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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

·         YQ Zhao, D. Shapiro, D. Mcgloin, D. T. Chiu, S. Marchesini, “Direct observation of the transfer of orbital angular momentum to metal particles from a focused circularly polarized Gaussian beam”, Opt. Express (in press).

·         G. D. M. Jeffries, G. Milne, YQ Zhao, C. Lopez-Mariscal, and D. T. Chiu, "Optofluidic generation of Laguerre-Gaussian beams," Opt. Express 17, 17555-17562 (2009)

·         J. S. Edgar, G. Milne, YQ Zhao, C. P. Pabbati, D. S. W. Lim, D. T. Chiu, “Compartmentalization of Chemically Separated Components into Droplets,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48, 1 – 5 (2009). (cover picture)

·         YQ Zhao, G. Milne, J. S. Edgar, G. D. M. Jeffries, D. McGloin and D. Chiu, “Quantitative Force Mapping in an Optical Vortex Trap,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 0161111 (2008).

·         YQ Zhao, J. S. Edgar, G. D. M. Jeffries, D. McGloin and D. T. Chiu, “Transient optical spinto-orbital angular momentum conversion in a strongly focused beam,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 073901 (2007).

·         G. D. M. Jeffries, J. S. Edgar, YQ Zhao, J. P. Shelby, C. Fong, and D. T. Chiu, “Using Polarization-Shaped Optical Vortex Traps for Single-Cell Nanosurgery,” Nano Lett. 7(2), 415, (2007). [highlighted by Nature Nanotechnology and NanoWerk]

·         YQ Zhao, B.S. Fujimoto, G.D.M. Jeffries, P.G. Schiro and D.T. Chiu, “Optical Gradient Flow Focusing,” Opt. Express 15, 6167 (2007).

·         R. M. Lorenz, J. S. Edgar, G. D. M. Jeffries, YQ Zhao, D. McGloin, and D. T. Chiu, “Vortex-Trap-Induced Fusion of Femtoliter-Volume Aqueous Droplets,” Anal. Chem. 79(1), 224 (2007).

·         C. L. Kuyper, B. S. Fujimoto, YQ Zhao, P. G. Schiro, and D. T. Chiu, “Accurate Sizing of Nanoparticles Using Confocal Correlation Spectroscopy,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 110(48), 24433 (2006).

·         YQ Zhao, QW Zhan, YP Li, “Creation and controlled delivery of three dimensional optically trapped chain”, Optics Letters, 30 (8), 848 (2005).

·         YQ Zhao, YP Li, QG Zhou, “Vector iterative algorithm for the design of diffractive optical elements applied to uniform illumination”, Optics Letters, 29 (7), 664 (2004).

·         YQ Zhao and YP Li, “Vector iterative algorithms for beam shaping”, Opt. Eng. 42, 3080 (2003) [Invited].