Education

2008 – 2014 Ph.D. in physics, Texas A&M University, USA; Advisor: Dr. Marlan O. Scully

2005 – 2008 Master in optics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

2001 – 2005 Bachelor in applied physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Professional Experience

2024 – Tenured Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

2018 – Tenure-track Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

2014 – 2018 Postdoctoral Scholar, Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, USA; Advisor: Dr. Shanhui Fan

Research

With a focus on quantum optics and photonics, Luqi Yuan's research interests encompass a wide range of theoretical physics topics in topological photonics, non-Hermitian optics, synthetic dimensions, and hybrid quantum systems. The interdisciplinary researches provide strong opportunities in applications from the overlap of science and engineering, such as light manipulation, quantum simulations, and optical communication. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles. (See his Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OJBm5MYAAAAJ&hl=en)

Group website:

/yuanluqi/

(Review articles)

1. Hannah Price*, Yidong Chong*, Alexander Khanikaev*, Henning Schomerus, Lukas J. Maczewsky, Mark Kremer, Matthais Heinrich, Alexander Szameit, Oded Zelberberg, Yihao Yang, Baile Zhang, Andrea Alu, Ronney Thomale, Iacopo, Carusotto, PHilippe St-Jean, Alberto Amo, Avik Dutt, Luqi Yuan, Shanhui Fan, Xuefan Yin, Chao Peng, Tomoki Ozawa, and Andrea Blanco-Redondo, "Roadmap on topological photonics," Journal of Physics: Photonics 4, 032501 (2022).

2. Luqi Yuan* and Shanhui Fan*, "Temporal modulation brings metamaterials into new era," Light Sci. Appl. 11, 173 (2022).

3. Luqi Yuan*, Avik Dutt, and Shanhui Fan*, "Synthetic frequency dimensions in dynamically modulated ring resonators," APL Photonics 6, 071102 (2021).

4. Daniel Leykam* and Luqi Yuan*, "Topological phases in ring resonators: recent progress and future prospects," Nanophotonics 9, 4473 (2020).

5. Luqi Yuan*, Yi Liu*, Jinping Yao*, and Ya Cheng, "Recent Advances in Air Lasing: A Perspective from Quantum Coherence," Adv. Quantum Technol. 2, 1900080 (2019).

6. Luqi Yuan*, Qian Lin, Meng Xiao, and Shanhui Fan*, "Synthetic dimension in photonics," Optica 5, 1396 (2018).

(Selected recent publications)

1. Guangzhen Li, Yanyan He, Luojia Wang, Yiwen Yang, Danying Yu, Yuanlin Zheng, Luqi Yuan*, and Xianfeng Chen*, "Weakly Dispersive Band in Synthetic Moire Superlattice Inducing Optimal Compact Comb Generation," Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 083803 (2025). 
   

2. Rui Ye, Yanyan He*, Guangzhen Li, Luojia Wang, Xiaoxiong Wu, Xin Qiao, Yuanlin Zheng, Liang Jin, Da-Wei Wang, Luqi Yuan*, and Xianfeng Chen*, "Observing non-Hermiticity induced chirality breaking in a synthetic Hall ladder," Light Sci. Appl. 14, 39 (2025).

3. Zhaohui Dong, Xiaoxiong Wu, Yiwen Yang, Penghong Yu, Xianfeng Chen, and Luqi Yuan*, "Temporal multilayer structures in discrete physical systems towards arbitrarydimensional non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm interferences," Nat. Commun. 15, 7392 (2024).

4. Wange Song, Zhiyuan Lin, Jitao Ji, Jiacheng Sun, Chen Chen, Shengjie Wu, Chunyu Huang, Luqi Yuan*, Shining Zhu, and Tao Li*, "Bound-Extended Mode Transition in Type-II Synthetic Photonic Weyl Heterostructures," Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 143801 (2024). 

5. Zhaohui Dong, Xianfeng Chen, Avik Dutt*, and Luqi Yuan*, "Topological dissipative photonics and topological insulator lasers in synthetic time-frequency dimensions," Laser Photonics Rev. 18, 202300354 (2024).

6. Xiaoxiong Wu, Kai Bai, Penghong Yu, Zhaohui Dong, Yanyan He, Jingui Ma, Vladislav V. Yakovlev, Meng Xiao*, Xianfeng Chen, and Luqi Yuan*, "Studying Quasi-Parametric Amplifications: From Multiple PT-Symmetric Phase Transitions to Non-Hermitian Sensing," ACS Photonics 11, 4662 (2024).

7. Luojia Wang, Da-wei Wang, Luqi Yuan*, Yaping Yang*, and Xianfeng Chen*, "Extreme single-excitation subradiance from two-band Bloch oscillations in atomic arrays," Photonics Res. 12, 571 (2024).

8. Danying Yu, Guangzhen Li, Luojia Wang, Daniel Leykam*, Luqi Yuan*, and Xianfeng Chen, "Moire Lattice in one-dimensional synthetic frequency dimension," Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 143801 (2023).
   

9. Wange Song, Shengjie Wu, Chen Chen, Yuxin Chen, Chunyu Huang, Luqi Yuan*, Shining Zhu, and Tao Li*, "Observation of weyl interface states in non-Hermitian synthetic photonic systems," Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 043803 (2023). 
   

10. Guangzhen Li, Luojia Wang, Rui Ye, Yuanlin Zheng, Da-Wei Wang, Xiong-Jun Liu, Avik Dutt, Luqi Yuan*, and Xianfeng Chen*, "Direct extraction of topological Zak phase with the synthetic dimension," Light Sci. Appl. 12, 81 (2023).

11. Hongwei Wang, Guojing Tang, Yu He, Zhen Wang, Xingfeng Li, Lu Sun, Yong Zhang, Luqi Yuan*, Jianwen Dong*, and Yikai Su*, "Ultracompact topological photonic switch based on valley-vortex-enhanced high-efficiency phase shift," Light Sci. Appl. 11, 292 (2022).

12. Guangzhen Li, Luojia Wang, Rui Ye, Shijie Liu, Yuanlin Zheng, Luqi Yuan*, and Xianfeng Chen*, "Observation of flat-band and band transition in the synthetic space," Advanced Photonics 4, 036002 (2022).

13. Han Xiao, Luojia Wang, Zheng-Hong Li*, Xianfeng Chen, and Luqi Yuan*, "Bound state in a giant atom-modulated resonators system," npj Quantum Information 8, 80 (2022).

14. Guangzhen Li, Danying Yu, Luqi Yuan*, and Xianfeng Chen, "Single pulse manipulations in synthetic time-frequency space," Laser Photonics Rev. 16, 2100340 (2022).

15. Guangzhen Li, Yuanlin Zheng, Avik Dutt, Danying Yu, Qingrou Shan, Shijie Liu, Luqi Yuan*, Shanhui Fan*, and Xianfeng Chen*, "Dynamic band structure measurement in the synthetic space," Sci. Adv. 7, eabe4335 (2021).

16. Danying Yu, Bo Peng, Xianfeng Chen, Xiong-Jun Liu*, and Luqi Yuan*, "Topological holographic quench dynamics in a synthetic frequency dimension," Light Sci. Appl. 10, 209 (2021).

17. Jianfan Yang, Luqi Yuan*, Tian Qin, Fangxing Zhang, Yao Chen, Xiaoshun Jiang, Xianfeng Chen, Shanhui Fan*, and Wenjie Wan*, "Phonon-induced anomalous gauge potential for photonic isolation in frequency space," Optica 8, 1448 (2021).

18. Jinping Yao, Luojia Wang, Jinming Chen, Yuexin Wan, Zhihao Zhang, Fangbo Zhang, Lingling Qiao, Shupeng Yu, Botao Fu, Zhengxiu Zhao, Chengyin Wu, Valdislav V. Yakovlev, Luqi Yuan*, Xianfeng Chen*, and Ya Cheng*, "Photon retention in coherently excited nitrogen ions," Sci. Bull. 66, 1511 (2021).

19. Danying Yu, Guangzhen Li, Meng Xiao, Da-Wei Wang, Yong Wan, Luqi Yuan*, and Xianfeng Chen, "Simulating graphene dynamics in synthetic space with photonic rings," Commun. Phys. 4, 219 (2021).

20. Avik Dutt, Qian Lin, Luqi Yuan*, Momchil Minkov, Meng Xiao, Shanhui Fan*, "A single photonic cavity with two independent physical synthetic dimensions," Science 367, 59 (2020).

21. Hailang Dai, Luqi Yuan*, Cheng Yin, Zhuangqi Cao, and Xianfeng Chen*, "Direct visualizing the spin Hall effect of light via ultrahigh-order modes," Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 053902 (2020).

22. Danying Yu, Luqi Yuan*, and Xianfeng Chen, "Isolated photonic flatband with the effective magnetic flux in a synthetic space including the frequency dimension," Laser Photonics Rev. 14, 2000041 (2020).
    

23. Luqi Yuan*, Avik Dutt, Mingpu Qin, Shanhui Fan*, and Xianfeng Chen*, "Creating locally interacting Hamiltonians in the synthetic frequency dimension for photons," Photonics Res. 8, B8 (2020).

24. Han Xiao, Luojia Wang, Luqi Yuan*, and Xianfeng Chen, "Frequency manipulations in single-photon quantum transport under ultrastrong driving," ACS Photonics 7, 2010 (2020).

25. Luqi Yuan*, Qian Lin, Anwei Zhang, Meng Xiao, Xianfeng Chen*, and Shanhui Fan*, "Photonic gauge potential in one cavity with synthetic frequency and orbital angular momentum dimensions," Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 083903 (2019).

26. Avik Dutt, Momchil Minkov, Qian Lin, Luqi Yuan*, David A.B. Miller, and Shanhui Fan*, "Experimental band structure spectroscopy along a synthetic dimension," Nat. Commun. 10, 3122 (2019).

    For a complete list of publications, refer to the Google Scholar Profile:  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OJBm5MYAAAAJ&hl=en

2025 APS Outstanding Referee

2023 Outstanding service as an EBM for Communications Physics

2021 Optica Outstanding Reviewer

Editorial Board Member for Communications Physics