Dr. Zhi-Yuan Li, Professor, Deputy Dean, born in China in 1972
School of Physics and Optoelectronics Email: phzyli@scut.edu.cn
South China University of Technology Mobile Phone: +86 1391 1738 352
Guangzhou, 510641
P.R. China
Education
B. Sc. 1990/09 - 1994/07, Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei 230026, China. Major in Optoelectronics.
Ph. D. 1994/09 - 1999/03, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. Major in Optics, with Prof. Guo-Zhen Yang and Prof. Ben-Yuan Gu.
Thesis: Theory and Simulation in Near-Field Optics and Photonic Crystals
Experience
· 2016/10 - Present, Professor, Deputy Dean, School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.
· 2007/01 - 2016/10, Principal Investigator of L01 Group, Optical Physics Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
· 2006/01 - 2009/07, Deputy Director, Optical Physics Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
· 2004/01 - 2016/10, Professor, Optical Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
· 2001/05 - 2003/12, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ames Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
· 2000/03 - 2001/04, Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
· 1999/03 - 2000/03, Visiting Scholar, Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.
· 1997/10 - 1998/02, Visiting Scholar, Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Areas of Research Interest
A Broad Range of Research Areas in Optics, Physics, Chemistry, Materials Sciences, and their Interdisciplinary Areas, including Nanophotonics (photonic crystal, near-field optics, plasmonics, metamaterials, silicon photonics, etc.), Nonlinear Optics, Femtosecond White Laser, Optical Microscopy and Nanoscopy, Optical Tweezers, Topological Photonics, Nanoscale Quantum Optics, Fundamental Electromagnetics and Optics, and Fundamental Quantum Physics. Details are as follows:
· 3D Printing of microstructured gold tip at optical fiber that supports nanoscale and high-bright light spot and exploring the application to time-resolved (~50 fs) and space-resolved (~10-20 nm) Optical Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Sensing, with a hope to push microscopy to nanoscopy.
· Development of ultrabroadband nonlinear optics and construction of femtosecond white laser covering ultra-violet, visible, and infrared regimes via lithium niobate microstructures interacting with femtosecond laser.
· Exploring surface plasmon resonance and light-matter interaction in metal nanoparticles and nanostructures for applications to molecule fluorescence, Raman spectroscopy, optical sensing, detection, and imaging.
· Exploring topological photonics in magneto-optical photonic crystals explored for manipulating electromagnetic wave transport for applications to microwave information processing and antennae.
· Exploring silicon photonic crystals for constructing integrated optical devices and circuits, like optical waveguides, cavities, switching, logic gates, diodes, isolators, and hopefully transistors.
· Exploring Optical tweezers for manipulating particles in application to biophysics and nanophotonics.
· Fundamental physics, in both the classical and quantum mechanical aspects, underlying light-matter interaction, and associated optical, electronic, chemical, mechanical, acoustic interactions in nanoscale structures and devices.
· Theoretical and experimental studies shedding new light, insight, and understanding on fundamental quantum physics concepts as wave-particle duality for photons and atoms, entanglement, and Bell’s inequalities.
· Construction of atomic-scale electromagnetics, optics, and electrodynamics model and theory that go beyond classical Maxwell’s equations for continuous media, and their application to nanophotonics.
Awards
· Scholarship for excellence in graduate studies from the President of Chinese Academy
of Sciences, 1999.
· Award for One Hundred Excellent Ph. D. Thesis, Chinese Ministry of Education, 2001.
· NSFC Outstanding Young Scientist Scholarship, China National Natural Science Foundation, 2005.
· Wang Daheng Optics Prize, Chinese Optical Society, 2011.
Fundings
In the past fiver years, Prof. Li together with his team has obtained via competition the financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (one Major Project and one General Project), Science and Technology Project of Guangdong, Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program, and National Key R&D Program of China (one project and one sub-project), as well as the Start-Up Fund from South China University of Technology. These funds and grants altogether sum up to ~55 Million Yuan RMB.
Publications
Since 1997, Prof. Li has published over 440 peer-reviewed papers in physics, optics, chemistry, and materials science journals like Physical Review Letters, Science Advances, Nature Communications, Light: Science & Applications, Laser & Photonics Reviews, Opto-Electronic Advances, Advanced Photonics, Photonics Research, Chemical Society Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, Advanced Optical Materials, Optics Letters, Optics Express, Applied Physics Letters, Physical Review A/B/E. Some representative papers are as follows:
52. Baoqin Chen, Lihong Hong , Chenyang Hu, and Zhiyuan Li*, “White Laser Realized via Synergic Second- and Third-Order Nonlinearities”, Research Vol. 2021, Article ID 1539730 (1-13) (2021). (March)
51. Jing Liu, Mian Zheng, Zhengjun Xiong, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “3D dynamic motion of a dielectric micro-sphere within optical tweezers”, Opto-Electronic Advances 4, 200015 (1-12) (2021). (Jan.)
50. Jianfeng Chen, Wenyao Liang and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Revealing photonic Lorentz force as the microscopic origin of topological photonic states”, Nanophotonics 9(10), 3217-3226 (2020).(Sep.)
49. Jianfeng Chen, Wenyao Liang, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Antichiral one-way edge states in a gyromagnetic photonic crystal”, Phys. Rev. B 101, 214102 (1-11) (2020). (June)
48. Shanshan Chen, Jianfeng Chen, Xiangdong Zhang, Zhi-Yuan Li*, and Jiafang Li*, “Kirigami/origami: unfolding the new regime of advanced 3D microfabrication/nanofabrication with folding”, Light: Science & Applications 9, 75 (1-20) (2020). (Apr)
47. Fenghua Qi, Zhiyuan Wang, Weiwang Xu, Xue-Wen Chen*, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Towards simultaneous observation of path and interference of a single photon in a modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer”, Photonics Research 8(4), 622-629 (2020). (Apr)
46. Bo Wang, Xian-Zhe Zeng, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Quantum versus optical interaction contribution to giant spectral splitting in a strongly coupled plasmon-molecules system”, Photonics Research 8(3), 343-351 (2020). (Mar)
45. Yang Yu, Ting-Hui Xiao*, Yunzhao Wu, Wanjun Li, Qing-Guang Zeng, Li Long, Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Roadmap for single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy”, Advanced Photonics 2, 014002 (1-20) (2020).(Feb)
44. Jianfeng Chen, Wenyao Liang; Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Switchable slow light rainbow trapping and releasing in strongly coupling topological photonic systems”, Photonics Research 7, No. 9, 1075-1080 (2019).(Sep)
43. Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Atom interferometers with weak-measurement path detectors and their quantum mechanical analysis”, Chin. Phys. B 28, No. 6, 060301 (1-21) (2019). (June)
42. Huakang Yu, Yusi Peng, Yong Yang* and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Plasmon-enhanced light-matter interactions and applications”, NPJ Computational Materials 5, 45 (1-14)(2019).(Apr)
41. Jianfeng Chen, Wenyao Liang, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Strong coupling of topological edge states enabling group-dispersionless slow light in magneto-optical photonic crystals”, Phys. Rev. B 99, 014103 (1-6) (2019).(Jan)
40. Zhi-Yuan Li,* “Mesoscopic and Microscopic Strategies for Engineering Plasmon-Enhanced Raman Scattering”, Adv. Opt. Mater. 6, 1701097 (1-37) (2018).(Aug) (invited review article)
39. Zhiguang Liu, Huifeng Du, Jiafang Li*, Ling Lu, Zhi-Yuan Li*, Nicholas X. Fang*, “Nano-kirigami with giant optical chirality”, Science Advance 4, eaat4436s (1-8) (2018) (Jul).
38. Jiafang Li, Jing Liu, Ximin Tian, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Plasmonic Particles with Unique Optical Interaction and Mechanical Motion Properties”, Particle & Particle System Characterizations 34, 1600380 (1-17) (2017) (Invited Progress Report Article).(Aug.)
37. Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Weak-measurement Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for testing wave-particle duality”, EPL 117, 50005 (1-6) (2017).(Mar)
35. Bao-Qin Chen, Chao Zhang, Jiafang Li, Zhi-Yuan Li*, and Younan Xia, “On the Critical Role of Rayleigh Scattering for Single-Molecule Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering via Plasmonic Nanogap”, Nanoscale 8, 15730-15736 (2016).
34. Ximin Tian and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Visible-Near Infrared ultra-broadband polarization independence metamaterial perfect absorber involving phase-change materials”, Photonics Research 4(4), 146-152 (2016). (Aug. 1)
33. Zhe Shi, Lin Gan*, Ting-Hui Xiao, Hong-Lian Guo, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “All-Optical Modulation of Graphene Cladded Silicon Photonic Crystal Cavity”, ACS Photonics 2(11), 1513-1518 (2015).
32. Bao-Qin Chen, Chao Zhang, Chen-Yang Hu, Rong-Juan Liu, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “High-Efficiency Broadband High-Harmonic Generation from a Single Quasi-Phase-Matching Nonlinear Crystal”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 083902 (1-5) (2015).(August)
31. Chao Zhang, Bao-Qin Chen, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Optical origin of subnanometer resolution in tip-enhanced Raman mapping”, J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 11858-11871 (2015).(May)
30. Bao-Qin Chen, Ming-Liang Ren, Rong-Juan Liu, Yan Sheng, Bo-Qin Ma, Chao Zhang, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Simultaneous Broadband Second and Third Harmonic Generation in Chirped Nonlinear Photonic Crystal”, Light: Science & Application 3, e189 (1-6) (2014).(July)
29. Jiafang Li*, Jiajia Mu, Benli Wang, Wei Ding, Ju Liu, Honglian Guo, Wuxia Li,
Changzhi Gu, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Direct laser writing of symmetry-broken spiral tapers for polarization-insensitive three-dimensional plasmonic focusing”, Laser & Photonics Reviews 8, 602-609 (2014).(July)
28. Zhen Liu, Zhongbo Yang, Bo Peng, Cuong Cao, Chao Zhang, Qihua Xiong*, Zhiyuan Li*, Jixiang Fang*, “Highly Sensitive, Uniform and Reproducible Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy from Hollow Au-Ag Alloy Nanourchins”, Adv. Mater. 26, 2431-2439 (2014).
27. Xiao-Lan Zhong and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “All-analytical semiclassical theory of spaser performance in a plasmonic nanocavity”, Phys. Rev. B 88, 085101 (1-10)(2013).
26. Siyun Liu, Lu Huang, Jiafang Li,* Chen Wang, Zi-Ming Meng, Zhe Shi and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Simultaneous excitation and emission enhancement of fluorescence assisted by double plasmon modes of gold nanorods”, J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 10636-10642 (2013).
25. Chen Wang，Xiao-Lan Zhong, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Linear and passive silicon optical isolator”, Scientific Reports 2, 674(1-6) (2012).
24. Yu-Hui Chen, Lu Huang, Lin Gan, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Wave-Front Shaping of Infrared Light through a Subwavelength Hole”, Light: Science & Applications 1, e26 (2012).
23. Lu Huang, Hong-Lian Guo*, Jia-Fang Li, Lin Ling, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Optical trapping of gold nanoparticles by cylindrical vector beam”, Optics Letters 37, 1694-1696 (2012).
22. Chen Wang, Chang-Zhu Zhou, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “On-chip optical diode based on silicon photonic crystal heterojunctions”, Optics Express 19, 26948-26955 (2011).
21. Ye Liu, Fei Qin, Zi-Ming Meng, Fei Zhou, Qing-He Mao, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “All-optical logical gates based on two-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystal slabs”, Optics Express 19, 1945-1953 (2011).
20. Aaron R. Rathmell, Stephen M. Bergin, Yi-Lei Hua, Zhi-Yuan Li, and Benjamin J. Wiley, “The Growth Mechanism of Copper Nanowires and their Properties in Flexible, Transparent Conducting Films”, Advanced Materials 22，3558-3563 (2010).
19. Zhi-Yuan Li* and Younan Xia, “Metal nanoparticles with gain towards single-molecule detection via surface-enhanced Raman scattering”, Nano Letters 10, 243-249 (2010).
18. Ye Liu, Fei Qin, Zhi-Yi Wei, Qing-Bo Meng, Dao-Zhong Zhang, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “10 femtosecond ultrafast all-optical switching in polystyrene nonlinear photonic crystals”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 131116 (2009).
17. Lin Gan, Ya-Zhao Liu, Jiang-Yan Li, Ze-Bo Zhang, Dao-Zhong Zhang, and Zhi-Yuan Li*, “Ray trace visualization of negative refraction of light in two-dimensional air-bridged silicon photonic crystal slabs at 1.55 um”, Optics Express 17, 9962-9970 (2009)
16. Fei Zhou, Zhi-Yuan Li*, Ye Liu, and Younan Xia, “Quantitative analysis of dipole and quadrupole excitation in surface plasmon resonance of metal nanoparticles”, J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 20233-20240 (2008).
15. Xinmai Yang, Sara E. Skrabalak, Zhi-Yuan Li, Younan Xia, and Lihong V. Wang, “Photoacoustic Tomography of a Rat Cerebral Cortex in vivo with Au Nanocages as an Optical Contrast Agent”, Nano Letters 7, 3798-3802 (2007).
14. Jingyi Chen, Danling Wang, Jiefeng Xi, Leslie Au, Andy Siekkinen, Addie Warsen, Zhi-Yuan Li, Hui Zhang, Younan Xia, and Xingde Li, “Immuno Gold Nanocages with Tailored Optical Properties for Targeted Photothermal Destruction of Cancer Cells”, Nano Letters 7, 1318-1322 (2007).
13. J. M. McLellan, Z. Y. Li, A. Siekkinen, and Y. Xia, “The SERS Activity of a Supported Ag Nanocube Strongly Depends on Its Orientation Relative to Laser Polarization”, Nano Letters 7, 1013-1017 (2007).
12. Benjamin J. Wiley, Sang Hyuk Im, Zhi-Yuan Li, Joeseph McLellan, Andrew Siekkinen, and Younan Xia, “Maneuvering the surface plasmon resonance of silver nanostructures through shape-controlled synthesis”, J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 15666-15675 (2006). (Cover feature article)
11. Min Hu, Jingyi Chen, Zhi-Yuan Li, Leslie Au, Gregory V. Hartland, Xingde Li, Manuel Marquez, and Younan Xia, “Gold Nanostructures: Engineering Their Plasmonic Properties for Biomedical Applications”, Chemical Society Review 35, 1084-1094 (2006). (Tutorial Review Article)
10. J. Chen, F. Saeki, B. J. Wiley, H. Cang, M. J. Cobb, Z. Y. Li, L. Au, H. Zhang, M. B. Kimmey, X. Li, and Y. Xia, “Gold nanocages: bioconjugation and their potential use as optical imaging contrast agents”, Nano Letters 5, 473-477 (2005).
9. Zhi-Yuan Li* and Kai-Ming Ho, “Anomalous propagation loss in photonic crystal waveguides,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 063904 (1-4) (2004).
8. Zhi-Yuan Li* and Lan-Lan Lin, “Evaluation of lensing in photonic crystal slabs exhibiting negative refraction,” Phys. Rev. B 68, 245110 (1-7) (2003).
7. Zhi-Yuan Li* and Kai-Ming Ho, “Light propagation in semi-infinite photonic crystal and related waveguide structures,” Phys. Rev. B 68, 155101 (1-15) (2003).
6. Zhi-Yuan Li* and Lan-Lan Lin, “Photonic band structures solved by a plane-wave based transfer-matrix method,” Phys. Rev. E 67, 046607 (1-11), 2003.
5. Zhi-Yuan Li*, Lan-Lan Lin, and Zhao-Qing Zhang, “Spontaneous emission from photonic crystals: Full vectorial calculations”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4341-4344 (2000).
4. Zhi-Yuan Li* and Zhao-Qing Zhang, “Fragility of photonic band gaps in inverse-opal photonic crystals”, Phys. Rev. B 62, 1516–1519 (2000).
3. Zhi-Yuan Li*, Jian Wang, and Ben-Yuan Gu, “Creation of partial band gaps in anisotropic photonic-band-gap structures”, Phys. Rev. B 58, 3721-3729 (1998).
2. Zhi-Yuan Li*, Ben-Yuan Gu, and Guo-Zhen Yang, “Large absolute band gap in 2D anisotropic photonic crystals”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 2574-2577 (1998).
1. Zhi-Yuan Li*, Benyuan Gu, and Guozhen Yang, “Modified self-consistent approach applied in near field optics for mesoscopic surface defects”, Phys. Rev. B 55, 10883-10894(1997).
