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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Latest News
[2026/07] Joseph won the Cheung Hon Kit Scholarship in Science. Congrats!
[2026/02] Our paper titled
'Topological quantum electrodynamics in synthetic non-Abelian gauge fields' appears in PRX Quantum.
[2026/02] Mingyu joins the group. Welcome!
[2025/11] Our paper titled
'Synthetic gain for electron-beam spectroscopy' appears in Nature Communications.
[2026/01] Zeling won the Hung Hing Ying Scholarship in Physics. Congrats!
[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.
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