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Education

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (08/2016-12/2019)
- University of Virginia
- Supervisor: Prof. Joe C. Campbell
B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Automation (09/2012-06/2016)
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Work experience

Senior Research Scientist (11/2023-present)
- LSIP group, Hewlett Packard Labs, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Research Scientist (02/2021-10/2023)
- LSIP group, Hewlett Packard Labs, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Post-doctoral (02/2020-02/2021)
- LSIP group, Hewlett Packard Labs, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Summer Intern (05/2019-08/2019)
- LSIP group, Hewlett Packard Labs, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Research interest

Optoelectronic devices
- Avalanche Photodiodes
- Single photon avalanche photodiodes
- Microring resonator modulators
- Non-volatile photonics devices
Photonic integrated circuits
- Silicon photonics
- Optical interconnects
- Optical neuromorphic computing
- Photonics for AI

Award

Best Paper Award in Industry Innovation, OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC) 2023
- “A 7-bit Precision Linearized Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for High Accuracy Optical Neural Networks”
IP Award Winner: Most Prolific Inventors of the Year (HPE) 2022
Best Paper Award in Industry Innovation, Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP) 2021
- “A 4× 100 Gb/s DWDM optical link with all-silicon microring transmitters and receivers”
Chinese Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad 2019
Scholarship for Excellent Students of NUAA 2012-2015
Chinese National Scholarship 2014

Service

Membership: IEEE member, Optica member
Reviewer: Optica, ACS Photonics, Laser & Photonics Reviews, Photonics Research, Optics Letters, Optics Express, IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, IEEE Photonics Journal, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE Electron Device Letters, Optics Communications, Applied Optics, PhotoniX, Photonics, Electronics, etc.
Editor:
- Special issue in Photonics: Advances in Avalanche Photodiodes, (Now call for papers!)
Committee:
- IEEE International Conference on Rebooting Computing (ICRC) 2023
- Publications Council of the IEEE Photonics Society 2023
- Young Professionals Advisory Committee of the IEEE Photonics Society 2023-2025
- The Compound Semiconductor Week (CSW) 2023
- IEEE Silicon Photonics Conference (Formerly GFP Conference) 2023
- 7th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference / International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing 2022 (OECC/PSC 2022)
Presider:
- “Photodetectors and modulators”, OECC 2023
- “Modulator” session ThD, GFP 2023
- “Integrated Frequency Combs” session SW4A, CLEO 2021

Skills

Test
- Familiar with optical/electrical instruments: semiconductor analyzer, LCR meter, vector network analyzer (VNA), digital communication analyzer (DCA), oscilloscope, signal generator, pattern generator, electrical amplifier, lock-in amplifier, bit-error-rate tester (BERT), electrical spectrum analyzer (ESA), optical spectrum analyzer (OSA), arbitrary waveform generator (AWG), time-correlated single photon counter (TCSPC), waveshaper, DFB laser, femtosecond laser, VCSEL, EDFA, YDFA, modulator, wafer prober, etc.
- Proficient in device characterization: photodetector, avalanche photodiode, single photon avalanche detector, microring resonator, modulator, MZI, interleaver, laser, memristor, etc.
- Proficient in high-speed characterization: S-parameters, bandwidth, impulse response, eye diagrams, bit error, rates etc.
Softwares
- optical simulation: Crosslight, Lumerical Mode/FDTD/Interconnect, etc.
- electrical simulation: Lumerical Charge, Advanced design system, Bandprof, SRIM, etc.
- mask layout: Ipkiss, Klayout etc.
- programming and writing: Matlab, Python, Origin, Office, Latex, etc.
Fabrication
- photolithographic pattern, E-beam metal evaporation, PECVD oxide deposition, profilometer, reactive ion etching (RIE), scanning electron microscope (SEM), sputter, ellipsometry, etc.

Publications

Avalanche photodiode and an optical receiver having the same

Yuan Yuan, Di Liang, Xiaoge Zeng, and Zhihong Huang. "Avalanche photodiode and an optical receiver having the same." US20220271186A1, (2022).

Optical switchable system and device

Yuan Yuan, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Bassem Tossoun, and Di Liang. "Optical switchable system and device." US11422027B1, (2022).

Demonstration of a 17x25 Gb/s Heterogeneous III-V/Si DWDM Transmitter based on (De-) Interleaved Quantum Dot Optical Frequency Combs

Cheung, Stanley, Yuan Yuan, Yiwei Peng, Geza Kurczveil, Sudharsanan Srinivasan, Yingtao Hu, Antoine Descos, Di Liang, and Raymond G. Beausoleil. "Demonstration of a 17x 25 Gb/s Heterogeneous III-V/Si DWDM Transmitter Based on (De-) Interleaved Quantum Dot Optical Frequency Combs." Journal of Lightwave Technology 40, no. 19 (2022): 6435-6443.

An Energy-Efficient and Bandwidth-Scalable DWDM Heterogeneous Silicon Photonics Integration Platform (Invited)

Liang, Di, Sudharsanan Srinivasan, Geza Kurczveil, Bassem Tossoun, Stanley Cheung, Yuan Yuan, Antoine Descos et al. "An energy-efficient and bandwidth-scalable DWDM heterogeneous silicon photonics integration platform." IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 28, no. 6 (2022): 1-19.

Temperature insensitive optical receiver

Zhihong Huang, Di Liang, and Yuan Yuan. "Temperature insensitive optical receiver." US11342472B2, (2022).

Integrated optical filter and photodetector and methods of fabricating the same

Yuan Yuan, Zhihong Huang, Di Liang, and Xiaoge Zeng. "Integrated optical filter and photodetector and methods of fabricating the same." US20220123159A1, (2022).

Dynamic-quenching of a single-photon avalanche photodetector using an adaptive resistive switch (Featured Article)

Zheng, Jiyuan, Xingjun Xue, Cheng Ji, Yuan Yuan, Keye Sun, Daniel Rosenmann, Lai Wang, Jiamin Wu, Joe C. Campbell, and Supratik Guha. "Dynamic-quenching of a single-photon avalanche photodetector using an adaptive resistive switch." Nature Communications 13, no. 1 (2022): 1-12.

A 100 Gb/s PAM4 Two-Segment Silicon Microring Resonator Modulator Using a Standard Foundry Process (Supplementary Cover)

Yuan Yuan, Wayne V Sorin, Zhihong Huang, Xiaoge Zeng, Di Liang, Ankur Kumar, Samuel Palermo, Marco Fiorentino, and Raymond G Beausoleil. "A 100 Gb/s PAM4 Two-Segment Silicon Microring Resonator Modulator Using a Standard Foundry Process." ACS Photonics 9, no. 4 (2022): 1165-1171.

OSNR Sensitivity Analysis for Si-Ge Avalanche Photodiodes

Yuan Yuan, Sudharsanan Srinivasan, Yiwei Peng, Di Liang, Zhihong Huang, Wayne V Sorin, Stanley Cheung, Marco Fiorentino, and Raymond G Beausoleil. "OSNR Sensitivity Analysis for Si-Ge Avalanche Photodiodes." IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 34, no. 6 (2022): 321-324.

Avalanche Photodiodes on Silicon Photonics (Invited)

Yuan Yuan, Bassem Tossoun, Zhihong Huang, Xiaoge Zeng, Geza Kurczveil, Marco Fiorentino, Di Liang, and Raymond G Beausoleil. "Avalanche photodiodes on silicon photonics." (2022).

Ultra-Power-Efficient Heterogeneous III-V/Si (De-) Interleavers for DWDM Optical Links

Cheung, Stanley, Geza Kurczveil, Yingtao Hu, Mingye Fu, Yuan Yuan, Di Liang, and Raymond G. Beausoleil. "Ultra-power-efficient heterogeneous III-V/Si MOSCAP (de-) interleavers for DWDM optical links." Photonics Research 10, no. 2 (2022): A22-A34.

Small-Signal Analysis of All-Si Microring Resonator Photodiode (Invited)

Peng, Yiwei, Wayne V. Sorin, Stanley Cheung, Yuan Yuan, Zhihong Huang, Marco Fiorentino, and Raymond G. Beausoleil. "Small-Signal Analysis of All-Si Microring Resonator Photodiode." Electronics 11, no. 2 (2022): 183.

Neuron-inspired time-of-flight sensing via spike-timing-dependent plasticity of artificial synapses

Park, Minseong, Yuan Yuan, Yongmin Baek, Andrew H. Jones, Nicholas Lin, Doeon Lee, Hee Sung Lee, Sihwan Kim, Joe C. Campbell, and Kyusang Lee. "Neuron-Inspired Time-of-Flight Sensing via Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity of Artificial Synapses." Advanced Intelligent Systems 4, no. 3 (2022): 2100159.

Simple Formulas for Output Interception Power Estimation of Uni-Traveling Carrier Photodiodes

Sun, Keye, Junyi Gao, Yuan Yuan, Joe Campbell, and Andreas Beling. "Simple Formulas for Output Interception Power Estimation of Uni-Traveling Carrier Photodiodes." arXiv preprint: 2108.07230 (2021).

High responsivity Si-Ge waveguide avalanche photodiodes enhanced by loop reflector

Yuan Yuan, Zhihong Huang, Xiaoge Zeng, Di Liang, Wayne V Sorin, Marco Fiorentino, and Raymond G Beausoleil. "High responsivity Si-Ge waveguide avalanche photodiodes enhanced by loop reflector." IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 28, no. 2 (2021): 1-8.

A Physics Based Multiscale Compact Model of pin Avalanche Photodiodes

Ahmed, Sheikh Z., Samiran Ganguly, Yuan Yuan, Jiyuan Zheng, Yaohua Tan, Joe C. Campbell, and Avik W. Ghosh. "A physics based multiscale compact model of pin avalanche photodiodes." Journal of Lightwave Technology 39, no. 11 (2021): 3591-3598.

64 Gb/s low-voltage waveguide SiGe avalanche photodiodes with distributed Bragg reflectors (Editor Pick)

Wang, Binhao, Zhihong Huang, Yuan Yuan, Di Liang, Xiaoge Zeng, Marco Fiorentino, and Raymond G. Beausoleil. "64 Gb/s low-voltage waveguide SiGe avalanche photodiodes with distributed Bragg reflectors." Photonics Research 8, no. 7 (2020): 1118-1123.

64 Gbps PAM4 Si-Ge waveguide avalanche photodiodes with excellent temperature stability

Yuan Yuan, Zhihong Huang, Binhao Wang, Wayne V Sorin, Xiaoge Zeng, Di Liang, Marco Fiorentino, Joe C Campbell, and Raymond G Beausoleil. "64 Gbps PAM4 Si-Ge waveguide avalanche photodiodes with excellent temperature stability." Journal of Lightwave Technology 38, no. 17 (2020): 4857-4866.

Full band Monte Carlo simulation of AlInAsSb digital alloys

Zheng, Jiyuan, Sheikh Z. Ahmed, Yuan Yuan, Andrew Jones, Yaohua Tan, Ann K. Rockwell, Stephen D. March, Seth R. Bank, Avik W. Ghosh, and Joe C. Campbell. "Full band Monte Carlo simulation of AlInAsSb digital alloys." InfoMat 2, no. 6 (2020): 1236-1240.

Near ultraviolet enhanced 4H-SiC Schottky diode

Shen, Yang, Andrew H. Jones, Yuan Yuan, Jiyuan Zheng, Yiwei Peng, Brenda VanMil, Kimberley Olver et al. "Near ultraviolet enhanced 4H-SiC Schottky diode." Applied Physics Letters 115, no. 26 (2019): 261101.

Strain effect on band structure of InAlAs digital alloy

Zheng, J., Y. Tan, Y. Yuan, A. W. Ghosh, and J. C. Campbell. "Strain effect on band structure of InAlAs digital alloy." Journal of Applied Physics 125, no. 8 (2019): 082514.

High Gain, Low Dark Current Al0.8In0.2As0.23Sb0.77 Avalanche Photodiodes

Jones, Andrew H., Ann-Kathryn Rockwell, Stephen D. March, Yuan Yuan, Seth R. Bank, and Joe C. Campbell. "High Gain, Low Dark Current Al 0.8 In 0.2 As 0.23 Sb 0.77 Avalanche Photodiodes." IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 31, no. 24 (2019): 1948-1951.

Simulations for InAlAs digital alloy avalanche photodiodes

Zheng, J., Y. Yuan, Y. Tan, Y. Peng, A. Rockwell, S. R. Bank, A. W. Ghosh, and J. C. Campbell. "Simulations for InAlAs digital alloy avalanche photodiodes." Applied Physics Letters 115, no. 17 (2019): 171106.

Triple-mesa avalanche photodiodes with very low surface dark current

Yuan Yuan, Yabo Li, Joshua Abell, JiYuan Zheng, Keye Sun, Christopher Pinzone, and Joe C Campbell. "Triple-mesa avalanche photodiodes with very low surface dark current." Optics Express 27, no. 16 (2019): 22923-22929.

III-V on silicon avalanche photodiodes by heteroepitaxy

Yuan Yuan, Daehwan Jung, Keye Sun, Jiyuan Zheng, Andrew H Jones, John E Bowers, and Joe C Campbell. "III-V on silicon avalanche photodiodes by heteroepitaxy." Optics letters 44, no. 14 (2019): 3538-3541.

Tuning of energy dispersion properties in InAlAs digital alloys

Zheng, J., Y. Tan, Y. Yuan, A. W. Ghosh, and J. C. Campbell. "Tuning of energy dispersion properties in InAlAs digital alloys." Journal of Applied Physics 125, no. 24 (2019): 245702.

Stark-Localization-Limited Franz-Keldysh effect in InAlAs Digital Alloys

Yuan Yuan, Jiyuan Zheng, Keye Sun, Andrew H Jones, Ann K Rockwell, Stephen D March, Yang Shen, Seth R Bank, and Joe C Campbell. "Stark-Localization-Limited Franz-Keldysh effect in InAlAs Digital Alloys." physica status solidi (RRL)-Rapid Research Letters 13, no. 9 (2019): 1900272.

Comparison of Different Period Digital Alloy AlInAsSb Avalanche Photodiodes

Yuan Yuan, Ann Kathryn Rockwell, Yiwei Peng, Jiyuan Zheng, Stephen D March, Andrew H Jones, Min Ren, Seth R Bank, and Joe C Campbell. "Comparison of Different Period Digital Alloy AlInAsSb Avalanche Photodiodes." Journal of Lightwave Technology 37, no. 14 (2019): 3647-3654.

AlInAsSb Impact Ionization Coefficients

Yuan, Yuan, Jiyuan Zheng, Ann K. Rockwell, Stephen D. March, Seth R. Bank, and Joe C. Campbell. "AlInAsSb impact ionization coefficients." IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 31, no. 4 (2019): 315-318.

Toward deterministic construction of low noise avalanche photodetector materials

Rockwell, A. K., M. Ren, M. Woodson, A. H. Jones, S. D. March, Y. Tan, Y. Yuan et al. "Toward deterministic construction of low noise avalanche photodetector materials." Applied Physics Letters 113, no. 10 (2018): 102106.

Temperature dependence of the ionization coefficients of InAlAs and AlGaAs digital alloys

Yuan, Yuan, Jiyuan Zheng, Yaohua Tan, Yiwei Peng, Ann-Kathryn Rockwell, Seth R. Bank, Avik Ghosh, and Joe C. Campbell. "Temperature dependence of the ionization coefficients of InAlAs and AlGaAs digital alloys." Photonics Research 6, no. 8 (2018): 794-799.

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