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Shanhui Fan

Stanford University · US
Area of research
Electrical and Electronic Engineering · Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Research interest
are in fundamental studies of nanophotonic structures, especially photonic crystals and meta-materials, and applications of these structures in energy and information technology applications Academic Appointments Professor, Electrical Engineering Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for Energy Professor (By courtesy), Applied Physics Member, Bio-X Affiliate, Precourt Institute for Energy Administrative Appointments Director, the Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University (2014 - 2021) Honors &
h-index
163
citations
110,687
works
1,433
NIH funding
primary concept
Physics
email

Recent publications

A cryogenic near-field thermal diode leveraging superconducting phase transitions.
2026cited by 2position: contributordoi
Ideal optical antimatter using passive lossy materials under complex frequency excitation.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Experimental observation of energy-band Riemann surface.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Publisher Correction: Dynamic realization of emergent high-dimensional optical vortices.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Scalable Carbon Dioxide Capture Using Clay-Derived Zeolites via Atomic Rearrangement
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Reciprocity-based compound symmetries in inhomogeneous chiral and Tellegen media [Invited]
Optical Materials Express 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Purcell-enhanced solid-state laser cooling
Physical Review Applied 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Realization of the tellegen effect in resonant optical metasurfaces
eLight 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
A single-layer color router for solid-state image sensors
Applied Physics Letters 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Generating Topological Nondiffracting Beams Using High-Quality-Factor Nonlocal Metasurfaces
ACS Photonics 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Dynamic control of intrinsic optical chirality via MEMS-integrated photonic crystals
Optica 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
A broadband electromagnetic circulator in magnetized plasma
Applied Physics Letters 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Free-space topological optical textures: tutorial
Advances in Optics and Photonics 2025cited by 65position: contributordoi
Nonlocality in photonic materials and metamaterials: roadmap
Optical Materials Express 2025cited by 30position: contributordoi
Nonlocality in photonic materials and metamaterials: roadmap
Optical Materials Express 2025cited by 28position: middledoi
An adaptive moiré sensor for spectro-polarimetric hyperimaging
Nature Photonics 2025cited by 23position: contributordoi
Control of Chirality and Directionality of Nonlinear Metasurface Light Source via Moiré Engineering
Physical Review Letters 2025cited by 23position: middledoi
Accelerated photonic design of coolhouse film for photosynthesis via machine learning
Nature Communications 2025cited by 21position: middledoi
Roadmap on Neuromorphic Photonics
ArXiv.org 2025cited by 15position: middledoi
End-to-end design of multicolor scintillators for enhanced energy resolution in X-ray imaging
Light Science & Applications 2025cited by 13position: middledoi
Non-Abelian lattice gauge fields in photonic synthetic frequency dimensions.
2025cited by 10position: contributordoi
Unitary control of multiport wave transmission
Physical Review A 2025cited by 7position: contributordoi
Accelerated photonic design of coolhouse film for photosynthesis via machine learning.
2025cited by 5position: contributordoi
Control of Chirality and Directionality of Nonlinear Metasurface Light Source via Moiré Engineering.
2025cited by 4position: contributordoi
Universal programmable and self-configuring optical filter
Optica 2025cited by 4position: contributordoi
Highly sensitive and efficient 1550 nm photodetector for room temperature operation
AIP Advances 2025cited by 4position: contributordoi
Creating high-dimensional topological physics using a single ring resonator
Newton 2025cited by 4position: contributordoi
Nighttime electric power generation at a density of 350 mW/m2 via radiative cooling
Cell Reports Physical Science 2025cited by 4position: contributordoi
Decoherence-free many-body Hamiltonians in nonlinear waveguide quantum electrodynamics
Physical Review Research 2025cited by 4position: contributordoi
Quadrature-dependent lattice dynamics of dissipative microcombs
Nature Photonics 2025cited by 4position: contributordoi

Grants

Collaborative Research: Designing Thermophotonic Materials for Passive Radiative Cooling
NSF1562204$100,0002017–2019PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: CMOS Compatible On-Chip Optical Isolator
NSF1201914$180,0002012–2015PIRePORTER
FRG: Collaborative Research: Modeling, Computation, and Analysis of Optical Responses of Nano Structures
NSF0968809$360,0002010–2013PIRePORTER
Theory of Non-Reciprocal Photonic Crystals
NSF0622212$270,0002006–2009PIRePORTER
NER: Exploration of Nanoscale Plasmonic Circuits
NSF0303884$100,0002003–2004PIRePORTER
CAREER: Computational Studies of New Metallodielectric Structures for Manipulating Light At Sub-wavelengthscales
NSF0134607$375,0002002–2007PIRePORTER
Using the Dispersive Properties of Photonic Crystals for Optical Communication
NSF0200445$240,0002002–2005PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 182 papers (2019–2026)Cheng Guo · Zhejiang University28 papers (2020–2026)Wei Li · Beijing Building Construction Research Institute (China)21 papers (2019–2025)Avik Dutt · Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science15 papers (2020–2024)Bo Zhao · Soochow University13 papers (2019–2023)Beicheng Lou · University of California, Berkeley10 papers (2022–2026)Peter Catrysse · K Lab (United States)10 papers (2019–2026)Charles Roques-Carmes · Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology9 papers (2024–2026)Haiwen Wang · Wuhan Technology and Business University8 papers (2021–2026)Luqi Yuan · Development Research Center8 papers (2020–2022)David A. B. Miller · UConn Health8 papers (2019–2025)Jelena Vučković · Stanford Medicine8 papers (2019–2025)Weiliang Jin · Flex (Mauritius)8 papers (2020–2024)Cheng‐Wei Qiu · National University of Singapore8 papers (2018–2024)Yubin Park · Florida State University7 papers (2021–2024)Lingling Fan · Yale University7 papers (2020–2024)Cheng-Wei Qiu · National University of Singapore7 papers (2019–2024)Kai Wang · Liaocheng University7 papers (2021–2025)Momchil Minkov · Flex (Mauritius)7 papers (2019–2023)Wei Li · Nanchang University7 papers (2018–2025)