About Me
I am currently a postdoc working with Prof. Sylvain Gigan at the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel. Previously, I worked with Prof. Francesco Monticone in Cornell ECE. I completed my Ph.D. in Applied Physics at Cornell University in Dec. 2023 under the supervision of Prof. Gennady Shvets. I received my bachelor’s degree from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU).
News
- [Jan. 2026] I will present my research on the spatial complexity of optics and optimization and pruning for space-efficient optics in Les Houches, France.
Selected Publications
The spatial complexity of optical computing: toward space-efficient design
Yandong Li and Francesco Monticone
Exploring the role of metamaterials in achieving advantage in optical computing
Yandong Li and Francesco Monticone
Topology-Controlled Photonic Cavity Based on the Near-Conservation of the Valley Degree of Freedom
Yandong Li, Yang Yu, Fengyu Liu, Baile Zhang, and Gennady Shvets
Broadband localization of light at the termination of a topological photonic waveguide
Daniël Muis*, Yandong Li*, René Barczyk, Sonakshi Arora, Gennady Shvets, Laurens Kuipers, and Ewold Verhagen
Deep subwavelength topological edge state in a hyperbolic medium
Lorenzo Orsini, Hanan Herzig Sheinfux, Yandong Li, Seojoo Lee, Gian Marcello Andolina, Orazio Scarlatella, Matteo Ceccanti, Karuppasamy Soundarapandian, Eli Janzen, James H. Edgar, Gennady Shvets, and Frank H. L. Koppens
Topological Directional Coupler
Yandong Li, Minwoo Jung, Yang Yu, Yuchen Han, Baile Zhang, and Gennady Shvets
Mode-selective single-dipole excitation and controlled routing of guided waves in a multi-mode topological waveguide
Yandong Li, Yang Yu, Kueifu Lai, Yuchen Han, Fei Gao, Baile Zhang, and Gennady Shvets
Applied Physics Letters (Featured on the Cover), 2022 | arXiv
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