Yuan Yuan
Assistant Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Contact
- y.yuan@northeastern.edu
- 5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA, 94613
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
Research Centers and Institutes
Department Research Areas
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)

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.

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.