Ke Yao

Education:

Ph.D., Nuclear Science and Engineering, Southwestern Institute of Physics, China, 2016-2021

Dissertation Title: " Development of Laser Collective Scattering Diagnostic and Experimental Study of Small-Scale Turbulence on HL-2A Tokamak ”

M.S., Nuclear Science and Engineering, Southwestern Institute of Physics, China, 2007-2010

Dissertation Title: “Thomson Scattering System on HL-2A tokamak and its data processing methods”

B.S., Applied Physics, Harbin University of Science and Technology, China, 2003-2007

Professional Experience:

Postdoc, University of California, Davis, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Nov. 2021 - Present

Research Associate, Southwestern Institute of Physics, 2021 – Present

Research Assistant, Southwestern Institute of Physics, 2012 – 2021

Research Intern, Southwestern Institute of Physics, 2010 – 2012

Publications:

1. K. Yao, Y. H. Xu, et al. A laser collective scattering system for measuring short-scale turbulence on HL-2A tokamak[J], Journal of Instrumentation, December 10, 2020, 15:12016

2. K. Yao, Y. Liu, et al. Observation of central high-k turbulence modulated by m/n=2/1 islands in HL-2A core plasmas, 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics, 26 Sept-1Oct, 2021

3. K. Yao, Y. H. Xu, et al. Development of a laser collective scattering system for measuring short-scale turbulence on the HL-2A Tokamak, 61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Lauderdale, Florida, USA October 21-25, 2019

4. K. Yao, Y. H. Xu, et al. Progress and Preliminary Physical Results of Laser Collective Scattering Diagnostic system on HL-2A tokamak, Fifth Domestic Symposium on Fusion Plasma Diagnosis Technology and Related Physical Problems, Wuhan, China, 2018.10.19-22

5.K. Yao, Y. Huang, Estimation of L-H transition time by statistical methods on HL-2A, 39th EPS Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 2012.07.02-2012.07.06

6. Y. Huang, K. Yao, et al. Application of high-power Q-switched Nd:YAG laser on HL-2A device[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2010, 37(S1): 7-11 (in Chinese)

7. K. Yao, Y. Huang, et al. Preliminary application of maximum likelihood method in HL-2A Thomson scattering system [J]. Nuclear Fusion and Plasma Physics, 2010.09.01, 30(3): 203-207 (in Chinese)