Publications

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Intermodal microwave-to-optical transduction using silicon-on-sapphire optomechanical ring resonator
I-Tung Chen, Nicholas S. Yama, Haoqin Deng, Qixuan Lin, Yue Yu, Abhi Saxena, Arka Majumdar, Kai-Mei C. Fu, and Mo Li
Submitted (2025)

Low-Voltage Avalanche Heterojunction Phototransistor for Infrared-to-Visible Upconversion
Seokhyeong Lee, David A. Montealegre, Yihao Song, I-Tung Chen, Bora Kim, Mijung Kim, Minjoo Larry Lee, Fengnian Xia, Mo Li
Under review (2025)

Optical multi-beam steering and communication using integrated acousto-optics arrays
Lin, Qixuan, Shucheng Fang, Yue Yu, Zichen Xi, Linbo Shao, Bingzhao Li, and Mo Li
arXiv:2409.16511 (2025)

Reconfigurable inverse designed phase-change photonics
Changming Wu, Ziyu Jiao, Haoqin Deng, Yi-Siou Huang, Heshan Yu, Ichiro Takeuchi, Carlos A. Ríos Ocampo, Mo Li
APL Photonics 10, 016113 (2025)

OFHE: An Electro-Optical Accelerator for Discretized TFHE
Mengxin Zheng, Cheng Chu, Qian Lou, Nathan Youngblood, Mo Li, Sajjad Moazeni, Lei Jiang
Proceedings of the 29th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (2024)

Post-processing of phase change material in a zero-change commercial silicon photonic process
Adya, Uthkarsh, Daniel Sturm, Rui Chen, Changming Wu, Arka Majumdar, Mo Li, and Sajjad Moazeni
Optics Express 32, 27552-27562 (2024)

Absence of Weyl nodes in EuCd2As2 revealed by the carrier density dependence of the anomalous Hall effect
Yue Shi, Zhaoyu Liu, Logan A. Burnett, Seokhyeong Lee, Chaowei Hu, Qianni Jiang, Jiaqi Cai, Xiaodong Xu, Mo Li, Cheng-Chien Chen, and Jiun-Haw Chu
Phys. Rev. B 109, 125202 (2024)

Freeform Direct-write and Rewritable Photonic Integrated Circuits in Phase-Change Thin Films
Changming Wu, Haoqin Deng, Yi-Siou Huang, Heshan Yu, Ichiro Takeuchi, Carlos A. Ríos Ocampo and Mo Li
Science Advances 10, eadk1361 (2024)

Silicon-lattice-matched boron-doped gallium phosphide: A scalable acousto-optic platform
Nicholas S. Yama, I-Tung Chen, Srivatsa Chakravarthi, Bingzhao Li, Christian Pederson, Bethany E. Matthews, Steven R. Spurgeon, Daniel E. Perea, Mark G. Wirth, Peter V. Sushko, Mo Li, Kai-Mei C. Fu
Advanced Materials 36, 2305434 (2023)

Visible Wavelength Flatband in a Gallium Phosphide Metasurface
Christopher Munley, Arnab Manna, David Sharp, Minho Choi, Hao A. Nguyen, Brandi M. Cossairt, Mo Li, Arthur W. Barnard, Arka Majumdar
ACS Photonics 10, 2456-2460 (2023)

Optomechanical ring resonator for efficient microwave-optical frequency conversion
I-Tung Chen, Bingzhao Li, Seokhyeong Lee, Srivatsa Chakravarthi, Kai-Mei Fu, and Mo Li
Nature Communications 14, 7594 (2023)

Frequency-Angular Resolving LiDAR using Chip-scale Acousto-optic Beam Steering
Bingzhao Li, Qixuan Li, and Mo Li
Nature 620, 316 (2023)

Tunable phononic coupling in excitonic quantum emitters
Adina Ripin, Ruoming Peng, Xiaowei Zhang, Srivatsa Chakravarthi, Minhao He, Xiaodong Xu, Kai-Mei Fu, Ting Cao, and Mo Li
Nature Nanotechnology 18, 1020-1026 (2023)

Photonic Bayesian Neural Network using Programmed Optical Noises
Changming Wu, Xiaoxuan Yang, Yiran Chen, and Mo Li
Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 29, 6100606 (2022)

Enabling scalable optical computing in synthetic frequency dimension using integrated cavity acousto-optics
Han Zhao, Bingzhao Li, Mo Li
Nature Communications 13, 5426 (2022)

Tolerating Noise Effects in Processing-in-Memory Systems for Neural Networks: A Hardware–Software Codesign Perspective
Xiaoxuan Yang, Changming Wu, Mo Li, Yiran Chen
Advanced Intelligent Systems 4:2200029 (2022)

Long-range transport of 2D excitons with acoustic waves
Puoming Peng, Adina Ripin, Yusen Ye, Jiayi Zhu, Changming Wu, Seokhyeong Lee, Huan Li, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Ting Cao, Xiaodong Xu, Mo Li
Nature Communications 13, 1334 (2022)

Programmable black phosphorus image sensor for broadband optoelectronic edge computing
Seokhyeong Lee, Ruoming Peng, Changming Wu, and Mo Li
Nature Communications 13, 1485 (2022)

Harnessing Optoelectronic Noises in a Photonic Generative Network
Changming Wu, Xiaoxuan Yang, Heshan Yu, Ruoming Peng, Ichiro Takeuchi, Yiran Chen, Mo Li
Science Advances 8, eabm2956 (2022)

Photonic Platforms Using In-Plane Optical Anisotropy of Tin (II) Selenide and Black Phosphorus
Seong Soon Jo, Changming Wu, Linghan Zhu, Li Yang, Mo Li, Rafael Jaramillo
Advanced Photonics Research 2100176 (2021)

Direct Visualization of Gigahertz Acoustic Wave Propagation in Suspended Phononic Circuits
Daehun Lee, Qiyu Liu, Lu Zheng, Xuejian Ma, Huan Li, Mo Li, Keji Lai
Physical Review Applied 16, 034047 (2021)

Myths and truths about optical phase change materials: A perspective
Yifei Zhang, Carlos Ríos, Mikhail Y. Shalaginov, Mo Li, Arka Majumdar, Tian Gu, and Juejun Hu
Applied Physics Letters 118, 210501 (2021)

Surface Modification of Black Phosphorus with Group 13 Lewis Acids for Ambient Protection and Electronic Tuning
Daniel Tofan, Yukako Sakazaki, Kendahl L Walz Mitra, Ruoming Peng, Seokhyeong Lee, Mo Li, Alexandra Velian
Angewandte Chemie (2021)

Programmable Phase-change Metasurface on Waveguide for Multimode Photonic Convolutional Neural Network
Changming Wu, Heshan Yu, Seokhyeong Lee, Ruoming Peng, Ichiro Takeuchi, and Mo Li
Nature Communications 12, 1-8 (2021)

Refractive uses of layered and two-dimensional materials for integrated photonics
Akshay Singh, Seong Soon Jo, Yifei Li, Changming Wu, Mo Li, Rafael Jaramillo
ACS Photonics, 7,3270-3285 (2020)

On-the-fly Closed-loop Autonomous Materials Discovery via Bayesian Active Learning
Heshan Yu, Changming Wu, Huairuo Zhang, Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Brian DeCost, Suchismita Sarker, Corey Oses, Cormac Toher, Stefano Curtarolo, Albert Davydov, Ritesh Agarwal, Leonid A. Bendersky, Mo Li, Apurva Mehta, Ichiro Takeuchi
Nature Communications 11, 1-11 (2020)

Nonvolatile Electrically Reconfigurable Integrated Photonic Switch Enabled by a Silicon PIN Diode Heater
Jiajiu Zheng, Zhuoran Fang, Changming Wu, Shifeng Zhu, Peipeng Xu, Jonathan K. Doylend, Sanchit Deshmukh, Eric Pop, Scott Dunham, Mo Li, Arka Majumdar
Advanced Materials 32, 2001218 (2020)

Seperation of valley exciton-polariton in 2D semiconductors with anisotropic photonic crystal
Ruomng Peng, Changming Wu, Huan Li, Xiaodong Xu, Mo Li
Physical Review B 101, 245418 (2020)

Coupled-Mode Theory for Plasmonic Resonators Integrated with Silicon Waveguides towards Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic Sensing
Che Chen, Sang-Hyun Oh, Mo Li
Optics Express 28, 2020-2036 (2020)

Electromechanical Brillouin scattering in integrated plannar Photonics
Huan Li, Qiyu Liu, Mo Li
APL Photonics 4, 080802 (2019)

Aluminum nitride on insulator (AlNOI) platform for mid-infrared photonics
Bowei Dong, Xianshu Luo, Shiyang Zhu, Mo Li, Dihan Hasan, Li Zhang, Soo Jin Chua, Jingxuan Wei, Yuhua Chang, Guo-Qiang Lo, Kah Wee Ang, Dim-Lee Kwong, Chengkuo Lee
Optics Letters 44, 73 (2019)

Electromechanical Brillouin scattering in integrated optomechanical waveguides
Qiyu Liu, Huan Li, Mo Li
Optica 6, 778 (2019)

Dynamic Phonon Manipulation by Optomechanically Induced Strong Coupling between Two Distinct Mechanical Resonators
Jianguo Huang, Lip Ket Chin, Hong Cai, Huan Li, Jiu Hui Wu, Tianning Chen, Mo Li, Ai-Qun Liu
ACS Photonics 6, 1855-1862 (2019)

Writing magnetic memory with ultrashort light pulses
A. Kimel, Mo Li
Nature Review Materials 4, 189–200 (2019)

News and Views: Strong Pockels materials
Mo Li, Hong X. Tang
Nature Materials 18, 9 (2019)

Low-loss integrated photonic switch using sub-wavelength patterned phase change material
Changming Wu, Heshan Yu, Huan Li, Xiaohang Zhang, Ichiro Takeuchi, Mo Li
ACS Photonics 6, 87-92 (2019)

Waveguide-Integrated Compact Plasmonic Resonators for On-Chip Mid-Infrared Laser Spectroscopy
Che Chen, Daniel Mohr, Han-Kyu Choi, Daehan Yoo, Mo Li, Sang-Hyun Oh
Nano Letters 18, 7601 (2018)

Waveguide-Integrated Mid-Infrared Plasmonics with High-Efficiency Coupling for Ultracompact Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy
Daniel Mohr, Daehan Yoo, Che Chen, Mo Li, Sang-Hyun Oh
Optics Express 26, 23540 (2018)

Room-temperature high spin–orbit torque due to quantum confinement in sputtered BixSe(1–x) films
Mahendra DC, Roberto Grassi, Jun-Yang Chen, Mahdi Jamali, Danielle Reifsnyder Hickey, Delin Zhang, Zhengyang Zhao, Hongshi Li, P. Quarterman, Yang Lv, Mo Li, Aurelien Manchon, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Tony Low & Jian-Ping Wang
Nature Materials 17, 800-807 (2018)

A Nanofabricated Optoelectronic Probe for Manipulating and Recording Neural Dynamics
Bingzhao Li, Kwang Lee, Sotiris, Masmanidis, Mo Li
Journal of Neural Engineering 15, 046008 (2018)

Spin-momentum locked interaction between guided photons and surface electrons in topological insulators
Siyuan Luo, Li He, Mo Li
Nature Communications 8, 2141 (2017)

Mid-infrared electro-Optic modulation in few-layer black phosphorus
Ruoming Peng, Kaveh Khaliji, Nathan Youngblood, Roberto Grassi, Tony Low, and Mo Li
Nano Letters 17, 6315–6320 (2017)

Field-free spin-orbit torque switching of composite perpendicular CoFeB/Gd/CoFeB layers utilized for three-terminal magnetic tunnel junctions
Jun-Yang Chen, Mahendra DC, Delin Zhang, Zhengyang Zhao, Mo Li, Jian-Ping Wang
Applied Physics Letters 111, 012402 (2017)

Black phosphorus mid-infrared photodetectors
Mei Xu, Yuqian Gu, Ruoming Peng, Nathan Youngblood, Mo Li
Applied Physics B 123, 130 (2017)

All-optical switching of magnetic tunnel junctions with single sub-picosecond laser pulses
Jun-Yang Chen, Li He, Jian-Ping Wang, Mo Li
Physical Review Applied 7, 021001 (2017)

High Performance MgO-barrier Magnetic Tunnel Junctions for Flexible and Wearable Spintronic Applications
Jun-Yang Chen, Yong-Chang Lau, J.M.D. Coey, Mo Li, and Jian-Ping Wang
Sci. Rep. 7, 42001 (2017)

Ultrafast photocurrent measurements of a black phosphorus photodetector
Nathan Youngblood and Mo Li
Applied Physics Letters 110, 051102 (2017)

Three-Dimensional Integration of Black Phosphorus Photodetector with Silicon Photonics and Nanoplasmonics
Che Chen, Nathan Youngblood, Ruoming Peng, Daehan Yoo, Daniel A. Mohr, Timothy W. Johnson, Sang-Hyun Oh, and Mo Li
Nano Letters 17, 985 (2017)

The study of radiation effects in emerging micro and nano electro mechanical systems (M and NEMs)
C. N. Arutt, et al
Semiconductor Science and Technology 32, 013005 (2017)

Integration of 2D materials on a silicon photonics platform for optoelectronics applications
Nathan Youngblood and Mo Li

Layer tunable third-harmonic generation in multilayer black phosphorus
Nathan Youngblood, Ruoming Peng, Andrei Nemilentsau, Tony Low, Mo Li
ACS Photonics 4, 8-14 (2016)

Role of electron and phonon temperatures in the helicity-independent all-optical switching of GdFeCo
J. Gorchon, R. B. Wilson, Y. Yang, A. Pattabi, J. Y. Chen, L. He, J. P. Wang, Mo Li, and J. Bokor

Optomechanical measurement of photon spin angular momentum and optical torque in integrated photonic devices
Li He, Huan Li, Mo Li
Science Advances 2, e1600485 (2016)

Laser-initiated magnetization reversal and correlated morphological effects visualized with in situ Fresnel transmission electron microscopy
K.B. Schliep, Jun-Yang Chen, Mo Li, Jian-Ping Wang, and D.J. Flannigan
Physical Review B 94, 103307 (2016)

Time-Resolved Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect of Magnetic Nano-Films for Ultrafast Thermal Characterization
Jun-Yang Chen, Jie Zhu, Delin Zhang, Dustin M. Lattery, Mo Li, Jian-Ping Wang, and Xiaojia Wang
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 7, 2328-2332 (2016)

Revealing the Origins of 3D Anisotropic Thermal Conductivities of Black Phosphorus
Zhu, J., Chen, J.-Y, Park, H., Gu, X., Zhang, H., Karthikeyan, S., Wendel, N., Campbell, S. A., Dawber, M., Du, X., Li, Mo, Wang, J.-P., Yang, R. and Wang, X.
Advanced Electronic Materials 1600040 (2016)

Photonic waveguides and grating couplers for high resolution light delivery for optogenetic neuromodulation
Euijae Shim, Yu Chen, Sotiris Masmanidis, and Mo Li
Scientific Reports 6, 22693 (2016)

Waveguide-integrated black phosphorus photodetector with high responsivity and low dark current
Nathan Youngblood, Che Chen, Steven J. Koester, and Mo Li
Nature Photonics 9, 247 (2015)

Acousto-optic modulation of a photonic crystal nanocavity with Lamb waves in microwave K band
Semere A. Tadesse, Huan Li, Qiyu Liu, Mo Li
Applied Physics Letters 107, 201113 (2015)

All-optical switching of a magnetoresistive device using telecom-band femtosecond laser
Li He, Junyang Chen, Jian-Ping Wang, and Mo Li
Applied Physics Letters 107, 102402 (2015)

Nanophotonic cavity optomechanics with travelling surface acoustic waves at frequencies up to 12 GHz
Huan Li, Semere A. Tadesse, Qiyu Liu, and Mo Li
Optica 2, 826-831 (2015)

Integrated silicon and silicon nitride photonic circuits on flexible substrates
Yu Chen, Mo Li
Optics Letters 12, 3449 (2014)

Sub-optical wavelength acoustic wave modulation of integrated photonic resonators at microwave frequencies
Semere A. Tadesse, Mo Li
Nature Communications 5, 5402 (2014)

Optomechanical photon shuttling between distant photonic cavities
Huan Li, Mo Li
Nature Nanotechnology 9, 913 (2014)

Heterogeneously integrated silicon photonics for the mid-infrared and spectroscopic sensing
Yu Chen, Hongtao Lin, Juejun Hu, Mo Li
ACS Nano 8, 6955 (2014)

Multifunctional graphene optical modulator and photodetector integrated on silicon waveguides
Nathan Youngblood, Yoska Anugrah, Rui Ma, Steven J. Koester, Mo Li
Nano Letters 4, 2741 (2014)

On-chip synthesis of circularly polarized emission of light with integrated photonic circuits
Li He, Mo Li
Optics Letters 39, 2553 (2014)

Ultrasensitive Gas-Phase Chemical Sensing Based on Functionalized Photonic Crystal Nanobeam Cavities
Yu Chen, W. Fegadolli, W. Jones, A. Scherer, Mo Li
ACS Nano 8, 522 (2014)

Waveguide-Coupled Graphene Optoelectronics
S. J. Koester, Mo Li
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 20, 6000211 (2014)

Matrix of Integrated Superconducting Single-Photon Detectors With High Timing Resolution
Schuck, C., Pernice, W.H.P., Minaeva, O., Mo Li, Gol’tsman, G., Sergienko, A.V., Tang, H.X.
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 23, 2201007 (2013)

Enhanced optical forces in integrated hybrid plasmonic waveguides
Huan Li, J. Noh, Yu Chen, Mo Li
Optics Express 21, 11839 (2013)

High speed travelling wave single-photon detectors with near-unity quantum efficiency
W. Pernice, C. Schuck, O. Minaeva, Mo Li, G. N. Goltsman, A. Sergienko, H. Tang
Nature Communications 3, 1325 (2012)

Multichannel cavity optomechanics for all-optical amplification of radio frequency signals
Huan Li, Yu Chen, Jong Noh, Semere Tadesse, Mo Li
Nature Communications 3, 1091 (2012)

Flexible and tunable silicon photonic circuits on plastic substrates
Yu Chen, Huan Li, Mo Li
Scientific Reports 2, 622 (2012)

Switching energy limits of waveguide-coupled graphene-on-graphene optical modulators
S. J. Koester, Huan Li, Mo Li
Optics Express 20, 20330 (2012)

Optical absorption in graphene integrated on silicon waveguides
Huan Li, Yoska Anugrah, S. J. Koester, Mo Li
Applied Physics Letters 101, 111110 (2012)

High-speed waveguide-coupled graphene-on-graphene optical modulators
S. J. Koester, Mo Li
Applied Physics Letters 100, 171107 (2012)

Dynamic manipulation of mechanical resonators in the high amplitude regime through optical backaction
M. Bagheri, M. Poot, Mo Li, W. Pernice, H. Tang
Nature Nanotechnology 6, 726-732 (2011)

Tunable optical coupler controlled by opto-mechanical interactions
K. Y. Fong, W. Pernice, Mo Li, H. Tang
Optics Express 19, 15098 (2011)

Carrier and thermal dynamics of silicon photonic resonators at cryogenic temperatures
W. Pernice, C. Schuck, Mo Li, H. Tang
Optics Express 19, 3290 (2011)

Active microcantilevers based on piezoresistive ferromagnetic thin films
H. Bhaskaran, Mo Li, D. Garcia-Sanchez, P. Zhao, I. Takeuchi, H. Tang
Applied Physics Letters 98, 013502 (2011)

Ultrahigh-Frequency Nano-Optomechanical Resonators in Slot Waveguide Ring Cavities
Mo Li, W. Pernice, H. Tang
Applied Physics Letters 97, 183118 (2010)

High performance nanophotonic circuits based on partially buried horizontal slot waveguides
C. Xiong, W. Pernice, Mo Li and H. Tang
Optics Express 18, 20690 (2010)

Nanoelectromechanical resonator arrays for ultrafast, gas-phase chromatographic chemical analysis
Mo Li, E. Myers, H. Tang, J. Aldridge, J. Whiting, R. J. Simonson, H. McCaig, N. S. Lewis, M. L. Roukes
Nano Letters 10, 3899 (2010)

High Q optomechanical resonators in silicon nitride nanophotonic circuits
K. Fong, W. Pernice, Mo Li and H. Tang
Applied Physics Letters 97, 073112 (2010)

Time-domain measurement of optical transport in silicon micro-ring resonatorss
W. Pernice, Mo Li and H. X. Tang
Optics Express 18, 18438 (2010)

Adiabatic embedment of nanomechanical resonators in photonic microring cavities
C. Xiong, W. Pernice, Mo Li, M. Rooks, H. X. Tang
Applied Physics Letters (2010)

Analysis of short range forces in opto-mechanical devices with a nanogap
W. Pernice, Mo Li, D. Garcia-Sanchez, and H. X. Tang
Optics Express 18, 12615 (2010)

Reactive Cavity Optical Force on Micro-disk Coupled Nanomechanical Beam Waveguides
Mo Li, W. Pernice and H. X. Tang
Physical Review Letters 103, 223901 (2009)

Silicon Ntride membrane photonics
W. Pernice, Mo Li, D.F.G. Gallagher and H X. Tang
Journal of Optics A 11, 114017 (2009)

A mechanical Kerr effect induced by deformable photonic media
W. Pernice, Mo Li, H. X. Tang
Applied Physics Letters 95, 123507 (2009)

Modeling of optical forces between propagating lightwaves in parallel 3D waveguides
W. Pernice, Mo Li, K.Y. Fong and H. X. Tang
Optics Express 17, 16032 (2009)

Tunable bipolar optical interactions between guided lightwaves
Mo Li, W. Pernice, H. X. Tang
Nature Photonics 3, 464 (2009)

Optomechanical coupling in photonic crystal supported nanomechanical waveguides
W. Pernice, Mo Li, H. X. Tang
Optics Express 17, 012424 (2009)

Broadband all-photonic transduction of nanocantilevers
Mo Li, W. Pernice, H. X. Tang
Nature Nanotechnology 4, 377 (2009)

Theoretical investigation of the transverse optical force between a silicon nano-wire and a substrate
W. Pernice, Mo Li, H. X. Tang
Optics Express 17, 1806 (2009)

Photothermal effects in nanomechanical waveguide devices
W. Pernice, Mo Li, H. X. Tang
Journal of Applied Physics 105, 014508 (2009)

Harnessing optical forces in integrated photonic circuits
Mo Li, W. Pernice, C. Xiong, T. Baehr-Jones, M. Hochberg, H. X. Tang
Nature 456, 480 (2008)

GHz photothermal effect in silicon photonic waveguide
W. Pernice, Mo Li, H. X. Tang
Applied Physics Letters 93, 213106 (2008)

Ultrasensitive, NEMS-based cantilevers for sensing, scanned probe, and very high frequency applications
Mo Li, H. X. Tang, M. L. Roukes
Nature Nanotechnology 2, 114 (2007)

Nanomechanical Measurement of Magnetostriction and Magnetic Anisotropy in (Ga,Mn)As
S. C. Masmanidis, H. X. Tang, E. B. Myers, Mo Li, K. De Greve, G. Vermeulen, W. Van Roy, M. L. Roukes
Physical Review Letters 95, 187206 (2005)