Yi Hu

September 2006 - June 2011: PhD, Nankai University

September 2002 - June 2006: Bachelor, Nankai University

August 2014-now: Associate Professor, School of Physics, Nankai University

July 2011 - July 2014: Postdoctoral fellowship, INRS-EMT, Canada

Yi Hu, the doctoral supervisor in School of Physics, was selected to join in "Hundred Young Academic Leaders Program" of Nankai University, and "Youth 1000 Talents Program" of Tianjin Province. He joined in Nankai University in Aug. 2014 after finishing the postdoctoral research work in INRS, Canada. He currently mainly devotes to the research on manipulation and application of optical fields, and has published over 30 SCI papers in the peer-viewed journals including Physical Review Letters, Science Advances, Optics Letters. As the first author, he wrote the first review on self-accelerating light fields, and his research achievement was reported by over 20 international media.

Research interest: Manipulation and application of optical fields

Research topic:

1. Novel optical fields

2. Nonlinear dynamics of optical beams

3. Photonics in micro/nano structures

4.Topological photonics

Book chapters
[1] Yi Hu, Georgios A. Siviloglou, Peng Zhang, Nikolaos K. Efremidis, Demetrios N. Christodoulides and Zhigang Chen, “Self-accelerating Airy Beams: Generation, Control, and Applications,” in Nonlinear photonics and novel phenomena, Z. Chen, and R. Morandotti eds. (Springer, 2012)
[2] Peng Zhang, Cibo Lou, Yi Hu, Sheng Liu, Jianlin Zhao, Jingjun Xu and Zhigang Chen, “Spatial Beam Dynamics Mediated by Hybrid Nonlinearity,” in Nonlinear photonics and novel phenomena, Z. Chen, and R. Morandotti eds. (Springer, 2012)

Published peer-viewed papers

  

[1] Yumiao Pei, Yi Hu, Cibo Lou, Daohong Song, Liqin Tang, Jingjun Xu, and Zhigang Chen, Observation of spatial optical diametric drive acceleration in photonic lattices, Opt. Lett. 43, 118-121 (2018)
[2] Yi Hu, Zhili Li, Benjamin Wetzel, Roberto Morandotti, Zhigang Chen, and Jingjun Xu, “Cherenkov Radiation Control via Self-accelerating Wave-packets,” Scientific Reports 7, 8695 (2017)
[3] Domenico Bongiovanni, Benjamin Wetzel, Yi Hu, Zhigang Chen, and Roberto Morandotti, Optimal compression and energy confinement of optical Airy bullets, Opt. Express 24, 26454-26463 (2016)
[4] Benjamin Wetzel, Domenico Bongiovanni, Michael Kues, Yi Hu, Zhigang Chen, Stefano Trillo, John M. Dudley, Stefano Wabnitz, and Roberto Morandotti, “Experimental Generation of Riemann Waves in Optics: A Route to Shock Wave Control,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 073902 (2016)
[5] Zhigang Chen, Jingjun Xu, Yi Hu, Daohong Song, Ze Zhang, Juanying Zhao, and Yi Liang, “Control and Novel Applications of Self-Accelerating Beams”. Acta Optica Sinica, 36, 1026009 (2016) (invited)
[6] Yuanyuan Zong, Shiqiang Xia, Liqin Tang, Daohong Song, Yi Hu, Yumiao Pei, Jing Su, Yigang Li, and Zhigang Chen, Observation of localized flat-band states in Kagome photonic lattices, Opt. Express 24, 8877-8885 (2016)
[7] Shiqiang Xia, Yi Hu, Daohong Song, Yuanyuan Zong, Liqin Tang, and Zhigang Chen, Demonstration of flat-band image transmission in optically induced Lieb photonic lattices, Opt. Lett. 41, 1435-1438 (2016)
[8] Yi Liang, Yi Hu, Daohong Song, Cibo Lou, Xinzheng Zhang, Zhigang Chen, and Jingjun Xu, Image signal transmission with Airy beams, Opt. Lett. 40, 5686-5689 (2015)
[9] Domenico Bongiovanni, Yi Hu*, Benjamin Wetzel, Raul A. Robles, Gregorio Mendoza González, Erwin A. Marti-Panameño, Zhigang Chen, and Roberto Morandotti, “Efficient Optical Energy Harvesting in Self-Accelerating Beams,” Scientific Reports 5, 13197 (2015)
[10] Juanying Zhao, I. D. Chremmos, Ze Zhang, Yi Hu, Daohong Song, Peng Zhang, N. K. Efremidis, Zhigang Chen, “Specially shaped Bessel-like self-accelerating beams along predesigned trajectories,” Science Bulletin, 10.1007/s11434-015-0792-1 (2015)
[11] Matteo Clerici, Yi Hu, Philippe Lassonde, Carles Milián, Arnaud Couairon, Demetrios N. Christodoulides, Zhigang Chen, Luca Razzari, François Vidal, François Légaré, Daniele Faccio and Roberto Morandotti, “Laser-assisted guiding of electric discharges around objects,” Science Advances 19, vol. 1, no. 5, e1400111 (2015)
[12] Yi Hu, Amirhossein Tehranchi, Stefan Wabnitz, Raman Kashyap, Zhigang Chen, and Roberto Morandotti, “Improved Intrapulse Raman Scattering Control via Asymmetric Airy Pulses,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 073901 (2015)
[13] Yi Liang, Yi Hu, Zhuoyi Ye, Daohong Song, Cibo Lou, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu, Roberto Morandotti, and Zhigang Chen, Dynamical deformed Airy beams with arbitrary angles between two wings, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 31, 1468-1472 (2014)
[14] Yi Hu, Ming Li, Domenico Bongiovanni, Matteo Clerici, Jianping Yao, Zhigang Chen, José Azaña, and Roberto Morandotti, Spectrum to distance mapping via nonlinear Airy pulses, Opt. Lett. 38, 380-382 (2013)
[15] Ze Zhang, Yi Hu, Juanying Zhao, Peng Zhang, Zhigang Chen, “Research progress and application prospect of Airy beams,” Science Bulletin, 58, 3513-3520 (2013)
[16] Yi Hu, Domenico Bongiovanni, Zhigang Chen, and Roberto Morandotti, “Multipath multicomponent self-accelerating beams through spectrum-engineered position mapping,” Phys. Rev. A 88, 043809 (2013)
[17] Rodislav Driben, Yi Hu, Zhigang Chen, Boris A. Malomed, and Roberto Morandotti, Inversion and tight focusing of Airy pulses under the action of third-order dispersion, Opt. Lett. 38, 2499-2501 (2013)
[18] Yi Hu, Domenico Bongiovanni, Zhigang Chen, and Roberto Morandotti, Periodic self-accelerating beams by combined phase and amplitude modulation in the Fourier space, Opt. Lett. 38, 3387-3389 (2013)
[19] Peng Zhang, Yi Hu, Tongcang Li, Drake Cannan, Xiaobo Yin, Roberto Morandotti, Zhigang Chen, and Xiang Zhang, “Nonparaxial Mathieu and Weber Accelerating Beams,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 193901 (2012). (cover story)
[20] Peng Zhang, Yi Hu, Drake Cannan, Alessandro Salandrino, Tongcang Li, Roberto Morandotti, Xiang Zhang, and Zhigang Chen, Generation of linear and nonlinear nonparaxial accelerating beams, Opt. Lett. 37, 2820-2822 (2012)
[21] Peng Zhang, Daniel Hernandez, Drake Cannan, Yi Hu, Shima Fardad, Simon Huang, Joseph C. Chen, Demetrios N. Christodoulides, and Zhigang Chen, Trapping and rotating microparticles and bacteria with moiré-based optical propelling beams, Biomed. Opt. Express 3, 1891-1897 (2012)
[22] Sheng Liu, Yi Hu, Peng Zhang, Xuetao Gan, Cibo Lou, Daohong Song, Jianlin Zhao, Jingjun Xu, and Zhigang Chen, Tunable self-shifting Bloch modes in anisotropic hexagonal photonic lattices, Opt. Lett. 37, 2184-2186 (2012)
[23] Sheng Liu, Yi Hu, Peng Zhang, Xuetao Gan, Cibo Lou, Daohong Song, Jianlin Zhao, Jingjun Xu, and Zhigang Chen, “Symmetry-breaking diffraction and dynamic self-trapping in optically induced hexagonal photonic lattices,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 061907 (2012)
[24] Yi Hu, Zhe Sun, Domenico Bongiovanni, Daohong Song, Cibo Lou, Jingjun Xu, Zhigang Chen, and Roberto Morandotti, Reshaping the trajectory and spectrum of nonlinear Airy beams, Opt. Lett. 37, 3201-3203 (2012)
[25] Jianke Yang, Peng Zhang, Masami Yoshihara, Yi Hu, and Zhigang Chen, Image transmission using stable solitons of arbitrary shapes in photonic lattices, Opt. Lett. 36, 772-774 (2011)
[26] Jiandong Wang, Zhuoyi Ye, Alexandra Miller, Yi Hu, Cibo Lou, Peng Zhang, Zhigang Chen, and Jianke Yang, “Nonlinear beam deflection in photonic lattices with negative defects,” Phys. Rev. A 83, 033836 (2011)
[27] Zhuoyi Ye, Sheng Liu, Cibo Lou, Peng Zhang, Yi Hu, Daohong Song, Jianlin Zhao, and Zhigang Chen, Acceleration control of Airy beams with optically induced refractive-index gradient, Opt. Lett. 36, 3230-3232 (2011)
[28] Sheng Liu, Yi Hu, Peng Zhang, Xuetao Gan, Fajun Xiao, Cibo Lou, Daohong Song, Jianlin Zhao, Jingjun Xu, and Zhigang Chen, Anomalous interactions of spatial gap solitons in optically induced photonic lattices, Opt. Lett. 36, 1167-1169 (2011)
[29] Yi Hu, Simon Huang, Peng Zhang, Cibo Lou, Jingjun Xu, and Zhigang Chen, Persistence and breakdown of Airy beams driven by an initial nonlinearity, Opt. Lett. 35, 3952-3954 (2010)
[30] Yi Hu, Robert Egger, Peng Zhang, Xiaosheng Wang, and Zhigang Chen, Interface solitons excited between a simple lattice and a superlattice, Opt. Express 18, 14679-14684 (2010)
[31] Peng Zhang, Nikolaos K. Efremidis, Alexandra Miller, Yi Hu, and Zhigang Chen, Observation of coherent destruction of tunneling and unusual beam dynamics due to negative coupling in three-dimensional photonic lattices, Opt. Lett. 35, 3252-3254 (2010)
[32] Yi Hu, Peng Zhang, Cibo Lou, Simon Huang, Jingjun Xu, and Zhigang Chen, Optimal control of the ballistic motion of Airy beams, Opt. Lett. 35, 2260-2262 (2010)
[33] Peng Zhang, Simon Huang, Yi Hu, Daniel Hernandez, and Zhigang Chen, Generation and nonlinear self-trapping of optical propelling beams, Opt. Lett. 35, 3129-3131 (2010)
[34] Yi Hu, Cibo Lou, Peng Zhang, Jingjun Xu, and Zhigang Chen. Saddle lattice solitons: a perfect balance between hybrid nonlinearity and anisotropic diffraction. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress (Chinese Optics 2009) 2010, 47(3): 03SC06.    
[35] Yi Hu, Cibo Lou, Peng Zhang, Jingjun Xu, Jianke Yang, and Zhigang Chen, Saddle solitons: a balance between bi-diffraction and hybrid nonlinearity, Opt. Lett. 34, 3259-3261 (2009)
[36] Yi Hu, Cibo Lou, Sheng Liu, Peng Zhang, Jianlin Zhao, Jingjun Xu, and Zhigang Chen, Orientation-dependent excitations of lattice soliton trains with hybrid nonlinearity, Opt. Lett. 34, 1114-1116 (2009)

[1] PEEE FQRNT fellowship in Canada for the 2012-2013;
[2] “Linear and nonlinear circular nonparaxial accelerating beams” presented in OSA 96th Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics has been awarded as Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper (November 2012)
[3] “Excellent Doctoral dissertation” in Nankai University;
[4] Nankai University Foundation for the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation;
[5] Outstanding Achievements of Chinese Optics 2009;