Yuan Yuan

Assistant Professor,  Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Research Focus

optoelectronic devices, single-photon detection, silicon photonics, large-scale photonic integrated circuits for interconnects and computing

Education

  • PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Virginia Charlottesville, 2019

Professional Affiliations

  • IEEE
  • Optica

Research Overview

optoelectronic devices, single-photon detection, silicon photonics, large-scale photonic integrated circuits for interconnects and computing

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Selected Publications

  • Peng, Y. Yuan*, W. V. Sorin, S. Cheung, Z. Huang, D. Liang, M. Fiorentino, R. G. Beausoleil. “An 8× 160 Gb s− 1 all-silicon avalanche photodiode chip.” Nature Photonics(2024): 1-7. (Editorial “News and Views”)
  • Yuan*, Y. Peng, W. V. Sorin, S. Cheung, Z. Huang, D. Liang, M. Fiorentino, and R. G. Beausoleil. “A 5 × 200 Gbps Microring Modulator Silicon Chip Empowered by Two-Segment Z-Shape Junctions.” Nature Communication. 15, no. 1 (2024): 918.
  • Yuan*, S. Cheung, T. Van Vaerenbergh, Y. Peng, Y. Hu, G. Kurczveil, Z. Huang, D. Liang, W. V. Sorin, X. Xiao, M/ Fiorentino, and R. G. Beausoleil. “Low-Phase Quantization Error Mach-Zehnder Interferometers for High-Precision Optical Neural Network Training.” APL Photonics 8, no. 4 (2023): 040801. (Invited, corresponding author)
  • Yuan*, W. V. Sorin, D. Liang, S. Cheung, Y. Peng, M. Jain, Z. Huang, M Fiorentino, and R. G. Beausoleil. “Mechanisms of Enhanced Sub-Bandgap Absorption in High-Speed All-Silicon Avalanche Photodiodes.” Photonics Research 11, no. 2 (2023): 337-346.
  • Yuan*, W. V. Sorin, Z. Huang, X. Zeng, D. Liang, A. Kumar, S. Palermo, M Fiorentino, and R. G. Beausoleil. “A 100 Gb/s PAM4 Two-Segment Silicon Microring Resonator Modulator using Standard Foundry Process.” ACS Photonics 9, no. 4 (2022): 1165-1171. (Supplementary Cover)
  • Yuan, B. Tossoun, Z. Huang, X. Zeng, G. Kurczveil, M. Fiorentino, D. Liang*, and R. G. Beausoleil. “Avalanche Photodiodes on Silicon Photonics.” Journal of Semiconductors 43, no. 2 (2022): 021301-021301. (Invited)

Faculty

Jan 07, 2025

ECE Assistant Professor Yuan Is at the Oakland Campus and Is Part of the Institute for NanoSI

Assistant Professor Yuan Yuan joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in January 2025. He is based at the Oakland, California campus and his research focuses on optoelectronic devices, single-photon detection, silicon photonics, and large-scale photonic integrated circuits. He is part of the Institute for NanoSystems Innovation at Northeastern.

Faculty

Dec 11, 2024

New Faculty Spotlight: Yuan Yuan

Yuan Yuan joins the electrical and computer engineering department in January 2025 as an assistant professor in Oakland, California.

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