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217 Bo Xiong, Yu Liu, Yihao Xu, Lin Deng, Chao-Wei Chen, Jia-Nan Wang, Ruwen Peng*, Yun Lai, Yongmin Liu*, Mu Wang*, “Breaking the limitation of polarization multiplexing in optical metasurfaces
with engineered noise”, Science, 379, 294-299 (2023). pdf
David Pile, “Add noise for better multiplexing”, News & views in Nature Photonics, 17, 294, (2023). pdf
245 Yajun Gao, Rui Zhong, Xianglin Mao, Hulin Zhang, Yue Jiang, Chenyu Bao, Chuanfeng Li, Ruwen Peng*, and Mu Wang*, “Interference-induced entanglement engineering on a metasurface”, Physical Review Letters, 136, 023601 (2026). pdf
(Editors’ suggestion, Highlighted as Synopsis in Physics (Featured in Physics))
244 Yuxuan Liu, Ren-Hao Fan, Dong-Xiang Qi, Ruwen Peng*, Yun Lai*, Mu Wang*, and Jie Luo*, “Breaking the intrinsic absorption limit for arbitrarily thin conductive films at grazing incidence”, Physical Review Letters, 136, 046902 (2026). pdf
(Editors’ suggestion, Highlighted as Synopsis in Physics (Featured in Physics))
241 Fei Chen, Junkang Shan, Xi Wang, Jingning Li, Fei Jia, Fan Wang, Zihao Yang, Kai Liu, Ru-Wen Peng* & Mu Wang*, “Electrodeposition of magnetic nanonetworks featuring triangular motifs and parallel ridges on a macroscopic scale”, Nature Communications, 16, 9965 (2025). pdf
240 Tongtong Song, Yongxin Jing, Changhui Shen, Hongchen Chu, Jie Luo, Runqi Jia, Cong Wang, Meng Xiao, Zhao-Qing Zhang, Ruwen Peng*, Mu Wang*, C. T. Chan* & Yun Lai*, “Nonlocality-enabled photonic analogies of parallel spaces, wormholes and multiple realities”, Nature Communications, 16, 8915 (2025). pdf
239 Yue Jiang, Rui Zhong, Hu-Lin Zhang, Zheng Wang, Yi-Fei Liu, Ren-Hao Fan, Dong-Xiang Qi, Wen-Jie Tang, Ziyu Wang, Ruwen Peng*, and Mu Wang*, “A multichannel metasurface for multi-protocol quantum key distributions”, Nano Letters, 25, 7442-7449 (2025). pdf
238 Yi Zhu, Kong-Liang Zou, Dong-Xiang Qi, Jie He, Ruwen Peng*, Mu Wang*, “Tailoring valley polarization of interlayer excitons in van der Waals heterostructure toward optical communication”, Nano Letters, 25, 8680-8688 (2025). pdf
229 Hongchen Chu, Xiang Xiong, Nicholas X. Fang, Feng Wu, Runqi Jia, Ruwen Peng*, Mu Wang*, Yun Lai*, “Matte surfaces with broadband transparency enabled by highly asymmetric diffusion of white light”, Science Advances, 10, eadm8061 (2024). pdf
217 Bo Xiong, Yu Liu, Yihao Xu, Lin Deng, Chao-Wei Chen, Jia-Nan Wang, Ruwen Peng*, Yun Lai, Yongmin Liu*, Mu Wang*, “Breaking the limitation of polarization multiplexing in optical metasurfaces
with engineered noise”, Science, 379, 294-299 (2023). pdf
David Pile, “Add noise for better multiplexing”, News & views in Nature Photonics, 17, 294, (2023). pdf
211 Ya-Jun Gao, Zheng Wang, Yue Jiang, Ru-Wen Peng*, Zi-Yu Wang, Dong-Xiang Qi, Ren-Hao Fan, Wen-Jie Tang, and Mu Wang*, “Multichannel distribution and transformation of entangled photons with dielectric metasurfaces”, Physical Review Letters, 129, 023601 (2022). pdf
210 Fei Chen, Zihao Yang, Jing-Ning Li, Fei Jia, Fan Wang, Di Zhao, Ru-Wen Peng*, Mu Wang*, “Formation of Magnetic Nanowire Arrays by Cooperative Lateral Growth”, Science Advances, 8, eabk0180 (2022). pdf
209 Wei Ma*, Yihao Xu, Bo Xiong, Lin Deng, Ru-Wen Peng*, Mu Wang, and Yongmin Liu*, “Pushing the limits of functionality-multiplexing capability in metasurface design based on statistical machine learning”, Advanced Materials, 2110022 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202110022. pdf
208 Tongtong Song, Hongchen Chu, Jie Luo, Zizheng Cao, Meng Xiao, Ruwen Peng*, Mu Wang *, Yun Lai *, “Ultra-Compact Photonic Circuits Without Cladding Layers”, Physical Review X, 12, 011053 (2022). pdf
207 Jie He, Cheng-Yao Li, Dong-Xiang Qi, Qing Cai, Yu Liu, Ren-Hao Fan, Jing Su, Pengcheng Huo, Ting Xu, Ruwen Peng*, and Mu Wang*, “Improving Photoelectric Conversion with Broadband Perovskite Metasurface”, Nano Letters, 22, 6655-6663 (2022). pdf
194 Bo Xiong, Yihao Xu, Jianan Wang, Lin Li, Lin Deng, Feng Cheng, Ru-Wen Peng*, Mu Wang*, Yongmin Liu*, “Realizing colorful holographic mimicry by metasurfaces”, Advanced Materials, 33, 2005864 (2021). pdf
193 Hongchen Chu, Xiang Xiong, Ya-Jun Gao, Jie Luo, Hao Jing, Cheng-Yao Li, Ruwen Peng*, Mu Wang*, Yun Lai*, “Diffuse reflection and reciprocity-protected transmission via a random-flip metasurface”, Science Advances, 7, eabj0935 (2021). pdf
178 Ren-Hao Fan, Bo Xiong, Ru-Wen Peng,* and Mu Wang*，“Constructing Metastructures with Broadband Electromagnetic Functionality”, Advanced Materials, 32, 1904646 (2020). pdf
177 Ya-Jun Gao, Xiang Xiong, Zhenghan Wang, Fei Chen, Ru-Wen Peng*, and Mu Wang*, “Simultaneous generation of arbitrary assembly of polarization states with geometrical-scaling-induced phase modulation”, Physical Review X, 10, 031035 (2020). pdf
176 Hao Jing, Ruwen Peng*, Ren-Min Ma*, Jie He, Yi Zhou, Zhenqian Yang, Cheng-Yao Li, Yu Liu, Xiaojiao Guo, Yingying Zhu, Di Wang, Jing Su, Cheng Sun, Wenzhong Bao, and Mu Wang*, “Flexible ultrathin single-crystalline perovskite photodetector”, Nano Letters, 20, 7144−7151 (2020). pdf
159 Wen-Bo Shi, Lian-Zi Liu, Ruwen Peng,* Di-Hu Xu, Kun Zhang, Hao Jing, Ren-Hao Fan, Xian-Rong Huang,* Qian-Jin Wang, and Mu Wang*, "Strong localization of surface plasmon polaritons with engineered disorder", Nano Letters, 18, 1896-1902 (2018). pdf
144 Fei Chen, Jingning Li, Fangfang Yu, Di Zhao, Fan Wang, Yanbin Chen, Ru-Wen Peng,* and Mu Wang*, "Construction of 3D Metallic nanostructures on an Arbitrarily Shaped Substrate", Advanced Materials, 28, 7193 (2016). pdf
136 R. H. Fan, Y. Zhou, X. P. Ren, R. W. Peng*, S. C. Jiang, D. H. Xu, X. Xiong, X. R. Huang*, and Mu Wang*, "Freely Tunable Broadband Polarization Rotator for Terahertz Waves", Advanced Materials, 27, 1201 (2015). pdf
129 L. S. Cao*, D. X. Qi, R. W. Peng*, Mu Wang, and P. Schmelcher , "Phononic Frequency Combs through Nonlinear Resonances", Physical Review Letters, 112, 075505 (2014). pdf
101 X. R. Huang*, D. P. Siddons, A. T. Macrander, R. W. Peng*, and X. S. Wu, "Multicavity X-Ray Fabry-Perot Resonance with Ultrahigh Resolution and Contrast", Physical Review Letters, 108, 224801 (2012). pdf
100 R. H. Fan, Ru-Wen Peng*, Xian-Rong Huang*, Jia Li, Yongmin Liu, Qing Hu, Mu Wang*, and Xiang Zhang, "Transparent Metals for Ultrabroadband Electromagnetic Waves", Advanced Materials, 24, 1980 (2012). pdf
88 Xian-Rong Huang*, Ru-Wen Peng*, and Ren-Hao Fan, "Making Metals Transparent for White Light by Spoof Surface Plasmons", Physical Review Letters, 105, 243901 (2010). pdf
63 Y. J. Bao, R. W. Peng*, D. J. Shu, Mu Wang*, X. Lu, J. Shao, W. Lu,and N. B. Ming, "Role of Interference between Localized and Propagating SurfaceWaves on the Extraordinary Optical Transmission Through a Subwavelength-Aperture Array", Physical Review Letters, 101, 087401 (2008). pdf
