training Deep Neural Networks for the Inverse Design of Nanophotonic Structures

Dianjing Liu;Yixuan Tan;Erfan Khoram;Zongfu Yu

860
Citations
Study of the B- → J/ΨK -π+π- decay and measurement of the B - → X(3872)K- branching fraction

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

859
Citations
Electrically driven nonreciprocity induced by interband photonic transition on a silicon chip.

Hugo Lira;Zongfu Yu;Shanhui Fan;Michal Lipson

805
Citations
Observation of a Narrow Meson State Decaying to Ds+π0 at a Mass of 2.32 GeV/c2

B. Aubert;R. Barate;D. Boutigny;J. M. Gaillard

775
Citations
Absorption enhancement in ultrathin crystalline silicon solar cells with antireflection and light-trapping nanocone gratings.

Ken Xingze Wang;Zongfu Yu;Victor Liu;Yi Cui

744
Citations
Extraordinary Photoluminescence and Strong Temperature/Angle-Dependent Raman Responses in Few-Layer Phosphorene

Shuang Zhang;Jiong Yang;Renjing Xu;Fan Wang

741
Citations