Publications & Presentations

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Alem Teklu, Noah Kern, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Joe Tidwell, Maxwell Rabe, Yu Gong, Wenkai Zhang, Luis Balicas “Experimental Analysis of the Elastic Moduli of Atomically Thin Transition Metal Dichalcogenides” J. Phys. Chem. C 2024, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c03861 
  2. Ning Fang, Lei Wang, Nico Harris, Alem A Teklu, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Christian Brennan, Kamden Noah Kern, Aeron McConnell, Dali Sun, Ziyao Zhou and Yu Gong, “Control of coherent phonon dynamics in CoFeB/heavy metal heterojunction structures for future hybrid phononic and spintronic devices” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 58 045303 (2024)  https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ad8bd1
  3. Christian Brennan, Alan G. Jolym, Chih-Feng Wang, Ti Xie, Brian T. O’Callahan, Kevin Crampton, Alem Teklu, Leilei Shi, Ming Hu, Qian Zhang, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Hasitha Suriya Arachchige, Apoorva Chaturvedi, Hua Zhang, David Mandrus, Cheng Gong, Yu Gong, “Strong Surface-Enhanced Coherent Phonon Generation in van der Waals Materials” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 15,  10442–10450 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c02208
  4. Yu Gong, Zhonghua Yang, Alem Teklu, Ti Xie, Noah Kern, Andrew F. May, Michael McGuire, Christian Brennan, Er-Jia Guo, Narayanan Kuthirummal, John Cetin, Qian Zhang, Ming Hu, and Cheng Gong, “Efficient Optical Control of Magnon Dynamics in van der Waals Ferromagnets” Ultrafast Sci. 4, 0064. (2024) https://doi.org/10.34133/ultrafastscience.0064
  5. KT Crampton, AG Joly, Y Gong, P El-Khoury, “Spatiotemporal imaging and manipulation of surface plasmons” Nanophotonics (2024), https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2023-0733
  6. Shengru Chen, Qinghua Zhang, Dongke Rong, Yue Xu, Jinfeng Zhang, Fangfang Pei, He Bai, Yan‐Xing Shang, Shan Lin, Qiao Jin, Haitao Hong, Can Wang, Wensheng Yan, Haizhong Guo, Tao Zhu, Lin Gu, Yu Gong, Qian Li, Lingfei Wang, Gang‐Qin Liu, Kui‐juan Jin, Er‐Jia Guo, “Braiding Lateral Morphotropic grain boundaries in homogenetic oxides” Advanced Materials, 35, 2206961 (2023)
  7. Yu Gong, Xiangdong Bi, Nikki Chen, Marcello Forconi, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Alem Teklu, Bo Gao, Jacob Koenemann, Nico Harris, Christian Brennan, Marisa Thomas, Taylor Barnes, and Ming Hu, “Significant Enhancement of Two-Photon Excited Fluorescence in Water-Soluble Triphenylamine-Based All-Organic Compounds”J. Phys. Chem. B 2022, 126, 29, 5513–5522 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c03514
  8. Yu Gong, Ming Hu, Nico Harris, Zhonghua Yang, Ti Xie, Alem Teklu, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Jacob koenemann, Xianghan Xu, Sang-Wook Cheong, Will McLoud and Cheng Gong, “Strong laser polarization control of coherent phonon excitation in van der Waals material Fe3GeTe2” npj 2D Materials and Applications 6, Article number: 9 (2022)
  9. Zhiyin Tu, Ti Xie, Yeonghun Lee, Jinling Zhou, Alemayehu S Admasu, Yu Gong, Nagarajan Valanoor, John Cumings, Sang-Wook Cheong, Ichiro Takeuchi, Kyeongjae Cho, Cheng Gong, “Ambient effect on the Curie temperatures and magnetic domains in metallic two-dimensional magnets” npj 2D Materials and Applications 5, Article number: 62 (2021)
  10. Yu Gong, Gao-Lei Hou, Xiangdong Bi, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Alem Abraha Teklu, Jacob Koenemann, Nico Harris, Peng Wei, Krystal Devera, and Ming Hu, “Enhanced Two-Photon Absorption in Two Triphenylamine-Based All-Organic Compounds” J. Phys. Chem. A 125, 1870–1879 (2021)
  11. Alan G. Joly, Yu Gong, Patrick Z. El-Khoury and Wayne P. Hess, “Surface Plasmon-Based Pulse Splitter and Polarization Multiplexer” J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 9, 6164-6168. (2018)
  12. Feng Yan, Lili Liu, Tiffany R. Walsh, Yu Gong, Patrick Z. El-Khoury, Yanyan Zhang, Zihua Zhu, James J. DeYoreo1, Mark H. Engelhard, Xin Zhang, Chun-Long Chen, “Controlled synthesis of hedgehog-shaped plasmonic gold particles through peptoid engineering” Nature Communications 9, 2327 (2018)
  13. Yu Gong, Alan G. Joly, Patrick Z. El-Khoury, Xin Yan and Wayne P. Hess, “Surface Plasmon Coupling and Control Using Spherical Cap Structures” J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 8, 2695 (2017).
  14. Yu Gong, Alan G. Joly, Patrick Z. El-Khoury, and Wayne P. Hess, “Polarization Directed Surface Plasmon Polariton Launching” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 8, 49–54 (2017)
  15. Yuhang Ren, Wei Lai, Zehra Cevher, Yu Gong, and G. P. Zhang, “Experimental demonstration of 55-fs spin canting in photoexcited iron nanoarrays” Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 082404 (2017)
  16. Irina V. Novikova, Chuck R. Smallwood, Yu Gong, Dehong Hu, Leif Hendricks, James E. Evans, Ashish Bhattarai, Wayne P. Hess and Patrick Z. El-Khoury, “Multimodal hyperspectral optical microscopy” Chemical Physics, 498–499, 25-32 (2017)
  17. Yu Gong, Alan G. Joly, Patrick Z. El-Khoury, and Wayne P. Hess, “Enhanced Propagating Surface Plasmon Signal Detection” ACS Photonics,3, 2413–2419(2016)
  18. P. Z. El-Khoury, P. Abellan, Y. Gong, F. S. Hage, J. Cottom, A. G. Joly, R. Brydson, Q. M. Ramasse, and W. P. Hess, “Visualizing Surface Plasmons with Photons, Photoelectrons, and Electrons” Analyst. 141, 3562-3572 (2016)
  19. Patrick Z. El-Khoury, Patricia Abellan, Ruth L. Chantry, Yu Gong, Alan G. Joly, Irina V. Novikova, James E. Evans, Edoardo Aprà, Dehong Hu, Quentin M. Ramasse, and Wayne P. Hess, “The information content in single-molecule Raman nanoscopy” Advances in Physics: X 1, 35-54 (2016) DOI:10.1080/23746149. 2016.1140010
  20. Yu Gong, Alan G. Joly, Dehong Hu, Patrick Z. El-Khoury, and Wayne P. Hess, “Ultrafast Imaging of Surface Plasmons Propagating on a Gold Surface” Nano. Lett. 15, 3472 (2015)
  21. Patrick El-Khoury, Yu Gong, Patricia Abellan, Bruce Arey, Alan Joly, Dehong Hu, James Evans, Nigel Browning, Wayne Hess, “Tip-Enhanced Raman Nanographs: Mapping Topography and Local Electric Fields” Nano. Lett. 15, 2385 (2015)
  22. Y Gong, AG Joly, P El Khoury, WP Hess, “Efficient coupling and transport of a surface plasmon at 780 nm in a gold nanostructure” SPIE Nanoscience+ Engineering, 95470H-95470H-7 (2015)
  23. Patrick Z. El-Khoury, Grant E. Johnson, Irina V. Novikova, Yu Gong, Alan G. Joly, James E. Evans, Mikhail Zamkov, Julia Laskin, and Wayne P. Hess, “Enhanced Raman Scattering from Aromatic Dithiols Electrosprayed into Plasmonic Nanojunctions” Faraday Discuss 184, 339-357 (2015)
  24. Roderick B. Davidson II, Jed I. Ziegler, Guillermo Vargas, Sergey M. Avanesyan, Yu Gong, Wayne Hess, Richard F. Haglund Jr, “Efficient forward second-harmonic generation from planar archimedean nanospirals” Nanophotonics 4, 108 (2015)
  25. Yu Gong, Alan G. Joly, Patrick Z. El-Khoury and Wayne P. Hess, “Interferometric Plasmonic Lensing with Nanohole Arrays” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5, 4243 (2014)
  26. Yu Gong , Alan G. Joly , Patrick Z. El-Khoury and Wayne P. Hess, “Nonlinear Photoemission Electron Micrographs of Plasmonic Nanoholes in Gold Thin Films” J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 25671 (2014)
  27. Yu Gong, Alan G. Joly, Patrick Z. El-Khoury, L. M. Kong and Wayne P. Hess, “High Brightness Plasmon-Enhanced Nanostructured Gold Photoemitters” Phys. Rev. Appl. 2, 064012 (2014)
  28. Y Gong, Z Zhang, D Ascienzo, Y Abranyos, HB Zhao, G Lüpke, Qi Li, YH Ren, “Ultrafast optical detection of magnetic inhomogeneity in ferromagnetic La0.67Ca0.33MnO3” Europhysics Lett 108, 17010 (2014)
  29. Lingmei Kong, Alan G. Joly, Timothy C. Droubay, Yu Gong, Wayne P. Hess, “Enhanced quantum efficiency from hybrid cesium halide/copper photocathodes” Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 171106 (2014)
  30. Patrick El-Khoury, Elena Khon, Yu Gong, Alan Joly, Patricia Abellan, James Evans, Nigel Browning, Dehong Hu, Mikhail Zamkov, and Wayne Hess, “Electric Field Enhancement in a Self-Assembled 2D Array of Silver Nanospheres” J. Chem. Phys. 141, 214308 (2014)
  31. H. C. Yuan, H. X. Gao, Yu Gong, X. H. Zhang, J. H. Zhao, Y. H. Ren, H. B. Zhao, L. Y. Chen, “Photo-induced nonlocal spin precession in Fe/GaAs (001) heterostructure” Appl. Phys. Express 6, 073008 (2013)
  32. Yu Gong, A. R. Kutayiah, Z. Cevher, X. H. Zhang, J. H. Zhao, and Y. H. Ren, “Femtosecond laser pulse induced ultrafast demagnetization in Fe/GaAs thin films” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 49, 3119 (2013)
  33. Yu Gong, A. R Kutayiah, X. H. Zhang, J. H. Zhao, and Y. H. Ren, “Non-thermal excitation and control of magnetization in Fe/GaAs film by ultrafast laser pulses” J. Appl. Phys. 111, 07D505 (2012)
  34. Y. H. Ren, Yu Gong, T. Nosach, J. Li, J. J. Tu, L. J. Li, G. H. Cao, and Z. A. Xu, “Quasiparticle relaxation across the multiple superconducting gaps in the electron-doped BaFe1.85Co0.15As2” J. Appl. Phys. 111, 07E134 (2012)
  35. Yu Gong, W. Lai, T. Nosach, L. J. Li, G. H. Cao, Z. A. Xu and Y. H. Ren, “Distinct quasiparticle relaxation dynamics in an electron-doped superconductor, BaFe1.9Ni0.1As2” New J. Phys. 12, 123003 (2010)
  36. J. J. Tu, J. Li, W. Liu, A. Punnoose, Yu Gong, Y. H. Ren, L. J. Li, G. H. Cao, Z. A. Xu and C. C. Homes, “Optical properties of the iron arsenic superconductor BaFe1.85Co0.15As2” Phys. Rev. B 82, 174509 (2010)
  37. Y. H. Ren, C. Wu, Yu Gong, C. Pettiford, and N. X. Sun, “Magnetic anisotropy and spin wave relaxation in CoFe/PtMn/CoFe trilayer films” J. Appl. Phys. 105, 073910 (2009)
  38. Y. H. Ren, C. Wu, Yu Gong, C. Pettiford, and Nian X. Sun, “Ultrafast optical study of spin wave resonance and relaxation in a CoFe/PtMn/CoFe trilayer film” J. Appl. Phys. 105, 07D304 (2009)
  39. Yu Gong, Z. Cevher, M. Ebrahim, J. Lou, C. Pettiford, N. X. Sun, and Y. H. Ren, “Determination of magnetic anisotropies, interlayer coupling, and magnetization relaxation in FeCoB/Cr/FeCoB” J. Appl. Phys. 106, 063916 (2009)
  40. Xiaolong Fan, Desheng Xue, Changjun Jiang, Yu Gong, and Jinyun Li, “An approach for researching uniaxial anisotropy magnet: Rotational magnetization” J. Appl. Phys. 102, 123901 (2007)
  41. Desheng Xue, Yu Gong, Wenjing Liu, Minsu Si and Zaiwen Liu, “Photoluminescence Property of Co3O4 Nanowires” Chin. Phys. Lett. 24, 1756 (2007)
  42. Desheng Xue and Yu Gong, “Abnormal Photoluminescence Properties of Polycrystalline ZnO Nanowires Arrays Synthesized by Electrodeposition” Chin. Phys. Letts. 23, 3105 (2006)

 

CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS:

  1. “Launching and guiding surface plasmon non-symmetrically with symmetric structures” Yu Gong, US/Middle East Conference on Photonics: Early-Career Symposium, New York, NY (Nov 4-6, 2019) (Oral presentation)
  2. “What Surface Plasmon Can Do To Assist in Our Life” Yu Gong, The university of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (September 23-24, 2019) (Invited)
  3. “Ultrafast studies of surface plasmon dynamics: from fundamentals to applications” Yu Gong, JILA, University of Colorado/NIST, Boulder, CO (July 11-12, 2016) (Invited)
  4. “Ultrafast studies of surface plasmon dynamics: from fundamentals to applications” Yu Gong, PULSE Institute, SLAC National Lab, Menlo Park, CA (May 30-31, 2016) (Invited)
  5. “Study of long-lived propagating surface plasmons on a gold surface by time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy” Yu Gong, Alan G. Joly, Patrick Z. El-Khoury, and Wayne P. Hess, EMN Meeting on Ultrafast Research, Las Vegas, NV (Nov. 16-19, 2015) (Invited)
  6. “Control of near-field focused photoemission by plasmonic nanohole arrays in gold thin films” Yu Gong, Alan G. Joly, Patrick Z. El-Khoury, and Wayne P. Hess, META’15 New York Program, New York, NY (August. 4-7, 2015) (Oral presentation)
  7. “Dynamics of long-lived propagating surface plasmons on gold surfaces” Yu Gong, Pacific Northwest Chapter AVS, Mt. Hood, OR (Sep. 30 – Oct. 2, 2015) (Oral presentation)
  8. “Control of near-field focused photoemission by plasmonic nanohole arrays in gold thin films” Yu Gong, Alan G. Joly, Patrick Z. El-Khoury, and Wayne P. Hess, Gordon Research Conference: Plasmonics, Sunday River Resort, Newry, ME (July. 6-11, 2014) (poster presentation)
  9. “Non-thermal excitation and control of dynamic magnetization in a Fe/GaAs heterojunction by ultrafast laser pulses” Gong, A. R. Kutayiah, X. H. Zhang, J. H. Zhao, and Y.H. Ren, APS March Meeting Baltimore, Maryland (March 18–22, 2013) (poster presentation)
  10. “Photo-induced coherent spin precession in La67Ca0.33MnO3”, Yuhang Ren, Yu Gong, Haibin Zhao, Qi Li, Gunter Lüpke, 12th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, Chicago, IL (Jan. 14- 18, 2013) (Oral presentation)
  11. “Femtosecond laser pulse induced ultrafast demagnetization in Fe/GaAs thin film”, Gong, A. R. Kutayiah, X. H. Zhang, J. H. Zhao, and Y.H. Ren, 12th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, Chicago, IL (Jan. 14- 18, 2013) (Oral presentation)
  12. “Non-thermal excitation and control of magnetization in Fe/GaAs film by ultrafast laser pulses”, Gong, X. H. Zhang, J. H. Zhao, A. R. Kutayiah, Z. Cevher and Y. H. Ren, 56th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Scottsdale, AZ (Oct. 30 – Nov. 3, 2011) (poster presentation)
  13. “Laser-induced hybrid spin waves in iron thin films”, Gong, X. H. Zhang, J. H. Zhao, Z. Cevher, A. R. Kutayiah and Y. H. Ren, 55th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Atlanta, GA (Nov. 14 – 18, 2010) (poster presentation)
  14. “Spin-wave resonance and relaxation in CoFeB/Cr superlattices”, Gong, Z. Cevher, W. Lai, Y. H. Ren, C. Pettiford and Nian X. Sun, APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (March 16–20, 2009) (Oral presentation)