Dr. Fan Yang is a group leader at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and obtained his PhD in fiber optics at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Following his PhD, he undertook postdoc training in Brillouin scattering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (2017-2020) and furthered his research in bio-photonics and optical microscopy at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (2020-2023).

In January 2023, Dr. Yang joined SIOM, where he leads a research team focusing on advancing high-performance Brillouin microscopy and applying this technology to address biomedical questions. His work has been published in scientific journals, including Nature Photonics, Nature Methods, Nature Communications, and Physical Review Letters. Dr. Yang’s research has also been featured in numerous international science media outlets, such as Science Daily, EurekAlert!, and Phys.Org.

Keywords: Brillouin microscopy, Brillouin scattering, Biophotonics, Fiber optics

2011-2015, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, PhD, Fiber optics

2017-2020, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, Postdoc, Brillouin scattering, nonlinear optics

2020-2023, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany, Postdoc, Brillouin microscopy, Biomedical applications

2023-Present, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Shanghai, Group leader, Brillouin microscopy, Brillouin scattering, Biophotonics

For the full publication list, please see the google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KFi6RzQAAAAJ&hl

Selected publications: (* corresponding author, #co-first author)

1.   F. Yang*, C. Bevilacqua, S. Hambura, A. Neves, A. Gopalan, K. Watanabe, M. Govendir, M. Bernabeu, J. Ellenberg, A. Diz-Muñoz, S. Köhler, G. Rapti, M. Jechlinger, R. Prevedel*, “Pulsed stimulated Brillouin microscopy enables high-sensitivity mechanical imaging of live and fragile biological specimens,”  Nature Methods 20, 1971-1979 (2023). 

2.   F. Yang#*, F. Gyger#, L. Thévenaz*, “Intense Brillouin amplification in gas using hollow-core waveguides,” Nature Photonics 14, 700-708 (2020). 

3.   F. Yang*, F. Gyger, A. Godet, J. Chretien, L. Zhang, M. Pang, J.-C. Beugnot*, L. Thévenaz, “Large evanescently-induced Brillouin scattering at the surrounding of a nanofibre,” Nature Communications 13, 1432 (2022).  

4.   F. Gyger#, J. Liu#, F. Yang#, J. He, A. Raja, R. N. Wang, S. A. Bhave, T. J. Kippenberg*, L. Thévenaz*, “Observation of stimulated Brillouin scattering in silicon nitride integrated waveguides,” Physical Review Letters 124, 013902 (2020).  

5.   W. Jin#*, Y. Cao#, F. Yang#, H. L. Ho, “Ultra-sensitive all-fibre photothermal spectroscopy with large dynamic range,” Nature Communications 6, 6767 (2015).  

6.  D. Grassani, E. Tagkoudi, H. Guo, C. Herkommer, F. Yang, T. J. Kippenberg, C. S. Bres, “Mid infrared gas spectroscopy using efficient fiber laser driven photonic chip-based supercontinuum,” Nature Communications, 10, 1553 (2019).

7.  H. Guo, W. Weng, J. Liu, F. Yang, W. Hansel, C. S. Bres, L. Thévenaz, R. Holzwarth, T. J. Kippenberg, “Nanophotonic supercontinuum based mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy,” Optica 7, 1181-1188 (2020).

 8. F. Yang, W. Jin, Y. Cao, H. L. Ho, Y. Wang, “Towards high sensitivity gas detection with hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers,” Optics Express 22, 24894-24907 (2014).   

 9. F. Yang, Y. Tan, W. Jin, Y. Lin, Y. Qi, H. L. Ho, “Hollow-core fiber Fabry-Perot photothermal gas sensor,” Optics Letters 41, 3025-3028 (2016).

10. F. Yang, W. Jin, Y. Lin, C. Wang, H. L. Ho, Y. Tan, “Hollow-core microstructured optical fiber gas sensors,” IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology 35, 3413-3424 (2017).

11. F. Yang*, Y. Zhao*, Y. Qi, Y. Tan, H. L. Ho, W. Jin, “Towards label-free distributed fiber hydrogen sensor with stimulated Raman spectroscopy,” Optics Express 27, 12869-12882 (2019).

12. F. Yang, W. Jin, H. L. Ho, F. Wang, W. Liu, L. Ma, Y. Hu, “Enhancement of acoustic sensitivity of hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers,” Optics Express 21, 15514-15521 (2013).

Brillouin microscopy, Biophotonics, Brillouin physics, Optical microscopy, Fiber optics