Return to Faculty DirectoryChen, Yongyao (陈永耀)
Research Interests
- Optical, acoustic, and mechanical functional structures and materials
- Multifunctional optical and acoustic sensors for defense, industry and biomedical applications
- Special materials and sensors for high energy systems (e.g., engines and combustion systems)
- Photonic-acoustic hybrid systems and their applications for health care, industrial monitoring and national defense
- Nano/micro fabrication and 3D printing of devices and materials
- Bio-inspired materials and sensors applied for autonomous robotic systems (e.g., unmanned vehicles, autonomous underwater vehicles, and UAVs)
Education
- Ph. D., Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA 2012
- Master of Science, Physical Electronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China 2006
- Bachelor of Science, Optical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China 2003
Selected Publications
- Y. Chen, H. Liu, Z. Zhang, AK Gupta and M. Yu, “Planar photonic crystal based multifunctional sensors” Applied Optics, 56, 1775 (2017).
- J. Ma, M. Zhao, X. Huang, H. Bae, Y. Chen, and M. Yu, "Low cost, high performance white-light fiber-optic hydrophone system with a trackable working point," Optics Express, 24, 19008 (2016).
- R. Ganye, Y. Chen, H. Liu, H. Bae, Z. Wen, and M. Yu, "Characterization of wave physics in acoustic metamaterials using a fiber optic point detector," Applied Physics Letters, 108, 261906 (2016).
- Z. Zhang, Y. Chen, H. Liu, H. Bae, D. A. Olson, A. K. Gupta, and M. Yu, "On-fiber plasmonic interferometer for multi-parameter sensing," Optics Express , 23, 107321 (2015).
- Y. Chen, H. Liu, M. Reilly, H. Bae, and M. Yu, “Enhanced acoustic sensing through wave compression and pressure amplification in anisotropic metamaterials,” Nature Communications, 5, 5247 (2014).
(Media coverage: Phys.org, International Defense, Security& Technology, Sensors Online.)
- Y. Chen, Z. Zhang, and M. Yu, “Tunable out-of-plane slow light in resonance induced transparent grating waveguide structures,” Applied Physics Letters, 103, 061109 (2013).
- J. Zhu, Y. Chen, X. Zhu, F. J. Garcia-Vidal, X. Yin, W. Zhang, and X. Zhang, “Acoustic rainbow trapping,” Nature Scientific Reports, 3, 1728 (2013).
- Y. Chen, I. A. Al-Naib, J. Gu, M. Wang, T. Ozaki, R. Morandotti, and W. Zhang, “Membrane metamaterial resonators with a sharp resonance: A comprehensive study towards practical THz filters and sensors,” AIP Advances, 2, 022109 (2012).
- J. Li, Z. Tian, Y. Chen, W. Cao, and Z. Zeng, “Distinguishing octane grades in gasoline using terahertz metamaterials,” Applied Optics, 51, 3258 (2012).
- Y. Chen, J. Gu, X. Xie, and W. Zhang, “Trapping and releasing light by mechanical implementation in metamaterial waveguides,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 28, 272 (2011).
- Z. Song and Y. Chen, “Multi-slit diffraction of evanescent electromagnetic waves,” Chinese Physics Letters, 25, 2033 (2008).
- Y. Li, C. Wang, X. Lu, M. Hu, Y. Chen, B. Liu, L. Chai, “Bandgap properties of Kagome photonic crystal fibers,” Applied Physics B, 86, 235 (2007).
- Y. Li, C. Wang, X. Lu, M. Hu, Y. Chen, B. Liu, L. Chai, “Application of effective index method to higher order modes of photonic crystal fibers,” Microwave and optical technology letters, 49, 567 (2007).
- Y. Chen, Z. Song, Y. Li, M. Hu, Q. Xing, Z. Zhang, L. Chai, and C. -Y. Wang, “Effective surface plasmon polaritons on the metal wire with arrays of subwavelength grooves,” Optics Express, 14, 13021 (2006).
- Y. Li, C. Wang, Y. Chen, M. Hu, B. Liu, L. Chai, “Solution of the fundamental space-filling mode of photonic crystal fibers: numerical method versus analytical approaches,” Applied Physics B, 85, 597 (2006).