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Sanghyeon Yu

Korea University · Engineering

About the Lab

Professor Sanghyeon Yu's research lab specializes in mathematical analysis and design of metamaterials and wave phenomena, with a focus on cloaking, subwavelength wave manipulation, and exceptional point physics. The lab develops rigorous analytical frameworks for transformation optics, near-zero scattering structures, and topologically protected waveguiding in imperfect subwavelength crystals. Key interests include the emergence of negative refractive index in single-component systems, spectral properties of Neumann–Poincaré operators in elasticity and acoustics, and robust control methods for inverse scattering problems. The lab bridges theoretical mathematics with practical applications in sensing, superlensing, and robust wave engineering.

metamaterialswave cloakingsubwavelength structuresexceptional pointsinverse problems

Research Overview

Papers
88
Total Citations
1,032
Papers (5y)
14
Primary Field
Engineering

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
14total
2021
2022
2023
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2025
Citations per year (5y)
64total
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Selected Papers

15
1
book|97 citations·2018
Mathematical and Computational Methods in Photonics and Phononics
Habib M. Ammari, Brian Fitzpatrick, Hyeonbae Kang, Matias Ruiz, Sanghyeon Yu, Hai Zhang
Mathematical surveys and monographs
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
2
Article|87 citations·2013
Enhancement of Near Cloaking for the Full Maxwell Equations
Habib Ammari, Hyeonbae Kang, Hyundae Lee, Mikyoung Lim, Sanghyeon Yu
SJR Q1SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Recently published methods for the quasi-static limit of the Helmholtz equation is extended to consider near cloaking for the full Maxwell equations. Effective near cloaking structures are described for the electromagnetic scattering problem at a fixed frequency. These structures are, prior to using the transformation optics, layered structures designed so that their first scattering coefficients vanish. As a result, any target inside the cloaking region has near-zero scattering cross section fo

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsMaterials Science
3
Article|82 citations·2016
Mathematical analysis of plasmonic resonances for nanoparticles: The full Maxwell equations
Habib Ammari, Matias Ruiz, Sanghyeon Yu, Hai Zhang
SJR Q1Journal of Differential Equations
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsMaterials Science
4
Article|60 citations·2017
Spectral Resolution of the Neumann–Poincaré Operator on Intersecting Disks and Analysis of Plasmon Resonance
Hyeonbae Kang, Mikyoung Lim, Sanghyeon Yu
SJR Q1Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis
Computational Theory and MathematicsComputer Science
5
Article|56 citations·2020
Topologically protected edge modes in one-dimensional chains of subwavelength resonators
Habib Ammari, Bryn Davies, Erik Orvehed Hiltunen, Sanghyeon Yu
SJR Q1Journal de Mathématiques Pures et AppliquéesOA

The goal of this paper is to advance the development of wave-guiding subwavelength crystals by developing designs whose properties are stable with respect to imperfections in their construction. In particular, we make use of a locally resonant subwavelength structure, composed of a chain of high-contrast resonators, to trap waves at deep subwavelength scales. We first study an infinite chain of subwavelength resonator dimers and define topological quantities that capture the structure's wave tra

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsPhysics and Astronomy
6
Article|56 citations·2018
Quantitative Characterization of Stress Concentration in the Presence of Closely Spaced Hard Inclusions in Two-Dimensional Linear Elasticity
Hyeonbae Kang, Sanghyeon Yu
SJR Q1Archive for Rational Mechanics and AnalysisOA
Computational Theory and MathematicsComputer Science
7
Article|51 citations·2019
Double-negative acoustic metamaterials
Habib Ammari, Brian Fitzpatrick, Hyundae Lee, Sanghyeon Yu, Hai Zhang
SJR Q2Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

The aim of this paper is to provide a mathematical theory for understanding the mechanism behind the double-negative refractive index phenomenon in bubbly fluids. The design of double-negative metamaterials generally requires the use of two different kinds of subwavelength resonators, which may limit the applicability of double-negative metamaterials. Herein we rely on media that consists of only a single type of resonant element, and show how to turn the acoustic metamaterial with a single nega

Biomedical EngineeringEngineering
8
Article|49 citations·2017
Spectral properties of the Neumann–Poincaré operator and cloaking by anomalous localized resonance for the elasto-static system
Kazunori Ando, Yong-Gwan Ji, Hyeonbae Kang, Kyoungsun Kim, Sanghyeon Yu
SJR Q2European Journal of Applied MathematicsOA

We first investigate spectral properties of the Neumann–Poincaré (NP) operator for the Lamé system of elasto-statics. We show that the elasto-static NP operator can be symmetrized in the same way as that for the Laplace operator. We then show that even if elasto-static NP operator is not compact even on smooth domains, it is polynomially compact and its spectrum on two-dimensional smooth domains consists of eigenvalues that accumulate to two different points determined by the Lamé constants. We

Computational Theory and MathematicsComputer Science
9
Article|49 citations·2013
Generalized polarization tensors for shape description
Habib Ammari, Josselin Garnier, Hyeonbae Kang, Mikyoung Lim, Sanghyeon Yu
SJR Q1Numerische Mathematik
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionComputer Science
10
Article|47 citations·2017
Subwavelength phononic bandgap opening in bubbly media
Habib Ammari, Brian Fitzpatrick, Hyundae Lee, Sanghyeon Yu, Hai Zhang
SJR Q1Journal of Differential Equations
Biomedical EngineeringEngineering
11
Article|42 citations·2013
A New Optimal Control Approach for the Reconstruction of Extended Inclusions
Habib Ammari, Pierre Garapon, François Jouve, Hyeonbae Kang, Mikyoung Lim, Sanghyeon Yu
SJR Q1SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization

The aim of this paper is to propose a new regularized optimal control formulation for recovering an extended inclusion from boundary measurements. Our approach provides an optimal representation of the shape of the inclusion. It guarantees local Lipschitz stability for the reconstruction problem. Some numerical experiments are performed to demonstrate the validity and the limitations of the proposed reconstruction method.

Mathematical PhysicsMathematics
12
Article|28 citations·2020
High‐order exceptional points and enhanced sensing in subwavelength resonator arrays
Habib Ammari, Bryn Davies, Erik Orvehed Hiltunen, Hyundae Lee, Sanghyeon Yu
SJR Q1Studies in Applied Mathematics

Abstract Systems exhibiting degeneracies known as exceptional points have remarkable properties with powerful applications, particularly in sensor design. These degeneracies are formed when eigenstates coincide, and the remarkable effects are exaggerated by increasing the order of the exceptional point (i.e., the number of coincident eigenstates). In this work, we use asymptotic techniques to study ‐symmetric arrays of many subwavelength resonators and search for high‐order asymptotic exceptiona

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsPhysics and Astronomy
13
Article|25 citations·2014
Asymptotics of the solution to the conductivity equation in the presence of adjacent circular inclusions with finite conductivities
Mikyoung Lim, Sanghyeon Yu
SJR Q1Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
Computational Theory and MathematicsComputer Science
14
Article|24 citations·2020
A proof of the Flaherty–Keller formula on the effective property of densely packed elastic composites
Hyeonbae Kang, Sanghyeon Yu
SJR Q1Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations
Mechanics of MaterialsEngineering
15
Article|23 citations·2016
Mathematical and numerical framework for metasurfaces using thin layers of periodically distributed plasmonic nanoparticles
Habib Ammari, Matias Ruiz, Wei Wu, Sanghyeon Yu, Hai Zhang
SJR Q1Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering SciencesOA

In this paper, we derive an impedance boundary condition to approximate the optical scattering effect of an array of plasmonic nanoparticles mounted on a perfectly conducting plate. We show that at some resonant frequencies the impedance blows up, allowing for a significant reduction of the scattering from the plate. Using the spectral properties of a Neumann-Poincaré type operator, we investigate the dependency of the impedance with respect to changes in the nanoparticle geometry and configurat

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsMaterials Science

Research Areas

Biomedical EngineeringElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsComputational Theory and MathematicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsMechanics of MaterialsComputational Mechanics

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