ABOUT ME
Expert in photonics, quantum sensing & optical inertial sensors
15 year track record building lasers and optical devices at Imperial College, BAE Systems and University College London. Raised in excess of £0.5M in research funding
Awards:
2024 ElectroOptics Photonics 100
2023 Sensors Converge Woman of the Year
2022 Top 100 Asian Stars in UK
2021 Institute of Physics Clifford Paterson Medal & Prize
EXPERIENCE
2022-present: CEO Zero Point Motion
2019-2022: Royal Academy of Engineering Intelligence Community Fellowship
2016-2019: EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow
2012-2016: Quantum Physics Ph.D. University College London
2010-2012: BAE Systems - MEMS & Photonics & Project Management
2006-2010: 1st Class Honours Physics MSci Imperial College
PUBLICATIONS & PATENTS
2023
“Using photonics integrated circuits to improve micro-electro-mechanical systems inertial sensors: an update”, D.A.Payne, A.Higgins, N.Zhang, Y.L.Li, Proc. SPIE 12334, Emerging Applications in Silicon Photonics III, 1233404, 2023
2021-2020
“Quantum Physics in Space”, A. Belenchia, M. Carlesso, Ö. Bayraktar, D. Dequal, I. Derkach, G. Gasbarri, W. Herr, Y. Lia Li, M. Rademacher, J. Sidhu, D. KL Oi, S. T. Seidel, R. Kaltenbaek, C. Marquardt, H. Ulbricht, V. C. Usenko, L. Wörner, A. Xuereb, M. Paternostro, A. Bassi, Physics Reports, 951, 2022
“Developing optomechanical inertial sensors”, Y.L.Li, Proc. SPIE 11880, Emerging Applications in Silicon Photonics II, 118800A 2021
“Racism, equity and inclusion in research funding”, Y.L. Li, H. Bretscher, R. Oliver, E. Ochu MBE, The Journal of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, Vol 76, No. 4, 2021
“Quantum sensing with nanoparticles for gravimetry: when bigger is better”, M. Rademacher, J. Millen, Y.L. Li, Advanced Optical Technologies, Vol 9 (5), p227-239, 2020
2019
“Commercializing optomechanical sensors: from the classical to quantum regime”, Y.L. Li, P.F. Barker, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XVI 11083, 110830X, 2019
2018
“Field Evaluation of a Portable Whispering Gallery Mode Accelerometer”, Y.L. Li, P.F. Barker, Sensors 18 (12), 4184
“Characterization and Testing of a Micro-g Whispering Gallery Mode Optomechanical Accelerometer”, Y.L. Li, P.F. Barker
Journal of Lightwave Technology, 36 (18), 3919-3926
2016-2012
“Cooling and sensing using whispering gallery mode resonators”, Y.L. Li, PhD Thesis, UCL (University College London)
“Don't hesitate, innovate”, Y.L. Li, Nature nanotechnology, 11 (7), 652-652, (2016)
“Simultaneous cooling of coupled mechanical oscillators using whispering gallery mode resonances”, Y.L. Li, J. Millen, P.F. Barker, Optics express 24 (2), 1392-1401, (2016)
“Cooling the centre-of-mass motion of a silica microsphere”, Y.L. Li, J. Millen, P.F. Barker, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XI 9164, 916404, (2014)
“Cooling optically trapped particles”, P.F. Barker, J. Millen, Y.L. Li, M. Trivedi, T.S. Monteiro, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IX 8458, 845808, (2012)
PATENTS
Structure including mechanical and photonic features, Y.L. Li, A. Geisberger, Patent application: 2319969.8 (2023)
Structure including mechanical and photonic features, Y.L. Li, A.M. Fitzgerald, R. Beaudry, Patent application: 2312272.4 (2023)
Chip-scale inertial sensor and inertial measurement unit, Y.L. Li, Patent published: GB2608647 (2023)
Inertial sensor and inertial measurement unit, Y.L. Li, Patent Granted: GB2602681, Patent publication: AU2022252006A1 (2023), CN117120855A (2023), WO2022208090A1 (2022)
A whispering gallery mode inertial sensor & method, Y.L. Li & P.F. Barker, Granted: US11719717B2, P3652500B1, Patent publication: WO2019012245 (2019), GB201711156D0 (2017)
Method of shaping plastic optical fibres, H.J. White, G.M. Proudley, & Y.L. Li, Granted: US9417398B2, GB2495191B. Patent publication: EP2760662A1 (2014), W02013045896A1 (2013), PCT/GB2012/052317 (2011).
UPCOMING TALKS
(Invited) PIC International, April 2024