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Overview

Jianping Yao is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada and has an extensive research portfolio in engineering and physics, particularly within electrical and electronic engineering and atomic and molecular physics, and optics. Their research spans advanced photonic communication systems, fiber laser technologies, optical network technologies, photonic and optical devices, and fiber optic sensors, with additional contributions in biological psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience.

The scientist's publication record shows concentration in several reputable venues, including the Journal of Lightwave Technology, where they have published six papers. Other venues include the Seventh Asia Pacific Conference on Optics Manufacture and 2021 International Forum of Young Scientists on Advanced Optical Manufacturing, Opto-Electronic Advances, Frontiers in Pharmacology, and Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Jianping Yao include:

  • Exceptional-point-enhanced sensing in an all-fiber bending sensor, 2023, Opto-Electronic Advances
  • Frequency-Tunable Parity-Time-Symmetric Optoelectronic Oscillator Using a Polarization-Dependent Sagnac Loop, 2020, Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • A Parity-Time-Symmetric Optoelectronic Oscillator Based on Non-Reciprocal Electro-Optic Modulation, 2020, Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Microwave Photonic Interrogation of a High-Speed and High-Resolution Temperature Sensor Based on Cascaded Fiber-Optic Sagnac Loops, 2020, Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Passband-Switchable and Frequency-Tunable Dual-Passband Microwave Photonic Filter, 2020, Journal of Lightwave Technology

Jianping Yao has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Jiejun Zhang, Bai-Ou Guan, Xinhuan Feng, Guangying Wang, and Yuan Cao. Such collaborations have contributed across multiple projects and publications.

Their main fields of study are:

  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy

Subfields explored by Jianping Yao include:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

The main topics addressed in their research are:

  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Best Publications

  • Microwave photonics

    Jianping Yao

  • Integrated microwave photonics

    David Marpaung;Jianping Yao;José Capmany

  • A fully reconfigurable photonic integrated signal processor

    Weilin Liu;Ming Li;Ming Li;Robert S. Guzzon;Erik J. Norberg

  • Photonic Generation of Ultrawideband Signals

    Jianping Yao;Fei Zeng;Qing Wang

  • Photonics for microwave measurements

    Xihua Zou;Xihua Zou;Bing Lu;Wei Pan;Lianshan Yan

  • Fiber optic sensors for structural health monitoring of air platforms.

    Honglei Guo;Gao Zhi Xiao;Nezih Mrad;Jianping Yao

  • Generation and distribution of a wide-band continuously tunable millimeter-wave signal with an optical external modulation technique

    Guohua Qi;Jianping Yao;J. Seregelyi;S. Paquet

  • Photonics-Based Broadband Microwave Measurement

    Shilong Pan;Jianping Yao

  • Photonic generation of microwave arbitrary waveforms

    Jianping Yao

  • Photonic generation of microwave signal using a dual-wavelength single-longitudinal-mode fiber ring laser

    Xiangfei Chen;Zhichao Deng;Jianping Yao

  • A Wideband Frequency Tunable Optoelectronic Oscillator Incorporating a Tunable Microwave Photonic Filter Based on Phase-Modulation to Intensity-Modulation Conversion Using a Phase-Shifted Fiber Bragg Grating

    Wangzhe Li;Jianping Yao

  • Ultrawideband Impulse Radio Signal Generation Using a High-Speed Electrooptic Phase Modulator and a Fiber-Bragg-Grating-Based Frequency Discriminator

    Fei Zeng;Jianping Yao

  • Optical generation and distribution of continuously tunable millimeter-wave signals using an optical phase modulator

    Guohua Qi;Jianping Yao;J. Seregelyi;S. Paquet

  • A Narrow-Passband and Frequency-Tunable Microwave Photonic Filter Based on Phase-Modulation to Intensity-Modulation Conversion Using a Phase-Shifted Fiber Bragg Grating

    Wangzhe Li;Ming Li;Jianping Yao

  • An Approach to the Measurement of Microwave Frequency Based on Optical Power Monitoring

    Hao Chi;Xihua Zou;Jianping Yao

  • Breaking the limitation of mode building time in an optoelectronic oscillator.

    Tengfei Hao;Qizhuang Cen;Yitang Dai;Jian Tang

  • Optical ultrawideband monocycle pulse generation based on cross-gain modulation in a semiconductor optical amplifier

    Qing Wang;Fei Zeng;Sebastien Blais;Jianping Yao

  • All-Fiber Ultrawideband Pulse Generation Based on Spectral Shaping and Dispersion-Induced Frequency-to-Time Conversion

    Chao Wang;Fei Zeng;Jianping Yao

  • An approach to ultrawideband pulse generation and distribution over optical fiber

    Fei Zeng;Jianping Yao

  • Investigation of Photonically Assisted Microwave Frequency Multiplication Based on External Modulation

    Wangzhe Li;Jianping Yao

Frequent Co-Authors

Shilong Pan
Shilong Pan Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Wangzhe Li
Wangzhe Li University of California, Santa Barbara
Hao Chi
Hao Chi Hangzhou Dianzi University
José Azaña
José Azaña Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Yitang Dai
Yitang Dai Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Xihua Zou
Xihua Zou Southwest Jiaotong University
Ke Wu
Ke Wu Polytechnique Montréal
Raman Kashyap
Raman Kashyap Polytechnique Montréal
Bai-Ou Guan
Bai-Ou Guan Jinan University
Lianshan Yan
Lianshan Yan Southwest Jiaotong University

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