Seven faculty inducted as AIMBE fellows
Seven Washington University in St. Louis faculty members have been named Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), joining 23 existing fellows at Washington University. The new fellows are among 162 colleagues inducted March 25 in Arlington, Va. Election to AIMBE’s College of Fellows is limited to the top 2% of […]
WashU awarded $20 million to develop high-tech imaging technology
A multidisciplinary team aims to create a portable device to scan for eye diseases
Ultrahigh-sensitivity microprobe optimizes detection of molecular fingerprints
A team led by Lan Yang developed a novel whispering-gallery-mode microprobe optimized for ultrahigh sensitivity and increased detection area
Caltech Alumna Profile of Prof. Yang
Prof. Lan Yang was featured in the e-newsletter for Caltech EAS (Engineering and Applied Science) alumni
Yang elected senior member of National Academy of Inventors
She is among 95 new senior members who will be honored in June
Congratulations to Dr. Zhoutian Fu on earning doctorate!
Pushing the boundaries of the visible world
Washington University engineers, scientists and physicians team up to advance imaging science and improve human health
Yang wins German research award
Lan is invited to collaborate with specialist colleagues in Germany
Opening up the electromagnetic spectrum
New parity time symmetric system opens up range of wavelengths to researchers, engineers
McKelvey Engineering has three of world’s most ‘highly cited researchers’
Randall Martin, Rohit Pappu and Lan Yang are recognized for their work by the Institute for Scientific Information
Engineering various sources of loss provides new features for perfect light absorption
Lan Yang, collaborators at Yale reveal new approaches
Yang named 2020 AAAS fellow
Seven faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis are among 489 new fellows selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society
A one-way street for acoustic waves
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and Harvard University have developed a non-reciprocal device for acoustic waves that could be used in next-generation wireless communication and quantum computing
Four McKelvey Engineering faculty receive LEAP awards
Four faculty members in the McKelvey School of Engineering recently received awards to prepare their products for commercialization
Changing the World Through Science, Lan Yang is an Inspiration for Women at Washington University
From her childhood in China to optical resonators at WashU, Lan Yang has always followed her innovative spirit
Tuning optical resonators gives researchers control over transparency
Method has ramifications for quantum computing, communications and more
Yang named 2020 IEEE Fellow
Lan Yang, the Edwin H. & Florence G. Skinner Professor in the McKelvey School of Engineering , has been named an IEEE Fellow
Prof. Yang started her term as Editor-in-Chief of Photonics Research.
Prof. Yang started her term as Editor-in-Chief of Photonics Research.
The Discoverer: Lan Yang
WashU Women Innovate: At 14, inspired by stories of world-changing science and new technologies, Lan Yang was so committed to becoming a scientist, she went on a hunger strike
Nature Conference on Topological Photonics will be organized at Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA
Nature Conference on Topological Photonics will be organized at Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA
Congratulations to Dr. Abraham Qavi for being selected to join the Provost Trainee TOP-TIER program.
Physics Today: “Exceptional points make for exceptional sensors”
Physics Today: “Exceptional points make for exceptional sensors“
Prof. Yang is featured in IEEE newsletter.
Prof. Yang is featured in IEEE newsletter.
Our paper on “Chiral modes and directional lasing at exceptional points” is accepted for publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Our paper on “Chiral modes and directional lasing at exceptional points” is accepted for publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Our paper on “Optomechanically induced stochastic resonance and chaos transfer between optical fields” is accepted for publication in Nature Photonics.
Our paper on “Optomechanically induced stochastic resonance and chaos transfer between optical fields” is accepted for publication in Nature Photonics.
Chancellor Wrighton announced that Lan Yang, PhD, the Edward H. and Florence G. Skinner Professor in the Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, who has been recognized by President Barack Obama for her innovative research in nanophotonics, will receive the Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Congratulations to Bo Peng for successfully defending his thesis.
Bo Peng, Jan 29, 2015 Front row (from left to right): Bo Peng, Sahn Ozdemir, Lan Yang, Weijian Chen, Huang (Steven) He Back row (from left to right): Michael Driscoll, Xiangyi Xu, Guangming Zhao, Huzeyfe Yilmaz, Yulong Liu
Congratulations to Bo Peng for getting a job offer from IBM T. J. Watson Research Center.
Prof. Yang is promoted to Edwin H. & Florence G. Skinner Professor in the Preston M. Green Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering.
Congratulations to Jiangang to receive the Director’s fellowship award from Los Alamos National Laboratory. He will join LANL in the middle of Feb, 2015. We wish him the best for his future career.
Our paper on “loss-induced suppression and and revival of lasing” was published in Science.
Our paper on “loss-induced suppression and and revival of lasing” was published in Science. http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/27547.aspx
Our paper on “What is and what is not Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Whispering Gallery
Microcavities” is accepted for publication in Nature Communication.
Our paper on “Highly sensitive detection of nanoparticles with a self-referenced and self-heterodyned whispering-gallery Raman microlaser” is accepted for publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Our paper on “Highly sensitive detection of nanoparticles with a self-referenced and self-heterodyned whispering-gallery Raman microlaser” is accepted for publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Undergraduate student Arunita Kar received Summer Undergraduate Research Award from Washington Univeristy
Our work on Parity-Time symmetric whispering-gallery microcavities appeared on Nature Physics
Our work on Parity-Time symmetric whispering-gallery microcavities appeared on Nature Physics
Our paper on Parity-Time symmetric whispering-gallery microcavities and its application for nonreciprocal light transmission has bee accepted for publication in Nature Physics
Prof. Yang receives the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
Prof. Yang receives the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). This is the highest honor given by the US government on early career professionals (professors and members of other research communities) and is accompanied by additional funding to support research in our Lab.
Today we move to new PRESTON M. GREEN HALL Building.
Today we move to new PRESTON M. GREEN HALL Building.
To know more about the mode-splitting sensing scheme, you could read our work on “Single virus and nanoparticle size spectrometry by whispering-gallery-mode microcavities” published in Optics Express.
To know more about the mode-splitting sensing scheme, you could read our work on “Single virus and nanoparticle size spectrometry by whispering-gallery-mode microcavities” published in Optics Express.
Our work on microlasers for ultra-sensitive sensing appeared on the June 26 edition of Nature Nanotechnology’s advanced online publication.
Our work on microlasers for ultra-sensitive sensing appeared on the June 26 edition of Nature Nanotechnology’s advanced online publication. Split of lasing modes generated in a high-quality micro-laser for sensing: Press release on our microlasers Photos of our microlasers fabricated on a silicon wafer. The glass doped with rare-earth optical gain media is synthesized and processed […]
We welcome three undergraduates to our lab for summer research experiences this year!
Welcome to join us this summer, Jacob Friedlein (Physics, School of Art and Science, Washington University), Meron Tesfaye (Chemical Engineering, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park) and Michael Akenhead (Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University).
Congratulations to Lina for receiving 2011 Incubic/Milton Chang Travel Grant for her work on single nanoparticle detection using a microcavity laser presented in CLEO 2011.
Congratulations to Woosung, Sahin, and Jiangang on paper entitled “ Observation and characterization of mode splitting in microsphere resonators in aquatic environment ”accepted for publication in App. Phy. Lett.
Congratulations to Sahin, Jiangang and Lina on paper entitled “ Estimation of Purcell factor from mode-splitting spectra in an optical microcavity ”accepted for publication in Phy. Rev. A.
Jiangang present and win 3rd place in Engineering group at 16th WashU graduate research symposium. The topic is “Tiny sensor measures single viruses and nanoparticles”.
Congratulations to Jiangang on paper entitled “Controlled manipulation of mode splitting in an optical microcavity by two Rayleigh scatterers ”accepted for publication in Opt. Express.
Congratulations to Jiangang on paper entitled “Controlled manipulation of mode splitting in an optical microcavity by two Rayleigh scatterers ”accepted for publication in Opt. Express.
Congratulations to Lina on paper entitled “ Ultrasensitive detection of mode splitting in active optical microcavities ”accepted for publication in Phy. Rev. A.
Our SPIE newsroom article on particle sensing appears on line.
Our SPIE newsroom article on particle sensing appears on line.
Congratulations to Woosung on paper entitled “Demonstration of mode splitting in an optical microcavity in aqueous environment” ”accepted for publication in App. Phy. Lett.
Congratulations to Lina and Woosung on papers accepted by 2010 Frontiers in Optics (FiO)/Laser Science XXVI (LS) Conference
Congratulations to Lina and Woosung on papers accepted by 2010 Frontiers in Optics (FiO)/Laser Science XXVI (LS) Conference
Congratulations to Lina on paper entitled “Scatterer induced mode splitting in poly(dimethylsiloxane) coated microresonators ”accepted for publication in App. Phy. Lett.
Note: This paper has been ranked by Applied Physics Letters as the top 20 most downloaded articles in June 2010.
Press release on our single particle sensing work
Other websites that report our work on single particle sensing and sizing: Physics NewsScience DailyR&D MagazinePhysorg.comPhotonics.comPOPSCIScienceBlogScientific BloggingEurekAlert!Technology Review (published by MIT)RedOrbit Knowledge NetworkGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Congratulations to Lina on paper entitled “Self-pulsation in fiber-coupled on-chip microcavity lasers ”accepted for publication in Opt. Lett.
Our Nature Photonics paper on single particle sensing and sizing appeared in the Dec. 13 edition of Nature Photonics’s advanced online publication
Our Nature Photonics paper on single particle sensing and sizing appeared in the Dec. 13 edition of Nature Photonics’s advanced online publication
We have two papers accepted by “Photonic Microdevices/Microstructures for Sensing II” conference, which is part of the SPIE symposium on SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing to be held 5-9 April 2010 in Orlando, United States.
We have two papers accepted by “Photonic Microdevices/Microstructures for Sensing II” conference, which is part of the SPIE symposium on SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing to be held 5-9 April 2010 in Orlando, United States.
Our paper on single nano-particle detection has been accepted for publication in Nature Photonics.
Jiangang presented a poster titled with “Single Nanoparticle Detection on a Silicon Chip” at the CMI (Center for Materials Innovation) Graduate Forum at Washington University.
We have two posters* presented at the 1st Symposium on Nanotechnology for Public Health, Environment, and Energy at Washington University.
We have two posters* presented at the 1st Symposium on Nanotechnology for Public Health, Environment, and Energy at Washington University. *Single Nanoparticle Detection by Mode Splitting in Ultra-High-Q Microtoroid, Jiangang Zhu, Sahin Kaya Ozdemir, Yun-Feng Xiao, Lin Li, Lina He, Da-Ren Chen and Lan Yang (ESE/EECE, WUSTL) *Whispering Gallery Mode Biosensors, Michael Zakrewsky, Sahin Ozdemir, and Lan […]