YANG GROUP @ HKU PHYSICS
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We are a research group focusing on optical physics and nanophotonics.
In particular, we study the interaction of light with materials at the extreme nanoscale, with free electrons, and with synthetic gauge fields.
Yang group @ HKU Physics
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[2025 /11] Our paper titled
'Efficient algorithms for the surface density of states in topological photonic and acoustic systems' appears in Nature Computational Science.
[2025 /11] Our paper titled 'Topological quantum walk in synthetic non-Abelian gauge fields with photonic mesh lattices' appears in Optica.
[2025/08] Bihan, Hairui, Wanxin, and Yeyang join the group. Welcome!
[2025/07] Joseph won the Lam Chi Him Memorial Prize in Physics. Congrats!
[2025 /06] Our paper titled 'Broadband measurement of Feibelman’s quantum surface response functions' appears in PNAS.
[2025 /04] Our paper titled 'Synthetic Non-Abelian Electric Fields and Spin-Orbit Coupling in Photonic Synthetic Dimensions' appears in Physical Review Letters.
[2025 /01] Our paper titled 'Maximal quantum interaction between free electrons and photons' appears in Physical Review Letters.
[2024 /12] Yi was awarded the Alibaba Damo Award.
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