YANMING LI

*** ********

Research

Center

(**9)526-

0742

Raleigh,

NC

27695

acb8ta@r.postjobfree.com

Education

§ PhD

–

Physics,

North

Carolina

State

University,

USA

December

2013

Adviser:

Dr.

Michael

Escuti;

Dissertation:

Complex

Polarization

Gratings

for

Light

Orbital

Angular

Momentum

Manipulation

and

Wavefront

Shaping

GPA:

4.00

§ MS

–

Electrical

Engineering,

North

Carolina

State

University,

USA

May

2013

Specialty:

Nanoelectronics

and

Photonics

GPA:

3.93

§ BS

–

Physics,

Nankai

University,

China

May

2008

Thesis:

Study

on

Dispersive

Shock

Waves

in

Nonlinear

Optics

GPA:

88/100

Rank:

4/70

Research

Experience

Thin-

film

Diffractive

Optics

§ Designed,

simulated,

fabricated,

and

characterized

Liquid

Crystal-

based

optical

elements

for

wavefront

shaping

with

extremely

high

efficiency;

§ Investigated

light

orbital

angular

momentum

controlling

elements

and

systems

for

high

capacity

information

applications

and

optical

tweezers;

§ Conducted

theoretical

and

numerical

analysis

of

wave

propagation

and

transform.

Broadband

Wavefront

Shaping

§ Designed

and

fabricated

structured

thin

films

that

realize

arbitrary

wavefront

shaping

over

wide

spectral

range

with

high

efficiency.

§ Developed

theory

and

numerical

optimization

method

for

complex

birefringent

structures.

§ Optimized

photo-

patterning

technologies

including

polarization

holography

and

laser

scanning.

Key

Skills

§ Optical

Tools:

Optical

tables,

lasers,

holography,

interferometers,

polarizing

microscope,

spectrometers,

photodetectors,

beam

profiler,

wavefront

sensor,

filters,

optical

fibers,

translation

and

rotation

stages,

oscilloscope.

§ Materials

and

Processing:

Spin-

coating

processors,

liquid

crystals,

optical

coatings,

common

solvents,

clean

room

experience.

§ Computer

Skills:

Matlab,

Mathematica,

LabVIEW,

Illustrator,

C++,

and

OPNET.

Professional

Memberships

§ Committee

member

of

Holography

and

Diffractive

Optics

Technical

Group,

OSA

–

Optical

Society

of

America

§ Member,

SPIE

–

International

Society

for

Optical

Engineering

Science

Outreach

Experience

§ Science

House

Outreach:

Prepared

and

led

hands-

on

Optics

&

Photonics

labs

for

groups

of

K-

12

teachers

and

students.

§ USA

Science

&

Engineering

Festival:

Set

up

and

in

charge

of

demonstrations

at

SPIE

booth.

§ NCSU

ECE

Open

House:

Set

up

and

in

charge

of

demonstrations

at

Optical

&

Lightwave

Engineering

booth.

Teaching

Experience

§ Tutoring:

Tutored

walk-

in

undergraduates

on

Mechanics,

Electromagnetics,

and

Thermal

physics.

Tutored

undergraduates

one-

on-

one

on

Electromagnetics.

§ Labs:

Led

physics

labs

for

science

and

engineering

majors.

In

charge

of

20–30

student

sessions.

Directly

instructed

to

students.

Experience

with

WebAssign.

Advanced

courses

Advanced

Optics

and

Photonics

Digital

Image

Processing

Advanced

Electricity

and

Magnetism

Digital

Signal

Processing

Optical

Properties

of

Semiconductors

Electronic

Properties

of

Solid

State

Physical

Electronics

Materials

Soft

Electronics

Computer

Networks

Awards

§ Best

poster

in

ECE-

CSC

Fall

Seminar,

2009

§ First

rank

scholarships,

2004

–

2007

Journal

Publications

1) Y

Li,

J

Kim,

and

MJ

Escuti,

“Orbital

angular

momentum

generation

and

mode

transformation

with

high

efficiency

using

forked

polarization

gratings”,

Applied

Optics,

vol.

51,

no.

34,

pp.

8236-

8245,

2012.

(Selected

for

Optics

InfoBase

Spotlight)

2) A

Dudley,

Y

Li,

T

Mhlanga,

MJ

Escuti

and

A

Forbes,

“Generating

and

measuring

non-

diffracting

vector

Bessel

beams”,

Optics

Letters

vol.

38,

no.

17,

pp.

3429–3432,

2013.

(Selected

for

Virtual

Journal

for

Biomedical

Optics)

Conference

Presentations

and

Proceedings

(peer-

reviewed)

1) Y

Li,

A

Dudley,

T

Mhlanga,

MJ

Escuti

and

A

Forbes,

“Generating

and

analyzing

non-

diffracting

vector

vortex

beams”,

Proc.

SPIE

–

Laser

Beam

Shaping

XIV,

vol.

8843,

art.

no.

884304,

2013.

2) Y

Li,

J

Kim,

and

MJ

Escuti,

"Broadband

orbital

angular

momentum

manipulation

using

liquid

crystal

thin

films,"

Proc.

SPIE

-

Complex

Light

and

Optical

Forces

VI,

vol.

8274,

art.

no.

827415,

2012.

3) Y

Li,

J

Kim,

and

MJ

Escuti,

"Experimental

realization

of

high-

efficiency

switchable

optical

OAM

state

generator

and

transformer,"

Proc.

SPIE

-

Laser

Beam

Shaping

XII,

vol.

8130,

art.

no.

81300F,

2011.

4) Y

Li,

J

Kim,

and

MJ

Escuti,

"Controlling

Orbital

Angular

Momentum

using

Forked

Polarization

Gratings,"

Proc.

SPIE

-

Laser

Beam

Shaping

XI,

vol.

7789,

art.

no.

778914,

2010.

5) MN

Miskiewicz,

J

Kim,

Y

Li,

RK

Komanduri,

and

MJ

Escuti,

"Progress

on

large-

area

polarization

grating

fabrication,"

Proc.

SPIE

-

Acquisition,

Tracking,

Pointing,

and

Laser

Systems

Technologies

XXVI,

vol.

8395,

art.

no.

83950G,

2012.

6) A

Dudley,

S

Goyal,

T

Konrad,

F

Roux,

M

Lavery,

Y

Li,

M

Padgett,

M

Escuti,

and

A

Forbes,

“Implementation

of

a

quantum

walk

using

the

orbital

angular

momentum

states

of

light”,

QA2,

2012.

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