Ye Pu

11/2008 - Present: Postdoctoral scientist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL)02/2003 - 10/2008: Postdoctoral scholar, California Institute of Technology07/1999 - 01/2003: Ph.D. studies, State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo)11/1995 – 06/1999: M.S. studies, Kansas State UniversityFull CVPATENTS 1. Ye Pu and Demetri Psaltis, "Method of nonlinear harmonic holography", US Patent 7,813,016, October 12, 2010.2. Hui Meng and Ye Pu, "Particle image velocimetry apparatus and methods", U.S. Patent 6,496,262 B1, December 17, 2002. Education Ph.D. | Mechanical Engineering 2002 – 2002 State University of New York, Buffalo NY, USA Directed by Hui Meng M.S. | Mechanical Engineering 1998 – 1998 Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA Directed by Hui Meng B.S. | Optical Engineering 1992 – 1992 Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 1. Ye Pu, Rachel Grange, Chia-Lung Hsieh, and Demetri Psaltis, "Nonlinear optical properties of core-shell nanocavities for enhanced second-harmonic generation", Physical Review Letters 104, 207402 (2010)2. Chia-Lung Hsieh, Rachel Grange, Ye Pu, and Demetri Psaltis, "Bioconjugation of barium titanate nanocrystals with immunoglobulin G antibody for second harmonic radiation imaging probes", Biomaterials 31, 2272-2277 (2010)3. Ye Pu, Martin Centurion, and Demetri Psaltis, "Harmonic holography: a new holographic principle" , Applied Optics 47, A103-A110 (2008)4. Martin Centurion, Ye Pu, Zhiwen Liu, Demetri Psaltis, and Theodor W. Hänsch, "Holographic recording of laser-induced plasma", Optics Letters 29, 772-774 (2004)5. Ye Pu and Hui Meng, "Four-dimensional dynamic flow measurement by holographic particle image velocimetry", Applied Optics 44, 7697-7708 (2005)Full publication list (ResearcherID) Teaching & PhD Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector Xin Yang, Giulia Panusa Courses Advanced microfabrication practicals MICRO-373 This TP allows for in-depth training on advanced micro and nanofabrication methods in a clean-room environment for selected applications, gain deeper knowledge in MEMS/NEMS processes, work in a small group together with PhD students/postdocs during 14 weeks touching all aspects of a microprocess. Optical design with ZEMAX MICRO-517 Introduction to computer-aided design of optical systems using "ZEMAX OpticStudio" optical design software. Principles of optical systems design and performance analysis with geometrical optics and raytracing. Evaluation and minimization of optical aberrations in an optical design. Optics laboratories (autumn) MICRO-424 This laboratory work allows students to deepen their understanding of optical instruments, optoelectronic devices and diagnostic methods. Students will be introduced in state of the art optical instruments and measurement principles. Optics laboratories (spring) MICRO-423 This laboratory work allows students to deepen their understanding of optical instruments, optoelectronic devices and diagnostic methods. Students will be introduced in state of the art optical instruments and measurement principles.