Curriculum Vitae
Xiaobo Yin
Mechanical Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder
(303) 492 9689
[email protected]
https://sites.google.com/site/xblab2000/
Research Interests
Optical, thermal and phononic metamaterials, Nanomaterials and nanostructures synthesis,
fabrication and scalable manufacturing, Energy and optical materials, Nonlinear optics and
photonics, Photovoltaics, Nanophotonics and biophotonics, Photoacoustics and photoacoustic
imaging, Optical imaging and lithography
Education
Stanford University
Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, September 2008
Nanjing University, China
M.S. in Condensed Matter Physics, July 2001
Nanjing University, China
B.S. in Condensed Matter Physics, July 1998
Appointments & Work Experience
02/2016 – present
Founding Member, Center for Experiments on Quantum Materials,
University of Colorado Boulder
02/2014 – present
Assistant Professor by Curtsey, Department of Physics, University of
Colorado Boulder
09/2013 – present
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials
Science and Engineering Program, University of Colorado Boulder
10/2010 – 08/2013
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of California Berkeley; Research Manager and Senior
Scientist, NSF NSEC Center for Scalable and Integrated
Nanomanufacturing (SINAM)
10/2008 – 10/2010
Postdoctoral Scholar, Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory and Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of California Berkeley
09/2002 – 09/2008
Research Assistant, Stanford Photonic Research Center, Stanford
University
Selected Publications
 Yao Zhai, Yaoguang Ma, Sabrina N. David, Dongliang Zhao, Runnan Lou, Ronggui Yang,
Xiaobo Yin, “Scalably Manufactured Randomized Glass-Polymer Hybrid Metamaterial for
Day-time Radiative Cooling”, Science, accepted, (2017).
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Ziliang Ye, Ting Cao, Kelvin O’Brien, Hanyu Zhu, Xiaobo Yin, Yuan Wang, Steven G. Louie,
and Xiang Zhang, “Probing excitonic dark states in single-layer tungsten disulphide”, Nature
513, 214 (2014) .
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Xiaobo Yin, Z. L. Ye, D. A. Chenet, Y. Ye, K. O’Brien, J. C. Hone, and X. Zhang, “Edge
Nonlinear Optics on a MoS2 Atomic Monolayer”, Science 344, 488 (2014);
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Xiaobo Yin, Z. L. Ye, J. Rho, Y. Wang, and X. Zhang, “Photonic Spin-Hall Effect at
Metasurfaces”, Science 339, 1405 (2013).
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Ming Liu*, Xiaobo Yin *, E. Ulin-Avila1, B. S. Geng, T. Zentgraf, L. Ju, F. Wang, and X. Zhang,
“A graphene-based broadband optical modulator”, Nature 474, 64 (2011).
Awards and Honors
 Invitation to Exhibit Research at the United States Congress Capitol Hill (2017)
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Nomination to Charles C. Gates Teaching Fellow (2015)
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DARPA Young Faculty Award (2015)
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DoE Science Highlight, Put light to work at the Quantum level on the photon spin-Hall effect
in metamaterials (2013)
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Regents Fellow of University of California (2001)
Research and Creative Work
a) Journal Papers Published and in Press (Reverse chronological order)
 > 80 published journal papers
 annual citations > 1700; total citations > 6000; H-index of 39;
 * Communication Author
1. * Yao Zhai, Yaoguang Ma, Sabrina N. David, Dongliang Zhao, Runnan Lou, Ronggui Yang,
Xiaobo Yin, Randomized Glass-Polymer Hybrid Metamaterial for Day-time Radiative
Cooling, Science, accepted and in press, (2017).
2. * Shiyi Xiao, Jiarong Wang, Fu Liu, Shuang Zhang, Xiaobo Yin* and Jensen Li*, Spindependent Optics with Metasurfaces: a new era of spin-dependent optics, Nanophotonics
(advanced online, invited review article, 2016).
3. * Weixing Shu, Yachao Liu, Yougang Ke, Xiaohui Ling, Zhenxing Liu, Bin Huang, Hailu Luo,
and Xiaobo Yin, Propagation model for vector beams generated by metasurfaces, Optics
Express 24, 21177 (2016)
4. * Weixing Shu, Youngang Ke, Yachao Liu, Xiaohui Ling, Hailu Luo, and Xiaobo Yin, “Radial
spin Hall effect of light”, Phys. Rev. A 93, 013839 (2016).
5. Yu Ye, Jun Xiao, Hailong Wang, Ziliang Ye, Hanyu Zhu, Mervin Zhao, Yuan Wang, Jianhua
Zhao, Xiaobo Yin, Xiang Zhang, Electrical generation and control of the valley carriers in a
monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide, Nature Nanotechnology 11, 598 (2016).
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6. Lu Lu, Cuiping Zeng, Luda Wang, Xiaobo Yin, Song Jin, Anhuai Lu, Zhiyong Jason Ren,
“Graphene oxide and H2 production from bioelectrochemical graphite oxidation”, Scientific
Report 5, 16242 (2015).
7. * Sabrina N. David, Yao Zhai, Arend M. van der Zande, Kelvin O'Brien, Pinshane Y. Huang,
Daniel A. Chenet, James C. Hone, Xiang Zhang, and Xiaobo Yin, “Rapid, all-optical crystal
orientation imaging of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers”, Applied
Physics Letters 107, 111902 (2015).
8. Kevin O’Brien, Haim Suchowski, Junsuk Rho, Alessandro Salandrino, Boubacar Kante,
Xiaobo Yin and Xiang Zhang, "Predicting nonlinear properties of metamaterials from the
linear response", Nature Materials 14, 379 (2015).
9. Hanyu Zhu, Yuan Wang, Jun Xiao, Ming Liu, Shaomin Xiong, Zi Jing Wong, Ziliang Ye, Yu
Ye, Xiaobo Yin and Xiang Zhang, "Observation of piezoelectricity in free-standing monolayer
MoS2", Nature Nanotechnology 10, 151 (2015).
10. Pavel Kolchin, Nitipat Pholchai, Maiken H. Mikkelsen, Jinyong Oh, Sadao Ota, M. Saif Islam,
Xiaobo Yin, and Xiang Zhang, "High Purcell Factor Due to Coupling of a Single Emitter to a
Dielectric Slot Waveguide", Nano Letters 15, 464 (2015).
11. Xiaobo Yin, Z. L. Ye, D. A. Chenet, Y. Ye, K. O’Brien, J. C. Hone, and X. Zhang, “Edge
Nonlinear Optics on a MoS2 Atomic Monolayer”, Science 344, 488 (2014)
12. * Keyu Tao, Junjun Xiao, and Xiaobo Yin, "Nonreciprocal photonic crystal add-drop filter",
Applied Physics Letters 105, 211105 (2014).
13. ZiliangYe, Ting Cao, Kelvin O’Brien, Hanyu Zhu, Xiaobo Yin, Yuan Wang, Steven G. Louie,
and Xiang Zhang, “Probing excitonic dark states in single-layer tungsten disulphide”, Nature
512, doi:10.1038/nature13734 (2014) .
14. Jia Zhu, K. Hippalgaonkar, S. Shen, K. Wang, Y. Abate, S. W. Lee, J. Q. Wu, Xiaobo Yin, A.
Majumdar, and X. Zhang, “Temperature Gated Thermal Rectifier for Active Heat Flow
Control”, Nano Letters 14, 4867 (2014).
15. Sui Yang, Xingjie Ni, Xiaobo Yin, Boubacar Kante, Peng Zhang, Jia Zhu, Yuan Wang &
Xiang Zhang, "Feedback-driven self-assembly of symmetry-breaking optical metamaterials in
solution", Nature Nanotechnology 9, 1002 (2014).
16. Tongcang Li, Sadao Ota, Jeongmin Kim, Zi Jing Wong, Yuan Wang, Xiaobo Yin and Xiang
Zhang, "Axial Plane Optical Microscopy", Scientific Reports 4, 7253 (2014).
17. Pankaj K. Jha, Michael Mrejen, Jeongmin Kim, Chihhui Wu, Xiaobo Yin, Yuan Wang and
Xiang Zhang, "Interacting dark resonances with plasmonic meta-molecules", Applied Physics
Letters 105, 111109 (2014)
18. L. Feng, X. F. Zhu, S. Yang, H. Y. Zhu, P. Zhang, Xiaobo Yin, Y. Wang, and X. Zhang,
“Demonstration of a large-scale optical exceptional point structure”, Optics Express 22, 2
(2014)
19. Peng Zhang, Tongcang Li, Jie Zhu, Xuefeng Zhu, Sui Yang, Yuan Wang, Xiaobo Yin, Xiang
Zhang, "Generation of acoustic self-bending and bottle beams by phase engineering", Nature
Communications 5, 4316 (2014)
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20. Y. Ye, Z. L. Ye, M. Gharghi, H. Y. Zhu, M. Zhao, Y. Wang, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang,
“Exciton-dominant electroluminescence from a diode of monolayer MoS2”, Applied Physics
Letters 104, 193508 (2014)
21. Sadao Ota, Tongcang Li, Yongmin Li, Ziliang Ye, Anna Labno, Xiaobo Yin, M. R. Alam, and
Xiang Zhang, "Brownian motion of tethered nanowires", Physics Revew E 89, 053010 (2014)
22. Kevin O’Brien, N. D. Lanzillotti-Kimura, Junsuk Rho, Haim Suchowski, Xiaobo Yin, and
Xiang Zhang, Ultrafast acousto-plasmonic control and sensing in complex nanostructures,
Nature Communications 5, 4042 (2014)
23. Z. G. Dong, J. Zhu, Xiaobo Yin, J. Q. Li, C. G. Lu, and X. Zhang, “All-optical Hall effect by
the dynamic toroidal moment in a cavity-based metamaterial”, Physical Review B 87, 245429
(2014)
24. H. Cang, Y. M. Liu, Y. Wang, Xiaobo Yin, and Xiang Zhang, “Giant Suppression of
Photobleaching for Single Molecule Detection via the Purcell Effect”, Nano Letters 13, 5949
(2013)
25. H. Suchowski, K. O'Brien, Z. J. Wong, A. Salandrino, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang, “Phase
Mismatch-Free Nonlinear Propagation in Optical Zero-Index Materials”, Science 342, 1223
(2013); Science Perspectives in Physics, Science 342, 1182 (2013)
26. P. A. Huidobro, S. Ota, X. D. Yang, Xiaobo Yin, F. J. Garcia-Vidal, and X. Zhang, “Plasmonic
Brownian ratchet”, Physical Review B 88, 201401 (2013)
27. S. C. Jiang, X. Xiong, P. Sarriugarte, S. W. Jiang, Xiaobo Yin, Y. Wang, R. W. Peng, D. Wu,
R. Hillenbrand, X. Zhang, and M. Wang, “Tuning the polarization state of light via time
retardation with a microstructured surface”, Physical Review B 88, 161104 (2013)
Journal Publications Prior to CU-Boulder
28. Xiaobo Yin, Z. L. Ye, J. Rho, Y. Wang, and X. Zhang, “Photonic Spin-Hall Effect at
Metasurfaces”, Science 339, 1405 (2013); Department of Energy Science Highlight
29. Xiaobo Yin and X. Zhang, “Unidirectional light propagation at exceptional points”, Nature
Materials 12, 175 (2013)
30. X. F. Zhu, L. Feng, P. Zhang, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang, “One-way invisible cloak using
parity-time symmetric transformation optics”, Optics Letters 38, 2821 (2013)
31. Z. G. Dong, J. Zhu, Xiaobo Yin, J. Li, C. Lu, X. Zhang, “All-optical Hall effect by the dynamic
toroidal moment in a cavity-based metamaterial”, Physical Review B 87, 245429 (2013)
32. S. Ota, S. Wang, Y. Wang, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang, “Lipid Bilayer-Integrated
Optoelectronic Tweezers for Nanoparticle Manipulations”, Nano Letters 13, 2766 (2013)
33. J. Zhu, Y. Y. Chen, X. F. Zhu, F. J. Garcia-Vidal, Xiaobo Yin, W. L. Zhang and X. Zhang,
“Acoustic Rainbow Trapping”, Scientific Reports 3, 1728 (2013)
34. P. K. Jha, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang, “ Quantum coherence-assisted propagation of surface
plasmon polaritons”, Applied Physics Letters, 102, 091111 (2013)
35. S. Ota, T. C. Li, Y. Li, Z. Ye, M. R. Alam, Xiaobo Yin, X. Zhang, “Near-Interface Brownian
Motion of Anisotropic Particles”, Biophysical Journal 104, 672A (2013)
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36. R. Ma, Xiaobo Yin, R. F. Oulton, V. J. Sorger, and X. Zhang, "Multiplexed and Electrically
Modulated Plasmon Laser Circuit", Nano Letters 12, 5396 (2012)
37. M. Liu, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang, "Double-Layer Graphene Optical Modulator", Nano
Letters 12, 1482 (2012)
38. X. D. Yang, J. Yao, J. Rho, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang, "Experimental realization of threedimensional indefinite cavities at the nanoscale with anomalous scaling laws", Nature
Photonics 6, 450 ( 2012)
39. S. H. Lee, M. Choi, T. T. Kim, S. W. Lee, M. Liu, Xiaobo Yin, H. K. Choi, S. S. Lee, C. G.
Choi, S. Y. Choi, X. Zhang, and B. Min, "Switching terahertz waves with gate-controlled
active graphene metamaterials", Nature Materials 11, 936 (2012)
40. S. Zhang, J. F. Zhou, Y. S. Park, J. Rho, R. Singh, S. Nam, A. K. Azad, H. T. Chen, Xiaobo
Yin, A. J. Taylor, and X. Zhang, "Photoinduced handedness switching in terahertz chiral
metamolecules", Nature Communications 3 942 (2012)
41. B. Kante, Y. S. Park, K. O’Brien, D. Shuldman, N. D. Lanzillotti-Kimura, Z. J. Wong, Xiaobo
Yin, and X. Zhang, "Symmetry breaking and optical negative index of closed nanorings",
Nature Communications 3, 1180 (2012)
42. T. C. Li, Z. X. Gong, Z. Q. Yin, H. T. Quan, Xiaobo Yin, P. Zhang, L. M. Duan, and X. Zhang,
"Space-Time Crystals of Trapped Ions", Physical Review Letters 109, 163001 (2012)
43. S. Zhang, Z. L. Ye, Y. Wang, Y. S. Park, G. Bartal, M. Mrejen, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang,
"Anti-Hermitian Plasmon Coupling of an Array of Gold Thin-Film Antennas for Controlling
Light at the Nanoscale", Physical Review Letters 109, 193902 (2012)
44. P. Zhang, Y. Hu, T. C. Li, D. Cannan, Xiaobo Yin, R. Morandotti, Z. G. Chen, and X. Zhang,
"Nonparaxial Mathieu and Weber accelerating beams", Physical Review Letters 109, 193901
(2012)
45. Y. M. Liu, S. Palomba, Y. S. Park, T. Zentgraf, Xiaobo Yin, and Xiang Zhang, "Compact
Magnetic Antennas for Directional Excitation of Surface Plasmons", Nano Letters 12, 4853
(2012)
46. Z. G. Dong, P. G. Ni, J. Zhu, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang,"Toroidal dipole response in a
multifold doublering metamaterial", Optics Express 20, 13065 (2012)
47. Z. G. Dong, J. Zhu, J. Rho, J. Q. Li, C. G. Lu, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang, "Optical toroidal
dipolar response by an asymmetric double-bar metamaterial", Applied Physics Letters 101,
144105 (2012)
48. Z. Ye, S. Zhang, Y. Wang, Y. S. Park, T. Zentgraf, G. Bartal, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang,
"Mapping the near-field dynamics of plasmon induced transparency", Physical Review B 86,
155148 (2012)
49. B. Kante, K. O'Brien, A. Niv, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang,"Proposed isotropic negative index
in three-dimensional optical metamaterials", Physical Review B 85, 041103 (2012); Rapid
Communication
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50. Z. G. Dong, J. Zhu, J. Rho, J. Q. Li, C. G. Lu, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang, "Optical toroidal
dipolar response by an asymmetric double-bar metamaterial", Applied Physics Letters 101
144105 (2012)
51. M. Liu*, Xiaobo Yin* (contributed equally to the work), E. Ulin-Avila1, B. S. Geng, T.
Zentgraf, L. Ju, F. Wang, and X. Zhang, “A graphene-based broadband optical modulator”,
Nature 474, 64 (2011); Featured on IEEE Spectrum, PC Magazine and PC World
52. J. Yao, X. Yang, Xiaobo Yin, G. Bartal, and X. Zhang, "Three-dimensional nanometer-scale
optical cavities of indefinite medium", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108,
11327 (2011)
53. C. Hu, A. Labno, C. Lu, Xiaobo Yin, M. Liu, C. Gladden, Y. M. Liu, X. Zhang, “Probing the
electromagnetic field of a 15nm sized hotspot by single molecule imaging”, Nature 469, 385
(2011); News and Views Nature 469, 307 (2011)
54. S. Palomba, S. Zhang, Y. S. Park, G. Bartal, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang, “Optical negative
refraction by four-wave mixing in thin metallic nanostructures”, Nature Materials 11, 34 (2011)
55. J. Rho, Z. L. Ye, Y. Xiong, Xiaobo Yin, Z. W. Liu, H. Choi, G. Bartal, and X. Zhang,
“Spherical hyperlens for two-dimensional sub-diffractional imaging at visible frequencies”,
Nature Communications 1, 143 (2010); Research Highlights on Nature Photonics 5, 128 (2011)
56. X. Yang, A. Ishikawa, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang, “Hybrid photonic-plasmonic crystal
nanocavity”, ACS Nano 5, 2831 (2011)
57. K. O’Brien, N. D. Lanzillotti-Kimura, H. Suchowski, B. Kante, Y. S. Park, Xiaobo Yin, and
X. Zhang, "Reflective interferometry for optical metamaterial phase measurements", Optics
Letters 37, 4089 (2012)
58. S. Zhang, Y. Xiong, G. Bartal, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang, “Magnetized Plasma for
Reconfigurable Subdiffraction Imaging”, Physical Review Letters 106, 243901 (2011)
59. M. Gharghi, C. Gladden, T. Zentgraf, Y. M. Liu, Xiaobo Yin, J. Valentine, and X. Zhang, “A
Carpet Cloak for Visible Light”, Nano Letters 11, 2825 (2011); Featured on ACS Press Pac
60. V. J. Sorger, Z. L. Ye, R. F. Oulton, Y. Wang, G. Bartal, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang,
“Experimental demonstration of low-loss optical waveguiding at deep sub-wavelength scales”,
Nature Communications 2, 331 (2011); Research Highlights on Nature 474, 130 (2011)
61. J. Zhu, J. Christensen, J. Jung, L. Martín-Moreno, Xiaobo Yin, L. Fok, X. Zhang, and F.J.
García-Vidal, “A holey-structured metamaterial for acoustic deep-subwavelength imaging”,
Nature Physics 7, 52 (2011)
62. X. D. Yang, Y. M. Liu, R. F. Oulton, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang, “Optical forces in hybrid
plasmonic waveguides”, Nano Letters 11, 321 (2011)
63. P. Zhang, S. Wang, Y. M. Liu, Xiaobo Yin, C. G. Lu, Z. G. Chen, and X. Zhang, “Plasmonic
Airy beams with dynamically controlled trajectories”, Optics Letters 36, 3191 (2011); Featured
on OSA Research News
64. J. Yao, Y. Wang, K. T. Tsai, Z. W. Liu, Xiaobo Yin, G. Bartal, A. M. Stacy, Y. L. Wang and
X. Zhang, “Design, fabrication and characterization of indefinite metamaterials of nanowires”,
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 369, 3434 (2011)
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65. Y. M. Liu, S. Wang, Y. S. Park, Xiaobo Yin, and X. Zhang, “Fluorescence enhancement by a
two-dimensional dielectric annular Bragg resonant cavity”, Optics Express 18, 25029 (2010)
66. J. Li, L. Fok, Xiaobo Yin, G. Bartal and X. Zhang, “Experimental demonstration of an acoustic
magnifying hyperlens”, Nature Materials 8, 931 (2009)
67. Xiaobo Yin, and L. Hesselink, “Goos-Hänchen shift surface plasmon resonance sensor”,
Applied Physics Letters 89, 261108 (2006)
68. Xiaobo Yin, H. Chin, D. A. B. Miller and L. Hesselink, “Temporal and spectral
nonspecularities in reflection at surface plasmon resonance”, Applied Physics Letters 89,
041102 (2006)
69. J. Ren, Xiaobo Yin, S. S. Orlov, and L. Hesselink, “Real-time study of plume ejection
dynamics in silicon laser ablation under 5 ns pulses”, Applied Physics Letters 88, 061111 (2006)
70. Xiaobo Yin, Z. W. Liu, N. Fang, X. Zhang, and L. Hesselink, “Large positive and negative
lateral optical beam displacements due to surface plasmon resonance”, Applied Physics Letters
85, 372 (2004)
71. S. Zhong, Y. Wang, M. Wang, M. Z. Zhang, Xiaobo Yin, P. W. Peng, and N. B. Ming,
“Formation of nanostructured copper filaments in electrochemical deposition”, Physical
Review E 67, 061601 (2003)
72. G. Ni, H. Sang, F. Wang, Xiaobo Yin, Y. W. Du, “Domain observation and transition from
giant magnetoresistance to anisotropy magnetoresistance in Ag1-x(Ni0.8Co0.2)x granular films”,
Solid State Communications 127, 719 (2003)
73. Xiaobo Yin, Nicholas X. Fang, I. B. Martini, B. J. Schwartz, and Xiang Zhang, “Near-field
two-photon nanolithography using an apertureless optical probe”, Applied Physics Letters 81,
3663 (2002)
74. L. X. You, Xiaobo Yin, Y. J. Feng, S. Z. Yang, L. Kang, M. Wang, P. H. Wu, “Modification
of a YBa2Cu3O7-delta thin film using an atomic force microscope”, Chinese Physics Letters
19, 854 (2002)
75. Shantao Zhang, Bao Yang, Yanfeng Chen, Zhiguo Liu, Xiaobo Yin, Yuan Wang, Mu Wang,
and Naiben Ming, “SrBi4Ti4O15 thin films and their ferroelectric fatigue behaviors under
varying switching pulse widths and frequencies”, Journal of Applied Physics 91, 3160 (2002)
76. X. Y. Chen, K. H. Wong, C. L. Mak, J. M. Liu, Xiaobo Yin, Mu Wang, Zhiguo Liu,
Orientation selective growth of MgO films on Si (100) by pulsed laser deposition, Applied
Physics A-Materials Science & Processing 74, 703 (2002)
77. X. Y. Chen, K. H. Wong, C. L. Mak, Xiaobo Yin, Mu Wang, Junming Liu, Zhiguo Liu,
Selective growth of (100)-, (110)-, and (111)-oriented MgO films on Si(100) by pulsed laser
deposition, Journal of Applied Physics 91, 5728 (2002)
78. X. Y. Chen, K. H. Wong, C. L. Mak, Junming Liu, Xiaobo Yin, Mu Wang, Zhiguo Liu, The
orientation-selective growth of LaNiO3 films on Si(100) by pulsed laser deposition using a
MgO buffer, Applied Physics A 75, 545 (2002)
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79. M. Wang, S. Zhong, Xiaobo Yin, J. M. Zhu, R. W. Peng, K. Q. Zhang and N. B. Ming,
“Nanostructured copper filaments in electrochemical deposition”, Physical Review Letters 86,
3827 (2001)
80. S. Zhong, M. Wang, Xiaobo Yin, J. M. Zhu, R. W. Peng, Y. Wang, N. B. Ming, “Formation
of arrays of straight copper wires on solid substrate by electrodeposition”, Journal of the
Physical Society of Japan 70, 1452 (2001)
81. G. Ni, Q. Y. Xu, Xiaobo Yin, H. Sang, S. L. Tang, Y. W. Du, “Transport properties,
microstructures and domain observation in Ag1-x(Ni0.8Co0.2)x granular films”, Scripta
Materialia 44, 1437 (2001)
82. X. H. Liu, J. Yin, Z. G. Liu, Xiaobo Yin, G. X. Chen, M. Wang, “Structural characterization
of TiO2 thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition on GaAs(100) substrates”, Applied
Surface Science 174, 35 (2001)
83. X. H. Liu, X. Y. Chen, J. Yin, Z. G. Liu, J. M. Liu, Xiaobo Yin, G. X. Chen, M. Wang,
Epitaxial growth of TiO2 thin films by pulsed laser deposition on GaAs(100) substrates,
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 19, 391 (2001)
84. X. H. Liu, J. Yin, Z. G. Liu, Xiaobo Yin, G. X. Chen, Mu Wang, Structural characterization
of TiO2 thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition on GaAs(100) substrates, Applied
Surface Science 174, 35 (2001)
85. L. Q. Ling, A. D. Li, D. Wu, T. Yu, X. H. Zhu, Xiaobo Yin, M. Wang, Z. G. Liu, N. B. Ming,
Characterization of SrBi2Ta2O9 films prepared by metalorganic decomposition using rapid
thermal annealing, Integrated Ferroelectrics 33, 253 (2001)
86. Huiqing Ling, Aidong Li, Di Wu, Mu Wang, Xiaobo Yin, ZhiguoLiu, Naiben Ming, Growth
and characterization of SrBi2Ta2O9 thin films prepared by rapid thermal annealing,
Ferroelectrics 253, 1603 (2001)
87. Jinhua Yin, B. G. Shen, D. H. Wang, Xiaobo Yin, Mu Wang, Youwei Du, Magnetic properties
and magnetic domain structure of Nd6Dy2Fe82Co4B6 nanocomposite magnets, Journal of
Alloys and Compounds 316, 296 (2001)
88. A. D. Li, D. Wu, H. Q. Ling, T. Yu, M. Wang, Xiaobo Yin, Z. G. Liu, N. B. Ming, “Effects
of processing on the characteristics of SrBi2Ta2O9 films prepared by metalorganic
decomposition”, Journal of Applied Physics 88, 1035 (2000)
89. Di Wu, Aidong Li, Huiqing Ling, Xiaobo Yin, Cuanzhen Ge, Mu Wang, Naiben Ming,
Preparation of (Ba0.5Sr0.5) TiO3 thin films by sol-gel method with rapid thermal annealing,
Applied Surface Science 165, 309 (2000)
90. Li Wang, Jian Li, Xinfan Huang, Qiliang Li, Xiaobo Yin, W. B. Fan, J. Xu, W. Li, Z. F. Li, J.
M. Zhu, M. Wang, Z. G. Wang, K. J. Chen, Surface morphology and structural observation of
laser interference crystallized a-Si : H/a-SiNx:H multilayers, Applied Surface Science 165, 85
(2000)
91. Aidong Li, Di Wu, Huiqing Ling, Tao Yu, Mu Wang, Xiaobo Yin, Zhiguo Liu, Naiben Ming,
Effect of excess bismuth on the microstructures and electrical properties of strontium bismuth
tantalate (SBT) thin films, Thin Solid Films 375, 215 (2000)
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92. Q. Y. Xu, H. Chen, H. Sang, Xiaobo Yin, G. Ni, J. Lu, M. Wang, Y. W. Du, “The giant
magnetoresistance and domain observation of Co35(SiO2)65 nano-granular film”, Journal of
Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 204, 73 (1999)
93. M. Wang, Xiaobo Yin, P. G. Vekilov, P. W. Peng, N. B. Ming, “Intrinsic instability of the
concentration field in diffusion-limited growth and its effect on crystallization”, Physical
Review E 60, 1901 (1999)
b) Manuscripts in Preview and in Preparation
94. Sabrina N. David, Yaoguang Ma, Hao Shen, and Xiaobo Yin, Ultrafast spectroscopy on 2D
semiconductors, to be submitted to Journal of Vacuum Society of American (invited review
article)
95. Yao Zhai, Yaoguang Ma, Xiaobo Yin, Deep-sub-wavelength meta-material perfect absorber
of boardband superconducting single photon detector, to be submitted to Applied Physics
Letters
96. Sabrina N. David, Xiaobo Yin, Resonant nonlinear optical edge states, to be submitted to
Physical Review Letters
c) Issued Patents
1. Ming Liu, Xiaobo Yin, and Xiang Zhang, “Optical Modulator including Graphene”, US Patent
9,360,690 (2016)
2. Xiaobo Yin and Lambertus Hesslink, “Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor Using
Goos-Hänchen Effect”, US Patent 7,327,445 (2008)
d) Patent Application and Disclosure
3. Ronggui Yang, Xiaobo Yin, Gang Tan, Dongliang Zhao, Yaoguang Ma and Yao Zhai,
Radiative Cooling Structures and Systems, Disclosed to University of Colorado Technology
Transfer Office (CU3811B) on February 16, 2015, US Full Patent Application 15/056680 on
February 29, 2016
e) Invited and Keynote Conference Talks
1. “Polymer-based metamaterial for large scale radiative cooling”, the 53rd Annual Technical
Meeting of Society of Engineering Science, Oct. Maryland, 2016
2. “Sub-wavelength Polymeric Optical Metamaterials for Large-scale Radiative Cooling
Applications”, The 3rd International Conference on. Phononics and Thermal Energy Science
(PTES2016), Xi’an, China, May 2016
3. “Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy of 2D Semiconductor Monolayers”, American Vacuum
Society (AVS) 62th Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA, Oct. 2015
4. “Spin-orbit Interactions in Metasurfaces”, The 9th International Congress on Advanced
Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, Oxford, UK, Sept. 2015
5. “Spin-orbit Interactions in Metasurfaces”, META'15, the 6th International Conference on
Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, New York, Sept. 2015
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6. “Probe and Utilize the Broken-Symmetry in TMDCs”. The international Symposium on
Physics and Device Application of Two-dimensional Materials, Nanjing, China, July 2015
7. “Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Symmetry Breaking 2D Semiconductor Atomic Monolayer”.
Nano Korea 2015, Seoul, Korea, July 2015
8. “Nonlinear
Optics
and
Optoelectronics
of
Symmetry
Breaking
2D Semiconductor Atomic Membranes”, SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing Technology
Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, Apr. 2015
9. “Optical Hall Effects on Metasurfaces ”, APS March Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Mar. 2015
10. “Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy of Symmetry-Breaking 2D Semiconductor Atomic
Membranes”, 45th Physics of Quantum Electronics (PQE-2016), Snowbird, UT, Jan. 2015
11. “Structured light-matter interactions at the nanoscale”, Energy Materials Nanotechnology
(EMN) Fall Meeting, Orlando, FL, 25. Nov. 2014
12. “Optical Spin Hall effect at metasurfaces”, the 6th International Workshop on Electromagnetic
Metamaterials, Santa Fe, 22 Sept. 2014
13. “Structure light-matter interactions at the nanoscale”, 2014 Annual AVS Rocky Mountain
Chapter Symposium, Westminster, CO, 18. Sept. 2014
14. “Resonating metasurfaces photon and its spin manipulation”, CLEO:2014, San Jose, CA, 11
June 2014
15. “Resonating metasurfaces”, META'14, the 5th International Conference on Metamaterials,
Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, Singapore, 21 May 2014
16. “When Structured Light Meets Structured Matter at the Nanoscale”, IMRE Workshop on
Plasmonics and Metamaterials, Singapore, 19 May 2014
17. “Photonics beyond diffraction limit”, The 11th International Symposium on Photonic and
Electromagnetic Crystal Structures, Shanghai, China, 12 May 2014
18. “Optic spin Hall effect at metasurfaces”, MRS 2014 Spring Meeting, San Francisco, 24 Apr.
2014
19. “Optic Spin Hall effect at metasurfaces”, OSA Incubator Meeting, Washington, DC, 31
September, 2013
20. “Photonic Spin Hall effect at metasurfaces”, Physical Sciences Symposia, 2013, Boston, MA,
6, September, 2013
Invited Conference Talks Prior to CU-Boulder
21. “Optic Spin-Hall effect at metasurfaces”, The 43rd Winder Colloquium on the Physics of
Quantum Electronics (PQE), Snowbird, UT, 6-11 January 2013
22. “Sub-wavelength Optoelectronics”, Communications and Photonics Conference, Guangzhou,
China, 6-11 November, 2012
23. “A Scalable and Reliable Manufacturing Solution with Sustainable Future”, Tech-Connect
World 2012 Conferences Santa Clara, California, June 19, 2012; keynote
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24. “Indefinite Photonic Cavities”, Fifth International Workshop on Electromagnetic
Metamaterials (IWEM-V), Albuquerque, New Mexico, 26-28 March, 2012;
25. “Optical Negative Refraction by Four Wave Mixing in Metallic Nanostructures”, The 42nd
Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics (PQE), Snowbird, UT, 2-6 January
2012
26. “Plasmonic Nanosensors”, SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, 21-25 August 2011
27. “Photonic Metamaterials, Nanoscale Plasmonics and Superlens”, SPIE Defense, Security and
Sensing, Orlando, FL, 2 -29 April 2011
28. “Graphene Optical Modulator”, SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, 25 August 2011
29. “Nonspecular Reflection of Ultra-short Pulses at Surface Plasmon Resonance”, SPIE Photonic
West, San Jose, 19-24 January 2008
30. “Goos-Hänchen surface plasmon resonance sensor ant its application”, SPIE Photonic West,
San Jose, 19 - 24 January 2008
31. “Near-Field Multiphoton Nanolithography Using an Apertureless Optical Probe”, SPIE
Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, 25 - 29 August 2003
e) Invited Seminars
32. “Nanophotonics and Nanomaterials for Kilometer-sized Applications”, USMA West Point,
Oct. 2015
33. “When Structured Light Meets Structured Matter: Light-Matter Interactions at the Nanoscale”,
Optics and Electronics Seminar, Stanford University, CA, April 2015
34. “Probe and Utilize the Broken-Symmetry in TMDCs”, Nanjing University, China, July 2015
35. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, Feb. 2015
36. “When Structured Light Meets Structured Matter at the Nanoscale”, National University of
Singapore, Singapore, May 2014
37. “When Structured Light Meets Structured Matter: Light-Matter Interactions at the Nanoscale”,
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, Feb. 2014
38. “When Structured Light Meets Structured Matter: Light-Matter Interactions at the Nanoscale”,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, Feb. 2014
39. “When Structured Light Meets Structured Matter: Light-Matter Interactions at the Nanoscale”,
Condense Matter Physics Seminar, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, Jan. 2014
40. “Sub- Optoelectronics: Physics and Device Principles”, COSI Seminar, University of
Colorado, Boulder, CO, Dec. 2013
41. “Sub- Optoelectronics: Physics and Device Principles”, OEQS Seminar, Electrical
Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, Oct. 2013
42. “When Structured Light Meets Structured Matter: Light-Matter Interactions at the Nanoscale”,
KMLab, Boulder, CO, Oct. 2013
43. “Sub- Optoelectronics”, intel Inc., Santa Clara, CA, 25 August, 2013
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Invited Seminar Talks Prior to CU-Boulder
44. “When Structured Light Meets Structured Matter: Light-Matter Interactions at the Nanoscale”,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, CO, March 2013
45. “When Structured Light Meets Structured Matter: Light-Matter Interactions at the Nanoscale”,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Princeton University, March 2013
46. “When Structured Light Meets Structured Matter: Light-Matter Interactions at the Nanoscale”,
School of Applied Sciences, Cornell University, NY, March 2013
47. “Sub- Optoelectronics”, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Buffalo, NY,
March 2013
48. “When Structured Light Meets Structured Matter: Light-Matter Interactions at the Nanoscale”,
School of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, MA, March 2013
49. “Sub- Optoelectronics”, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Georgia, GA,
Feb. 2013
50. “Sub-wavelength Optoelectronics”, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, 19
Feb. 2012
f) Research Program and Funding
 NSF MRSEC SEED: Materials Frontier Research Center (MFRC) (current)
Source of Support:
National Science Foundation (No. DMR-1420736)
Role:
Senior Personal, with Dr. Noel Clark as the PI (CU-Boulder)
Percentage Effort:
2 years GRA support
Period of Award:
11/01/2014-10/31/2020
 Radiative Cooled-Cold Storage Modules and System (RadiCold) (current)
Source of Support:
DoE ARPA-E (ARPA-E 0315.11.0704B)
Role:
Co-PI, with Dr. Ronggui Yang as the PI (CU-Boulder) and Gang
Tan (U-Wyoming)
Amount:
$3,165,613
Percentage Effort:
40 %
Period of Award:
09/01/2015-08/30/2018
 Super-resolution Photoacoustic Wavefront Shaping (SuperPAWS) (current)
Source of Support:
DARPA YFA (D15AP00106)
Role:
Principle Investigator
Amount:
$499,610 + $372,897 (optional)
Percentage Effort:
100 %
Period of Award:
9/15/2015 – 9/15/2017
Teaching and Mentoring
a) Course Taught
 MCEN 4037 Measurements Laboratory I (Fall 2013)

MCEN 4047 Measurements Laboratory II (Spring 2015)
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
MCEN 4228/5228 Nanomaterials (Fall 2014, 2015, 2016)

MCEN 2024 Materials Science (Spring 2016)

MCEN 3208 Statistics and Measurements (Spring 2016)
b) Mentoring Activities
Current Research Group Members
 PhD Students
 Ms. Sabrina David (Ph.D Student, Jan. 2014 – present)
BA 2011, Physics and Legal Studies, University of California Berkeley
Research Area: Low-dimensional semiconductors and emissivity control nanomaterials
 Mr. Yao Zhai (Ph.D Student, May 2014 – present)
BA 2007, MS 2014, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts
Research Area: Radiative cooling photonics and its scalable manufacturing
 Mr. Jiarong Wang (Ph.D Student, Aug. 2015 – present)
BA 2015, Optical information science and technology, Sun-Yat Sen University
Research Area: Photoacoustics
 Mr. Hang Yin (Ph.D Student, Aug. 2015 – present)
BA 2014, Astronautics, Beihang University
Research Area: Multi-scale 3D lithography
 Mr. Chia-nien Tsai (Ph.D Student, Aug. 2016 – present)
BA 2008, MA 2010, Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Research Area: Photoacoustics

Post-doctoral Research Associates
 Dr. Yaoguang Ma (Post-doc, July 2015 – present)
PhD 2012, Optical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
Research Area: Radiative cooling photonics and materials

Dr. Hao Shen (Post-doc, Nov. 2015 – present)
PhD 2014, Condense Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science
Research Area: Super-resolving photoacoustic imaging

Undergraduate Student Researchers
Trever Smith, Runnan Lou, Curtis Huggins, Kyle Russell, Chuanwei Wu, Zewei Wang

Visiting Scholars
 Mr. Borui Li, PhD Candidate in Optical Engineering, Zhejiang University
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 Professor Hong Su, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University

Alumni
 Dr. Weixing Shu, Associated Professor in Department of Communications, Hunan
University, 2015 – 2016
 Dr. Keyu Tao, Associated Professor in College of Electronic Science and Technology,
Shenzhen University, 2014 – 2015
 Mr. Xuyue Shi, UROP Undergraduate Student Researcher, Mechanical Engineering,
University of Colorado Boulder, 2013 – 2016
c) Thesis Committee Member (graduated only)
 Dr. Bosheng Zhang, PHYS (Advisor: Margaret Murnane)

Dr. Alex Macpherson, ME (Advisor: Victor Bright)

Dr. Xiaokun Gu, ME (Advisor: Ronggui Yang)

Dr. Xinhui Liu, ME (Advisor: Scott Bunch)

Dr. Zhengwei Li, ME (Advisor: Jianliang Xiao)

Dr. Luda Wang, ME (Advisor: Scott Bunch)

Dr. Dawei Lu, EE (Advisor: Wounjhang Park)

Dr. Troy Carr, PHYS (Advisor: Margaret Murnane)

Dr. Reed Andrews, PHYS (Advisor: Cindy Regal)
Professional and University Services
a) Professional Societies
 ASME Technical Committee Member, Nano-Engineering for Energy and Sustainability,
ASME (2014 – present)
Membership, ASME, MRS, APS, OSA, SPIE American Physical Society (APS), Optical
Society of America (OSA), the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)
b) Proposal Reviewer or Panelist
Review Panelist, NSF/DMR Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) program
Review Panelist, NSF/EPMD and DMR Joint Research Program
Proposal Reviewer, Army Research Office (ARO)
Proposal Reviewer, NSF Applied Mathematics Division
Proposal Reviewer, ACS Petroleum Research Fund
Proposal Reviewer, Israel Science Foundation
c) Journal Editor
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Editorial Board Member, Materials Research Express (MRX), Institute of Physics (IOP)
Editorial Board Member, Nano Convergence, Springer
Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group (NPG)
d) Referee for Scientific Journals
Science, Nature Materials, Nature Photonics, Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters,
Physical Review A, Applied Physics Letters, Optics Letters, Optics Expresses, Journal of Optical
Society of America, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Advanced Materials,
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, Applied Physics,
Journal of Optics, Optics Communications, and Sensors, Scientific Report, Nanophotonics, etc.
e) Conference Organizer and Symposium Committee Member
Focus Topic Organizer, Devices from 2D Materials, APS March Meeting 2017
Committee Member, Symposium on Nano-optics and Plasmonics, CLEO 2017
Committee Member, Symposium on Metamaterials and Complex Media, CLEO 2017
Committee Member, OSA Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics 2016
Committee Member, Symposium on Nano-optics and Plasmonics, CLEO 2016
Focus Topic Organizer, 2D Semiconductors Materials, APS March Meeting 2017
Committee Member, Symposium on 2D materials, AVS Annual Meeting 2016
Symposium Organizer, Symposium on Optical Metamaterials, MRS Fall 2015
Committee Member, 2013 Integrated Photonics Research (IPR) Conference
f) University Services
Executive Committee Member, for Materials Science and Engineering Program Director Search,
2016 - present
Faculty Search Committee Member, Mechanical Engineering, 2016 – present
Infrastructure Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2016 – present
Faculty Search Committee Member, Physics and Materials Science Joint Search, 2014 – 2015
Faculty Search Committee Member, Mechanical Engineering, 2014 – 2015
Faculty Search Committee Member, Materials Science and Engineering, 2013 – 2014
Graduate Committee Member, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2013 – 2014
Chair of Departmental Seminars, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2013 – 2014
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