Mengxin Ren Professor

Mengxin Ren is a professor at the School of Physics, Nankai University. His research focuses on nonlinear optics, nanophotonics, and quantum optics. He has published over 70 papers in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications, Optica, and Light: Science & Applications. He holds 17 invention patents (11 CN, 4 US) and has led 13 national and provincial research projects, securing over 20 million CNY in funding. He also serves as a reviewer for journals from Nature, Wiley, OSA, APS, and AIP.

Nonlinear optics

Nanophotonics 

Quantum optics

[76]   Lu Bai, Lun Qu, Wei Wu, Zhidong Gu, Weiye Liu, Xueqian Zhao, Lishuan Wang, Wei Cai, Huasong Liu, Mengxin Ren*, Jingjun Xu*, Wavelength Tunable Second Harmonic Generation from Photonic Crystal Vertical Cavities. Adv. Optical Mater., 2402686 (2024).

[75]   Zhengqing He^#, Lun Qu^#, Wei Wu, Jikun Liu, Chunyan Jin, Chenxiong Wang, Jingfei You, Weiye Liu, Lu Bai, Zhidong Gu, Wei Cai, Mengxin Ren*, Jingjun Xu*, Electro-optically Modulated Nonlinear Metasurfaces, Nano Lett., 24, 14215-14221 (2024).

[74]   Jikun Liu, Lun Qu, Wei Wu, Chunyan Jin, Zhihao Chen, Zhidong Gu, Weiye Liu, Chenxiong Wang, Dahuai Zheng, Hongde Liu, Wei Cai, Mengxin Ren*, Jingjun Xu*, Lithium niobate thin film electro-optic modulator. Nanophotonics, 13, 1503-1508 (2024).

[73]   Jingfei You, Wei Wu*, Chunyan Jin; Lun Qu, Di Zhang, Jiwei Qi, Wei Cai, Mengxin Ren*, Jingjun Xu*, Raman characterization of focused ion beam fabricated lithium niobate film. J. Appl. Phys., 135, 033101 (2024).

[72]   Pengfei Zhu^#, Di Zhang^#, Xin Niu, Jinchao Liu*, Mengxin Ren*, Jingjun Xu*, A Lightweight Neural Network for Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Analysis. Adv. Optical Mater., 12, 2301381 (2023).

[71]   Jiang Fan, Zhiguo Sun, Yao Lu, Weiwei Luo*, Mengxin Ren, Wei Cai*, and Jingjun Xu, Topological super-modes engineering with acoustic graphene plasmons. Opt. Express, 31, 3698-3707 (2023).

[70]   Chunyan Jin^#, Chenxiong Wang^#, Lun Qu, Di Zhang, Qiang Liu, Jingfei You, Dahuai Zheng, Wei Wu, Wei Cai, Mengxin Ren*, Jingjun Xu*, Fast lithium niobate photodetector. Laser Photonics Rev., 17, 2300503 (2023).

[69]   Lun Qu, Zhidong Gu, Chenyang Li, Yuan Qin, Yiting Zhang, Di Zhang, Jiaxian Zhao, Qiang Liu, Chunyan Jin, Lishuan Wang, Wei Wu, Wei Cai, Huasong Liu, Mengxin Ren*, Jingjun Xu*, Bright second harmonic emission from photonic crystal vertical cavity. Adv. Funct., Mater., 33, 2308484 (2023).

[68]   郑大怀，王烁琳，陈俊锟，张宇琦，刘宏德，任梦昕*，孔勇发*，许京军*。铌酸锂晶体：从全息存储到三维显示。中国激光，50, 1813001 (2023).

[67]   Mengxin Ren, Jingjun Xu*, et al, Roadmap on nonlinear optics – focus on chinese research. J. Phys. Photonics, 5, 032501 (2023).

[66]   Zhidong Gu, Haiyun Tan, Jiaxin Peng, Jiaxin Chen, Di Zhang, Fei Xie, Wei Wu, Wei Cai*, Mengxin Ren*, and Jingjun Xu*, Electro-optic modulation using lithium niobate metasurfaces with topological corner state. Appl. Phys. Lett., 122, 171706 (2023).

[65]   Qiang Liu*, Lun Qu, Zhidong Gu, Di Zhang, Wei Wu, Wei Cai, Mengxin Ren*, and Jingjun Xu*, Boosting second harmonic generation by merging bound states in the continuum. Phys. Rev. B, 107, 245408 (2023).

[64]  Fei Xie, Mengxin Ren*, Wei Wu, Wei Cai*, and Jingjun Xu*, Chiral metasurface refractive index sensor with a large figure of merit, Appl. Phys. Lett. 122, 071701 (2023)

[63]  Zhenxin Wang, Lufang Liu, Di Zhang, Alexey V. Krasavin, Junsheng Zheng, Chenxinyu Pan, Enxing He, Zifan Wang, Shengchengao Zhong, Zhiyong Li, Mengxin Ren, Xin Guo, Anatoly V. Zayats, Limin Tong, and Pan Wang*. Effect of Mirror Quality on Optical Response of Nanoparticle-on-Mirror Plasmonic Nanocavities. Adv. Optical Mater., 2201914 (2022).

[62]  Lun Qu, Lu Bai, Chunyan Jin, Qiang Liu, Wei Wu, Bofeng Gao, Juntao Li, Wei Cai, Mengxin Ren*, Jingjun Xu*. Giant Second Harmonic Generation from Membrane Metasurfaces. Nano Lett. 22, 9652 (2022).

[61]  Chenxiong Wang, Yiran Chen, Xiangqian Meng, Yilin Meng, Shengchao Gong, Mengxin Ren*, Jingjun Xu*. Error analysis of a rotating-metasurface polarimeter. Appl. Opt., 61, 9163 (2022).

[60]  Zhanghang Zhu^#, Di Zhang^#, Fei Xie, Junjun Ma, Jiaxin Chen, Shengchao Gong, Wei Wu, Wei Cai, Xinzheng Zhang, Mengxin Ren*, Jingjun Xu*. Nonlinear polarization imaging by parametric upconversion. Optica, 9, 1297 (2022).

[59]  Mengxin Ren, Jingjun Xu*. Quantum dot nanocomposites for flexible retina. Nat. Nanotech., 17, 819 (2022).

[58]  Mengxin Ren, Jingjun Xu*. Intelligent metasurfaces can recognize objects. Light: Sci. & Appl., 11, 211 (2022).

[57]  Chunyan Jin, Wei Wu*, Lei Cao, Bofeng Gao, Jiaxin Chen, Wei Cai*, Mengxin Ren*, Jingjun Xu*. Fabrication of lithium niobate metasurfaces via a combination of FIB and ICP-RIE. Chin. Opt. Lett., 20, 113602 (2022).

[56]  Zhidong Gu, Jiaxin Chen, Bofeng Gao, Wei Wu, Zhenyu Zhao, Wei Cai*, Xinzheng Zhang, Mengxin Ren*, Jingjun Xu*. Metasurfaces with high-Q resonances governed by topological edge state. Opt. Lett., 47, 1822-1825 (2022).

[55]  Di Zhang, Yang Chen, Shengchao Gong, Wei Wu, Wei Cai, Mengxin Ren*, Xifeng Ren*, Shuang Zhang, Guangcan Guo, Jingjun Xu*. All-optical modulation of quantum states by nonlinear metasurface. Light: Sci. & Appl., 11, 58 (2022).

[54]  Shengchao Gong, Yilin Meng, Chenxiong Wang, Yiran Chen, Xiangqian Meng, Wei Wu, Wei Cai, Mengxin Ren*, Jingjun Xu*. Full-Stokes polarimetry based on rotating metasurfaces. Appl. Phys. Lett., 120, 051110 (2022).

[53]  Ni Zhang^#, Weiwei Luo^#, Lei Wang^#, Jiang Fan, Wei Wu, Mengxin Ren, Xinzheng Zhang, Wei Cai*, Jingjun Xu*.Strong in-plane scattering of acoustic graphene plasmons by surface atomic steps. Nat. Commun., 13, 983 (2022).

[52]  Xiaojie Jiang, Weiwei Luo*, Ni Zhang, Jiang Fan, Lei Wang, Yinxiao Xiang, Yao Lu, Zenghong Ma, Mengxin Ren, Xinzheng Zhang, Wei Cai*, Jingjun Xu*. In-plane reflection phase engineering of graphene plasmons realized by electronic boundary design at the nanoscale. AIP Adv., 12, 015108 (2022).

[51]  Zhaohang Xue, Wenzhuang Zheng, Yaolong Li, Mengfei Xue, Aiqin Hu, Junyan Chen, Shangtong Jia, Jinglin Tang, Jianing Chen, Jinlong Du, Peng Gao, Mengxin Ren, Shufeng Wang, Yunquan Liu, Hong Yang, Zhimin Liao, Guowei Lu*, Qihuang Gong. Ultraviolet/Visible Quasicylindrical Waves on Semimetal Cd3As2 Nanoplates. Adv. Photonics Res., 3, 2100354 (2022).

[50]  Jinchao Liu^#, Di Zhang^#, Dianqiang Yu, Mengxin Ren*, Jingjun Xu*. Machine learning powered ellipsometry. Light: Sci. & Appl., 10, 55 (2021).

[49]  Junjun Ma, Fei Xie, Weijin Chen, Jiaxin Chen, Wei Wu, Wei Liu, Yuntian Chen, Wei Cai, Mengxin Ren*, Jingjun Xu*. Nonlinear lithium niobate metasurfaces for second harmonic generation. Laser Photonics Rev., 15, 2000521 (2021).

[48]  Jiaxin Chen^#, Lishuan Wang^#, Wei Wu, Wei Cai, Huasong Liu*, Mengxin Ren*, Jingjun Xu*. Topologically enhanced circular dichroism from metasurfaces. Phys. Rev. Appl., 16(3), L031001 (2021).

[47]  高博锋，任梦昕*，郑大怀，兀伟，蔡卫，孙军，孔勇发*，许京军*。铌酸锂的耄耋之路：历史与若干进展。人工晶体学报，50, 1183 (2021).

[46]  Shengchao Gong, Mengxin Ren*, Wei Wu, Wei Cai, And Jingjun Xu*. Optically addressed spatial light modulator based on nonlinear metasurface. Photonics Res., 9, 610 (2021).

[45]  Bofeng Gao, Mengxin Ren*, Wei Wu, Wei Cai, JingJun Xu*. Electro-optic lithium niobate metasurfaces. Sci. China-Phys. Mech. Astron., 64, 240362 (2021).

[44]  Weiwei Luo*, Alexey B. Kuzmenko, Jialin Qi, Ni Zhang, Wei Wu, Mengxin Ren, Xinzheng Zhang, Wei Cai*, Jingjun Xu*. Nanoinfrared characterization of bilayer graphene conductivity under dual-gate tuning. Nano Lett., 21, 5151 (2021).

[43]  Xiaomin Zhao^#, Chenglin Du^#, Rong Leng^#, Li Li, Weiwei Luo, Wei Wu, Yinxiao Xiang, Mengxin Ren, Xinzheng Zhang, Wei Cai*, Jingjun Xu*. Linewidth narrowing of aluminum breathing plasmon resonances in Bragg grating decorated nanodisks. Nanoscale Adv., 3, 4286-4291 (2021).

[42]  Jiayi Wang, Yang Liu, Donghao Yang, Zhichan Hu, Xinzheng Zhang*, Shiqi Xia, Daohong Song, Mengxin Ren, Shaohua Gao, Ride Wang*, Zhigang Chen*, and Jingjun Xu. Tunable terahertz topological edge and corner states in designer surface plasmon crystals, Opt. Express 29, 19531-19539 (2021).

[41]  Fei Xie, Mengxin Ren*, Wei Wu, Dianqiang Yu, Wei Cai, Jingjun Xu*. Phase-transition optical activity in chiral metamaterials. Phys. Rev. Lett., 125, 237401 (2020).

[40]  Mengxin Ren*, Wei Cai*, Jingjun Xu*. Tailorable dynamics in nonlinear optical metasurfaces. Adv. Mater., 32, 1806317 (2020).

[39]  Junjun Ma^#, Jiaxin Chen^#, Mengxin Ren*, Wei Wu, Wei Cai*, Jingjun Xu*. Second harmonic generation and its nonlinear depolarization from lithium niobate thin films. Opt. Lett., 45, 145 (2020).

[38]  Yang Liu, Xiaodan Xu, Donghao Yang, Xinzheng Zhang*, Mengxin Ren, Nan Gong, Wei Cai*, Faheem Hassan, Zhimao Zhu, Irena Drevenšek-Olenik, Romano A. Rupp, and Jingjun Xu*. Multifunctional and tunable trigate graphene metamaterial with “Lakes of Wada” topology. Opt. Express, 28, 24772-24788 (2020).

[37]  Li Li, Daping Zhao, Jiang Fan, Rong Huang, Wei Wu*, Mengxin Ren*, Xinzheng Zhang, Wei Cai*, Jingjun Xu. Unveiling breathing plasmon modes in aluminum metal–insulator–metal cavities by cathodoluminescence. J. Opt., 22, 035003 (2020).

[36]  Li Li, Lei Wang, Chenglin Du, Zhongyuan Guan, Yinxiao Xiang, Wei Wu, Mengxin Ren, Xinzheng Zhang, Aiwei Tang, Wei Cai*, Jingjun Xu*. Ultrastrong coupling of CdZnS/ZnS quantum dots to bonding breathing plasmons of aluminum metal–insulator–metal nanocavities in near-ultraviolet spectrum. Nanoscale, 12, 3112 (2020).

[35]  Fei Xie^#, Wei Wu^#, Mengxin Ren*, Wei Cai, Jingjun Xu*. Lattice collective interaction engineered optical activity in metamaterials. Adv. Opt. Mater., 8, 1901435 (2020).

[34]  Bofeng Gao, Mengxin Ren*, Wei Wu, Hui Hu, Wei Cai, Jingjun Xu*. Lithium niobate metasurfaces. Laser Photonics Rev., 13, 1800312 (2019).

[33]  Xiaodan Xu, Cong Wang, Yang Liu, Xiaofeng Wang, Nan Gong, Zhimao Zhu, Bin Shi,* Mengxin Ren*, Wei Cai, Romano A. Rupp, Xinzheng Zhang*, Jingjun Xu. A graphene P–N junction induced by single-gate control of dielectric structures. J. Mater. Chem. C, 7, 8796 (2019).

[32]  Junfang Xie, Di Zhang, Xiaoqing Yan, Mengxin Ren, Xin Zhao, Fang Liu, Ruoxuan Sun, Xiaokuan Li, Zhi Li, Shuqi Chen, Zhibo Liu, Jian-guo Tian. Optical properties of chemical vapor deposition-grown PtSe2 characterized by spectroscopic ellipsometry, 2D Mater., 6, 035011 (2019).

[31]  Yinxiao Xiang, Sergiu Amarie, Wei Cai*, Weiwei Luo, Wei Wu, Mengxin Ren, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu*. Real-space mapping of mid-infrared near-field of Yagi-Uda antenna in the emission mode. Opt. Express, 27, 5884 (2019).

[30]  Ni Zhang, Xiaojie Jiang, Jiang Fan, Weiwei Luo, Yinxiao Xiang, Wei Wu, Mengxin Ren*, Xinzheng Zhang, Wei Cai*, Jingjun Xu*. Experimental observed plasmon near-field response in isolated suspended graphene resonators. Nanotechnology, 30, 505201 (2019).

[29]  Di Zhang, Mengxin Ren*, Wei Wu, Ninghui Gao, Xuanyi Yu, Wei Cai*, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu*. Nanoscale beam splitters based on gradient metasurfaces. Opt. Lett., 43, 267~270 (2018).

[28]  Xiaojie Jiang, Wei Cai*, Weiwei Luo, Yinxiao Xiang, Ni Zhang, Mengxin Ren*, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu*. Near-field imaging of graphene triangles patterned by helium ion lithography. Nanotechnology, 29, 385205 (2018).

[27]  Ninghui Gao^#, Di Zhang^#, Mengxin Ren*, Wei Wu, Wei Cai*, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu*. Ultra-dispersive anomalous diffraction from Pancharatnam- Berry metasurfaces. Appl. Phys. Lett., 113, 113103 (2018).

[26]  Shanshan Yang, Yudan Su, Ying Xu, Qiong Wu, Yuanbo Zhang, Markus B. Raschke, Mengxin Ren, Yan Chen, Jianlu Wang, Wanlin Guo, Y. Ron Shen, Chuanshan Tian*. Mechanism of electric power generation from ionic droplet motion on polymer supported graphene. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, 13746~13752 (2018).

[25]  Li Li, Wei Cai*, Chenglin Du, Zhongyuan Guan, Yinxiao Xiang, Zenghong Ma, Wei Wu, Mengxin Ren, Xinzheng Zhang, Aiwei Tang, Jingjun Xu*. Cathodoluminescence nanoscopy of open single-crystal aluminum plasmonic nanocavities. Nanoscale, 10, 22357~22361 (2018).

[24]  Chenglin Du, Wei Cai,* Wei Wu, Li Li, Yinxiao Xiang, Mengxin Ren, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu*. Evolution and coupling of plasmonic modes in single-crystal aluminum nanoridge antennas. ACS Photon., 5, 2983~2989 (2018).

[23]  Yiheng Yin, Yanxiong Niu, Mengxin Ren, Wei Wu, Weisheng Zhao, Jiang Nan, Zhenyi Zheng, Yue Zhang, Ming Ding. Strain sensing based on a microbottle resonator with cleaned-up spectrum. Opt. Lett., 43, 4715~4718 (2018).

[22]  Xiaodan Xu, Bin Shi*, Xinzheng Zhang*, Yang Liu, Wei Cai, Mengxin Ren, Xiaojie Jiang, Romano Rupp, Qiang Wu, Jingjun Xu*. Laser direct writing of graphene nanostructures beyond the diffraction limit by graphene oxidation. Opt. Express, 26, 20726~20734 (2018).

[21]  Lingxiao Chen, Youying Rong, Mengxin Ren, Wei Wu, Mengyao Qin, Chengda Pan, Qiang Ma, Shikang Liu, Botao Wu,*, E. Wu,*, Jingjun Xu, Heping Zeng. Selective polarization modification of upconversion luminescence of NaYF₄:Yb³⁺,Er³⁺ nanoparticles by plasmonic nanoantenna arrays. J. Phys. Chem. C, 122, 15666~15672 (2018).

[20]  Mengxin Ren*, Wei Wu, Wei Cai, Biao Pi, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu*. Reconfigurable metasurfaces that enable light polarization control by light. Light: Sci. & Appl., 6, e16254 (2017).

[19]  Zenghong Ma, Wei Cai*, Yinxiao Xiang, Mengxin Ren*, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu*. Dynamic spontaneous emission control of an optical emitter coupled to plasmons in strained graphene, Opt. Express, 25, 23070~23081 (2017).

[18]  Zenghong Ma, Wei Cai*, Lei Wang, Yinxiao Xiang, Mengxin Ren*, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu*. Unidirectional excitation of graphene plasmons in Au-graphene composite structures by a linearly polarized light beam, Opt. Express, 25, 4680~4687 (2017).

[17]  Chenglin Du, Wei Cai*, Wei Wu, Yinxiao Xiang, Lei Wang, Mengxin Ren, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu*. Unveiling quasi-dark surface plasmon modes in Au nanoring cavities by cathodoluminescence, Sci. Rep., 7, 1402 (2017).

[16]  Weiwei Luo, Wei Cai*, Yinxiao Xiang, Wei Wu, Bin Shi, Xiaojie Jiang, Ni Zhang, Mengxin Ren, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu*. In-plane electrical connectivity and near-field concentration of isolated graphene resonators realized by ion beams.  Adv. Mater., 29, 1701083 (2017).

[15]  Zenghong Ma, Wei Cai*, Lei Wang, Chenlin Du, Weiwei Luo, Linyu Niu, Shuqing Xue, Mengxin Ren*, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu*. Nonlocal immunized mid-infrared magnetic hot spots in graphene junctions. Plasmonics, 11, 1481~1486 (2016).

[14]  Weiwei Luo, Wei Cai*, Wei Wu, Yinxiao Xiang, Mengxin Ren, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu*. Tailorable reflection of surface plasmons in defect engineered graphene, 2D Mater., 3, 045001-1~045001-7 (2016).

[13]  Bin Shi, Wei Cai, Xinzheng Zhang*, Yinxiao Xiang, Yu Zhan, Juan Geng, Mengxin Ren, Jingjun Xu*. Tunable band-stop filters for graphene plasmons based on periodically modulated graphene, Sci. Rep., 6, 26796-1~26796-7 (2016).

[12]  Junku Liu*, Qunqing Li*, Mo Chen, Mengxin Ren, Lihui Zhang, Lin Xiao, Kaili Jiang, Shoushan Fan. Dielectric-like behavior of graphene in au plasmon resonator. Nanoscale Res. Lett., 11, 541 (2016).

[11]  Weiwei Luo, Wei Cai*, Yinxiao Xiang, Lei Wang, Mengxin Ren*, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu*. Flexible modulation of plasmon-induced transparency in a strongly coupled graphene grating-sheet system, Opt. Express, 24, 5784~5793 (2016).

[10]  Wei Wu, Mengxin Ren*, Biao Pi, Wei Cai*, Jingjun Xu*. Displacement sensor based on plasmonic slot metamaterials. Appl. Phys. Lett., 108, 073106-1~073106-4 (2016).

[9]      Mengxin Ren, Mo Chen, Wei Wu, Lihui Zhang, Junku Liu, Biao Pi, Xinzheng Zhang, Qunqing Li*, Shoushan Fan*, Jingjun Xu*. Linearly polarized light emission from quantum dots with plasmonic nanoantenna arrays. Nano Lett., 15, 2951 (2015).

[8]      Wei Wu, Mengxin Ren*, Biao Pi, Wei Cai*, Jingjun Xu*. Scaffold metamaterial and its application as strain sensor. Appl. Phys. Lett., 107, 091104-1~091104-3 (2015).

[7]      Yu-e Wu, Mengxin Ren*, Zhenhua Wang, Wenhua Li, Qiang Wu, Sanming Yi, Xinzheng Zhang*, Jingjun Xu. Optical nonlinear dynamics in ZnS from femtosecond laser pulses, AIP Advances, 4, 057107-1~057107-7 (2014).

[6]      Chongpei Pan, Mengxin Ren*, Qunqing Li*, Shoushan Fan, Jingjun Xu*. Broadband asymmetric transmission of optical waves from spiral plasmonic metamaterials. Appl. Phys. Lett., 104, 121112-1~121112-3 (2014).

[5]      Mengxin Ren, Chongpei Pan, Qunqing Li*, Wei Cai, Xinzheng Zhang*, Qiang Wu, Shoushan Fan*, Jingjun Xu*. Isotropic spiral plasmonic metamaterial for sensing large refractive index change. Opt. Lett., 38, 3133-6 (2013).

[4]      Junku Liu, Qunqing Li*, Mengxin Ren, Lihui Zhang, Mo Chen, Shoushan Fan. Graphene as discharge layer for electron beam lithography on insulating substrate. Appl. Phys. Lett., 103, 113107 (2013).

[3]      任梦昕，许京军*。表面等离子体激元增强非线性的原理及应用。激光与光电子学进展, 50, 080002 (2013).

[2]      Mengxin Ren, Eric Plum*, Jingjun Xu, Nikolay I. Zheludev*. Giant nonlinear optical activity in a plasmonic metamaterial. Nat. Commu., 3, 833 (2012).

[1]      Mengxin Ren, Baohua Jia, Jun-Yu Ou, Eric Plum*, Jianfa Zhang, Kevin F. MacDonald, Andrey E. Nikolaenko, Jingjun Xu, Min Gu, Nikolay I. Zheludev*. Nanostructured plasmonic medium for terahertz bandwidth all-optical switching. Adv. Mater., 23, 5540~4 (2011).

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