Selected Publications
H. Chu, X. Xiong, N. X. Fang, F. Wu, R. Jia, R.W. Peng*, M. Wang*,Y. Lai*, Matte surfaces with broadband transparency enabled by highly asymmetric diffusion of white light, Science Advances 10, eadm8061 (2024).
C.K. Liu, C. Ma, Y. Lai*, N.X. Fang*, Ultra-broadband illusion acoustics for space and time camouflages, Nature Communications 15, 8046 (2024).
H. Luo, J. Luo*, Z.H. Zhang, C. Wu, Q. Li, W. Liu, R.W. Peng, M. Wang, H.Q. Li*, and Y. Lai*, Dielectric metamaterials with effective self-duality and full-polarization omnidirectional brewster effect, Light: Science & Applications 13, 262 (2024).
W. Ji, J. Luo*, T. Song, R.W. Peng*, M. Wang*, Y. Lai*, Cladding-Free Hyperbolic Waveguide Arrays, ACS Photonics 11, 2422 (2024).
R. Mei, Y.D. Xu, L. Gao, H.X. Xu*, Y. Lai*, and J. Luo*, Skin Effect of Electromagnetic Flux in Anisotropic Zero‐Index Metamaterials, Advanced Optical Materials 2401569 (2024).
R.Q. Jia, Y.X. Jing, H.C. Chu*, R.W. Peng*, M. Wang*, and Y. Lai*, Dewdrop Metasurfaces and Dynamic Control Based on Condensation and Evaporation, Advanced Science 2404010 (2024).
B. Xiong, Y. Liu, Y.H. Xu, L. Deng, C.-W. Chen, J.-N. Wang, R.W. Peng*, Y. Lai, Y.M. Liu*, M. Wang*, Breaking the limitation of polarization multiplexing in optical metasurfaces with engineered noise, Science 379, 294 (2023).
H.Y. Fan, H.C. Chu, H. Luo, Y. Lai*, L. Gao*, J. Luo*, Brewster metasurfaces for ultrabroadband reflectionless absorption at grazing incidence, Optica 9, 1138 (2022).
T.T. Song, H.C. Chu, J. Luo, Z.Z. Cao, M. Xiao, R.W. Peng*, M. Wang*, Y. Lai*, Ultracompact Photonic Circuits without Cladding Layers, Physical Review X 12, 011053 (2022). Highlights: Cladding-Free Photonic Circuits Boost Dense On-Chip Integration, Physics 15, 39 (2022). Photonic waveguides shed their cladding, Physics Today 75, 6, 20 (2022).
H.C. Chu, X. Xiong, Y.-J. Gao, J. Luo, H. Jing, C.-Y. Li, R.W. Peng*, M. Wang*, Y. Lai*, Diffuse reflection and reciprocity-protected transmission via a random-flip metasurface, Science Advances 7, eabj0935 (2021).
C.Q. Xu, H.C. Chu, J. Luo, Z.H. Hang, Y. Wu*, and Y. Lai*, Three-Dimensional Electromagnetic Void Space, Physical Review Letters 127, 123902 (2021).
H.C. Chu, H.Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, R.W. Peng, M. Wang, Y. Hao*, and Y. Lai*, Invisible surfaces enabled by the coalescence of anti-reflection and wavefront controllability in ultrathin metasurfaces, Nature Communications 12, 4523 (2021).
C.K. Liu, J.J. Shi, W. Zhao, X.X. Zhou, C. Ma, R.W. Peng, M. Wang, Z. H. Hang, X.Z. Liu, J. Christensen, N.X. Fang*, and Y. Lai*, Three-Dimensional Soundproof Acoustic Metacage, Physical Review Letters 127, 084301 (2021). (Editor's Suggestion)
J. Luo*, H.C. Chu, R.W. Peng, M. Wang, J. Li*, Y. Lai*, Ultra-broadband reflectionless Brewster absorber protected by reciprocity, Light: Science & Applications 10, 89 (2021).
C.Q. Xu, G.C. Ma, G. Chen, J. Luo, J.J. Shi, Y. Lai*, Y. Wu*,Three-Dimensional Acoustic Double-Zero-Index Medium with a Fourfold Degenerate Dirac-like Point, Physical Review Letters 124, 074501 (2020).
H. Chu, Q. Li, B. Liu, J. Luo, S. Sun*, Z. H. Hang*, L. Zhou, and Y. Lai*, A hybrid invisibility cloak based on integration of transparent metasurfaces and zero-index materials, Light: Science and Applications 7, 50 (2018).
J. Luo, J. Li*, and Y. Lai*, Electromagnetic Impurity-Immunity Induced by Parity-Time Symmetry, Physical Review X 8, 031035 (2018).
J. Luo, B. Liu, Z. H. Hang*, and Y. Lai*, Coherent Perfect Absorption via Photonic Doping of Zero-Index Media, Laser & Photonics Reviews 12, 1800001 (2018).
G.C. Ma*, C.X. Fu, G.H. Wang, d.H. Philipp, J. Christensen, Y. Lai*, and P. Sheng, Polarization bandgaps and fluid-like elasticity in fully solid elastic metamaterials, Nature Communications 7, 13536 (2016).
J. Luo, Y.T. Yang, Z.Q. Yao, W.X. Lu, B. Hou, Z.H. Hang*, C.T. Chan, and Y. Lai*, Ultratransparent Media and Transformation Optics with Shifted Spatial Dispersions, Physical Review Letters 117, 223901, (2016). (Editor's Suggestion, PRL Cover Story)
J. Luo, Z. H. Hang, C. T. Chan, and Y. Lai*, Unusual percolation threshold of electromagnetic waves in double-zero medium embedded with random inclusions, Laser & Photonics Reviews 9, 523-529 (2015).
J. Luo, W. Lu, Z. Hang, H. Chen, B. Hou, Y. Lai*, and C.T. Chan, Arbitrary Control of Electromagnetic Flux in Inhomogeneous Anisotropic Media with Near-Zero Index, Physical Review Letters 112, 073903 (2014).
X. Huang†, Y. Lai†, Z.H. Hang†, H. Zheng, and C.T. Chan, Dirac cones induced by accidental degeneracy in photonic crystals and zero-refractive-index materials, Nature Materials 10, 582-586 (2011). (cited by 630 times)
Y. Lai†, Y. Wu†, P. Sheng, and Z.-Q. Zhang, Hybrid elastic solids, Nature Materials 10, 620-624 (2011). (cited by 313 times) Highlight: Neither Solid nor Liquid, Nature Materials 10, 565 (2011).
Y. Lai, J. Ng, H. Chen, D. Han, J. Xiao, Z.-Q. Zhang, and C.T. Chan, Illusion Optics: The Optical Transformation of an Object into Another Object, Physical Review Letters 102, 253902 (2009). (Editor's Suggestion, cited by 516 times) Highlights: All smoke and metamaterials, Nature 460, 579 (2009). Dream On, Nature Materials 8, 542 (2009).
Y. Lai, H. Chen, Z.-Q. Zhang, and C.T. Chan, Complementary Media Invisibility Cloak that Cloaks Objects at a Distance Outside the Cloaking Shell, Physical Review Letters 102, 093901 (2009). (Editor's Suggestion, cited by 474 times) Highlights: Cloaking at a distance, Physics 2, 17 (2009). Invisibility Umbrella Would Let Future Harry Potters See the Light, Science 323, 701 (2009). Beyond the invisibility cloak, Nature 458, 128 (2009).
