Mechanical and Optical Resonators
Mechanical and Optical Resonators is a research topic within Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Science Explorer counts 53k research works in it since 1950. 17.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the field of cavity optomechanics and nanomechanical systems, exploring topics such as achieving quantum ground state of mechanical oscillators, cavity cooling techniques, biosensors based on micromechanical resonators, magnon-photon interactions, photon blockade effects, entanglement between mechanical and optical systems, and ultra-sensitive sensing applications.
- Optomechanics
- Nanomechanical Systems
- Quantum Ground State
- Cavity Cooling
- Biosensors
- Micromechanical Resonators
- Magnons
- Photon Blockade
- Entanglement
- Sensing
- Research works
- 53k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 9.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -1% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Mechanical and Optical Resonators research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.1k and 1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.1k works
- 2 United States 1k works
- 3 Germany 350 works
- 4 Japan 334 works
- 5 India 327 works
- 6 France 277 works
- 7 Russia 251 works
- 8 United Kingdom 215 works
- 9 Italy 181 works
- 10 Canada 134 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Mechanical and Optical Resonators research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Mechanical and Optical Resonators research, followed by Xi'an Jiaotong University and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 53 works
- 2 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 49 works
- 3 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 48 works
- 4 Zhejiang UniversityChina 47 works
- 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 46 works
- 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 44 works
- 7 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 42 works
- 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 41 works
- 9 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 39 works
- 10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 38 works
Who are the leading researchers in Mechanical and Optical Resonators?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Mechanical and Optical Resonators include Zhong Lin Wang, Kenji Watanabe and Takashi Taniguchi.
- 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 11k citations
- 2 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations
- 3 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 6.2k citations
- 4 Hongjie Dai United States 5.8k citations
- 5 Rodney S. Ruoff United States 5.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Mechanical and Optical Resonators research done?
The largest centres of Mechanical and Optical Resonators research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gaithersburg and Pasadena.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- GaithersburgUS · 28.3 works21×
- PasadenaUS · 32.0 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Mechanical and Optical Resonators than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Mechanical and Optical Resonators?
Among universities, judged by research, Hunan Normal University, Shanxi University and California Institute of Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunan Normal UniversityChina | 73.9 | 32.4% | 12.0× | 19 | +194.0% |
| 2 | Shanxi UniversityChina | 68.3 | 22.7% | 12.2× | 22 | +249.5% |
| 3 | California Institute of TechnologyUnited States | 67.7 | 35.7% | 15.8× | 25 | -52.0% |
| 4 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland | 66.1 | 23.6% | 11.0× | 30 | -6.0% |
| 5 | Northeast Normal UniversityChina | 63.7 | 25.1% | 9.3× | 13 | +258.1% |
| 6 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 63.2 | 28.1% | 4.0× | 42 | +195.0% |
| 7 | ETH ZurichSwitzerland | 62.9 | 34.9% | 5.8× | 26 | +10.4% |
| 8 | Hefei UniversityChina | 62.6 | 36.6% | 15.6× | 11 | — |
| 9 | Chalmers University of TechnologySweden | 61.0 | 33.8% | 8.2× | 14 | +9.8% |
| 10 | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityJapan | 60.2 | 14.8% | 27.0× | 9 | +222.5% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Mechanical and Optical Resonators research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011. The fastest-growing topics are Mechanical and Optical Resonators.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.