个人简介

博士生导师，目前主要从事激光聚变的理论实验研究与模拟程序开发、新型光场与辐射源的方案及实验研究、人工智能在激光等离子体中的应用、光学工程及聚变能应用问题研究等。激光聚变对于国家安全具有重要意义，是产生可持续清洁能源的重要途径，团队主要研究提升聚变增益及稳定性的理论模拟、实验预测以及光学方案，另外在关联领域主要集中于光学工程应用、新型光源、新型诊断技术、聚变能中低杂波参量过程等前沿交叉方向研究。建立了系统的宽带光等离子体不稳定理论模型，从物理实验、产生技术等多角度推动了宽带光在激光聚变中的应用。在Physical Review Letters、Nuclear Fusion、Photonics Research、Physical Review E等期刊上发表第一作者或通讯作者论文约30篇，主持国家及省部级项目5项，已授权第一发明人专利3项，多次受邀学术会议报告，是Physical Review Letters、Communications Physics等国际期刊的审稿人。目前正推进多学科交叉合作，围绕200 TW激光装置搭建前沿研究实验室并组建联合研究团队，在人才培养等方面取得了一定的成果。

联系方式：zhaoyao5@mail.sysu.edu.cn

研究方向

激光聚变理论实验与模拟程序开发：针对激光聚变大科学装置中的激光等离子体相互作用（LPI）过程，建立了任意频率多光束激发的LPI等多个重要物理模型 [PoP 21, 112114 (2014); PoP 24, 092116 (2017); HPLSE 8, e21 (2020); PRE 113, 025205 (2026)]，部分工作 [HPLSE 7, e20 (2019); PPCF 67, 045022 (2025)]被法国（LULI）、美国（Lawrence Livermore、University of Rochester）等实验研究团队关注并发展。建立了宽带光与等离子体相互作用的系统性理论 [PoP 22, 052119 (2015); PoP 24, 112102 (2017); MRE 2, 190 (2017); PPCF 61, 115008 (2019); PPCF 63, 055006 (2021)]，并与联合研究团队基于昆吾装置实验发现宽带光驱动可将激光能量的散射损失降低一半 [PRL 132, 035102 (2024); PRE 110, 065206  (2024); Nucl. Fusion 65, 026042 (2025)]。提出了产生高强度宽带光的前端与终端方案 [OE 28, 15794 (2020)]，其中2022年提出了多色光驱动（Polychromatic Driver）方案 [NJP 24, 043025 (2022); Nucl. Fusion 64, 016022 (2024)]，基于此美国罗切斯特大学的研究团队在2023年申请了相关技术专利 [Laser Driver Module That Produces A Beam of Polychromatic Driver Pulses Using Fever Pump Lasers, US 20230396031A1 (2023)]。同时，为了预测和分析激光聚变实验中的LPI过程，团队发展了大尺度的隐式混合模拟程序，并加载了多种束匀滑光场模型，通过耦合人工智能模块极大地优化、提升了程序功能。基于宽带光控制LPI方面的系统性工作，受Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics期刊邀请撰写了该方向的综述文章 [Rev. Mod. Plasma Phys. 7, 1 (2023)]。

目前正在根据聚变能源发展需求推进人工智能模型、大型模拟程序（HLPI隐格式混合模拟程序） [PoP 33, 062704 (2026)]、实验预测分析等方面的研究，已取得部分重要成果。

新型光场与辐射源：目前围绕学院200 TW激光实验平台推进激光聚变关联方向的研究，主要聚焦于等离子体光学调控技术及等离子体激元的光学特性 [Phys. Scr. 101, 325504 (2026)]，研发新型结构光束[Photonics Res. 14, 4703 (2026)]、精密诊断光源 [PoP 33, 033104 (2026)]等，推进了新型光源在激光聚变中的应用。

工作经历

2022.7-至今，中山大学理学院，副教授

2018.8-2022.6，中科院上海光学精密机械研究所，助理研究员、副研究员

部分论文

J. N. Geng, H. W. Yin, Y. Zhao*, W. Liu*, Faraday-driven in-propagation helicity control of high-intensity spatiotemporal Stokes skyrmions, Photonics Res. 14, 4703 (2026).

H. H. Wu, Y. H. Liu, S. Q. Zhong, Y. Z. Yi, Z. W. Lin, H. W. Yin, Y. L. Xu, F. Y., X. T. Jiang*, Y. Zhao*, Doppler-induced continuous spectral broadening and beam smoothing of ultraviolet lasers, Phys. Scr. 101, 325504 (2026).

Y. L. Xu, Y. Zhao*, H. W. Yin, Z. W. Lin, Y. Yin, L. Hao, Y. Z. Yi, H. Y. Zhou, J. L. Jiao*, A. L. Lei, Effects of laser-plasma parameters on sub-nanosecond evolution of cross-beam energy transfer, Phys. Plasmas 33, 062704 (2026).

Y. Z. Yi, Y. Zhao*, M. W. Liu*, J. W. Wang*, Numerical study of x-ray emission from electrons in a magnetically dominated plasma channel, Phys. Plasmas 33, 033104 (2026).

Z. W. Lin, Y. Zhao*, H. W. Yin, Y. L. Xu, Y. Z. Yi, H. H. Wu, J. X. Mo, Competition of stimulated Raman scattering modes in multibeam configuration, Phys. Rev. E 113, 025205 (2026).

H. W. Yin, Y. Zhao*, B. Zhao, B. F. Shen*, Mitigation of stimulated Raman scattering by polychromatic lasers with multiple orbital angular momenta, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 67, 045022 (2025). 

N. Kang*, Y. Zhao*, A. L. Lei*, H. Y. Liu, F. J. Li, G. X. Xu, H. H. An, J. Xiong, R. R. Wang, Z. Y. Xie, Z. H. Fang, W. Wang, L. L. Ji, S. L. Zhou, G. Y. Hu, J. W. Li, L. F. Wang, Y. Q. Gao, X. Huang, S. Z. Fu., Effects of moderate bandwidth on laser absorption and stimulated Raman sidescattering, Nucl. Fusion 65, 026042 (2025).

Y. Zhao*, A. L. Lei, N. Kang, F. J. Li, X. F. Li, H. Y. Liu, Z. W. Lin, H. W. Yin, Y. L. Xu, Y. Z. Yi, Z. X. Xu, Mitigation of stimulated Brillouin scattering in inhomogeneous plasmas by broadband lasers, Phys. Rev. E 110, 065206 (2024).

A. L. Lei*, N. Kang*, Y. Zhao*, H. Y. Liu, H. H. An, J. Xiong, R. R. Wang, Z. Y. Xie, Y. C. Tu, G. X. Xu, X. C. Zhou, Z. H. Fang, W. Wang, L. Xia, W. Feng, X. H. Zhao, L. L. Ji, Y. Cui, S. L. Zhou, Z. J. Liu, C. Y. Zheng, L. F. Wang, Y. Q. Gao, X. G. Huang, S. Z. Fu, Reduction of backward scatterings at the low-coherence Kunwu laser facility, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 035102 (2024).

Y. Zhao*, H. W. Yin, B. Zhao, Z. J. Cui*, Control of laser-plasma instabilities by non-collinear polychromatic light, Nucl. Fusion 64, 016022 (2024).

Y. Zhao*, S. M. Weng, H. H. Ma, X. J. Bai, Z. M. Sheng*, Mitigation of laser plasma parametric instabilities with broadband lasers, Rev. Mod. Plasma Phys. 7, 1 (2023).

Y. Zhao*, Z. M. Sheng, Z. J. Cui*, L. Ren*, J. Q. Zhu, Polychromatic drivers for inertial fusion energy, New J. Phys. 24, 043025 (2022).

Y. Zhao*, C. F. Wu, S. M. Weng, Z. M. Sheng, J. Q. Zhu, Mitigation of multibeam stimulated Raman scattering with polychromatic light, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 63, 055006 (2021). 

Y. Zhao*, S. M. Weng, Z. M. Sheng, J. Q. Zhu, Stimulated Raman scattering in a noneigenmode regime, High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 8, e21 (2020). 

Y. Zhao*, S. M. Weng, Z. M. Sheng, N. Kang, H. Y. Liu, J. Q. Zhu, J. Zhang, Plasma modulator for high power intense lasers, Opt. Express 28, 15794 (2020).

Y. Zhao*, S. M. Weng, Z. M. Sheng, J. Q. Zhu, Suppression of parametric instabilities in inhomogeneous plasma with multi-frequency light, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 61, 115008 (2019). 

Y. Zhao*, Z. M. Sheng, S. M. Weng, S. Z. Ji, J. Q. Zhu, Absolute instability modes due to rescattering of stimulated Raman scattering in a large nonuniform plasma, High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 7, e20 (2019). 

Charles F. Wu, Y. Zhao*, S. M. Weng, M. Chen, Z. M. Sheng, Nonlinear evolution of stimulated scattering near 1/4 critical density, Acta Physica Sinica 68, 195202 (2019). 

Y. Zhao, L. L. Yu, S. M. Weng, C. Ren, C. S. Liu, Z. M. Sheng*, Inhibition of stimulated Raman scattering due to the excitation of stimulated Brillouin scattering, Phys. Plasmas 24, 092116 (2017). 

Y. Zhao, S. M. Weng, M. Chen, J. Zheng, H. B. Zhuo, Z. M. Sheng*, Stimulated Raman scattering excited by incoherent light in plasma, Matter Radiat. Extrem. 2, 190 (2017). 

Y. Zhao, S. M. Weng, M. Chen, J. Zheng, H. B. Zhuo, C. Ren, Z. M. Sheng*, J. Zhang, Effective suppression of parametric instabilities with decoupled broadband lasers in plasma, Phys. Plasmas 24, 112102 (2017). 

L. L. Yu*, Y. Zhao, Q. L, Jia, M. Chen, S. M. Weng, Z. M. Sheng*, D. A. Jaroszynski, W. B. Mori, J. Zhang, Plasma optical modulators for intense lasers, Nat. Commun. 7, 11893 (2016). 

Y. Zhao, L. L. Yu, J. Zheng, S. M. Weng, C. Ren, C. S. Liu, Z. M. Sheng*, Effects of large laser bandwidth on stimulated Raman scattering instability in underdense plasma, Phys. Plasmas 22, 052119 (2015). 

Y. Zhao, J. Zheng, L. L. Yu, M. Chen, S. M. Weng, Z. M. Sheng*, Suppression effects of laser bandwidth on stimulated Raman scattering instability in underdense plasma, Sci. Sin-Phys. Mech. Astron. 45, 035201 (2015).

Y. Zhao, J. Zheng, M. Chen, L. L. Yu, S. M. Weng, C. Ren, C. S. Liu, Z. M. Sheng*, Effects of relativistic electron temperature on parametric instabilities for intense laser propagation in underdense plasma, Phys. Plasmas 21, 112114 (2014).

授权专利

赵耀，尹鸿威，非共线多色激光驱动系统及方法，202310688596.8，发明专利

赵耀，康宁，刘会亚，朱健强，展宽高功率强激光频谱的方法，202010254129.0，发明专利

赵耀，翁苏明，陈民，郑君，盛政明，张杰，生成能够有效抑制参量不稳定的激光的方法及装置，201711120810.0，发明专利