| Research Areas: Nonlinear optics, quantum optics, micro-nano photonics and imaging
Courses: Introduction to Condensed State Photophysics, Basic Experiments in Optics Profile: Zhang Yong, professor and doctoral supervisor, is among the first group of winners of the National Outstanding Youth Fund and also one of the “New Century Excellent Talents” of China. He obtained his bachelor’s from Nanjing University’s Department of Materials in 2002 and his doctorate from the Department of Physics in 2007, and his doctoral thesis was nominated as one of the “One Hundred Excellent Doctoral Theses of China.” From 2008 to 2010, he was engaged in post-doctoral research at the University of Arkansas and in February 2010, he returned to teach at Nanjing University’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He has taken charge of or participated in many projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, the National Key R&D Program by the Ministry of Science and Technology and those by the Ministry of Education. His research focuses on nonlinear optics, quantum optics, micro-nano structure materials and new types of lasers. So far, he has applied for five patents, one of which has been authorized, and he has published over 60 papers on academic journals, including Nature Photonics, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review Applied, Nano Letters and ACS Nano. His representative research achievements were not only included into the 2018 China’s Top 10 Optical Breakthroughs and the 2018 Nanjing University “Three Colleges & Two Laboratories”* Top 10 Technological Breakthroughs, but also given the first prize of the Nanjing Outstanding Natural Science Papers. One of his students won the Jiangsu Youth Optical Technology Award thanks to his guidance.
* “Three Colleges & Two Laboratories” refers to Nanjing University’s School of Physics, School of Electronic Science and Engineering and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures. Major Research Interests: New nonlinear and quantum optical effects of micro-nano structure materials and their applications in laser, imaging, sensing and precision measurement, which specifically include: high-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystals, nonlinear optical generation and adjustment of space beams, new lasers, classic and quantum fiber sensing and signal tracking, frequency doubling imaging, Talbot self-imaging, nonlinear metamaterials Graduate students advisement: Professor Zhang recruits master’s and doctoral students with a major in physics, optics, materials or electronics and with an interest in the above-mentioned research topics. Many students at his laboratory have obtained the China National Scholarships, Outstanding Graduates Scholarships of Nanjing University or Scholarships of the Major Laboratories. They have also participated in such projects as national innovation & entrepreneurship training program for college students and Jiangsu innovation programs. In addition, several of them once served as presidents of the Nanjing University branch of the Optical Society of America and the International Society for Optical Engineering.
Research Achievements Representative Papers: (Note: * refers to corresponding author; # refers to equal contribution) [1] Wei, Dunzhao, Wang, Chaowei, Wang, Huijun, Hu, Xiaopeng, Wei, Dan, Fang, Xinyuan, Zhang, Yong,* Wu, Dong, Hu, Yanlei, Li, Jiawen, Zhu, Shining, & Xiao, Min. (2018). Experimental demonstration of a three-dimensional lithium niobate nonlinear photonic crystal. Nature Photonics, 12, 596. (the cover article) [2] Wei, Dunzhao, Cheng, Yue, Ni, Rui, Zhang, Yong,* Hu, Xiaopeng, Zhu, Shining, & Xiao, Min. (2019). Generating controllable laguerre-gaussian laser modes through intracavity spin-orbital angular momentum conversion of light. Physical Review Applied, 11, 014038. [3] Xu, Jingwen#, Zhang, Yong#, Zhai, Tingting, Kuang, Zeyu, Li, Jian, Wang, Yongmei, Gao, Zhida, Song, Yanyan, & Xia, Xinhua. (2018). Electrochromic-tuned plasmonics for photothermal sterile window. ACS Nano, 12, 6895. [4] Wei, Dunzhao, Wang, Yongmei, Liu, Dongmei, Zhu, Yunzhi, Zhong, Weihao, Fang, Xinhua, Zhang, Yong,* & Xiao, Min. (2017). Simple and nondestructive detection of optical orbital angular momentum through a single plasmonic nanohole. ACS Photonics, 4, 996. [5] Fang, Xinyuan, Yang, Guang, Wei, Dunzhao, Wei, Dan, Ni, Rui, Ji, Wei, Zhang, Yong,* Hu, Xiaopeng, Hu, Wei, Lu, Yanqing, Zhu, Shuning, & Xiao, Min. (2016). Coupled orbital angular momentum conversions in a quasi-periodically poled LiTaO3 crystal. Optics Letters, 41, 1169. (spotlighted article of OSA journals) [6] Wang, Dong, Xia, Chuanqing, Wang, Qianjin, Wu, Yang, Liu, Fang, Zhang, Yong,* & Xiao, Min. (2014). Feedback-optimized extraordinary optical transmission of continuous-variable entangled states. Physical Review B, 91, 121406. [7] Wen, Jianming, Zhang, Yong,* & Xiao, Min. (2013). The Talbot effect: recent advances in classical optics, nonlinear optics, and quantum optics. Advances in Optics and Photonics, 5, 83. (invited review) [8] Zhang, Yong, Wen, Jianming, Zhu, Shining, & Xiao, Min. (2010). Nonlinear Talbot effect. Physical Review Letters, 104, 183901. [9] Zhang, Yong, Zhou, Huajun, Liu, S. W., Tian, Z. Ryan, & Xiao, Min. (2009). Second-harmonic whispering-gallery modes in ZnO nanotetrapod. Nano Letters, 9, 2109. [10] Zhang, Yong, Gao, Zhida, Qi, Zhen, Zhu, Shining, & Ming, Naiben. (2008). Nonlinear Cerenkov radiation in nonlinear photonic crystal waveguides. Physical Review Letters, 100, 163904.
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