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Wei‐Ping Huang

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1986
Photonic and Optical DevicesSemiconductor Lasers and Optical DevicesCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceAdvanced Fiber Optic SensorsOptical Network Technologies

Publications

445

Citations

11,796

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

41

Publishing since 1986

Research summary
AI-generated

This record appears to combine work from multiple distinct researchers sharing the same name, spanning topics from photonic device design and semiconductor lasers to catalysis, battery materials, sensors, antennas, and even biology and speech processing. The core identifiable engineering focus, based on the OpenAlex topics, is on photonic and optical devices, semiconductor lasers, and optical network technologies, including inverse design methods for photonic components. Because the publication list mixes so many unrelated fields, prospective students should treat this profile with caution and verify which specific papers belong to the PI they are interested in.

Photonic and optical device designSemiconductor lasers and optical amplifiersInverse design and machine learning for photonicsOptical network and fiber sensor technologiesMaterials for catalysis and energy storage (likely a different co-author)

Publication counts fluctuated over the last decade, peaking around 2018 and again in 2022-2023, but have declined in 2024-2025, suggesting a recent slowdown in output.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 8.6/year recently
2017: 11 publications172018: 18 publications18182019: 10 publications192020: 9 publications202021: 8 publications212022: 15 publications222023: 15 publications232024: 7 publications242025: 5 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Nanomaterials×9
  • New Journal of Chemistry×6
  • RSC Advances×5
  • Catalysts×5
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×5
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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