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Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies

Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1951. 15.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advancements in two-photon microfabrication techniques, utilizing two-photon absorption, nonlinear optical materials, femtosecond laser writing, and nanocomposite materials. The research covers topics such as photonic crystals, polymerization, and the development of hybrid materials for applications in microfabrication and optical limiting.

  • Two-Photon Absorption
  • Microfabrication
  • Nonlinear Optical Materials
  • Femtosecond Laser Writing
  • Photonic Crystals
  • Nanocomposite Materials
  • Polymerization
  • Optical Limiting
  • Hybrid Materials
  • Multiphoton Fabrication
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+6%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (633 and 374 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 633 works
  2. 2 India 374 works
  3. 3 United States 210 works
  4. 4 Russia 154 works
  5. 5 Germany 125 works
  6. 6 France 123 works
  7. 7 Japan 97 works
  8. 8 Iraq 65 works
  9. 9 Iran 64 works
  10. 10 Saudi Arabia 48 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.

China: 33.4%India: 19.8%United States: 11.1%Russia: 8.1%6 others listed: 27.6%33%largest
China633 · 33.4%India374 · 19.8%United States210 · 11.1%Russia154 · 8.1%6 others listed522 · 27.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Bharathidasan University publishes the most Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Who are the leading researchers in Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies include Ben Zhong Tang, George M. Whitesides and Akihisa Inoue.

  1. 1 Ben Zhong Tang Hong Kong 7k citations
  2. 2 George M. Whitesides United States 4.8k citations
  3. 3 Akihisa Inoue Japan 4.7k citations
  4. 4 M. S. Dresselhaus United States 4.2k citations
  5. 5 Richard H. Friend United Kingdom 4k citations
  6. 6 Zhibo Liu China 3.6k citations
  7. 7 Edward H. Sargent Canada 3.6k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies research done?

The largest centres of Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Shanghai (China) and Chennai (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tiruchchirappalli.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 110 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 70 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 48 works
  4. 4 Chennai India 38 works
  5. 5 Paris France 35 works
  6. 6 Tiruchchirappalli India 34 works
  7. 7 Wuhan China 31 works
  8. 8 Xi'an China 28 works
  9. 9 Changchun China 26 works
  10. 10 Nanjing China 24 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TiruchchirappalliIN · 34.1 works31×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Basrah, King Khalid University and Bharathidasan University 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.

0%10%20%mean 9.11%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Basrah: 17, 5.8%King Khalid University: 9, 11.6%Bharathidasan University: 30, 2.3%University of Babylon: 9, 13.7%Vilnius University: 8, 17.2%Shenzhen University: 11, 11.6%ITMO University: 10, 1.0%École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne: 9, 4.3%Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: 11, 13.1%University of Hyderabad: 11, 10.5%University of BabylonKing Khalid UniversityUniversity of BasrahBharathidasan Univer…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of BasrahIraq 57.45.8%29.9×17 +192.4%
2 King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia 56.111.6%10.1×9
3 Bharathidasan UniversityIndia 55.22.3%69.2×30 +87.2%
4 University of BabylonIraq 48.913.7%13.5×9
5 Vilnius UniversityLithuania 48.417.2%13.8×8 -9.5%
6 Shenzhen UniversityChina 45.911.6%5.6×11 +580.0%
7 ITMO UniversityRussia 44.41.0%22.9×10 +241.5%
8 École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland 44.24.3%8.3×9 +180.5%
9 Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany 43.213.1%8.3×11 -19.1%
10 University of HyderabadIndia 42.610.5%30.3×11 -20.0%

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 Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies.

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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.