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Research highlights

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Research Highlights

We are a research group focusing on optical physics and nanophotonics.

In particular, we study the interaction of light with materials at the extreme nanoscale, with free electrons, and with synthetic gauge fields.

Yang group @ HKU Physics

Highlights

Latest News

[2025 /01] Our paper titled 'Maximal quantum interaction between free electrons and photons' appears in Physical Review Letters.

[2024 /12] Yi was awarded the Alibaba Damo Award.

[2024/09] Ruichuan joins the group. Welcome!

[2024 /08] Yi was awarded the Xplorer Prize.

[2024 /07] Yi was awarded the Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award.

[2024 /05] Our paper titled 'Higher-Order Topological Insulators via Momentum-Space Nonsymmorphic Symmetries' appears in Physical Review Letters.

[2024/03] Xudong joins the group. Welcome!

Research directions

Contact

yiyg at hku.hk
CYM Physics building
University of Hong Kong

Yang Group at HKU Physics

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