Columbia University · Applied Physics

Beyond the surface.Toward complete optical systems.

We create metasurfaces and integrated photonic systems for imaging, sensing, computation, quantum technologies, and bio-inspired photonics.

Welcome to the Nanfang Yu Lab.

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Artistic rendering of a metasurface generating an optical tweezer array
360,000optical tweezer array
Nature · 2026

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