Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 31/10/1992
- Nationality: Chinese
- Email: zhao@apc.in2p3.fr
Affiliated Collaborations
- 2015 — Now: KAGRA collaboration
- 2023 — Now: Virgo collaboration
Collaboration Roles
- 2021 — 2022: KAGRA Scientific Congress member
- 2015 — 2022: KAGRA member (with authorship)
- 2023 — Now: Virgo member (with authorship)
Employment
- 01/12/2022 — Now: Post Doc Researcher, Le laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Cité, France
- 01/04/2021 — 31/12/2022: ICRR fellow, Institute of Cosmic Ray Research, the University of Tokyo, Japan
- 01/10/2020 — 31/03/2021: Project Research Staff, National Astronomy Observatory of Japan, Japan
Education
- 1/10/2017 — 28/9/2020: Ph.D. in Astronomy （PhD thesis）, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan
- 1/9/2014 — 23/6/2017: Master in Astrophysics, Beijing Normal University, China
- 1/9/2010 — 26/6/2014: Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Northeastern University, China
Visiting Research
- 18/7/2017 — 27/8/2017: Prof. David Blair, University of Western Australia (Australia)
- 22/2/2019 — 25/3/2019: Prof. Giacomo Ciani, University of Padova (Italy)
- 21/12/2019 — 11/1/2020: Prof. Ray-Kuang Lee, National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan)
- 16/4/2022 — 3/6/2022: Prof. Matteo Barsuglia, Dr. Eleonora Capocasa, EGO Virgo (Italy)
Publications
Main Contributions
- E. Capocasa, Y. Guo, M. Eisenmann, Y. Zhao, et. al., Measurement of optical losses in a high-finesse 300m filter cavity for broadband quantum noise reduction in gravitational-wave detectors, Phys. Rev. D, 98(9), 022010, 2018.
- Y. Zhao, N. Aritomi, E. Capocasa, M. Leonardi, et. al., A frequency dependent squeezed vacuum source for broadband quantum noise reduction in advanced gravitational-wave detectors, Phys. Rev. Letters, 124(17), 171101, 2020.
- N. Aritomi, M. Leonardi, E. Capocasa, Y. Zhao, et. al., Control of a filter cavity with coherent control sidebands, Phys. Rev. D, 102(4), 042003, 2020.
- Y. Zhao, S. Kirii, Y. Liu, et. al., Investigation of crackling noise in the vibration isolation systems of the KAGRA gravitational wave detector, Physics Letters A, 416, 127664, 2021.
- Y. Zhao, E. Capocasa, M. Eisenmann, et. al., Improving the stability of frequency-dependent squeezing with bichromatic control of filter cavity length, alignment, and incident beam pointing, Phys. Rev. D, 105(8), 082003, 2022.
- F. Acernese, …, Y. Zhao, et. al., Frequency-Dependent Squeezed Vacuum Source for the Advanced Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detector, Phys. Rev. Letters, 131(4), 041403, 2023.
Minor Contributions
- Y. Michimura, et. al., Prospects for improving the sensitivity of the cryogenic gravitational wave detector KAGRA, Phys. Rev. D, 102(2), 022008, 2020.
- T. Akutsu, et. al., An arm length stabilization system for KAGRA and future gravitational-wave detectors, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 37(3), 035004, 2020.
- There are also 52 other collaboration publications. A complete list of publications is available on Google Scholar.
Main Research Achievements and Responsibilities
- First demonstration of the frequency-dependent squeezing in the ~100 Hz region.
- Development of innovative control techniques for filter cavity to realize frequency-dependent squeezing.
- APC outreach center responsible person.
Fellowship and Awards
- Japanese government MEXT scholarship to support outstanding Ph.D. research, 2017
- Best Poster Award of the 22nd KAGRA Face-to-Face Meeting, 2019
- SOKENDAI Award for the most outstanding Ph.D. thesis, 2020
- ICRR fellowship from the University of Tokyo, 2021
Funding
- Innovative Quantum Noise reduction strategies for GW detectors, Grant-in-Aid Scientific Research (A) No.21363086, co-investigator, 2020 to now
- Frequency dependent squeezing for KAGRA, ICRR young researcher funding, principle investigator, 2021 to now
Schools, Meetings & Conferences
- 2017 BNU summer school — Gravitational waves, Beijing (China), July 10 — 14, 2017
- The Physical Society of Japan, Autumn meeting, Shinshu (Japan), Sep 14 — 17, 2018 (contributed talk)
- KAGRA 22nd Face to Face meeting, Kashiwa (Japan), Apr 19 — 21, 2019 (contributed talk)
- Gravitational wave advanced detector workshop, Elba (Italy), May 19 — 25, 2019 (contributed poster)
- The 6th KAGRA international workshop, Wuhan (China), Jun 21 — 23,2019 (contributed talk)
- The 39th Symposium on Engineering in Astronomy, Tokyo (Japan), Jan 16, 2020 (contributed poster)
- Academic seminar (Institute of Optoelectronics, Shanxi University), online (China), Dec 26, 2020 (invited talk)
- Gravitational wave advanced detector workshop, online (Italy), May 17 — 21, 2021 (invited talk)
- ILANCE workshop, online (France-Japan), Apr 15, 2022 (contributed talk)
- International Conference on the Physics of the Two Infinities, Kyoto (Japan), 29 Mar, 2023 (invited talk)
Supervision Experience
- 2022 Enzio Msihid (master), Université Paris Cité
- 2023 Marcos Morote Balboa (undergraduate), Université Paris Cité
- 2023 Charles Saucourt (undergraduate), Université Paris Cité
Outreach Activity
- 2017 - 2019 Open day, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
- 2021 Cosmic Cafe ‘About my research’, the University of Tokyo
- 2022 LIGO magazine, ‘Commissioning: Going from O3 to O4’
- 2024 CREDO workshp, 'Sonification of squeezed vacuum state of light: unveiling quantum dynamics through sound'
Additional Information
- Journal editing and review:
- Reviewer for ‘Progress in Astronomy’ (China core journal)
- Reviewer for ‘Review of Scientific Instruments’
- Language skills:
- Chinese (Mandarin): Native
- English: Full professional proficiency
- Japanese: Limited working proficiency
- French: Elementary proficiency
Personal Interests
In my free time, I enjoy cooking.