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Dr Yaonan Hou is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Swansea University. His primary research focuses on semiconductor photonic devices and photonic integrated systems, emphasizing energy-efficient design, fabrication, and integration. Key areas include semiconductor laser diodes, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), photodetectors, and metamaterial-enabled devices.
Professional roles include teaching modules like EG-142 Instrumentation and Control and EG-143 Digital Design. Hou holds grants such as Fast-speed Ge detectors on Si integrated with waveguides (2023–2024), supported by the National Epitaxy Facility, and Waveguide integrated Ge-on-Si photodetectors (2023–2023), funded via the Zepler Institute.
His research spans metamaterial applications, semiconductor growth, and hybrid integration. Notable projects include surface/interface engineering for III-V/SiN photonic integration and investigations into InAs quantum dots. Hou has supervised a current PhD student on compound semiconductor photoelectrochemical cells for solar hydrogen generation.
Publications highlight advancements in molecular beam epitaxy, optical fiber sensors, and photonic integration. His work bridges fundamental semiconductor physics with practical optoelectronic applications, contributing to next-generation photonic systems.
