Meta-Optics @ Tsinghua University — Yuanmu Yang Research Group
The full publication list and citation information can be found in Prof. Yang's Google Scholar.
Code and data are openly available on our GitHub repository. For questions or discussions, please feel free to contact us via email.

2026

[1] Bypassing the imaging thickness limit with a translationally-invariant nonlocal thin film
Nature Communications 17, 9432 (2026)
Bohan Zhang, Liu Li, Xinyuan Xue, Yibao Xu, Qitong Li, Hao Zhang, Liqun Sun, Liangcai Cao, Yuanmu Yang*
[2] TRIM: Simultaneous Thermometry, Ranging, and Imaging via a Monolithic Metalens
Advanced Science 13(46), e75776 (2026)
Man Yuan, Yuqing Zhang, Wangzhe Zhou, Zhaojian Zhang, Xin He, Xinpeng Jiang, Yiyi Li, Xin He, Jiagui Wu, Yuanmu Yang*, Junbo Yang*
[3] Far-field superresolution imaging via k-space superoscillation
eLight 6(1), 7 (2026)
EditorialAchieving superresolution imaging via k-space superoscillation. Qitong Li, Mark L. Brongersma. eLight 6, 23 (2026)
Bohan Zhang, Hao Zhang, Fei Zhang, Wei Liu, Yuanmu Yang*
[4] Monocular complex amplitude imaging via a polarization-multiplexed liquid-crystal-lens-informed Fourier neural network
National Science Review 13(2), nwaf561 (2026)
Liu Li, Minghao Liao, Yuqing Zhang, Zishuai Zeng, Shuai Wang, Wenhe Jia, Jing Zhang, Bohan Zhang, Yiying Dong, Dapeng Zhang, Fei Zhang, Yuanmu Yang*
[5] 220-GHz Liquid Crystal RIS-Aided Multi-User Terahertz Communication System: Prototype Design and Over-the-Air Experimental Trials
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 25, 8534 (2026)
Y. Hou, G. Wang, C. Chen, G. Mu, Q. Cui, X. Tao, Yuanmu Yang*

2025

[6] Polarization-entangled Bell state generation from an epsilon-near-zero metasurface
Science Advances 11, eads3576 (2025)
ESI Highly Cited
Wenhe Jia, Grégoire Saerens, Ülle-Linda Talts, Helena Weigand, Robert J. Chapman, Liu Li, Rachel Grange*, Yuanmu Yang*
[7] Baseline-free structured light 3D imaging using a metasurface double-helix dot projector
Nanophotonics 14, 1265 (2025)
Invited paper for the special issue "Metamaterials and Plasmonics in Asia"
Zicheng Shen, Yibo Ni, Yuanmu Yang*
[8] Linearly polarized light emission in organic light-emitting devices with an elliptical nanopillar array meta-electrode
Optics Letters 50(17), 5510 (2025)
Shuai Wang, Liu Li, Xu-Lin Zhang, Yan-Gang Bi*, Yuanmu Yang, Jing Feng
[9] Extended monocular 3D imaging via the fusion of diffraction- and polarization-based depth cues
Optica 12, 872 (2025)
Zicheng Shen, Feng Zhao, Yibo Ni, Yuanmu Yang*
[10] Metaoptic Computational Imaging
ACS Photonics 12, 1722 (2025)
Charles Roques-Carmes*, Kai Wang, Yuanmu Yang, Arka Majumdar, Zin Lin*

2024

[11] Metasurface-generated large and arbitrary analog convolution kernels for accelerated machine vision
ACS Photonics 11(12), 5430-5438 (2024)
Invited paper for the special issue "Rising Stars in Photonics"
Ruiqi Liang, Shuai Wang, Yiying Dong, Liu Li, Ying Kuang, Bohan Zhang, Yuanmu Yang*
[12] Liquid Crystal Metasurface for On-Demand Terahertz Beam Forming Over 110° Field-Of-View
Laser & Photonics Reviews 18(9), 2400237 (2024)
C. Chen, Sai Chen, Yibo Ni, Yibao Xu, Yuanmu Yang*
[13] Single-shot deterministic complex amplitude imaging with a single-layer metalens
Science Advances 10(1), eadl0501 (2024)
ESI Highly Cited
Liu Li, Shuai Wang, Feng Zhao, Yuqing Zhang, Shun Wen, Huichao Chai, Yunhui Gao, Wenhui Wang, Liangcai Cao, Yuanmu Yang*
[14] Polarized and Directional Electroluminescence from Organic Light-Emitting Devices by Using a Bifunctional Meta-Electrode
Laser & Photonics Reviews 18, 2400393 (2024)
Shuai Wang, Liu Li, Yan-Gang Bi, Xu-Lin Zhang, Yuanmu Yang*, Jing Feng*, Hong-Bo Sun*
[15] Palm vein imaging using a polarization-selective metalens with wide field-of-view and extended depth-of-field
npj Nanophotonics 1(1), 24 (2024)
Invited paper
Ying Kuang, Shuai Wang, Bincheng Mo, Shiyou Sun, Kai Xia, Yuanmu Yang*
[16] Metasurface array for single-shot spectroscopic ellipsometry
Light: Science & Applications 13(1), 88 (2024)
ESI Highly Cited
Shun Wen, Xinyuan Xue, Shuai Wang, Yibo Ni, Liqun Sun, Yuanmu Yang*
[17] Visualizing cortical blood perfusion after photothrombotic stroke in vivo by needle-shaped beam optical coherence tomography angiography
PhotoniX 5, 7 (2024)
Xiangyu Guo, Jingjing Zhao, Liqun Sun, Varun Gupta, Lin Du, Komal Sharma, A. V. Vleck, Kaitlyn Liang, Liangcai Cao, Lingjie Kong, Yuanmu Yang, Yong Huang*, A. d. l. Zerda, Guofan Jin*
[18] Two-Color-Driven Controllable Terahertz Generation in ITO Thin Film
ACS Photonics 11(1), 293 (2024)
Yongchang Lu, Xu-Lin Zhang*, Quan Xu, Wenhe Jia, Xi Feng, Xieyu Chen, Yangfan Gu, Yuanmu Yang, Weili Zhang*, Jiaguang Han*
[19] Metalens for Accelerated Optoelectronic Edge Detection under Ambient Illumination
Nano Letters 24(1), 356 (2024)
Shuai Wang, Liu Li, Shun Wen, Ruiqi Liang, Yaxi Liu, Feng Zhao, Yuanmu Yang*

2023

[20] Intracavity spatiotemporal metasurfaces
Advanced Photonics 5, 2 (2023)
Featured in NewsMetasurface enters laser fiber cavity for spatiotemporal mode control. SPIE News
Wenhe Jia, Chenxin Gao, Yun Zhao, Liu Li, Shun Wen, Shuai Wang, Chengying Bao*, Chunping Jiang*, Changxi Yang, Yuanmu Yang
[21] Single-Shot Wavefront Sensing with Nonlocal Thin Film Optical Filters
Laser & Photonics Reviews 17(12), 2300426 (2023)
Liu Li, Wenhe Jia, Chunqi Jin, Shuai Wang, Zicheng Shen, Yuanmu Yang*
[22] Non-Invasive and Minute-Frequency 3D Tomographic Imaging Enabling Long-Term Spatiotemporal Observation of Single Cell Fate
Small Methods 220149 (2023)
Fei Liang, Junwen Zhu, Huichao Chai, Yongxiang Feng, Peng Zhao, Shaofeng Liu, Yuanmu Yang, Linhan Lin, Liangcai Cao, Wenhui Wang*
[23] High-Efficiency Dynamic Terahertz Deflector Utilizing a Mechanically Tunable Metasurface
Research 6, 0274 (2023)
Zhenci Sun, Chao Liang, C. Chen, Xiayu Wang, Enze Zhou, Xiaomeng Bian, Yuanmu Yang, Rui You*, Xiaoguang Zhao*, Jingjing Zhao*, Zheng You
[24] Metasurface-Based Solid Poincaré Sphere Polarizer
Physical Review Letters 130(12), 123801 (2023)
ESI Highly Cited
Shuai Wang, Shun Wen, Zi-Lan Deng*, Xiangping Li and Yuanmu Yang*
[25] Highly Tunable Cascaded Metasurfaces for Continuous Two‐Dimensional Beam Steering
Advanced Science 2300542 (2023)
Li Zhang, Li Zhang, Rongbo Xie, Yibo Ni, Xiaoyu Wu, Yuanmu Yang, Fei Xing*, Xiaoguang Zhao*, Zheng You*
[26] Efficient second- and higher-order harmonic generation from LiNbO3 metasurfaces
Nanoscale 15 (31), 12926 (2023)
Invited paper for the themed collection "Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Vanderbilt University"
Yun Zhao, Zhaoxi Chen, Cheng Wang*, Yuanmu Yang, Hong-Bo Sun*
[27] Metasurface designed with quantitative field distributions
Light: Science & Applications 12(1), 114 (2023) Invited News & Views
Invited Paper
Shuai Wang, Yuanmu Yang*
[28] Monocular metasurface camera for passive single-shot 4D imaging
Nature Communications 14, 1035 (2023)
ESI Highly Cited
Featured in News清华大学实现基于单目超构表面相机的深度偏振四维成像. 清华大学新闻网 / 中国机器视觉网
Zicheng Shen, Feng Zhao, Chunqi Jin, Shuai Wang, Liangcai Cao, Yuanmu Yang*

2022

[29] Design of Ultracompact High‐Speed‐Integrated Lithium–Niobate Periodic Dielectric Waveguide Modulator
Advanced Photonics Research 3, 2200050 (2022)
Yifan Qi, Zhaojian Zhang, Wenhe Jia, Sai Chen, Yuanmu Yang, Yiyi Li*
[30] Nonlinear epsilon-near-zero material: Explanation with time-varying thermal energy
Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy 52, 114231 (2022)
Yuanmu Yang*
[31] Second‐Harmonic Generation in Strained Silicon Metasurfaces
Advanced Photonics Research 3, 220015 (2022)
Yun Zhao, Wenhe Jia, Xiayu Wang, Yiying Dong, Hong-Hua Fang, Yuanmu Yang, Hong-Bo Sun*
[32] Computational spectropolarimetry with a tunable liquid crystal metasurface
eLight 2, 23 (2022)
Cover ArticleESI Highly Cited
News & ViewsNovel developments in computational spectropolarimeter. En-Lin Hsiang, Shin-Tson Wu. Light: Science & Applications 12, 52 (2023)
Yibo Ni, C. Chen, Shun Wen, Xinyuan Xue, Liqun Sun, Yuanmu Yang*

2021

[33] Synthetic Aperture Metalens
Photonics Research 9, 2388 (2021) (cover article, editor’s pick)
Cover ArticleEditor's Pick
Feng Zhao, Zicheng Shen, Decheng Wang, Bijie Xu, Xieyu Chen, Yuanmu Yang*
[34] Transmissive nonlocal multilayer thin film optical filter for image differentiation
Nanophotonics 10,3519 (2021)
Chunqi Jin, Yuanmu Yang*
[35] Integrated Terahertz Generator-Manipulators Using Epsilon-near-Zero-Hybrid Nonlinear Metasurfaces
Nano Letters 21, 7699 (2021)
Yongchang Lu, Xi Feng, Qingwei Wang, Xu-Lin Zhang*, Ming Fang, W. E. I. Sha, Zhixiang Huang, Quan Xu, Li Niu, Xieyu Chen, Chunmei Ouyang, Yuanmu Yang, Xu-Lin Zhang*, Eric Plum, Shuang Zhang*, Jiaguang Han, Weili Zhang*
[36] Optical meta-waveguides for integrated photonics and beyond
Light: Science & Applications 10, 235 (2021) (cover article)
Yuan Meng, Yizhen Chen, Longhui Lu, Yimin Ding, Andrea Cusano, Jonathan A. Fan, Qiaomu Hu, Kai Wang, Zhenwei Xie, Zhoutian Liu, Yuanmu Yang, Qiang Liu, Mali Gong, Qirong Xiao*, Shiyou Sun, Minming Zhang, Xiaocong Yuan, Xingjie Ni
[37] Metalens‐Assisted System for Underwater Imaging
Laser & Photonics Reviews 15, 2100097 (2021)
Feng Zhao, Rusi Lu, Xieyu Chen, Chunqi Jin, Sai Chen, Zicheng Shen, Cheng Zhang, Yuanmu Yang*
[38] 基于超构表面的多维光场感知”
中国激光 48, 1918003 (2021) 特邀综述
倪一博, 闻顺, 沈子程, 杨原牧*
[39] Near-field nonlinear imaging of an anapole mode beyond diffraction limit
Optics Letters 46, 9 (2021)
Tong Cui, Minming Zhang, Yun Zhao, Yuanmu Yang, Benfeng Bai, Hong-Bo Sun*
[40] Two-plasmon spontaneous emission from a nonlocal epsilon-near-zero material
Communications Physics 4, 84 (2021)
Futai Hu, Liu Li, Yaxi Liu, Yuan Meng, Mali Gong, Yuanmu Yang*
[41] Nonlinear meta-optics towards applications
PhotoniX 2, 3 (2021) (invited review)
Invited review
Yun Zhao, Yuanmu Yang, Hong-Bo Sun*
[42] Multilayer Huygens’ metasurface absorber toward snapshot multispectral imaging
Journal of Optics 23,044001 (2021)
Invited paper for the special issue of "Emerging Leaders 2021"
Shun Wen, Chunqi Jin, Yuanmu Yang*
[43] Manipulation of quantum dot emission with semiconductor metasurfaces exhibiting magnetic quadrupole resonances
Optics Express 29, 4 (2021)
Aleksandr Vaskin, Shaofeng Liu, Sadhvikas Addamane, Polina P. Vabishchevich, Yuanmu Yang, Ganesh Balarishnan, Michael B. Sinclair, Thomas Pertsch, Igal Brener, Isabelle Staude*
[44] Broadband terahertz wave generation from an epsilon-near-zero material
Light: Science & Applications 10, 11 (2021)
Wenhe Jia, Meng Liu, Yongchang Lu, Xi Feng, Qingwei Wang, Xu-Lin Zhang, Yibo Ni, Futai Hu, Mali Gong, Xinlong Xu, Yong Huang, Weili Zhang, Yuanmu Yang*, Jiaguang Han*

2020

[45] Metasurface for structured light projection over 120-degree field of view
Nano letters 20, 6719 (2020)
Yibo Ni, Sai Chen, Yujie Wang, Qiaofeng Tan, Shumin Xiao* and Yuanmu Yang*.
[46] Polarization-selected nonlinearity transition in gold dolmens coupled to an epsilon-near-zero material
Nanophotonics 9, 4839 (2020)
Xinxiang Niu, Xiaoyong Hu*, Quan Sun*, Cuicui Lu, Yuanmu Yang, Hong Yang, Qihuang Gong
[47] 非线性超构表面：谐波产生与超快调控”
红外与激光工程 49, 20201037 (2020) 特邀综述
赵云, 杨原牧*

2019

[48] High-harmonic generation from an epsilon-near-zero material
Nature Physics 15,1022 (2019)
Yuanmu Yang*, Jian Lu, Alejandro Manjavacas, Ting S. Luk, Hanzhe Liu, Kyle Kelley, Jon-Paul Maria, Evan L. Runnerstrom, Michael B. Sinclair, Shambhu Ghimire, Igal Brener
[49] High-contrast optical switching using an epsilon-near-zero material coupled to a Bragg microcavity
Optics Express 27, 19 (2019)
Futai Hu, Wenhe Jia, Yuan Meng, Mali Gong, Yuanmu Yang*
[50] Terahertz Driven Amplification of Coherent Optical Phonons in GaAs Coupled to a Metasurface
Physical Review Letters 122, 10 (2019)
Michael Woerner, Carmine Somma, Klaus Reimann, Thomas Elsaesser, Peter Q. Liu, Yuanmu Yang, John L. Reno, Igal Brener*

2018

[51] Light-Emitting Metasurfaces: Simultaneous Control of Spontaneous Emission and Far-Field Radiation
Nano letters 18, 11 (2018)
Shaofeng Liu*, Aleksandr Vaskin, Sadhvikas Addamane, Benjamin Leung, Miao-Chan Tsai, Yuanmu Yang, Polina P. Vabishchevich, Gordon A. Keeler, G. Wang, Xin He, Younghee Kim, Nicolai F. Hartmann, Han Htoon, Stephen K. Doorn, Matthias Zilk, Thomas Pertsch, Ganesh Balakrishnan, Michael B. Sinclair, Isabelle Staude, Igal Brener
[52] Ultracompact Graphene-Assisted Tunable Waveguide Couplers with High Directivity and Mode Selectivity
Scientific Reports 8, 13362 (2018)
Yuan Meng, Futai Hu, Yijie Shen, Yuanmu Yang, Qirong Xiao, Xing Fu, Mali Gong*

2017

[53] Femtosecond optical polarization switching using a cadmium oxide-based perfect absorber
Nature Photonics 11, 390 (2017) (ESI highly-cited paper)
ESI Highly Cited
News & ViewsPlasmonics: Femtosecond polarization switching. Dongfang Li. Nature Photonics 11, 336–337 (2017)
Yuanmu Yang*, Kyle Kelley, Edward Sachet, Salvatore Campione, Ting S. Luk, Jon-Paul Maria, Michael B. Sinclair, Igal Brener
[54] Multipolar second harmonic generation in a symmetric nonlinear metamaterial
Scientific Reports 7, 8101 (2017)
Omri Wolf, Salvatore Campione, Yuanmu Yang, Igal Brener*
[55] Transient GaAs Plasmonic Metasurfaces at Terahertz Frequencies
ACS Photonics 4, 15 (2017)
Yuanmu Yang*, N. Kamaraju, Salvatore Campione, Shaofeng Liu, John L. Reno, Michael B. Sinclair, Rohit P. Prasankumar, Igal Brener

2016

[56] Resonantly Enhanced Second-Harmonic Generation Using III-V Semiconductor All-Dielectric Metasurfaces
Nano Letters 16, 9 (2016)
Shaofeng Liu*, Michael B. Sinclair, Sina Saravi, Gordon A. Keeler, Yuanmu Yang, John L. Reno, Gregory M. Peake, Frank Setzpfandt, Isabelle Staude, Thomas Pertsch, Igal Brener

2015

[57] Hot Electron-Based Near-Infrared Photodetection Using Bilayer MoS2
Nano Letters 15, 11 (2015)
Wenhui Wang, Andrey Klots, Dhiraj Prasai, Yuanmu Yang, Kirill I. Bolotin, Jason Valentine*
[58] Nonlinear Fano-Resonant Dielectric Metasurfaces
Nano Letters 15, 11 (2015) (ESI highly-cited paper)
ESI Highly Cited
Yuanmu Yang, Wenhui Wang, Abdelaziz Boulesbaa, Ivan I. Kravchenko, Dayrl P. Briggs, Alexander Puretzky, David Geohegan, Jason Valentine*
[59] Enhanced absorption in two-dimensional materials via Fano-resonant photonic crystals
Applied Physics Letters 106, 181104 (2015)
Wenhui Wang, Andrey Klots, Yuanmu Yang, Wei Li, Ivan I. Kravchenko, Dayrl P. Briggs, Kirill I. Bolotin, Jason Valentine*

2014

[60] All-dielectric metasurface analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency
Nature Communications 5, 5753 (2014) (ESI highly-cited paper)
ESI Highly Cited
Yuanmu Yang, Ivan I. Kravchenko, Dayrl P. Briggs, Jason Valentine*
[61] Dielectric meta-reflectarray for broadband linear polarization conversion and optical vortex generation
Nano Letters 14, 3 (2014) (ESI highly-cited paper)
ESI Highly Cited
Yuanmu Yang, Wenhui Wang, Parikshit Moitra, Ivan I. Kravchenko, Dayrl P. Briggs, Jason Valentine*

2013

[62] Realization of an all-dielectric zero-index optical metamaterial
Nature Photonics 7, 791 (2013) (ESI highly-cited paper)
ESI Highly Cited
Parikshit Moitra, Yuanmu Yang, Zachary Anderson, Ivan I. Kravchenko, Dayrl P. Briggs, Jason Valentine*

2012

[63] Robust Large Dimension Terahertz Cloaking
Advanced Materials 24, 916 (2011)
Dachuan Liang, Jianqiang Gu*, Jiaguang Han*, Yuanmu Yang, Shuang Zhang, Weili Zhang

2011

[64] Plasmon-induced transparency in twisted Fano terahertz metamaterials
Optical Materials Express 1, 391 (2011)
Yingfang Ma, Zhongyang Li, Yuanmu Yang, Ran Huang, Ranjan Singh, Shuang Zhang, Jianqiang Gu, Zhen Tian, Jiaguang Han*, Weili Zhang
[65] Modulating the fundamental inductive-capacitive resonance in asymmetric double-split ring terahertz metamaterials
Applied Physics Letters 98, 121114 (2011)
Yuanmu Yang, Ran Huang, Longqing Cong, Zhihua Zhu, Jianqiang Gu, Zhen Tian, Ranjan Singh, Shuang Zhang, Jiaguang Han*, Weili Zhang