Mengxin Ren

2007 - 2012 PhD student at TEDA Applied Physics School (group of Prof. Jingjun Xu) at Nankai University. 2010 - 2011 Studies abroad at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (group of Prof. Nikolay Zheludev) at Southampton University in England.

2012 - Present Lecturer at Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, School of Physics & TEDA Applied Physics Insititute at Nankai University.

•  National Natural Science Foundation of China

•  Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education

•  China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project

[40]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)

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

[38]Fei Xie^#, Wei Wu^#, Mengxin Ren*, Wei Cai, Jingjun Xu*. Lattice Collective Interaction Engineered Optical Activity in Metamaterials. Adv. Opt. Mater., 8, 1901435 (2020). 

  

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

  

  

[36]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).

[35]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).

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

[33]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).

[32]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).

[31]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).

[30]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).

[29]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).

[28]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).

[27]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).

[26]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).

[25]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).

[24]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).

[23]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).

[22]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).

[21]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).

[20]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).

[19]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).

[18]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).

[17]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).

[16]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).

[15]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).

[14]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).

[13]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).

[12]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).

[11]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).

[10]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).

[9]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)

[8]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).

[7]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).

[6]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).

[5]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).

[4]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).

[3]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). 

[2]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).

[1]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)

•  2012中国光学重要成果

•  第八届饶毓泰基础光学奖——优秀奖

•  第九届王大珩高校学生光学奖