ProfessorYAO, Wang
Professor: Chair of Physics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, HKU
B.S. Peking; Ph.D. Calif; FAPS
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2219 4809
2559 9152
Room 529, CYM Physics Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Current Research
Two-dimensional materials and their van der Waals heterostructureMoiré superlattice physics
Valleytronics and spintronics
Research Interest
Theoretical Condensed Matter PhysicsQuantum Physics
Optical Physics
Representative Publications
"Luminescence Anomaly of Dipolar Valley Excitons in Homobilayer Semiconductor Moiré Superlattices",Hongyi Yuand Wang Yao, Phys. Rev. X, 11, 38 (2021)"Layer Pseudospin Dynamics and Genuine Non-Abelian Berry Phase in Inhomogeneously Strained Moiré Pattern", Dawei Zhaiand Wang Yao, Phys. Rev. Lett., 125, 266404 (2020)
"Signatures of moiré-trapped valley excitons in MoSe2/WSe2 heterobilayers", K. Seyler, P. Rivera, H. Yu, N. Wilson, E. Ray, D. Mandrus, J. Yan, W. Yao, X. Xu, Nature, 567, 66 (2019)
"Gate tuning from exciton superfluid to quantum anomalous Hall in van der Waals heterobilayer", Qizhong Zhu, Wei-Yuan Tu, Qingjun Tong and Wang Yao, Science Advances, 5, eaau6120 (2019)
"Moire excitons: from programmable quantum emitter arrays to spin-orbit coupled artificial lattices", Hongyi Yu, Guibin Liu, Jianju Tang, Xiaodong Xu and Wang Yao, Science Advances, 3, e** (2017)
"Topological Mosaic in Moiré superlattices of van der Waals heterobilayers", Q. Tong, H. Yu, Q. Zhu, Y. Wang, X. Xu,Wang Yao,Nature Physics,13, 356 (2017)
"Anomalous light cones and valley optical selection rules of interlayer excitons in twisted heterobilayers", Hongyi Yu, Y. Wang, Qingjun Tong, X. Xu andWang Yao,Phys. Rev. Lett.,115, 187002 (2015)
“Dirac cones and Dirac saddle points of bright excitons in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides”, H.Y. Yu, G.B. Liu, P. Gong, X.D. Xu andW. Yao,Nature Communications,5, 3876 (2014)
"Optical generation of excitonic valley coherence in monolayer WSe2", A. Jones, H.Y. Yu, N. Ghimire, S.F. Wu, G. Aivazian, J. Ross, B. Zhao, J.Q. Yan, D. Mandrus, D. Xiao,W. Yao, X.D. Xu,Nature Nanotechnology,8, 634 (2013)
"Magnetoelectric effects and valley controlled spin quantum gates in transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers", Z.R. Gong, G.B. Liu, H.Y. Yu, D. Xiao, X.D. Cui, X.D. Xu,W. Yao,Nature Communications,4, 2053 (2013)
"Coupled Spin and Valley Physics in Monolayers of MoS2and Other Group-VI Dichalcogenides", D. Xiao, G.B. Liu, W.X. Feng, X.D. Xu andW. Yao,Physical Review Letters,108, 196802 (2012)
