Dr. Yudong Cui received his Ph.D. in optical engineering from the University of Chinese academy of sciences in 2017. During 2016-2018, he conducted postdoctoral research in Zhejiang University and then joined the college of optical science and engineering of Zhejiang University. He has published more than 30 papers in high-impact academic journals, such as Physical Review Letters, Laser & Photonics Reviews, Optica and so on, with more than 2000 citations. h index is 20 Severn of these papers were selected as ESI “highly cited papers” and one was selected as “ESI Hot Papers”. He has contributed to the studies on carbon-based saturable absorber for mode-locked fiber laser, nonlinear optics on XPM-induced soliton evolution, and precision measurement based on real-time interference spectroscopy. His current research interests include ultrafast laser generation, regulation and application, such as optical frequency comb, nonlinear fiber optics, and application in precision measurement and imaging.

Undergraduate courses:

Laser technology and applications   Fall/Winter semester

Advanced Optical Manufacturing    Fall/Winter term

Graduate program:

Optical elements Processing           Spring/Summer semester

2025

[1] Ultra-fast optical time-domain transformation techniques, Yusheng Zhang, Chenning Tao, Si Luo, Kuen Yao Lau, Jiancheng Zheng, Lin Huang, Aiguo Zhang, Liwen Sheng, Qiang Ling, Zuguang Guan, Yudong Cui*, Daru Chen*, Jianrong Qiu, Sergei K. Turitsyn & Zhipei Sun*, Nature Reviews Methods Primers 5, 11 (2025).

浙江大学崔玉栋研究员团队联合浙江师范大学张裕生老师、英国阿斯顿大学Turitsyn教授和芬兰阿尔托大学Zhipei Sun教授团队，系统梳理了UO‑TDT技术，重点聚焦UO-TDT在光谱分析和测速技术等多元化应用中的最新进展，以及超快成像与量子科学领域的突破性成果。文中系统讨论了一系列实验结果，同时评估了方法的可重复性及局限性。最后，对该领域具有广阔前景的新兴技术发展方向进行了展望。

[2] Temporal and spatiotemporal soliton molecules in ultrafast fibre lasers, Ding Mao , Zichuan Yuan , Ke Dai , Yue Chen , Huihui Ma , Qiang Ling , Jiancheng Zheng , Yusheng Zhang, Daru Chen, Yudong Cui*, Zhipei Sun and Boris A. Malomed, Nanophotonics 14(6): 677, (2025).

[3] Noise-limited real-time orthogonal polarization spectral interferometry by suppressing phase noise, Tianchang Lu, Jiarun Zhang, Yudong Cui,* Yueshu Xu, Yusheng Zhang, Youjian Song, Longhua Tang, Zhihua Ding, Cuifang Kuang, Minglie Hu, and Xu Liu, Advanced Photonics Nexus, 4, 046002 (2025).

激光源的相位噪声是限制实时色散光谱干涉分辨率的核心障碍。通过对信噪比与数据量的定量分析，首次明确了这一噪声来源在实际系统中的影响。为此，研究团队创新性地提出了一种实时正交偏振光谱干涉（OPSI）技术。通过构造一对具有π相位差的正交偏振干涉图，成功去除了实时干涉信号中的包络项，从而抑制了相位噪声的影响。实验结果表明，该技术在无需提高采样带宽的前提下，即可实现1.1 mrad 的实时相位分辨率，测量帧率超过 20 MHz。在短时间积分后，分辨率进一步提高至 0.29 mrad，对应 60 pm 的位移精度。该研究成果为高速、高精度位移测量提供了新的解决思路。

[4] Unveiling intracavity soliton evolution dynamics of a mode-locked fiber laser along the dispersion map, Jiarun Zhang, Tianchang Lu, Xiankun Yao, Yusheng Zhang, Dong Mao, Chao Zeng, Xiang Hao, Longhua Tang, Yudong Cui, Cuifang Kuang, and Xu Liu, Photonics Research 13, 1130 (2025).

[5] Ultra-flexible electro-optical comb pulse generator. Weiyu Dai, Zhiyi Li, Shiwei Liu, Yusheng Zhang, Aiguo Zhang, Lin Huang, Hongyan Fu, and Yudong Cui, Optics and Laser Technology 189, 8 (2025).

[6] Synthesis of soliton supramolecular structures in ultrafast lasers based on Mach-Zehnder interference. Ding Mao, Ke Dai, Yue Chen, Huihui Ma, Zichuan Yuan, Yusheng Zhang, Qiang Ling, Si Luo, Zuguang Guan, Daru Chen, and Yudong Cui, Chaos Solitons & Fractals 194, 9 (2025).

[7] Tunable All-Fiber Femtosecond Electro-Optic Optical Frequency Comb Operating at 1.5 μm. Aiguo Zhang, Ke Dai, Lin Huang, Liwen Sheng, Zhiming Liu, Yudong Cui, Xiang Hao, and Yusheng Zhang, Photonics 12, 8 (2025).

2024

[1] Dichromatic Soliton‐Molecule Compounds in Mode‐Locked Fiber Lasers, Yudong Cui, Xiankun Yao, Xiang Hao, Qing Yang, Daru Chen, Yusheng Zhang*, Xu Liu, Zhipei Sun, and Boris A. Malomed, Laser & Photonics Reviews 18, 2300471 (2024).

[2] Spectral-temporal transition dynamics of dichromatic soliton molecules in synchronous mode-locked fiber lasers. Ke Dai, Ding Mao, Zichuan Yuan, Huihui Ma, Qiang Ling, Chenning Tao, Yusheng Zhang, Zuguang Guan, Daru Chen, and Yudong Cui, Physical Review a 110, 9 (2024).

[3] Dichromatic soliton molecule modeled by two cubic-quintic Ginzburg-Landau equations coupled with a cross phase modulation term. Si Luo, Yusheng Zhang, Xiankun Yao, Qiang Ling, Chenning Tao, Zuguang Guan, Daru Chen, and Yudong Cui, Chaos Solitons & Fractals 186, 8 (2024).

[4] Transient breathing dynamics during extinction of dissipative solitons in mode-locked fiber lasers. Zichuan Yuan, Si Luo, Ke Dai, Xiankun Yao, Chenning Tao, Qiang Ling, Yusheng Zhang, Zuguang Guan, Daru Chen, and Yudong Cui, Frontiers of Optoelectronics 17, 11 (2024).

2023

Dichromatic “breather molecules” in a mode-locked fiber laser, Yudong Cui, Yusheng Zhang, Lin Huang, Aiguo Zhang, Zhiming Liu, Cuifang Kuang, Chenning Tao, Daru Chen, Xu Liu, and Boris A. Malomed. Physical Reviews Letters, 130, 153801 (2023).

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.153801

双色呼吸子的产生和测量研究（孤子双人舞）：利用被动同步技术在锁模光纤激光器中产生了双色呼吸子，然而其演化很难采用色散实时光谱测量的方法测量，我们提出了一种基于延时自干涉的测量方法，该方法能够获取超快激光相邻脉冲的时间和相位相对演化，从而得到双色呼吸子的相互作用过程。

Dual-state vector soliton in mode-locked fiber laser, Yudong Cui, Yusheng Zhang, Lin Huang, Xueming Liu, Optics & Laser Technology 157, 108674 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2022.108674.

 2022

Self-Frequency Shift in Transmission of Asymmetric Pulse in Optical Medium, Yusheng Zhang, Lin Huang, Bin Zhang, Daru Chen, Yudong Cui, Symmetry 14 (4), 834 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14040834.

On-demand harnessing of photonic soliton molecules, Shilong Liu, Yudong Cui, Ebrahim Karimi, Boris A Malomed. Optica (IF: 10.644) 9 (2), 240-250 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.445704.

孤子分子的可控产生（四进制孤子分子编码）：由于锁模光纤激光器是一种非线性耗散系统，其具有初值敏感和多值等特征，对非线性系统的特性调控是非线性研究的关键问题。我们提出了色散复参量调控方案，实现了对孤子分子间距的连续调控，并利用其演示了四进制孤子分子编码的实现。

 2021

XPM‐Induced Vector Asymmetrical Soliton with Spectral Period Doubling in Mode‐Locked Fiber Laser，Yudong Cui, Yusheng Zhang, Youjian Song, Lin Huang, Limin Tong, Jianrong Qiu, Xueming Liu. Laser & Photonics Reviews （IF：13.138），2021, 15 (3), 2000216. https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202000216。

矢量非对称孤子（孤子舞蹈）：我们利用实时光谱测量技术发现了交叉相位调制导致的光谱倍周期演化过程，其中心波长周期性红移和蓝移等异常演化现象。矢量非对称孤子是交叉相位调制、自相位调制、色散分布、增益和损耗等多种因素导致的平衡态。演化中孤子光谱和脉冲形状周期性变化，形似一位美丽的姑娘在跳舞。

 2019

Revelation of the birth and extinction dynamics of solitons in SWNT-mode-locked fiber lasers, Yudong Cui, Xueming Liu. Photonics Research, 2019, 7 (4), 423-430. https://doi.org/10.1364/PRJ.7.000423.