Publications

Journal Papers

• W. E. I. Sha, Z. Lan, M. L. N. Chen, Y. P. Chen, and S. Sun, “Spin and Orbital Angular Momenta of Electromagnetic Waves: From Classical to Quantum Forms,” IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques, vol. 9, pp. 113-117, Mar. 2024.
• R. Zhou, M. L. N. Chen, X. Shi, Y. Ren, Z. Yu. Y. Tian, Y. Liu, and H. Lin, “Protected Transverse Electric Waves in Topological Dielectric Waveguides,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 2058-2063, Feb. 2024. [Corresponding author]
• S. Li, M. L. N. Chen, Z. Lan, and P. Li, “Coexistence of large-area topological pseudospin and valley states in a tri-band heterostructure system,” Optics Letters, vol. 48, no. 17, pp. 4693-4696, Sep. 2023. [Corresponding author]
• Z. Lan, M. L. N. Chen, J. W. You, and W. E. I. Sha, “Large-area quantum-spin-Hall waveguide states in a three-layer topological photonic crystal heterostructure,” Physical Review A, vol. 107, no. 4, pp. L041501, Apr. 2023.
• M. L. N. Chen, Y. Bi, H.-C. Chan, Z. Lin, S. Ma, and S. Zhang, “Anomalous electromagnetic tunneling in bianisotropic $\varepsilon$-μ-zero media,” Physical Review Letters, vol. 129, no. 12, pp. 123901, Sep. 2022. (Editors’ Suggestion)
• Z. Lan, M. L. N. Chen, F. Gao, S. Zhang, and W. E. I. Sha, “A brief review of topological photonics in one, two, and three dimensions,” Reviews in Physics, vol. 9, pp. 100076, Aug. 2022. (The Most Cited Articles in the journal, for publications since Jan. 2021.)
• Z. Zhang, Z. Lan, Y. Xie, M. L. N. Chen, W. E. I. Sha, and Y. Xu,, “Bound Topological Edge State in the Continuum for All-Dielectric Photonic Crystals,” Physical Review Applied, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 064036, Dec. 2021.
• S. S. A. Yuan, J. Wu, M. L. N. Chen, Z. Lan, L. Zhang, S. Sun, Z. Huang, X. Chen, S. Zheng, L. J. Jiang, X. Zhang, and W. E. I. Sha, “Approaching the Fundamental Limit of Orbital-Angular-Momentum Multiplexing Through a Hologram Metasurface,” Physical Review Applied, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 064042, Dec. 2021.
• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, S. Zhang, R. Zhao, Z. Lan, and W. E. I. Sha, “Comparative study of Hermitian and non-Hermitian topological dielectric photonic crystals,” Physical Review A, vol. 104, no. 3, pp. 033501, Sep. 2021.
• Y. Zhang, M. L. N. Chen, and L. J. Jiang, “Extraction of the characteristics of vortex beams with a partial receiving aperture at arbitrary locations,” Journal of Optics, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 085601, July. 2021.
• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, Z. Lan, and W. E. I. Sha, “Coexistence of pseudospin- and valley-Hall-like edge states in a photonic crystal with C3v symmetry,” Physical Review Research, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 043148, Oct. 2020.
• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, Z. Lan, and W. E. I. Sha, “Local Orbital-Angular-Momentum Dependent Surface States with Topological Protection,” Optics Express, vol. 29, no. 10, pp. 14428-14435, May. 2020.
• R. Zhao, G. D. Xie, M. L. N. Chen, Z. Lan, Z. Huang, and W. E. I. Sha, “First-Principle Calculation of Chern Number in Gyrotropic Photonic Crystals,” Optics Express, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 4638-4649, Feb. 2020.
• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, Z. Lan, and W. E. I. Sha, “Pseudospin-Polarized Topological Line Defects in Dielectric Photonic Crystals,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 609-613, Jan. 2020.
• Y. Zhang, M. L. N. Chen, and L. J. Jiang, “Analysis of Electromagnetic Vortex Beams Using Modified Dynamic Mode Decomposition in Spatial Angular Domain,” Optics Express, vol. 27, no. 20, pp. 27702-27711, Sep. 2019.
• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, and W. E. I. Sha, “Quasi-Continuous Metasurfaces for Orbital Angular Momentum Generation,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 477-481, Mar. 2019.
• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, and W. E. I. Sha, “Generation of Orbital Angular Momentum by a Point Defect in Photonic Crystals,” Physical Review Applied, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 014034, Jul. 2018.
• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, and W. E. I. Sha, “Orbital Angular Momentum Generation and Detection by Geometric-Phase Based Metasurfaces,” Applied Sciences, vol. 8, pp. 362, Mar. 2018. (Featured Papers)
• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, and W. E. I. Sha, “Detection of Orbital Angular Momentum with Metasurface at Microwave Band,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 110-113, Jan. 2018.
• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, and W. E. I. Sha, “Ultrathin Complementary Metasurface for Orbital Angular Momentum Generation at Microwave Frequencies,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 396-400, Jan. 2017. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, W. E. I. Sha, W. C. H. Choy, and T. Itoh, “Polarization Control by Using Anisotropic 3-D Chiral Structures,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 64, no. 11, pp. 4687-4694, Nov. 2016.
• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, and W. E. I. Sha, “Artificial Perfect Electric Conductor-Perfect Magnetic Conductor Anisotropic Metasurface for Generating Orbital Angular Momentum of Microwave with Nearly Perfect Conversion Efficiency,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 119, no. 6, pp. 064506, Feb. 2016.

Book Chapters

• M. L. N. Chen, X. Y. Z. Xiong, W. E. I. Sha, and L. J. Jiang, “Orbital Angular Momentum Generation, Detection, and Angular Momentum Conservation with Second Harmonic Generation,” Electromagnetic Vortices: Wave Phenomena and Engineering Applications, Chapter 8, pp. 245-267, Zhi Hao Jiang and Douglas H. Werner (Ed.), ISBN: 978111966294, Wiley, 2021.
• X. Zhang, S. Zheng, W. E. I. Sha, L. J. Jiang, X. Xiong, Z. Zhu, Z. Wang, Y. Chen, J. Zheng, X. Wang, and M. L. N. Chen, “Orbital Angular Momentum Based Structured Radio Beams and its Applications,” Electromagnetic Vortices: Wave Phenomena and Engineering Applications, Chapter 9, pp. 271-293, Zhi Hao Jiang and Douglas H. Werner (Ed.), ISBN: 978111966294, Wiley, 2021.
• M. L. N. Chen, L. Chen, X. Dang, M. Li, L. J. Jiang, and W. E. I. Sha, “Metamaterial or Metastructural Thin Films for EM Wave Control,” Inorganic and Organic Thin Films: Fundamentals, Fabrication and Applications, Chapter 7, pp. 221-255, Yujun Song (Ed.), ISBN: 978-3-527-34497-0, Wiley, 2021.

Selected Conference Papers

• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, and W. E. I. Sha, “Tunable Topological Photonic Crystal Waveguides,” 2021 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium in China (ACES-China 2021), Chengdu, China, July. 2021. (Invited Talk)
• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, and W. E. I. Sha, “Generation of Orbital Angular Momentum by Quasi-continuous Metasurfaces and Photonic Crystals: from High Purity to Easy Integration,” Cross Strait Quad-Regional Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference, Taiyuan, China, Jul. 2019. (Invited Talk)
• M. L. N. Chen and L. J. Jiang, “Orbital Angular Momentum Generation Using Composite Quasi-Continuous Metasurfaces with a Perfect Efficiency,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Toyama, Japan, Aug. 2018. (Invited Talk, 3rd Place of Best Student Paper)
• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, and W. E. I. Sha, “Orbital Angular Momentum Detection Using Geometric-phase Based Metasurfaces,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Toyama, Japan, Aug. 2018. (Invited Talk)
• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, and W. E. I. Sha, “Novel Complementary Metasurfaces for the Orbital Angular Momentum Generation,” 2017 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium, Firenze, Italy, Mar. 2017. (3rd Place of Best Student Paper)
• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, and W. E. I. Sha, “Orbital Angular Momentum Generation for Microwaves by Composite PEC-PMC Metasurfaces,” the 17th IEEE MACAU/HK AP/MTT Postgraduate Conference, Macau, Sep. 2016. (3rd Place of Best Student Paper in AP Session)
• M. L. N. Chen, L. J. Jiang, and W. E. I. Sha, “Orbital Angular Momentum Generation Using a Bi-Layered Complementary Metasurface with a High Conversion Efficiency,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Shanghai, China, Aug. 2016. (Invited Talk)