Yiliang Bao (Fed)

Yiliang Bao is a Research Scientist in the Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She received her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Florida, where her doctoral research focused on the measurement of the Casimir force on a surface with nanoscale structures using a MEMS torsional oscillator. At NIST, she is working broadband thermomechanically limited sensing with an optomechanical accelerometer, high Qf products Si3N4 resonators with phononic crystal and photonic crystal engineering, and thin-film lithium niobate based photonic integrated circuit.

Selected Publications

• Cavity optomechanical bistability with an ultrahigh reflectivity photonic crystal membrane, F. Zhou, Y. Bao, J.J. Gorman, J.R. Lawall, Laser & Photonics Reviews 17 (10), 2300008, (2023)
• Broadband thermomechanically limited sensing with an optomechanical accelerometer, F. Zhou, Y. Bao, R. Madugani, D. A. Long, J. J. Gorman, and T. W. LeBrun, Optica 8 (3), 350 (2021)
• Concave silicon micromirrors for stable hemispherical optical microcavities, Y Bao, F Zhou, TW LeBrun, JJ Gorman, Optics express 25 (13), 15493-15503, 2017
• Germanium pn junctions by laser doping for photonics/microelectronic devices, Y Bao, K Sun, N Dhar, MC Gupta, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 26 (14), 1422-1425, 2014
• Casimir force on a surface with shallow nanoscale corrugations: Geometry and finite conductivity effects, Y Bao, R Guérout, J Lussange, A Lambrecht, RA Cirelli, F Klemens, WM Mansfield, CS Pai, HB Chan, Physical review letters 105 (25), 250402, 2010
• Measurement of the Casimir force between a gold sphere and a silicon surface with nanoscale trench arrays, HB Chan, Y Bao, J Zou, RA Cirelli, F Klemens, WM Mansfield, CS Pai, Physical review letters 101 (3), 030401, 2008

• 2023 Distinguished Associate Award