Dr. Yi Liang

School of Physics Science and Technology,

Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China

Date and country of birth: Sep 1986, Guangxi province, P. R. China

Email:liangyi@gxu.edu.cn

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor 202012-Present

Postdoc, West Virginia University, 2018/9-2020/03

Postdoc, San Francisco state University, 2018/3-2018/9

Assistant Professor, Guangxi University, 2014/07 – 2020/12

Ph.D. in Optics, Nankai University, (Advisor:Prof. Jingjun Xu), 2009/09 – 2014/07

B.S. in Physics, Nankai University, 2005/09 – 2009/07

RESEARCH FUNDS

National Natural Science Foundation of China (¥210,000) 2017/01 – 2019/12

-Propagation properties of partially spatially incoherent accelerating beams and their applications on image signal transition.(PI).

National Natural Science Foundation of China (¥250,000) 2014/01 – 2016/12

-Astigmaticoptical vortices in nonlinear period lattices(main participant).

National Natural Science Foundation of China (¥740,000) 2012/01 – 2015/12

-Light localization in nonlinear amplifying random media and up-conversion random lasing(main participant).

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Femtosecond laser 2018/09-present

- Pump prob measurements on 2D Materials

-Manipulatingphotovoltage generations at oxide interfaces

Optical tweezers 2018/03-Present

- Stretching Red blood cells;

-Nonlinear effects of Red blood cells;

III-Nitride semiconductor materials 2015/03 – 2017/03

- Temperature-dependent optical properties of AlN films.

- A review on “investigating structural and optical characteristics of III-Nitride semiconductor materials” (Book Chapter).

Self-accelerating beams 2012/04 – present

-Generation and propagation of Three-Airy beams.

- Propagation dynamics of deformed Airy beams and deformed vortex Airy beams

-Incoherent accelerating beams.

-Image transmissionwith Airy beams.

Incoherent Nonlinear Optics 2010/07 – 2012/03

- Modulation Instability of incoherent light.

- Imaging through Nonlinear effect (Dynamical stochastic resonance)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching undergraduate student for “ Electromagnetics”

Teaching undergraduate student for “ Semiconductors Physics”

Teaching graduate student for “Optoelectronics Technology and Devices design ”

AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES

Reviewer editor (nonlinear optics) for Frontiers in Photonics(2020-Present).

First prize for teaching achievement of Guangxi province (2019, main participant)

Second prize for teaching achievement of Guangxi province (2017, main participant)

Excellent person of the teaching assessment in Guangxi University (2017)

SKILLS AND INTERESTS

Experimental Skills: Raman spectroscopy,Luminescence spectroscopy, XRD, Phase modulation, Optical design, Optical manipulation, Clean room skills,

THz Transmission and Reflection spectrum measurement, Femtosecond laser Pump Probe detecting.

Theoretical and Programing Skills:Beam propagation methods, Finite difference time domain (Rsoft),XRD data analysis, Matlab, Latex. LabVIEW, Solidworks, Origin, Photoshop, FDTD

Hobbies:Hiking, Photography, Badminton, Football, Basketball, Running

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

(* Implies Corresponding Author，# These authors contribute equally)

 https://www-researchgate-net-s.vpn.gxu.edu.cn:8118/profile/Yi_Liang12

https://scholar-google-com-hk-s.vpn.gxu.edu.cn:8118/citations?user=FN_kQbYAAAAJ&hl=en

Invited Book Chapters

1.Yi Liang, Xiaodong Jiang, Devki N Talwar, Liangyu Wan, Gu Xu, and Zhe Chuan Feng*, "Investigating structural and optical characteristics of iii-nitride semiconductor materials," in III-Nitride Materials, Devices and Nano-Structures, Zhe Chuan Feng, eds. (World Scientific, 2017), pp209-261

Selected Publications ( First Author or Corresponding Author)

23. Kianjian Chen, Peiyu Zhang, Nanan Liu, Liu Tan, Peilong Hong*, Bingsuo Zou, Jingjun Xu, Yi Liang*,"Controllable nonlinear propagation of partially incoherent Airy beams," Optics Express 31 22569-22579(2023) .

22. Liu Tan, Nana Liu, Fuxi Lu, Dongmei Liu, Beibei Yu, Yuting Li, Yizhe Chu, Hao Wu, Kaijian Chen, Peilong Hong*, Yi Liang*, "Quantitative characterization of autofocusing and trapping of multi-Airy vortex beams",  Physical Review A 107, 043501 (2023)

21. Junrong Huang#, Xinyu Lin#, Silu Huang#, Mingyue Yao, Dongling Ning, Kaijian Chen, Peiyu Zhang, Peilong Hong*, Yi Liang*,"Quantitative analysis of the synthetic food colorants with optical nonlinearity", Optik 276, 170653(2023). （First author is undergraduat student）

20. Yi Liang*, Liu Tan, Nana Liu, Kaijian Chen, Huangpeng Liang, Huahao Wu, Binshen Luo, Fuxi Lu, Huihe Chen, Bingsuo Zou, Peilong Hong*, "Tunable autofocusing and enhanced trapping forces with Circular Pearcey Airy Beams", Physical Review Applied 19, 014016(2023).

19. Mingyue Yao, Dongling Ning, Xinyu Lin, Junrong Huang, Silu Huang, Tao Lin*, Bingsuo Zou, Peilong Hong, Yi Liang*, "Tunable surface plasmonic resonance and infrared self-focusing propagation in CuxS nanoparticles suspensions"， Optics Communication 527，128992（2023）

18. Peilong Hong*, Yi Liang*, "Three-dimensional microscopic single-pixel imaging with chaotic light",  Physical Review A 105, 023506(2022).

17. Fuxi Lu#,  Hao Wu#, Yi Liang*, Zhifu Tan, Xu Feng, Yi Hu*, Yinxiao Xiang, Xubo Hu, Zhigang Chen*, Jingjun Xu, "Bessel-modulated autofocusing beams for optimal trapping implementation",  Physical Review A 104, 043524(2021)

16. Fuxi Lu, Liu Tan, Zhifu Tan, Huahao Wu, Yi Liang*, "Dynamical power flow and trapping force properties of two-dimensional Airy beam superposition", Physical Review A  104, 023526(2021).

15. Yi Liang, Samaneh Pakniyat, Yinxiao Xiang, Fan Shi, George W. Hanson, Cheng Cen*, "Tunable unidirectional surface plasmon-polaritons at the interface between gyrotropic and isotropic conductors," accepted by Optica (2021).  (IF=11, Top Journal)

14.Yi Liang, Samaneh Pakniyat, Yinxiao Xiang, Fan Shi, George W. Hanson, Cheng Cen*, "Transverse-field magneto-plasmon properties of InSb in wide temperature range",  Optical Materials 112, 110831(2021).

13. Feili Wang, Yi Liang*, "Split autofocusing Pearcey beams with flexible trapping capabilities",  Optics Communications, 484,126681(2021). 

12. Xiaohong Zhang, Feili Wang, Luyang Bai, Cibo Lou*,Yi Liang*, “Three-Airy autofocusing beams”,Chinese Physics B, 064204(2020).

11. Daihua Chen, Jianguo Zhao, Xianjian Long, Bingjun Wang, Yao Liu,Yi Liang*, Xiong Zhang*, Lingyu Wan*, "Temperature-dependent electrical and optical studies on nonpolar a-plane GaN thin films with various Si-doping levels",Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing114,105063(2020).

10.Yi Liang*, Guo Liang, Yinxiao Xiang, Josh Lamstein, Anna Bezryadina, and Zhigang Chen*, "Manipulation and assessment of human red blood cells with tunable “tug-of-war” optical tweezers",Physical Review Applied 12, 064060(2019).

9. Weitao Dai^#,Yi Liang^#, Ming Yang, Dustin Schrecongost, Prakash Gajurel, Hyungwoo Lee, Jung-Woo Lee, Jun Chen, Chang-Beom Eom, Cheng Cen, "Large and Reconfigurable Infrared Photothermoelectric Effect at Oxide Interfaces, "Nano Letter19, 10, 7149-7154(2019) (IF=12.080, Top Journal)

8. Feili Wang, Cibo Lou*, and Yi Liang*, "Propagation dynamics of ring Airy Gaussian beams with cosine modulated optical vortices,"Chinese Optics Letters16, 110502 (2018).

7.Yi Liang*, Yingkang Chen, Lingyu Wan, "Propagation and power flow of high-order three-Airy beams,"Optics Communications, 405, 120-126 (2017)

6. Yingkang Chen, Xiwen Lin, Shuyu Lin, Shaoying Mo, Lingyu Wan, and Yi Liang*, "Propagation dynamics of deformed 2D vortex Airy beams,"Chin. Opt. Lett.,15, 080801(2017)

5. Shuyu Lin, Feng Wu, Changqing Chen,Yi Liang*, Lingyu Wan*, and Zhe Chuan Feng, "Temperature-dependent optical properties of AlN films characterized byspectroscopic ellipsometry,"J. Infrared Millim.Waves36(3), 276~280(2017)

4.Yi Liang, Yi Hu, Daohong Song, Cibo Lou, Xinzheng Zhang, Zhigang Chen, and Jingjun Xu*, “Image signal transmission with Airy beams,”Opt. Lett., 40, 5686-5689 (2015).

3.Yi Liang, Yi Hu, Zhuoyi Ye, Daohong Song, Cibo Lou, Xinzheng Zhang, JingjunXu, Roberto Morandotti and Zhigang Chen*, “Dynamical 2D deformed Airy beams with arbitrary angles between two wings,”J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 31(7), 1468-1472(2014).

2.Yi Liang, Zhuoyi Ye, Daohong Song, Cibo Lou, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu*, and Zhigang Chen, “Generation of linear and nonlinear propagation of three-Airybeams,”Opt. Express, 21(2), 1615-1622 (2013).

1.Yi Liang, Xinzheng Zhang, Zhenhua Wang, Qiang Wu, Jingjun Xu*, “Theoretical approaches to incoherent nonlinear optics and their progress,”Physics(China), 41(5), 316-322 (2012). (in Chinese).

Selected Publications ( not First Author or Corresponding Author)

11. Tongtong Kou, Qilin Wei, Wenyong Jia, Tong Chang, Chengyu Peng, Yi Liang, and Bingsuo Zou*, "Light Emission Enhancement of (C3H10N)4Pb1–xMnxBr6 Metal-Halide Powders by the Dielectric Confinement Effect of a Nanosized Water Layer", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14 (4), 6167-6179(2022).

9. Yinxiao Xiang, Guo Liang, Pepito Alvaro, Xubo Hu, Yi Liang, Trevor S. Kelly, Zhiwei Shi, Huizhong Xu, and Zhigang Chen*, "Resonant Optical Nonlinearity and Fluorescence Enhancement in Electrically Tuned Plasmonic Nanosuspensions",  Advanced Photonics Research, 2000060(2021)

8.Samaneh Pakniyat*, Yi Liang, Yinxiao Xiang, Cheng Cen, Jun Chen, George W. Hanson, "Indium antimonide—Constraints on practicality as a magneto-optical platform for topological surface plasmon polaritons", Journal of Applied Physics 128, 183101 (2020).

7.Rekha Gautam, Anna Bezryadina, Yinxiao Xiang, Tobias Hansson, Yi Liang, Guo Liang, Josh Lamstein, Nicolas Perez, Benjamin Wetzel, Roberto Morandotti and Zhigang Chen*, “Nonlinear optical response and self-trapping of light in biological suspensions”, Advances In Physics: X  5(1), 1(2020). (Invited review)

6. Rekha Gautam, Yinxiao Xiang, Josh Lamstein, Yi Liang, Anna Bezryadina, Guo Liang, Tobias Hansson, Benjamin Wetzel, Daryl Preece, Adam White, Matthew Silverman, Susan Kazarian, Jingjun Xu, Roberto Morandotti & Zhigang Chen,"Light-Guiding in Red Blood Cell Suspensions", Optics & Photonics News, year in review(2019).

5. Rekha Gautam^#, Yinxiao Xiang^#,*, Josh Lamstein^#, Yi Liang, Anna Bezryadina, Guo Liang, Tobias Hansson, Benjamin Wetzel, Daryl Preece, Adam White, Matthew Silverman, Susan Kazarian, Jingjun Xu, Roberto Morandotti & Zhigang Chen^*, "Optical force-induced nonlinearity and self-guiding of light in human red blood cell suspensions,"Light: Science & Applications8, 31 (2019). (IF=14.098, Top Journal)

4. Xu Gu*, Guifang Li, Xianya Li,Yi Liang and Zhechuan Feng, "Non-Patchy Strategy for Inter-Atomic Distances fromExtended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure."Scientific Reports, 7, 42143(2017)

3. Zhigang Chen*, Jingjun Xu, Yi Hu, Daohong Song, Ze Zhang, Juanying Zhao,Yi Liang, "Control and Novel Applications of Self-Accelerating Beams",Acta Optica Sinica, 36(10), 1026009(2016). (in Chinese)

2. Juanying Zhao*, Ze Zhang,Yi Liang, Xiaolin Sui, Bo Liu, Ziheng Yan, Ying Zhang, Changdong Cao,"Abruptly autofocusing beams generated with multiple Bessel-like beams",Journal of Optics, 18(3), 035601(2016).

1. Yaakov Lumer,Yi Liang, Ran Schley, Ido Kaminer, Elad Greenfield, Daohong Song, Xinzheng Zhang, JingjunXu, Zhigang Chen, and Mordechai Segev*, “Incoherent self-accelerating beams,”Optica, 2(10), 886-892 (2015). (IF=9.26, Top Journal)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

13 Yi Liang*, Tan Liu, Nana Liu, Kaijian Chen, Huihe Chen, Bingsuo Zou, Peilong Hong ;"Tuable autofucsing propagation and trapping forces of Peacey Airy beams" , SPIE-CLP Conference on Advanced Photonics (2022) (Poster)

12.Nana Liu, Huanpeng Liang, Liu Tan, Kaijian Chen, Shaozhou Jiang, Peilong Hong*, and Yi Liang*,"The new origin of orbital angular momentum based on catastrophe theory", SPIE-CLP Conference on Advanced Photonics (2022) (Poster)

11. Samaneh Pakniyat, Yi Liang, Yinxiao Xiang, Cheng Cen, Jun Chen, George W. Hanson*, "Experimental Realization of Topological Surface Plasmon Polaritons in Magnetized InSb Crystal”,  IEEE AP-S/URSI Conference, TUP-UB.1P.1(2020).(Oral)

10.Yi Liang, Yinxiao Xiang, Fan Shi, “Optical tweezer application with Autofocusing Airy-Bessel beams”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society(2020)(Oral).

9.Yinxiao Xiang, Chenglin Du, Fan Shi,Yi Liang, Wei Cai, Cheng Cen “High-efficient harmonic generation via Plasmonic Tamm states”,Bulletin of the American Physical Society(2020)(Oral).

8.Nicolas R. Perez, Jake Chambers, Rekha Gautam, Yinxiao Xiang, Josh Lamstein, Yi Liang; Zhigang Chen, Anna Bezryadina, “Red blood cells form waveguides of light at tunable wavelengths,”Proc. SPIE11083,Optical Trapping and Optical MicromanipulationXVI, 110832F(2019)(Oral).

7.Yi Liang, Yinxiao Xiang, Josh Lamstein, Anna Bezryadina, and Zhigang Chen, “Stretching and characterization of human red blood cells with tunable “tug-of-war” optical tweezers,”Proc. SPIE11083,Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XVI, 110830O(2019)(Oral).

6.Anna Bezryadina, Rekha Gautam, Yinxiao Xiang, Josh Lamstein, Yi Liang, Nicolas Perez, Tobias Hansson, Benjamin Wetzel, Roberto Morandotti, and Zhigang Chen,” Waveguides of Light through Red Blood Cells,”Biophotonics Congress: Optics in the Life Sciences Congress (2019)(Oral).

5.Yi Liang, Yinxiao Xiang, Josh Lamstein, Anna Bezryadina, and Zhigang Chen, “Cell deformation and assessment with tunable “tug-of-war” optical tweezers,”CLEO: Applications and Technology, AM1I. 4 (2019).(Oral).

4.Yi Liang, Yi Hu, Donghong Song, Xinzheng Zhang, Zhigang Chen, and Jingjun Xu, "Nonlinear propagation of partially spatially incoherent Airy beams,"Bulletin of the American Physical Society62 (2017) (Oral).

3.Qingxuan Li, Yujia Liu, Yao Liu,Yi Liang, Hao-Hsiung Lin, Jyh-Fu Lee, Na Lu, Ian T.Ferguson, LingYu Wan, Zhechuan Feng*, "GaN Films under Different Growth Mechanisms Studied by Synchrotron X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy",2nd Annual International Conference on Advanced Material Engineering(AME2016).

2.Yi Liang, Yi Hu, Daohong Song, Cibo Lou, Xinzheng Zhang, Zhigang Chen, and Jingjun Xu*, “Image signal transmission with Airy beams,”2014 Chinese Conference on Holography and Optical Information Processing, August 08-09, 2014, Nanning, China.(Oral).

1.Yi Liang, Daohong Song, Cibo Lou, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu, and Zhigang Chen*, “Generation and propagation of partially spatially incoherent Airy beams,”Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA TechnicalDigest (CD), paper QM2E.7 (Optical Society of America, 2013). (Oral).