Hi, I am Yuzhou Liu and you can also call me Nathan. I have been enthusiastic about science and technology since first grade. A few years ago, I finally became a PhD student focusing on optics and photonics. During my research in these few years, I find it very enjoyable when I can identify issues, learn new things and solve problems in experiments and I feel rewarded when people express interest in my design and my project after they listen to my talks in conferences. Although a PhD life is tough from time to time, these little things help me to carry on.
My personal favorites besides research are playing the guitar and playing World of Warcraft Classic (for the record, I have been only raiding with my friends and other guild members once a week). I have been playing the guitar since 2008, but I am out of practice because it is hard to find someone to play with when you need to put your work at the first place.
I am still learning to balance my work and life. After all, everyone needs a good mood to keep up with research. Below are some more professional information about me.
Doctoral student and research assistant
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California
Address: 3737 Watt Way Powell Hall (PHE), Room 526, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0271, USA
08/2019 – Present Doctoral student in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California
07/2017 – 07/2019 M.S. in Optics and Photonics, CREOL, University of Central Florida
01/2015 – 05/2017 B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Experiences
08/2019 – Present Research assistant at Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California
01/2018 – 07/2019 Research assistant at CREOL, University of Central Florida
Research Interests
Photonic topological structures
Design, fabrication and characterization of microring resonators
Optical phased array of microring lasers
PT-symmetry enhanced sensitivity in ring laser gyroscopes
Photonic integrated circuits
Simulations of novel optical and photonic structures
Journal Publications and Conference Presentations
Jinhan Ren, Yuzhou G. N. Liu, Midya Parto, William E. Hayenga, Mohammad P. Hokmabadi, Demetrios N. Christodoulides, and Mercedeh Khajavikhan, “Unidirectional light emission in PT-symmetric microring lasers,” Opt. Express 26, 27153-27160 (2018)
Yuzhou G. N. Liu, P. Jung, M. Parto, J. Leshin, D. N. Christodoulides, and M. Khajavikhan, “Towards a Non-magnetic Topological Haldane Laser,” in CLEO, San Jose, USA (2019).
Yuzhou G. N. Liu, P. Jung, M. Parto, W. E. Hayenga, D. N. Christodoulides, M. Khajavikhan, “Towards a photonics implementation of topological Haldane lattice,” SPIE Photonics West- OPTO, San Francisco, USA (2020)
Yuzhou G. N. Liu, P. Jung, M. Parto, W. E. Hayenga, D. N. Christodoulides, M. Khajavikhan, ” Topological Haldane Lattice,” in CLEO, Virtual conference, USA (2020)
Honors and Awards
04/2020 Presenter Fee Grant from the OSA Foundation and the Incubic/Milton Chang Travel Fund for CLEO 2020
03/2020 Paper accepted as highlighted talk in CLEO 2020