T. D. Lee Fellow and Tenure-track Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Recipient of National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars (Overseas). My research focuses on plasma-based particle acceleration, nonlinear optics, and laboratory astrophysics. To date, as the first/corresponding author, I have published ~10 SCI papers, including one for each in Nature Physics, Physical Review Letters, PNAS, and Communications Physics.
We are seeking graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. Candidates with backgrounds in laser plasma physics, accelerator physics, ultrafast optics, and plasma astrophysics are preferred. Please see the following link for details: https://tdli.sjtu.edu.cn/CN/customize/1177?t=5d7ac5032525
Yipeng Wu/ Tenure-track Fellow
Astronomy and Astrophysics Division
yipeng.wu AT sjtu.edu.cn
Educational Background
- 2012- 2019, Tsinghua University , Doctor
- 2008- 2012, Tsinghua University , Bachelor
Work Experience
- 2024-1970, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, T. D. Lee Fellow
- 2024-Now, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tenure-track Associate Professor
- 2020-2023, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, Postdoctoral Scholar
Research Interests
- Plasma-based particle acceleration, nonlinear optics, and laboratory astrophysics (theory, simulation, and experiment)
- Over the past two decades, with the rapid advancement of high-power laser technology, a series of research fields involving the interaction of intense lasers with plasmas have made significant progress. Among these, the most attractive one is the research of plasma-based particle accelerators driven by high-intensity lasers. These novel accelerators can accelerate particles with extremely high gradients compared with conventional radio-frequency accelerators, holding the potential to significantly reduce the size and cost of next-generation high-energy accelerators. In addition to driving particle acceleration, the interaction of intense lasers with plasmas can create extreme physical conditions suitable for studying astrophysics in the laboratory. It can deepen our understanding of key astrophysical phenomena, such as the origin of large-scale cosmic magnetic fields, the acceleration mechanism of high-energy cosmic rays, the generation of relativistic jets, and the emission mechanism of fast radio bursts. Furthermore, plasmas have no laser-induced damage threshold and are characterized by high energy storage density and rich optical properties. They can serve as advanced optical components for multidimensional manipulation of high-power lasers, including energy amplification, pulse compression, mode control, and frequency conversion. This can enhance the laser output performance, and further facilitates advancements in fields such as plasma-based acceleration and laboratory astrophysics.
Honorary Distinctions
- National Talent Program
- Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talent Program
- Shanghai Pudong New Area Pearl Plan Elite Talent
- John Dawson Thesis Prize
- Nomination for China’s Top 10 Optical Breakthroughs in 2021
- IEEE Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Doctoral Student Award
- CAI Shidong Award in Plasma Physics
- Tsinghua University’s Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award
Representative Papers And Monographs
- Yipeng Wu, Jianfei Hua*, Zheng Zhou, Jie Zhang, Shuang Liu, Bo Peng, Yu Fang, Xiaonan Ning, Zan Nie, Fei Li, Chaojie Zhang, Chih-Hao Pai, Yingchao Du*, Wei Lu*, Warren B. Mori and Chan Joshi. High-throughput injection-acceleration of electron bunches from a linear accelerator to a laser wakefield accelerator, Nature Physics 17, 801-806 (2021).
- Y. P. Wu, J. F. Hua*, Z. Zhou, J. Zhang, S. Liu, B. Peng, Y. Fang, Z. Nie, X. N. Ning, C.-H. Pai, Y. C. Du, W. Lu*, C. J. Zhang, W. B. Mori and C. Joshi. Phase space dynamics of a plasma wakefield dechirper for energy spread reduction, Physical Review Letters 122, 204804 (2019).
- Chaojie Zhang*, Yipeng Wu*, Mitchell Sinclair, Audrey Farrell, Kenneth A. Marsh, Irina Petrushina, Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi, Apurva Gaikwad, Rotem Kupfer, Karl Kusche, Mikhail Fedurin, Igor Pogorelsky, Mikhail Polyanskiy, Chen-Kang Huang, Jianfei Hua, Wei Lu, Warren B. Mori and Chan Joshi*. Mapping the self-generated magnetic fields due to thermal Weibel instability, PNAS 119(50), e2211713119 (2022).
- Yipeng Wu*, Chaojie Zhang, Zan Nie, Mitchell Sinclair, Audrey Farrell, Kenneth A. Marsh, E. Paulo Alves, Frank Tsung, Warren B. Mori and Chan Joshi*. Efficient generation and amplification of intense vortex and vector laser pulses via strongly-coupled stimulated Brillouin scattering in plasmas, Communications Physics 7, 18 (2024).
- Y. P. Wu, J. F. Hua*, C.-H. Pai, W. An, Z. Zhou, J. Zhang, S. Liu, B. Peng, Y. Fang, S. Y. Zhou, X. L. Xu, C. J. Zhang, F. Li, Z. Nie, W. Lu*, W. B. Mori and C. Joshi. Near-Ideal Dechirper for Plasma-Based Electron and Positron Acceleration Using a Hollow Channel Plasma, Physical Review Applied 12, 064011 (2019).
- Yipeng Wu, Jianfei Hua*, Zheng Zhou*, Jie Zhang, Shuang Liu, Bo Peng, Yu Fang, Xiaonan Ning, Zan Nie, Qili Tian, Chih-Hao Pai, Yingchao Du, Wei Lu*, Warren B. Mori and Chan Joshi. Tunable Plasma Linearizer for Compensation of Nonlinear Energy Chirp, Physical Review Applied 16, 024056 (2021).
- Yipeng Wu*, Xinlu Xu, Chaojie Zhang, Zan Nie, Mitchell Sinclair, Audrey Farrell, Kenneth A. Marsh, Jianfei Hua, Wei Lu, Warren B. Mori and Chan Joshi*. Efficient generation of tunable magnetic and optical vortices using plasmas, Physical Review Research 5, L012011 (2023).
- Yipeng Wu*, Zheng Zhou, Yingchao Du*, Jianfei Hua, Wei Lu, Warren B. Mori and Chan Joshi. Linearization of an Electron Beam’s Longitudinal Phase Space Using a Hollow-Channel Plasma, Physical Review Applied 19, 064013 (2023).
- Hanqi Feng, Zheng Zhou, Yipeng Wu*, Zhanfeng Gao, Yifan Liang, Nanshun Huang, Lixin Yan*, Haixiao Deng, Yingchao Du, Renkai Li, Wei Lu, Wenhui Huang and Chuanxiang Tang. Generation of Tunable 10-mJ-Level Terahertz Pulses through Nonlinear Plasma Wakefield Modulation, Physical Review Applied 15, 044302 (2021).