Yuan Xiao-Cong

Professor Yuan Xiao-Cong is a Chair Professor and Director of the Nanophotonics Research Centre at Shenzhen University, China, leading an internationally recognized research group in nanophotonics. He holds adjunct roles at Zhejiang Lab and has held distinguished positions at Nankai University and Nanyang Technological University. His work spans optical singularities, plasmonics, and high-capacity optical communication systems.

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Research interests include orbital angular momentum (OAM) multiplexing, photonic skyrmions, and advanced optical communication technologies. Notable achievements include pioneering OAM-based free-space communication systems with Huawei, achieving 160 Tbit/s speeds, and developing plasmonic optical tweezers for nanoscale metrology.

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He has published over 500 papers in top journals like Nature Physics, Science Advances, and Physical Review Letters, and has received honors such as Fellowships from the Optical Society of America and Chinese Optical Society. His contributions include the design of metasurface-based multiplexers and spin-momentum frameworks for nanoscale dynamics.

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His lab, the Nanophotonics Research Centre, is central to Shenzhen’s research ecosystem, focusing on topological optics, chiral matter interactions, and integrated photonics. Current efforts explore applications in high-performance computing and subwavelength imaging.