1. Yanshu Zou, Paul Steinvurzel, Tian Yang and Kenneth B. Crozier, “Surface plasmon resonance of optical antenna atomic force microscope tips,” Applied Physics Letters 94, 171107 (2009); selected for publication in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (May 11, 2009).
    
2. Ling Lu, Adam Mock, Tian Yang, Min Hsiung Shih, Eui Hyun Hwang, Mahmood Bagheri, Andrew Stapleton, Stephen Farrell, John O'Brien and P. Daniel Dapkus, “120 mW peak output power from edge-emitting photonic crystal double-heterostructure nanocavity lasers,” Applied Physics Letters 94, 111101 (2009), cover feature article.
    
3. Tian Yang and Kenneth B. Crozier, “Analysis of surface plasmon propagation in metal-dielectric-metal structures and the criterion for negative refractive index,” Optics Express 17, 1136-1143 (2009).
    
4. Yizhuo Chu, Ethan Schonbrun, Tian Yang and Kenneth B. Crozier, “Experimental observation of narrow surface plasmon resonances in gold nanoparticle arrays,” Applied Physics Letters 93, 181108 (2008); selected for publication in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (November 17, 2008).
    
5. Tian Yang and Kenneth B. Crozier, “Surface plasmon coupling in periodic metallic nanoparticle structures: a semi-analytical model,” Optics Express 16, 13070-9 (2008).
    
6. Tian Yang and Kenneth B. Crozier, “Dispersion and Extinction of Surface Plasmons in Gold Nanoparticle Chains: Influence of the Air/Glass Interface,” Optics Express 16, 8570-8580 (2008).
    
7. Kenneth B. Crozier, Emre Togan, Ergun Simsek and Tian Yang, “Experimental Measurement of the Dispersion Relations of the Surface Plasmon Modes of Metal Nanoparticle Chains,” Optics Express 15, 17482-17493 (2007).
    
8. Tian Yang, Ganesh Balakrishnan, Ling Lu, Min-Hsiung Shih, J. D. O'Brien and D. L. Huffaker, “Room temperature InGaSb quantum well microcylinder lasers at 2 mm grown monolithically on a silicon substrate,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures 25, 1622-5 (2007); selected for publication in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (September 17, 2007).
    
9. Tian Yang, Samuel Lipson, Adam Mock, J. D. O’Brien and D. G. Deppe, “Lasing characteristics of InAs quantum dot microcavity lasers as a function of temperature and wavelength,” Optics Express 15, 7281-9 (2007).
    
10. Tian Yang, Samuel Lipson, Adam Mock, J. D. O’Brien and D. G. Deppe, “Edge-emitting photonic crystal double-heterostructure nanocavity lasers with InAs quantum dot active material,” Optics Letters 32, 1153-5 (2007).
     
11. M. H. Shih, W. Kuang, T. Yang, M. Bagheri, Z.-J. Wei, S.-J. Choi, L. Lu, J. D. O’Brien and P. D. Dapkus, “Experimental characterization of the optical loss of sapphire-bonded photonic crystal laser cavities,” Photonics Technology Letters 18, 535-7 (2006).
     
12. Tian Yang, Samuel Lipson, J. D. O’Brien and D. G. Deppe, “InAs quantum dot photonic crystal lasers and their temperature dependence,” Photonics Technology Letters 17, 2244-6 (2005).
     
13. Wan Kuang, Jiang R. Cao, Tian Yang, Sang-Jun Choi, Po-Tsung Lee, John D. O'Brien and P. Daniel Dapkus, “Classification of modes in suspended-membrane, 19-missing-hole photonic-crystal microcavities”, Journal of Optical Society of America B 22, 1092-9 (2005).
     
14. Tian Yang, O. Shchekin, J. D. O'Brien and D. G. Deppe, “Room temperature, continuous-wave lasing near 1300 nm in microdisks with quantum dot active regions,” Electronics Letters 39, 1657-8 (2003).

Conference Proceedings & Abstracts

1. Jonathan Varsanik, William Teynor, John LeBlanc, Heather Clark, Jeffrey Krogmeier, Tian Yang, Kenneth Crozier and Jonathan Bernstein, “Fabrication of Nanofluidic Sensor Chip with Sub-Wavelength Plasmonic Readout for Optical Tags”, International Congress of NanoBiotechnology & Nanomedicine (NanoBio), San Francisco, California, W-B-5 (2009).
    
2. Dongxing Wang, Tian Yang and Kenneth B. Crozier, “Modified Surface Plasmon Antenna for Localized Field Enhancement,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, Maryland, JWA90 (2009).
    
3. Tian Yang and Kenneth B. Crozier, “The Sign of Refractive Index of Surface Plasmons in Metal-Dielectric-Metal Structures,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, Maryland, JWA113 (2009).
    
4. John D. O'Brien, M. Bagheri, L. Lu, T. Yang, M.-H. Shih, Adam Mock and P. D. Dapkus, "Photonic crystal microcavity lasers," International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, Athens, Greece, We.A2.1., invited (2008)
    
5. Tian Yang and Kenneth B. Crozier, “Surface Plasmons in Periodically Coupled Gold Nanoparticles: A Semi-Analytical Model,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, California, JThA115 (2008).
    
6. Tian Yang and Kenneth B. Crozier, “Dispersion and Extinction of the Plasmon Mode in a Gold Nanoparticle Array at an Air/Glass Interface,” Lasers & Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, WF2 (2007).
    
7. Ling Lu, Tian Yang, Adam Mock, Min Hsiung Shih, Eui Hyun Hwang, Mahmood Bagheri, Andrew Stapleton, Stephen Farrell, John O'Brien and P. Daniel Dapkus,  “60 microWatts of Fiber-Coupled Peak Output Power from an Edge-Emitting Photonic Crystal Heterostructure Laser,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, Maryland, CMV3 (2007).
    
8. Tian Yang, Ganesh Balakrishnan, Ling Lu, Min-Hsiung Shih, J. D. O'Brien and D. L. Huffaker, “Room temperature InGaSb quantum well microcylinder lasers at 2 mm grown monolithically on a silicon substrate,” Lasers & Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,ThB4 (2006).
    
9. John O’Brien, Min-Hsiung Shi, Tian Yang, Mahmood Bagheri, W. K. Marshall, P. Daniel Dapkus and D. G. Deppe, “Photonic Crystal Devices,” IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, Cincinnati, Ohio, S2.1, invited (2006).
    
10. Tian Yang, Samuel Lipson, J. D. O’Brien and D. G. Deppe, “Photonic crystal double-heterostructure nanocavity InAs quantum dot laser with waveguide output coupling,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Long Beach, California, CThK2 (2006).
     
11. Tian Yang, Samuel Lipson, Adam Mock, J. D. O'Brien and D. G. Deppe, “Lasing behavior of InAs quantum dot micro-cavities as a function of wavelength and temperature,” Integrated Photonics Research and Applications (IPRA) Optical Society of America Topical Meeting, Uncasville, Connecticut, ITuE4 (2006).
     
12. Tian Yang, Samuel Lipson, J. D. O’Brien and D. G. Deppe, “Photonic crystal lasers with quantum dots active regions and their temperature dependence,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, Maryland, CThO4 (2005).
     
13. M. H. Shih, W. Kuang, T. Yang, M. Bagheri, Z.-J. Wei, S. J. Choi, L. Lu, J. D. O’Brien and P. D. Dapkus, “Optical loss determination of sapphire-bonded photonic crystal laser cavities by varying the number of photonic crystal cladding,” Integrated Photonics Research and Applications (IPRA) Optical Society of America Topical Meeting, San Diego, California (2005).
     
14. Wan Kuang, J. R. Cao, Tian Yang, Sangjun Choi, John D. O’Brien and P. Daniel Dapkus, “Classification of modes in multi-moded photonic crystal microcavities”, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Francisco, California, CTuDD (2004).
     
15. T. Yang, J. Cao, P. Lee, M. Shih, R. Shafiiha, S. Farrell, J. O'Brien, O. Shchekin and D. Deppe, “Microdisks with quantum dot active regions lasing near 1300 nm at room temperature,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, Maryland, CThO4 (2003).
     
16. J. D. O'Brien, J. R. Cao, P.-T. Lee, T. Yang, C. Kim, W. J. Kim, S.-J. Choi and P. D. Dapkus, “Photonic crystal lasers”, SPIE Photonics Fabrication Europe, Bellingham, WA; in Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4942 VCSELs and Optical Interconnects, edited by Hugo Thienpont, Jan Danckaert, 194-206, (invited, 2003).
     
17. P.-T. Lee, J. R. Cao, S.-J. Choi, T. Yang, J. D. O’Brien and P. D. Dapkus, “Investigation of the optical losses in photonic crystal laser cavities by varying the number of lattice periods,” International Semiconductor Laser Conference, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, ThB5 (2002).