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Stanford University Department of Applied Physics in 2018-2026 reads as a 60-PI network with 106 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Physics and Astronomy as the leading field (35% of slots across 39 PIs; 39 labels), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics as the leading subfield (21% of slots across 28 PIs; 28 labels), and Photonic and Optical Devices as the leading topic (4% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 19 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Shanhui Fan (175.5 weighted works; Photonic and Optical Devices, Photonic Crystals and Applications). The strongest pairings are M. M. Fejer and Marc Jankowski (34 shared works, weight 16.4). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 80.7, around Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, led by Shanhui Fan, Jelena Vučković, Amir H. Safavi‐Naeini.