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Yong-Hang Zhang

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School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Professor
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 5706
Global Futures Scientists and Scholars
Senior Global Futures Scientist
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 5706
Biography: 

Yong-Hang Zhang is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and the founding director of the Center for Photonics Innovation at ASU. His primary research is on the growth, fabrication and characterization of novel optoelectronic materials and devices with focus on narrow-gap semiconductors, IR detectors, and solar cells. His recent work focuses on type-II superlattice and IR detectors and heterovalent semiconductor integration (such as II-VI, IV-VI, IV-IV and III-V) for lsaer, detector and solar cells applications. He did his thesis research at the Max Planck Institute for Solid States Research and received his doctoral degree in physics from the University of Stuttgart in 1991. He then worked as an Assistant Research Engineer at UCSB before he joined HRL in 1993. In 1996, he was appointed as an Associate Professor at ASU and became a full professor in 2000. He served as the Associate Dean for Research at the Ira Fulton Schools of Engineering and the Director of ASU Nanofab. He edited 4 books, published 4 book chapters and more than 310 peer-reviewed papers, 18 issued and pending US patents, presented close to 430 invited and contributed talks, and graduated 28 PhD students and supervised over 40 postdocs and visiting scholars. He is a fellow of IEEE and OSA, and the chair of both Advisory Committees for the International Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) and the International North America MBE Conference.

Education: 
  • Dr. rer. nat. University of Stuttgart, with the research work carried at the Max-Planck Institute for Solid States, Germany 1991. Advisor: Klaus Ploog
Research Interests: 

Semiconductor optoelectronic devices and materials,  including semiconductor lasers, photodetectors, solar cells,  and their integration for various applications.  Molecular beam epitaxy growth of semiconductor quaantum structures.

Publications: 

Professor Zhang has edited three books, published three book chapters and more than 300 peer reviewed papers, presented close to 400 invited and contributed talks, 13 issued and pending U.S. patents.

Selected publications

  • Book chapter: Y.-H. Zhang, Heterovalent semiconductor structures and their device applications, in Molecular Beam Epitaxy, edited by Hajime ASAHI and Yoshiji HORIKOSHI, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, March, 2019.
  • Y.-H. Zhang and D. J Smith, Heterovalent semiconductor structures and devices grown by molecular beam epitaxy, J. of Vac. Sci. & Technol. A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films 39,  030803 (2021). 
  • J. Ding, C.-Y. Tsai, Z. Ju, and Y.-H. Zhang, Epitaxial lift-off CdTe/MgCdTe double heterostructures for thin-film and flexible solar cells applications, Appl. Phys. Lett. 118, 181101 (2021). (Featured article, Editor’s pick as Scilight)
  • Y. Zhou, Y. Miao, S. Ojo, H. Tran, G. Abernathy, J. M Grant, S. Amoah, G. Salamo, W. Du, J. Liu, J. Margetis, J. Tolle, Y.-H. Zhang, G. Sun, R. A. Soref, B. Li, S.-Q. Yu, Electrically injected GeSn lasers on Si operating up to 100 K, Optica 7, 924-928 (2020). 
  • E. Luna, A. Trampert, J. Lu, T. Aoki, Y.-H. Zhang, M.R. McCartney, D.J. Smith, Strategies for Analyzing Noncommon-Atom Heterovalent Interfaces: The Case of CdTe-on-InSb, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 1901658 (2019). 
  • M. B. Lassise, P. Wang, B. D. Tracy, G. Chen, D. J. Smith, Y.-H. Zhang, Growth of II-VI/III-V heterovalent quantum structures, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 36, 02D110 (2018) 
  • J. J. Becker, M. Boccard, C. M. Campbell, Y. Zhao, M. Lassise, Z. C. Holman, and Y.-H. Zhang, Loss analysis of monocrystalline CdTe solar cells with 20% active-area efficiency, IEEE J. of Photovoltaics 7, 900 – 905 (2017).
  • X.-H. Zhao, S. Liu, C. M. Campbell, Y. Zhao, M. B. Lassise, and Y.-H. Zhang, Ultralow interface recombination velocity (~1 cm/s) at CdTe/MgxCd1-xTe heterointerface, IEEE J.of Photovoltaics 7, 913 – 918 (2017).
  • Y. Zhao, M. Boccard, S. Liu, J. Becker, X.-H. Zhao, C. M. Campbell, E. Suarez, M. B. Lassise, Z. Holman, and Y.-H. Zhang, Monocrystalline CdTe Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltage Over 1V and Efficiency of 17%, Nature Energy 1, 16067 (2016).
  • Z.-Y. He, C. M. Campbell, M. B. Lassise, Z.-Y. Lin, J. J. Becker, Y. Zhao, M. Boccard, Z. Holman, Y.-H. Zhang, CdTe nBn photodetectors with ZnTe barrier layer grown on InSb substrates, Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 121112 (2016)
  • Z.-Y. Lin, S. Liu, E.H. Steenbergen, and Y.-H. Zhang, Influence of carrier localization on minority carrier lifetime in InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattices, Appl. Phys. Lett., 107, 201107 (2015)
  • S. Liu, X.-H. Zhao, C. M. Campbell, M. B. Lassise, Y. Zhao, Y.-H. Zhang, Carrier lifetimes and interface recombination velocities in CdTe/MgxCd1-xTe double heterostructures with different Mg compositions grown by molecular beam epitaxy, Appl. Phys. Letts. 107, 041120 (2015)
  • A. D. Prins, M. K. Lewis, Z.L. Bushell, S. J. Sweeney, S. Liu, Y.-H. Zhang, Evidence for a defect level above the conduction band edge of InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattices for applications in efficient infrared photodetectors, Appl. Phys. Letts. 106, 171111 (2015)
  • W. Yang, J. Becker, S. Liu, Y.-S. Kuo, J.-J. Li, B. Landini, K. Campman, Y.-H. Zhang, Ultra-thin GaAs single-junction solar cells integrated with a reflective back scattering layer, J. Appl. Phys. 115, 203105 (2014)
  • M. J. DiNezza, X.-H. Zhao, S. Liu, Y.-H. Zhang, Growth, steady-state, and time-resolved photoluminescence study of CdTe/MgCdTe double heterostructures on InSb substrates using molecular beam epitaxy, Appl. Phys. Lett.  103, 193901 (2013)
  • H. S. Kim, O. O. Cellek, Z. Lin, Z.-Y. He, H. Li, S. Liu, and Y.-H. Zhang. Long-wave infrared nBn photodetectors based on InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattices, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 161114 (2012)
  • D. Ding, S. R. Johnson, S.-Q. Yu, S.-N. Wu, and Y.-H. Zhang, A Semi-Analytical Model for Semiconductor Solar Cells, J. Appl. Phys. 110, 123104 (2011).
  • E. H. Steenbergen, B. C. Connelly, G. D. Metcalfe, H. Shen, M. Wraback, D. Lubyshev, Y. Qiu, J. M. Fastenau, A. W. K. Liu, S. Elhamri, O. O. Cellek, and Y.-H. Zhang, Significantly improved minority carrier lifetime observed in a long-wavelength infrared III-V type-II superlattice comprised of InAs/InAsSb, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 251110 (2011) 
  • X. Liu, D. J. Smith, J. Fan, Y.-H. Zhang, H. Cao, Y. P. Chen, J. Leiner, B. J. Kirby, M. Dobrowolska, and J. K. Furdyna, Structural properties of Bi2Te3 and Bi2Se3 topological insulators grown by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs(100) substrates, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 171903 (2011)
  • S. H. Lim, J.-J. Li, E. H. Steenbergen, Y.-H. Zhang, Luminescence coupling effects on multi-junction solar cell external quantum efficiency measurement, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 21, 344–350 (2013) (Published online: 30 NOV 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/pip.1215 (2011))
  • S.-N. Wu, D. Ding, S. R. Johnson, S.-Q. Yu, and Y.-H. Zhang, Four-junction solar cells using monolithically integrated II-VI and III-V semiconductors, Prog. Photovolt: Res. Appl.  18, 328–333 (2010)
  • S. Wang, D. Ding, X. Liu, X.-B. Zhang, D. J. Smith, J. K. Furdyna, and Y.-H. Zhang, MBE growth of II/VI materials on GaSb substrates for photovoltaic applications, J. of Crystal Growth 311, 2116-2119 (2009)
  • J.-B. Wang, S. R. Johnson, D. Ding, S.-Q. Yu, and Y.-H. Zhang, Influence of photon recycling on cooling efficiency and cooling power in semiconductor luminescence refrigeration, J. Appl. Phys. 100, 043502 (2006)
  • N. Samal, S. R. Johnson, D. Ding, A. K. Samal, Y.-H. Zhang, Novel VCSEL Design with Tailored Spatial Current Injection for High-Power Single-Mode Operation, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 161108 (2005)
  • J.-B. Wang, S. R. Johnson, S. A. Chaparro, D. Ding, Y. Cao, Yu. G. Sadofyev, Y.-H. Zhang, J.A. Gupta, and C.Z. Guo, Band edge alignment of pseudomorphic GaAs1-ySby on GaAs, Phys. Rev. B70, 195339 (2004)
Summer 2022
Course NumberCourse Title
EEE 590Reading and Conference
EEE 592Research
EEE 595Continuing Registration
EEE 599Thesis
EEE 690Reading and Conference
EEE 790Reading and Conference
PHY 792Research
MSE 792Research
EEE 792Research
EEE 795Continuing Registration
PHY 799Dissertation
EEE 799Dissertation
Spring 2022
Course NumberCourse Title
EEE 492Honors Directed Study
EEE 493Honors Thesis
EEE 499Individualized Instruction
EEE 538Optoelectronic Devices
EEE 590Reading and Conference
EEE 592Research
EEE 595Continuing Registration
EEE 599Thesis
EEE 690Reading and Conference
EEE 790Reading and Conference
PHY 792Research
MSE 792Research
EEE 792Research
MSE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 795Continuing Registration
PHY 799Dissertation
MSE 799Dissertation
EEE 799Dissertation
Fall 2021
Course NumberCourse Title
EEE 352Properties Electronic Material
EEE 492Honors Directed Study
EEE 493Honors Thesis
EEE 499Individualized Instruction
EEE 590Reading and Conference
EEE 592Research
EEE 595Continuing Registration
EEE 599Thesis
EEE 690Reading and Conference
EEE 790Reading and Conference
MSE 792Research
PHY 792Research
EEE 792Research
MSE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 799Dissertation
MSE 799Dissertation
Summer 2021
Course NumberCourse Title
EEE 590Reading and Conference
EEE 592Research
EEE 595Continuing Registration
EEE 599Thesis
EEE 690Reading and Conference
EEE 790Reading and Conference
EEE 792Research
PHY 792Research
MSE 792Research
EEE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 799Dissertation
Spring 2021
Course NumberCourse Title
EEE 352Properties Electronic Material
EEE 492Honors Directed Study
EEE 493Honors Thesis
EEE 499Individualized Instruction
EEE 590Reading and Conference
EEE 592Research
EEE 595Continuing Registration
EEE 599Thesis
EEE 690Reading and Conference
EEE 790Reading and Conference
PHY 792Research
MSE 792Research
EEE 792Research
MSE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 795Continuing Registration
PHY 799Dissertation
MSE 799Dissertation
EEE 799Dissertation
Fall 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
EEE 492Honors Directed Study
EEE 493Honors Thesis
EEE 499Individualized Instruction
EEE 537Semiconductor Optoelectronics
EEE 590Reading and Conference
EEE 592Research
EEE 595Continuing Registration
EEE 599Thesis
EEE 690Reading and Conference
EEE 790Reading and Conference
MSE 792Research
PHY 792Research
EEE 792Research
MSE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 799Dissertation
MSE 799Dissertation
Summer 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
EEE 590Reading and Conference
EEE 592Research
EEE 595Continuing Registration
EEE 599Thesis
EEE 690Reading and Conference
EEE 790Reading and Conference
EEE 792Research
PHY 792Research
MSE 792Research
EEE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 799Dissertation
Spring 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
EEE 492Honors Directed Study
EEE 493Honors Thesis
EEE 499Individualized Instruction
EEE 538Optoelectronic Devices
EEE 590Reading and Conference
EEE 592Research
EEE 595Continuing Registration
EEE 599Thesis
EEE 690Reading and Conference
EEE 790Reading and Conference
PHY 792Research
MSE 792Research
EEE 792Research
MSE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 795Continuing Registration
PHY 799Dissertation
MSE 799Dissertation
EEE 799Dissertation
Fall 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
EEE 492Honors Directed Study
EEE 493Honors Thesis
EEE 499Individualized Instruction
EEE 590Reading and Conference
EEE 592Research
EEE 595Continuing Registration
EEE 599Thesis
EEE 690Reading and Conference
EEE 790Reading and Conference
MSE 792Research
PHY 792Research
EEE 792Research
MSE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 799Dissertation
MSE 799Dissertation
Summer 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
EEE 590Reading and Conference
EEE 592Research
EEE 595Continuing Registration
EEE 599Thesis
EEE 690Reading and Conference
EEE 790Reading and Conference
EEE 792Research
PHY 792Research
MSE 792Research
EEE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 799Dissertation
Spring 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
EEE 352Properties Electronic Material
EEE 492Honors Directed Study
EEE 493Honors Thesis
EEE 499Individualized Instruction
EEE 590Reading and Conference
EEE 592Research
EEE 595Continuing Registration
EEE 599Thesis
EEE 690Reading and Conference
EEE 790Reading and Conference
PHY 792Research
MSE 792Research
EEE 792Research
MSE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 795Continuing Registration
PHY 799Dissertation
MSE 799Dissertation
EEE 799Dissertation
Fall 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
ASU 101-EEEThe ASU Experience
EEE 492Honors Directed Study
EEE 493Honors Thesis
EEE 499Individualized Instruction
EEE 590Reading and Conference
EEE 592Research
EEE 595Continuing Registration
EEE 599Thesis
EEE 690Reading and Conference
EEE 790Reading and Conference
MSE 792Research
PHY 792Research
EEE 792Research
MSE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 799Dissertation
MSE 799Dissertation
Summer 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
EEE 590Reading and Conference
EEE 592Research
EEE 595Continuing Registration
EEE 599Thesis
EEE 690Reading and Conference
EEE 790Reading and Conference
EEE 792Research
MSE 792Research
EEE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 799Dissertation
Spring 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
EEE 437Optoelectronics
EEE 492Honors Directed Study
EEE 493Honors Thesis
EEE 499Individualized Instruction
EEE 590Reading and Conference
EEE 591Seminar
EEE 592Research
EEE 595Continuing Registration
EEE 599Thesis
EEE 690Reading and Conference
EEE 790Reading and Conference
PHY 792Research
MSE 792Research
EEE 792Research
MSE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 795Continuing Registration
PHY 799Dissertation
MSE 799Dissertation
EEE 799Dissertation
Fall 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
ASU 101-EEEThe ASU Experience
EEE 492Honors Directed Study
EEE 493Honors Thesis
EEE 499Individualized Instruction
EEE 590Reading and Conference
EEE 592Research
EEE 595Continuing Registration
EEE 599Thesis
EEE 690Reading and Conference
EEE 790Reading and Conference
EEE 792Research
MSE 792Research
MSE 795Continuing Registration
EEE 795Continuing Registration
MSE 799Dissertation
EEE 799Dissertation
Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History: 

Total number of grad. students advised : over 30 ; total postdoctoral scholars sponsored: over 40.

Work History: 
  • 2005-present: Founding Director, Center for Photonics Innovation, ASU
  • 2000-present: Affiliated Professors in Physics and Materials Engineering, ASU
  • 1996-present: Associate (96-00) and Professor (00-pesent), School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, ASU
  • 2016-2019: Director, ASU NanoFab, ASU
  • 2014-2016:Associate Dean for Research, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
  • 2012-2014: Fulton Entrepreneurial Professor, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, ASU
  • 1995-1996: Research Staff Member, Hughes Research Laboratories
  • 1993-1995: Postdoctoral Research Staff Member, Hughes Research Laboratories
  • 1991-1993: Assistant Research Engineer, NSF QUEST Center, University of California-Santa Barbara                 

 

Service: 
  • IEEE and OSA Fellow
  • Chair, the Advisory Board of the International Conference on  MBE
  • Chair, the Advisory Committee of the International North America MBE Conference
  • Co-General Chair of the 14th Int. Conf. on Mid-IR Optoelectronics: Materials and Devices, 2018
  • General chair of the 18th Int. MBE Conference, 2014