Yaoyu Cao

  Position: Professor, Institute of Photonics Technology, Jinan University

  Contact: yaoyucao@jnu.edu.cn 

  Research directions: Direct laser writing

                                     Super-resolution

                                     Nanomaterials

                                     Nanodevices

Dr. Yaoyu Cao began his research in photonics and optical engineering in 2007 at NanoPhotonics Lab in RIKEN. He completed his PhD at the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. He has research interests focused on 3D direct laser writing, functional optical nanomaterials and optical super-resolution technique. As one of the research pioneers in 3D laser nanofabrication of functional materials. He has published creative works in internationally referred journals, including in Nature Communications, Small, and Light: Science & Applications. In 2016, he joined the Institute of Photonics Technology at Jinan University.  

Working record

05/2016- present: Professor

                              Institute of Photonics Technology at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

11/2009-04/2016: Postdoctoral / Research Fellow

                              Centre for Micro-Photonics, Swinburne University of  Technology, Melbourne, Australia 

Education Background

04/2007–08/2008: Visiting PhD Student

                              The NanoPhotonics Laboratory (Professor Satoshi Kawata), RIKEN, Wako, Japan

09/2004–10/2009: PhD Student

                              Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

09/2000–07/2004: BSc Student

                              Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of

                              China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui Province, China  

Honors and awards

2015: Australia KCA Research Commercialisation People's Choice Award

2013: Swinburne Vice-Chancellor Early Career Research Award (Highly commended)

2009: Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Excellent PhD Student Award

2009: Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute Director's second prize

Book chapters

1. Min Gu, Yaoyu Cao, Xiangping Li and Zongsong Gan, Chapter 8 "SPIN-Based Optical Data Storage" in F. X. Gan, Y. Wang (eds.) Data Storage at the Nanoscale: advances and applications, January 31, 2015 by Pan Stanford, CRC press.

2. Min Gu, Zongsong Gan, Yaoyu Cao，Chapter 11 "Fabricating Nano and Microstructures Made by Narrow Bandgap Semiconductors and Metals using Multiphoton Lithography" in Jürgen Stampfl, Robert Liska and Aleksandr Ovsianikov (eds.) September 23, 2016 by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.  

Selective publications

1. Z. S. Gan #, Y. Y. Cao #*(Co-first author), R. A. Evans and M. Gu, “Three-dimensional deep sub-diffraction optical beam lithography with 9 nm feature size”. Nat. commun. 4, 2061 (2013).

2. Y. Y. Cao, N. Takeyasu, T. Tanaka, X. M. Duan and S. Kawata, "3D Metallic Nanostructure Fabrication By Surfactant-Assisted Multiphoton-Induced Reduction" Small, 5, 1144 (2009).

3. Y. Y. Cao, Z. S. Gan, B. H. Jia, R. A. Evans and M. Gu, “High-photosensitive resin for super-resolution direct-laser-writing based on photoinhibited polymerization”,Opt. Express 19, 19486 (2011).

4. X. Li #, Y. Y. Cao #(Co-first author), N. Tian, L. Fu and M. Gu, "Multifocal optical nanoscopy for big data recording at 30 TB capacity and gigabits/second data rate" OPTICA 2, 567 (2015).

5. Y. Y. Cao‍and M. Gu, "Lambda/26 silver nanodots fabricated by direct laser writing through highly sensitive two-photon photoreduction" Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 203104 (2013).

6. Y. Y. Cao, X. Li and M. Gu, "Super-resolution nanofabrication with metal-ion doped hybrid material through an optical dual-beam approach" Appl. Phys. Lett. 205, 263102 (2014).