Publications

Identifier: Google scholar, Orcid, Web of Science, arXiv

Preprints 

1.  Y.Song, Y.Hu, X.Zhu, K.Yang, M.Lončar, "Octave-spanning Kerr soliton microcombs on thin-film lithium niobate," arXiv:2403.01107.

2.  Y.Song, Y.Hu, M.Lončar, K.Yang, "Hybrid Kerr-electro-optic frequency combs on thin-film lithium niobate," arXiv:2402.11669. 

2023 

1.  A.A.Hariri, A.P.Cartwright, C.Dory, Y.Gidi, S.Yee, K.Fu, K.Yang, D.Wu, I.A.P.Thompson, N.Maganzini, T.Feagin, B.E.Young, B.H.Afshar, M.Eisenstein, M.Digonnet, J.Vučković, H.T.Soh,"Modular Aptamer Switches for the Continuous Optical Detection of Small-Molecule Analytes in Complex Media," Advanced Materials, 2023. 

2.  J.Yang, M.A.Guidry, D.M.Lukin, K.Yang, J.Vučković, “Inverse-designed Silicon Carbide Quantum and Nonlinear Photonics,” Light: Science & Applications 12, 201, 2023.

3.  M.A.Guidry, D.M.Lukin, K.Yang, J.Vučković, “Multimode squeezing in soliton crystal microcombs,” Optica 10, 694-701, 2023.

4.  A.D.White, L.Su, D.I.Shahar, K.Yang, G.H.Ahn, J.Skarda, S.Ramachandran, J.Vučković, “Inverse design of optical vortex beam emitters,” ACS Photonics 10, 803-807, 2023 [Invited paper].

5.  A.D.White, G.H.Ahn, K.Van Gasse, K.Yang, L.Chang, J.E.Bowers, J.Vučković, “Integrated passive nonlinear optical isolators,” Nature Photonics 17, 143-149, 2023.

2022

1.  K.Yang, C.Shirpurkar, A.D.White, J.Zang, L.Chang, F.Ashtiani, M.A.Guidry, D.M.Lukin, S.V.Pericherla, J.Yang, H.Kwon, J.Lu, G.H.Ahn, K.Van Gasse, Y.Jin, S.-P.Yu, T.C.Briles, J.R.Stone, D.R.Carlson, H.Song, K.Zou, H.Zhou, K.Pang, H.Hao, L.Trask, M.Li, A.Netherton, L.Rechtman, J.S.Stone, J.L.Skarda, L.Su, D.Vercruysse, J.P.W.MacLean, S.Aghaeimeibodi, M.-J.Li, D.A.B.Miller, D.M.Marom, A.E.Willner, J.E.Bowers, S.B.Papp, P.J.Delfyett, F.Aflatouni, J.Vučković, “Multi-dimensional optical data transmission using inverse-designed silicon photonics and microcombs,” Nature Communications 13, 7862, 2022.

2.  A.Dutt, L.Yuan, K.Yang, K.Wang, S.Buddhiraju, J.Vučković, S.Fan, “Creating boundaries along a synthetic frequency dimension,” Nature Communications 13, 3377, 2022.

3.  C.Shirpurkar, J.Zhang, K.Yang, D.Carson, S.-P.Yu, S.V.Pericherla, J.Yang, M.A.Guidry, D.M.Lukin, G.H.Ahn, J.Lu, L.Trask, F.Aflatouni, J.Vučković, S.B.Papp, P.J.Delfyett, “Photonic crystal resonators for inverse-designed multidimensional optical interconnects,” Optics Letters 47, 3063-3066, 2022.

4.  G.H.Ahn, K.Yang, R.Trivedi, L.Su, A.D.White, J.Skarda, J.Vučković, “Photonic Inverse Design of On-Chip Microresonators,” ACS Photonics 9, 1875-1881, 2022.

5.  M.A.Guidry, D.M.Lukin, K.Yang, R.Trivedi, J.Vučković, “Quantum optics of soliton microcomb,” Nature Photonics 16, 52-58, 2022.

2021

1.  D.Vercruysse, N.V.Sapra, K.Yang, J.Vučković, “Inverse-designed photonic crystal circuits for optical beam steering,” ACS Photonics 8, 3085-3093, 2021.

2.  K.Wang, A.Dutt, K.Yang, C.C.Wojcik, J.Vučković, S.Fan, “Generating arbitrary topological windings of a non–Hermitian band,” Science 371, 1240-1245, 2021.

2020

1.  M.Guidry, K.Yang, D.Lukin, A.Markosyan, J.Yang, M.M.Fejer, J.Vučković, “Optical parametric oscillation in silicon carbide nanophotonics,” Optica 7, 1139-1142, 2020.

2.  K.Yang, J.Skarda, M.Cotrufo, A.Dutt, G.H.Ahn, M.Sawaby, D.Vercruysse, A.Arbabian, S.Fan, A.Alù, J.Vučković, “Inverse-designed nonreciprocal pulse router for chip-based LiDAR,” Nature Photonics 14, 369-374, 2020.

3.  Y.H.Lai, M.G.Suh, Y.K.Lu, B.Shen, Q.F.Yang, J.Li, S.H.Lee, K.Yang, K.Vahala, “Earth rotation measured by a chip-scale ring laser gyroscope,” Nature Photonics 14, 345-349, 2020.

4.  D.M.Lukin, C.Dory, M.Guidry, K.Yang, S.D.Mishra, R.Trivedi, M.Radulaski, S.Sun, D.Vercruysse, G.Ahn, J.Vučković,“4H-Silicon-Carbide-on-Insulator for Integrated Quantum and Nonlinear Photonics,” Nature Photonics 14, 330-334, 2020.

5.  N.V.Sapra, K.Yang, D.Vercruysse, K.L.Leedle, D.S.Black, R.J.England, L.Su, Y.Miao, O.Solgaard, R.L.Byer, J.Vučković,“On-chip integrated laser-driven particle accelerator,” Science 367, 79-83, 2020.

2019

1.  C.Dory, D.Vercruysse, K.Yang, N.V.Sapra, A.Rugar, S.Sun, D.M.Lukin, A.Piggott, J.L.Zhang, M.Radulaski, K.Lagoudakis, L.Su, J.Vučković, “Inverse-designed diamond photonics,” Nature Communications 10, 3309, 2019.

2.  U.Niedermayer, A.Adelmann, S.Bettoni, M.Calvi, M.Dehler, E.Ferrari, F.Frei, D.Hauenstein, B.Hermann, N.Hiller, R.Ischebeck, C.Lombosi, E.Prat, S.Reiche, L.Rivkin, R.Abmann, U.Dorda, I.Hartl, W.Kuropka, F.Lemery, B.Marchetti, F.Mayet, H.Xuan, J.Zhu, D.Black, P.Broaddus, R.L.Byer, A.Ceballos, H.Deng, S.Fan, J.Harris, T.Hirano, T.W.Hughes, Y.Jiang, T.Langenstein, K.Leedle, Y.Miao, A.Ody, A.Piggott, N.Sapra, O.Solgaard, L.Su, S.Tan, J.Vuckovic, K.Yang, Z.Zhao, O.Boine-Frankenheim, T.Egenolf, E.Skaear, D.Cesar, P.Musumeci, B.Naranjo, J.Rosenzweig, X.Shen, B.Cowan, R.J.England, Z.Huang, H.Cankaya, M.Fakhari, A.Fallahi, F.X.Kaeartner, T.Feurer, P.Hommelhoff, J.Illmer, A.Li, A.Mittelbach, J.McNeur, N.Schoenenberger, R.Shiloh, A.Tafel, P.Yousefi, M.Kozak, M.Qi, Y.Lee, Y.-Huang, E.Simakov “Challenges in simulating beam dynamics of dielectric laser acceleration,” International J. of Modern Physics A 34, 1942031, 2019.

3.  Z.L.Newman, V.Maurice, T.E.Drake, J.R.Stone, T.C.Briles, D.T.Spencer, C.Fredrick, Q.Li, D.Westly, B.R.Ilic, B.Sheng, M.-G.Suh, K.Yang, C.Johnson, D.M.S.Johnson, L.Hollberg, K.Vahala, K.Srinivasan, S.A.Diddams, J.Kitching, S.B.Papp, M.T.Hummon, “Architecture for the photonic integration of an optical atomic clock,” Optica 6, 680-685, 2019.

4.  Q.-F.Yang, B.Shen, H.Wang, M.Tran, Z.Zhang, K.Yang, L.Wu, C.Bao, J.Bowers, A.Yariv, K.Vahala, “Vernier spectrometer using counter-propagating soliton microcombs,” Science 363, 965-968, 2019.

5.  N.V.Sapra, D.Vercruysse, L.Su, K.Yang, J.L.Skarda, A.Y.Piggott, J.Vučković, “Inverse design and demonstration of broadband grating couplers,” IEEE J. of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 25, 1-7, 2019 [Invited paper].

2018 

1. D.C.Cole, J.R.Stone, M.Erkintalo, K.Yang, X.Yi, K.Vahala, S.Papp, “Kerr-microresonator solitons from a chirped background,” Optica 5, 10, 1304-1310, 2018.

2.  X.Yi, Q.-F.Yang, K.Yang, K.Vahala, “Imaging soliton dynamics in optical microcavities,” Nature Communications 9, 3656, 2018.

3.  K.Yang, D.Y.Oh, S.H.Lee, Q.-F.Yang, X.Yi, B.Shen, H.Wang, K.Vahala, “Bridging ultra-high-Q devices and photonic circuits,” Nature Photonics, 12, 297-302, 2018.

4.  D.T.Spencer, T.Drake, T.C.Briles, J.Stone, L.C.Sinclair, C.Fredrick, Q.Li, D.Westly, B.R.Ilic, A.Bluestone, N.Volet, T.Komljenovic, L.Chang, S.H.Lee, D.Y.Oh, M.-G.Suh, K.Yang, M.H.P.Pfeiffer, T.J.Kippenberg, E.Norberg, L.Theogarajan, K.Vahala, N.R.Newbury, K.Srinivasan, J.E.Bowers, S.A.Diddams, S.B.Papp, “An optical-frequency synthesizer using integrated photonics,” Nature, 557, 81-85, 2018.

5.  X.Li, B.Shen, H.Wang, K.Yang, X.Yi, Q.-F.Yang, Z. Zhou, K.Vahala, “Universal isocontours for dissipative Kerr solitons,” Optics Letters 43, 2567-2570, 2018 .

6.  N.Volet, X.Yi, Q.-F.Yang, E.J.Stanton, P.A.Morton, K.Yang, K.Vahala, J.E.Bowers, “Micro-resonator soliton generated directly with a diode laser,” Laser & Photonics Reviews, 1700307, 2018.

2017

1. S.H.Lee, D.Y.Oh, Q.-F.Yang, B.Shen, H.Wang, K.Yang, Y.H.Lai, X.Yi, K.Vahala, “Towards visible soliton microcomb generation,” Nature Communications, 8, 1295, 2017.

2. Q.Yang, X.Yi, K.Yang, K.Vahala, “Counter-propagating solitons in microresonators,” Nature Photonics, 11, 560-564, 2017

3. Y.H.Lai, K.Yang, M.-G.Suh, K.Vahala, “Fiber taper characterization by optical backscattering reflectometry,” Optics Express, 25, 22312-22327, 2017.

4. X.Yi, Q.-F.Yang, X.Zhang, K.Yang, X.Li, K.Vahala, “Single-mode dispersive waves and soliton microcomb dynamics,” Nature Communications, 8, 14869, 2017.

5. D.Y.Oh, K.Yang, C.Fredrick, G.Ycas, S.A.Diddams, K.Vahala, “Coherent ultra-violet to near-infrared generation in silica ridge waveguides,” Nature Communications 8, 13922, 2017.

6. Q.-F.Yang, X.Yi, K.Yang, K.Vahala, “Stokes solitons in optical microcavities,” Nature Physics 13, 53-57, 2017.

2016

1.  M.-G.Suh, Q.-F.Yang, K.Yang, X.Yi, K.Vahala, “Microresonator soliton dual-comb spectroscopy,” Science 354, 600-603, 2016.

2.  Q.-F.Yang, X.Yi, K.Yang, K.Vahala, “Spatial-mode-interaction-induced dispersive-waves and their active tuning in microresonators,” Optica 3, 1132-1135, 2016.

3.  X.Yi, Q.-F.Yang, K.Yang, K.Vahala, “Theory and measurement of the soliton self-frequency shift and efficiency in optical microcavities,” Optics Letters 41, 3419-3422, 2016.

4.  P.Del’Haye, A.Coillet, T.Fortier, K.Beha, D.C.Cole, K.Yang, H.Lee, K.Vahala, S.Papp, S.Diddams, “Phase-coherent microwave-to-optical link with a self-referenced microcomb,” Nature Photonics 10, 516-520, 2016.

5.  K.Yang, K.Beha, D.Cole, X.Yi, P.Del’Haye, H.Lee, J.Li, D.Y.Oh, S.Diddams, S.Papp, K.Vahala, “Broadband dispersionengineered microresonator on a chip,” Nature Photonics 10, 316-320, 2016.

6.  X.Yi, Q.-F.Yang, K.Yang, K.Vahala, “Active capture and stabilization of temporal solitons in microresonators,” Optics Letters 41, 2037-2040, 2016.

-2015

1. X.Yi, Q.-F.Yang, K.Yang, M.-G.Suh, K.Vahala, “Soliton frequency comb at microwave rates in a high-Q silica microresonator,” Optica 2, 1078-1085, 2015.

2. D.Y.Oh, D.Sell, H.Lee, K.Yang, S.A.Diddams, K.Vahala, “Supercontinuum generation in an on-chip Silica waveguide,” Optics Letters 39, 1046-1048, 2014.

3. J.Li, H.Lee, K.Yang, K.Vahala, “Sideband spectroscopy and dispersion measurement in microcavities,” Optics Express 20, 26337-26344, 2012.

4. H.Lee, T.Chen, J.Li, K.Yang, S.Jeon, O.Painter, K.Vahala, “Chemically etched ultra-high-Q resonator on a silicon chip,” Nature Photonics 6, 369-373, 2012.

5. K.Yang, V.Giannini, A.O.Bak, H.Amrania, S.A.Maier, C.C.Phillips, “Subwavelength imaging with quantum metamaterials,” Physical Review B 86, 075309, 2012.

6. K.Yang, K.C.Choi, I.-S.Kang, C.W.Ahn, “Surface plasmon resonance enhanced photoconductivity in Cu nanoparticle films“, Optics Express 18, 16379-16386, 2010.

7. K.Yang, K.C.Choi, C.W.Ahn, “Surface plasmon-enhanced energy transfer in an organic light-emitting device structure“, Optics Express 17, 11495-11504, 2009.

8. K.Yang, K.C.Choi, C.W.Ahn, “Surface plasmon-enhanced spontaneous emission rate in an organic light-emitting device structure: cathode structure for plasmonic application“, Applied Physics Letters 94, 173301, 2009.