Mid-infrared ultrafast lasers, mid-infrared integrated photonics and frequency combs

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2015-11--2019-02   Politecnico di Milano Ph.D. in Physics (Con Lode)

2013-03--2015-09   Politecnico di Milano M.Sc. in Electronics Engineering

2008-09--2012-09   Politecnico di Milano B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering

   

November 2023 - Present, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor

June 2022 - November 2023, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor

June 2021 - February 2022, Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (IFN), National Research Council (CNR) of Italy, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher

September 2019 - June 2021, Aalto University, Finland, Postdoctoral Researcher

November 2018 - September 2019, Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (IFN), National Research Council (CNR) of Italy, Postdoctoral Researcher

   

1.     T. An, W. Hussain, T. T. Fernandez*, Y. Wang*, Y. Jiang, B. Johnston, S. Cozic, M. Poulain, T. Rault, L. Zhang, A. Fuerbach, Optical Fiber-Waveguide Hybrid Architecture for Mid-Infrared Ring Lasers, Journal of Lightwave Technology, https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2026.3705055 (2026).

2.     J. Xu, Y. Zhong, X. Bao, J. Chen, W. Peng, H, Hu, Y. Xiong, W. Xia, X. Chen, M. Liao, J. Bin, Y. Wang*, L. Zhou*, W. Chen, Proton-Radiation Hardening of High-Speed Ge/Si Integrated Photodetectors for Space Applications, Nanophotonics 15, e70165 (2026). 

3.     G. Feng, X. Zhang, Y. Wang*, W. Wu, G. Galzerano, Q. Wang, T. Zhang, T. Yu, Y. Peng, J. Fan, B. Jiang*, Y. Leng* and L. Zhang, 10-W sub-100-fs ultrafast Cr:ZnS/ZnSe MOPA system enabled by doping gradient engineering, Infrared Physics & Technology 157, 106654 (2026).

4.     X. Zhang, J. Xu, Y. Jiang, B. Jiang, J. Fan*, Y. Wang*, J. Wang, L. Zhang, Surface-activated bonded Cr:ZnS-on-sapphire: Towards active integrated photonic platform for the mid-infrared, Optics & Laser Technology 194, 114504 (2025).

5.     L. Yuan, S. Hu, J. Gan, X. Liang, Y. Hu, Y. Wang*, J. Liu, P. Tang*, Dual-Wavelength Cascade Pumping for Low-Threshold and High-Efficiency 4.4 μm Emission in Dy³⁺:InF₃ Fiber Laser: A Numerical Investigation, Photonics 12, 1101 (2025).

6.     Y. Dai, J. Hader, Y. Zhang, L. Du, H. Fernandez, Y. Wang, X. Bai, Y. Wang, S. Das, J. V Moloney, Z. Sun, Giant Multiphoton Luminescence and Band Renormalization with Hot Electron–Hole Plasma in Multilayer GaSe, Advanced Optical Materials 13, e01603 (2025).

7.     X. Zhang, Y. Wang*, W. Wu, P. Tang, J. Fan, T. Yu*, G. Galzerano, P. Laporta, B. Jiang*, L. Zhang, Harnessing Fick’s distribution in thermally diffused polycrystals for in-situ optimization of laser efficiency, Optics Express 33, 32890-32902 (2025).

8.     M. Qiang, M. Wang, L. Zhang, Y. Wang, X. Yin, Y. Jiang, J. Fan, L. Zhang, Research on Ultra-Smooth Surface Processing of Mid-Infrared Indium Fluoride-Based Fiber Glass, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 180590 (2025).

9.     L. Chen, J. Huang, W. Sun, Z. Li, C. Jiang, Y. Wang, Y. Jiang, L. Zhang, X. Jiang, and M. Pang, Coherent combination of mid-IR laser beams using a Sagnac-type interferometer, Optics Express 33, 13840-13847 (2025).

10.  T. An, Y. Wang*, W. Zhao, X. Zhang, W. Wu, L. Deng, X. Yuan, Y. Jiang*, L. Zhang, Mid-Infrared Adaptive Fiber Micro-Lenses for Inline Beam Shaping, Journal of Lightwave Technology 43, 2811-2818 (2025).

11.  W. Wu, Y. Wang*, Tiantian Zhou, Lingling Yang, Yiguang Jiang, Ting Yu*, Wenlong Li, Pinghua Tang*, Chujun Zhao, Xiao Li, Long Zhang, High-energy 3-μm Er:YAG and Er, Cr:YSGG lasers Q-switched with semiconductor saturable absorbers, Optics Communications 586, 131851 (2025).

12.  D. Giannotti, A. Caruso, F. Pisani, F. Canella, N. S. Barberio, A. Gambetta, N. Coluccelli, Y. Wang, P. Laporta, G. Galzerano, Comprehensive intensity and phase noise analysis of a femtosecond Cr:ZnSe Kerr-lens mode-locked laser, Optics & Laser Technology 184, 112528 (2025).

13.  L. Chen, J. Huang, W. Sun, Z. Li, C. Jiang, Y. Wang, Y. Jiang, L. Zhang, X. Jiang, and M. Pang, High power mid-infrared side-pump combiner with good thermal stability based on the point-by-point fusion splicing technique, Optics Express 32, 39710-39717 (2024).

14.  X. Zhang, Y. Wang*, W. Wu, T. An, Y. Jiang, J. Fan, B. Jiang*, P. Tang*, G. Galzerano, P. Laporta, and L. Zhang, Mid-infrared ultrafast soliton molecules from a few-cycle Cr:ZnS laser, Optics Express 32, 35462-35473 (2024).

15.  L. Li, C. Ma, N. Zhao, J. Peng, B. Liu, H. Ji, Y. Wang* and P. Tang*, Numerical study of a bi-directional in-band pumped dysprosium-doped fluoride fiber laser at 3.2 µm, Front Inform Technol Electron Eng 25, 1017–1024 (2024). 

16.  L. Hu, R. Liu, W. Zhao, Z. Wang, F. Guan, Y. Wang, L. Zhang, Y. Jiang, L. Zhang, Efficient energy transfer between Er and Dy achieved in perfluoride glass ceramics by tailoring crystallization characteristics, Ceramics International 50, 14794-14799 (2024). 

17.  E. Vicentini, A. Rosina, M. Nobis, F. Canella, Y. Wang, P. Laporta, G. Galzerano, High-resolution direct-comb spectrometer at 2.4 μm, Il Nuovo Cimento 45C, 86 (2022). 

18.  Y. Wang, F. Fleming, R. A. McCracken, C. Lieberg, S. McDaniel, G. Cook, P. Laporta, A. K. Kar and G. Galzerano*, Ultrafast hot-isostatic-pressed Cr:ZnSe laser at 2.4 µm, Optics & Laser Technology 154, 108300 (2022).

19.  Y. Wang*, T. Fernandez, P. Tang, N. Coluccelli, S. D. Jackson, M. C. Falconi, F. Prudenzano, P. Laporta, G. Galzerano, Mid-IR tunable CW and passively Q-switched laser operation of Dy-doped fluoride fiber, Optical Materials Express 12, 1502 (2022).

20.  P. Tang, Y. Wang, E. Vicentini, F. Canella, L. M. Molteni, N. Coluccelli, P. Laporta, and G. Galzerano, Single-frequency Dy:ZBLAN fiber laser tunable in the wavelength range from 2.925 to 3.250 μm, Journal of Lightwave Technology 40, 2489 (2022).

21.  V. Pelgrin, Y. Wang, J. Peltier, C. Alonso-Ramos, L. Vivien, Z. Sun, E. Cassan, Boosting the SiN nonlinear photonic platform with transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers, Optics Letters 47, 734-737 (2022).

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22.  Y. Wang*, V. Pelgrin, S. Gyger, G. Md Uddin, X. Bai, C. Lafforgue, L. Vivien, K. D. Jöns, E. Cassan, Z. Sun*, Enhancing Si₃N₄ Waveguide Nonlinearity with Heterogeneous Integration of Few-Layer WS2, ACS Photonics 8, 2713 (2021).

23.  Y. Wang*, K. D. Jöns, Z. Sun*, Integrated photon-pair sources with nonlinear optics, Applied Physics Reviews 8, 011314 (2021).

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24.  E. Vicentini, A. Gambetta, N. Coluccelli, Y. Wang, P. Laporta, G. Galzerano, Direct-frequency-comb spectroscopy by a scanning Fabry-Pérot microcavity resonator, Physical Review A 102, 033510 (2020).

25.  S. O. Leonov, Y. Wang, V. S. Shiryaev, G. E. Snopatin, B. S. Stepanov, V. G. Plotnichenko, E. Vicentini, A. Gambetta, N. Coluccelli, C. Svelto, P. Laporta, G. Galzerano, Coherent mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in tapered suspended-core As39Se61 fibers pumped by a few-optical-cycle Cr:ZnSe laser, Optics Letters 45, 1346 (2020).

26.  E. Vicentini, Y. Wang, D. Gatti, A. Gambetta, P. Laporta, G. Galzerano, K. Curtis, K. McEwan, C. R. Howle, N. Coluccelli, Nonlinear pulse compression to 22 fs at 15.6 µJ by an all-solid-state multipass approach, Optics Express 28, 4541 (2020).

27.  Y. Wang*, F. Jobin, S. Duval, V. Fortin, P. Laporta, M. Bernier, G. Galzerano and R. Vallée, Ultrafast Dy³⁺:fluoride fiber laser beyond 3 µm, Optics Letters 44, 395 (2019).

# Selected as a Spotlight on Optics article

28.  V. Bharadwaj, Y. Wang, T.T. Fernandez, R. Ramponi, S.M. Eaton and G. Galzerano, Femtosecond laser written diamond waveguides-a step towards integrated photonics in the far infrared, Optical Materials 85, 183-185 (2018).

29.  E. Vicentini, A. Gambetta, N. Coluccelli, E. Fasci, A. Castrillo, L. Gianfrani, V. Di Sarno, P. Maddaloni, A. Ceausu-Velcescu, P. De Natale, Y. Wang, T.T. Fernandez, P. Laporta, G. Galzerano, Rovibrational fine structure and transition dipole moment of CF3H by frequency-comb-assisted saturated spectroscopy at 8.6 μm, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 217, 373-379 (2018).

30.  A. Gambetta, E. Vicentini, N. Coluccelli, Y. Wang, T.T. Fernandez, P. Maddaloni, P. De Natale, A. Castrillo, L. Gianfrani, P. Laporta and G. Galzerano, Versatile Mid-Infrared Frequency-Comb referenced sub-Doppler spectrometer, APL Photonics 3(4), 046103 (2018).

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31.  Y. Wang, T.T. Fernandez, N. Coluccelli, A. Gambetta, P. Laporta and G. Galzerano*, 47-fs Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr²⁺:ZnSe laser with high spectral purity, Optics Express 25, 25193 (2017).

32.  T. T. Fernandez, M. Tarabrin, Y. Wang, V.A. Lazarev, S.O. Leonov, V.E. Karasik, Y.V. Korostelin, M.P. Frolov, Y.P. Podmarkov, Y.K. Skasyrsky, V.I. Kozlovsky, C. Svelto, P. Maddaloni, N. Coluccelli, P. Laporta and G. Galzerano, Thermo-optical and lasing characteristics of Cr²⁺-doped CdSe single crystal as tunable coherent source in the mid-infrared, Optical Materials Express 7, 3815 (2017).

33.  A. Gambetta, E. Vicentini, Y. Wang, N. Coluccelli, E. Fasci, L. Gianfrani, A. Castrillo, V. Di Sarno, L. Santamaria, P. Maddaloni, P. De Natale, P Laporta and G. Galzerano, Absolute frequency measurements of CHF₃ Doppler-free ro-vibrational transitions at 8.6 µm, Optics Letters 42, 1911 (2017).

34.  N. Coluccelli, C. R. Howle, K. McEwan, Y. Wang, T.T. Fernandez, A. Gambetta, P. Laporta and G. Galzerano, Fiber-format dual-comb coherent Raman spectrometer, Optics Letters, 42, 4683-4686 (2017).