Wei Yang
1800 Jefferson Park Avenue, Rm 81, Charlottesville, VA 22903 (757) 927-4053 (Cell) (757) 867-8429 (Home) Email: weiyang_wm@yahoo.com
Education	The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA Ph.D. in Physics, August 2004 Dissertation: "Characterization of transient behaviors in a Colliding Pulse Mode-locked (CPM) Laser" Advisor: William E. Cooke M.S. in Physics, May 2000 Peking University, Beijing, China M.S. in Quantum Electronics, July 1998 Tianjin University, Tianjin, China B.E. in Radio Technology, July 1995 B.S. in Applied Physics, July 1995
Research Experience	University of Virginia, Physics Department, Charlottesville, VA Research Associate, November 2004-Present - Studied the low- to high-scaled microwave ionization of sodium atoms in Rydberg states. - Investigated and built narrow-band pulsed lasers with kilo-Hertz repetition rates for Rydberg state preparation of sodium and lithium atoms
	Eastern Virginia Medical School, Radiation Oncology and Biophysics Department, Norfolk, VA Postdoctoral Fellow, August 2004-October 2004 - Worked as a Radiation Physicist to carry out calibration of Linacs for radiation therapy, quality assurance, chart check, and treatment planning. - Took part in the clinical research of Dose-Volume Histograms (DVHs) comparison between Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) and 3D Conformal Radiotherapy (CRT)
	The College of William and Mary, Physics Department, Williamsburg, VA Research Assistant, May 1999-August 2004 - Studied onset of synchronization of colliding pulses, nonlinear instability, and transition behavior between different running states in a CPM dye laser - Designed and implemented a custom PC-Universal Series Bus (USB) data acquisition apparatus with 5-channel, 8-bit A/D, and 100MHz sampling rate, as well as accessory electronics and application software - Developed a novel model of the CPM laser, which is able to explain the pulse shaping effects in the CPM and its insensitivity to intracavity dispersion change using symbolic statistical analysis - Observed, calibrated and categorized nonlinear dropout and dropin behaviors in the CPM laser
	Peking University, Electronics Department, Beijing, China Research Assistant, September 1996-July 1998 - Conducted successful experiments on stabilization of DBR diode laser using Zeeman shift of cesium D2 lines and saturated absorption spectroscopy - Calculated Zeeman shift in cesium D2 lines using rate equation method with Visual Basic
Teaching Experience	The College of William and Mary, Physics Department, Williamsburg, VA Teaching Assistant, September 2000-May 2004 - Laboratory of "Electronics I (Analog) and II (Digital)" (for 3 years) - Courses of "Modern Physics" and "Physics for Life Science"
Summary of Skills	Strong background in quantum electronics, quantum optics, electronics, and AMO physics, specially in the fields of ultrafast optics, laser physics, and atom spectroscopy. Comprehensive ability in developing scientific instruments and signal analyzing and processing using electronics and computer. Familiar with statistical analysis methods. Good at data analysis and problem solving. Lasers: dye lasers, Argon Ion laser, diode lasers, YLF lasers, YAG lasers, Ti:sapphire laser, and the CPM laser. Vacuum: low and high vacuum systems. Electronics: electrical signal processing, PCB design, microwave circuits, and pulsed high voltage circuits. Programming languages: C/C++, Matlab, Maple, and Basic
Publications	Eugene R. Tracy, John M. Finn, Wei Yang, and William E. Cooke, "Random Attractors and ELMs", the 2003 International Sherwood Theory Conference, Corpus Christi, TX, April 28-30, 2003 George A. Andrews, Eugene R. Tracy, William E. Cooke, and Wei Yang, "Spontaneous Pulse Formation in Bistable Systems", the 2002 Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Annual Meeting (DAMOP'02), Williamsburg, VA, May 29-June 1, 2002 Wei Yang, Xiaohui Wang, Junxian Fu, Yimin Li, Xuzhong Chen, Donghai Yang, and Yiqiu Wang, "Frequency stabilization of narrow-band DBR diode laser using saturated absorption spectroscopy of Zeeman shifted Cs atom D2 lines", the Eighth National Quantum Optics Conference, 1998 (in Chinese), abstract appeared in Acta Sinica Quantum Optica, Vol.4, 192(1998) (in Chinese)