Ph.D. (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

B.S. (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Prof. Zhang obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Information Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2014, and her Ph.D. degree in Electronic Engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2018 under the supervision of Prof. Hon Ki Tsang. She continued to work as a postdoctoral fellow in CUHK successively supported by Hong Kong Postdoctoral Hub-Innovation and Technology Fund (PH-ITF) Fellowship and Hong Kong Research Grants Council Postdoctoral Research Fellowship until 2022. She then joined Prof. Pascal Del’Haye’s group at Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light working as a postdoctoral fellow until 2024.

Her research interests include integrated photonic chips and their applications in optical computing, optical sensing, and optical communications. She has published 15 first-authored papers in Nature Communications, Laser & Photonics Reviews, Photonics Research, ACS Photonics, Optics Express, Applied Physics Letters, etc.

Selected Publications (^†equal contribution, ^*corresponding author)

1. Y. Zhang^†,*, K. Zhong^†, X. Zhou, and H. K. Tsang^*, “Broadband high-Q multimode silicon concentric racetrack resonators for widely tunable Raman lasers,” Nature Communications 13, 1-8 (2022).
2. H. Yan, et al., Y. Zhang, Y. Zhuang, J. Xavier, P. Del’Haye, “Real-time imaging of standing-wave patterns from a bi-directionally pumped microresonator”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 121, e2313981121 (2024).
3. K. Zhong^†, Y. Zhang^†,*, S. Zhang^†, et al., Hon Ki Tsang^*, "Near-infrared dual-band frequency comb generation from a silicon resonator," Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2301366 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202301366
4. Y. Zhang, K. Zhong, and H. K. Tsang^*, “Raman lasing in multimode silicon racetrack resonators,” Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2000336 (2020).
5. Y. Zhang^†, S. zhang^†, et al., and P. Del’Haye, "Integrated optical switches based on Kerr symmetry breaking in microresonators," Photonics Research, https://doi.org/10.1364/PRJ.542111, (2024).
6. Y. Zhang^*, K. Zhong, W. Zhou, and H. K. Tsang^*, “Low-threshold continuous-wave anti-Stokes Raman lasing in silicon racetrack resonators,” ACS Photonics 8, 3462–3468 (2021).
7. Y. Zhang^†, S. Zhang^†,*, T. Bi, and P. Del’Haye^*, “Geometry optimization for dark soliton combs in thin multimode silicon nitride microresonators,” Optics Express 31, 41420-41427 (2023).
8. Y. Zhang^†,*, K. Zhong^†, and H. K. Tsang^*, “Compact multimode silicon racetrack resonators for high-efficiency tunable Raman lasers,” Applied Physics Letters 122, 081101 (2023).
9. Y. Zhang^†,*, R. R. Kumar^†, K. Zhong, and H. K. Tsang, “Near-infrared frequency comb generation from a silicon microresonator,” Journal of Optics 23, 10LT02 (2021).
10. Y. Zhang^†,*, G. Hu^†, K. Zhong^†, W. Zhou, and H. K. Tsang^*, “Investigation of low-power comb generation in silicon microresonators from dual pumps,” Journal of Optics 23, 10LT03 (2021).
11. Y. Zhang, K. Zhong, G. Hu, D. Yi, R. R. Kumar, and H. K. Tsang^*, “Sub-milliwatt optical frequency combs in dual-pumped high-Q multimode silicon resonators,” Applied Physics Letters 117, 221103 (2020).
12. Y. Zhang, Y. Yao, D. Yi, and H. K. Tsang^*, “Radiation pressure and electrostriction induced enhancement for Kerr-like nonlinearities in a nanoscale silicon pedestal waveguide,” Journal of Optics 22, 055502 (2020).
13. Y. Zhang^†,*, L. Tao^†, D. Yi, J. B. Xu, and H. K. Tsang^*, “Enhanced thermo-optic nonlinearities in a MoS₂-on-silicon microring resonator,” Applied Physics Express 13, 022004 (2020).
14. Y. Zhang^†,*, L. Tao^†, D. Yi, J. B. Xu, and H. K. Tsang^*, “Enhanced four-wave mixing with MoS₂ on a silicon waveguide,” Journal of Optics 22, 025503 (2020). (Selected as Editor's Choice)
15. Y. Zhang, L. Wang, Z. Cheng, and H. K. Tsang^*, “Forward stimulated Brillouin scattering in silicon microring resonators,” Applied Physics Letters 111, 041104 (2017).
16. Y. Zhang, Z. Cheng, L. Liu, B. Zhu, J. Wang, W. Zhou, X. Wu, and H. K. Tsang^*, “Enhancement of self-phase modulation induced spectral broadening in silicon suspended membrane waveguides,” Journal of Optics 18, 055503 (2016).