About me:
I am a post-doctoral researcher in Ginzton Lab at Stanford University. I was born in China, and finished my university education in Hefei, China. I enjoy working on photonic nanotechnologies. My recent research interests include the application of photonics in solar energy conversion, optical communications, and bio-sensing. Aside from research interest, I play some soccer and enjoy good food. I founded and co-founded a couple of websites. One of them has been visited by over 10 million people. Another one is to help people to communicate better in seminars.
Education:
Ph. D. Applied Physics Stanford University, 2009
M.S. Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 2008
B.S. Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 2004
Journal Publications: Google Scholar
2012:
40. Zongfu Yu, A. Raman, S. Fan "Thermodynamic upper bound on broadband light coupling with photonic structures" Under Review.
39. H. Lira, Zongfu Yu, S. Fan and M. Lipson "Electro-optical silicon isolator" Under Review
38. K. Wang, Zongfu Yu, V. Liu, Y. Cui, S. Fan "Absorption Enhancement in Ultrathin Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells with Antireflection and Light trapping Nanocone Gratings" Nano Letters, Feb, ASAP (2012).
37. K. Fang, Zongfu Yu, S. Fan " Photonic Aharonov-Bohm effect based on dynamic modulation" Physical Review Letters, In press. (2012)
36 L. Verslegers, Zongfu Yu, Z. Ruan, P. Catrysse, S. Fan " From Electromagnetically Induced Transparency to Superscattering with a Single Structure: A Coupled-Mode Theory for Doubly Resonant Structures", Physical Review Letters, 108, 083902 (2012).
35. S. Fan, R. Baets, A. Petrov, Zongfu Yu, J. D. Joannopoulos, W. Freude, A. Melloni, M. Popvic, M. Vanwolleghem, D. Jalas, M. Eich, M. Krause, H. Renner, E. Brinkmeyer, C. R. Doerr " Comment on 'Nonreciprocal Light Propagation in a Silicon Photonic Circuit' " Science, 335, 38, (2012) Technical Comments
2011:
34. Zongfu Yu, Aaswath Ramn, and Shanhui Fan, " Nanophotonic light trapping theory for solar cells", Applied Physics A, 105, 329-339, (2011). Invited
33. Kejie Fang, Zongfu Yu, Victor Liu, and Shanhui Fan, "Ultracompact non-reciprocal optical isolator based on guided resonance in a magneto-optical photonic crystal slab" Optics Letter 36, 4254 (2011).
32. Zongfu Yu and Shanhui Fan "Optical Isolation: A non-magnetic approach" Nature Photonics, 5, 517-519, (2011). News & Views
31. Aaswath Raman, Zongfu Yu, and Shanhui Fan "Dielectric nanostructures for broadband light trapping in organic solar cells" Optics Express 19, 19051, (2011).
30. Kejie Fang, Zongfu Yu, and Shanhui Fan "Microscopic theory of photonic one-way edge mode" Physical Review B, 84, 075477, (2011).
29. Zongfu Yu, and Shanhui Fan "Extraordinarily high spectral sensitivity in refractive index sensors using multiple optical modes" Optics Express, 19 10029 (2011)
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28. Zongfu Yu, and Shanhui Fan " Angular constraint on light-trapping absorption enhancement in solar cells" Applied Physics Letters 98, 011106 (2011)
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27. Varat Intaraprasonk, Zongfu Yu, and Shanhui Fan " Image transfer with subwavelength resolution on metal-dielectric interface" Journal of Optical Society of America B 28, 1335 (2011)
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26. Hui Wu, Liangbing Hu, Thomas Carney, Zhichao Ruan, Desheng Kong, Zongfu Yu, Yan Yao, Judy Cha, Jia Zhu, Shanhui Fan and Yi Cui "Low Reflectivity and High Flexibility of Tin-Doped Indium Oxide Nanofiber Transparent Electrodes" Journal of American Chemical Society 133, 27 (2011).
2010:
25. Zongfu Yu, Aaswath Raman, and Shanhui Fan " Fundamental limit of nanophotonic light trapping in solar cells" PNAS 107(41) 17491-17496 (2010)
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24. J. Zhu, Z. Yu, S. Fan, and Y. Cui "Nanostructured Photon Management for high performance solar cells" Material Science and Engineering-R.
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23. L. Verslegers, Z. Yu, P.B. Catrysse, and S. Fan "Temporal coupled-mode theory for resonant apertures" Journal of Optical Society of America-B, 27,1947 (2010).
22. Zongfu Yu, Aaswath Raman, and Shanhui Fan " Fundamental limit of light trapping in grating structures" Optics Express, 18, A366 (2010).
21. Varat Intaraprasonk, Zongfu Yu, and Shanhui Fan "Combining radiationless interference with evanescent field amplification" Optics Letters, 35, 1659 (2010)
20. L. Verslegers, P.B. Catrysse, Z. Yu, W. Shin, Z. Ruan and S. Fan, "Phase front design with metallic pillar arrays" Optics Letters, 35, 844,(2010).
19. Judy Cha, Zongfu Yu, Eric Smith, Martin Couillard, Shanhui Fan, and David A. Muller, "Mapping local optical densities of states in silicon photonic structures with nanoscale electron spectroscopy", Phys. Rev. B. 81,113102, (2010).
18. Zongfu Yu and Shanhui Fan, “Integrated Non-Magnetic Optical Isolators based on Photonic Transitions”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (Invited), 16, 459 (2010)
17. Zongfu Yu and Shanhui Fan, “Optical resonances created by photonic transitions” Applied Physics Letters, 96, 011108, (2010).
16. Cao L, Fan P, Vasudev AP, White JS, Yu Z, Cai W, Schuller JA, Fan S, Brongersma ML “Semiconductor nanowire optical antenna solar absorbers”, 10(2), 439 Nano Letters (2010).
2009:
15. A. Kinkhabwala, Z. Yu, S. Fan, Y. Avlasevich, K. Mullen, and W.E. Moerner “Single-molecule fluorescence enhancements produced by a Bowtie nanoantenna” Nature Photonics, 3, 654, (2009).
14. P.B. Catrysse, L. Verslegers, Z. Yu, J. S. White, E. S. Barnard, M. L. Brongersma, and S. Fan, "Planar lenses based on nanoscale slit arrays in a metallic film", Optics and Photonics News, 20, 24, (2009)
13. Jia Zhu, Ching-Mei Hsu, Zongfu Yu, Shanhui Fan and Yi Cui “Nanodome solar cells with efficient light management and self-cleaning”, Nano Letters, DOI: 10.1021/nl9034237, Nov (2009).
12. L. Verslegers, P.B. Catrysse, Z. Yu and S. Fan “ Planar metallic nanoscale slit lenses for angle compenstation”, Applied Physics Letters, 95, 071112 (2009).
11. L. Verslegers, P.B. Catrysse, Z. Yu and S. Fan “ Deep-subwavelength focusing and steering of light in aperiodic metallic waveguide array”, Physical Review Letters, 103, 033902 (2009).
10. Zongfu Yu, and Shanhui Fan “ Optical isolation based on nonreciprocal phase shift induced by interband photonic transitions” Applied Physics Letters , 94, 171116 (2009).
9. White JS, Veronis G, Yu Z, Barnard ES, Chandran A, Fan S, Brongersma ML “Extraordinary optical absorption through subwavelength slits”, Optics Letters, 34 (5): 686-8 (2009).
8. Georgios Veronis, Zongfu Yu, Sukru Ekin Kocabas, David A. B. Miller, Mark L. Brongersma, and Shanhui Fan “ Metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguide devices for manipulating light at the nanoscale” Chinese Optics Letters (Invited Paper), 7, 302,(2009).
7. Zongfu Yu, and Shanhui Fan “ Complete Optical Isolation created by indirect interband photonic transitions” Nature Photonics, 3, 91 (2009).
6. Jia Zhu, Zongfu Yu, George F. Burkhard, Ching-Mei Hsu, Stephen T. Connor, Yueqin Xu, Qi Wang, Michael McGehee, Shanhui Fan and Yi Cui “ Optical Absorption Enhancement in Amorphous Silicon Nanowire Arrays ” Nano Letters 9 (1), pp 279–282 (2009).
5. Lieven Verslegers, Peter B. Catrysse, Zongfu Yu, Justin S. White, Edward S. Barnard, Mark L. Brongersma and Shanhui Fan “ Planar Lenes Based on Nanoscale Slit Arrays in a Metallic Film” Nano Letters, 9(1), pp 235-238 (2009).
2008:
4. Zongfu Yu, G. Veronis, Z. Wang and S. Fan “One-way electromagnetic waveguide formed at the interface between a plasmonic metal under static magnetic field and a photonic crystal”, Physical Review Letters, 100, 23902 (2008).
3. Zongfu Yu, G. Veronis, M. L. Brongersma, and S. Fan “Gain-induced switching in metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguide” Applied Physics Letters 92, 041117 (2008).
2007:
2. Zongfu Yu, Z. Wang and S. Fan “One-way total reflection with one-dimensional magneto-optical photonic crystals” Applied Physics Letters 90, 121133 (2007).
2006:
1. Zongfu Yu, G. Veronis, M. L. Brongersma, and S. Fan “Design of mid-infrared photodetectors enhanced by surface plasmons on grating structures” Applied Physics Letters89, 151116 (2006).
Contact:
Edward L. Ginzton Lab S-26
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305
zfyu (at) s t a n f o r d . e d u