Yuan-yuan Zhao

Associate Professor, Jinan University
  • China

About Yuan-yuan Zhao

Yuan-Yuan Zhao, male, PhD in optics, associate professor at Jinan University, master's supervisor, PhD graduated from the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests are new principles and technologies of femtosecond laser micro-nano processing, macro-micro-nano cross-scale processing methods and device applications. As the first core R&D personnel, he participated in the research work of the key project "Nanotechnology" of the Ministry of Science and Technology's key R&D plan and the Guangzhou Key Field R&D Plan Project, and presided over a total of 8 national, provincial, municipal and school-level scientific research projects. In the core academic journals in the field of optics at home and abroad, he published 22 articles as the first (one) author or corresponding author, 13 articles in the first zone or top category of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, including international top journals Nat. Commun., Laser Photonics Rev., Opto-Electron. Adv., etc., and was invited to write 2 review papers. He applied for 11 invention patents and authorized 6. He gave 7 invited reports at academic conferences at home and abroad, and won the "Excellent Report Award" and other awards a total of 3 times. He was selected as a young scholar of the "Light of the West" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an outstanding young scholar of the "Double Hundred Talents" of Jinan University, and his achievements with his collaborators were nominated for the "Top Ten Advances in Chinese Optics in 2022" (basic research category). He serves as a young editorial board member of Ultrafast Science (2025-2027) and Advanced Manufacturing (2025-2027), a young member of the "Micro-Nano Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Optical Engineering", and a member and deputy secretary-general of the "Laser and Future Industry Professional Committee of the China High-tech Industry Promotion Association".

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Nature Communications

Pushing the Limits: Igniting a Spark with Few Photons in Optical Nanoprinting

A novel approach based on few-photon irradiation to achieve two-photon absorption (fpTPA) is proposed. For the first time, this enables the simultaneous realization of both high resolution and high efficiency in optical nanoprinting.

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Apr 28, 2025
I have sorted out some interesting questions for discussion. Welcome to leave a message for discussion: 1. Universality and Applicability of the Few-Photon Absorption Mechanism
  • Is the fpTPA mechanism universally applicable across different types of photoresist materials?

  • How do variations in molecular energy levels among materials affect the efficiency of fpTPA?

  • What level of material and process control is required for practical deployment?

2. Energy Control and System Stability Issues
  • Under few-photon conditions, how can stable photon flux be maintained during large-area fabrication?

  • Does energy fluctuation in femtosecond laser systems significantly impact the consistency and reliability of the fpTPA process?

3. Gap Between Theoretical and Practical Resolution Limits
  • Although 26-nanometer feature sizes were achieved, is it theoretically possible to push the resolution down to 10 nm or even lower?

  • As feature sizes approach the molecular scale, will the current fpTPA models and mechanisms still hold, or will new physical phenomena emerge?

4. Trade-off Between Throughput and Structural Complexity
  • While throughput has been enhanced by five orders of magnitude, could the fabrication of highly complex 3D micro/nano structures still be time-consuming?

  • Does the in-situ double mask exposure (iDME) strategy introduce added complexity in pattern design and process control?

5. System Integration and Process Scalability
  • Although fpTPA is compatible with existing digital optical projection setups, would industrial-scale applications require specialized hardware upgrades?

  • Could the current DMD-based projection approach be extended to multi-source or multi-field collaborative printing systems?

6. Challenges and Extensions to Traditional Two-Photon Absorption Theory
  • Does the fpTPA mechanism necessitate a revision of conventional two-photon absorption theoretical frameworks?

  • Do the quantum effects observed under ultra-low photon flux indicate a need for new models in nonlinear optics?

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